Chapter 108 Hairpin

"Then let's test it."

Chu Zhenxuan ordered.

Several maids came up and carried all the tableware in front of Qingping to the imperial doctors.

Xia Zhi winked at the Left Imperial Physician, who stepped forward and began to smell them one by one.

Xia Xue glanced at the wife of Marquis Dingbei, and she leaned towards her desk involuntarily, with a meaningful sneer on her lips.

Shouldn't she panic? Xia Xue thought.

I looked at the cup in front of the wife of Marquis Dingbei again. It seemed to be lighter in color?

At this time, the wife of Marquis Dingbei took another step back and had already retreated to the table.

Xia Xue deliberately half turned around and faced away from the wife of Marquis Dingbei.

Lady Dingbei Marquis winked at Ouyang Du, but Ouyang Du ignored her and continued to stare at Xia Xue with a smile.

Imperial Physician Zuo smelled all the dishes on Princess Qingping's table and shook his head with a deep frown.

"Why, haven't you found anything wrong?" Marquis Dingbei asked loudly. He had heard about the late queen, but had never heard of Ximu. Since everyone was saying so, he thought there really was some kind of frame-up, but it turned out to be another farce.

"If you really can't find evidence, don't bother looking for it." Dingbei Hou continued to mock. In his eyes, he had no doubt that Qingping was having an affair with someone.

"How come we can't find it? Please ask Doctor Zuo to go to the table of Marquis Dingbei's wife and take a look." Xia Xue suddenly spoke.

Lady Dingbei, who had just picked up the cup, was startled when she heard her name being called. The cup in her hand slipped out of her hand with a crisp sound.

Everyone looked in the direction the voice came from.

The wife of Marquis Dingbei looked embarrassed and was speechless for a moment as she looked at the broken cup.

"Madam, there's no need to react so strongly." This time it was Xia Xue's turn to mock.

"Madam, what are you doing?" Marquis Dingbei frowned, "We are behaved properly, why did you break the cup? You will be criticized!" Marquis Dingbei was a rough man after all, and he didn't think too much at this time.

The wife of Marquis Dingbei glared at him fiercely and said, "Can't you see that I just wanted to put the cup away? If that woman hadn't suddenly called her, she would have successfully hidden it!"

She was so angry that she was about to die, and this marquis was still making irresponsible remarks at this time!

"Tsk tsk, what a pity to waste such a nice cup." Xia Xue said as she was about to pick up the broken pieces.

"I didn't mean it. I'll have to pay for it to the governor's mansion later." Lady Dingbei Marquis clenched her hands.

"I'm afraid we don't need to pay compensation to the governor's mansion."

Mrs. Dingbei's face changed, "What do you mean?"

"Everyone, take a look. Although the color and pattern of the cup of Marquis Dingbei's wife are the same as those of other cups, if you look closely, there are still some slight differences. The cup of Marquis Dingbei's wife has three leaves on the body."

At this time, everyone shifted their gaze to the cup, and sure enough, it had three leaves, while the cup on the governor's mansion had only two leaves.

"This set of cups is called the Gift of Love. It was made by the famous southern master Tan. The main craft is peacock green pomelo blue and white. The original intention of the creation was to commemorate his wife who had just passed away due to illness. So when drawing the picture, Tan only drew two leaves, and when sorting out his wife's belongings, he found a few children's clothes made by his wife. He was shocked and asked his wife's doctor who was dying. The doctor told him the truth."

"In fact, when his wife learned that he had a serious illness, she was already pregnant. The doctor said that if she took abortion pills at that time, there would still be a glimmer of hope, but Tan Jiang's wife refused. She insisted on having their own child, so she concealed the fact that she was pregnant. However, the serious illness progressed too quickly, which directly affected the development of the child. Until his wife passed away, the child, who should have been seven months old, died with his wife because he had not developed much."

"After learning about this, Craftsman Tan was very sad, but for the sake of his wife and the child he had never met, he suddenly had an idea and added a young leaf to the cup. The series he fired later all had this young leaf, but his previous drawings also disappeared, so soon, cups with two leaves, fired by someone unknown, appeared on the market."

After Xia Xue finished speaking, she looked at the wife of Marquis Dingbei with a smile. "The cup that Madam broke was really made by Carpenter Tan. It's a pity that the one in the governor's mansion is fake."

Mrs. Dingbei opened her mouth awkwardly, held it in for a while, and then uttered, "I have a cleanliness fetish, so I always bring my own tableware when I go out to eat."

"Then why did you only bring a cup this time?" Xia Xue asked aggressively.

"I didn't intend to have a meal this time, so naturally I just brought a cup to drink water." Lady Dingbei Hou felt uncomfortable being looked at by her and said in a low voice.

"Just admit that you brought it. Sorry to bother Doctor Zuo. Please examine it."

A trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the wife of Marquis Dingbei.

Doctor Zuo picked up a few fragments, smelled them, and said, "There is white alum here."

"If you say there is, then there is? How can you prove it?" Lady Dingbei Marquis thought it was ridiculous. It was just a broken cup. How could you prove it?

Doctor Zuo picked up the big bowl next to him and threw a few pieces of debris into it. "Please pour some water."

A maid carrying a pitcher of water was stunned for a moment, then hurried forward and poured a bowl of water.

"White alum can make the blood of any two people blend. If you don't believe it, you can try it first."

Lady Dingbei Hou rolled her eyes and said she would never try it.

"I'll give it a try!" Marquis Dingbei didn't believe it. He had been a marquis for so many years, but he had never heard that anything could make blood mix.

Marquis Dingbei bit his finger and squeezed out a few drops of blood.

After that, the governor squeezed her blood, and then a maidservant...

The result is of course integration.

Dingbei Hou was also speechless, "Madam, this is..."

"This is what your madam prepared for Qingping." Xia Xue continued.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Whether it's nonsense or not, just ask Ju Ping and you'll know." Xia Xue chuckled.

At this time, everyone's attention returned to Ju Ping. Ju Ping pouted awkwardly, "What do you mean?"

"Juqian, can you tell me what changes Juping has undergone recently?"

Ju Qian thought for a moment, "He has become less talkative, more irritable, and seems to be a little indifferent to the young lady."

"That's right, because the real Ju Ping has been replaced by someone else." Xia Xue confirmed.

At this moment, Ju Ping changed her expression of not being surprised by the insult. Her face changed drastically and she instinctively took a step back. "Ju Qian, I know you have always been jealous of me, but please don't slander me!"

"Juqian is Qingping's number one maid and also Qingping's good friend. Qingping originally wanted to make Juqian his concubine, but Juqian insisted on not doing so and wanted to continue being a servant. So, for someone who doesn't even want to be a master, what would she be jealous of? Your beauty?" Xia Xuese shrank back, as if she had said something ridiculous. "Wisdom? You can't even change a cup for the wife of Marquis Dingbei. I really don't see how you can compare to Juqian."