The news that Qiuling was drugged to give birth prematurely spread throughout the Hou Mansion.
Everyone in the Hou Mansion was in panic.
Lu Lingjun ordered a thorough investigation and called everyone who handled the kitchen and food for questioning, one by one.
"Young Madam, I cooked today's dishes. You can learn from the blue sky. They are all according to the recipes and purchased from the kitchen. I didn't add any extra items."
"Young Madam, we made all the soup. We left the bottom, but we didn't find any safflower in it."
"Madam, there are no red flowers in our kitchen at all!"
"Young lady, we didn't touch the things when they were brought out from the kitchen. There's no way they could have been drugged!"
From washing the side dishes to cooking the soup, the cooks and the maids who delivered the meals searched everything. The cooks and people in charge searched everything, but Lu Lingjun found nothing.
"Young Madam, the kitchen is always a crowded place, and it's time to eat. In addition to the people in the kitchen, there are also people from various courtyards who will go to get food. Maybe it's people from other courtyards who have tampered with it." Grandma An, who is experienced in housekeeping, said.
That's it.
If the people in the kitchen were not the ones to take advantage of the huge back house, then it could be the people in the other courtyards in the house.
But in this case, Lu Lingyun would basically be unable to investigate.
At lunch time, there are so many people, it is impossible to find out who has been to the kitchen. Anyone who is interested can just sneak in when there are the most people and the busiest time, and inadvertently put something into Qiuling's meal, and check all the people. Nowhere to check.
But after Li Wenxun had been an official for more than ten years, Lu Lingjun had already thought differently. If he couldn't find someone to kill, he would find someone who had a grudge against the victim.
The whole family has a grudge against Qiu Ling...
wrong!
She thought of one thing very keenly, that is, she once asked Xing Dairong and Qiu Ling to switch their meals!
I was afraid that Xing Dairong would use Zhao'er again.
And today happens to be the day to swap meals.
Therefore, could it be that the target of the person who struck was not Qiuling at all, but Xing Dairong?
It's just that the other party doesn't know that their meals will be swapped from time to time!
"Bah! Nine times out of ten, it was the guy from Yuerong Pavilion who did it again!" At this time, Chun He cursed.
Xiaowei, Xiaoqin and others also looked unhappy, "That is, except for her, who else in the entire Hou family can't bear to see Aunt Qiu being pregnant!"
Lu Lingjun listened to the servants' words and shook his head with a cold face, "Don't talk nonsense."
"Call Huang Yue over to me."
Lu Lingjun stopped the discussion among the people below, everyone shut up, and Xiaoqin went to call someone.
After a while, Huang Yue was called over.
When Huang Yue saw Lu Lingyun, her bright eyes were full of fear and confusion, "What does the young lady want from me?"
Lu Lingjun looked at the little girl in front of him. She was the most innocent and innocent age of ten years old. Her eyes were bright and sparkling. She was wearing a new maid's outfit, just like a sprig of pink lotus that had just sprouted. Her big, watery eyes were fluttering. Like two clear dewdrops on the lotus tip.
Clean and refreshing, crispy and tender.
"What did you do today?"
"As far as I'm concerned, young madam, I'll be cleaning the prince's study." Huang Yue said crisply.
"Did you go to the kitchen?"
Huang Yue bit her lower lip and said, "I'm going."
"What are you doing in the kitchen?"
"Get food. It's my turn to get food from the yard today." Huang Yue looked at Lu Lingyun harmlessly with her big watery eyes.
Lu Lingyun locked her expression and small movements tightly. When Huang Yue became more and more nervous, she knelt down to Lu Lingyun first with a plop.
"Young Madam, are you doubting me?"
Huang Yue was like a frightened deer, trembling with fear, "I have no enmity with Aunt Qiu, how could I poison her!"
"What are you so afraid of?" Lu Lingjun looked at her condescendingly.
"Young Madam, of course I'm scared. It's my aunt and the child in her belly who are in trouble. Xiaoyue is just a humble maid. How can she deserve such a big crime? It's really not me, it's really not me."
Huang Yue was so frightened that her courage was broken, and she kept crying and justifying.
They all say that if you didn’t do it yourself, there is nothing to be afraid of.
But in fact, for a large number of people, being wronged is a frightening plea for mercy.
Lu Lingjun was deeply touched by this point during his on-the-spot investigation of the case.
Because the vast majority of ordinary people with flat heads are as honest as sheep, they naturally have strong fear and awe when they see the government officials. They simply cannot stay calm and magnanimous in front of these people.
If they are burdened with lawsuits and the stigma falls, they would like to shout that they have been wronged with all their mouths open. Apart from these two words, they will not say anything else.
That's how Huang Yue looks now. It doesn't look like she's guilty of being a thief or trying to make excuses.
Can......
"Wait here first." Lu Lingyun left the room without giving Huang Yue any explanation.
Huang Yue was the only one left in the whole room.
Lu Lingjun gave Shuanghong a look when he went out, "Don't go in, everyone, just watch the reactions of the people inside."
"yes."
Lu Lingjun went to the kitchen personally and checked the dishes and dishes for today's meal.
Doctor Liu judged that the safflower was ground into powder and put into the soup.
This medicine was administered to a very high level, making it difficult to find evidence.
Lu Lingjun went to Yaoguang Pavilion again and asked a few questions about everyone's meals and schedules.
It was confirmed that it was indeed Huang Yue's turn to collect food today, and her behavior was reasonable.
Lu Lingjun checked around a lot and finally returned to his yard.
"What will happen to the people inside after I leave?"
"She was very scared. She knelt down and didn't move."
When Lu Lingjun heard this, he could only shake his head in disappointment.
She had no more evidence or clues.
She pushed open the door and entered.
Huang Yue, who was waiting inside, saw Lu Lingyun returning and immediately crawled to her side, "Young Madam! It's really not me. I have no enmity or enmity with that Aunt Qiu, and I really won't harm her!"
She looked like she was afraid that Lu Lingyun would be accused and put the blame on her.
Lu Lingjun stared into her eyes for three seconds and said, "No one said what you did, why are you so nervous?"
"Xiaoyue has no father or mother. The prince saved Xiaoyue and is Xiaoyue's reborn parents. Xiaoyue doesn't want to be kicked out." Huang Yue said with tears in her eyes.
Lu Lingjun looked at her like this and said without saying anything more, "Let's go."
Huang Yue was still wiping tears when she was let go.
He looked very aggrieved.
Xiaoqin who brought her here couldn't bear to see her like that, "Xiaoyue, what are you so afraid of? The whole government knows that our young lady is fair and generous and will never wrong a good person."
Her words made Huang Yue hold back her tears, "Yes, the young lady is a good person, but I am too timid."
"You are indeed very timid, but you are not familiar with the Marquis Mansion when you first come to it. In the future, you will know that our young lady is the best person in the whole manor."
