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The Snow Root Iris was not a rare flower, and there were some people who made it into powder. It was just that Madame SHen could not smell the aroma, and it had never appeared in her Ye Mansion, but it did not mean that others could not recognize it.

Jin Lan stared intently at Yan Rong, only to see her shaking her head, her heart tensing up. How could it be?

This was obviously the box that Chun Xiao mentioned, why didn't it have the Snow Liar's Tail? Could it be that they had been mistaken from the very beginning?

The Old Madame Ye also smelled the fragrant powder, and after that she handed the box over to Yan Rong, and looked at him again, indicating for Yan Rong to give the box to him. Imperceptibly, it proved that Yan Rong's judgement was not wrong. The powder in the box did not contain the Snow Root Iris.

Madame SHen took the box, and did not open it for personal inspection. Instead, she placed it on the table beside him. At this moment, regardless of what she said or did, it was useless. There was still something that could not be faked.

"Since this has nothing to do with what was said just now, there's no need to delay any longer. Drag that servant out!" Old Madame Ye glanced at Cui Wen in annoyance and waved her hand.

The two maidservants who were by the side of the door heard the command, they stepped forward and grabbed Cui Wen, then dragged him away. Cui Wen screamed: "Old granny, this servant has something else to say! This servant knows where the scented powder in my wife's mouth is!"

Concubine Shao and Rui Zhu fiercely stared at Cui Wen, their expressions immediately changing.

Without even waiting for her to speak, he immediately searched for a box in the depths of his sleeves with Madame SHen's and took it out, "Some of the flowers have no leaves, while some of the leaves are white orchids." When Rui Zhu went to a servant to buy powder, she took away two boxes. Other than the flowers carved on the lid, the rest were almost the same. Originally, I gave Rui Zhu both boxes of servants, but one day, I don't know how, I found this box under the jade hairpin in the garden. " Cui Wen looked at Rui Zhu, her gaze dodging, "This servant, this servant intends to keep it for her own use."

Old Madame Ye stared at the box that Cui Wen presented to her for a long time. Her hands started to tremble before she picked them up.

Concubine Shao's forehead was filled with sweat, her face was already drained of blood, it was grey and green in color. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but stopped in her tracks. This box had clearly been given to Su Xin to throw in the abandoned well in the garden, how could it be in Cui Wen's hands!?

Just as Old Madame Ye opened the box a crack, she closed it again. This time, Yan Rong was not sent to Madame SHen.

Jin Lan blinked his eyes in disbelief. Did this mean that there was something wrong with the powder in the box?

Old Madame Ye closed his eyes, a trace of inattentiveness appearing between hherbrows, and after a moment she suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Concubine Shao, his gaze was as sharp as a blade.

The Concubine Shao trembled, and said: "Old granny, even if Rui Zhu had bought the pink box from Cui Wen, but Cui Wen had already said it herself, the pink box was something she had picked up from the garden. Maybe some other servant girl accidentally fell there? "

Cui Wen panicked, "This servant only brought things into the palace once, and it was Rui Zhu who begged this servant for a few days before this servant finally agreed. I brought these two boxes with me, and gave them all to her at that time. "

After all, since the time of the butler, the status of the Concubine Shao s had increased by leaps and bounds, so how could she allow a rough maid to argue with him? With a cold harrumph, she said: "Red mouth and white teeth, how many things did you secretly bring into the house, how could anyone know, wasn't it all for you to speak nonsense?"

Rui Zhu shrewdly followed up, "Last time, this servant only bought a box of fragrant powder. How could there be two boxes?"

"Your servant, your servant …" Cui Wen's heart burned with anxiety, yet she didn't know how to refute the two's words.

Concubine Shao seemed to have caught hold of something as she clenched her teeth and refused to let go. "Let me ask you, when you were picking up the boxes in the garden, did anyone see you?"

Cui Wen was startled, she bit her lower lip, and after a long while, she shook her head, "No, no."

Concubine Shao scoffed, her face revealing an expression of "ha", she turned to Old Madame Ye and said: "Old granny, you heard it too, you insisted on saying that it was Rui Zhu's without any proof. Who knows what kind of people instigated Cui Wen to do that, and what kind of people they were trying to frame me with. "

Concubine Ning was shaken to the core by Concubine Shao's words, she immediately knelt down, and said with a low voice: "This servant is innocent!"

"Sister Ning." Concubine Shao's back became straighter and straighter, "I did not say your name, are you admitting it now?"

Concubine Ning wanted to remain silent, let alone argue. Being stung by Concubine Shao's words, she could not help but lower her head in grievance.

Jin Lan looked coldly at the farce. Although Concubine Shao was unreasonable, her words had a certain order, allowing others to catch him without making a mistake.

The powder case Chun Xiao used was picked up on the way here, but she did not know who exactly it was. As for Cui Wen's words, they were most likely true. If she had really done it, how could she possibly rush up to plead guilty? However, if no one was to testify, the Concubine Shao might take the opportunity to push everything to Concubine Ning and Cui Wen.

What should he do? Jin Lan's eyes were gloomy, his small hands clenched into fists inside his sleeves, his nails pinching the flesh without pain. She clearly knew who had harmed her mother, but she didn't have the ability to pull him out. Her usually calm heart suddenly felt a bit impatient.

"Mother, your son still has matters to attend to, so he will take his leave first." Ye Lin's face darkened, he was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched. He had originally thought that the days of the zither music hidden such filth. This caused him, who liked to control everything, to be shocked and angry. He felt even more humiliated. After saying that to Old Madame Ye, he quickly left the room. He did not even look back as he left. This also meant that no matter how Old Madame Ye handled this matter, he would not have any objections.

Old Madame Ye looked at Ye Lin's figure that was leaving and sighed, then looked at Madame SHen indifferently, "All of these maids signed the death contract right?"

Madame SHen nodded her head, the servants of the Ye Family had always signed death agreements, so it was rare for them to buy people from the outside, they were basically the children of their families.

"Since that's the case, then if you're not willing to admit it, then I won't ask." Old Madame Ye's gaze suddenly became cold and stern, "Pull out the staff and kill him! "It would be troublesome anyway. I'll just have to send someone to the yamen for the record."

Cui Wen and Rui Zhu immediately lay on the ground in fright, their bodies trembling uncontrollably as they begged for mercy.

Only Ling Shan was still kneeling in shock, her gaze was fixated on the side of Rui Zhu's face, seeing her lean forward, she immediately cried out: "It's her, she's the one who threw the powder case in the corridor, and was picked it up by Chun Xiao!"

It turned out that after Ling Shan had finished relaying the message to him, she had faintly caught a glimpse of a figure flashing behind the tree just as she was about to return to her Inner Court's needlework room. Ling Shan was worried that someone might hear her words, so she sneaked her way out, and was prepared to see who was behind the tree, when she bumped into the auspicious bead. Ling Shan's heart was in a panic, she did not dare look straight at the person who bumped into him, and only looked at her back in a hurry. When she looked again in front of him, Chun Xiao had already bent her waist and stood up, as if she had picked up something and put it into her sleeve.

After the incident, he had forgotten about it. Even the Madame SHen did not manage to remember her appearance on that day, hence she did not dare to say much. It was only when she saw Rui Zhu and saw her back bending over him that she recognized her.

Rui Zhu was already as limp as mud. Although she had been kneeling beside Ling Shan the entire time, she had not noticed her appearance. Adding the wounds on her face, even if one looked carefully, they would not be able to see any clues. Hearing Ling Shan's words, she finally realised that something had happened.

Concubine Shao's face was also filled with despair and unwillingness. His original plan for this matter was flawless, how did she end up like this? She stared straight at Ling Shan, her eyes revealed a berserk look, she suddenly raised her hand and was about to hit her!

"Stop!" Old Madame Ye had been watching them all this time. When she saw that Concubine Shao actually dared to hit them in front of her, she couldn't help but slam the table.

Concubine Shao was so frightened that she was stupefied on the spot. She immediately felt a wave of pain in her lower abdomen and her face paled. She could not help but bend over to cover her stomach and fall towards Concubine Ning, who was closest to him.

Seeing that, Concubine Ning immediately went to support her, but when her eyes touched the perspiration on her forehead, her face became flustered, "We-Old lady! "She, she …"

Old Madame Ye frowned, thinking that Concubine Shao was pretending to be sick, she shouted: "What are you panicking for? "You dared to hit me just now, why are you so weak now?"

Concubine Shao was in so much pain that she couldn't speak anymore. She struggled to raise her head and look at Old Madame Ye.

Old Madame Ye was shocked, she called Yan Rong and told her to go and get a doctor.

Madame SHen's gaze swept across Concubine Shao's pale face, then said to him: "Doctor Gong just so happens to be hugging Xia, why don't we invite her over to take a look?"

When the Concubine Ning who was supporting the Concubine Shao heard that the Doctor Gong was hugging Xia, a trace of a ripple suddenly appeared in her lowered eyes.