The kitchen steward and others were called over soon after, and when they saw that the atmosphere in the room was as solid as an iceberg, they immediately knelt on the floor with a cry.
Ji was the first to attack and said in a hateful voice, "I feed you well and drink well on weekdays just to let you poison the masters!"
When the steward heard this, he immediately kowtowed and said, "I'm scared. This happened because of my negligence. When the murderer is found out, I will definitely beg the old lady to punish me!" On the way here, the young servants and their mothers had already punished me! The seriousness of the matter has been explained over and over again, and the manager is worried, frightened and angry. Seeing the old lady being so angry at this moment, how can he not be able to distinguish right from wrong. Now is not the time to cleanse yourself!
"Hmph, that sounds nice. If you can't find out what happened today, you can all pack up and go home! Our Xie family doesn't need anyone who neglects his duties!" Ji Shi also knew in her heart that this was unlikely. It was the people in the kitchen who did it. After all, these people have stayed in the Xie family for decades, and most of them have children in the family, so it is unlikely that they will take such a risk.
After hearing this, the steward quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Lu looked at the people present and found that none of those she had placed in the kitchen was in a leading position. While she breathed a sigh of relief, she also began to plan how many benefits she could get by getting rid of these people this time and freeing up a few oily positions!
Mrs. Lu is not stupid. This plate of calla lily cake is for Xie Ruzhuo. Knowing that her daughter is not in danger, how can Mr. Lu be willing to care about the lives of others? But for now, I still need to save face. Thinking about it, she cleared her throat and asked, "Who made this plate of pastries?"
A woman in her thirties suddenly stood up and said with a look of fear on her face, "Back to Third Madam, this pastry was made by a slave." She was the cook in the house, her name was A Cai, and she had been working here for more than ten years. .
Ji had some impressions of her, so she frowned and said, "Ah Cai, let me ask you, besides you, who else has touched this plate of pastries?"
Ah Cai said, "Back to the old lady, after I made the cakes, Miss Qianbi came over and brought them to me. I really didn't poison them!"
"Oh, this is a drama about an evil slave harming his master!" Madam Lu said with a cold smile.
Hearing this, Qian Bi immediately retorted, "Third Madam, you must keep your mouth full of virtue. I am a son of the family. I have been with my young lady since I was a child. Even if I die, I will never harm my young lady! There are some vicious people who will usually When it comes to sowing discord, who knows what the motives are this time!"
Xie Ruzhuo scolded Qianbi in a low voice, wiped the tears on his face, and said, "Grandma, Qianbi is definitely not the murderer. Although she went to serve pastries, this kitchen is so close to Zizhuyuan, and there are many people in the middle. , and she had no chance to poison her. The murderer is probably still in the kitchen."
Ji nodded and said, "Well, that's true."
Seeing that Qian Bi was being protected, the biggest suspicion once again fell on her head. A Cai immediately knelt down and said, "Old lady, I really didn't harm the Fourth Miss." When she said this, she suddenly thought of something. He said hurriedly, "Oh, yes, the calla lily powder has been used up. Xiaoyu went out to buy it early in the morning."
The girl named Xiaoyu was only fifteen or sixteen. When she heard this, she immediately said aggrievedly, "Uncle Wang and I went out to buy things together, and he looked at them all."
Uncle Wang also echoed, "Yes, old lady, the two of us will be back immediately after shopping."
At this moment, the cotton curtain was suddenly opened, and the doctor walked in with a cold air all over his body. When he saw people kneeling in the room, he ignored them and just walked over to say hello, "Greetings to the old lady."
Ji raised her hand and said, "Forgive me, doctor, come and see if there is anything unusual about this plate of cakes?"
The doctor walked to the table, picked up a piece of pastry, put it between his nose and smelled it, then broke it open and kneaded out some small pieces. After checking like this for a long time, he frowned and said, "Who ate these cakes? Why are they all made of medicinal materials?"
Hearing this, Ji was shocked and said, "Medicine?"
"Yes, in addition to calla lily powder, there are seven or eight medicinal herbs mixed in. But it is done for children to take medicine. It is quite thoughtful." The doctor said, first smiled, and then frowned. , "No, there is fennel here. This medicinal material is used to treat women's postpartum hemorrhage, but..."
As soon as he said these words, everyone immediately heard the clues. This was for Xie Ruzhuo. An unmarried little girl would definitely not suffer from postpartum hemorrhage. Then the problem with this plate of pastries may be more than just a tiny bit!
Such a complicated method cannot be done in a short time.
At this moment, the maid Xiaoyu suddenly let out a cry, and then when everyone looked over, she shrank a little, and then said, "Old madam, I just remembered that last night, Aunt Fu said she was hungry, come on. She went to the kitchen and said she wanted to cook. I was too sleepy at the time, and I only remember that she seemed to have been near the bag containing calla lily powder. However, there were several vegetables next to it, so I was not sure. "
Ji stood up immediately and said, "Go and bring Mrs. Fu to me!" No matter who it is now, she would rather kill him by mistake than let him go!
Xie Ruzhuo was the first to say, "Grandma, my aunt is not in good health. Why don't I go over with the maid and ask her questions first? If it really has anything to do with her, it won't be too late to call her over then."
Aunt Fu had raised Xie Ruzhuo for several years, and everyone in the house knew it. Seeing her say this, Ji felt more and more that this girl was kind. She thought about it and said, "Then send a few servants to follow you. If If there is anything abnormal about her, send her to the ancestral hall immediately!"
The Zizhuyuan was so troubled that Aunt Fu had already sent her maid to inquire about it. But Chunfang couldn't get close to the yard, so she found out that someone seemed to be dead, so she hurriedly came back to report to Aunt Fu.
After hearing Chunfang's report that someone had been poisoned to death in the old lady's house, and it was now a mess, Mrs. Fu suddenly gave a vicious smile, which gradually widened and painted a twisted look on her face.
"Xie Ruzhuo, how does it feel to go to hell with that bitch of yours? How cool is it!" Mrs. Fu smiled with a sinister look on her face, her long nails dug into the tabletop, making an unpleasant squeaking sound.
But she didn't expect that as soon as she finished saying this, she heard the bead curtain outside the door rustle, and then a girl's voice rang out, "Auntie, it's not certain who will go to hell."
Madam Fu suddenly looked back and saw Xie Ruzhuo standing not far from her. Madam Fu panicked and asked in a sharp voice, "Are you a human or a ghost?!"
"Auntie, why don't you guess, am I a human or a ghost?" Xie Ruzhuo sneered and approached Fu Qian'er.
Fu Qian'er then looked at Xie Ruzhuo carefully. She was completely intact, how could she look like she was dead? She was just about to have an attack, but suddenly she saw several servants standing behind Xie Ruzhuo. She immediately changed her face and said, "It's good that you are alive, I scared my aunt to death!" Xie Ruzhuo, this little goblin, is really lucky. Escaped a disaster. But it doesn't matter, her face has begun to improve, and as time goes by, she will always kill Xie Ruzhuo!
"So my aunt is so worried about me." Xie Ruzhuo raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "I thought my aunt wanted to eat my flesh and drink my blood!"
As Xie Ruzhuo said this, he walked directly to Fu Qian'er's bed, lifted up her quilt, and started rummaging for something.
Fu Qian'er's eyes suddenly widened and she hurriedly ran over, trying to stop Xie Ruzhuo's movements. Unexpectedly, the servants suddenly took action and controlled Fu Qian'er's movements.
Fu Qian'er was anxious and shouted, "Xie Ruzhuo! Why are you rummaging through my things? I tell you, if you treat me like this, be careful I tell your father that you are disrespectful!" Although she said this in her mouth, she had already read it in her heart. She started to feel weak. After all, the prescription that she hadn't had time to dispose of was hidden in her own bed!
Just when she was panicking, Xie Ruzhuo's hand had already taken away the pillow.
Fu Qian'er's legs softened and she was about to sit on the ground, but saw that there was nothing under the pillow. Yes, empty.
As if a drowning person suddenly grabbed a straw, Fu Qian'er breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the ground, and started wailing again, "Oh, there's no way I can survive. I know I'm not human now." , It’s not like a ghost, even a junior can search everywhere in my room, it’s unreasonable!”
Although she didn't know why the prescription disappeared, as long as Xie Ruzhuo couldn't find it, she had no evidence to prove that she was the poisoner! What Fu Qian'er is best at is playing tricks. Seeing that Xie Ruzhuo couldn't find anything after searching through it, she immediately got ready to fight like a cockfighting cock.
Seeing her like this, Chunfang hurriedly came over to help Fu Qian'er up. When no one else was paying attention, she secretly scratched a few words on Fu Qian'er's palm.
Fu Qian'er looked at Chunfang in surprise, then wrapped her clothes tightly and smiled proudly. Although there are only two girls left by her side, they are all good!
The servants searched all over the house again, but in the end, they still found nothing.
Fu Qian'er was confident enough. Seeing Xie Ruzhuo's somewhat embarrassed face, she immediately said hard, "Fourth Miss, do you have to give me an explanation?"
Xie Ruzhuo said expressionlessly, "Auntie, this is just a routine matter. After all, I was almost poisoned just now. No one's suspicion can be ruled out! Besides, the people in the kitchen said that you were the only one who came close last night. I didn't come to check first." Do you want to check others first?"
"Oh, I just went to the kitchen to poison you? Since you said that no one's suspicion can be ruled out, let me ask you, have the eldest lady's house been checked, have the master's house been checked, and have the wives of the other rooms been checked? ? No, you just checked mine, isn't it because I am a soft persimmon? I tell you Xie Ruzhuo, I will go to the master to file a complaint against you now. I have to see if the Xie family is used to it. She will bully old and useless people!" Fu Qian'er made up her mind to make this matter a big deal. Her face has been mostly healed, and she will still have a long life in the Xie family. If she can't come back from this situation, , that would be embarrassing and embarrassing!
As Aunt Fu said this, she fiercely shook off the servant's hand and ran out first. However, she did not dare to go to Xie Shenyan, so she turned a corner and ran towards Ji's yard.