As the night fell, the Qin family's courtyard was eerily quiet under the peaceful atmosphere. After Su Wan and Qin had dinner, they came to the Begonia Courtyard.

"What happened to Sister Liuyan?" Linglong came to deliver a coat to Su Wan, but saw the servants kneeling outside the door and the atmosphere was very tense.

"I heard that Sui Xin made a mistake, and the eldest young lady will also be severely punished." Liu Yan shook her head, "Who will plead for the eldest young lady?"

Nanny Sun, who was lying underground, pricked up her ears to listen to Linglong and Liuyan chatting, and then quietly came to the door to listen.

Inside the house, Su Wan and Qin stood aside with tense expressions. Nanny Sun said, "Our eldest lady sent this old servant to pass on a message. Sui Xin was favored by the young lady, but unexpectedly, he did some sneaky things, disrupted the Duke's Mansion, and even incited the young lady to break the rules. Such a person must not be allowed to stay!"

Sui Xin stared at Nanny Sun, then at Qin, stunned. Qin's eyes were tightly closed, a look of grief on her face. When had she ever done such a thing? Even if it was a false accusation, there had to be evidence, right?

"Young Madam, I'm innocent. Madam Liu, something must have gone wrong. Is someone framing me? Please investigate!" Seeing the three people's strange expressions, Sui Xin was at a loss. She hugged Qin's legs and cried, "Young Madam, I've served you wholeheartedly and never had any second thoughts. Young Madam, please save Sui Xin."

"How dare you!" Nanny Sun roared. Su Wan wasn't good with words, so Nanny Sun had to do all this. "You made a mistake and still have the nerve to beg the master. Do you know how much punishment the eldest young lady will receive for this?"

"It's unfair, Madam Liu." Madam Sun, who was outside, heard that Qin was going to be severely punished and hurried in, pushing the door open. She had seen Su Wan follow her and guessed that something was wrong. She wouldn't allow Qin to be trampled under Su Wan's feet.

Su Wan looked at Nanny Sun with an expressionless face and said, "The eldest young lady's wife works hard for the family day and night. You have seen it all. Someone must have framed her!"

Nanny Sun quickly looked at Su Wan, her eyes red as she thought of something. "The eldest young lady offended quite a few people some time ago. They must be trying to take advantage of this opportunity to bring her down!"

Madam Liu smiled, "You're right. You even scolded the Madam. Are you saying that the First Madam was deceived? Or that she betrayed the Young Madam's affections?"

Nanny Sun looked at Nanny Liu with disbelief. She didn't mean that at all. She clearly wanted to put the blame on Su Wan. But seeing Nanny Sun's ruthless expression, she knelt down and begged for mercy, "Nanny, that's not what I meant. The Madam treats me so well. How could I let her down?"

Nanny Liu had already taken note of what Qin had just said about herself in the side hall. She wanted to let everyone in this courtyard know that she was Wen's knife, a knife that could kill anyone she pointed at and could not be thrown away.

"You know Madam treats you differently?" Her expression stern, "Madam Sun is rude to the Madam. Slap her in the face!"

The maid behind Madam Sun received the order and immediately raised her hand to hit her fiercely. Madam Sun screamed in pain, "Ah!"

Seeing Madam Liu doing whatever she wanted in her courtyard, Qin Shi knew she had offended her. How could she dare to get angry now? She just begged, "Madam Sun was just talking nonsense. Please spare her for the sake of her old age."

"Yes, Ma'am." Su Wan also said, "Ma'am Sun is the young lady's only confidant now, and she is also favored by the mother-in-law."

Only one? Nanny Sun suddenly looked at Su Wan. Her expression was cold, but there seemed to be a hint of joy at the corner of her mouth. Could it be that she was going to execute Sui Xin?

"It's the Second Young Master's Madam!" Nanny Sun ignored the maid's restraint and shouted at Su Wan: "It must be the slut beside you, right? You can't stand seeing the Eldest Young Master's Madam doing well!" Faced with the nanny's roar, Su Wan could only purse her lips helplessly, while Nanny Liu and Qin both frowned and said, "Shut up!"

"How dare you disrespect your master! Take him out and beat him!"

Then, four burly maids came in and dragged Sui Xin and Nanny Sun out. For a moment, the courtyard was filled with screams, and the maids kneeling on the ground were so frightened that they huddled together, not daring to breathe.

"Madam, please accompany me tomorrow to supervise the execution." Nanny Liu left with a word before leaving. Su Wan consoled Qin Shi for a few words before leaving the house with a look of resignation. As soon as she stepped out of the doorway and saw Nanny Sun screaming in pain from the beating, her expression suddenly turned cold.

"This is the consequence of disrespecting the master. You'd better be careful and don't cause trouble for my sister-in-law!" After saying this, Su Wan and Liu Yan returned to Tingyuxuan.

"The young lady is back!" Nanny Li immediately went to greet her.

"If the young lady doesn't come back, I'm afraid the nanny will rush to Youchun Hall to look for someone." Liu Shang said from the side. In fact, she was even more worried than the nanny.

"What exactly happened?" asked Nanny Li.

Su Wan untied her cloak, had Yu Luo send Ling Long away, and then recounted the day's events one by one. Everyone felt both relieved and frightened. Everyone was in a good mood today, so Nanny Li immediately heated up Su Wan's favorite cheese and brought out some rice wine for her to enjoy.

After Su Wan washed up, she saw it was getting late, so she sent everyone to bed. She leaned against the window to admire the moon. It was already April, the weather was growing warmer, and the breeze was becoming more comfortable. But Su Wan felt melancholy. She worried about the next step, whether she could get those people to escape unscathed as she wished.

"Meow~" A cat's meow caused Su Wan to look down. Su Wan wrinkled her nose and smiled as she hugged the cat to her chest. "Why do I notice you've gained weight again in recent days? And really, with all the different things Nanny Li cooks every day, how could she not gain weight?"

She poked the cat's head and said, "How about I give you a name? How about calling you 'Asshole'?" There's nothing I can do about it. Your owner is an asshole. Su Wan thought the name was a good one, but the asshole didn't want to accept it. He broke free from Su Wan's arms and ran away.

"Asshole!" Su Wan bent down in the house to look for the hiding cat.

"Ouch." I accidentally bumped into something.

Su Wan covered her head and stood up, only to see Xie Yin folding his arms and looking at her with a sullen face.

"You came to me just to scold me?"

Su Wan was a little surprised. He actually came?

She coughed lightly, then smiled gently, "Thank you, Chief, long time no see."

Xie Yin pressed his eyebrows. It’s only been half a day, is it long?

"Mrs. Zheng is so capable that she even uses our company's power."

Looking at Xie Yin's scrutinizing expression, Su Wan was slightly startled. "Master Xie misunderstood. I just thought that Master Xie had great magical powers and that saving a few people would definitely be no problem."

Xie Yin scoffed, "Why should our company help you, and how are you going to thank me?"

Su Wan raised her finger and pointed at the cat that just walked over and said, "Because of that bastard!"

Xie Yin frowned, clearly unhappy with the name, but he wasn't in the mood to dwell on it. "Young Madam, do you think I'm stupid? You help it detoxify, and it helps you relieve your boredom. It's a give-and-take relationship. Young Madam wouldn't be the first to try to take advantage of our company."

Su Wan said calmly, "But, I'll pass on the message to you, so you can get hold of something against them, and you'll help me rescue them. Isn't that a give-and-take?"

Xie Yin lowered his eyes and laughed. He narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly and looked at this girl who looked innocent on the surface but was full of calculations on the inside. Then he raised his thick eyelashes and walked forward. Su Wan inexplicably retreated.

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