In the years of famine, I was well versed in history and pampered the Northern Army

Chapter 139 Gu Insect

After listening to Lu Yan's words, Xu Qingyin didn't even react and directly woke up 101. It's not that she didn't care about these things on weekdays, but today she was too worried about her mother's situation. If she could find out that there was something wrong with the pastry, would it be possible to buy a glimmer of hope for her mother's life?

When she thought of this, she became very anxious.

"Hey, host, what do you think of me? If I'm the one who assigned you the task, why are you ordering me around every day now?"

101 was furious. He was just sleeping and was suddenly woken up. No one would be happy.

"I'm really sorry, but this matter involves my mother's name. If you can really help me find out if there's anything wrong with this pastry, I'll be willing to do anything for you in the future."

Usually Xu Qingyin always looks nonchalant, but today he didn't expect to hear her speak so seriously and with such concern on her face. 101 immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and started to act seriously.

"Okay then, I'll try to help you see if he can find it out, but if he can't, then I can't do anything else."

Then Xu Qingyin and Lu Yan sat together at the table. Lu Yan looked at Xu Qingyin's worried face and comforted her:

"Don't worry, there's definitely nothing wrong with Xu Mumu. His Majesty doesn't want to take action against her right now. Besides, the Empress Dowager has already fallen from power. If there's anything wrong with the pastry, it's the Imperial Concubine's fault. If there's nothing wrong with it, your mother's mistake was unintentional, so there's nothing wrong with it."

In fact, Xu Qingyin understood everything Lu Yan said, but he was still very worried. After all, that was his closest relative, and he didn't want his mother to experience any risk.

"I understand what you said, but that's my mother. I don't want her to worry at all. Is she still in prison?"

"That's right. It's just that Master Xu is usually friendly with others. Besides, the Empress and I are here to take care of things. The Emperor himself doesn't want to punish her harshly, so Mumu Xu is doing okay now. You don't have to worry."

"Hey, what's going on? What on earth is my mother trying to do...without telling me?"

Xu Qingyin held her head in her hands, looking very distressed, but she didn't know that because the pain was too great, her mother didn't want her daughter to endure it at all.

"Don't worry. If anything really happens, the Queen and I will protect Xu Mumu."

Xu Qingyin looked at the thing in front of her calmly for a while, and suddenly heard the voice of 101. She suddenly became alert:

"What's wrong? What happened? Is there any news?"

Then he heard something strange from 101's voice:

"Host, thank you for your diligent work for our system on a daily basis, and this pastry is actually an opportunity to unlock the second level mission."

"What did you say?"

Xu Qingyin felt very confused when she heard this. At the beginning, the Dongcheng Express System told her that after selling this kind of thing, this was only the first level of the system. Now the first level system has been upgraded to the maximum level, and there are other systems behind it. She didn't expect that the second level task would be opened at such a high point.

"What is the second-level mission?"

But 101 actually shook her head for the first time in her consciousness:

"I don't know what the second-level mission is, but this mission is definitely not as simple as the first. I hope you will treat it well. No mission has been issued yet."

"Okay, okay, don't tell me about these tasks anymore. I just want to know if there is any problem with this pastry. What will happen to my mother now?"

Then I heard the system's voice:

"That's exactly what I want to tell you. Although there's nothing wrong with this pastry overall, it's very delicious and can prolong life, but there are some things added to it that don't belong here."

"What do you mean by that?"

Although Xu Qingyin likes history and politics very much, she herself has also studied some science. All kinds of substances in this world have a fixed number. Is there any substance beyond this world?

"It's not that this substance is unscientific, but we can't explain it at the moment. Moreover, this substance doesn't originate from Yunjin. It seems to be something from the Western Regions."

Because of Xu Qingyin's request, Lu Yan was also able to hear 101's voice. Hearing 101's words, he quickly replied:

"That's it. If there are some things from the Western Regions, it means that the imperial concubine must have tampered with this pastry."

"But the problem is that we can't clearly say what kind of pollen this is or what it is. This thing is really strange, and we can't easily put it into words."

At this time, Xu Qingyin immediately became alert and began to think rationally instead of sinking into ordinary sadness.

If he wanted to save his mother, he would have to prove that the cake was indeed defective. If some ingredients from the Western Regions were added, it would mean that the imperial concubine must have obtained something from the Western Regions through some means.

Although no one knows why she drugged the empress dowager, the fact that the drug does not seem to have any problems on the surface is a problem in itself.

She now has to think of a way to make this pastry, whose material cannot be identified, say what it is. Only in this way can she prove the guilt to the imperial concubine and make things clearer.

Just as they were both trying to figure out how to explain to the court and the emperor that there was indeed something wrong with the pastry, 101 suddenly continued:

"I didn't expect another line of text to appear in the test instrument! There's something wrong with this pastry! We can't figure it out through ordinary methods, but the instrument shows that if you eat one piece every day, you'll die within 10 years."

"what?"

Xu Qingyin and Lu Yan were both shocked. Although they had no feelings for the Queen Mother, they knew that the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine came from the same place and had a good relationship. How could the Imperial Concubine do such a cruel thing to the Queen Mother and even let the Queen Mother not notice?

"Host, I didn't lie to you. I'm not sure what this thing is."

Just as they were talking, the voice of Master Xu suddenly came from inside the bracelet.

"No need to argue, there's a Gu worm inside."