Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"Grandma, why are you so partial to my sister? Are you only checking the kitchen and not my sister?" Shen Jingwan said crying.

Madam Shen raised her fingers and rubbed her temples. "Am I only partial to Xiaojiu? Isn't it enough that I'm partial to you? Do you want to talk about the matter of Huarong Pavilion again?"

Hearing the old lady mention Huarong Pavilion, Shen Jingwan instantly lost her confidence, "Grandma, Wan'er... Wan'er..."

"Grandma, please investigate. Aning also wants to be cleared of all charges." Shen Chuning suddenly spoke.

"No need to check, Miss Jiu, you are innocent." Aunt Xue said nervously.

Shen Chuning smiled at Xiangxue, "Aunt Xue thinks An Ning's innocence is not enough. Besides, you are just a victim. Why are you so nervous?"

"Xiaojiu, have you made up your mind? Do you want to investigate?" Old Madam Shen wanted to confirm whether this matter had anything to do with Shen Chuning.

"Yes, An Ning has thought about it."

Madam Shen nodded and said, "Then let's check it out."

At this time, Nanny Gui came back from the kitchen after checking the bird's nest and whispered something in Madam Shen's ear.

"Xiangxue, two days before you had the accident, did the maid in your room ask for charcoal from the main kitchen?" Old Lady Shen asked Aunt Xue.

"Yes... yes, I felt... a little cold, so I asked for charcoal." Aunt Xue replied hesitantly.

Madam Shen San frowned slightly, "That's not right. The fire in Aunt Xue's room is the hottest in the mansion. Aunt Xue has even put on spring clothes in her room, so how could she feel cold? If you feel cold, just put on more clothes. Isn't it necessary to use the convenience of charcoal fire?"

"Aunt Xue, you said that the charcoal you asked for from the kitchen was for heating the house?" Shen Chuning asked.

Shen Jingwan said aggrievedly, "Sister, what do you mean? My aunt is feeling cold, but she can't even use charcoal fire. Sister, if you are so stingy, my aunt and I won't need to use the mansion's food and clothing anymore. We can buy them from outside with our own monthly allowance."

Shen Chuning ignored Shen Jingwan and said to Old Madam Shen, "Grandma, Aunt Xue is lying. The charcoal used in the main kitchen produces smoke. If there is no chimney in the house, it will be very choking. The charcoal basins in our house are all lit with silver charcoal. How can we use the charcoal fire in the kitchen to keep warm?"

"Maybe... maybe I remembered it wrong. Wan'er, I feel so dizzy, come... come and help me." Aunt Xue leaned towards Shen Jingwan and whispered in her ear, "Let's go quickly."

Shen Jingwan supported Aunt Xue and turned her attention to Shen Chuning. "Sister, why are you so persistent? My aunt just came out of the confinement period. You're forcing her like this. You're going to kill her. Sister, get out of the way. I want to take my aunt back to rest."

"Madam Xue, are you dizzy? I have a solution." Shen Chuning took out her acupuncture kit from her purse. "It just so happens that I learned some medical knowledge in the palace. Even the imperial physician praised my accurate acupuncture point diagnosis. I'll give Madam Xue two acupuncture needles and she'll be fine."

Shen Chuning took out a silver needle from the acupuncture bag and walked towards Aunt Xue, the tip of the needle still emitting a cold light.

Aunt Xue saw the needle in Shen Chuning's hand and stepped back repeatedly, "No... no need... I don't seem to be so dizzy anymore, I'll just sit... just sit for a while."

"Madam, this is the medicinal residue dug out from under the tree in Aunt Xue's yard. I asked the court doctor to examine it. It contains a large amount of safflower and musk." Qixia walked in from outside with a paper bag.

Qixia also hated Shen Jingwan and her daughter very much. If it weren't for the trouble they caused before entering the mansion, she wouldn't have been punished with ten strokes of the board by the old lady. Although it's good to be with Miss Nine now, she can't swallow that humiliation.

Xiangxue didn't know why the medicine that could change the gender of the baby in her womb contained safflower and musk, but now she understood that the baby was miscarried because of the medicine she bought.

Xiangxue panicked, "Aunt."

As soon as Xiangxue called out "Auntie", she was frightened by the sharp gaze of Old Madam Shen, "Old Madam, someone must be trying to harm me and the child in my belly."

"If someone wanted to harm you, why would they bury the medicine residue in your yard?" asked Old Lady Shen.

"Old Madam, we also found a small stove for boiling medicine in Aunt Xue's yard. The unburned charcoal in the small stove is the same as the charcoal in the big kitchen." Qixia continued.

"Go and call all the maids in her yard to see who made the medicine." Old Lady Shen ordered.

Shen Jingwan was also confused at this moment. She had wanted to take advantage of this incident to trick Madam Shen San and Shen Chuning, but why did this Concubine Chun do this to herself?

"Grandma, someone must have replaced Aunt Xue's medicine. Aunt Xue trusted the people in this mansion, so she drank the medicine as soon as the maid brought it to her. She never thought that it would be a harmful medicine." Shen Jingwan tried to make amends for Aunt Xue.

Qixia looked at Shen Jingwan, who was sitting on a chair twisting her fingers. "Miss Wan, when I took the medicine residue to the palace physician, he said that Madam Xue's pregnancy was very stable. He had never prescribed medicine for Madam Xue. I wonder which clinic prescribed this medicine for Madam Xue, and if there is a prescription? The old lady can send someone to investigate whether it was the doctor's fault or the person who prepared and boiled the medicine."

Aunt Xue was trembling all over, not knowing how to answer.

"Madam, the maids in the yard said they had never seen the pot and stove for boiling medicine, and they didn't find any prescriptions or anything like that in Aunt Xue's room. But I found dirt on the soles of Aunt Xue's shoes. I wonder if it was left when she buried the medicine residue." The head maid of Songhe Hall came in from outside and said to everyone.

"Madam, I don't know when that mud got on me. It's just that my feet have been swollen since I became pregnant, and only this pair of shoes can fit into them." Aunt Xue defended herself.

Everyone looked at Aunt Xue's feet. She must have just come out of confinement after giving birth. She was wearing thick socks and her insteps were raised high.

"Old Madam, Mrs. Mu who guards the corner gate said that a few days before the incident, Aunt Xue left the mansion alone. Mrs. Mu even asked Aunt Xue if she wanted to call a car. Aunt Xue said that she wanted to make small clothes for her unborn baby, and the cloth in the mansion was too hard. Mrs. Mu didn't care at the time, but when I went to ask her, I felt something was wrong. If she wanted some cloth, couldn't she send a maid? Why did she run away by herself?" The person who went to check the whereabouts of the servants in the third room came back to report.

"Where is the cloth you bought?" asked Mrs. Shen.

"Concubine...concubine..." Aunt Xue couldn't answer.

"Wan'er burned it." Shen Jingwan stood up and answered, "Auntie was late in the womb, and Wan'er was afraid that Auntie would be sad to see the unfinished little clothes, so she burned them. Grandmother, you won't blame Wan'er, right?"

"Is that so?" Old Madam Shen asked Aunt Xue with narrowed eyes.

Aunt Xue wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Old Madam, you know that this child was not easy to come by, so it's so sudden that I am heartbroken. Wan'er was afraid that I would hurt my eyes by crying, so she burned the unfinished clothes. Grandmother, you won't blame Wan'er, right?"

Old Madam Shen sighed, "You are such a filial child, why should I blame you?"

Just when Shen Jingwan and her daughter breathed a sigh of relief, Shen Chuning suddenly spoke.