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Man Ping's face immediately paled, she could not even care about the wounds on her body that had been burned by the hot porridge, but she still held onto a thread of hope and forced a laugh: "What did the lady say? Why can't this servant understand? This porridge was personally made by Female Cook Zhang this morning. It was only when Hui Xiu was there that the porridge was served.

Jin Lan stared intently at Man Ping, then suddenly bared his teeth and smiled, "In that case, I was wrong about you."

Man Ping lowered her eyes and muttered: "This servant doesn't dare …"

At first, Madame SHen only watched with interest, but later on, she more or less felt that something was amiss. Adding the words Jin Lan had shouted at her, her heart sank.

Although she had been enjoying her life being touched by the Shen Family since she was young, it was not rare for her to find out about the profanities within the Inner Court. Furthermore, after marrying into the Ye Family for so many years, there were many twists and turns within the Shen Family.

Now that he saw his daughter acting this way, what could he not understand?

But Man Ping was a servant girl that she trusted and supported wholeheartedly!

Madame SHen's heart slowly cooled down, and her spirit, which she had difficulty recovering with, was like a wilted flower petal in the autumn sun, slowly falling from the branch and turning into mud.

Suddenly, she felt the back of her hand warm up. Her eyes shifted slightly, and a worried little face appeared in front of her eyes.

"Mother." Jin Lan tightly held onto Madame SHen's hand. What she was most afraid of was that Madame SHen would not be affected by such betrayal.

In the inner room just now, the light didn't look as bright as the outside, but now that she looked carefully, Madame SHen realised that her daughter's usually unadorned face was covered with a thin layer of powder, especially under the autumn water cut eyes, it was possible to see that there was a light green under the powder.

This child probably hadn't slept well the entire night!

Madame SHen's heart suddenly felt a bit of pain, probably because Jin Lan had already noticed Man Ping earlier, no wonder he was always allowed to eat at the Shuixie Pavilion. It wasn't until now that she found out. It was most likely because she was afraid that her body wouldn't be able to bear the brunt of the blow.

Lan Er, Lan Er... Madame SHen closed her eyes, covering the dense look in her eyes. She was only ten years old, but she was worried sick for her mother!

How long had she been weak? So much so that these people had all forgotten her original personality!

Madame SHen took a deep breath, and suddenly opened his eyes. She first smiled at Jin Lan, and lightly patted the catkin on the back of her left hand, then turned to Man Ping, his eyes shining, and said, "I don't know if this porridge is thick enough, but you can help me taste it."

Man Ping's heart skipped a beat, she raised her head in panic, "Madam …."

The corner of Madame SHen's mouth hooked into a sneer. Her pitch-black eyes were cold and sinister. "I told you to eat the porridge!"

Hui Xiu was confused. In the past few days, her wife did not allow them to wait upon her, and all the food and clothing in the house were taken over by Mama Zhu. Although she had her doubts, she did not dare to say anything. It was still early in the morning when Mu Lan, who was standing in front of Second Miss, knocked on the door. She said that she wanted her and Man Ping to wait on his wife in her room, but did not expect such a thing to happen.

Although Man Ping was still calm, but Hui Xiu knew her well, how could she not see her fear? But all these years, Hui Xiu and Man Ping had been serving inside Madame SHen's house, and because they didn't want her to do this kind of thing, they couldn't help but advise, "Man Ping, your wife rewarding the porridge is also your honor, you should hurry up and drink it!"

As matters stood, Man Ping had no other choice. Clenching her teeth, she picked up the spoon and scooped another spoonful of porridge, trembling as she tried to put it into her mouth.

Following the cracking sound of the spoon hitting the ground, Man Ping suddenly knelt down. "Bang bang bang bang" She kowtowed fiercely, and started crying as she kowtowed: "This servant deserves to die! Mistress, please spare this servant! "

Madame SHen only felt that her entire heart had sunk into the water. Letting Man Ping drink the porridge, wasn't it also giving her a chance to wash herself clean?

Now, what was there to deceive?

She laughed at herself in her heart. Her expression became increasingly indifferent. "You deserve to die, but now is not the time. Say it, who instructed you to do so?"

Man Ping raised her head and looked at Madame SHen in panic, the color of her face slowly drained. She had sold herself into the since childhood, and the first master she followed was her wife.

Although his wife had a soft personality, and she was a kind person, even the old lady couldn't compare to her stubbornness in the bones. Otherwise, she wouldn't have choked until the old lady moved to Jiayu Hall, no longer caring about side issues. If it wasn't for the fact that my wife accidentally dropped a brother and injured her body …

Most likely, this was not the case in the Residence right now.

At this moment, under the's gaze, Man Ping had the guts to face the Eldest Wife who had just entered the palace and was sitting firmly in a high seat! The thought almost came out of his mouth, but when he thought of the people outside, he swallowed it down and gritted his teeth, "This is all my doing. I have no one else to instruct me!"

Hui Xiu was shocked and angry at the same time, scolding with a face full of heartache: "Man Ping, you, why are you this foolish! Madame has been very kind to us, but you actually did such a thing! "

Jin Lan glanced at her indifferently, "Big Sister Hui Xiu, this matter shouldn't be spread out. I'll have to trouble you to stand guard outside the door, don't let anyone in."

Hui Xiu trembled, she knew that even she herself was suspicious, and wanted to explain herself, but in the end she opened her mouth and finally replied softly, "Yes."

When Hui Xiu left the room, Jin Lan waved towards the Mama Tang, who neatly offered two cups of hot tea.

Madame SHen took two sips from her tea cup, her heart becoming calmer, even if Man Ping did not say it, she could guess who the culprit was, but.. She glanced at Man Ping indifferently, "How long have you been serving in front of me?"

Man Ping's body trembled, she could not figure out what her wife was thinking, so she could only lower her head and reply with a trembling voice: "This servant has been following my wife for more than ten years already."

"More than ten years." Madame SHen pursed her lips and asked: "What do I do to you?"

"Madam, madam treats this servant extremely well." Man Ping's voice gradually grew softer, as if her body was filled with guilt and regret.

Madame SHen watched on quietly, as if she was reminiscing her memories. The most difficult days in the residence, was when Man Ping and Hui Xiu stayed with her, so she put down the last line of defense for the two maids. But she didn't expect that … She narrowed her eyes as a trace of gloom flashed across her eyes. Her hand that was holding onto the teacup became tighter and tighter. "Since we've already been friends for so long, I'll give you one last chance. Speak!"

Man Ping only felt a cold breeze slide past her forehead, and an ear-piercing sound of something breaking resounded within the room.

She closed her eyes in despair for a while before opening them again. She slowly raised her head and looked at Madame SHen mournfully, "Madam, do not ask anymore, this matter was indeed done by this servant alone, and no one else ordered it. Madame, please beat this servant to death!"

"You think I don't dare!?" Madame SHen slammed the table and bellowed.

Jin Lan was afraid that she would be angered, so he tried to comfort her in a soft voice, "Why do you have to be angry at these heartless, ungrateful wolves? You can't hurt your own body. "

Madame SHen looked at Jin Lan. Although he was slightly relieved, his face was still gloomy.

Man Ping was only a servant, and the indenture contract was still in her hands. Furthermore, she had always been good to the people around her, what reason did she have to make Man Ping use such a vicious method on her? She wanted to force Man Ping to reveal the identity of the person behind him, but she didn't know what kind of bewitching soup that person fed the servant girl.

Jin Lan persuaded the Madame SHen, then looked at Man Ping. Suddenly, he took out a letter from his sleeves and slowly crumpled it into a ball: "Man Ping, I have something here, do you think it looks familiar?" As he said that, he threw the ball of paper in his hand in front of Man Ping's knees.

Back then, when Madame SHen was resting at the Shuixie Pavilion, she had taught the two maids a few days of reading, so Man Ping was able to recognize a few words. She hesitated for a moment, then picked up the ball of paper and opened it.

"Miss, you, how could you …" Man Ping's forehead was covered in cold sweat, her hands were shaking even more than before, like she was sifting through chaff. She suddenly raised her head and stared straight at Jin Lan, and screamed, "What did you do to them!?" He struggled to get up as he shouted.

"How dare you!" Mama Tang bellowed with a dark face, yet she was afraid that she would violently injure Jin Lan, so she hurriedly reached out to grab her. After pressing down on her shoulders with a bit of strength, he pushed her down to the ground again.

Seeing that, the Mama Zhu also rushed forward to grab hold of Man Ping with her hands, locking Man Ping in place from the left and right.

Jin Lan watched coldly, until Man Ping was unable to move, then slowly opened the lid of the tea cup, and said indifferently: "You don't have to be curious about how I found out everything. As for the person inside, you can be at ease, I think he's doing well for the time being! However, it's only temporary. "

"Lan Er." Madame SHen frowned, "What's going on?"

Jin Lan laughed, signalling for her to calm down, then he continued to speak to Man Ping: "By all means, you still have to thank me, if I did not have people secretly watching, I'm afraid that the people there would not be able to see the sun rise this morning."

Man Ping opened her eyes wide in disbelief, "How is this possible?"

"You only want to help the person behind you take the blame. Have you ever thought about the fact that in the eyes of some people, only the dead can keep secrets?" Jin Lan said indifferently, then remembered something. He lightly nodded at Mama Tang and said: "I believe you have your doubts, but I still have some things here. After you finish reading, it's not too late to make a decision."

When Mama Tang received Jin Lan's hint, she got the Mama Zhu to look favorably at him, and took out a stack of paper from his sleeves, different from what Jin Lan threw just now, it was ordinary grass paper, on top of it there were a few words written in black and white, and underneath it were red handprints, a total of six pages, Zhang did so.

Man Ping swept one by one, his body suddenly felt as though all of its energy had been sucked out, and she slumped down on the ground weakly.

All of them were familiar names. There were her parents, her sister-in-law, and a person that she had been yearning for day and night. The last one was a short story that was no different from what Second Miss had said.

"How is it?" Jin Lan raised his eyebrows. "Are you still going to carry the burden for that person?"

Man Ping slowly closed her eyes, as if she had lost all of her spirit, and spoke in a low voice: "This servant is willing to make a move."