Xia Manni didn't expect to encounter such a thing on the second day of opening.
"Xia Manni and Zhang Cuiling, do you have anything else to say?"
"Your Excellency, may I ask if there are any other people who came to the government office to report the case today?"
When Zheng Yingyan heard this, he looked at the lawyer beside him, but the lawyer said, "No."
"Since there is only one aunt in this family, if she feels uncomfortable after eating our noodles, then it is not our problem."
The maid was so angry at Xia Manni's words that she trembled: "You are quibbling. My aunt had a stomachache after eating your noodles."
"Have you ever eaten anything else at home?"
The maid said firmly: "No, I have never eaten anything else."
Xia Manni was not at all flustered, and asked, "Who bought it?"
The maid said bluntly: "I bought it!"
"Then you are also suspected of poisoning."
The maid angrily scolded, "You are lying. I can't possibly harm our aunt."
"Let me ask you again, people usually eat noodles at stalls, so why did your aunt buy some to eat at home?"
When Xia Manni said this, she also remembered that there was indeed a maid with a food box yesterday who wanted to buy their bowls and noodles back together.
There were many people buying noodles at that time, and she didn't see the maid's appearance clearly, but she begged her again and again and she gave her a bowl of jade-fat noodles.
She didn't think much about it, but now she thinks it was all due to her carelessness.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was something fishy about this matter.
Or maybe the aunt in this family has a special health condition and is allergic to some food.
Or frame her!
There must be a purpose for framing her. She doesn't know this maid, nor does she know the concubine of this family.
The maid replied without hesitation, "After all, our aunt is from the Minister's family. Why would she eat at your little stall?"
This made Zhang Cuiling laugh. She retorted, "If you don't like our noodle stall, why would we let you buy from it? If you are a noble, go to a noble place."
The maidservant was furious: "Sir, please make the decision for our aunt."
Zheng Yingyan understood the maid's hidden meaning.
Yesterday, the Minister came to tell him this specifically, meaning that they should just kidnap the noodle stall owner and put them in jail.
After checking, he found out that it was Xia Manni and Zhang Cuiling, so he did not go directly to Shi'an Village to take them away.
I wondered why they would come to the city today, so I might as well talk about it when I get there.
The maid was very angry. The master had clearly instructed that if she came here and talked and cried, the owner of the noodle stall would be sent to jail.
How come up to now, Prefect Zheng has no intention of arresting anyone?
At this time, Zheng Yingyan spoke, "Answer Xia Manni's question, why do you want to buy it back?"
Zheng Zhifu's temper is well-known in Jin'an City. His family is just an ordinary official family, but now they have no one in the court, so they are highly valued by the empress dowager.
Therefore, ordinary officials did not dare to offend him.
The maid was frightened by Zheng Yingyan's tone. She trembled and said truthfully, "My aunt told me that her noodles were delicious. I just happened to be pregnant recently, so I went to buy some. Who knew..."
Her aunt had a hard time along the way, but she was very nice to her.
It's impossible to lie to her, right?
Besides, my stomach really hurts like that, and the doctor said it was poisoning, so how could it be false?
The room was eerily quiet. Zheng Yingyan, who was sitting upstairs, looked at Xia Manni indifferently.
He is weighing the pros and cons.
If it were someone else, he would have done the Minister a favor long ago.
But, this Xia Manni can't be that stupid, right?
"Sir, I have something to say."
Zheng Yingyan nodded and motioned for Xia Manni to speak.
"In that case, why not let a doctor take a look at this concubine? There is a doctor with excellent medical skills in Shi'an Village. Why not let him take a look and see if this concubine has been poisoned?"
"If it's poisoning, I'll leave it to your Excellency. If not, then it has nothing to do with us."
Xia Manni couldn't figure it out at this time, but her intuition was that this person should not be poisoned.
After all, for a concubine, children should be more important.
She could only go and see this concubine, or was it possible that it was really a problem with her own physical condition?
When it comes to poison, no one knows more than Jin Zian.
So let him know at a glance.
"How could our aunt let you see her whenever you want? Besides, are you saying our aunt is lying? The doctor said it directly. He's a doctor from the Jin's Clinic..."
"Okay, let's do it."
Zheng Yingyan interrupted the maid and made the final decision.
"Go back and tell your aunt to find a doctor to take a look at her."
The maid was surprised and asked, "Sir, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to explain to our master?"
Zheng Yingyan smiled evilly and said, "I will enforce the law impartially. I only need to report to the Queen Mother. If your concubine is indeed poisoned, I will arrest these two people. If not..."
The maid understood that this meant that this was the only way to do it.
I don’t know if she will be scolded when she goes back.
Although the matter has been settled, it is still necessary to inform the court officials before entering their residences.
So she asked the maid to go back and inform them, and Xia Manni called a young man, stuffed some silver in his pocket, and asked him to go to Jinyang Academy to call Da Wa over.
"Xia Hongda, Xia Hongda..."
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Your family has written to you asking you to go to the prefectural government office and see Prefect Zheng."
Xia Manni didn't dare let anyone spread the word that something had happened, so that people in the academy wouldn't talk nonsense.
When Xia Manni and Zhang Cuiling came to send Xia Hongda and others to school that day, he thought the Xia family was just an ordinary family.
Judging from Xia Hongda's performance today, could it be that he really knows Prefect Zheng?
Xia Hongda, also known as the eldest son, bowed to the teacher and left the academy.
He was older and was not assigned to the same dormitory as his younger brothers.
He walked and wondered what had happened.
"Young man, what happened to my family?"
The young man had eaten noodles at the noodle shop before. While waiting to eat noodles today, he saw the proprietress being arrested, so he ran over to watch the fun.
I didn't expect that I would be assigned to find someone.
At first he thought that the proprietress asked him to find some heavenly soldiers and generals.
She actually asked him to go to Jinyang Academy to find her son.
Could it be that he felt that he was going to be sent to prison and wanted to see his son for the last time?
He thought the noodles made by the two people were delicious and a bit pitiful, so he took the money and decided to help them.
Because he felt that the two women would not be so dirty.
Isn't this just destroying your own reputation?
What's more, the children in the family are all in Jinyang Academy, so they must also consider their reputation.
After listening to the young man's description, Xia Hongda was filled with mixed emotions.
"Thank you, brother. Please take me there quickly."
Xia Hongda knew that his mother was looking for him and must want him to do something.
It is impossible for their family to do something that would harm others and not benefit themselves.
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