MTL - I Made a Fortune By Raiding Houses In Ancient Times-Chapter 278 It was Miss Ling who instigated it

 The banquet menu ordered by the Empress clearly did not include puffer fish.

 But pufferfish was found in Mrs. Song’s fish soup.

 The royal chef in charge of making fish soup swore that he never used puffer fish to make fish soup.

Ning Chuyi and the Minister of Punishment together interrogated all the people in the imperial dining room, as well as the maids who were waiting at the banquet.

 Finally a suspect was identified.

That man is one of the many side dish cooks in the imperial kitchen, his surname is Xu.

According to Chef Liao's confession, Chef Zhou was originally responsible for serving dishes under him, but he suddenly suffered from a bad stomach today. Chef Xu took the initiative to find Liao Yuchu and said that he had few tasks to take care of today and could help him instead of Chef Zhou.

 Xu Yuchu was not usually a helpful person, but today he took the initiative to help. Liao Yuchu originally thought it was a little strange. But Chef Zhou's stomach was so full that he couldn't help him with the dishes.

 Everyone else has their own things to be responsible for. At this moment, he can't find anyone else to replace Chef Zhou.

Liao Yuchu saw that Chef Xu was willing to help and was grateful to him again and again.

 At first, when Chef Xu was preparing the dishes, Chef Liao was worried and even observed carefully.

But seeing that he prepared the dishes in an orderly manner and his proficiency was no worse than that of Chef Zhou, Chef Liao was relieved and turned to concentrate on cooking.

But he didn't expect that the cook would dare to mix the pufferfish skin into Mrs. Song's fish soup while the dishes were being prepared.

 Xu Chuyi did not plead guilty to the charges against Liao Yuchu.

With an indignant look on his face, he cried out, "Chef Liao, I saw that Chef Zhou was not feeling well, so I took the initiative to help you. It's okay if you're not grateful, but you still wronged me. Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"

 Xu the cook swore to heaven that he had not tampered with Mrs. Song's fish soup. The Minister of Punishment interrogated him for a long time, but he did not admit it.

Ning Chuyi saw this and took over the interrogation himself.

As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Ning Chuyi is usually more ruthless than the Minister of Punishment, and the title of God of Killing is not just for fun.

 When Xu cook saw him, he was instinctively afraid.

 When interrogated, his words revealed a guilty conscience.

Ning Chuyi immediately ordered his execution.

Wei Feng took matters into his own hands.

Xu Cook is just an ordinary person, how can he withstand Wei Feng's methods.

But after a while he was crying and shouting for a confession.

"Your Majesty, I made a mistake. I deserve to die." Chef Xu kowtowed to the emperor. After standing up, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Ling Chu, "It's Miss Ling...she gave me a hundred taels and gave instructions." The younger one mixed the pufferfish skin into Mrs. Song’s fish soup.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned to glare at Ling Chu.

Lingchu's hand holding the tea remained motionless, and he even took a slow sip before putting down the tea cup.

Looking at Xu Yuchu with a faint look, waiting for him to continue.

Xu Yuchu was shocked by her gaze and felt uneasy for no reason.

 But now, he has only one way to go to the dark side.

“Previously in the Royal Garden, Miss Xiao poisoned Miss Cao and the Queen’s koi to death, but she put the blame on Miss Ling.

Miss Ling believed that these things were all instigated by Princess Pingyang. She resented Princess Pingyang for instructing Miss Xiao to frame her, so she asked the young lady to mix puffer fish skins into the fish soup in order to teach Princess Guangping and Princess Pingyang a lesson. "

Princess Guangping spent 50,000 taels to buy detoxification pills, and she was already unhappy. Hearing what Chef Xu said, he immediately became furious.

“Dear Lingchu, it turns out it was you who was responsible. First, you ordered the kitchen servants to poison us, and then sold us the antidote. You dared to ask for 150,000 taels for just three antidote pills.

 It seems that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Your grandfather was greedy, and you, the granddaughter, are just as greedy! "

“Your Majesty, a vicious and greedy woman like Miss Ling deserves to be punished.”

Lingchu looked at Princess Guangping with cold eyes. She really shouldn't have been soft-hearted and gave her the antidote pills. This kind of person should let her be poisoned to death.

Ning Chuyi said expressionlessly, "Princess Guangping, you were convicted before the trial of the case was over. Should I let you take the position of commander?"

 Princess Guangping's face turned red and she felt indignant. It could be seen that the emperor was looking at her with a majestic expression, and the anger in his heart had to be suppressed.

When Princess Pingyang saw Ning Chuyi defending Ling Chu, she wanted to call her a vixen, but she was afraid of damaging her own image.

“Chef Xu, you said that I ordered you to mix the pufferfish skin into the fish soup. Do you dare to ask when and where I gave the pufferfish skin to you?”

"Shortly after the banquet started, you deliberately tripped the palace maid and soiled your clothes. You left the banquet on the pretext of changing your clothes, sneaked into the royal kitchen, found the young lady, and handed me the pufferfish skin and the banknotes."

Princess Dingyuan, who had been looking at Ling Chu worriedly, suddenly yelled at Chef Xu, "You are lying. After Miss Ling left the banquet, I was the one who accompanied her to change clothes.

She has never been to the imperial kitchen, so how could she instruct you to mix puffer fish skin into the fish soup! "

Princess Jing followed closely and said, "Yes, I personally watched Princess Dingyuan go to deliver clothes to Miss Ling. You, a cook, are so brave, you dare to frame Miss Ling."

“Miss Ling entered the palace for the first time today. She doesn’t even know where to open the door to the imperial dining room. How can she avoid so many maids and maids in the palace and find the imperial dining room?”

　　 Xu Chef was speechless after being retorted by Princess Dingyuan and Princess Jing.

Princess Guangping said in a strange manner, "Princess Dingyuan, Miss Ling clearly left the banquet first, and you went to give her clothes later. Maybe Miss Ling went to the imperial dining room at that time, but you didn't see it. "

"It's impossible. When Miss Ling left, the palace maid was always with her. If she went to the imperial dining room, the palace maid would definitely know."

Lingchu did not tell the Queen’s steward about the incident in the side hall, and the maid was not punished.

She was grateful in her heart. After hearing what Princess Dingyuan said, she hurriedly said, "When Miss Ling went to change clothes, the servant followed her. She has indeed never been to the imperial dining room."

Xu Cook was so worried that he was sweating profusely, but he couldn't think of how to defend himself.

Ling Chu looked at him coldly, "Tell me, I have no enmity with Princess Dingyuan and Princess Jing. Why did I ask you to kill them with blowfish poison because of my grudge?"

Xu Kitchen Server felt guilty and averted his eyes, and said casually, "This,... the little one accidentally mixed the pufferfish skin into the whole pot of fish soup, and that's why they also ate it by mistake."

Ling Chu pressed forward, "Since the whole pot of fish soup is filled with pufferfish skin, why is it that everyone else is fine and only our table is poisoned?"

Xu Cook was speechless again.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the man above him glaring at him dissatisfied.

 Xu Chef's heart felt like he had eaten Coptis chinensis. At this point, he had no choice but to go all the way to the dark side.

“The little one is stupid and can’t speak, but the fact is that Miss Ling bribed the little one with money and forced the little one to mix the pufferfish skin into the fish soup...”

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