Chapter 191: Don’t Take It Seriously!
Upon thinking of the words “insect eggs”, Gu Yu immediately felt disgusted.
However, he thought that perhaps he was overthinking it.
Having seen the Gu worms inside the unconscious woman earlier, Gu Yu had an impression, which led him to jump to the conclusion of insect eggs.
Of course, the reason for thinking this, aside from that, was that Gu Yu felt the matter wasn’t over.
If it were him, putting Gu worms into a woman’s body to scare Bai Qian would clearly not be satisfying.
After Qiu Ju and the others were dead, the Witch Priest’s attempt to communicate with Bai Qian also failed, acknowledging that Bai Qian didn’t want to deal with him.
This outcome was a huge blow to the man’s pride.
Therefore, a single wave of attack seemed unlikely to Gu Yu.
“Brother-in-law, why are you frowning? Did you find a bug in the dish?”
Just as Gu Yu was painstakingly studying the dish in front of him, Gu Qingheng’s confused voice suddenly rang out.
Gu Yu found his brother-in-law’s joking words to be both funny and exasperating.
His brother-in-law had guessed pretty accurately!
It was indeed because of a bug that he was troubled…
“Qingheng, come and see if the round particles in the broth of this ‘Bright Moon High Tower’ soup look like insect eggs.”
“Brother-in-law, I was just joking, don’t take it seriously!”
When Gu Qingheng heard Gu Yu’s words, he couldn’t help but touch his nose, thinking that his brother-in-law was too quick to jump to conclusions!
He was just saying it casually, not meaning it literally!
Besides, how could there be bugs in food prepared by the imperial chefs!
Was his brother-in-law teasing him again!
“Who’s playing with you? Quickly take a look, I can’t tell by myself.”
“Let me see…”
However, when Gu Yu heard Gu Qingheng’s words, he rolled his eyes immediately.
His subsequent words indicated that he was very serious and not joking.
This made Gu Qingheng stop talking and instead, he picked up a round particle with his chopsticks and placed it in front of him.
After wiping it clean with a handkerchief, he used a clean part of the handkerchief to directly crush the round particle.
Immediately after, seeing the yellowish-green liquid on the handkerchief, Gu Qingheng’s face turned horrified.
This thing really seemed to be insect eggs!
Seeing the insect eggs crushed by Gu Qingheng, Gu Yu inwardly cursed and immediately got up from his seat and quickly left the banquet.
Fortunately, the palace rules were quite strict.
After receiving the officials’ birthday wishes in the main hall, Bai Qian had to change into a different set of clothes before she could dine with the civil and military officials.
The attire exclusively for the Empress was very complex and cumbersome, requiring quite a bit of time.
It was precisely because of this that the situation did not escalate to its worst possible outcome.
“What, you’re saying there are insect eggs in the food prepared by the imperial chefs?”
“Yes, and I happened to discover it… Based on my guess, it should be a follow-up move from the Witch Priest.”
After a long struggle, led by the people from the alliance, Gu Yu met Bai Qian, who had already changed her clothes.
When he spoke of seeing the insect eggs, Bai Qian’s expression immediately turned grim.
Clearly, she had not expected that the Witch Priest’s people had already infiltrated the imperial palace of Linfeng Kingdom.
If Gu Yu hadn’t reported in advance, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
“Regarding this matter, I will send people to investigate thoroughly. The banquet will be canceled, and we will directly proceed to watch a song and dance performance.”
“Empress, please carefully select the personnel to avoid a repeat of what happened at the banquet.”
“There’s no need to worry, you can go back now!”
Afterward, hearing Bai Qian’s words, Gu Yu didn’t say anything more.
Since Bai Qian could handle it, Gu Yu was too lazy to cause more trouble.
He came to the imperial palace this time, besides the hidden treasures, it was just to freeload food and drinks.
Therefore, when he heard Bai Qian say that he was no longer needed, Gu Yu didn’t even refuse and walked straight back to the banquet.
“Yu, did you tell Empress Bai Qian?”
As Gu Yu sat back down, Gu Mengyao suddenly spoke.
When Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng were examining the insect eggs, not only Gu Mengyao heard them, but also the Gu family members present.
Moreover, as the meal had not yet started, everyone’s attention was focused on them.
However, upon seeing the color on Gu Qingheng’s handkerchief, the expressions of Gu Qing and others changed drastically, and they forcibly suppressed their rising appetite.
They even felt like throwing up.
“Yes, I’ve told her! Fortunately, the officials are more courteous now. If Bai Qian doesn’t show up, they won’t start eating, otherwise, it would have been serious!”
Hearing his little wife’s words, Gu Yu immediately responded.
At the same time, he felt immensely fortunate.
Although he didn’t know what the consequences of these insect eggs would be, at least they wouldn’t be eaten.
If they had eaten them, Gu Yu felt it would be no different from eating cockroaches!
“What exactly happened?”
“That unconscious woman before was poisoned by Gu technique. I think these insect eggs are likely the same.”
“Gu technique…”
“Do you remember the secret I told you a few days ago? This is why the current situation has occurred. We’ll discuss the specifics when we get home later.”
“Okay.”
Upon hearing Gu Yu mention the secret he had told her a few days ago, Gu Mengyao immediately knew that this matter was not simple.
With so many people around, it wasn’t a good place to talk.
Therefore, Gu Mengyao said no more and nodded at Gu Yu.
Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao’s cryptic conversation made Gu Qingheng, who was sitting beside them, look curious.
Listening to his brother-in-law’s words, it seemed like he understood the ins and outs of the situation!
What was the reason why Gu technique kept appearing in the imperial palace?
It was truly making him extremely curious!
“Esteemed ministers, due to the Empress’s lack of appetite, the banquet is canceled. Please proceed to Huan Ning Palace to enjoy the song and dance performance.”
Just as Gu Qingheng was about to ask, a eunuch’s sharp voice rang out.
And after the eunuch finished speaking, many eunuchs and palace maids appeared, carrying away the dishes from the tables one by one.
In the end, even the tables were not left.
This made many ministers exchange glances, not knowing what had happened that caused the banquet to be canceled!
During the birthday celebration, they hadn’t seen any major issues with the Empress!
However, since that’s what was said, they dared not disobey.
It was just a shame they couldn’t enjoy the imperial feast, it was truly a pity!
The ministers who thought so did not know that the dishes on the table had been tampered with.
If they had really eaten those dishes… it would have been considered good if they had only eaten a few cockroach eggs.
If it were Gu worms from Southern Xinjiang, it would have been truly disastrous!
Perhaps, after the Gu worms hatched, they would have directly gnawed a large hole in the stomachs of those people.
By then, there would be no cure!
