The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

In November of that year, Lu Zhiyuan, the son of the Anyuan Earl, invited many friends to dinner at Manyu Tower.

As usual, he ordered several signature dishes of Manyulou, which were naturally all prepared by Wang Ping.

Lu Zhiyuan had eaten these dishes many times, but that day he suddenly started shaking all over and bleeding from his nose. When the doctor arrived, he was already dead.

The angry Anyuan Earl Lu Yan no longer cared that Manyu Tower was the property of Princess Qing. He had people surround Manyu Tower and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Later, people from the Dali Temple came and quickly found out the reason.

Lu Zhiyuan was suffering from malaria at that time, and the medicine prescribed by the doctor included Veratrum.

This medicine is incompatible with the Adenophora Root in Yuzhu Old Duck Soup, a signature dish of Manyulou.

Wang Ping cried out in injustice. He was an experienced chef who knew the amount of ingredients by heart. The amount of Adenophora Root in the old duck soup was not enough to counteract the other medicines.

But the evidence was conclusive and he had no chance to protest his innocence. The Dali Temple quickly took Wang Ping away.

In the end, Wang Ping was convicted of manslaughter, given 30 strokes of the cane, and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Wang Ping's wife Liu, knowing her husband well, believed that he would never commit such a mistake, so she went to the Kyoto government office to appeal for justice, but was beaten out with sticks.

On the other hand, Lady Yin, wife of the Marquis of Anyuan, lost her only son. She resented that the Dali Temple did not sentence Wang Ping to death. She ignored the Marquis of Anyuan's advice and used her connections to have Wang Ping treated well in prison.

Wang Ping's life in prison was horrible. If Yin hadn't wanted to torture him for a while longer, he would have died long ago.

When Liu went to visit her husband in prison, she was heartbroken when she saw his dying husband.

After being released from prison, Liu went to Prince Qing's Mansion and begged the people there to save her husband.

But Wang Ping did not sell herself to the palace or the princess.

To the people in Prince Qing's Mansion, Wang Ping was just a farmhand in the restaurant that came as a dowry for the princess.

The prince and princess are both in their fiefdoms, so the people in Prince Qing's mansion in the capital will naturally not offend an earl for the sake of a farmhand.

Liu could only go to the government office to appeal for justice while waiting for Prince Qing to return to Beijing.

Finally, in mid-December, Prince Qing and Princess Qing returned to Luocheng from Yucheng.

The princess was a woman in the harem, and it was difficult for Liu to see her, so she could only inquire about Prince Qing's whereabouts.

It was not difficult to find out the whereabouts of Prince Qing. As soon as he returned to the capital, he went to Prince Lin's mansion.

Liu was planning to go to Prince Lin's mansion to block Prince Qing.

At that time, Liu had been running around for days and had been beaten by the Kyoto government officials, so she was staggering when she walked.

Eleven-year-old Wang Shen was worried that something might happen to his mother, so he insisted on going with her.

Wang Shen remembered it very clearly. It was December 17th and the weather was extremely cold.

He and his mother stood opposite the main gate of Prince Lin's Mansion, waiting.

Perhaps because they had been standing there for too long and were shivering with cold, a guard from Prince Lin's mansion came out and asked them what was the matter.

Liu excitedly said that she wanted to see Prince Qing, but the guard frowned. Prince Qing was not someone that ordinary people could see just because they wanted to.

Liu knelt down and recounted what had happened. The guard's voice softened a little, and he asked her to stand up first while he went in to report.

In less than half an hour, the guard came out and let the two of them in.

The mother and son cried with joy and followed the guard into the palace.

Prince Lin’s mansion was very big, but the mother and son didn’t dare to look around. They just lowered their heads and followed the guards.

As he entered a room, he heard the guards bow and say, "Your Highness, they are here."

Liu quickly pulled Wang Shen to kneel down.

Wang Shen bravely looked up and took a peek. There were two good-looking young men sitting at the top, especially the man in the middle, who was the most handsome man he had ever seen.

All he could hear was the young man next to him muttering in dissatisfaction: "Royal brother, the Dali Temple investigated this case thoroughly. The cook was convicted of manslaughter, but they didn't sentence him to death. That's quite reasonable."

Wang Shen's heart sank, and then he heard the most beautiful voice he had ever heard in his life: "I have to ask again to feel at ease."

Wang Shen raised his head again.

That handsome man was naturally Prince Lin.

Noticing his furtive glance, Prince Lin said, "You two should get up. This is Imperial Physician Wang. Does this lady know the recipe for the old duck soup?"

"Remember to remember."

Liu hurriedly told Wang Ping the recipe. She had been married to Wang Ping for many years, and she knew all of Wang Ping's cooking skills, and she had learned them better than anyone else in the restaurant.

After hearing this, Doctor Wang said, "Your Highness, if this is really the prescription this woman suggested, the amount of Adenophora Root in it is definitely not enough to counteract the other herbs."

Another young man, Prince Qing, suddenly laughed.

"I haven't tasted that old duck soup for a long time. If you can make it, please make it for me."

Prince Lin looked at his brother and laughed helplessly, but he did not stop him.

He also asked someone to invite Cen Zhongwen, the son of the Minister of Justice, who had dinner with the Prince of Anyuan that day.

The maid from Prince Lin's mansion took Liu to the kitchen.

The maid said that the prince asked you to make three portions, one according to the recipe you asked, one with more Adenophora Root and one with less Adenophora Root.

Cen Zhongwen and Prince Qing are well-known foodies in the capital. They are very picky about food, but also very sensitive.

The two tasted three servings of old duck soup made by Liu and immediately pointed out that one of them was almost identical to the one made by Wang Ping.

Cen Zhongwen also said that the old duck soup in the restaurant that day tasted the same as they had eaten before.

For the other two servings, the two picky eaters also noticed that one had too much Adenophora scabra and the other had too little.

Prince Lin had Liu and her son taken to the guest room first. He then asked Cen Zhongwen about some details of the day, and then made an appointment with the Minister of Justice...

On the afternoon of the third day, someone came to tell Liu that Wang Ping had been acquitted and asked them to take Wang Ping home.

Liu and the other two wanted to go and thank Prince Lin, but were told that the prince had already gone out.

When they took Wang Ping to hospital, he was tortured to the point of being on the verge of death, but fortunately he survived.

Soon they knew what happened.

Lu Zhiwen, the concubine's son of the Anyuan baron, was jealous of his legitimate brother who was granted the title of crown prince at birth.

He bribed the court physician, Doctor Lin, and replaced one of the herbs in the prescription with Veratrum, which is incompatible with ginseng.

Then he persuaded Lu Zhiyuan to go to Manyu Tower and order the old duck soup.

The amount of Adenophora Root in the old duck soup is extremely small and will not produce any counteracting reaction with Veratrum Albizia.

Lu Zhiwen had bribed Lu Zhiyuan's servant long ago, and after Lu Zhiyuan drank the soup, he served him a cup of red date and ginseng tea with a large amount of ginseng...

The case handlers at the Dali Temple had a preconceived notion and concluded that the old duck soup was the cause of Lu Zhiyuan's death.

But the court physician, Doctor Lin, was frightened.

He was called over when Lu Zhiyuan started to tremble.

As soon as he arrived at the restaurant, he found the cup of red date and ginseng tea.

He originally thought that Anyuan Bo's concubine's son just wanted to make his legitimate brother suffer, but he never expected that someone would die.

Doctor Lin left a letter to Earl Anyuan and fled.

Marquis Anyuan beat the prince's servant half to death and finally confirmed that it was his illegitimate son who killed his legitimate son.

But An Yuanbo only had these two sons, and one of his sons had already died. Even if the other son was the murderer, he had no choice but to protect him.

When An Yuanbo knew that his wife wanted to take revenge on Wang Ping, he wanted to stop her, but then he thought that if Wang Ping died, the case would be settled and his illegitimate son would be safe.

He allowed Yin to torture the wrongly accused Wang Ping...

The Dali Temple Minister, reminded by Prince Delin, quickly interrogated the people who were present at the restaurant that day and finally found the clue about ginseng tea that they had missed.

We also learned that apart from the people present that day, the first person to arrive at the scene and take the cup of ginseng tea was Dr. Lin.

The Dali Temple staff handled the case extremely quickly and soon caught Dr. Lin who was hiding in a private house on Qingshu Street.

Then, in the backyard of the Anyuan Marquis's mansion, he dug out the body of the silenced servant...

The truth of an unjust case was finally revealed.

Lu Zhiwen, a concubine's son of the Marquis of Anyuan, was sentenced to death for deliberately murdering his elder brother.

Anyuan Earl Lu Yan sheltered the murderer, framed innocent people, and deprived him of his hereditary title.

Lady Yin of the Marquis of Anyuan abused private punishment and forced the victim to take off her hairpin as an apology and pay three hundred taels of silver as compensation.

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