"What?"
Luo Lan couldn't wait to ask,
"What happened? Why did she die suddenly?"
The girl blushed and shook her head vigorously.
"I don't know. Last night, several maids complained of stomachaches. We thought they had eaten something bad, so no one took it seriously. But when we woke up in the morning, we found Cuizhu dead."
Cuizhu was the maid on duty at Fengyi Palace yesterday. How could she die suddenly?
And there are several girls who have stomachaches?
Combining her own symptoms, she suddenly thought of something and waved to A Cai.
"Hurry, go check it out."
Ah Cai hurried forward to stop him.
"Madam, not only is the death of a person unlucky, but that is the maid's room, you can't just go there. Just let the imperial physician and the coroner take a look."
Luo Lan felt that she was too impulsive. What Acai said made sense. If she, as the queen, went to the maid's room, it would definitely cause criticism from others.
Thinking of this, she breathed a sigh of relief, calmed herself down, and then instructed Ah Cai:
"Tell someone to investigate the cause of Cuizhu's death and call the maid in charge."
"Yes, please wait a moment, I'll go now."
After leaving these words behind, Ah Cai walked out of Fengyi Palace with a serious expression.
At noon, Madam Hu, the head steward, followed Ah Cai to Luo Lan. She knelt on the ground and saluted in fear.
"Your Majesty..."
"What's going on with Cuizhu?"
Aunt Hu waved her hands in panic.
"I don't know. I only learned about Cuizhu's death this morning."
"What about those girls? How are they?"
"They are not as serious as Cuizhu. Two of the girls feel a little nauseous, and the others feel dizzy and weak all over. This old servant gave them a day off."
Nausea, dizziness, and general weakness?
These symptoms are exactly the same as the symptoms she suffered from poisoning yesterday.
She asked again with a serious expression,
"Have they eaten anything?"
"We all eat together, and we eat the same things. Oh, by the way, the cakes you gave Cuizhu yesterday were snatched up by those maids when she took them back..."
“Bold…”
Ah Cai suddenly shouted,
"Madam Hu, what do you mean by this? Are you suspecting that the Queen has poisoned these girls?"
Ah Cai's words frightened Madam Hu so much that she immediately shook her head like pounding garlic.
"I dare not, I dare not. I am only telling the truth. I absolutely dare not doubt the Empress."
Luo Lan looked at Madam Hu and asked again,
"Tsui-zhu was on duty last night, so it's not surprising that she took some of the leftover pastries from the day. Do you know what the pastries she took back looked like?"
Leng Yu knew that she loved pastries, so he ordered the imperial kitchen to make a new recipe for her every day. Therefore, a lot of pastries were delivered to Fengyi Palace every day, and Luo Lan couldn't finish them all, so she usually asked the maid on duty that day to take them back and share them with everyone.
She didn't expect that her good deed would kill Cuizhu.
Indirectly speaking, Cuizhu died for her, so she had to investigate this matter more thoroughly.
Madam Hu hesitated and shook her head.
"I don't know, these girls are greedy. They will keep some of the things they bring back for themselves. Who knows which one Cuizhu will eat and die."
Seeing that he couldn't get much out of Nanny Hu, Luo Lan waved to A Cai, and A Cai sent Nanny Hu out directly.
Although she had not found out who was the murderer who wanted to harm her, she was certain that the poison must have been put in the pastries sent to Fengyi Palace.
Yesterday's pastries came from the Imperial Kitchen and Hibiscus Palace, so she was suspicious of both places.
It seems that she needs to be more careful in the future.
Thinking of this, she suddenly seemed to have thought of something and instructed Ah Cai who had just come in:
"Let's go see the prince."
"Your Majesty, the prince is in class. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go now."
"No, I'm going to see him now."
When she thought someone was trying to poison her, the first person she worried about was Lele.
Will the person who wants to harm her harm Lele?
No matter what, she would not allow anything to happen to Lele. She had to go and see it with her own eyes before she could feel at ease.
At this time, Lele and Yu'er had just finished class. As they were walking out, Yu'er hesitated for a moment and said:
"Let's go to my place! There's one thing I don't quite understand in the teacher's class today. Can you explain it to me again?"
Seeing that Yu'er had something to ask of him, Lele readily agreed.
"Okay, my uncle's business is my business, let's go!"
As they talked, they walked towards Yu'er's palace together.
Luo Lan looked for Lele in the palace but couldn't find him, so she couldn't help but feel anxious. She was about to order A Cai to send someone to look for him when she saw the young eunuch beside Lele hurriedly walk past her.
Ah Cai quickly stepped forward and grabbed him.
"Are you seeking death by not paying respect to the Empress?"
Seeing this, the young eunuch knelt on his knees and saluted.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I was in a hurry and didn't see you."
Luo Lan looked at the young eunuch, frowned and asked:
"Why are you so anxious? Where's the prince?"
"The Crown Prince is in the young prince's palace. He said the young prince's tea tasted bad and asked me to go back and get some new tea. I was so anxious that I didn't see you. Your Majesty, please calm down."
Hearing that Lele was with Yuer, Luo Lan finally felt relieved.
She waved to the eunuch,
"Go!"
After the young eunuch bowed, he trotted away. Luo Lan took A Cai and went straight to the palace where Yu'er was.
This was her first time here since Yu'er moved here. Before she even entered the door, Lele and Yu'er, who had heard the news, came out to greet her.
"Mother, how come you have time to come to my uncle's place?"
Yu Er also asked with some guilt.
"Sister-in-law, do you have something to ask me?"
Luo Lan shook his head and chuckled.
"It's okay, I was just passing by and stopped by to take a look."
"Please come in, sister-in-law."
Luo Lan nodded, raised his foot and walked inside.
On the table was the tea that Yu'er had just made for Lele. Luo Lan thought of what the little eunuch had said and couldn't help but pick up the tea and smell it.
This action scared Yu'er. He was afraid that Luo Lan would find out that there was something else added to the tea, so he hurried forward and said nervously:
"Sister-in-law, this tea is no longer fresh. Please wait a moment. I will ask the servants to make you a new pot."
Luo Lan put down the teacup.
"No, I'll just sit for a while and leave. I just ran into a talented guy and he said your tea isn't fresh. Now that I smell it, it's definitely not fresh..."
At this point, she seemed to remember something, picked up the glass of water again and sniffed it, then winked at Ah Cai, who pulled out a silver needle from her sleeve...
Seeing this scene, before Acai could step forward, Yu'er suddenly rushed over and without saying a word, knocked over the tea in Luo Lan's hand, and then knocked over the tea on the table as well.
Hearing the crackling sound of the teacups falling to the ground, everyone present was stunned.
Lele looked at him puzzledly.
"Uncle, what are you doing?"
His action made Luo Lan discover something.
But she didn't say anything, instead she looked at Yu'er in confusion.
"Yu'er, why did you break this good teacup?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
