Chapter 34 It Was Her

Huo Jinchi did not go to comfort Huipin, but signaled Xu An to continue the interrogation.

Xu An then looked at Madam Cui and asked, "Madam Cui, think again, besides Yun Qin, who else went to the kitchen this morning? Or was there anyone who came close to Madam Cui's meal this morning?"

When asked by Xu An, Madam Cui became a little flustered.

She clenched her fists on the ground and tried to recall for a while before she slowly said, "The Queen didn't eat much, and we weren't particularly busy in the morning. Yunqin came earlier than us and made some strange cakes in front of the dough table..."

As she spoke, an eunuch came forward with a tray and lifted the cloth to reveal something that looked like zaozigao, but much larger than usual.

"Yes, that's it!" Mrs. Cui nodded immediately.

Yunqin glanced at the tray, feeling helpless.

Jing's birthday is coming soon, and she is trying to make a cake base...

Now, the birthday surprise she had prepared was exposed in advance.

Everyone just took a look, their attention not on the strange-looking pastries, but on what Madam Cui said.

She recalled for a while and said, "During this time, two people came. One was the housekeeper Rong Xin. She came to announce breakfast and did not enter the kitchen. The other one..."

Madam Cui paused for a moment before saying, "It was Huiyue, the maid who looked after Rongzhi. Rongzhi, she...her injuries had not fully healed yet, and the Madam asked her to recuperate in her room, and Huiyue brought her food back to her room. But she only stayed for a while, and I didn't remember her until now."

At this point, Madam Cui raised her head with a gleam in her eyes, "We put all the food we prepared in one place, covered with a comb, and she, she is the one who has the best chance of getting close!"

When she heard Rong Zhi's name, Yun Qin suddenly realized why the criticism was directed at her today.

She did not look at how Huipin in the inner hall reacted, but subconsciously glanced at Kong Danying.

Don't tell her that Kong Danying was behind this...

Kong Danying was still half leaning on Zisang, so the expression on her face could not be seen, but Yunqin could see that although Zisang's face looked a little surprised like everyone else, that surprise was stiff no matter how you looked at it.

The little palace maid named Huiyue was quickly brought up.

When she saw the emperor, she was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, unable to even kneel down, her guilt written all over her face.

Rong Zhi was also brought in with her.

After not seeing her for two months, she had visibly lost weight, her cheeks were sunken, her cheekbones were prominent, she looked more mean than before, and her eyes were full of ferocity.

Hearing that she had arrived in the palace, Huipin pulled aside the curtain and said angrily, "I treated you well in the past, but you hate me so much that not only did you cause the Emperor to confine me, but you also wanted to kill me and my unborn child!"

Rong Zhi was stunned by Huipin's shouting, and then she reacted and shouted: "What are you talking about, Madam? I have never hated you. I only hate the bastard who provoked us, the master and the servant!"

When she said the word "bitch", her eyes immediately stared at Yun Qin, and she looked like she wanted to cut her into pieces.

Yun Qin looked straight into her eyes without dodging, and said as if explaining: "The queen was poisoned this morning."

"Poisoned?" Rong Zhi was horrified. "Didn't your Majesty feel unwell after eating some snacks?"

Yun Qin looked at her coldly, "How do you know that the queen is feeling unwell after eating something?"

Rong Zhi then realized that she had said the wrong thing, "I, I heard it from the people outside the palace."

The palace maid outside? Ever since Huipin got into trouble, the main hall had been guarded like an iron barrel. Except for Ajing, who was brought in by her, no one knew what happened in the inner hall. She did know that Huipin was feeling unwell after eating something.

She could detect the loophole in Rong Zhi's words, and naturally others could too.

Xu An immediately shouted at Hui Yue: "Why don't you tell the truth? Did someone instruct you to put drugs in Concubine Hui's food?"

"No, it's not me. What medicine? I, I don't know!" Huiyue shivered and denied repeatedly.

Madam Cui stood aside, her face full of hatred, "You said it wasn't you, but you come to the kitchen every day to get food for Rongzhi. You are the only one who has the best chance of drugging the queen!"

Her tone changed quickly.

Yun Qin lowered her eyes and said nothing. Whether it was Rong Zhi or Hui Yue, they both looked like tough guys. With Madam Cui being aggressive beside them, there was no need for her to put in any effort.

I just don't know what Rong Zhi will confess in the end...

At this moment, a young eunuch trotted into the palace holding a pot of flowers, "Your Majesty, this was found in the maid's room. We servants think there is something wrong with this pot!"

Like Yun Qin, Huo Jinchi just watched coldly as Xu An interrogated the two people in front of him, and did not say a word from beginning to end.

He glanced at the pot of flowers and said coldly, "Give it to Jiang Yuanzheng."

Jiang Yuan reached out to take it, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, then picked up the flower soil in the pot and put it to the tip of his nose. After smelling it, he confirmed: "It's the smell of money grass. They must have poured the medicine into the pot in a hurry."

When Huiyue saw the flower pot being brought up, she was so frightened that she almost fainted on the ground. When she heard what Jiang Yuanzheng said, water immediately oozed out between her legs and she actually became incontinent on the spot.

The person kneeling behind her immediately stepped back.

No one could believe that Huiyue was so bold as to drug Huipin.

Xu An took the flowerpot, and before he could ask any questions, Huiyue confessed everything tremblingly.

Huiyue was the only one who was on good terms with Rongzhi, and she did her best to take care of her. Rongzhi had always wanted to return to Huibin, and kept telling her that as long as she returned to Huibin, she would promote Huiyue to serve in the palace.

At first she didn't take it seriously, but after listening to her talk more and more, and seeing that Yun Qin was so respectable and majestic now because she had been close to Rong Xin, she also became tempted.

She reported Yunqin's every move to Rongzhi.

One day, Rongzhi gave her a bottle of medicine and a packet of herbs, saying that the herbs were hidden in the kitchen, and asked her to add the medicine to Huipin's snacks. Not much was needed, just a few drops would be enough.

This medicine will make people feel uncomfortable. When it is found out that Yunqin was the one who made the snacks, she will be punished and sent to the laundry department for murdering Huipin. Without Yunqin instigating in front of the Empress, Rongzhi will be able to return to Huipin.

"I really thought it was a medicine that makes people feel uncomfortable. It's all Rongzhi's fault. She lied to me!" Huiyue said at the end, then she fell to the ground and burst into tears.

"You little bitch, you betrayed me!" Rong Zhi wanted to rush over and hit Huiyue several times during this period. Now that she was pinned to the ground, she did not forget to yell at Huiyue.

Yun Qin was watching from the side, and couldn't bear to see her being used in such a confused way, so she shouted, "Rong Zhi, don't you understand? The medicine you gave her is poison to the queen!"

These words sounded like a thunderbolt to Rong Zhi. She was stunned, then went crazy. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she actually broke free from the two eunuchs who were holding her down, and rushed towards Zisang who was standing in the corner.