jdhmnovel Chapter 304 The food is poisonous
Chapter 304 The food is poisonous
Ye Dina waved her hand to signal the new maid Su Linmu to come over.
Su Linmu instinctively had a bad feeling, but who could blame Ye Dina for being a princess?
She tried hard and had to listen to Ye Dina.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Su Linmu asked Ye Dina respectfully.
"Go do something for me. If you do it well, I will reward you handsomely. If you don't do it well, you should not stay in front of me."
After Ye Dina finished speaking, she casually lifted Su Linmu's chin with her hand, with an undisguised threat in her eyes.
"Your servant... obeys your command, Princess. I will do my best to fulfill your orders." Su Linmu hurriedly expressed his loyalty.
Ye Dina was very satisfied with Su Linmu's words.
"I don't care what method you use, you have to bribe the servants of the Prince Regent's Palace for me, and then let him poison that damn Xu Yingying, do you hear me?"
Although Su Linmu was very reluctant to hear this, she still agreed immediately, "Yes, Princess."
"Okay, go ahead! I hope to see the results as soon as possible." Ye Dina waved her hand tiredly.
"Yes, princess."
After saying that, Su Linmu retreated.
After much deliberation, Su Linmu finally found the chef of the Regent's Palace, and threatened him with his family to force the chef to poison Xu Yingying.
night.
When Xu Yingying was looking at the table full of delicious food and was about to pick up a piece with chopsticks to taste it, Ye Bhutan appeared and stopped Xu Yingying.
Ye Bhutan knocked Xu Yingying's chopsticks that were holding the food away and said hurriedly, "You didn't eat the food in this bowl!"
Xu Yingying looked at Ye Bhutan in surprise and said, "No, what's wrong?"
"Yedina hired someone to poison the dish." Ye Bhutan explained quickly.
"Ah? Wasn't this made by our own chef in the palace? How could Ye Dina be so long-handed as to poison my food?"
Xu Yingying was extremely shocked.
"Yedina had her maid capture the wife and daughter of your palace chef and threatened the chef with their lives to poison you."
After saying that, Ye Bhutan took out a silver needle from somewhere and stuck it into the food. "Look?"
In an instant, the originally snow-white silver needle turned extremely black.
Xu Yingying got angry when she saw this. "This is outrageous! I didn't expect this woman to be so vicious. Not only did she kill my child, she also wanted to kill me!"
"I will make her pay the price for this." Xu Yingying vowed.
Xu Yingying called the chef over. As soon as the chef saw Xu Yingying, he immediately realized that the truth was revealed. He knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Yingying on the spot to admit his mistake.
"I'm sorry, Princess. I didn't do it on purpose. I was forced to do it! The other party captured my wife and daughter to threaten me. I couldn't do anything about it!"
The chef said with tears in his eyes.
Xu Yingying waved her hand tiredly when she heard this. "Since you have been in the palace for so many years, I will not pursue this matter with you. I have sent secret guards to rescue your wife and daughter. Once your wife and daughter are rescued, you can leave the palace!"
"Although I don't want to care about you poisoning me, I don't dare to use you anymore. With your cooking skills, you can open a restaurant and support your family after you go out."
After hearing this, the cook didn't dare to say anything more. He understood that this was the best option Xu Yingying had arranged for him.
"Thank you, Princess. Thank you, Princess."
The cook kept kowtowed to Xu Yingying and thanked her.
"Okay, go back and pack your things! Leave here as soon as possible after you are reunited with your wife and daughter! Just because I am willing to let you go doesn't mean the people behind you are willing to let you go."
Xu Yingying spoke up to remind him.
Hearing this, the cook immediately understood everything, and hurriedly stepped out and ran back home to pack up his things.
Wan'er, who was standing by, saw Xu Yingying's attitude in handling the matter and couldn't help but ask, "Princess, are you just going to let go of the person who almost killed you so easily?"
Wan'er said somewhat unwillingly.
Xu Yingying understood that Wan'er was worried about her safety, but how could she explain it? After all, she was also a person who had received modern education, and she couldn't bear to do such a cruel thing.
"He is also a poor man. If it weren't for his wife and daughter, he wouldn't do this. Let's forgive him when we can." Xu Yingying defended the cook.
"Okay!" Wan'er didn't dare to say anything more after hearing this.
After the housekeeper learned about this, he immediately replaced the cook with a reliable one. This time, the housekeeper personally investigated the cook and only after confirming that he was correct did he let him into the kitchen to cook for Xu Yingying.
after dinner.
Xu Yingying found that Li Siqi was still handling official business. Thinking of what Li Siqi had said before that no one was allowed to go in and disturb him, Xu Yingying became hesitant for a moment.
Firstly, Li Siqi had been staying in the study for several days and had hardly come out, even sleeping there at night. Secondly, Xu Yingying was worried about Li Siqi's health.
After much thought, Xu Yingying decided to go to the study to see Li Siqi.
Xu Yingying asked the kitchen to prepare some tea and cakes and bring them over.
"Boom boom boom——"
Xu Yingying knocked on the study door and asked, "Can I come in?"
"Of course." Li Siqi looked up and saw that it was Xu Yingying, so he spoke without hesitation.
Xu Yingying took the cakes and sat next to Li Siqi. As soon as she sat down, she found that Li Siqi's face had become smaller and seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
Seeing this, Xu Yingying's eyes were filled with heartache.
Li Siqi naturally saw what Xu Yingying was thinking, and he quickly spoke to make Xu Yingying happy.
"What's wrong? Have you missed me since we last saw each other?"
After saying that, Li Siqi carefully held Xu Yingying in his arms.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yingying nodded, rarely, and stopped saying one thing and thinking another.
"Yes, how come you have lost so much weight in a few days? Is there any difficult problem in the court? Can you tell me about it?"
Xu Yingying asked.
Li Siqi was slightly stunned, then sighed helplessly and said, "Yes, today Princess Wenwa asked the Great Zhou to arrange a marriage with the Western Regions, but there are very few royal men of marriageable age in our Great Zhou."
Having said that, Li Siqi looked at Xu Yingying deeply.
Xu Yingying understood everything instantly. It was obvious that Ye Dina still hadn't given up on Li Siqi, and she was still keeping an eye on Li Siqi.
Just as Xu Yingying and Li Siqi were thinking about how to solve the problem, Ye Bhutan spoke up.
"Yedina doesn't like Li Siqi at all. Li Siqi is just a substitute. The person she likes most is Ye Luwen, her biological brother. It's just that due to the secular world and rumors, she can't fall in love with her brother, so she transferred all her love to Li Siqi."