Ah Cai bowed and replied directly:
"Your Highness, this morning, Ah Hong went to the kitchen and brought porridge and eggs to the princess. However, the princess found something unusual in the porridge, so she used a silver hairpin to test it, and it turned black. Doesn't this mean that someone is trying to harm the princess?"
After hearing what Ah Cai said, Leng Yu stood up nervously and asked sternly:
"Where's the princess? Did she drink the bowl of poisoned porridge?"
"No, thankfully the princess has a keen sense of smell and eyesight, otherwise she would have been poisoned to death by now. Furthermore, this Long Xiaomin was hanging around in front of the princess's room early in the morning. How could it be such a coincidence that while she was hanging around, the princess's porridge was poisoned? This must be related to her."
Hearing this, Long Xiaomin put his hands on his hips and shouted angrily:
"Don't spit bloody words at me, you damned girl. This is my own home. What's wrong with me wandering around? Does it bother you? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll tear your mouth off."
“You dare…”
"Stop arguing."
Long Changyun suddenly slammed the table and roared, then said to Leng Yu:
"I'm deeply sorry for frightening Princess Yu. I'll have someone investigate this matter right now."
After saying that, he raised his hand and shouted loudly:
"Come here, call all the servants in the kitchen."
Leng Yu returned to the room as quickly as possible. When she saw Luo Lan sitting at the table studying the bowl of porridge, she hurried over, took her hand, and said with a sense of relief:
"Lan'er, are you okay?"
Luo Lan looked at him and shook his head with a heavy face. "I'm fine. I've checked this bowl of porridge. The poison it contains is 鸩毒 (鸩毒). This poison is colorless and odorless. It will definitely kill anyone who consumes it, but it can turn anything it comes into contact with black. That's how I discovered this bowl of porridge is poisonous."
As she said this, she pointed to the edge of the bowl and said, "Look here, maybe the person who poisoned it wasn't careful enough. There are black marks on the edge of the bowl."
Looking in the direction of Luo Lan's finger, Leng Yu took a breath of cold air. He picked up the bowl of porridge, held Luo Lan's hand with his other hand, and said angrily:
"Let's go find Long Changyun and ask him to give us an explanation."
"Husband, don't make a big deal out of it. I'm fine."
Leng Yu looked at her, his expression solemn and deep, and said:
"This matter must be made public. We must find out who is trying to harm you. Otherwise, before the martial arts conference, you and I will both die here. Maybe even without anyone noticing. Is that what you want?"
Seeing that Leng Yu was not joking, Luo Lan's expression became a little nervous. His eyes sank slightly, and he nodded carefully.
"Well, we've been here for less than three days and someone wants to harm us. Who else could it be besides Wu Hong? In the end, the matter was left unresolved. Let's return to the capital to resolve the matter between us and Wu Hong."
"I'm afraid he'll be killed inexplicably before we even reach the capital. Even if Wu Hong wants to harm us, we have to let him know that he's not doing it covertly. He's exposed."
After saying this, he took Luo Lan's hand and walked towards the main hall of Longwu Villa.
At this time, there were more than a dozen kitchen servants and maids standing here. They all sat upright, lowered their heads in fear, and dared not speak.
Long Xiaomin and Ahong had just finished explaining the matter about the bowl of porridge to Long Changyun.
Long Changsheng and Wu Hong were also sitting in the main hall. When the three of them saw Leng Yu and Luo Lan walk in, they hurriedly stood up to greet them.
Long Changsheng was the first to step forward and clasped his fists, saying:
"Prince Yu, I heard someone poisoned Princess Yu? This happened in Longwu Villa, and my eldest brother will not sit idly by. However, I just asked these girls, and they don't know about it. I dare to speculate, is this porridge really poisonous? Or, I think it's possible that Princess Yu is being too cautious and misunderstood?"
Hearing him say this, Leng Yu placed the bowl of porridge in front of him, raised his eyebrows and said sternly:
"Does the Second Manor Master dare to eat this bowl of porridge?"
Hearing this, Long Changsheng smiled and waved his hands.
"Prince Yu, please don't joke around. Let's not talk about whether this porridge is poisonous or not. This is the porridge that Princess Yu has eaten. How can I eat it?"
Leng Yu pulled out a disdainful smile from the corner of his mouth, and then said sternly:
"Xiao Ningzi, catch a mouse."
After a while, Xiao Ningzi really appeared in front of everyone holding a lively mouse. Seeing this, the girls took a few steps back in panic. Xiao Ningzi directly put the mouse's mouth next to the porridge bowl. The mouse probably licked the porridge, and suddenly, it turned over and died with its four legs facing the sky.
Seeing this scene, everyone present exclaimed in surprise. Long Changsheng also shut his mouth. Wu Hong frowned and said with some displeasure:
"Master Long, Second Master, if Princess Yu wasn't proficient in medicine, she would have eaten this bowl of porridge. The consequences would be disastrous. You can't afford to be charged with murdering a member of the royal family. So, you should thoroughly investigate this matter."
Hearing this, Long Changyun's face turned extremely ugly. He looked at the maids and women standing there and said sternly:
"You won't tell me, right? Well, come on, lock them all up until we get to the bottom of this."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone took all these people away.
Leng Yu pulled Luo Lan to sit on the chair on the other side, his face slightly gloomy, as if he would not give up until he found out the reason.
Long Changyun suddenly looked at Long Xiaomin and asked with a cold face:
"Xiao Min, how much do you know about this matter?"
Long Xiaomin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"I just said it, I don't know, I was just passing by, don't listen to this girl's nonsense."
Ah Cai stood beside Luo Lan and saw Long Xiaomin pointing at her and looking at her with hateful eyes, muttering:
"You're sneaking around the princess's door so early in the morning. Who knows what you're up to? I think you're the most suspicious."
"Don't talk nonsense. The princess and I have no grudges against each other. Why would I want to harm her? Maybe the girl who served her porridge poisoned her on the way."
Hearing this, Ah Hong's face suddenly turned pale. She opened her mouth in shock and replied nervously:
"I just told Master Long that I made porridge directly from the pot in the kitchen this morning and brought it back to the princess's room. If there was something wrong with the porridge, wouldn't everyone in the palace be poisoned? Besides, why would I want to harm the princess?"
Having said this, she suddenly looked at Luo Lan as if she had thought of something, and said as if she had suddenly realized something:
"Oh, now I remember. The porridge was fine, but the bowl must have been problematic. Everyone in the mansion had probably finished their meal, and when I took the bowl, it was the last one. I didn't notice if it was poisonous."
Luo Lan nodded calmly and said in a deep voice:
"The poison is colorless and odorless. You couldn't see it in the porcelain bowl. It was only after you put it in the porridge, and because it took a long time to get from the kitchen to my room, that the poison was released."
After hearing her explanation, Long Changyun's eyes trembled slightly, and he suddenly shouted loudly:
"Come here, find everyone who entered and left the kitchen this morning and interrogate them one by one. I don't believe that anyone in Longwu Villa would dare to secretly tamper with my guests."
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