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Everyone's attention was focused on Ling Shan. Old Madame Ye asked in a deep voice: "What evidence?"

"Your servant's parents left three years ago, leaving your servant and younger brother to each other. Because of your good luck, I was able to enter the palace to work as an embroidery lady. Three months ago, this servant's younger brother was lured into a gambling den by a pervert, and gradually fell in love with this kind of evil thing. In the end, he even lost it himself. The boss of the casino said that his youngest brother owes him a total of 300 taels of silver. If he doesn't return it, he will have to sell his younger brother to … " Ling Shan was still an unmarried woman after all, and the name brothel and Red House was already choked in his mouth, and he could only cover his face and sob softly.

Old Madame Ye was an intelligent person, how could he not know what kind of place she was talking about.

Ling Shan kowtowed towards Old Madame Ye in gratitude, she used her sleeves to wipe away the tears on her face and continued to speak: "Just when this servant was at the end of my rope, Concubine Shao ordered his men to call this servant over to Bright Autumn Pavilion." "Concubine Shao said that if this servant is willing to help her do one thing, not only will I help you pay my debts, I will also return the indemnity for the slave's indenture, and give you a sum of silver so that this servant and my younger brother can go to the village to buy land. You no longer need to be a slave anymore."

"You're lying!" Concubine Shao screamed. Although she thought that the person was dead, but these things were exposed in front of the crowd. She could not hold herself back anymore, especially when Ye Lin was inside the house.

"This servant's words are true!" Ling Shan said in an excited voice, "My master learned how to embroider from the Shangyi Department of the palace. She once embroidered a scented sachet for each of her servants and younger brothers, using this embroidery needle technique. This servant has the Rainbow Butterfly and Flaming Lotus, while the younger brother has the Fish and Lotus! "

Jin Lan was startled, after some thought, he suddenly remembered that when Madame SHen was interrogating Chun Xiao and Ling Shan, Concubine Shao poured him a cup of tea and after changing her clothes and returning, Ling Shan's breath, which she had been struggling to loosen, immediately became firm. He also suspected that Concubine Shao did something to her, so he carefully sized up her new attire. There was indeed an exquisite scented sachet hung around her waist, as for the patterns embroidered on it, he couldn't really remember.

"At that time, this servant didn't completely believe Concubine Shao's words, but she took out my indenture contract and the sachet of the fish swimming in the lotus, so this servant …" Ling Shan said as she kowtowed again, she looked at Old Madame Ye with her red and swollen eyes and said sorrowfully: "I never thought that this servant would end up in a prison and my younger brother was still sold to such a shameful place!"

The Old Madame Ye was already so angry that her entire body was trembling. She glared at the Concubine Shao coldly, and wished that she could eat her alive! But when she remembered that she was Ye Yu's biological mother and she helped her up with one hand, she kept quiet, wanting to hear her story.

Concubine Shao was gouged out by Old Madame Ye's eyes and her face immediately turned pale white. She quickly distinguished herself, "Old granny, this servant absolutely does not dare to do such a malicious thing! Not to mention the rest, this servant had to think for the First Miss and the Yu Ge'er. If the matter were to be exposed, how would the First Miss and the Yu Ge'er know about it? Therefore, this servant definitely did not do it! "

Mentioning the Yu Ge'er, Old Madame Ye's expression immediately turned slightly serious before gradually slowing down.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jin Lan immediately covered his mouth and coughed, borrowing the lowered head position to quickly look at Madame SHen.

Madame SHen pursed her lips and said coldly to Ling Shan: "To you, Concubine Shao is master.

Ling Shan was startled, and quickly kowtowed to the Old Madame Ye. As she kowtowed, she said: "Old granny, this servant is just a small embroidery lady, if I wasn't ordered by the Concubine Shao, how could I have done such an outrageous thing? Furthermore, your empty words are completely unfounded, and this humble servant is speaking the truth.

Old Madame Ye thought for a moment, then looked at Jin Lan and Madame SHen, then looked at Ling Shan and Concubine Shao. Ling Shan's gaze continued to stare hatefully at Concubine Shao, while Concubine Shao continued to dodge.

Her anger that had been suppressed a bit longer suddenly flared up again, she slammed her palm on the table, raised her head and called Yan Rong in, "Find a few servant girls, go search through the Bright Autumn Pavilion!"

Yan Rong replied and left, she called for three or four trusted servant girls in the courtyard and led her head to Bright Autumn Pavilion to search carefully.

Concubine Shao kneeled on the ground, her heart burning with anxiety. If the Fragrant Gourd of the Swimming Pisces Lotus was really found, then she would be finished. However, the location of the hidden items was very hidden. If one did not search carefully, they would not be able to find it. However, her heart was in turmoil, and she really wanted to give Su Xin who was outside a meaningful glance so that she could go back and watch him.

But up above, there were Old Madame Ye and Ye Lin, as well as Madame SHen and Jin Lan who were staring intently, the Concubine Shao still did not have the courage to turn back.

Madame SHen looked at her coldly, taking in the sight of the worry that flashed across her face.

From the moment Qiu Wen reported that she had come to request an audience, she saw through the oddity in her words, and simply pretended to let Chun Xiao in. It was just that she did not expect him to use the Snow Root Iris, which was why she was accidentally tricked. Afterwards, she took advantage of her unwell body and deliberately dragged the matter of interrogating Chun Xiao to a later date. Other than wanting to lure out the emissary behind him, the main reason was to wait until she had everything under her control so that she wouldn't escape.

In the end, she found some clues. Chun Xiao's family had gotten a large amount of silver for no reason. This was why she made the decision to take action. She intentionally used the matter of buying a servant to drag Concubine Shao to the Shuixie Pavilion. He never expected that what Chun Xiao said would be out of her expectations. If not for Ling Shan suddenly sending herself to her doorstep, perhaps, she would have really left it at that.

Although she could not pry open Ling Shan's mouth, she could not stop her from carrying out her plans.

When she had sent Chun Xiao and Ling Shan to the yamen, she had long planned out what to do there, and secretly had people watch over them. She had also had people investigate Ling Shan carefully, and finally found out about her younger brother's identity. He originally thought that he would have to wait a good while longer, and didn't want Chun Xiao's death and Concubine Shao's impatience, so he decided to reveal everything ahead of time.

Even if the heavens did something wrong, one could still live; one could not live if he did something wrong! Madame SHen retracted her gaze, raised the teacup to her lips and touched it. The lines at the corner of her eyes calmed down.

In less than half an incense's time, Yan Rong had already returned to the Jiayu Hall with a perfume bag.

With trembling hands, Old Madame Ye brought the scented sachet that Yan Rong presented to him in front of her eyes.

Silver fish red lotus, green lotus, fine embroidery, fine needlework. The silver fishes hidden beneath the green lotus seemed to be alive and agile. The red lotuses were alluring and graceful, and even the jade-green waves seemed to ripple. She had only seen this embroidery before on the ancestor of her clan. It was said to have been bestowed by the palace, and was embroidered using the same embroidery method.

The Old Madame Ye held the scented sachet tightly in her hands, and with a gaze as cold as an arrow, she fiercely shot towards the Concubine Shao, "What else do you have to say for yourself?"

Seeing that the scented sachet that was hidden so secretly had still been found out, Concubine Shao's heart surged with shock. Her legs went weak and she immediately fell onto the ground, subconsciously muttering: "This servant, this servant …."

Looking at Concubine Shao's bloodless face, Jin Lan felt an indescribable happiness in her heart. The pain she experienced in her previous life, the fear she suffered from almost losing Madame SHen in this life, all of that accumulated lifelessness had completely dissipated. She felt that her entire body, both inside and out, was suffused with an unprecedented sense of relaxation.

She raised her head, and looked at Old Madame Ye with her clear and bright eyes, "Grandmother, what is the crime of murdering the mistress? "What should we do?"

Old Madame Ye lowered her head to look at Jin Lan's face, which still had a childish expression as she sighed to herself.

This girl had been raised in front of her since she was young. How could she not see through her little thoughts? In those days in Shang Jing, although they were far away, there were still people who would send half a letter every few days. Most of the letters were about Jin Lan.

Although she was grateful that Madame SHen had gouged out her flesh and blood, she knew that she could not afford to waste her energy for the Ye Family and her temper was not pleasing. If Jin Lan followed her, she would only be delaying herself. As a result, they especially kept the little girl here today to alienate her from the Madame SHen.

She never thought that in the short span of half a year, Madame SHen would be able to move her heart away as well.

When Jin Lan saw Old Madame Ye looking at him with an unfathomable expression, he thought to himself: Damn it, if I was too impatient, it would instead arouse the old lady's suspicions. She then revealed a sweet smile, her eyes flickered a few times and asked in a soft voice: "Grandmother, why are you looking at Lan Er? Could it be that there is something on Lan Er's face? "

Before Old Madame Ye could reply, she seemed to have thought of something and suddenly shouted: "This servant is wronged, this servant did not harm Madam!"

The slightly relaxed atmosphere instantly turned serious again. Old Madame Ye vented all of her anger onto her, grabbed the teacup and threw it ruthlessly at her, "Shut up!"

In the end, her aim was still off, as the lid of the tea cup brushed past Concubine Shao's clothes and shattered behind her body.

The sharp and ear-piercing sound caused the entire room to turn silent, and even Ye Lin unconsciously frowned.

This was a matter of life and death. Even if the old lady was furious, Concubine Shao could not care about it anymore. She wiped away her tears and cried, "It's this servant's fault that I angered the old lady. Although Chun Xiao had asked Ling Shan to pass down the message to his wife, she did not give her the Snow Root Iris! The old lady can ask Ling Shan if what I said was true. "

The gaze in the room landed on Ling Shan once again, causing her to shudder uncontrollably, but her brain lightly nodded, "Concubine Shao did not ask this servant to bring anything back to Chun Xiao, it was just a message."

Ling Shan's words seemed to give Concubine Shao some hope, her whimpering voice became louder, "Chun Xiao served the old master in the outer courtyard's study room, I thought it would be a good thing if I let her face the old master. The Madam had never seen Chun Xiao before, and this servant was worried that the Madam might not agree, hence the message told Chun Xiao to first ask to see the Madam, so that she could pass the time. As for the scented sachet that Ling Shan talked about, this servant only, just... " She rolled her eyes a few times, and immediately came up with an explanation, "I was just worried that if this matter did not succeed, or even if it were to be spread out, it would ruin the old master's reputation, which was why I treated Ling Shan like this. After the matter was completed, this servant had already returned the indenture contract to Ling Shan's younger brother. This is not about me being a servant anymore! "

Ling Shan's face revealed a look of astonishment, she could not help but raise her head to look at Madame SHen. After she was rescued, all the information that she received came from others, and they had not seen it with their own eyes. At this moment, Concubine Shao's retort that produced tears could not help but cause her heart to waver.

Madame SHen's expression turned cold. She had indeed found out that Ling Shan's youngest brother had been sold to the Red Court, but whether it was done by the Concubine Shao or by himself, no one knew. Even if someone found him to ask, they would only shake their head, unwilling to say anything.

When Jin Lan saw the gloom in Madame SHen's eyes, his heart sank. Could there be some other change?