The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 303: Assassinating the Eldest Princess

Because Jingshu heard that Duke Zhen Guo had gone to the hot spring villa for a short stay due to illness, on the day of Sister Qing's full moon party, the eldest princess's husband Luan Jia returned to the house.

The child's full-moon banquet was not considered a big banquet, so the guests invited were all close relatives in the mansion. After the guests dispersed, the family specially opened a celebration banquet for Sister Qing in the banquet hall.

The maids filed in, and plates of delicious delicacies were served on the table. The family sat around and talked and laughed. Pingyang carried Sister Qing to the old lady and the eldest princess. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at the little doll made of pink makeup and jade, and kept thinking.

He whispered softly, with a festive smile on his face.

Today, when the eldest princess went to the banquet, Jingshu arranged all the food and drinks more carefully and carefully. Even so, before the family banquet started, she personally went to the large kitchen where the banquet was prepared.

Jing Shu led Ziyun to the middle of the road when she saw a white shadow flashing past in front of her. Jing Shu's eyes were sharp and she said to the person: "Who is in front of you?"

The man heard the call but did not respond. Instead, he hurried away and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye under the cover of night.

Ziyun chased for two steps but failed to see the person clearly. When he came back, he looked at Jingshu doubtfully and said, "Maybe it's the boy in charge of purchasing."

Jing Shu was speechless, her eyes moved slightly, but she stepped up and walked towards the kitchen.

In the kitchen, it was the busiest time at the moment. Mrs. Wang, the person in charge of the banquet, saw Jingshu and hurriedly greeted her.

As soon as Li Ling finished speaking, Ziyun came in with Mrs. Wang who was in the kitchen. When Mrs. Wang saw Jingshu, she knelt down and cried bitterly: "Madam, I was careless and almost caused a catastrophe.

I deserve to die for my sins."

Jing Shu rushed to the banquet hall out of breath, and saw a plate of fresh and colorful fruits in front of the eldest princess. Because the banquet had not started yet, no one had used it.

Jingshu reached out and held her husband's hand, comforted him, and sighed slightly: "Husband, please be patient and order someone to investigate carefully. This is most likely the case."

This Mrs. Wang was someone Jing Shu could trust, so Jing Shu didn't beat around the bush and asked her directly: "Did any stranger come into the kitchen just now?"

Jingshu looked around the kitchen for a week and saw that all the dishes were prepared according to the procedures and were tested by the chef's silver needle before being brought to the banquet hall.

"Confused!"

Although Jing Shu saw with her own eyes that the process was rigorous and heard Mrs. Wang's repeated assurances, she didn't know why, but she still felt uneasy.

Jing Shu walked forward slowly, with the same bright smile on her face as before. She looked at the plate of fresh fruit in front of the eldest princess, and ordered the maid beside her very naturally: "Her Royal Highness is taking medicine now.

The pears on the plate are cold in nature. If you eat them, I'm afraid it will affect the efficacy of the medicine. Please take them down and cut a plate full of fresh fruits that are warm in nature."

The banquet passed quickly amidst the laughter and laughter of the family. After the banquet, Li Xiang personally escorted the eldest princess back to the princess's mansion. The rest of the people also returned to their own courtyards.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang replied truthfully: "The eldest princess is attending a banquet today. The security of this kitchen is tighter than usual. I have been watching here and no one has entered."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly replied: "Aunt Ju has repeatedly told us that these fruits must be the freshest, so these fruits were just picked from the villa in Xiangwu. They are all the freshest fruits. How can there be any difference in this thing?"

She had read this recipe carefully several times before, and there was nothing wrong with it. She only added a new plate of fresh fruit.

The eldest princess and the old lady were sitting together, still laughing and teasing Sister Qing.

The maid took the order, raised her hand and removed the plate of fruit, and was led out of the banquet hall by Ziyun.

Seeing that Wang Po's expression was not as calm as before, Jing Shu asked, "Tell me the truth, have these fruits been tested?"

When Jing Shu heard this, her face changed slightly. She dropped these words and hurried towards the banquet hall.

The poison of Hedinghong will definitely lead to death, and it is secretly hidden in the core of the lychee. Unless you are careful, you can't detect it at all. But those who eat this lychee contain both the flesh and the core.

In the mouth, eating its flesh and spitting out its core will inevitably be contaminated with poison.

When he returned to Qingfeng Garden, Li Ling glanced at his wife's face and asked, "What's wrong? I saw that you looked very worried during the banquet."

Jing Shu looked around and found nothing wrong. She ordered someone to take the menu and looked at the dishes on it carefully.

Seeing that the mistress was inspecting carefully, Mrs. Wang quickly stepped forward and said, "Everything served at this banquet today has been strictly inspected, so don't worry, mistress."

Jing Shu looked at Li Ling and replied: "It's nothing, I just hope I'm overthinking it."

Jing Shu has always been calm. If something hadn't happened, she would never be like this. Li Ling looked at his wife with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "What happened?"

Without waiting for Jing Shu's reply, Li Ling asked anxiously: "What on earth is going on?"

Wang Po didn't dare to hide it, so she could only reply truthfully: "The chefs have carefully washed these fruits with salt water. I feel that there is no way to manipulate these fruits. It is true that I have not tried poison. I am just careless."

Ziyun stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty, madam, the servants just peeled off the fresh fruits that were given to the eldest princess today and carefully tested them with a silver needle. The highly poisonous Heding was found in the core of the fresh lychees.

red."

What a vicious method this is.

The banquet has not started yet. If someone is really so bold and risking his life to do such a stupid thing that could wipe out the entire clan, there is still time to stop him.

Li Ling heard Ziyun's words and said angrily: "Who is so bold! How dare you use such a vicious method to poison someone at the banquet?"

It was just a trivial matter, and no one at the table paid it any attention. Only the eldest princess, who was teasing her granddaughter, frowned slightly.

Jingshu asked: "Where do these fruits come from? Have you ever tested poison?"

Mrs. Wang raised her eyes to read the menu and replied truthfully: "Aunt Ju specially ordered someone to come to our kitchen to prepare this. She said that the eldest princess had been taking medicine recently and could not eat too greasy food, so she ordered to add a seasonal fresh fruit.

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Jing Shu pointed to the newly added fresh fruit and asked, "Who ordered this to be added?"

Naturally, a person like Li Ling would not tolerate using such a cruel method to deal with his mother. Because of his anger, his eyes were red, veins popped out on his forehead, and all the servants in the room were so frightened that they did not dare to speak out.

In front of everyone, Jing Shu did not declare it, but whispered in Li Ling's ear.

After hearing what his wife said, Li Ling's face turned pale. He frowned slightly, looked at his wife and asked, "Are you really reading that right?"

Jing Shu replied: "I'm not sure either, but my figure does look like him."

After hearing this, Li Ling clenched his hands into fists under his sleeves and said bitterly: "No matter who it is, once it is verified, they will be punished according to family law."

(End of chapter)