Chapter 33 Confrontation in Class

After complaining in her heart, Yun Qin's tense mood relaxed a lot.

She walked out from the corner, bowed and saluted, her voice neither humble nor arrogant, "Your servant Yunqin pays homage to His Majesty."

Hawking Chi glanced at her indifferently, then looked at Xu An.

Xu An finally came to his senses and asked with a twitch of his mouth: "Yunqin, what were you doing in the kitchen this morning?"

Yun Qin was silent for a moment before she said, "I'm going to make some snacks."

"Make some snacks?" Xu An was startled and looked at Huo Jinchi again.

When Concubine Hui in the inner hall heard this, she sat up suddenly, her eyes full of frost, and Rong Xin beside her was even more frightened, and the handkerchief in her hand was torn out of shape.

"But!" Yun Qin looked up at Xu An, her eyes fearless, "The snack in Jiang Yuanzheng's hand was not made by me!"

She looked at the cook and said coldly, "Mrs. Cui, can't you even recognize the snacks you made?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Cui glanced at her, then looked at the plate of snacks, and instantly collapsed to the ground.

But she was not a slave but a female official. She had been in the palace for many years and was respectfully addressed as "Madam Cui". Unlike the other palace maids, she was not as timid as usual. She immediately shouted, "Your Majesty, I was wronged. I have been in the palace for many years and served the late emperor. I was deeply favored by him. How could I possibly harm Concubine Hui!"

She pointed the finger at Yun Qin again, "It is true that Miss Yun Qin was the only one who went to the kitchen this morning. Although she didn't make the snacks, it doesn't mean she didn't do anything about it!"

Yun Qin snorted and looked at Jiang Yuanzheng: "I remember Jiang Yuanzheng said that the queen has been taking money grass for a while, and I think it has been continuous. I serve the queen, but I don't have time to go to the kitchen to make snacks every day. These people in the back kitchen can testify to this."

Madam Cui was speechless. Yun Qin was indeed not like before, running to the kitchen whenever she had time. Since she was promoted to a senior palace maid, she had to be on duty at night and really did not have time to come to the small kitchen every day.

"But, but you have been making snacks in the kitchen often during this period. It's too much of a coincidence!" She still said reluctantly.

Yun Qin's eyes flickered slightly, and she deliberately glanced towards the inner hall. Why did she and Huipin both know the reason?

Huipin in the inner hall was indeed tense again. Fearing that she might talk nonsense, she immediately said, "Yunqin saw that I was not feeling well, so she made some snacks for me and sent them to the emperor."

After hearing her speak, Yun Qin was too lazy to explain anymore and lowered her eyes again.

In a place where no one was paying attention, Kong Danying, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly raised his head and looked towards the inner hall with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

Xu An was also startled by Huipin's words, and he quickly looked at Huo Jinchi, "Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?"

Jiang Yuanzheng also stepped forward, wanting to check on Huo Jinchi.

"I'm not feeling unwell." Huo Jinchi waved his hand to let the two people leave, and said calmly: "Even if she wanted to harm Huipin, she wouldn't dare to tamper with my food. I don't have the symptoms of pregnancy that Huipin has, and I will be exposed in one go."

Did he really eat it?

That……

"Your Majesty, I am very clear. The snacks I made are not to your taste. Except for those that are not good-looking and are distributed to the palace maids, most of them have been sent to Yu."

Yun Qin also had to make a few excuses for herself to let people know that Huipin didn't eat the snacks she made at all, and there was no need for her to drug the snacks, so that no one would use this to make a fuss and accuse her of trying to harm the emperor.

She had such concerns, and so did Huipin. After all, it was a matter of the emperor's health, and no one dared to be careless.

Huipin echoed through the curtain, "Yunqin is right. I love sweets, and I especially like the snacks made by Madam Cui. If she wanted to harm me, she wouldn't be stupid enough to put drugs in her snacks."

This sentence reminded Madam Cui, and she immediately shouted: "It is because the queen doesn't like the snacks you make that you tampered with the snacks I made!"

Her words brought the issue back to the beginning.

Yun Qin frowned but did not refute immediately because she knew that the problem was not that Madam Cui was trying to pass the blame on to her, but that she was indeed a suspect but could not provide any evidence to prove herself.

If I continue talking about this, I will just fall into the trap of self-justification and keep repeating the same things.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Madam Cui seemed to have caught her with something and shouted, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui! It's really not you, my wife. Even if I had a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to harm you and the baby! She must be trying to frame me. Please investigate!"

Yun Qin still didn't say anything, but just looked at Madam Cui with a scrutinizing look.

Although everyone is a suspect now, if it was Madam Cui who did it, why did she only put the medicine in the snacks? This entire breakfast was made by her.

Obviously, this matter was directed at herself, but this person knew that she had been making snacks recently, but she didn't understand that Huipin would not eat them at all.

At this time, Huo Jinchi, who had been silent, suddenly said, "Jiang Yuanzheng, how much money grass is considered excessive?"

Jiang Yuanzheng pondered for a moment and said, "At least two taels of gold grass should be boiled into a bowl..." He couldn't continue when he said this.

Ever since they found the big bag of herbal medicine, they subconsciously thought that the money grass was boiled into a soup and added to snacks, but they forgot that they didn't know how many snacks could be made from a bowl of herbal medicine plus water and flour.

Yun Qin immediately reacted after hearing this, and looked at Jiang Yuanzheng and said, "Jiang Yuanzheng, the queen has a small appetite, and it is impossible for her to eat a bowl of money grass. Moreover, if such a thick bowl of medicine is rubbed into a few snacks, how can it be eaten?"

"Yes, it is indeed impossible." Jiang Yuanzheng nodded, bowed to Huo Jinchi and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to check it again."

"Okay." Huo Jinchi responded, and his eyes fell on Yun Qin again. He was quite smart.

It didn't take long for Jiang Yuanzheng to come to a conclusion.

He said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I have examined the quick snack again and found that only the surface has the smell of money grass, which means that the medicine is not kneaded into the dough. I think that someone who is proficient in making medicine has steamed a large amount of money grass with water to extract the essence. If this method is used, only a few drops can catch up with the efficacy of a bowl of medicine."

"The distillation method of making wine?" Huo Jinchi asked him.

"nice."

Yun Qin naturally understood that this was the earliest extraction technology.

"You really are planning this!" Hawking Chi's tone was filled with anger.

Jiang Yuanzheng was also shocked. He took a breath and then said, "In this case, it's not just the people in the kitchen who are suspects. Anyone who has come into contact with Concubine Hui's food is also suspect."

What he didn't say was that this was not something that a palace maid or a cook could do. There must be someone behind the scenes, after all, this kind of medicine was not something that ordinary people could access.

Everyone in the hall was also shocked.

Huipin in the inner hall also began to cry and cried, "Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me!"