In the main hall, the atmosphere was a bit solemn.
The servants in charge of meals today are kneeling on the ground, and they don’t know what happened?
Ye Jinming asked: "Who made the pine mushroom soup given to Miss Shen?"
A woman spoke up and said, "The old slave made it. The pine mushroom soup was made for the eldest lady. The eldest lady ordered her servants to send a bowl to Miss Shen and Miss Yun Shang."
She asked Ye Jinming: "I dare to ask the prince, but what's wrong with that soup?"
Before the servants were brought, Yuan Chen searched the entire yard and later found an uneaten bowl of soup in Xin Ruyi's room. He checked that it was indeed poisonous.
In other words, Shen Lingshuang did go into labor early after drinking poisonous matsutake soup.
Ye Jinming said: "The soup is poisonous, and Miss Shen is now in fear of her life."
Aunt Liu was startled. She realized what she was doing and kowtowed hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am aware that this old slave did not poison me."
Ye Jinming felt that it could not be the poison caused by the cook. She had been in the Duke's Mansion for more than ten years and had never made any mistakes.
He said: "This matter is of great importance. You don't need to be nervous. Has anyone except you touched this soup?"
Aunt Liu said: "Only the old slave in the house knows how to make matsutake, so he has no one to help others. After he finished it, he asked Xiao Cui to deliver it to the eldest lady.
Later, Xiaocui brought two more bowls and said that the eldest lady ordered them to be sent to Miss Shen and Miss Yun Shang."
Xiaocui was so frightened by the mention that she hurriedly said: "I didn't poison you. Aunt Liu prepared the soup, and I sent it to the eldest lady. I didn't open it on the way."
Ye Jinming asked: "Have you tried this soup?"
Grandma Liu said: "This old slave has been cooking for more than ten years. You don't need to taste it to know how good your cooking is.
The eldest lady likes to eat matsutake, but many people are not used to it, so the matsutake will not appear in the main course.
I always make them for the eldest lady as a late-night snack, but I personally bought these matsutake mushrooms today."
When Yuan Chen heard this, he asked: "Is there any left?"
Aunt Liu said: "There are some left, and they are kept in the kitchen."
Yuan Chen motioned to Feng Mian to get it. He looked at the bowl of matsutake soup on the table. If the poison was not poisoned by someone from the Duke's Mansion, then it was most likely that there was something wrong with the uncommon matsutake.
Moreover, this person's goal is obviously towards Xin Ruyi.
Xin Ruyi is a doctor and has no enemies. Who wants to harm her?
Just as he was thinking about it, Feng Mian took some matsutake left in the kitchen and tried it with a silver needle. Sure enough, the matsutake was poisonous.
Yuan Chen asked Aunt Liu: "Where did you buy this thing?"
Grandma Liu said: "This thing is only available on Chengnan Street. It is usually sold by a farmer named Li, but yesterday the person changed it and said it was a relative who came to help."
Yuan Chen asked: "What does that person look like?"
Grandma Liu replied: "The man was wearing a curtain hat and couldn't see his face clearly, but he was very tall and sounded young when he spoke.
The old slave also curiously asked why he was wearing a curtain hat. He said he was ugly because he was afraid of scaring us.
At that time, there was a gust of wind, which happened to lift his curtain hat, and I could only vaguely see the dark patch on his face, which was really scary."
After hearing her description, Yuan Chen felt that there was something wrong with this man. He said to Feng Mian, "Go and check out this family that sells matsutake mushrooms."
Feng Mian cupped his fists and bowed, turned around and retreated.