78 Chapter 19: Imperial Dr. Yen, Fingers (2/2)

”It wasn't just that. Didn't they also swap the meals to trouble Consort Hui?” Yijun asked to make sure.

”That's right. As a result, she narrowly escaped death,” she said. Fugu poison did not affect in the first moment. In other words, if it weren't swapped, she would have put it in her mouth thinking that the food tasting was excellent. It would have taken ten minutes.

”What a distasteful way of doing things.” She picked up the bowl again and pointed with her finger.

”This here is probably the fingerprints of the one who poisoned it. They had held it by the edge when they mixed in the poison.”

You must not touch the rim of food bowls — the reason being that you must not contaminate the place where the lips of the noble one's touch with your fingers. All maids know this.

”This ends my opinion,” Yen said.

Yijun looked at the silver bowl as he stroked his chin.

”Can I ask one question?”

”What is it?” She replied to Yijun, who was bundling up the food bowl.

”Why did you cover for that maid?” he asked.

In response to Yen who looked at him dubiously, Yijun added that he was asking out of curiosity.

”Compared to a consort, a maid's life is worth almost nothing,” she said even more so for a food taster.

Yijun gave a barely perceptible nod as if he understood her meaning. ”I will explain everything to Ren-sama.”

As Yijun left, Yen was lost in her thoughts and thinking. She really should have swallowed the poison yesterday, It tasted so good, her eyes sparkled in a dazed.