Self-help guide for non-professional young masters

On the same day, Jun Ziyou went to the Imperial Study Room to face the saint, at least to persuade Emperor Yuan to calm down, but he didn't know what kind of demon method he used, the emperor was fascinated by his advice and agreed to gather the concubines in the harem for the dinner.

Ordinarily, on such occasions, foreign ministers and concubines with low status are not allowed to attend, but today is different, not only Junziyou and Jiang Linyuan appeared at the banquet, even Xiao Beicheng, who was previously banned from entering the palace, was also invited. Today, the nobles who seldom show their faces are all dressed up in fancy clothes. If they take this opportunity to win the favor of the emperor, they will be favored again.

Xiao Beicheng didn't bother to ask Junziyou what kind of show he had arranged for him. He drank tea in silence and didn't say a word until the banquet started, Emperor Yuan took his seat, and the maids of the imperial dining room all presented the first meal of the night. A delicacy.

Concubine Yan Gui is now the head of the six palaces, seeing that Emperor Yuan has no intention of enjoying himself, she has to come forward to slow down the scene.

"Recently, the emperor is very tired from working on state affairs. You might as well try this mushroom chicken soup specially prepared by the imperial dining room. The mushrooms are picked from the mountains by the imperial cooks themselves, and no similar poisonous species will be mixed in. Lycium barbarum is also the top grade that was enshrined in the Southwest last year, it is very refreshing, the emperor drank it while it was hot, and it can also nourish the body."

Emperor Yuan let out a casual "Yes", and was about to move his chopsticks when he heard someone from the audience say, "Your Majesty, it is rumored in the palace that Sister Concubine Li's madness is related to eating mushrooms by mistake. Before Sister Concubine Li's illness, everything related to this cannot enter the mouth of the emperor."

Seeing the nobleman standing up, Junziyou rubbed his hands against Xiao Beicheng, and asked in a low voice, "This is..."

"Concubine Yu of Guanju Palace has a son who is the emperor's favorite third prince."

These words shouldn't have come out of his King Jin's mouth, but the gentleman rushed to rush, and the commotion was too loud, not only the concubines, but even Emperor Yuan cast doubtful eyes.

Gentleman You smiled apologetically, picked up the soup bowl and handed it to Xiao Beicheng's mouth, and said without hesitation: "The emperor and all the empresses are laughing at me, I am trying to persuade the prince to drink soup...Drink it quickly, prince!"

Xiao Beicheng really never thought that one day he would be forced to pour soup in public, he threw away Junziyou's hand, escaped a series of life-threatening reminders, but was inevitably splashed with soup.

A timid concubine screamed, and the scene was a bit chaotic. Junziyou hurriedly wiped his wet clothes with a handkerchief, and he did not forget to ask the maid in the imperial dining room: "My lord's soup has spilled, please send me another bowl." .”

Under the chaos, Concubine Yu really said again: "Your Majesty, I think that although the soup is not poisonous, it is still risky, so it is better not to drink it."

After she said this, there would naturally be concubines in the harem who did not agree with her to contradict her. Concubine Ning, who was not favored recently, said eccentrically, "Concubine Yu is so timid, could it be that she has a guilty conscience?"

"Presumptuous! You are so brave!"

"Oh, why are you still angry? The emperor forgives the sin, the imperial concubine forgives the sin, and the concubine Yu also forgives the sin. The concubine just said something unintentionally and contradicted the concubine Yu, but don't mind it, the concubine just thinks It’s just a bowl of soup, and before the accident with Concubine Li, the palace had a lot of drinking, isn’t it too much to be so careful?”

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes like a demonstration, picked up the soup bowl, scooped a spoonful and put it into his mouth.

The soup just entered her mouth, when she suddenly coughed and spit it out, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and complained vaguely: "What is this! Your Majesty, there is something wrong with this soup!"

The gentleman tourist scrambled back to his seat like a dog, looked at it carefully with the soup bowl in his hand, and let out an "ah", as if suddenly enlightened.

"That's right, Your Majesty, look carefully. Although the red fruits in this soup are similar, they are not medlars!"

If it weren't for his exaggerated acting skills, Xiao Beicheng would have really believed his nonsense. He glanced at the leftover soup in the bowl and knew that he was talking nonsense here.

But Xiao Beicheng is extremely shrewd, since Junziyou relies on him to bring up hot water issues, and intends to let him avoid disputes, why not walk down the steps he paved and let everyone enjoy a good show?

Concubine Yu seemed a little flustered, picked up the soup bowl and stirred it with a spoon, and at this moment Emperor Yuan just opened his mouth, making it difficult for her to intervene.

"Junqing, you said there is something wrong with the wolfberry? I didn't see it at all."

The gentleman walked up to the people, saluted, and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know that goji berries are born in the south of the Central Plains, and the capital is in the north. It is difficult to taste fresh goji berries, and most of them are dried. The ones sent to the palace will become full after soaking. Dried fruit is different from fresh fruit. The latter is juicy and has a richer fruity flavor, while dried fruit evaporates its own water and enters the The soup is more about the taste of the soup."

"You want to say that the wolfberry in this soup is fresh fruit, not dried fruit?"

"Your Majesty is wise, but since goji berries cannot withstand long journeys and can only be sent to the palace as dried fruits, how can we taste fresh goji berries now? The answer is actually not difficult to think of."

Xiao Beicheng picked up a red fruit with chopsticks, crushed it on his fingertips, and said, "This is not a wolfberry."

"Your Majesty, there are small and many seeds in wolfberries, but this fruit has only one core and it is big, so ordinary people can tell that it is not wolfberries. But the pear concubine from the Western Regions I have never seen wolfberry, let alone tasted it, so how could I recognize it as a strange fruit called mushroom tree?"

Emperor Yuan also personally confirmed that the red fruit in the bowl was not medlar, his expression became more solemn, and he ordered Junziyou to continue talking.

Gentleman You said again: "Whether you eat mushrooms or mushrooms, single food is a good thing for strengthening your body, but mushrooms, as the name suggests, are naturally incompatible with mushrooms. Eating together can cause hallucinations, and eating too much can cause death. Among them, infertility, heart disease Shock, dreaminess, night sweats and other symptoms are its side effects, and someone intentionally gave this kind of thing to Empress Li, which shows her vicious intentions."

"Infertility... hallucinogenic, lethal, who the hell is it!!"

Emperor Yuan slapped the table hard in anger, frightening all the concubines and foreign ministers to kneel down, begging the emperor to appease his anger.

Only Junziyou still stood upright in the hall, his words clanging and resounding.

"This person is well versed in the way that plants and trees grow and restrain each other, and he also holds a grudge against Concubine Pear. I don't think it is difficult to guess her identity."

"Before the meal, only Concubine Yu dissuaded me. I remember that you are a medical girl from a family of medicine, and your father also worked in the imperial hospital. Except for you, no one knows that mushrooms and mushrooms are incompatible. reason."

Concubine Yan said in time: "Concubine Yu, you have always been on good terms with Concubine Li, why did you do such a thing, do you know what a crime it is!"

Concubine Yu didn't admit the crime, nor did she defend herself, she just took off her hairpin and knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Emperor Yuan's headache was about to split, and he stroked his forehead as if he was overwhelmed. Seeing this, Eunuch Huan sent all the concubines back, leaving only Concubine Yan and Concubine Yu here.

Earlier, when Junziyou suspected that an acquaintance attacked Concubine Li, he thought it was the childless master of Liuhua Palace who made a big mistake at risk, so he couldn't understand why it was Yu who gave birth to the third prince. Concubine did this.Even if it's a personal grievance, she should make plans for her children. How could she do such an unsteady thing?

Concubine Yu was also calm, even with the knife resting on her neck, she remained calm, and asked calmly: "Jun Shaoqing thinks this case was done by this palace, do you have any evidence?"

Jun Ziyou didn't answer, but with a wink, Jiang Linyuan came forward and told about the origin of the fungus in his hand.

"Reporting to the emperor, I have found out that the maid of the Weiyang palace, Yingchun, often goes out of the palace, and became suspicious when she bought the wild fruits sold by the smugglers, but it took too long to trace the traces of the smugglers, so I had no choice but to give up hope." I went back to Weiyang Palace to investigate, and happened to find a few fungus tree branches behind the palace garden, which had already produced some fruits, so I sent them to my lord."

Junzi You said again: "Your Majesty, since Yingchun can find fresh mushrooms, it means that the climate around the capital is suitable for their growth, and the concubine Li's condition worsened just in the twelfth lunar month of winter. Occasionally, the seeds were buried in the soil, and it is true that they were not found. Normally, when the flowers bloom in the warm spring, they grow up unknowingly, and then bloom and bear fruit, which has become fatal evidence."

At this point, Emperor Yuan still refused to believe that Concubine Yu was the culprit, and defended her: "Doesn't this mean that winter is not suitable for the growth of mushrooms? If so, where did Yingchun get those fruits?"

"Your Majesty, as long as the land is suitable for growth, the climate can be adjusted artificially, just as the palace can eat watermelons only in midsummer in winter."

Seeing that it was difficult to clear the charges, Emperor Yuan had no choice but to order Huan Yigong to send someone to arrest Weiyang Palace maid Yingchun, and together with Li Taiyi, who was in collusion with her, went to the Punishment Division to torture and extract a confession.

"If you don't pry out the name of the culprit from them, the Department of Punishment will be punished along with it!"

It can be seen that the emperor still has trust in Concubine Yu, until the last moment, he was willing to believe that she was innocent.

Thinking that the matter had come to an end, Xiao Beicheng took a sip of the cool strong tea, and without raising his head, he finally settled his mind, and began to sweep the table full of delicacies, and said, "Since there is no one in the palace except Concubine Yu, Knowing the characteristics of Mu Muzi, where do you come from to be confident that someone will definitely break through this trick?"

Jun Ziyou winked at him, and brought the cold chicken soup in front of Xiao Beicheng, licking the chicken bone to signal him to have a taste too.

The latter thought of risking his life to be with the gentleman, so he tasted it tentatively, but before he tasted it, he choked so much that he vomited it out.

"What is this thing... It's so salty, don't you need money for the salt of an official?"

"So, no matter who it is, as long as they drink it, they will raise objections, which will give me a chance to introduce the topic. Compared with the previous two cases, this case is relatively simple, and there is no need for me, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, to do it myself... "

Before he finished speaking, he fell silent.

After waiting for a long time, there was no follow-up, even Jiang Linyuan couldn't help turning his head to look at Junziyou who was in a daze while holding his chopsticks.

"No, this case..."

Simple is too bizarre.