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Chu Qinghuan was wearing a goose yellow robe and her black hair was hanging down like a waterfall. It was obvious that she had just woken up.

"If we can't find that Thief, I hope that Nanny Chen can give Qing Huan an explanation. Father, mother, what do you think?"

Chu Siyuan's arrival was out of everyone's expectations, causing First Madame's expression to immediately change. Only, by the time she turned her head around, she had already regained her calm.

"Master, it's just a small matter. Why are you here as well?"

His Wind-Wave Pavilion was not too far away from the Zilan Academy, he was thinking about the thing that had been stolen by the Thief, but then saw a burst of light and bustle of activity, then mysteriously came. He did not expect Chu Qinghuan's sharp eyes to see him at first glance.

The Nanny Chen was overbearing, Chu Siyuan's face was already in a bad state, but with Chu Qinghuan's weak appearance, the hoarse voice made him recall the person from back then, his heart suddenly had a trace of gentleness, and the gaze he looked at First Madame with was filled with dissatisfaction, "It's so late at night, can't you let me calm down?"

Although his tone was light, his complexion was not good. First Madame suddenly became clear-headed as she looked at the servants standing outside the Zilan Courtyard, her face turning red and white.

Chu Qinghuan laughed from the bottom of her heart, if this matter were to spread out, not only would it be detrimental to Chu Siyuan's official voice, it would also mean that the First Madame had no control over the family. No wonder Chu Siyuan's face was so ugly, but it was still not enough!

"Mother, to prove the innocence of Zilan Academy, please ask mother to search for her personally and see if her daughter has harbored Thief and stole the jewelry of her sisters!"

First Madame looked at Chu Qinghuan who had suddenly knelt down. Her face was suddenly as white as honey, but Chu Qinghuan still had a stubborn expression, as if she was going to kneel down if she didn't search her.

With Nanny Zhou at the head, all the servants in the Zilan Courtyard kneeled down.

First Madame's gaze swept across the crowd, and finally landed on Chu Qinghuan. The pink butterfly behind her trembled.

"Ma, Madam, this servant has something to report."

Chu Qinghuan suddenly turned her head back, her eyes revealing a look of confusion and panic. However, she seemed to have made up her mind. "Madam, your servant knows …"

"Pink Butterfly, have you thought about what you should say and what you shouldn't say?!" Chu Qinghuan's voice was stern, with an unprecedented sternness, but her eyes flashed a bit, as though she was afraid of something.

Seeing her expression, First Madame was immediately overjoyed. As expected, this girl had settled the matter well! She cleared her throat with a hint of dissatisfaction in her voice, "Pink Butterfly, just say whatever it is. You don't have to worry about anything." Although this sentence was said to console her on the surface, it was actually a warning to Chu Qinghuan. If anything happened to her in the future, she would be the culprit!

Chu Qinghuan stared at the pink butterfly, a tinge of grief flashed past her eyes, and she slowly lowered her head, as if she was waiting for the verdict.

"Madam, today this servant saw that Second Miss's jewelry box contained a few more items, and then saw that she had hidden them away …" Her voice was low, as if she was afraid Chu Qinghuan would kill her, but the underlying meaning was clear: Second Miss is the thief who stole the young miss and Sixth Miss's jewelry!

The moment she heard this, her eyes became anxious. She had always thought that Pink Butterfly was just a coward with no secrets, but today, she actually spat out blood and framed the little miss. "Pink Butterfly, don't talk nonsense!"

She pointed at Bai Ling and said, "Whether this is nonsense or not, Bai Ling is the most clear about it. She is in charge of the Second Miss's jewelry and clothes."

First Madame turned to look at Bai Ling, but the latter shook her head, "This servant is not sure about the jewelry box that is being picked up by thrush."

She did not expect Bai Ling to actually flee before the battle. But no matter, she had a 90% chance of succeeding with this matter.

"You're talking nonsense! "Miss only had a few items in her jewelry box. How could there be any extra jewelry? It was clearly planted …"

With a "pa" sound, Nanny Chen withdrew her palm. A trace of disdain appeared in her eyes, "You dare to yell in front of the Prime Minister's madam.

fiercely glared at Nanny Chen, causing her to uncontrollably retreat two steps back. Nanny Chen felt as if she was looking at her and wanted to skin her alive!

"Whether it's right or wrong, we'll know after searching." First Madame raised her hand and was about to command someone to search. Suddenly, Chu Qinghuan stood up, with a trace of determination in her eyes, "If we can't find him, how should we deal with mother?"

First Madame's expression changed, but she immediately concluded that Chu Qinghuan was only pretending to be calm. "Qing Huan, what is the meaning of this?"

Chu Qinghuan laughed, pointed to the Nanny Chen at the side and said, "Mother and Nanny Chen are sure that our daughter has stolen goods, it is as if they had personally placed it here."

Hearing that, First Madame's face immediately changed, and she berated: "What nonsense are you spouting! I just wanted to find that Thief. "

Chu Qinghuan, however, was not the least bit afraid of First Madame looking at him, and there was even a smile on his face, "Nanny Chen gave me a slap on the face, but my daughter still did not say anything in her heart even though she was in pain. It was just a guess, why would her mother be in such a hurry? His daughter had no other requests, it was just that if she couldn't find the so-called jewelry, Nanny Chen would just need to apologize to the thrush. Father is the head of the court, can you be a witness for your daughter? "

Chu Siyuan remained silent at the side. He did not understand this daughter of his, even though she looked somewhat similar to Ah Chen, but she was not gentle nor gentle. It was just that for some reason, he still nodded his head in the end.

But First Madame felt that Chu Qinghuan was making a big deal out of nothing, using the Prime Minister to threaten her? But if there really wasn't, why didn't she make an even bigger request? She clearly felt guilty, but she wanted to make up for it in the end.

"Alright, Pink Butterfly, take some people to look for that …"

"Mother, your daughter has a presumptuous request." Chu Qinghuan interrupted the First Madame, and regardless of the change in her expression, she said: "Why not daughter come along as well, so that they won't have anything they don't know."

Chu Qinghuan's meaning was very clear, she did not do anything shameful, but this search party might not be clean and leave something behind in the Qilin yard, at that time she would not even be able to explain it with her eight mouths.

When the First Madame heard this, she was annoyed, but when she saw the assured expression on the pink butterfly's face, she didn't care about Chu Qinghuan's tiny request.

Chu Siyuan did not follow them in, and only seven people went in.

Chu Qinghuan, First Madame, Nanny Chen, Nanny Zhou, Pink Butterfly, thrush and Bai Ling who was holding a jewelry box.

Bai Ling opened the accessory case and saw all the accessories. There was an emerald jade bracelet that was given to him by the Old Mistress back then, a green willow branch and a few Vermilion Bird Steps, but they were all unremarkable.

"Eh, this is?" Nanny Chen pointed at the willow branch with a face full of doubt.

Chu Qinghuan lightly glanced at the roof beam, and said with drooping eyes: "It's the willow hairpin that was originally bestowed on me at the age of eight thousand."

First Madame's eyes flashed a look of disdain, it was only a willow branch given by a deceitful official, was it worth it to collect?

"Madam, this servant saw that Second Miss hid the piece of jewelry there." Pink Butterfly pointed to a Plum Blossom Bottle on the bed beside the window. Seeing this, Nanny Chen immediately went forward, afraid that Chu Qinghuan would lose the "jewelry" inside.

Chu Qinghuan laughed, looking at the lights outside the window, it was obvious that she did not want to speak.

The thrush covered his face, and the look in his eyes lost all its warmth.

Only she seemed nervous, and her eyes were filled with enthusiasm.

There were a few bamboo sticks stuck into the vase, Nanny Chen extended her hand without a care in the world, she was fat and her hand was fat, coincidentally stuck in there.

Seeing that, Chu Qinghuan laughed, with a nervous look on her face: "Nanny Chen, be careful, don't hurt this Plum Blossom Bottle."

Seeing her nervousness, Nanny Chen understood that there was something fishy here. She stroked his sleeves and touched down, her fingers came in contact with something sharp and immediately she laughed, "Madam, this servant feels … "Ahhh!"

A blood-curdling scream resounded through the entire Zilan Academy. Nanny Chen wanted to retract her hand, but her arm just happened to be stuck at the mouth of the bottle!

"Nanny Chen, what's wrong with you? Did you get bitten by a hairpin?" When she said "hairpin", Chu Qinghuan's tone became even more serious.

Nanny Chen's face turned pale as she felt the back of her hand was bitten several times. "Scorpion …" Seeing her in such a rush, First Madame immediately shouted, "Hurry up and save Nanny Chen!"

Nanny Zhou immediately looked at Chu Qinghuan, but saw her cold expression, and immediately shouted: "Quickly go into the kitchen to get some oil."

First Madame waited left and right, but no one came over. She then saw Nanny Chen wailing and pointing at Nanny Zhou, he shouted, "Smash this Plum Blossom Bottle for me!"

The fastest way to save Nanny Chen was to smash these plum bottles, but Second Miss had specifically instructed not to damage the plum bottles. That would not only warn the Nanny Chen, but also warn herself!

Nanny Zhou hesitated, Nanny Chen didn't hesitate at all, she only felt as if her entire arm was bitten off, she didn't know where she got the strength from, and threw the Plum Blossom Bottle onto the bed, immediately freeing her right hand.

Plum bottle was crushed to pieces, but the porcelain didn't let her off. It cut her arm a few times at once.

The Nanny Chen's arm was dripping with blood. Almost everyone's eyes were on her arm, only Chu Qinghuan noticed that a scorpion had crawled away from the Plum Blossom Bottle at flying speed.

"I wonder where the jewelry is?"

The slightly cold voice caused everyone to look towards the beauty bed near the window. A piece of porcelain was scattered on the bed, and a few bamboo branches were scattered on the floor. However, there was no sign of jewelry at all.

First Madame's face darkened as she looked at Cai Die fiercely, "Cai Die, didn't you say that Second Miss hid her jewelry inside a plum bottle?"

The pink butterfly stared at the bottle with her eyes wide open. She couldn't believe what she saw.

Before she went to sleep, she clearly took advantage of Second Miss's carelessness to put the jewelry into the Plum Blossom Bottle. Why, why wasn't there one anymore?

"S-servant …" She stuttered, but nothing came out of her mouth.

Chu Qinghuan's face was warm, with a gentle smile, as though the cold voice did not belong to him, "Mother, why don't we search a bit more, maybe this girl remembered wrongly."

Pink Butterfly agreed. "That's right, ma'am, Second Miss must have put that piece of jewelry somewhere else …"

"Shut up!" First Madame's face turned red, and her eyes turned ice-cold, "If you keep spouting nonsense and frame Second Miss, then I won't punish you!"

Chu Qinghuan smiled, as if she didn't care about anything. No matter how urgent First Madame was, she understood that she had been tricked today.