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"Lady! I've finally found you. "

Jin Lan turned his head to look, and saw that a servant girl dressed in a green cotton dress was walking over, hurriedly. When she walked closer, she saw her face clearly, and realised it was Ling Er from Shuixie Pavilion.

Ling'er went to the Lan Garden first, and upon hearing Bi He say that the Jin Lan was in the garden, she rushed over here. She ran all the way, and although she looked exhausted, she could not hide the anxiousness in her eyes, "Miss, quickly come with this servant.

He suddenly stood up, and without even asking any questions, he started sprinting towards his Shuixie Pavilion, not even caring about the faint piercing pain that came from his ankles.

"Miss, your injuries!" Mu Lan shouted anxiously, but when she saw that Jin Lan did not even pause his legs, she could not help but stomp her feet and quickly chased after him.

Ling'er was startled, she did not expect that the young lady would run away without even allowing her to finish speaking, but when she thought about the situation within the Shuixie Pavilion, she did not rest and followed closely behind Mu Lan. The three of them rushed towards the Shuixie Pavilion one after the other, and all of the servants and wives on the way revealed strange expressions.

Jin Lan was originally taking a walk in the garden, and was not far from the Shuixie Pavilion. He did not stop to rest again, and in a short while, he entered Shuixie Pavilion's courtyard gate.

There was not a single servant in the courtyard, so he guessed that they had been sent out. On the other hand, there were a lot of people guarding the door, other than Ling Er who had just become a second tier servant girl, Man Ping, Hui Xiu, Qiu Wen and the rest were all there.

This meant that Madame SHen and Ye Lin were the only two people in the room, and Jin Lan's heart couldn't help but sink.

The five of them were standing outside the corridor, helpless. When they saw Jin Lan, it was as if they had seen their lifesaver. Their eyes lit up, and just as they were about to greet him, Jin Lan stopped them.

Although everyone was puzzled, they still listened to her words and only bowed without saying anything.

Jin Lan took a deep breath, he slowly and gently walked to the window and listened intently to what was going on inside. After a while, he heard Ye Lin's intermittent sounds.

"I've already decided on this matter. There's no need to say anymore, your health is not good, you can rest in the house later on. You don't need to worry about the matters of the manor!" Ye Lin sipped on his tea expressionlessly, and the anger in his words was obviously suppressed. Everyone in the Ye Mansion knew that even though Ye Lin was usually gentle and refined, with very few times where he was angry, if it really came to that point, even the old lady would have to retreat by a bit.

"Old master!" Madame SHen's heart tensed up, she used her handkerchief to cover her mouth to cough, and then anxiously said: "If we really do that, how do you want Lan Er to act? And once word of it spreads, the face of the Ye Family … "

"It's because of the dignity of the Ye Family, that's why I have to do this!" Ye Lin rudely interrupted the Madame SHen, his face ashen as he said coldly: "Right now, everyone in the Palace is panicking, it's hard to say if news of this will spread, at that time, wouldn't the entire family lose all their Ye Mansion!"

"Then should I sacrifice Lan Er?" Madame SHen's lips trembled, his face alternated between green and white, and the hand placed under his sleeve couldn't help but start to tremble, "Lan Er is your biological daughter!"

Ye Lin coldly snorted, "She's my daughter, so is Jin Wei not? Moreover, since she is the daughter of Ye Family, she should put more emphasis on the honor and disgrace of Ye Family! " He glanced at Madame SHen's completely pale face, and felt that he had gone overboard. His tone became slightly gentler, "LinRong, this matter is beneficial to Lan Er, and as long as you restrain the servants in the residence well, outsiders might not know about it."

"If restraining servants works, then why did you have such an idea?" Madame SHen's chest was heaving up and down violently, she was unable to even speak properly, her beautiful eyes stared straight at Ye Lin, her gaze filled with unspeakable disappointment.

The Madame SHen's mournful disappointment and even the trace of resentment in her eyes stung Ye Lin. He could not help but become angry, "Shut up! "You …"

"Father, please calm your anger." Just as Ye Lin was about to angrily rebuke Madame SHen, a soft voice suddenly sounded out, and following that, the curtain was raised high, and a golden silhouette appeared in front of the two of them.

Ye Lin raised his head, seeing Jin Lan looking at him obediently, the anger in his heart suddenly stopped, and thinking back to what he had said just now, a sense of guilt rose up from his heart. The anger on his face couldn't help but lessen, but he still remembered the rumors, thus he coldly said: "Why are you here?"

"Daughter is taking a walk in the garden. As she walked, she came to my mother's place. I didn't expect my father to be here as well. Daughter was rude and disturbed my father and mother." Jin Lan's eyes flashed with a gentle light, as though she didn't know what was going on in the house, but when she was outside, she had already secretly asked Hui Xiu and the others about the reason.

It turned out that after Ye Lin heard someone's words, he had the thought of inviting people to the palace. Since the Madame SHen did not listen, the two of them started to argue.

"Lan Er, the wound on your leg has not healed, it is not appropriate for you to walk around too much. Quickly go to the side room to rest." Madame SHen took a deep breath, barely able to calm her emotions. She did not want her daughter to know about this, so she called for Hui Xiu, asking her to bring Jin Lan out.

Hui Xiu heard the noise and immediately rushed into the house. Although she wanted to ask Jin Lan to help a group of Madame SHen, when she saw the sternness in the eyes of the Madame SHen, she immediately pulled Jin Lan's hand and advised him: "Miss, please listen to Madam.

Unexpectedly, Jin Lan shook her hand off, and without looking at the worry on Madame SHen's face, he blessed Ye Lin and said softly: Father, daughter has something to say to father.

Ye Lin frowned, he raised his teacup and took a sip, then asked: "What is it?"

Jin Lan raised his head, looked at Madame SHen, and said with a face full of worry: "All these years, mother has been besieging the sickbed, and I don't know how many medicines she has taken, but she never met me. My daughter wants to personally go to Lingji Temple and request for a peace talisman for mother, and at the same time, pray for the blessing of the scriptures for the Ye Family.

Countless ideas that could be proposed flashed through Ye Lin's mind, but he never expected that she would actually bring up the idea of going to the temple of his own initiative. He couldn't help but be startled when he heard her words, "You're going to the Lingji Temple?"

Madame SHen was also stunned as she couldn't think of what her daughter wanted to do.

"Yes." Jin Lan nodded, then a trace of doubt surfaced on his face. He asked hesitantly, "Daughter … Can't you go? "

Facing Jin Lan's clear eyes, Ye Lin seemed to be choked by the tea, and hurriedly put down the teacup in his hands, and couldn't help but cough fiercely, "Since you're so filial, of course it's good, but your body has just recovered and your Lingji Temple is very far away. Furthermore, you're bumpy up the mountain, I'm afraid …"

"Daughters are not afraid of bumps." Jin Lan shook his head, and said in a firm voice: "Blessing for Ye Family is something a daughter should do for her mother, how can she ignore the bumpy road, and show her sincerity by asking for Buddha's blessing."

It's just that she's still young, so it's hard to not be worried when she's out alone. When the time comes, I'll accompany Lan Er and we'll meet her in the temple. The Madame SHen suddenly said, this meant that she had somehow agreed to Jin Lan's plan, and interrupted Ye Lin's hesitation.

Ye Lin muttered to himself as his gaze shuttled back and forth between Madame SHen and Jin Lan.

Madame SHen didn't even turn to look at him, as if she didn't want to meet Ye Lin's gaze. Instead, Jin Lan's heart was beating incessantly, and a layer of dampness and coldness seeped out of his hands. However, his body didn't move, and he did his best to maintain the expression on his face unchanged.

After a long while, Ye Lin sighed, and nodded: "Since it's like this, then I'll choose a good day to go."

In other words, he agreed! Jin Lan was ecstatic, but he did not reveal it on his face, and respectfully replied Ye Lin: "Yes."

There was no wall in this world that could not let the wind out, no matter how restrained he was, it was impossible to ensure that everything would end forever. His daughter praying for him sounded much better than inviting people to return home. No matter how powerful a ghost was, they would still be afraid of Buddha, right? If there really was anything dirty on Second Miss, how could he take the initiative to invite them instead of hiding anything?

Doing this was undoubtedly the best way to crack the rumors.

Madame SHen naturally understood what was going on, which was why she agreed to her actions. As for Ye Lin … If the Madame SHen could think of it, how could he not?

In the late summer and early autumn, the heat gradually dissipated and the weather became cooler with each passing day. On July 30th, as it was the Christmas of Kitigarbha, Madame SHen and Jin Lan decided to leave one day earlier.

The Lingji Temple was the most famous of the Yangzhou City, and was filled with the most popular temples. As a result, Master Fang Wu was a respected monk, and there was an unending stream of benevolent men and women who came to visit. If they did not leave early, they would not even be able to enter the mountain gate.

On the morning of the twenty-ninth, just as dawn broke, Jin Lan and the Madame SHen left the mansion in a carriage. As the carriage was filled with women, and also with the wives and girls of the mansion, the coachman didn't dare to drive too fast. Furthermore, as the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased, the speed slowed down even more. It wasn't until dawn arrived that Ye Mansion's carriage arrived in front of the western gate and was about to leave the city.

Suddenly, with a loud bang, the originally steady carriage shook, catching Jin Lan off guard. If Bi He had not supported her in time, she might have been struck, but even so, her elbow still struck the carriage's wall heavily, causing her to scream in pain and take in a breath of cold air. Madame SHen was also shocked, Hui Xiu raised her voice and asked, "What's going on?"

Li San, who was driving the carriage, immediately replied: "Reporting to Madam, I don't know why the carriage of the Bie Family was so missing, as it bumped into our carriage."

"Nonsense!" You obviously bumped into our carriage, and yet you want to run away? " Just as Li San finished speaking, a sharp shout immediately sounded out, and a woman dressed in red stood on another carriage. She held a whip in her hand, and glared at Li San.

Li San was a servant of the Ye Mansion, he was simple, honest and straightforward. He would often speak carelessly, and it was easy for him to offend others. Hearing the other party's words, his face immediately flushed red, and he retorted, "You're being unreasonable! The carriages in our house are walking along the road, and it was clearly you guys who crashed into us from the ramp. How did this become our fault? " As he finished speaking, he bowed to the surrounding crowd and said, "Please give your judgment, fellow villagers."

"Yes, I saw that girl's carriage rush out of the alley and crash into that young man's carriage."

"I saw it too."

"That's right, he's still framing others even after bumping into them. He's really uneducated."

The surrounding discussions caused the woman in red to become angry from embarrassment. All her fellow disciples were holding her in their sect. When had they ever let her off like this? He then raised the whip in his hand and whipped it fiercely towards Li San!

Li San did not expect the other party to dare hit him in the streets, and for a moment he stood in his original position, forgetting to dodge. The horse whip carried a sharp wind sound and was about to land on Li San's head. Some of the spectators could not bear it anymore and closed their eyes.

Suddenly, a deep voice resounded: "Stop."

The voice wasn't loud, but it fell into the ears of everyone around them. Jin Lan, who was sitting in the car, suddenly shuddered and froze on the spot.