"Concubine Snow" can have such a guarantee, the king is naturally happy.
"But I wonder what the imperial concubine's plan is?"
Rong Changan smiled lightly: "Follow the vine!"
Tianchi Kingdom's "Gong Dou" is nothing compared to Dajing Kingdom's "Gong Dou". She has encountered many such "poison killing" incidents in the palace.
"How to follow the clues?" The king and Yan Li asked together.
Rong Changan asked the king, Yan Li and Jin Renxin back: "Think about it, if someone really put poison in the dishes, then this person must have been exposed to supper. As long as everyone who has been exposed to supper is found out, the murderer will be killed." Show your feet."
The king suddenly realized: "I know!" He immediately ordered the guards around him, "Come here, go and call the two maids who delivered supper last night!"
"yes!"
The guards took strides and brought the two maids to the attic in a short while.
"Your maidservant knocks on the king and concubine!" The two maidservants knelt on the ground and said together.
The king looked sternly: "Now this noble concubine Xue from Dajing Kingdom is here to investigate the case of Shi's famous doctor's death. What she asks you, you must answer honestly, do you understand?"
"Yes!" The maid's voice trembled, feeling uneasy.
Seeing that they were very nervous, Rong Changan comforted them: "Get up first, don't panic, I know that this matter has nothing to do with you, you just need to tell me everything you know."
The two maids did not dare to stand up, and secretly glanced at the king. Rong Changan knew that they were afraid of the king, so he winked at the king.
The king coughed twice, and said to Yan Li: "Your Majesty, leave this place to Concubine Xue. Let's go to the attic and have a cup of tea, okay?"
"OK!"
Ever since Zixuan went to Dajing Kingdom, the king and Yan Li haven't had a deep understanding. It is a good opportunity for Yan Li to come to Tianchi Kingdom from thousands of miles away.
The two held hands with each other and walked down the attic.
When they went downstairs, Rong Changan stretched out his hands and helped them up: "The king is not here now, you just get up and sit on the chairs, don't be nervous."
When the maid saw that the king was gone, she dared to stand up, but she dared not sit down.
Rong Changan said to Jin Renxin: "Princess Jin, pour them a cup of tea, okay?"
"Okay, Concubine Xue."
Jin Renxin acted as a tea doctor, poured two cups of fragrant tea for the two maids, and served them himself.
"Two maids, please drink tea!"
Maid, you look at me, I look at you, but I dare not drink.
"Drink it! If you don't drink it, you will look down on me, Xue'er." Rong Changan said.
So the two maids took the tea and took a sip.
"We drank!"
Rong Changan took two steps, and said with a pleasing expression, "Now I'm going to ask you questions, so just treat it as chatter and lengthen the conversation, okay?"
The maid nodded: "Okay."
Rong Changan thought about it: "Did you bring your supper from the imperial dining room?"
The maids looked at each other and nodded together. Because each other was afraid of answering the wrong question, the two of them were so emboldened.
"So, as far as you know, besides you, who else has been in contact with the two imperial physicians' supper?" Rong Changan asked.
The maid thought for a while: "We watched the chef in the imperial dining room make supper with our own eyes, and then we put it in the willow basket. If we talk about contact, then the cook in the imperial dining room has naturally been in contact."
"Which cook is it?" Rong Changan asked with a smile.
"Old Zhao." The maid replied.
Rong Changan nodded, and said to the guards: "Go to the imperial dining room now and bring the cook, Old Zhao."
After a while, the guard brought the cook. The cook had already heard the news that Shi Zangyong had died after eating supper, so he was trembling and his legs were weak. He was almost carried by two guards. Before he came to Rong Changan's side, he fell to the ground with a thud. He didn't care to get up and cry out for pain, so he kowtowed to Rong Changan first. Because he knocked hard and the attic was made of wood, the sound sounded very loud.
"Concubine Xue, I don't know what happened to the famous doctor Shi. How could he die after eating supper! I hope the noble concubine can see clearly!"
Old Zhao was of medium build, with a square face, two thick lips, drooping corners of his mouth, a gloomy complexion, although his eyes were terrified, but looked very clear, he was not a villain. Rong Changan knew that Old Zhao was not the murderer just by looking at him.
"Old Zhao, don't be nervous. I didn't say that you are the murderer. I just want to ask you something about yesterday. Did you buy the ingredients for the supper last night? Do you think there is poison in the ingredients? "
Old Zhao quickly said: "I have been a cook in the Imperial Dining Room for so many years. I bought all the ingredients from a merchant, and there has never been any poisoning. It was the ingredients last night. Later, we made some supper by ourselves. It's okay to eat!"
Rong Changan's eyes were sharp: "That is to say, you can guarantee that there will be no problems with last night's supper before leaving the imperial dining room, right?"
Old Zhao pondered for a while, then nodded: "I... I can guarantee it!"
If there is no problem before the supper leaves the imperial dining room, then the problem must have occurred during the process of coming out. So she looked at the two maids again:
"Did you see anyone on the beam while you were delivering the supper? Would they throw poison into the food while you were passing the beam?"
The maid shook her head: "We didn't pay attention to the beams. Someone threw poison on the beams, and the food was put in willow baskets. How did he do it?"
That's right, does this mean that someone opened the lid? Rong Changan observed the two maids sharply, and found that their eyes were evasive, as if they were hiding something.
Rong Chang'an coughed and coughed twice: "Think about it again, have you missed someone? You have to be clear, if you miss anyone, you may not be able to miss the murderer of Shi Mingyi. Or..." Rong Changan deliberately slowed down his words, "Or you dare not speak out about this person? Because she is very powerful and will retaliate against you later."
The maid was silent, the more silent they were, the more sure Rong Changan was of his guess.
It seems that they have to call other people out before they dare to tell the truth.
"Except for the two maids, everyone else is out."
Old Zhao asked, "Does that include me too?"
"Yes!" Rong Changan said.
Jin Renxin, Lao Zhao, and the two guards also went down to the attic.
"There is no one here now, but you can tell me with confidence." Rong Chang'an said, "Out of your mouth, into my ears, only the heavens and the earth know, and no one else knows."
The two maids still hesitated.
Rong Chang'an suddenly said harshly: "If you cover up that criminal, if the king finds out, you know what will happen. Because this matter is related to Concubine Zixuan, no matter how powerful that person is, he can't protect you!"
Rong Changan's words were like a thunderbolt, and the two of them fell to their knees again in fright.
"Concubine Xue, it is true that during the delivery of the supper, someone had contact with the supper. But... But we said, can you help us keep the secret?"
As Rong Changan expected, the face of the murderer had already appeared in her mind.
"Say it."
The two maids pushed me, I pushed you, and one of them boldly said: "When we went to the bottom of the attic, Cen Jing met... the princess!"
"Oh?" Rong Changan finally showed a satisfied smile, "Continue talking."