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No matter how confused Jin Lan was, he could not find anything suspicious after staring at Concubine Shao a few times.

Madame SHen sat there quietly, her expression gloomy and unreadable, not saying a word.

Seeing that, Jin Lan could not care about the explanation anymore, he quickly walked out from behind the screen and directly walked to Madame SHen's side, only to see Madame SHen's eyes revealing a deep weariness, his forehead was faintly moist, he seemed to be holding on. She panicked, and quickly extended her hand to grab Madame SHen's hand, causing it to feel extremely cold.

An evil flame emerged in her mind, her cold gaze swept through everyone within the Side Chamber, and finally she looked at Ling Shan, and coldly asked: "You and Chun Xiao are not acquainted, why do you want to harm her? Furthermore, if there is no one to support us, how will we be able to enter and leave the inner and outer courtyard? "

Ling Shan closed his eyes, and only opened them after a long time. "Chun Xiao relied on her work in the study room to have the old master's eyes, her personality was extremely despotic and unkind, and often bullied the maids and Attendant s in the outer courtyard. This servant has a sister whom I have a good relationship with called Jing Xiang, who is also working in the Outer Palace. She was constantly humiliated by Chun Xiao, and this servant was just unable to see through it, so I tried to find a way to teach her a lesson, and it wasn't because of this. "

Hearing Ling Shan's words, Chun Xiao's eyes opened wide, and continued to curse out loud.

Ling Shan turned a deaf ear and continued: "That day, the Mama in charge of the household had this servant deliver the last batch of maids' clothes to the outer courtyard, so this servant took the opportunity to go to the study room." Then, he started to get excited, "Although this servant did the wrong thing, but if it wasn't for Chun Xiao's bad intentions, I wouldn't have fallen into her trap."

A sneer surfaced on Jin Lan's lips. "So you're saying that mother wants to thank you?"

Ling Shan could not help but tremble, "This servant does not dare."

"Did you give Chun Xiao something that was smeared with the fragrance of the Snow Kylin?" Jin Lan didn't want to listen to superfluous words, she just wanted to get this matter settled quickly and quickly. Madame SHen's current appearance made her extremely worried.

Ling Shan immediately shook her head, "No, this servant just sent a message and did not give her anything."

If it was not given by Ling Shan, then there was someone else, or else Chun Xiao obtained it herself! Jin Lan pointed his spear at Chun Xiao, "Speak! Where does the scent of the Snow Iris come from? " Seeing Chun Xiao moaning, she remembered that her mouth had been stuffed, and said to the wife: "Let go of her mouth."

Chun Xiao heard everything from the beginning until the end. She cried and explained, "This servant doesn't even know what a snow root iris is, how can I possibly have such a thing?"

"You still dare to quibble!" Jin Lan's chest heaved up and down, and a layer of captivating red appeared on his furious face. If it wasn't for the Snow Root Iris, how could Madame SHen have lost consciousness? When she thought about how she almost lost her Madame SHen, her heart felt as if it had been ruthlessly crushed by a boulder.

"Your servant didn't quibble, I really don't know!"

Jin Lan still wanted to reprimand him, but he was stopped. Madame SHen sighed and looked at his daughter affectionately: "Why are you so angry?" As she spoke, she lightly patted Jin Lan's back, waited for her to calm down a bit, and then coldly said: "Man Ping, go and call Steward Li over. This way, you won't be able to hold the Ye Family of the servants who carry the Patriarch anymore, send them all to the yamen!"

"Madam is right. Why are you so angry over these servants? Send them to the yamen and let the constables fight with them. In the end, you'll know what they are thinking." Concubine Shao played with the Five-coloured Beads Tasseled Ying Luo under the sachet, the smile on her face was rather playful, her gaze moved between Chun Xiao and Ling Shan, as though she was observing something.

Hearing that, Ling Shan's face became pale, she raised his head and quickly looked at Concubine Shao, his eyes focused, and then quickly buried his head in her chest, not saying a word.

Chun Xiao was frightened out of her wits, as she cried and kowtowed with all her might, "Madam, please spare me! "Your servant really doesn't know what fragrance it is …" While shouting, his body suddenly froze, and he suddenly raised his head, "This servant remembers!" It must be that powder! "

Jin Lan frowned. "What powder?"

How could Chun Xiao still dare to hide anything from him? Like a bamboo popping bean, it fell to the ground with a crackling sound, "That day, after Ling Shan finished her words, this servant, along with Zhidie, was about to go back to their room to clean up. In the end, they picked up an exquisite box, which this servant thought was probably left behind by some Mama accidentally and picked it up. Then I opened it and smelled the good scent and put it on my face. "

Madame SHen's gaze swept across the Concubine Shao's exquisite face and said indifferently: "Man Ping."

"Yes." Man Ping had served Madame SHen for many years, and had long developed a tacit understanding between master and servant. Needless to say, she understood Madame SHen's thoughts, after coming out of the Side Chamber, she ordered a few servant girls surrounding the door, and they all quickly headed towards the outer courtyard.

The Side Chamber once again quietened down, and Hui Xiu moved the small Wugong to the side of the Madame SHen's chair, letting Jin Lan sit down. Then, she served some tea to the Madame SHen, Jin Lan and the Concubine Shao once again.

Jin Lan looked carefully. Although Ling Shan's eyes were dull, his body was straight and still, like a wooden sculpture. Chun Xiao had long ago collapsed to the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably. Her face was filled with fear, despair, and regret, as well as a faint trace of anger. Especially when she looked at Ling Shan, who was beside him, it was even more obvious.

Man Ping brought the servants and wives to rummage through the boxes, and even the bed was raised to carefully search, and it took more than an incense's time before they hurriedly returned to the Shuixie Pavilion.

"Madam, Chun Xiao's house has been searched thoroughly, not a single pink box could be seen."

"How is this possible!" Chun Xiao cried out involuntarily, "It's a brown wooden box. On the lid of the box, there was an engraved Jade Orchid, which was placed on the low wooden cabinet beside the bed."

Man Ping sneered, "Not to mention that it's a short wooden cabinet, other than the floor tiles that were not taken down, I have searched every corner of the room and found nothing, not even a shadow of the room, let alone a pink box!"

"Forget it, let's drag this on and beat them twenty times." The Madame SHen raised her eyebrows, her face revealing a trace of weariness, she continued: "Don't hurt your life, after we finish fighting, we'll send you straight to the yamen."

Hui Xiu saw that the servant girls outside were all standing there dumbfoundedly, not moving at all. Pointing at Chun Xiao who was still blaming her for everything, she shouted angrily at the servant girls behind her: "What are you all standing there for! Didn't you hear what your wife just said? Hurry up and shut your mouth, drag them into the courtyard, then beat them up there. Let everyone come and see what happens to those who harm their master's underlings! "

Perhaps it was because they had never seen Hui Xiu get so angry before, the two women's complexions also paled a bit as they glanced at Madame SHen. Seeing that she was only holding her forehead and closing her eyes while Second Miss was staring at them coldly, they couldn't help but shiver and quickly dragged Ling Shan and Chun Xiao out.

It was the first time Hui Xiu had seen such a display of power, causing a touch of paleness to surface on her face, but she still insisted on standing outside to supervise. She raised her voice even more, and spoke each word: "All of you are not allowed to close your eyes, keep your eyes open and watch, and dare harm my wife, beat her secretly! "Beat him up!"

As soon as he said this, the maidservants in front of the door immediately lost all color on their faces. Even if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, she could imagine how terrified they were. Despite the lingering hatred in her heart, she couldn't help but panic a little when she heard this kind of wailing.

Madame SHen covered her ears and asked gently: "Is Lan Er scared?"

To prevent the Madame SHen from worrying, Jin Lan forced out a smile and shook his head: "No, Lan Er is not afraid."

She silently sighed; Chun Xiao and Ling Shan had completely brought this upon themselves. No matter what, she could not believe that Ling Shan did not have a backer. As for the smell of the Iris on Chun Xiao's body, it must have been deliberately done by someone, but these two people were obviously abandoned and no clues could be found.

Chun Xiao had already fainted and was only left with one last breath of life. She wanted to raise her head with all her might, but her blurry vision seemed to pass through the servants and wives standing around her, and she saw the Side Chamber, but before she could clearly see it, her vision suddenly turned black and she lost consciousness.

Even Hui Xiu almost vomited blood on the spot. With a pale face, she pointed at the few women with round, thick waists and said, "Carry them to the front courtyard and ask the Steward Li to send them to the yamen."

The few women each lifted one of them up and carried Chun Xiao and Hui Xiu out of the Shuixie Pavilion. Only then did Hui Xiu cover her mouth and ran down to the tree quickly to retch.

Concubine Shao also did not expect the usually soft-hearted wife to beat him up just because she said so, and that she would really send him to the yamen after the fight. Her expression immediately turned ugly, but when she thought about what she had in her hands, she relaxed a little. Turning her head towards Madame SHen, he smiled and said: "Madam, this trial is over, we've already beaten them and the time seems to be right before us. Let's hurry to the main hall, Dental Granny is also …."

Before he could finish, he saw Si Ling, the servant girl beside Ye Jinwei rushing into the Side Chamber. As soon as she stepped through the doorstep, she immediately knelt and cried: "Madam, Aunt, quickly go and see, First Miss is not well!"