An Qiao also made tea today. Thinking that the little ones don't like to drink it on weekdays, she specially bought milk to make milk tea. Jinli has been a proud and cold-faced little monster since he followed An Qiao back. After eating and drinking today, he asked An Qiao with tears in his eyes, "How did you know that I'm from the south? I haven't tasted this kind of flavor for a long time." He was sobbing as he spoke.

An Qiao then realized that the child was actually sold from Lingnan to Kyoto. Her heart softened and she coaxed him, "Oh, don't cry, don't cry, it's just a meal."

Qi Tao saw that the young lady was hard on the outside but soft on the inside, and she got goose bumps all over her body. She secretly swore in her heart that she would be wherever the young lady was and would never leave her.

After dinner, Aunt Tong cleaned up the backyard, and An Qiao carried her recliner to sit under the locust tree, watching the bustling passers-by illuminated by the golden sunset. This seemed to be An Qiao's favorite activity.

Besides An Qiao, there was also Gu Qingyun sitting in the sunset. Today, he heard that the little maid Miss Zhou mentioned was seen in the team heading south. It had been nearly seven days, and Gu Qingyun had almost given up on this line of thought, but in the end, there was a result.

I am not in the mood to have dinner at this moment. The notebook that the Censor has compiled on his slow progress in solving cases in the Dali Temple is almost half a person's height. The sunset today is so bright yellow that it is cloudy in the morning and clear in the evening. I just hope that the rain will stop and the sky will clear up.

"Shaoqing, the person has been brought back." The man was Xinhai. He looked dirty and it seemed that he had not taken care of himself for many days.

Gu Qingyun's expression did not change. He propped up his head and looked at the setting sun, wondering what he was thinking about.

After Zhao Huaiqing and Wu Huan walked to the corridor together, he stood up and walked towards the backyard of Dali Temple, where there was a small interrogation room.

The little maid sat there calmly. Xin Hai seemed to have told her the reason why he was looking for her. She looked at Gu Qingyun with big eyes, but no emotion could be seen in those eyes.

I don't know whether it is because he is too cunning or he is indifferent after giving up everything.

"Master Shaoqing, all the masters, I already know the reason why you are looking for me today. But this matter involves the reputation of the Zhou Mansion and Miss Zhou. I said, I probably can't leave this Jingdu Mansion. I don't know how many people want to kill me."

Gu Qingyun didn't say anything, waiting for the maid to make the conditions. Unexpectedly, the maid's next words shocked everyone, "I hope to live in the Dali Temple before the matter is settled. After it is over, if I can't leave Kyoto safely, then I hope you gentlemen will be kind enough to let me work as a maid in your mansion."

"Since you have become a witness, the Dali Temple will naturally protect you. Don't worry." Gu Qingyun looked at the little maid calmly.

"What happens after that? I need a guarantee that what I say can help Lord Shaoqing solve the case quickly." The little maid did not back down at all. Gu Qingyun nodded again, "I won't let you die."

The little maid then looked at the door and confirmed that there were only these few people. She spoke, "Miss Zhou saved my young lady three times in the Qin Mansion. My young lady and I have grown up together. I had to leave Jingdu Prefecture that day, so I wanted to go and thank you. I never thought that the case was transferred to the Dali Temple, and you caught up with me so quickly."

The little maid's name was Chuntao, according to her.

Chuntao has had no sense of smell since she was a child. Since half a year ago, when Master Jia and Master Gu brought the mistress of the mansion to the Qin Mansion, changes have taken place in the house. At first, there were always some spices inexplicably, and Chuntao could not smell them, but the mother and servants who passed by could smell them, and said that the spices today had changed.

But the taste is not strange. All the ladies and girls who have used it will order it again, and even many young ladies and young masters like it.

Gradually, everyone in the mansion, except the master, started using this spice. Not long after, Chuntao discovered that the servants and masters in the mansion were a little strange. They could often only do one thing, and would not agree to anything when asked to do it.

It was okay for servants who were not serving in the house, but the situation was more obvious for servants who were closer to the master.

Chuntao could only pretend to be the same as these people and didn't want to be an outlier.

I didn't expect that I would continue to pretend for half a year, and it became more and more serious, even several young masters in the mansion became like this. The master was rarely at home, and when he came back, he didn't notice anything unusual, so it continued like this for half a year.

Until the day when the Buddhist temple was built, everything seemed to come to the surface.

Miss Zhou seemed to have noticed something was wrong, but for some reason, anyone who went to the third floor and stayed there for a while had obvious symptoms. Chuntao's only sense of smell was different from everyone else's, and she soon suspected that it was a problem with the incense that day.

But Chuntao was just a little maid, and she told the young lady, who said she was suspicious.

In fact, Miss Zhou met the two masters on the third floor that day. Mr. Jia seemed to have taken a fancy to his daughter. He kept leaning towards her and talking about nonsense. At that time, the master had a business to discuss with him, so he just laughed it off.

Therefore, Miss Zhou came out, but she seemed to lose consciousness after a while. Chuntao saw with her own eyes that Miss Zhou leaned against the two masters. The two masters praised her beautiful inner lining. She actually took off her outer coat in front of everyone. Only Chuntao realized that something was wrong, but she was powerless. Moreover, she was not sure at that time whether Miss Zhou volunteered to go to someone's hometown to be a concubine or was influenced by Xiang.

After all, Miss Zhou’s situation in the Zhou family is really bad.

Miss Zhou stayed for a while and then returned to the courtyard. The next time we met was at the banquet.

In the lobby, Mr. Jia and Miss Zhou were as familiar with each other as a newlywed couple, and many people saw them.

But Miss Zhou's frivolous words that day were only to save her own daughter. Miss Zhou was very capable, and with just a few words, she made the two masters stop embarrassing their daughter.

My young lady has been in a daze for the past six months. Even when Master Jia took action that day, she showed no intention of struggling.

Miss Zhou had some survival skills since she was young. When she saw Master Jia taking action, she stepped forward to deal with it. She could easily resolve whatever the two masters said. She was really a powerful young lady.

But my lady and Miss Zhou seemed to have no idea why this round of shirking of responsibility had started, and they both left the banquet.

That night, Miss Zhou went to her own lady's yard to talk, but unexpectedly, the incense was still burning in her own lady's room. Miss Zhou drank some wine at the banquet, and with that spice, she felt dizzy when she left.

At night, Master Jia and Master Gu entered the yard. Not many people saw it. When Miss Zhou got up, she had been cleaned up. Only my young lady who had just regained some consciousness, myself, and two maids saw it.

For the sake of my reputation, I had to clean up the matter quickly and wait until a few days had passed before dealing with it again.

Unexpectedly, that morning, the young lady, who was originally fine, went to the Buddhist temple, and afterwards, the news of her death came out.

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