As soon as Zishan entered the room, he saw Chuncao slumped on the couch with a pale face. He was horrified and asked, "What happened?"

Chuncao was speechless, so she just stood up and asked, "Quick, where's Sister Lingzhi?"

Zishan hurriedly held her hand, which was cold. Before she could tell Chuncao the news she had heard, she saw Chuncao suddenly wake up and walk out.

Now is the moment to race against time, she quickly pulled Chuncao: "Chuncao, listen to me first."

He then picked up the most important part. When Chuncao heard it, she found that it matched the news sent by Aunt Ye, and she knew that it was probably true!

I'm afraid someone from Shen Ruyao or Madam Luo's place really saw the girl and Yan Ling go out. Now, they are calling the old lady to arrest them!

Chuncao stamped her feet and said, "That's exactly what's going to happen! Now we can only rely on Lingzhi. I wonder if he has found out his name. If we do, we can go find him. If we're any later, it will be too late!"

The two little girls were getting anxious when they saw Lingzhi come in with a smile on her face. Chuncao hurried over and asked, "Sister, do you know who that is?"

Lingzhi smiled and said, "Amitabha, it's Sister Xiangming! She is the head maid who helps the Marquis manage the courtyard in front, and she is very trusted."

When Chuncao heard this, she didn't care about anything else and quickly got up and ran to the front yard.

Lingzhi was startled at the back and was about to pull, but was stopped by Zishan: "Sister, go with Chuncao!" As she said that, she told Lingzhi the news she had heard earlier.

She was also shocked when she heard this, and she only secretly hoped that things would not turn out to be the worst.

----

Upon learning that Luo Miaoyun had persuaded Old Madam Zhu to go with her to guard Shen Chaoning's carriage as it returned home, Shen Ruyao wanted to go along to watch the fun several times, but was stopped by Madam Luo.

She sternly ordered Cai Tao: "Keep a close eye on the young lady and keep her in the Jiaotong Courtyard. Do not let her sneak out."

The more critical the moment is, the more we cannot let Shen Ruyao run around and reveal her whereabouts. Otherwise, if she is seen by someone with ulterior motives later, they might accidentally accuse Yao'er of being an unfilial sister.

Shen Ruyao could only stay in her courtyard anxiously. After less than half an hour of silence, she sent Cai Tao to find out what was going on: "Send someone to the front to see if they have come back. Has the old lady gone there yet?"

Cai Tao gave her a bowl of rose water drink and said with a smile, "Young lady, why worry? Madam has invited the old lady to go, and I have also secretly asked someone to check. As expected, Miss Shen is not in the mansion. No matter what, there is no way to make trouble now. You just need to wait patiently for good news."

Shen Ruyao nodded first, then shook her head: "I can't bear not to see the girl's miserable state with my own eyes. Besides, who can tell what's going on now?"

"However," she sneered twice, with a proud look on her bright face: "I want to see, after Shen Chaoning made such a big fool of herself, how can Grandmother still have the nerve to keep her in the capital?"

Thinking of how that girl would be driven back to Jiangdu in disgrace soon, Shen Ruyao's anger was immediately relieved.

She raised her voice by three points and asked Cai Tao: "What's the situation now? That girl is really bold. She has been hanging out outside for so long and didn't even come back!"

A young man's clear laughter came: "Who has made our young lady unhappy again?"

When Shen Ruyao heard the voice, she turned around in surprise: "Brother!" She said happily: "Why did you come back so early today?"

Then he asked Cai Tao to serve some tea and snacks: "Brother, you've been in school for a whole day, you must be hungry, right?"

Shen Chengying washed her hands first, and loosened her hair a little: "Teacher Bai had something urgent to do today, so the school was dismissed before 12:00. Since I have nothing to do, I came to sit with you."

He drank a cup of tea first, then asked Ruyao: "I heard your voice before I even entered the room." But looking at his sister's expression, she didn't seem angry, "What's wrong?"

Shen Ruyao pushed the stack of bean paste rose-flavored cakes in front of her brother and said with a smile, "It's still the girl from Jiangdu."

Shen Chengying was moved when he heard this, but he didn't show it on his face. He just asked casually: "Oh? What did Miss Shen do to you?"

Shen Ruyao had a lot to say but no one to talk to. When she saw her brother asking her, she quickly described the whole story in detail. She became proud again as she spoke: "You usually pretend to be quiet and well-behaved, but now you've revealed your true colors."

Shen Chengying was almost incredulous: "You mean Miss Ning, and Yan Ling? Had a secret meeting? Left the house? Impossible!"

This is simply ridiculous!

Shen Ruyao covered her mouth and laughed, "How is it impossible? My people saw it clearly. If it wasn't for a private meeting, how could she, a girl from a boudoir family with no relatives or friends in the capital, leave the house right after Daddy left the capital?"

Shen Chengying really found it ridiculous that her mother had gone to such great lengths to ask her grandmother to "arrest someone", and all this was just because of her own sister's ridiculous and unfounded accusations.

My father had just left home when such a commotion happened. Even if there was something wrong, we should just keep it to ourselves quietly.

If a cousin who lives here as a guest really makes a scene, how will it end? Should we send the girl back to Jiangdu? Or should we keep her in the mansion and let others laugh at her?

His mind flashed through the image of Ning'er tilting her head to look at the elm seeds in the pond, and he suddenly felt a little restless.

----

Chuncao kept repeating Xiangming's name and chased her all the way to the front yard. The old woman guarding the gate saw her and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Chuncao was sweating with anxiety: "I have something urgent to do, I came to find Sister Xiangming."

The old woman still had a smiling face, but what she said made Chuncao's eyes go dark: "Oh, young lady, you came at an untimely time. Miss Xiangming is not here today."

Chuncao had no choice but to go back the same way, but this was not the most despairing thing.

"Isn't this Chuncao?" The person who spoke was Zhu Xiao, the maidservant beside Madam Luo. "Why is she wandering around here alone at this time?"

Chuncao had no choice but to cheer up and said with a smile: "Sister is here, I'm just about to go back."

When Chuncao turned around and was about to leave, Zhu Xiao stopped her and said, "Sister, please stay. It just so happens that our Madam is heading ahead with the old Madam."

She looked like she was smiling, "I guess Miss Ning will be back soon, Chuncao, why don't you go with us to welcome her."

Chuncao forced out a smile in her heart that was uglier than crying. She simply couldn't imagine it.

At this moment, the girl was about to enter the corner gate. She probably knew nothing about the situation in the mansion and was even happy about having paid homage to her mother!

Chuncao's heart was broken thinking about what was going to happen. She followed Zhu Xiao in a trance, watching with numb nervousness as the low-key and light carriage drove to the corner gate.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Chuncao suddenly heard her daughter's slightly surprised voice: "Madam, Madam." Her eyes fell on her: "Chuncao? Why are you all here?"

Chuncao simply didn't have the courage to face what was going to happen next.

Unexpectedly, a tall and respectable maid came out of the carriage, first opened the curtain, and then carefully helped Ning'er down.

It’s fragrant tea!

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