The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Prince Gong just watched everything in front of him silently without saying a word. There was not even any dissatisfaction on his face. Instead, he looked like he was just watching a show.

But it was enough to scare everyone into silence and hold their breath, and everyone in the Xue family, from the master to the servants, knelt down hurriedly.

Seeing this, Xue Zhiyi felt that it seemed too abrupt, so he followed them in saluting.

Prince Gong did not blame him, but sighed leisurely: "The matter has not been concluded yet. For now, let's wait for the doctor to come before taking any action. Lord Xue and Madam Xue, please don't be polite."

The two men then dared to stand up, lowering their heads and waiting for the doctor to arrive.

The doctor came quickly and hurried over to take the pulse of the two Fu sisters.

This was not a difficult question, so he gave an answer quickly.

"Both young ladies suffered from abdominal pain because they ate incompatible foods."

"Incompatible foods?" Fu Ling muttered to himself, and then turned his gaze to Xue Zhiyi, his face suddenly turned cold: "Zhiyi, come here."

Xue Zhiyi stepped forward and said, "Mom, what's wrong?"

"You arranged the refreshments in the garden, but what went wrong?"

Others who were listening only felt that Fu Ling's tone was calm, and they couldn't even hear much blame in her voice. Only Xue Zhiyi, who was standing close, could clearly see the extreme coldness in her eyes.

"My daughter arranged all the food and drinks for today's banquet. She made the list a few days ago and only gave the order after mother reviewed it. There shouldn't be any mistakes."

After that, she called out, "Su Yue."

Su Yue understood what he meant and consciously handed over a beautifully framed booklet.

After Xue Zhiyi took it and opened it, he found that it was filled with several pages of red paper embossed with gold powder, and written in neat small calligraphy with hairpin flowers.

She handed the menu to the doctor: "Please take a look, doctor, is there anything missing here?"

Xue Zhiyi advanced and retreated in a measured manner, neither hurried nor slow, and every move was graceful and elegant. This made Fu Rongxin, who was watching from the side, feel particularly uncomfortable: he was just a fake who was putting on airs and wearing a human mask!

The doctor lowered his head and looked carefully again and again before saying, "Miss, I have looked at the menu and there is nothing wrong with it."

"Oh?" Xue Zhiyi was puzzled: "If that's the case, why would there be abdominal pain? But what did the doctor miss?"

The doctor waved his hand and said, "I am old, but if I can't even tell which foods are incompatible with me, I'm afraid my clinic will have to close down soon."

Xue Zhiyi frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said to Fu Ling: "Mother, I have a guess."

Fu Ling looked at her, his brows still calm: "You say."

"Today, only Jiahui and Jiamin have abdominal pain. No other guests have. Perhaps the problem is not with the snacks at Bajiaoting, but that they happened to eat something else that conflicts with the snacks on the table."

After that, she bowed to Fu Ling and said, "My daughter thinks that we need to check carefully with the menu for today's lunch to find out which two foods are problematic."

Fu Rong's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She said, "Zhiyi, since we already know the cause of the disease, let the doctor treat it properly. Isn't it troublesome to trace the root cause?"

Unexpectedly, Xue Zhiyi said, "Cousin, what you said is wrong. We have many guests at the banquet today, so we should trace the source and completely rule out the possibility of poisoning so that everyone can rest assured. Otherwise, if we are vague, I am afraid that some rumors will spread in the future. My cousin is simple-minded and it is inevitable that she will think things are simple."

After hearing these words, half the color faded from Fu Rongxin's face... She had too many flaws today and couldn't stand up to scrutiny, but she really couldn't say anything to refute.

"What do you think, mother?" When Xue Zhiyi asked back, his pair of round almond eyes were gentle and warm, without any distracting thoughts, as clear as the bright moonlight, as if this was just the most ordinary question in his daily life, making it impossible for Fu Ling to refuse.

But soon, she met Fu Rongxin's gaze. She saw Fu Rongxin clutching his sleeves, with anxious eyes, as if he wanted to say something, and was looking at her eagerly.

Fu Ling was stunned. For some reason, her heart skipped a beat: Could it be that this matter was related to Rong Xin? Or was Xue Zhiyi, that bitch, up to something bad again?

Then she turned to look at Xue Zhiyi, only to see that Xue Zhiyi just raised his face to look at her, and blinked his eyes: "Mom?"

When Fu Ling was hesitating, she heard Prince Gong Gu Shichong suddenly say, "Madam Xue, there are some things that should be made clear in time while everyone is here. Otherwise, if there are rumors in the future, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the Xue family's good reputation?"

Xue Zhiyi looked over and saw Gu Shichong with his eyebrows slightly raised, looking at them with interest, as if he was watching a play.

Does this guy think it’s not lively enough?

Xue Zhiyi blinked... Let him be, it was Fu Rongxin who felt guilty at the moment anyway.

Upon hearing this, Fu Ling hurriedly said, "Your Highness is right. I am a woman with a short-sighted view. Thank you for your advice."

Having said that, there is no reason to refuse the investigation.

She told Mother Xing: "Have someone get it."

Mother Xing said yes and told a little maid to go to Anxianju.

Fu Rongxin was about to wring sparks out of her handkerchief, her eyes rolling around.

She has gone through too many twists and turns today and left too many loopholes. If they want to investigate, she can't stay out of it.

After thinking for a moment, she gave a look to Ying'er who was following behind her.

While waiting, the doctor gave Fu Jiahui and Fu Jiamin some medicine, and they finally recovered.

After a while, the maid came with the menu.

The doctor scratched his beard while checking the two menus, puzzled: "This is strange, there are no two foods on the two menus that conflict with each other, I wonder if the two ladies have eaten anything else?"

It was normal that the doctor didn't find the problem, because persimmon cake was not on the original menu.

As the two sisters reminisced, everyone's eyes were focused here. No one noticed that Ying'er was quietly trying to take away an inconspicuous plate of persimmon cakes on the dining table.

Fu Rongxin's heart also rose to her throat.

Suddenly, someone stretched out a foot, and Ying'er felt her foot trip...

bang-

The sound of bowls falling to the ground attracted everyone's attention.

In the corner, a little maid fell down with her mouth full on the dirt. A plate was broken into pieces and the contents of the plate were scattered all over the floor in a mess.

"what happened?"

Hearing the noise, Fu Ling became more and more upset and started scolding immediately.

But Qiuyun appeared out of nowhere at this time. She helped Ying'er up and bowed to Fu Ling: "Madam, Ying'er doesn't know the rules. I hope you won't forgive me."

Ying'er? Rongxin's maid...

Fu Ling looked at Fu Rongxin, and his heart suddenly tightened.

Unexpectedly, the doctor slapped his thigh suddenly and said, "That's right!"

He was a little excited and quickly went forward to pick up the dried persimmon on the ground: "It is a taboo to eat the perch on the lunch menu with this dried persimmon in front of you. It may cause abdominal pain and nausea."

Fu Rongxin couldn't bear to look at it and turned her face away.

Her heart finally died.

Fu Ling was feeling uneasy. Seeing this, he immediately took the initiative and asked the first person to blame: "Zhiyi, you are too inappropriate. How can you let things that conflict with each other be served so casually? Fortunately, Jiahui and Jiamin are fine, and they didn't hurt the nobles. Otherwise, what should we do?"

Xue Zhiyi, who was scolded, immediately looked terrified: "Mother, it was my fault for not checking. I made such a big mistake in the kitchen. I even served dishes that were not on the menu. I caused Jiahui and Jiamin to suffer innocently, and also frightened all the guests."

Speak, she bowed to everyone politely: "Zhiyi apologizes to everyone here."

"Aunt." Fu Rongxin suddenly took Fu Ling's arm and said, "Zhiyi didn't mean it, so don't blame her."

Fu Rongxin spoke softly at this moment, and she was truly a very considerate person.

But Xue Zhiyi knew what she was thinking.

She was thinking, how can she get Fu Ling not to hold the kitchen responsible? Otherwise, if there is testimony from the kitchen, she will really be in a hopeless situation.

But I am afraid of whatever comes next.

Before Fu Ling could respond, someone said, "Madam, why did you summon me here?"

Following the sound, I saw that the person speaking was the loud-voiced cook in the kitchen.

At this moment, she was looking at the slightly serious crowd in confusion, obviously not knowing what was going on.

Fu Ling was stunned: When did she call this cook?

Beside him, Xue Zhiyi lowered his eyebrows: Isn't it just spreading false information? She can do it too.