Ling Ruo nodded noncommittally, "In other words, you are the only one who can do anything in the stew pot in the imperial kitchen, right?"
As soon as these words came out, An Lu froze. It took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence and said: "I'm sorry for my stupidity, I don't understand what I mean."
"The stew pot that Sixi brought today is not the one that the emperor usually uses, but comes from a folk kiln. Moreover, the stew pot is hollow and contains a large number of ginseng slices. In other words, what is stewed today is not anything at all.
The ginseng soup is actually a ginseng soup that is enough to kill the emperor."
An Lu opened his mouth wide. He couldn't believe what he heard. After he came to his senses, he also understood the purpose of Ling Ruo's words to him. He said with panic on his face: "Your Majesty, your concubine, your slave."
I swear on my life that I never tampered with the stew pot. As for why it happened like this, I...I really don’t know."
"If you don't even know, then who else knows?" Ling Ruo had been paying attention to An Lu's expressions and movements, and found that his reaction after hearing her words did not seem to be hypocritical. If he was not really unaware, he was covering it up.
It's so good that even she can't see the flaw.
"I really don't know anything." An Lu had already thought about Wen Ruqing's murder of the dragon seed in Liu's belly a few years ago. The method was exactly the same as now, but he couldn't understand that Wen Ruqing was already dead.
Wow, who would do such a thing? Besides, the stew pot was not transferred by anyone this time, so why did it suddenly become something from a folk kiln?
Ling Ruo said coldly: "It seems that you won't be punished without being punished. Come here!" She believed in Si Xi, but she didn't believe in the manager of the imperial kitchen who had not had much contact. Besides, he was indeed the most likely to do anything.
The one with hands and feet.
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me! Your Majesty, have mercy on me!" Although An Lu kept begging for mercy, he was still dragged out by two powerful eunuchs. Just when he was about to be dragged out of the palace door, An Lu had a flash of inspiration in his mind and said quickly: "
Madam, I remember something, maybe the stew pot was transferred to him at that time."
Hearing this, Ling Ruo quickly asked someone to let An Lu go and said, "Tell me what's going on."
An Lu swallowed hard and said: "Before Grandpa Xi came to the imperial kitchen today, He An, the young eunuch who worked as a handyman in the imperial kitchen, once opened the cabinet with the stew pot. He said he wanted to see if there was a stew pot.
Clean it up, the slave didn’t take it seriously at the time
, I just thought that he wanted to please Eunuch Xi in order to get a good job. But now that I think about it carefully, I feel that something is wrong. Moreover, he disappeared for a long time. The slave suspected that he was the one who arranged the job. He should still be there at this moment.
In the imperial dining room."
"Go and bring He An immediately." When Ling Ruo finished this sentence, Xiao Wu also walked in quickly, called Qian'er, and said breathlessly: "Ms. Qi, I asked Eunuch Zhao,
He said that only Mr. Tong Gui had taken a few ginseng branches recently, but they were only a few decades old, more than a hundred years old, and no one had taken them in the past month."
Yinzhen raised the corners of his lips that were like frost and said: "It seems that this ginseng did not come from the Imperial Pharmacy. It also means that everything taken from the Imperial Pharmacy is recorded. Once something happens, it will be easily found out."
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Ling Ruo nodded and said: "It seems that if this ginseng branch was not rewarded earlier, it should have been brought in from outside the palace, just like this stew pot."
Yinzhen said coldly: "Check! Even if we turn the Forbidden City upside down, we still have to find out who wants my life!"
Ever since Xiao Wu came to the imperial dining room to pass An Lu away, He An had been feeling uneasy, fearing that someone would discover the stew pot. If someone suspected him, he would be in big trouble. After thinking for a long time, he decided to go
He went to Ji Liu to discuss the matter, but before he could walk out the door, two eunuchs came in and shouted, "Who is He An?"
He An's head was beating wildly, and his first reaction was to run away, but others had already pointed him out, so he could only admit it bravely.
The two eunuchs looked him up and down and said, "The imperial concubine has a decree for you to go to the Yangxin Palace. Please leave as soon as possible."
Hearing the words "Yangxin Hall", He An became more and more uneasy, pretending to be calm and said: "I wonder why the imperial concubine told me to go there?"
One of the other eunuchs pushed He An, who was stalling, and said impatiently: "Where are all these problems coming from? You will know when you meet the imperial concubine, don't you? Hurry up and leave."
He An had no choice but to follow them all the way to the Yangxin Palace, but the further he walked, the more frightened he became. Stealing items from the palace was a capital crime. Damn it, if I had known better, I wouldn't have helped Ji Liu do this. Alas, I didn't know it was here.
What will happen to the Yangxin Palace?
He An wished he could never walk to the Yangxin Palace, but there was only such a short distance, and there were people urging him, so he arrived quickly.
When he stepped into the gate of Yangxin Hall and saw the mess on the ground, his legs became weak for a while. After reluctantly moving forward a few steps, he knelt down and said, "This servant is going to pay my respects to the emperor and to the noble concubine."
Ling Ruo stared at him and said, "He An, An Lu said that you opened the cabinet with the stew pot today and said you wanted to clean it, right?"
"Yes, I had nothing to do at that time. I was afraid that the stew pot was not clean, so I decided to see if it needed to be washed again. However, Manager An said that it was very clean, so I didn't touch the stew pot afterwards." He
Ann tried to make her voice sound normal.
Ling Ruo narrowed her eyes slightly and said coldly: "You are quite diligent, but it's strange to say that usually when you are not so diligent, nothing happens in the stew pot. But when you are diligent, something big goes wrong. Is it a coincidence?
Or...you took advantage of it and took advantage of it?"
He An raised his eyes slightly, but as soon as he met Ling Ruo's eyes, he quickly lowered his eyes, shook his head and said: "The empress was joking, the slave just glanced at it, didn't even touch it, and didn't do anything.
,Besides, there is no reason for a slave to do such a thing!"
Although He An tried his best to hide it, his slightly trembling body still truly reflected the panic and fear in his heart, which made Ling Ruo even more sure that there was something wrong with him, "I have no interest in joking with you, He An, I will give it to you."
This is the last chance to invite you truthfully and avoid the pain of flesh and blood."
"My servant really didn't do anything. Manager An also saw it at that time." He hurriedly turned his eyes to An Lu, who was also kneeling on the ground, and said eagerly: "Mr. An, please tell me, what's wrong with me?"
I’ve never done it before. If I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have done that much as a child.”
An Lu glared at He An angrily and said: "Ms. Qi, I did see it at that time, but I didn't stare at him all the time, and I didn't watch him close the cabinet door with my own eyes, so he had every chance to do something."