Queen's scheming

Chapter 210 Hot and Spicy (Part [-])

Shen Qingyi received the greetings from all the concubines, without delay for even a moment, she said sharply: "Mother Jiang, bring everyone here!"

Mother Jiang patted her palms lightly twice, and the guards escorted a few people into the palace. Everyone glanced at them, and they were immediately frightened. A few timid concubines screamed loudly. It's no wonder they were in a mess According to the rules, the people who were brought into the palace were all torn apart, and some of them still had scorched marks on their bodies. It was obvious at a glance that they had been scalded by a red iron.

Shen Qingyi glanced at those concubines who were screaming loudly, and said coldly: "Imperial Concubine Duanjing, you handle it!"

Mi Yurou blessed her body lightly, pointed out the concubines, and said, "From the day that Xiunu entered the palace, there have been educated nuns who have taught you not to make loud noises in the palace. In the Ningsu Palace, the empress is still sick, and making loud noises, not only lost her dignity, but also shocked the empress's body, according to the rules, each of you will be punished for two months!"

A few people here thanked them, and Shen Qingyi didn't pursue it anymore, but looked at the few people kneeling on the ground.

Nanny Jiang pointed to the left and knelt, and the two people in navy blue palace attire said: "Madam, these two were made by the owner of the imperial kitchen that day. Except for the pastries brought by the concubines, all the other ones are made of pastries. These two did it!"

Shen Qingyi's eyes were like knives, staring at the two of them, expressionless said: "Are you two guilty?"

"Empress, please forgive me. It really has nothing to do with the slaves. The preparation of this pastry has to go through more than ten processes. Someone must have planted the blame on the slaves!" One of them kowtowed bitterly.

Shen Qingyi ignored him, but looked at another man who was beaten to pieces, raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you say?"

The eunuch respectfully kowtowed, his chapped lips moved slightly, and said, "The old slave is in charge of making the cakes in the imperial dining room. Even if the old slave didn't inflict the poison himself, it's hard to escape the ineffective supervision, so the old slave is willing to accept the punishment."

Shen Qingyi snorted coldly, pointed at the servant who had complained just now, and said: "Come here, let me pull you out to beat me, and beat me right in front of the gate of Ningsu Palace. I want to see, who else dares to follow?" Go privately! Get rid of those legs, and come back to answer Bengong!"

The eunuch still wanted to plead, but Mother Jiang stopped in front, pointed at the man and cursed: "You are so brave, how dare you play tricks in front of the queen!"

"Jiang Momo, you are begging for mercy for the slave, it really has nothing to do with the slave!" Seeing Shen Qingyi, the inner eunuch didn't even sweep his eyelids at him, and instead knelt down to beg Jiang Momo, he didn't want to die yet!
Jiang Nanny is much more ruthless than Shen Qingyi, she said sharply: "You two were imprisoned in the Punishment Department at the same time, how come you still have the strength to beg for mercy here, but he can't even speak, it shows that you have bribed someone, this Just bear with it, if you don’t take it seriously, it will only make your life worse than death!”

As soon as Nanny Jiang finished speaking, the guards pulled the inner eunuch out, but they couldn't hear the shouting, only the sound of "woo woo", presumably because of being gagged, the main hall of Ningsu Palace was quiet It seemed that everyone was listening to the beating, and the concubines hung their heads in silence, no wonder they were cruel, a few pieces of pastry made them have diarrhea all night, if it was poison beside them, they were afraid at the moment He had already lost his life. Compared with his Jin Gui's life, the lives of those slaves are naturally nothing!

There was no time for a cup of tea, and the outside became silent. The guards dragged the half-dead inner eunuch in, darkening the silver-red velvet carpet in the hall!
"Are you convicted now? If you are not guilty yet, I can have your legs and hands chopped off to make you live like a ball!" Shen Qingyi said these words calmly, her voice seemed to be hell Shura, who was in the middle, was so shocked that everyone in the hall was a little out of breath!

The eunuch didn't dare to hide anything anymore, and cried, "Empress Empress, I really don't know that it will make people have diarrhea. I used this secret seasoning to occupy a place in the imperial dining room, but I didn't expect that the secret seasoning sent this time would cause all the masters and young masters to have diarrhea, the servants really don't know!"

This is also the reason why he refused to open his mouth before. If the people in the imperial dining room knew that the secret recipe in his hand was not prepared by himself, then he would not be able to gain a foothold in the imperial dining room in the future. He was still thinking about this matter, With the eunuch next to him taking the blame, I will be able to be the steward of the pastry department in the imperial dining room in the future. If I lose my legs, I will be fine. If a cook loses his hands, I will never think about it again in this life!

"Who gave you the secret seasoning?" Shen Qingyi asked in a cold voice, it turned out that it was prepared early in the morning, or she was too careless, if she was careful when eating, how could she be caught off guard?When Shen Qingyi woke up this time, she didn't hold grudges against Li Tianyou, who was born. She was most saddened by this test. If she hadn't been careful, she wouldn't have ended up in such a state, and her child was still so young.

"It's Xiao Xinzi from the Ministry of Internal Affairs! He said that his grandfather opened a restaurant, and he fell down because he offended the rich and powerful. But there are a few secret recipes in the family that can be sold to the servant, and the servant bought two, which are very good for use. This time Hearing that he was going to make cakes, he could be the steward of the cake shop when he was done, so the servant paid attention and went to find Xiao Xinzi to buy the recipe, but this time he refused to sell it to the servant, so he only brought some of it to the servant. The servant tried it. After using it, the servant thought the cakes he made were delicious, so he paid a lot of money to buy some more, but he didn’t expect that the cake he gave the servant was poisoned. The servant really didn’t know, the servant also pulled it that night Stomach for one night, if the servant knows that it is poisonous, how can he use it himself? Please empress empress, please learn from it!" The eunuch doesn't care about face at this moment, face is good, as long as he can live, he will be fine.

Shen Qingyi just raised her face, and some guards went to look for this little eunuch from the House of Internal Affairs, but when she turned around, she replied: "There is no such person in the House of Internal Affairs!"

The eunuch was also stupid at the moment, he knew that he was taking the blame for others, so he fainted at that time, Shen Qingyi thought for a while and didn't speak, it turned out that all this had been planned long ago, those people had planned it out How could she tolerate the life of her child!

"Imperial Concubine Duanjing, how should I deal with it according to the palace rules?" Shen Qingyi will no longer personally issue an imperial edict, all of which are bound by palace rules, but she will never spare these people lightly. Concubine of the Heavenly family, what should I do?"

Mi Yurou replied respectfully: "The crime should be delayed!"

"Then follow what the imperial concubine said!" Shen Qingyi couldn't see any joy or anger in her eyes, and even Mi Yurou didn't know if she was satisfied with this punishment.

However, Shen Qingyi looked at the other eunuch and said: "You are willing to take care of things, help you down and take good care of it, after you have recovered your body, you will return to the imperial dining room to be in charge, and you will take care of the bakery. There is only one thing, if this incident happens again, don't say that I don't show affection!"

The eunuch praised Eunuch Xu, he thought that this time he would surely die, but he didn't expect that he would be so lucky, and he kowtowed to thank him for such benefits.

Jiang Nanny nodded secretly behind Shen Qingyi. She always felt that Shen Qingyi let go of the affairs of the six palaces like this, and that she had no one under her command in a few key places. After all, she was passive. This time it was an excellent opportunity. Eunuch Xu saw that he was very reliable, and coupled with Shen Qingyi's kindness to him, he should be very loyal.

After Shen Qingyi killed the two people in the imperial dining room, and the other two kneeling servants in the small kitchen of Ningsu Palace did not dare to have a chance, Shen Qingyi glanced at the two of them. The cook who was in charge reported one by one: "Empress, it was the servant who made the soup that day, Miss Yu Lian was watching all the time, the servant did not do any tricks, and finally found out who The source of the barley water is actually in an earthen pot of high soup, the high soup was boiled by slaves every day, and I don’t know who tampered with it.”

Jiang Nanny remained calm. After all, she was from Shen Qingyi Palace. The candidates for the small kitchen that Yu He personally selected were generally not bad. Faced with such a situation, she did not beg for mercy. Crying was useless. It doesn't matter, but he is a usable person.

Shen Qingyi, the cook, has seen this before. She has rewarded her more than once because of the good food she cooks. Now that she sees her advances and retreats, she feels a little more at ease. The palace maid asked softly, "Are you looking at the small kitchen?"

"Returning to the empress, this servant is right. During the next day, my servant sleeps in the small kitchen. During the day, if the kitchen is too busy, my servant will also help to light the fire." The little girl replied politely.

"Then has anyone touched that earthen jar?" Shen Qingyi didn't believe that barley water would be mixed into her small kitchen for no reason. It shouldn't be possible for a person like this, and this is also what frustrates her the most.

It's just that the people in her palace harmed her child, as long as she thinks about this, she can't help her anger!
"Reporting to Empress Empress, this servant remembers clearly that only Master, Aunt Yulian, Mother Jiang and Mr. Baicao have been in contact with each other, and no one else has touched anyone else." It was the cook in front of her.

Seeing Shen Qingyi trembling slightly, Jiang Nanny knew that she was angry, but right now in front of so many concubines, it was inconvenient to say a lot. Most importantly, Jiang Nanny felt that Suxia seemed to be hiding something , when she was replying just now, she obviously took a look around, there must be someone she was taboo about and dared not speak to.

Mother Jiang supported Shen Qingyi's elbow with one hand, and said in a harmonious voice: "Empress, you must be a little tired after sitting out for such a long time. The imperial doctor said that you still need to be taken care of. Anyway, the imperial dining room has been dealt with." The person in charge of the matter, the people of Ningsu Palace, you take a break, and interrogation will not be too late!"

Shen Qingyi glanced at all the concubines, and let out a sigh of relief, saying: "In the future, I will take care of the affairs of the Sixth Palace. If I find out that there is any uneasiness in any palace, don't worry about it." Blame me for not showing you face!"

Shen Qingyi turned around and walked towards the back hall. She wanted to make all those who wanted to harm her child pay the price, no matter whether they took action or not, as long as they had such thoughts, she would never forgive them lightly!
(End of this chapter)