After Gu Xin finished speaking, Zheng Qiu came over carrying a plate.
"Xiao Qiu, how is it?" Gu Xin got up and went to greet her.
At this moment, Madam Feng the Second did not know Zheng Qiu's identity. Just like Madam Yun at the beginning, she thought that Zheng Qiu was a woman disguised as a man, so she did not have much emotional fluctuation. She only looked at the plate in Zheng Qiu's hand.
"We've found out the cause of Miss Feng's death: poisoning. And the poison is this." Zheng Qiu placed the tray on the table.
Madam Yun and Madam Feng also got up and came to the table to look.
"Why does it smell so strange?" Madam Yun raised her hand to cover her nose with her sleeve, frowning as she looked at the food on the plate.
Mrs. Feng did the same thing.
"This was taken from Miss Feng's stomach. It hasn't been digested yet." Zheng Qiu glanced at the two of them.
Madam Yun and Madam Feng were shocked, then covered their mouths and went to the window to vomit.
Gu Xin: "..."
She glanced at Zheng Qiu helplessly.
Zheng Qiu shrugged innocently.
Mrs. Feng didn't eat much today, nor did she vomit anything, only a few mouthfuls of sour water.
"Ah Heng, oh no, Xiao Qiu, this, this really was taken from Jin Shu's, um, stomach?" Yun Shi stood by the window, not daring to come over.
“Yes, Madam.” Zheng Qiu nodded solemnly.
"What?" Madam Feng, who had recovered by now, was shocked. Then she pointed at Zheng Qiu and said, "You, you said it was taken from my son's place?"
“Second Madam, this was taken from Miss Feng’s stomach,” Zheng Qiu replied again.
“You…” Madam Feng pointed at Zheng Qiu, her face pale, and before she could finish speaking, she fainted.
The three men then helped Mrs. Feng to bed so she could lie down and rest.
Madam Yun summoned a maid and asked her to take care of Madam Feng the Second. The three of them then went to Madam Feng the Third's room.
Yun glanced at Miss Feng by the bedside, then looked at Zheng Qiu in shock.
Neither Zheng Qiu nor Gu Xin noticed that Zheng Qiu was analyzing for Gu Xin what kind of poison Feng San Guniang might have been poisoned with, and based on the food residue, when Feng San Guniang probably ate it.
Hearing this, Madam Yun came over and said, "Ying'er's cooking is quite delicious. Since Que'er and Ying'er are sisters, Jinshu prefers to eat Ying'er's cooking whenever Ying'er is around."
Gu Xin asked, "Madam Feng, were all the pastries you had at the temple made by Ying'er?"
Madam Yun shook her head: "Not entirely. Although Xiao Liu is a concubine's daughter, she is very possessive of her food. Apart from giving Jinshu and her daughter the pastries made by Ying'er, she almost never gives any to others. My third sister-in-law and I don't like pastries, but my second sister-in-law does. As for the other girls, they won't ask the fourth brother for pastries. Our third branch brought our own pastry makers with us this time. So, those who get to eat Ying'er's pastries are mostly from the second branch."
Gu Xin nodded: "Then please trouble Madam Feng to have someone call Ying'er and Que'er over again!"
Madam Yun was taken aback, glanced at the bedside, and asked, "Right here?"
Gu Xin nodded: "Yes, right here. Let the sisters come over!"
Yun went to call for help, while Zheng Qiu, still staring at the contents of the tray, said in a deep voice, "She ate this last night, but there was nothing in this room when we came over. So, she ate it outside. Where was it?"
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