Setting down the Laba porridge in her hand, Xu Lejin looked at Yingchun and asked, "Was this Laba porridge delivered by the Imperial Kitchen?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Yingchun was puzzled.
Xu Lejin smiled and instructed Yingchun, "Go and invite the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital to Yikun Palace. Tell him I am not feeling well. There is something wrong with this Laba porridge. Keep it safe. When the imperial physician arrives, have him examine it to see what is in it."
Yingchun looked completely bewildered and mechanically replied, "Yes."
Half an hour later, an old imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital arrived late.
Xu Lejin sat upright, looking down at the old imperial physician kneeling trembling below, and spoke in a deep voice. "Imperial Physician Xu, there is no need to be nervous. I called you here today because I smelled a bitter taste in the porridge just now, which aroused my suspicion."
Physician Xu raised his head slightly, looking puzzled.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Lejin smiled and said, "When I first entered the palace, I worked in the Imperial Kitchen for a year. During that year, the chefs in the Imperial Kitchen taught me how to cook Laba porridge."
"Normal Laba porridge is sweet and refreshing, but just now I smelled a different kind of sweetness in the porridge."
Physician Xu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.
Yingchun hurriedly presented the Laba porridge to Physician Xu. Physician Xu carefully tasted a little, frowned, and then spat out the porridge.
With a look of fear on his face, Physician Xu prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Reporting to Consort Xu, there is poison in this Laba porridge. It is arsenic, a deadly poison that can kill on contact with blood."
With a 'clatter,' the Laba porridge in Yingchun's hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Xu Lejin glanced at Yingchun, then remained silent in thought.
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