Remember [Love.com] in one second to provide you with wonderful reading. Yang Tian and the little princess soon arrived at the imperial kitchen.

Although it was still early in the morning, the imperial chefs and apprentices in the imperial kitchen were already busy. While preparing breakfast for the royal family members and the permanent officials in the palace, they began to wash vegetables, process ingredients, and prepare in advance for lunch.

However, as soon as the little princess walked in, she quickly attracted all the attention of the imperial kitchen.

Whether it was the imperial chef or the apprentice, they bowed or knelt down and bowed: "I have seen Your Highness the Little Princess!"

The little princess waved her hand immediately and said, "No need to be polite. I... I came to find an imperial chef. May I ask, which imperial chef made the snow lotus porridge yesterday by my second sister."

As soon as these words came out, the imperial kitchen quickly became quiet, and many people looked in one direction silently.

And it was also in that direction that a fat chef walked out, with a little panic in his expression, and came to the little princess, saluted, and said, "Your Highness, I made the porridge yesterday."

"Do you have time now? I have some questions to ask you," the little princess asked.

Seeing that the little princess was so friendly and had no intention of being domineering, the fat chef felt a little calmer, and secretly sighed that the little princess was indeed a kind and cute little fairy.

"Since your highness has a problem, of course there is time," the fat chef nodded immediately.

"Then... is there a little quieter place in this imperial kitchen?" said the little princess.

The fat chef immediately understood and said, "Then please come with me. Let's go to the storage room, there will be fewer people there."

So, Yang Tian and the little princess followed the fat imperial chef to the storage room.

There are indeed many fewer people here, only occasionally there are people who come to get the ingredients.

As soon as the fat chef closed the door, he turned around and his expression became a little nervous. He asked Yang Tian and the little princess respectfully: "Your Highness, Lord Yang, do you have any questions to ask me?"

"You seem to be very nervous," Yang Tian asked suddenly.

The fat imperial chef froze slightly, then his face turned bitter, and said: "Mr. Yang, I'm just nervous, I'm simply scared. You two must know that the second princess was poisoned after drinking the snow lotus porridge yesterday. Although the poisoned person has been found to be a maid. But this porridge is indeed made from me. It's hard to guarantee whether anyone suspects that I'm involved in it. So... my heart is always hanging, afraid that I will be taken away by a group of guards who rushed in and then executed. How can I calm down? Originally, I wanted to ask for leave today but not come to the imperial kitchen, but if I think about it carefully, wouldn't it seem like I have a ghost in my heart, so I can only come here, fearing."

After hearing his bitterness, Yang Tian saw his expression, especially after observing some micro-expressions, he could roughly determine that the imperial chef should not be lying.

"That's it, then you don't need to be nervous for the time being. According to the information in our hands, no one really doubts you. You won't be in trouble," Yang Tian said, "But... the little princess and I have a few questions to ask you. If you don't answer truthfully and hesitate, the result will not be certain."

When the fat chef heard this, he hurriedly said, "Just ask, I promise to answer truthfully! You know everything and say everything!"

"Well, very good," Yang Tian said, "Then let me ask you, what was the situation in the imperial kitchen last night during the time of making porridge?"

The fat chef thought about it carefully and said, "At that time, I and another chef were working together, making the porridge. The chef was named Liu Yun, and now he is also working in the imperial kitchen. However, I can basically guarantee that he will not do anything to poison. Like me, he has old and young people at home, and he doesn't have the courage to do bad things."

"Then were you the only ones in the imperial kitchen at that time?" asked the little princess.

"Yes, Your Highness," said the fat chef. "There were two apprentices, but one went to deliver things and the other went to purchase things. They all came back almost when the porridge was finished. Then, they each gave one and sent the porridge to your Highness and the second princess. Oh yes... The apprentice in charge of delivering the porridge to the second princess is Taozi. He didn't come today. He heard that he was arrested by the judge. The judge suspected that he colluded with the maid and poisoned him. But I have to say that Taozi is not that kind of person."

Yang Tian nodded and asked again: "So...during the time you and that chef Liu, did you encounter anything different from usual or, is anyone coming to the imperial kitchen?"

When the fat chef heard this, he immediately remembered it and said, "This...is really true. However, it is unlikely that she is the one who poisoned her..."

"Who is it?" Yang Tian and the little princess asked immediately, speaking in unison.

"It's... the closest maid under His Highness the Second Princess, Xiaohua," said the fat chef.

"Little Flower" the little princess became confused, "What did she do when she came to the imperial kitchen?"

"She came to urge porridge, saying that our snow lotus porridge was too slow. The second princess was anxious, so she asked her to urge it. If it was done, she would just take it over," said the fat chef. "This... to be honest, nothing strange. The second princess's impatient personality is something that everyone knows. On weekdays, she often asks Xiaohua to urge snacks and serve pastries. So... Xiaohua came to urge porridge last night, and it was nothing strange."

After saying this, the little princess understood, nodded, and said, "It's also... it's not surprising if she asked the maid to come and get the porridge. Sister Xiaotao had helped me to serve pastries in the imperial kitchen. Moreover... Xiaohua has been following her second sister for many years. The relationship between her and her second sister should not be worse than that between me and Xiaotao. Xiaohua definitely won't poison her second sister."

The little princess obviously no longer doubted Xiaohua.

But Yang Tian has not completely let go of this clue.

He thought for a while and asked the fat chef, "So, in the past seven days, Xiaohua has been to the imperial kitchen several times."

The fat chef was slightly stunned and thought about it carefully, "I have an impression, it seems... this time last night."

When Yang Tian heard this, he felt something was wrong, and then continued to ask: "In addition to her and her apprentice, there were others who came to the imperial kitchen last night to cook porridge."

"No," Fatty Imperial Chef answered this question more simply.
Chapter completed!