C5

"Father." Jin Lan lowered his head and removed his eyelashes, blocking Ye Lin's cold gaze as he bowed. When he raised his head again, his face was covered in a sweet and gentle smile, "Lan Er has long since recovered, but I'm actually tired of father's busy memories, Lan Er is unfilial."

She was still not Ye Lin's match. In terms of Ye Mansion, the only person that could truly be relied on was Ye Lin. So for the sake of the Madame SHen and herself, she could only endure everything and curry favor with Ye Lin.

Seeing that Jin Lan was thinner than before, but with his ruddy complexion, he looked fine, so Ye Lin nodded with a smile. Then, his gaze landed on Concubine Shao and Ye Jinwei who were standing behind him, as a look of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

He had always hoped that his wife and concubine would be at peace. Just now, he had made the maidservant outside quiet down just to hear the situation inside the house. Unexpectedly, he heard that the usually gentle and gentle Lady Shao was pestering him.

It was a good thing that the Madame SHen and Jin Lan were reasonable. Otherwise, if news of this were to spread, where would his face be?

Concubine Shao was a man who could read words and observe the situation. Seeing the dark expression on Ye Lin's face, his heart tensed up. Just as he was thinking of how to fix the situation, Ye Lin had already spoken.

"Regarding the matter of Lan Er falling into the water, Jin Wei, as the eldest sister, put her baby sister in a dangerous place. Although it is unintentional, I have done it before, so I decided to close my doors and think deeply within the Yunxiu House during this period of time.

Ye Lin's words were extremely important to Ye Jinwei as her white lips trembled. After a while, she replied in a low voice, "Yes."

Jin Lan quickly glanced at Concubine Shao and Ye Jinwei, whose expressions were extremely ugly. Although this punishment did not look painful or itchy, it was still a big blow to their beloved Concubine Shao.

When Jin Lan and Wan Ju stepped out of the Shuixie Pavilion gate, the dazzling sunlight shined down from the sky, causing their skin to burn with a scorching pain. Even though it was not yet noon, there was not a single breath of wind. The green brick road was scorched up, and a slight movement would cause one to sweat all over. It was extremely uncomfortable and made one wish that the cat would just sit in the shade without moving.

Although Jin Lan was walking along the corridor towards Lan Garden, he wasn't even halfway there when he started sweating profusely. His new jacket and skirt were already faintly discernable, and his small face was flushed red, as if he was an apple that had matured.

"Miss, why don't I carry you?" Looking at Jin Lan's red face, and thinking about the burn wound on her leg, Wan Ju couldn't help but to ask.

"No need." Jin Lan shook her head in refusal. Even though she was only nine years old right now, which was nearly half the size of the twelve-year-old Wan Ju, to Jin Lan who had lived her entire life, Wan Ju was just a little girl who had yet to grow.

Seeing Jin Lan's back, Wan Ju could not help but open his mouth, but did not say anything, and slowly closed it.

Ever since the girl had fallen into the water, it was as if she had become a completely different person. Every single action and word of hers had their own ideas. Furthermore, in the past, those close to him became distant, like the First Miss and the Concubine Shao. On the other hand, those distant to him became closer, like the Eldest Wife …

The two of them faced each other the entire way, and after silently turning the last bend in the road, they could already see the Lan Garden s gate in the distance, and it was only then that Jin Lan slowed his pace.

"Wan Ju, do you have any sisters in the Shuixie Pavilion?"

Wan Ju was startled and quickly replied: "This servant has the same Shuixie Pavilion as Mo Chu. Although their relationship isn't close, they can still say a few words."

Jin Lan pondered for a while, then raised his head and looked around. He then said in a low voice, "I have something for you to do." Saying that, she paused for a moment, "However, this task, only you are allowed to know!"

The meaning in his words was that they couldn't even tell the Mama Tang or Bi He.

Wan Ju saw that Jin Lan's innocent face was filled with respect, but at the bottom of his heart, he shivered. He replied: "Don't worry, Miss, I will save it all!"

"In the past few days, find some time to walk around Shuixie Pavilion and talk to Qiu Wen and the others. Take a look at which family's doctor your wife is looking at, and see what kind of person usually takes their medicine at what time, who fried them and who sent them." After thinking about it, he also made Wan Ju lower her body. Jin Lan tiptoed, and softly whispered a sentence into her ear.

A flash of astonishment appeared on Wan Ju's face, but she still took Jin Lan's words to heart and nodded her head: "Yes."

When Jin Lan brought Wan Ju back to the Lan Garden, Mu Lan, who was watching from the door, came over.

"The girl is finally back."

"Where did the sun come from? It's actually you, the gatekeeper. "

Mu Lan had a happy and displeased look on her face. The servant girls who worked with her in Lan Garden liked to tease her, and even Jin Lan would tease her occasionally in his previous life.

"Sister Wan Ju, don't tease me. If there is anything else, I won't stand here." Mu Lan's bun face tightly knitted together. She had a lot of meat on her body, so she was most afraid of the sultry weather this summer.

"Why?" When Jin Lan saw the fine beads of sweat on Mu Lan's forehead, he was afraid that he had stood here for quite a while.

"Replying to the young lady." Mu Lan bent her knees towards Jin Lan and said, "The three misses are here."

Three girls? Ye Jinxian? Jin Lan couldn't help but be stunned.

In her previous life, perhaps for some unspeakable reason, Shao Shi seemed to be full of hard work, and was not harsh at all on Jin Lan and the three girls that the Concubine Ning had sent. However, when Jin Lan died, Ye Jinxian was still young, so he did not know what Shao Shi would do to her.

However, for even her, the direct daughter, to scheme against him like this, Ye Jinxian, the concubine, would probably not be much better off.

"When did third sister come?" Jin Lan sighed silently. In his previous life, she was relatively close with Ye Jinwei, so even though she also had feelings for this little sister, she didn't have much feelings towards him.

"I've been here for more than an hour. According to Mama Tang's instructions, I invited the three miss to Side Chamber, and also had Wen Zhu wait on me. Then, I came to the door to wait for the miss."

Jin Lan nodded, and walked towards the Side Chamber, but just as she walked two steps, she stopped. She thought for a bit, then said to Mu Lan: "Go and inform Third Sister, that I have just come back from the outside, and will be changing my clothes before going to see her."

"Yes." Mu Lan smiled and bowed, then turned and left towards the Side Chamber.

Jin Lan returned to his room, allowing Wan Ju to clean herself up and change her clothes. After drinking a cup of cold tea, she waited until the heat on her body had subsided before she stood up and went back to Side Chamber.

She never thought that before she even entered the room, she would see a scene like this: Ye Jinxian was quietly sitting on a chair facing the window. In her hand was a simple bamboo taut wire. His fingertips were slender and were as white as green onion. The silver needles between his fingers were nimbly flying up and down along with colorful threads. The shadows of the trees outside the window overflowed the windowsill and fell beneath her feet. The mottled light made her look as if she were in a dream.

The corner of Jin Lan's mouth curved into a warm smile. He saw that his third sister was still the same as before. She was always tense wherever she went. It was quite strange, even though she had a skipping personality, she could actually calm down and become a beauty. She would often sit there for four to four hours.

"I've kept my sister waiting." She purposely raised her voice and walked into the Side Chamber.

Sure enough, after Ye Jinxian heard this, he suddenly raised her face that was like a crescent moon, and looked towards the door in surprise. With a glance, she saw Jin Lan who was walking over smilingly, "Sister Second Sister!" Unexpectedly, the angle of the needle went awry, and the silver needle went into her fingertips, "Ya!"

Hearing the exclamation, Jin Lan immediately walked forward and grabbed Ye Jinxian's small hand to carefully examine it. "Did you prick it? Is it that painful? "

Ye Jinxian immediately laughed: "It's fine, it's not painful at all." Saying that, she quickly put away her needle and tensed up. Then, she stood up and bowed towards Jin Lan's knee: Second Sister is better now?

Jin Lan quickly reached out his hand to help Ye Jinxian up, and he couldn't help but scold: "Why are you so courteous? "It's no wonder they were born separately."

Ye Jinxian stuck out her tongue: "Aunt said that Second Sister is good to me, but I can't not greet her. It's always like before, I'm not allowed to come."

Jin Lan pursed his lips into a smile. "I'm still thinking. With your personality, you actually didn't come to look at me for so long. You're really being held captive."

"I had originally wanted to come earlier, but Aunt wouldn't let me go no matter what. She said that Elder Sister has been feeling unwell the entire time and was afraid that it would disturb her rest." Ye Jinxian frowned, she had a helpless look on her face that made people unable to hold back their laughter.

Jin Lan glanced at the tea cup on the table, then turned to Wan Ju and instructed him: "Go and fetch the dim sum that you brought back from the Shuixie Pavilion." Then, with a smile, he said to Ye Jinxian: "Just now, I went to my mother's place for breakfast. And so, he grinded some of it out for his mother to bring back.

"Second Sister is the best!" Hearing that he had something to eat, Ye Jinxian's little face immediately lit up, and she beamed with joy.

Wan Ju went to the kitchen and took out the jujube paste mountain medicine cake from the food box, placed it on a crystal plate and carried it to the Side Chamber. She then poured a cup of hot tea for the two of them before retreating to the side and waiting.

"The old lady and the Female Cook in my mother's room cooked the cake well." Ye Jinxian picked up a piece of jujube mountain medicine cake and impatiently took a bite. She was enjoying it so much that her eyes were squinted, and she said unclearly: "It's a pity that the old lady hasn't returned from Shang Jing, it's not like I can go and bother her mother often."

"Slow down, be careful of your choking, Greedy Cat." Jin Lan moved the teacup closer to her, and after a while, he said hesitantly, "Old lady …" Did you go to Shang Jing? "

"Huh?" Ye Jinxian swallowed the pastries, held the cup of tea and drank a small mouthful, before placing it down, extending her hand in front of Jin Lan's forehead, and said: "Second Sister, are you sick yet? The Old Granny brought Yu Ge'er to the capital in the beginning of spring, why don't you remember? "

"Where is that?" Jin Lan hurriedly turned his head and forced a smile, "I just lay there for too long. I forgot something. I remembered it after you said that."

She had forgotten most of what had happened in her previous life. Other than the scene before she died, the rest of her memories were all blurry. How could she still remember about the old lady going to the capital? Moreover, in her previous life, she was extremely close to Concubine Shao and had never suspected anything.

Hearing Ye Jinxian's words, Jin Lan vaguely remembered that the old lady going to the capital was related to a big matter, but he was not sure what exactly it was.