Chapter 240 You said you were going to deliver food, but you got into a palace fight
[Exchange successful, scan and move objects around Fu Hong, only once a day, valid for ten minutes]
Xie Yanyan: Wow, it’s limited to once a day, which means the operation is remote. Fu Hong is locked up 5 kilometers away, not in the imperial city.
No wonder these silly kids can’t find their master!
The person is not in the capital at all.
Xie Yanyan "saw" Fu Hong.
It looked like an underground dungeon, with a small island in the center, an iron pillar standing on the island, and water all around.
Fu Hong's hair was disheveled, and the island and his clothes were all covered in blood, so much so that the color could no longer be seen. Not only was he wearing shackles, but even more terrifyingly, an iron chain passed through his collarbone and tied him tightly to an iron pillar.
He must have been tortured severely, and his face no longer resembles the gentle boy he once was.
He fell into a coma, his chest and abdomen were slightly rising and falling, but he was not dead.
Outside the dungeon was a large courtyard. A man who looked like a leader was sitting at a table, drinking wine and eating meat.
"General, are we just going to keep watching him?"
"The Prime Minister said that we can release the news in the next few days. Fu Hong's former subordinates will come after us."
"Then we'll wipe them all out."
"The Prime Minister said that the former Crown Prince treated Princess Yongning differently. In order to pardon Xie Anfeng's family, he conferred the title of Princess Yongning and became an enemy of all court officials. Someone will spread the news to Princess Yongning in the next two days. If the Princess dares to come to rescue him, the Prime Minister will impeach Princess Yongning and accuse her of being unworthy of being the Crown Princess."
"Yes, flirting with other men is the most taboo in the royal family."
"What county lady? She's just a fugitive. How can she compare with our eldest daughter?"
"The ceremony of conferring the title of Queen and Consort will be held soon. Our Queen will definitely be conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort."
"That's right. Your Majesty only has two princes. Zhou Pi is gone. The third prince is your Majesty's only two princes."
Xie Yanyan understood that these people were also from Zhuge Dan's family.
[10 minutes up]
When the time was up, Xie Yanyan looked out the window and saw Zhuge Ke was still kneeling.
Zhou Shaoyu said: "Go back and tell Lord Zhuge that the family should take good care of him. Otherwise, no matter how great his achievements are, His Majesty will not be able to protect him."
Zhuge Ke nodded desperately. What could he do? Kill Zhou Shaoyu in public?
Zhuge Ke left and Zhou Shaoyu went upstairs.
The little bun was happy, and took the initiative to come to the door, stretched out his hand and said: "Hug!"
Zhou Shaoyu picked him up and said with a smile: "Asheng, have you forgiven your uncle?"
"Um"
After dealing with Zhuge Liangliang, Xie Anfeng suggested that they take a nap and return home to Lingnan tomorrow.
Zhou Shaoyu shook his head: "We can't leave like this. Zhuge Dan disgusts me so much, we must clip some of his wings, otherwise, my mother will not have a good life in the palace."
Zhou Tangtang also felt that it would be a shame to go back like this, as if she was afraid of them.
Xie Yanyan heard the thoughts of the guards who were holding Fu Hong, and knew that Zhuge Dan would not let them go back like this.
Shouldn't we tell her that Fu Hongguan is somewhere and ask her to go and rescue him?
So, a few people decided to live in the inn in a high-profile manner.
The newly appointed official at the post station felt like a thousand alpacas were roaring through his mind.
Instead of staying in the peaceful palace, the legitimate princes and princesses and the crown princess all come to the inn to eat and stay!
While arranging for them to live in the best courtyards and rooms, His Majesty was urgently notified.
Zhuge Dan had spies everywhere. He received the news earlier than Zhou Xiaocheng and sneered: "I thought you had such great ambitions, but it turns out you are just occupying your status and living in a post station!"
He still looked respectful and asked someone to pass the message to Zhou Xiaocheng.
Zhou Xiaocheng was originally very angry and distressed when he saw Zhou Shaoyu and Zhou Tangtang leave. Hearing the news that they were all staying at the post station, he was angry and amused.
Rebellious sons and daughters, can't you say something soft to me? Who am I doing this for? Isn't it for your own good?
"Notify the post station not to give them food. Starve them for a few meals so that they know the rules." Zhou Xiaocheng said angrily.
Zhuge Dan immediately said: "Yes"
The people below immediately passed on the message: "Inform the post station not to give the prince and princess any food."
Zhou Xiaocheng was stunned: "No, I, I was just talking in anger!"
Zhuge Dan looked at him and respectfully said, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. Your words are golden. There are no angry words, only imperial decrees."
Zhou Xiaocheng then regretted his decision. He didn’t want to starve his children to death!
But after he said it, he couldn't immediately slap himself.
Zhuge Dan immediately said: "Your Majesty, I can go and take care of him. This is my own will and it does not violate the majesty of the emperor."
Zhou Xiaocheng praised: "The Prime Minister is the one who pleases me the most."
Zhuge Dan was rewarded with silver and a table full of delicious food and snacks.
Zhuge Dan was humble, left the palace, and whispered something to his trusted butler.
The housekeeper then found Liu Ge'er, the newly appointed eunuch in charge of food in the palace, and said to him, "The crown prince and the eldest princess have disobeyed Your Majesty, but Your Majesty cannot bear to see them starve. This table of food is ostensibly a reward from Your Majesty to the Prime Minister, but it is actually given to the crown prince and the princess by the food department."
Liu Ge'er naturally understood and said with a smile: "Yes, how can a father and son hold grudges overnight? Your Majesty loves the prince!"
So he ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare it with extra care.
After it was done, the butler and Liu Ge'er sent it to the post station together.
Liu Geer said with a smile: "Prince, Princess, Crown Princess, eat it while it's hot. It's cold, and eating it will warm your body."
Because it was delivered on time, the food was still hot.
However, Zhou Tangtang emerged from the circle of palace fighting, and she asked Liu Ge'er to test the poison on these dishes.
Liu Ge'er knew the rules and immediately took out a silver needle to test it for them, and found that it was not poisonous.
The butler was eight steps away from them, smiling and lowering his head.
[Silver needles cannot detect the poison of this mushroom, and the poison will only take effect three days after consumption]
[Died three days later, had nothing to do with the Prime Minister]
Xie Yanyan was shocked.
Seeing that Liu Ge'er had tested it and it was not poisonous, Xiao Baozi wanted to take the snack to eat, but she stopped him and said, "Let me take a look."
She gave Liu Ge'er some of the snacks and dishes, put them on a plate, and covered it with the wooden lid of the food box.
"There is a kind of mushroom poison that can be detected by heating it, cooling it, and then stewing it."
The housekeeper and Liu Ge'er looked at the plate covering the food box in surprise, with a big question mark in their minds: Is it true?
Xie Yanyan immediately transferred the contents of the plate into a space to test for poison.
"Xiao Mei, can you exchange it for a poison test to see if there are any toxins in these foods?"
[Exchange successful, lotus leaf cake, eight-treasure duck, braised bear paw. Contains late-acting toxicity, extracted from poisonous mushrooms]
"Xiao Mei, add some color to these poisonous foods."
She asked Liu Ge'er to open the lid of the lunch box.
When the lid of the box was opened, one could see that the poisonous food had turned into red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, blue and purple, and the colors were particularly bright.
Xie Yanyan: That’s too exaggerated!
She pointed to the colorful dishes and said to the housekeeper, "Try these."
The butler shrank back: "I am just an errand boy, not worthy of a palace banquet."
"Just eat when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Zhou Shaoyu said, "Eat it."
Since Xie Yanyan didn't ask Liu Ge'er to eat, it meant that Liu Ge'er didn't know the situation.
The butler turned and ran.
When Liu Ge'er saw him running away, he knew something was wrong and was scared out of his wits.
She cried and said, "I delivered the food to the Prime Minister as ordered by His Majesty, but the Prime Minister said that it was a reward from His Majesty to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and asked me to deliver it. It turned out that he wanted to use my identity to deceive the Crown Prince and the Princess. Woo woo woo, I almost committed a heinous crime!"
Zhou Shaoyu ordered people to carry all the dishes and escort a group of servants into the palace.
Zhou Xiaocheng and the princess were terrified.
Zhou Shaoyu looked at Zhou Xiaocheng coldly and said, "Even if I don't want to take a concubine, you can't kill me, my elder sister, and the county lady, right?"
"I know this matter has nothing to do with my father. I just want Lord Zhuge and his family to eat all the food on this table."
Zhuge Dan refused to admit that the dish was poisonous, nor did he admit that he had anything to do with the poisoning, and he refused to eat it.
Xie Yanyan: "Master Zhuge, do you dare to swear to the heaven that you did not lie? If you lie, you will be punished by the heaven. Do you dare to swear?"
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