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The servant in front of him who was trapped tightly, with a rag stuffed in her mouth, and eyes revealing endless fear, Jin Lan was not familiar with her, but she did not look unfamiliar either. She was the third tier servant of Shuixie Pavilion, Little Xiu.

Speaking of Little Xiu, Jin Lan suddenly remembered that when the Concubine Shao had released the servants, he had forced the Madame SHen to choose two servants who did not know the root of the problem. Luckily, at that time, the Madame SHen had let Qiu Wen and Mo Chu make up for the deficiency of the maids, and had raised Pi Er and Ji Er to the level 2 servant girl.

Jin Lan did not even take them to heart, and upon seeing that the one who did it was Little Xiu, his face darkened.

Little Xiu did not notice the change in Jin Lan's expression, seeing her coming over, although he was still terrified, but his eyes revealed a look of hope, his shivering body suddenly twisted, as though he wanted to discern for himself, but his mouth was blocked, and he could only let out a low whimper.

Jin Lan stared coldly at him. "Open her mouth."

Female Cook Zhang, who was standing at the side, quickly took off the rag and a burst of wailing sounds immediately echoed in the small kitchen.

"Miss, your servant has been wronged!"

Little Xiu originally did not look bad, but now that she had cried like this with her teary eyes, coupled with her wronged expression, she looked like she had cried with tears, causing others to feel pity for her.

It was a pity that Jin Lan was not a man. Seeing how she was crying and making a ruckus, he was afraid that it would get to the main house and disturb the Madame SHen. He immediately said seriously, "You can continue to cry.

Hearing the two words "yamen", Little Xiu's slim body shivered, then she lowered her head in panic. She gradually stopped crying, but only cried out from time to time, not daring to cause any more trouble.

"What are you doing in the kitchenette instead of resting in the house in the middle of the night?" Mama Tang is a person from the Lan Garden, so logically speaking, she has no right to ask about Shuixie Pavilion's servant, but since she had Jin Lan as the leader, she had no qualms about it, and immediately shouted sternly: "Don't think that Miss will be able to get away with this just because you're young and careful, you still aren't honest enough!"

"Mama, what are you saying? This servant doesn't understand." Little Xiu raised her head, feigning calmness: "This servant is just thirsty, I want to drink some water from the kitchen, I didn't expect to be blocked by Big Sister Mu Lan who is standing in front of Female Cook Zhang and Miss. This servant, this servant is truly wronged!" As she spoke, he began to wipe away her tears.

When Female Cook Zhang heard her words, she immediately sneered and said, "Don't mention the rest, regardless of whether it is the young lady's room or the servant's room, they will never lose tea. Even if you are thirsty, you shouldn't come here to scoop up water to drink!"

Adding tea and water to every room every day was the duty of Female Cook. If Little Xiu shouted that she did not have any water to drink, then wouldn't he just say that they did not do well? Furthermore, she was in front of Second Miss, so how could she allow her to slander him?

"There really is no tea in this servant's room. If Miss doesn't believe me, just call Qi'er from the same room and we'll know." Little Xiu insisted that she was here to drink water, and her expression became more calm.

Jin Lan looked at her coldly with a trace of mockery at the corner of his mouth. It seemed that the maidservant had made adequate preparations. Since she dared to bring Chi Er out, she must be an accomplice or the culprit. If they wanted to keep all the water in the house, which one of them didn't have ten ideas?

She lowered her eyes and gently ran her slender, white fingers across the soft fur of her cloak as she said indifferently: "If I remember correctly, the servant's room should be at the back of the main house. Mother's yard may be small, but it can't be considered small either, it would take at least half a cup of tea for her to walk from the small room to the kitchen.

"The girl is right." Little Xiu bit her lips. She was really unable to understand Jin Lan's thoughts, this Second Miss gave her an illusion that she was even harder to deal with than her wife.

"Then I find it strange," Jin Lan smiled faintly. "You're willing to walk in the dark for such a long distance and yet you're not willing to ask for water from the neighboring rooms. Could it be that all the rooms in the room are short on tea?"

Little Xiu's face turned slightly pale, but her eyes quickly turned, and then quibbled: "Of course there are other rooms, it's just that it's already deep into the night, so I can't disturb the rest of the sisters' rest." This time her tone was not as calm as before, and she was secretly trembling.

"Oh? That's even stranger. " The smile on Jin Lan's face deepened, but his eyes were filled with a cold light. "The rooms of others are fine, but your room is the only one with problems. Why is that?"

"Your servant, your servant …" Xiu'er's body stiffened. Then, she started to tremble violently. She opened her mouth, but was unable to utter any words of reply.

Jin Lan was too lazy to pester her anymore, and immediately instructed the Female Cook Zhang: "Carefully check if there is anything wrong with it."

"Yes." Female Cook Zhang replied and started rummaging through the kitchen.

For a moment, the small kitchen was filled with endless rustling sounds, the Female Cook Zhang's figure shuttled back and forth, but the closer she got to the stove, the more Little Xiu's body trembled.

Jin Lan and the Doctor Gong looked at each other, feeling even more certain that there was something wrong with Little Xiu's heart.

After a long while, Female Cook Zhang finished inspecting the small kitchen. She walked up to Jin Lan in a few steps and said with her hands hanging in front of him, "To reply young lady, the dry food in the small kitchen is normal."

Hearing that, Little Xiu wanted to let out a breath of relief, but Female Cook Zhang continued: "But the iron pot on the stove has been touched!"

"You're lying!" Little Xiu said in a high-pitched voice, then turned to Jin Lan and sobbed: "Miss, this servant did not, this servant was wronged! It's clear that she's deliberately framing us! " Her tone got more and more agitated, but she still refused to admit it even at the cost of her life.

Little Xiu's sharp voice made Jin Lan frown uncomfortably as she glanced at Female Cook Zhang, "Do you have any proof?"

"Yes." Female Cook Zhang nodded her head confidently, "Ever since I received Miss's orders, I would personally clean up the kitchen every day. In order to avoid being tampered with in the dark, I used a thin layer of dust to coat the several iron pots' lids. At night, no one will be able to see through it. Right now, a lot of dust has been removed from the cover of the big iron pot in the middle, so it has probably been stuck onto Little Xiu's hand.

Little Xiu never thought that the small kitchen would have such a profound mystery, her face immediately turned grey.

Seeing her expression, Jin Lan was almost convinced. When Mama Tang stepped forward to help her hold the hemp rope tightly and open her hands, she saw that there were indeed a layer of grey marks on seven or eight of her ten fingers.

Jin Lan's slightly squinting eyes instantly widened, his face revealed a bit of rage, and fiercely glared at Little Xiu, "What else do you have to say?"

"This servant does not know the meaning behind Miss's words." Lifting his head to look at Jin Lan, the fear in Little Xiu's eyes became even stronger, and his body trembled as he struggled to the point of death, "This servant has indeed touched that pot before, but it was also for the sake of seeing if there was hot water inside. Does this lady think that I would harm anyone? Just now, Female Cook Zhang and Sister Mu Lan had already searched this servant's body, and there was nothing harmful at all. Furthermore, Female Cook Zhang had checked it just now, so there shouldn't be anything wrong with the metal pot right? " Although his voice was trembling, his words were still clear.

Even though Female Cook Zhang was hesitant, she still nodded her head to confirm that what she said was the truth.

Jin Lan looked at Little Xiu coldly. It seemed that this servant girl had some tricks up her sleeve, to be able to continue biting on them even at this point. It was no wonder Concubine Shao went to all the trouble to bring her into his mother's room. If mother did not pay attention back then and allowed Concubine Shao's scheme to succeed, I'm afraid...

Suddenly, her eyes focused on Little Xiu's chest.

Today, Little Xiu was wearing a green half-arm jacket, but there was a patch of pink on her chest, which made him look extremely conspicuous at first glance. It should be a handkerchief used to wipe sweat off her body. Just now, after a struggle, a small part of it was revealed. Looking at its texture, it looked like it was the same as the clothes she was wearing, only …

Jin Lan's eyes flashed. "Bring the handkerchief over her chest."

Little Xiu was shocked, the calmness she was pretending to be suddenly disintegrated, he could not help but retreat, but Mama Tang stepped forward and pulled the handkerchief out.

"Miss." Mama Tang was afraid that there would be something harmful on the handkerchief, so she did not hand it over to Jin Lan. Instead, she gently pinched the two horns and opened the handkerchief before Jin Lan's eyes.

This time, not only Jin Lan, but even the Doctor Gong saw the change in the handkerchief.

The pink cotton handkerchief was stained with many brown marks. It looked to be somewhat wet, and as the handkerchief was unfurled, a faint fragrance started to drift about.

"This is …" Smelling this smell, Doctor Gong could not help but frown. He extended his hand and took the handkerchief from Mama Tang's hand, placed it under his nose and took a careful sniff, then suddenly raised his head and said to Female Cook Zhang: "Open the lid of the pot and place it in reverse."

Female Cook Zhang was startled, she immediately went to the stove and used both hands to grab the handle of the lid, causing the entire heavy oak cover to be lifted. She then placed the lid on the stove, and turned it around agilely, turning it upside down, and faced the inside of the furnace under everyone's gaze.

Doctor Gong walked up quickly. Ignoring the remaining oil on the handkerchief, he smelt it once more. After a while, he opened his mouth and said: "There's something wrong with the lid!"

Little Xiu's face changed.

"What's on it?" Jin Lan didn't even look at Little Xiu and walked to the side of the Doctor Gong and asked, as if he had hit the nail on the head.

"It's the sap of a mulberry." "After the Mulberry Fruit was crushed, it had a light fragrance, but the smell was emitted extremely quickly. If it was any later, I'm afraid that I wouldn't have been able to smell it."

As long as you found out that the pot was passive, ordinary people would only pay attention to the pot to see if there were passive hands and feet, but rarely to see the lid. However, after he spread the ingredients on the lid, when the Female Cook was cooking by day, they would inevitably take off the lid and drip a few drops of water that were condensed from the steam.

Jin Lan looked at the lid on the wok carefully, then glanced at the handkerchief, and finally turned to look at Little Xiu, "It really is a good move."

Little Xiu's face became pale, her lips trembled, and said with difficulty: "This servant, this servant only saw that my wife's appetite was not good recently, so I thought of smearing some mulberry juice, so that she could develop her appetite. This servant definitely does not have any intentions of harming Madam! " As he spoke, he began kowtowing to Jin Lan.

At this point, she no longer wanted to curry favor with her wife. She only wanted to think about how to save her own life.

"A small amount of the juice of a mulberry fruit can actually make one's appetite boil." The Doctor Gong glanced at Little Xiu indifferently, and then changed his tone and spoke in a stern voice: "However, if you eat the Mulberry Dropper Fruit, when you encounter the Hundred Mauna Fragrance, it will turn back into a snow of the sixth month inside your body!"