Manager Zhu made several trips, trying to figure out how to make this sesame sauce hot pot. After learning it and making several adjustments, he finally managed to make it taste somewhat similar.
But it still doesn't reach the level of that store.
He simply spent a month's worth of customary practices, bribing the shop's waiter with a large sum of money to buy a pre-made sauce.
As for the ingredients, the imperial kitchen had plenty.
Vermicelli, potatoes, radishes, kelp, dried shiitake mushrooms, meat, and so on—Chief Steward Zhu selected all of His Majesty's favorite foods and added some of them.
In case the sauces bought from outside were not clean, he ate them himself and also let the people in the imperial kitchen taste them.
The imperial physician was also summoned to examine the patient.
The imperial physicians couldn't find anything wrong either.
Today is a grand court assembly; His Majesty can have a taste.
So, Murong Yue's lunch included a plate of glistening, spicy hot pot.
Murong Yue tilted her head and poked at it with her chopsticks. The color was really not pretty, reminding her of brains that had been sitting around for several days.
However, it's winter, so there's no need to worry about it spoiling.
She doesn't want to eat it.
After eating her favorite sweet tofu pudding and some dried green beans with minced meat, she decided to try some more, adhering to the principle of not wasting food.
"Your Majesty, Chief Steward Zhu said that this sauce comes from the folk sesame sauce hot pot."
"The Imperial Kitchen and the Imperial Hospital have both inspected it, and I have also tasted the dish. Please try it."
With multiple layers of protection, it is non-toxic.
Ah Hao is very relieved.
Murong Yue picked up a thin slice of potato and put it in her mouth. She had seen this before; it was called a potato, not a brain, but sometimes it tasted similar to a brain.
It is also one of her favorite ingredients.
But as soon as the food entered her mouth, she realized something was wrong.
Pooh!
Murong Yue vomited directly onto the table, and everyone in the palace immediately knelt on the ground, including Ahao and Chief Steward Zhu.
Especially Steward Zhu, cold sweat instantly slid down his forehead.
This is the first time in so many years that His Majesty has vomited up his food directly like this.
Poisonous? No, Ah Hao and I have eaten it before.
The taste is off?
But His Majesty wouldn't just vomit it out directly.
What exactly happened?
Inside the hall, Murong Yue's face was colder than ever before. "Who did this?"
Steward Zhu scrambled forward a short distance, saying, "Your Majesty, this servant deserves to die. This dish was made by this servant."
"May I have a taste?"
Murong Yue said expressionlessly, "Ah, get up."
After Ah Hao got up, she took out a new pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of potato from the sesame sauce hot pot, put it in a bowl, and handed it to Steward Zhu.
Steward Zhu shakily picked it up and put it in his mouth.
The taste is fine...
Murong Yue crossed her arms and coldly uttered two words, "Poisonous."
After saying that, she abandoned everyone and returned to the dragon bed. She grabbed the yellow rope by the bedside, and the yellow curtains by the bedside immediately closed, covering her completely.
Is it poisonous?
? ? ?
Manager Zhu and Ah Hao were both stunned; this shouldn't be happening.
But if His Majesty says it's poisonous, then there must be something wrong. Ah Hao immediately followed with a cold face, "Chief Steward Zhu, I naturally trust you, but please wait here with your men. There's no need to go back to the Imperial Kitchen."
"Don't worry, Miss Hao, I will definitely cooperate with Lord Qi's investigation."
Then Ahao asked a trusted person to find Qi Yuan, the commander of the Imperial Guards, and also to summon the Imperial Preceptor and Physician Liu from the Imperial Hospital.
Yesterday she said she would never speak to Qi Yuan again.
But now His Majesty's food is poisoned, this is a matter of utmost importance.
His Majesty was in a coma for several days and had only just recovered a few days ago. How could someone have poisoned him again?
Was Qi Yuan's last investigation incomplete?
Qi Yuan is such a piece of trash!
Ah Hao was furious.
Li Xuanji and Qi Yuan rushed over.
After the grand court assembly, the two had just stepped out of the palace gates when they saw the personal eunuch of the Hall of Supreme Harmony chasing after them and whispering the matter to Li Xuanji.
The two of them felt a chill run down their spines on the spot.
Here we go again! Here we go again!
Who exactly is it?
Were they those people from the Yue Kingdom?
The only consolation is that His Majesty is not seriously injured, but what's even more embarrassing is that it was His Majesty who discovered the poison.
This is even more painful than killing him and Qi Yuan.
The Yue delegation was still inside the palace, and no matter how anxious he and Qi Yuan were, they couldn't show it at this moment.
The two walked toward the Hall of Supreme Harmony as usual, but their steps were still slightly disordered.
Upon arriving at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Qi Yuan ordered that the entire area be guarded, and everyone, including A-Hao and Steward Zhu, was searched and checked.
When it was Ahao's turn, Qi Yuan didn't let anyone else make a move. He walked over himself and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Ahao.
"Good girl, I'm sorry to offend you."
Ah Hao was still angry and rolled her eyes. "Lord Qi, at a time like this, why are you still being so particular?"
"Hurry up."
The palace maids and eunuchs in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were thoroughly searched, and all the furnishings and furniture were also searched, even the cracks between the bricks on the ground were not spared.
Outside, chaos reigned, but on the dragon bed, Murong Yue lay motionless, her hands outside the covers.
A pair of large eyes stared intently at the bright yellow dragon pattern on the ceiling.
Some memories, sealed deep within the depths of one's mind, are suddenly triggered.
As it turns out, her mind was still quite sharp; although it almost never rang in her ears, these things were presented to her mind with unparalleled clarity.
It's like it just happened yesterday.
She suddenly remembered that she used to be... a human.
I live in a place whose name I've forgotten.
One day, she was suddenly captured by some humans and taken to the mountains. They beat her, scolded her, and even fed her poison.
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