Just when Qing He was extremely frightened, she suddenly heard a voice saying, "Madam, please hold on to my clothes!"

Then a robe was stuffed into Qinghe's hands. She quickly grabbed it and felt her body lighten as she was pulled out of the water and then dragged to the shore.

It was only then that Qing He began to feel scared and wanted to cry, but she couldn't...

The guard said to her, "Young Madam, please wait here for a moment! I will go after the person who pushed you into the water!" As he said that, he quickly ran towards the water pavilion, because he saw with his own eyes that the middle-aged woman turned around and went back to the pavilion after she succeeded.

But when he arrived at the door of the pavilion, he was told by the maids: Lord Yao's daughter and the daughter of the Minister of War were having a party inside and outsiders were not allowed to go in and disturb them.

Sun Li was worried about disturbing the two young ladies, so he walked around the pavilion and made sure that the woman who had committed the crime was inside, then turned around and went back.

At this time, Qing He was telling Jiang Yaonian what had just happened: "Fortunately, your guards were waiting outside, otherwise it would be troublesome..."

Sun Li walked in and said, "Sir, the murderer is a middle-aged woman in her forties. Judging from her dress, she looks like a servant of an official family. She pushed the young lady into the water and then ran away. She must be a maid in Miss Yao's or Miss Qiu's mansion."

Jiang Yaonian thought for a moment and then asked, "Is your face a little yellow and thin, and is there a mole at the corner of your mouth?"

"Exactly!"

Jiang Yaonian nodded, knowing who it was.

He said to Qing He calmly, "Let's go back first and ask the doctor to check if the fetus is in any danger."

Qing He, who was dripping wet, nodded, stood up and followed Jiang Yaonian out of the pavilion.

The shopkeeper, who was waiting at the door, was shocked when he saw this scene and hurried over to ask, "Mr. Jiang, what happened to the young lady?"

"It's okay, it has nothing to do with you"

Jiang Yaonian helped Qinghe into the carriage, lowered the curtain and ordered the driver to go back quickly.

The driver whipped the carriage and it quickly left the waterside pavilion. Half an hour later, it returned to Jiang's residence.

Jiang Yaonian brought Qinghe back to the villa, told the maid to prepare hot water for the young lady to bathe, and then sent someone to invite a doctor.

After taking a bath, Qinghe changed into clean clothes and, with the help of her maid, went to the living room and asked the doctor to take her pulse.

After Doctor Wang finished taking the pulse, he said to Jiang Yaonian with great surprise, "Sir, there is nothing wrong with the young lady's fetus... and it seems to be more active. When I took her pulse before, I couldn't feel any movement at all, but today it's the opposite. The fetus seems to be very active!"

Jiang Yaonian frowned and asked, "What is the reason for this?"

Doctor Wang shook his head. "I'm not sure about this! Madam's pregnancy is different from that of other pregnant women. It was very quiet in the early stage, but it is very active today. I wonder if Madam has encountered any abnormal people or things today? Or has she eaten anything strange?"

Qing He said doubtfully: "No! I just went out to drink tea and eat some snacks, I didn't meet anyone..."

Jiang Yaonian suddenly said, "She fell into the water once, but was rescued very quickly."

Doctor Wang thought hard for a long time but could not guess the reason, so he said, "I will prescribe some medicine for the young lady to stabilize the pregnancy!" After that, he wrote a prescription, reminded the patient of the precautions, and left.

Jiang Yaonian asked Yue'er to take the prescription to the teahouse to boil the medicine. Then he waited until Qinghe went to bed to rest, then asked someone to call the guard and asked him to help him leave the villa.

……

In the dim secret room, Jingying was leaning against the wall in a daze.

Suddenly the door opened, and a tall figure walked in and asked, "Where is Li hiding?"

Jingying turned around and saw that it was Jiang Yaonian, so she sneered and said, "Why, what happened again? Did Li go to seek revenge on the young lady? She must have been seriously injured, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have come to ask me about her whereabouts..."

Jiang Yaonian asked again: "Do you know where she is?"

Jingying said nonchalantly: "So what if you know? Do you have to tell your mother?"

"Is she hiding in the Yao Mansion as a servant?"

Jingying panicked and just as she was about to blurt out "How did you know?", she noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Yaonian's expression. After observing him carefully for a moment, she exclaimed, "Mr. Jiang, what's wrong with your eyes?"

Jiang Yaonian did not answer her question, but continued to ask: "Does she want to use Qinghe's life experience as a bargaining chip to blackmail Master Yao?"

Jingying's expression returned to its original coldness. "Mr. Jiang, how about we make a deal? I tell you where Li is, and you release me and my mother?"

Jiang Yaonian replied very briefly: "No."

"Why?" Jingying said angrily, "That little village girl is not dead, why don't you let me go?"

Jiang Yaonian sneered, "You should be thankful that she is fine! Otherwise, I would have a hundred ways to torture you!"

Jingying was angry and resentful! She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, then go find Li's whereabouts yourself! Don't ask me again."

Jiang Yaonian said calmly: "Then starting from today, the amount of water you drink every day will be halved, and tomorrow it will be halved again... and this will continue until you are willing to say it!"

"Jiang Yaonian, you are so cruel!" Jingying was so angry that she yelled, "I must have been blind to fall in love with you!"

Jiang Yaonian said in a cold tone: "Are you going to tell me or not?"

The weather was getting hot. If someone was locked in a secret room without water, it would be a terrible thing. After thinking it over, Jingying gritted her teeth and said, "That's right! She is indeed hiding in the Yao Mansion as a servant!"

Jiang Yaonian turned around, pushed the door and left.

Jingying burst into tears again. She didn't know what kind of magic the little village girl had to make this cruel and heartless man fall under her spell!

After Jiang Yaonian came out of the secret room, he left along the path.

At this time, a figure came out stealthily from behind the tree. It was none other than Qin'er, the maid who caused Jiang Yaonian to go blind!

She quietly came to the gate of the courtyard where Jingying was imprisoned, and peeked into the courtyard. When she saw that there were guards guarding it, she quietly turned around and left.

……

Yao Mansion.

Yao Yuntao was sitting in his study writing a memorial when the housekeeper suddenly walked in hurriedly and said, "Sir, someone from the government office said that a suspect seemed to have sneaked into our house. Now I want to ask you for permission. They want to take that person away."

After hearing this, Yao Yuntao put down the brush in his hand and frowned, "The suspect sneaked into our house? What's his name?"

"I heard she was a maid in her forties, her last name was Li, and she had a mole at the corner of her mouth."

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