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When Concubine Shao saw that both Madame SHen and Jin Lan did not see her, a look of anger flashed past her eyes. Her eyeballs moved slightly as she smiled and said, "Madam has never been in good health, eating and chanting in the temple. I am afraid you have hurt your mind. "In my opinion, you should raise your wife properly these few days."

Jin Lan frowned slightly as he saw Concubine Shao trying to please him. Concubine Shao had always relied on hherown Ye Family to bear a son, and had also received Ye Lin's favor, so why did she not put Madame SHen in his eyes?

Madame SHen swept a glance at the Concubine Shao whose face was filled with tender smiles, and said indifferently: "It is only right for me to pray for the master and for the palace, how can this be considered harming the mind?"

Concubine Shao was choked by Madame SHen's words, and immediately became embarrassed, "Look at my stupid mouth, it seems like Madam is right."

"Alright, you can all go back. I've just returned, and I still have a lot of things to take care of in the courtyard. I won't be accompanying you in reminiscing about the old days." Madame SHen was unwilling to speak any further with her, so she directly ordered her to be excused.

Concubine Shao glanced at Jin Lan, who was standing at the side. He knew that he wouldn't be able to get anything out of Madame SHen today, so he restrained his smile and replied perfunctorily. He then turned around and walked out.

Concubine Ning bowed respectfully, "This servant will be going back."

After the two of them left the house, Jin Lan sat down beside Madame SHen and studied him closely. With a pained heart, he asked: "Mother, did you rest well last night?"

"How could that be?" The Madame SHen forced a smile, "You must have not eaten lunch yet, is there anything that you would like to eat? Tell Hui Xiu and have her instruct the little kitchen to do it. "

"Mother." Jin Lan felt that there was something wrong with Madame SHen's expression, as if she was hiding something. She reached out and grabbed his arm, pouting, but just as she was about to act coquettishly, she felt his body tremble, and her originally pale pink lips instantly lost all color, and beads of cold sweat flowed down her face. She couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

When Hui Xiu saw that Jin Lan's small hand was grabbing onto Madame SHen's arm, her expression immediately changed. "Miss, quickly let go!"

Jin Lan was stunned, then quickly let go of her hand. She saw that the sleeves of the Madame SHen's Primeval Grass, which was yellow as if it was made of clouds, were actually oozing out a tinge of blood. She immediately opened her eyes wide, "Why is there blood!?" As he spoke, he lifted up her sleeves to see what was going on.

"Lan Er!" Madame SHen immediately held down Jin Lan's hand, his pale face revealing a weak smile. He said softly: "Last night I accidentally knocked over the teacup and cut a hole in it. I've already applied the medicine on it."

"Since that's the case, it's fine for daughter to look around." Jin Lan's face was full of determination. Although Madame SHen was wearing a summer gown, he knew that Shu brocade was not weak either. She made up her mind to see it for herself.

Madame SHen was unable to force the issue and could only sigh, allowing her to slowly pull up her sleeves.

"This, this …" Madame SHen's arm was wrapped in a circle after circle of clean cotton cloth, like a big steamed bun that was steamed white and fat. Only, the inside part was dyed red with blood, no matter how you looked at it, that large bloodstain did not seem like what Madame SHen had said, and had a cut.

No wonder Madame SHen told her not to come pay respects today. It turned out that she was afraid that she would be worried if he found out. Jin Lan's eyes instantly turned red, and her tears rolled down like pearls with their strings cut. She carefully held Madame SHen's arm, and asked with a trembling voice: "What exactly happened? Who did it? "

Madame SHen used a handkerchief to wipe away the tears on her face and comforted gently: "How can it be as serious as you think? "It's just that the cut is a little deep. It'll be better in a few days."

Seeing that Madame SHen did not say anything, Jin Lan suddenly turned his head towards Hui Xiu and said: "Sister Hui Xiu, speak!"

Ever since Madame SHen passed out, Hui Xiu no longer dared to look at Jin Lan as if he was a child. Only, Madame SHen had specifically instructed him last night to not inform Second Miss no matter what.

"Lan Er." Her daughter's anxious expression made Madame SHen feel gratified and pained. She put down her sleeves to cover her wound and wrapped one hand around Jin Lan as she sighed: "It's good to tell you, you will know about this sooner or later." After she finished speaking, she looked at Hui Xiu who was kneeling on the ground, "Stand up first, go out and guard, say that I will rest, don't let anyone near the main house."

Hui Xiu hurriedly got up, "Yes." Just as sshe was about to leave, he closed the door behind him.

Jin Lan sat upright and looked straight at Madame SHen. She did not urge them, only after a short while, her emotions had calmed down, and the words Wan Ju had said in the morning appeared in her mind.

From the moment she returned to her residence, Madame SHen had been fine, but after just one night, she had suffered such heavy injuries. If there was anything abnormal, it would be that Ye Lin had for the first time ever rested in Madame SHen's room! Hence, there was a high chance that this matter was related to Ye Lin. It was just that she could not understand, why would Ye Lin want to injure Madame SHen?

Madame SHen looked at Jin Lan, wanted to say something, but hesitated. In the end, he sighed in his heart, lightly patted her back, and slowly said: "This injury wasn't caused by anyone else, it was caused by me."

"Huh?" Jin Lan's breathing suddenly stopped. He thought about it a lot, and even suspected that Ye Lin and the Madame SHen had started an argument, which was caused by a sudden failure. She did not expect that it would actually … "Why?"

Madame SHen looked at Jin Lan and suddenly laughed, "Do you still remember why we suddenly came back from the Lingji Temple?"

Jin Lan was slightly startled. Could this have something to do with it? She nodded as she thought about it, "I remember that father came to pass a message saying that the old lady will be back soon."

"It was your father who made the decision, but the person who came was not one of his people." No matter what Ye Lin did, he would always use the Steward Li and those few Attendant s by his side.

"Mother, you mean that the old woman is from the Concubine Shao?" Jin Lan frowned. It was his father's idea, but it was not someone he sent. After his mother left the house, besides his father, only the housekeeper Concubine Shao could send people up the mountain to spread the news and arrange carriages. Could it be that Concubine Shao has secretly done something? "

Madame SHen smiled, her eyes full of ridicule: "No matter what she did, your father would always listen to her. This time, the matter regarding the old lady's return was five out of five. "

Jin Lan was surprised. "Is five points true?"

The Madame SHen nodded and no longer hid it any further, she said directly: "The old lady returned to the Xuzhou, but contracted an emergency ailment.

"What?" Jin Lan looked at Madame SHen in shock, suspecting that he had heard wrongly. Although the old lady was old, she had a strong and sturdy body, otherwise, she wouldn't have brought the Yu Ge'er to the capital herself. Furthermore, the old lady was still alive and well even after she had died in her previous life.

"It was a letter reported by the Mama Ji, who had been serving the old granny all this time. This can't be wrong." As if she had seen through the doubt in Jin Lan's heart, Madame SHen continued, "If the old lady was safe and sound, how could your father have let me return so easily?"

Jin Lan didn't ignore the self-deprecation in Madame SHen's eyes. She carefully held onto Madame SHen's other hand that was not injured, "Father was at Shuixie Pavilion last night, so he must have discussed this with Mother already, right?" And this result should be the reason why Madame SHen was injured.

Senior Servant Ji said that the old lady's illness isn't that difficult to treat, but it requires two medicinal primers, one of which requires more than five hundred years of experience. This medicine isn't considered expensive, but it's still not easy to find in a short period of time, and coincidentally, I have one in my dowry. Your father knows about it, so he came to ask me for it." "As for the other ingredient …" She lowered her eyes and spat out a few words after a while, "It's flesh from a living person's body.

Madame SHen's words were like a thunder in Jin Lan's ears, shocking him to the point that she became completely stiff. He stared at her injured wrist for a long time, before forcing out a sentence, "Mother's injuries, is it for the sake of the old lady's medicine?" Taking a deep breath, the anger in her heart flared up even more. "Why doesn't he use his own? Besides, there are so many people in the mansion, why does he have to have his mother cut out his flesh?!"

Or did he personally cut the flesh off? How much pain would he have to endure? How ruthless must he be? Ye Lin, how can he be so cold and merciless? His mother was his legal wife! Last night, she should have gone to the Shuixie Pavilion to rest. If she had asked more questions, if she had noticed earlier, her mother wouldn't have suffered so much.

Ye Lin, after going through the experiences in her previous life, she should have been clear of just how unjust this person was. How could he expect that his change in this life would bring about a different result?

The eye-piercing redness in his eyes became more and more blurry, and the tears that Jin Lan had suppressed once again fell.

"If Lan Er does not cry, this little injury is nothing." Madame SHen hugged Jin Lan, who was blaming herself endlessly. This time, although he had cut off a piece of her flesh, it wasn't a loss.

Being neither virtuous nor merciful, although the words' jealousy is vicious' had not spread, it was hard to guarantee that it would not be used by someone in the future. For Lan Er, she could not bear such a notoriety. Now that she had saved the old lady, even if she couldn't make Ye Lin feel guilty, it was enough to stop the old lady's mouth from opening. Besides, she had a plan that she couldn't say out loud.

Jin Lan's eyes were bloodshot, and his lips were trembling. "This injury is still bleeding. It can be seen that the injury is extremely severe. Did mother let the doctor see it?"

"Of course. It's much better than last night." Madame SHen patted Jin Lan's hands and said gently: "Other than your father and me, no one else knows about this. Remember, do not tell anyone else about it."

"Daughter understands." Jin Lan nodded in agreement, but was still worried. He then proposed to the Madame SHen: "Mother, I'll move over here with Shuixie Pavilion to stay for a while."

To be able to be close to her daughter, Madame SHen naturally couldn't wait and agreed with a smile.