Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 220

Chapter 220 Identity Token Discovery
With the permission of the Jin Emperor, the smile on Yun Xiao’s face disappeared.

‘”Chef Lu, let me ask you, do you recognize this bottle of medicine?” Lu Yu walked over to Chef Lu with a cold expression and asked coldly, “Chef Lu, let me ask you, do you recognize this bottle of medicine?”

Imperial Chef Lu shook his head. Now he would admit that the medicine was his.

Yun Xiao wasn’t discouraged either, and the corner of her mouth carried a trace of mockery. Her expression was cold, “Really? Since Chef Lu didn’t recognize this bottle of medicine, why would he rummage through Chef Cao Yu’s body? Could it be that Chef Lu Yu’s ingredients are accurate? Could Chef Cao Yu have this poison on him?”

At this moment, Imperial Chef Lu felt regret for his previous actions. However, regret was useless now. His expression was ugly. “If you want to put something in your sleeve, you will naturally put it in your sleeve pocket. Naturally, I will have to look for it.”

Yun Xiao smiled softly, “Since that’s the case, does that mean that Chef Lu Yu has never been exposed to poison? Did Chef Cao Yu sprinkle the poison on Chef Lu’s meals?”

Imperial Chef Lu stared at Yun Xiao. For some reason, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

Since the poison appeared on Yun Xiao’s body, she begged the Jin Emperor to ask a few more questions. Naturally, she would not ask insignificant questions. The corner of her eyes looked at her fingers. The poison on it had been washed clean, so there would naturally be no more residues.

For a moment, he was a little hesitant.

However, Yun Xiao was unwilling to give Imperial Chef Lu too much time to think. She harshly scolded, “Imperial Chef Lu, just say yes or no!”

Imperial Chef Lu saw that everyone was looking at him. If he continued to think, everyone would suspect that the poison really came from him. He hurriedly said, “Yes.”

Yun Xiao chuckled, “That’s good!”

Everyone did not know why Yun Xiao would ask such a question. Even fools would not admit such a question.

The Jin Emperor also frowned as he looked at Yun Xiao, but he felt that his sleeve had been pulled by someone. He turned around and saw a trace of trust in Zhou Jingxu’s pair of ink-jade-like eyes. “Father, leave this matter to Yun Xiao. She will definitely be able to find out who the real murderer is!”

With that, Yun Xiao walked over to the Jin Emperor’s side and said respectfully, “Reporting to Your Majesty, I have finished asking. The maiden still wants to borrow the emperor’s imperial physician.”

“Accurate!” With Zhou Jingxu’s words, the Jin Emperor was curious about what Yun Xiao would do to find out the truth.

Before Yun Xiao bowed her thanks, she invited Eunuch Wei to fetch two bowls of water and let Chef Cao Yu and Imperial Chef Lu soak their hands in the bowl. After a while, she let the two of them soak their hands and brought the bowl to the imperial physician for examination.

The imperial physician’s eyes couldn’t help but shine. The four girls were quick-witted. They could actually think of such an idea. They hurriedly went forward to examine everything. The conclusion was that there was residual poison in the bowl that Chef Lu soaked in. Although it was very shallow, it was real.

Imperial Chef Lu’s expression changed. He had cleaned up all the medicine, so how could there be poison? He didn’t believe it!

Chef Lu widened his eyes and said, “No, you’re wrongly accusing me. There’s no poison in that bowl, no!”

Yun Xiao did not argue, but the corner of her mouth hooked into a faint smile. Her smile was filled with undisguised mockery. She snorted coldly, “Is that so? Since you said that we were wrongly accusing you, why don’t we find some evidence? Someone, find a cat.”

With the approval of the Jin Emperor, Naturally, someone quickly carried the cat that had always been completely white. Yun Xiao asked someone to gulp the cat with the water that Imperial Chef Lu had washed his hands with. “Since you said that there is no poison in it, then this cat will definitely be fine if it drinks the water containing the medicine. Since the imperial physician has already said that it will only take one cup of tea, let’s wait for the time of one cup of tea to see if anything will happen to this cat.”

Everyone also felt that what Yun Xiao said was reasonable and nodded. This was a good idea.

Of course, for the sake of fairness, Yun Xiao had someone feed the water that Cao Yu had washed his hands to another cat.

Everyone’s expressions were apprehensive. Everyone’s expressions gathered on the two cats. They didn’t blink at all. They just wanted to see what kind of abilities Yun Xiao’s four girls had.

After a cup of tea, the cat that drank Lu Yu Chef’s hand washing water collapsed to the ground, and drops of blood slowly spilled out of its mouth.

Everyone’s faces turned cold. In this way, no matter what Imperial Chef Lu said, it could only be confirmed that Imperial Chef Lu had poisoned them.

The Jin Emperor’s expression was extremely ugly. His expression was as gloomy as ice, and a strong icy cold aura swept through the crowd above the hall, causing them to straighten their backs and not dare to say a plea for mercy!

The corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth curled into a smile, and her expression was indifferent. She coldly snorted and stood at the side. The truth had already come out, and it was not up to Chef Lu to argue.

The Jin Emperor turned around and returned to the table. He picked up the jade butterfly that served the food prepared by Imperial Chef Lu and smashed it fiercely at Imperial Chef Lu.

With a “pa” sound, the jade butterfly landed on Imperial Chef Lu’s body and then fell to the ground. After rolling twice on the ground, it split into pieces.

“Bastard, tell me honestly!”

Imperial Chef Lu suddenly burst into laughter. His laughter was desolate. Everyone’s hearts couldn’t help but tighten. He stood up and snorted coldly at everyone before saying, “So what if I poisoned you? Your Majesty, I’ve served you for decades, but I can’t compare to a little girl who cooked you a meal. How can I be willing? I’m unwilling!”

Everyone looked at Imperial Chef Lu, who was laughing and talking, and all of them felt that this person was really crazy!

Even if you feel unconvinced in your heart, you are still poisoning Yun Xiao. To actually dare to poison the Jin Emperor, you truly despise your own life for being too long!

However, at this moment, no one sympathized with him.

Yun Xiao’s gaze was cold and she was not afraid at all. “Since you are not willing to accept it, then you can come to me to seek revenge. Why did you poison the Jin Emperor? Don’t you want to take the lives of your family anymore?”

Imperial Chef Lu suddenly turned around and glared fiercely at Yun Xiao. If it wasn’t for her, how could he have fallen into such a field?

It was all her!

He wants her dead!

With this thought in mind, Imperial Chef Lu immediately chased after Yun Xiao, his expression cold and fierce, carrying a dense killing intent. He stretched out both of his hands and happened to be facing Yun Xiao’s jade-white neck.

However, before his hand could reach Yun Xiao’s position, a small figure was blocked by Yun Xiao’s side. Zhou Jingxu’s expression was cold as he coldly snorted, showing no mercy.

With a “bang”, Chef Lu’s body flew ten feet away.

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air. They didn’t expect that the ninth son of the Jin Emperor would have such great divine power at such a young age. It really couldn’t be underestimated!

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth. Under everyone’s astonished gazes, Yun Xiao stepped forward and picked up a wooden identity token that had fallen to the ground. After flipping through it twice, she said with a puzzled expression, “What is this wooden token? It looks quite exquisite.”

Zhou Jingxu swept his gaze and frowned slightly. Even if he had memories of his previous life, he still didn’t know who was responsible for the identity token with such a pattern.

As Yun Xiao said this, her gaze calmly swept across Zhou Jingyan. However, when she saw that Zhou Jingyan’s expression did not change in the slightest, she frowned. This man could hold his breath!

“Not good, he’s going to die!”

An exclamation accompanied by a muffled snort sounded not far away. Yunxiao turned her head and saw that Chef Lu’s face was deathly pale and a wisp of blood flowed out from the corner of her mouth.

However, the color of the blood was black, not red.

Yun Xiao narrowed her eyes in a dangerous arc and hurriedly walked forward. She did not expect that Imperial Chef Lu would actually hide poison under the tip of her tongue. Seeing that the situation was wrong, she bit her tongue and killed herself.

She managed to set up this trap with great difficulty. If Chef Lu died, it would be difficult to investigate any further, let alone Zhou Jingyan.

Things are getting harder and harder.

“Save him!”

The imperial physician hurriedly rushed over and checked his pulse. His expression was embarrassed. “There’s no way to save him anymore.”

Yun Xiao took a step forward and suddenly took a few steps back. She carried the cat that had been rescued back, and the corner of her mouth curled up slightly. “Imperial Chef Lu, do you know how this cat got poisoned?”

The dying Lu Yu Chef suddenly opened his eyes wide and closed his mouth, “Is it difficult? Is it you?”

Yun Xiao stroked the cat’s hair with her slender fingers. The smooth fur flowed from her fingers. The corner of her mouth hooked slightly, “It’s me. This cat has poisonous hair. It was only fed the antidote before it was carried into the Gaotang Palace. I was just testing you. I didn’t expect you to confess yourself. It was unexpected.”

As soon as she spoke, everyone looked at Yun Xiao in unison. They didn’t expect a girl who hadn’t left the pavilion to have such a mind!

“You!” Imperial Chef Lu didn’t expect the result to be like this. If he wasn’t guilty, how could he end up like this?

He coughed twice as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Yun Xiao shook the wooden token in her hand a few times. Her eyes rolled and she was exceptionally agile. Only then did she say, “I know who this wooden token belongs to. Why don’t I guess?”

Chef Lu simply closed his eyes.

Yun Xiao wasn’t discouraged either. She suddenly said, “Third Highness!”

Imperial Chef Lu’s eyes, which had just closed, suddenly opened. There was a trace of fear in the depths of her eyes. How could she know?

As soon as he opened his mouth, he spat out a large mouthful of black blood and fainted.

In the main hall, everyone’s puzzled gazes were also focused on Zhou Jingyan, and a few gazes were already filled with vigilance.

Zhou Jingyan, who was stopped by Yun Xiao’s words, paused slightly and looked at Yun Xiao in surprise. Could it be that Yun Xiao really knew something? But how was this possible?

Forcefully suppressing the panic in his heart, Zhou Jingyan calmly stepped forward and said, “What do you want me for, Fourth Young Lady?”

Yun Xiao pointed at Imperial Chef Lu, who was already dead, and the corner of her mouth slowly rose to a higher level. “I just want to ask, Your Highness the Third Prince often goes to and from the Jiufang Teahouse, have you ever seen something like this in my hand?”

With these words, the atmosphere in the room finally relaxed a little.

The Jin Emperor’s gaze swept across Zhou Jingyan, causing his heart to rise again. His back was straightened, but he knew that the Jin Emperor had already taken some precautions against him!

Damn it! Who would have thought that Yun Xiao would dismiss his plan in a few words! It was truly something that a scholar could not endure!

One day, he will make Yun Xiao pay the price! He gritted his teeth and said, “I’ve never seen him before!”