Chapter 24: The Qin family is poisoned, and the villains are the first to complain]
The Qin family didn't react at first after drinking the mushroom soup.
When Chen Wu informed everyone that they were about to set off, the whole family, starting with Old Lady Zhang, suddenly began to vomit and have diarrhea and felt dizzy.
"This...what's going on?" Qin Jinzhong asked, holding his stomach in pain.
He is the head of the family, eats the most, and has the most severe symptoms.
Qin Jian and Li Guihua brought back the mushrooms after going up the mountain, and Qin Jian couldn't figure it out.
"I... Guihua and I saw that little bitch Chen Fenghe picking the same mushrooms, so we followed suit! Why are they fine... um..."
Qin Huanhuan had been keeping an eye on Chen Fenghe and the others. Suddenly, she remembered something and said, "Brother, I just saw Chen Fenghe cook the mushrooms. She boiled them first, then poured out the water and started over with fresh water. Could it be that...she knew the mushrooms were poisonous and purposely poured out the poisonous water from the first batch?"
Upon hearing this, Li Guihua immediately said, "Yes! That must be the case! That little bitch, Chen Fenghe, knew the mushrooms were poisonous, but she didn't tell me and your brother. She clearly wanted to poison us!"
When the other members of the Qin family heard this, instead of blaming Qin Jian and Li Guihua for picking the wrong poisonous mushrooms, they shifted their resentment to Chen Fenghe.
Qian Qiuyun cursed, "I knew this Chen Fenghe was a troublemaker! If it weren't for her, my elder sister wouldn't have had a grudge against our family! Now she's actually trying to poison us! She's so cruel!"
At this time, the officers saw that the Qin family was sitting on the ground and refused to get up, so they sent two officers over to urge them.
Qian Qiuyun seized the opportunity, grabbed the officer's sleeve, and began to complain: "Sir! I...I want to complain! That little bitch Chen Fenghe, she...she wants to poison our whole family! Sir, you must help us!"
The two officers looked at each other in bewilderment. Poisoning? How could such a thing happen right under their noses?
However, seeing that every member of the Qin family had a blue face and foamed at the mouth, as if they had really been poisoned, he did not dare to be negligent and immediately went to report to Chen Wu.
Chen Fenghe, after eating roasted rabbit and rabbit and mushroom soup, packed up with Qin Mengyue and the three little ones.
I also boiled another pot of water, cooked the chestnuts and bird eggs, and wrapped them up so that they could be preserved and eaten on the road.
Qin Mengyue noticed the situation at the Qin family and couldn't help but worry: "Feng He, didn't something happen to them?"
As he was speaking, Yuan Xun came over and said, "Madam Shen, someone from the Qin family has complained that you want to poison their family. The boss asked me to ask you to go over and confront them."
Chen Fenghe was not surprised at all. It would be strange if nothing unexpected happened to this top-notch restaurant.
Qin Mengyue's eyes widened in shock. "Master, this... couldn't be a mistake? Feng He has always been with me and the children. How could she possibly have poisoned me?"
Yuan Xun was speechless, but he couldn't disobey his boss's order, so he said, "Don't worry. The boss just called you over to talk things over. He won't accuse anyone for no reason. Otherwise, those villains will gossip about you in the future, which will be even worse."
Qin Mengyue was still a little worried, and Shen Yichuan bravely protected his sister and said, "No! My sister would never poison you! You can't take my sister away!"
Instead, Shen Fenghe was very calm and comforted Qin Mengyue and Shen Yichuan: "Mom, Yichuan, relax, everything will be fine."
Having said that, he followed Yuan Xun over.
Qin Mengyue and the three little ones were worried, so they followed them.
The other exiles also gathered around to watch the fun.
Chen Wu looked at Qian Qiuyun and said, “Mrs. Qian, you said that Miss Shen wanted to poison your family. What evidence do you have?”
Qian Qiuyun was usually domineering. She had only complained out of a momentary rage before, so she couldn't explain anything now. After thinking for a moment, she said reluctantly, "She...my son and daughter-in-law went up the mountain to pick mushrooms. She knew they were poisonous, so why didn't she tell my son and daughter-in-law? My whole family got poisoned after drinking the mushroom soup."
As soon as these words came out, before Shen Fenghe could say anything, the other onlookers could not help but speak out for her.
"Tsk! This is the first time I've heard someone who can't tell poisonous mushrooms apart blame others for not reminding her. Is that her fault?"
"That's right! I didn't warn her, so he wanted to poison her whole family? This is a really good trumped-up accusation! It's comparable to what some people do!"
Some of these exiled people were implicated in the prince's rebellion, and some were not.
However, regardless of whether they were involved or not, everyone knew that the prince was probably wronged. Therefore, they were not overly harsh towards Chen Fenghe, the crown princess, and Qin Mengyue, the queen.
Now to speak fairly, there were several people who had followed Shen Fenghe into the mountains today to pick chestnuts, mushrooms and wild oranges. Some of them had just come over to ask for advice on how to deal with the chestnuts, so they were all very grateful to Shen Fenghe and spoke up to defend her.
Chen Fenghe felt very comforted when she saw that the people had sharp eyes.
She immediately said aggrievedly:
"Second aunt, what are you talking about? How can I, a woman, tell the difference between poisonous mushrooms and non-poisonous ones? I picked the same mushrooms that my eldest cousin picked, and ate them with my mother-in-law and children. If I knew, how could I not tell my eldest cousin? You are wrongly accusing me like this, and won't everyone poke me in the back?"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but raise his sleeves to wipe away his tears.
Qian Qiuyun was almost furious. This white lotus! When she hit her with the fire stick that day, how could she be so delicate? It was clearly an act for everyone to see!
"Chen Fenghe, you bitch! Stop pretending! Don't you know? If you don't know, why would you pour out the first batch of water used to boil mushrooms? You clearly know that mushrooms are poisonous!"
Chen Fenghe looked at her in surprise: "Second Aunt, I poured out the first batch of water only because the mushrooms were not cleaned and the water was dirty, so I did that..."
Qian Qiuyun's face turned red and white, and she stiffened her neck and said, "Anyway! She's just staring at that bitch and wishing our whole family would be poisoned to death! Mr. Chen, tie her up quickly and let the county magistrate deal with her when we get to the county government!"
Yuan Xun couldn't stand it any longer and came out to testify, "Boss, I and the brothers who went into the mountains with me can also testify that Madam Shen didn't deliberately mislead Qin Jian and his wife into picking poisonous mushrooms. They picked them themselves. Moreover, Madam Shen herself picked the same mushrooms."
Seeing Yuan Xun actually speaking up for Chen Fenghe in public, Qin Huanhuan sneered twice and said sarcastically, "Oh! This is truly a love story between a man and a woman. They are so attentive in protecting her!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Fenghe jealously.
This was said very bluntly, and everyone couldn't help but look at Chen Fenghe.
Could it be that... in just a few days, the former Crown Princess really fell in love with a minor official who escorted exiled prisoners?
But... these days, it seems that this official surnamed Yuan has been taking good care of her. Is there really some hidden secret?
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