Quite naive!

She sarcastically said, "This medicine garden has been built since I married into the Marquis's mansion. I'm sure everyone has heard of the Marquis's reputation in the past. Now he's healthy and has children, and it's all thanks to these medicines that he's been cured. How can this be a hindrance?"

Chu Xiuxiu clenched her fingers tightly inside her sleeves, with undisguised anger in her eyes.

She argued forcefully, "Who can predict what will happen in the future? Isn't there a saying that goes, 'Better to be safe than sorry'? If anything comes true, I'm afraid Madam wouldn't want to see it, right?"

What she was thinking at this moment was that this was her first confrontation with Lin Yiwan, and she must not lose the upper hand.

Otherwise, how could she gain a foothold in the Marquis' Mansion?

Unexpectedly, Lin Yiwan said in a deep voice, "Where did you find this sorcerer? If his predictions are so accurate, then did he not foresee that you, a concubine, would be wearing bright red clothes and wandering around in front of me? What should I do with you?"

Chu Xiuxiu's heart trembled violently, and her face was suddenly filled with fear.

She didn't expect to be discovered by Lin Yiwan, she just wanted to play a trick.

No matter what, she is a new bride. What's wrong with wearing bright clothes?

She argued anxiously: "Madam, this is not a red dress, it is a light red. If you don't believe me, you can ask the cloth shop owner to come and identify it!"

Lin Yiwan said calmly, "Do you think I'm blind and can't tell the difference between Zhenghong and Shuihong? You're so disrespectful and still dare to quibble. You're truly audacious! Come, take her clothes off!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zi'er rushed to Chu Xiuxiu's front.

Chu Xiuxiu was so frightened that she wrapped her arms around her shoulders and screamed, "What are you going to do? I'm the concubine of the Marquis's mansion, introduced by the Empress. It's only natural that I'm in charge of the mansion's affairs. How could you humiliate me like this?"

Lin Yiwan turned a deaf ear and just told Zier to act quickly.

Zi'er was quick and agile, and in just a moment, she had taken off Chu Xiuxiu's coat.

As she screamed, her bright red undergarment was exposed to everyone.

Lin Yiwan couldn't help but sneer: "It seems that you are quite ambitious. Do you really want to surpass me and become the mistress of the Zhan Yihou Mansion?"

Chu Xiuxiu was so frightened that she trembled all over. She argued with gritted teeth: "You can't humiliate me like this. Even if I don't understand the rules and make a mistake, it's not your turn to punish me!"

Lin Yiwan nodded: "You are right. Then I will bring you to the palace and ask the Queen how to deal with you, a concubine who broke the ancestral rules!"

Chu Xiuxiu was so frightened when she heard this that her legs immediately went weak. It would be really embarrassing if she was sent to the palace in such disheveled clothes.

If she shows off like this in public, won’t everyone in the capital know how miserable she, the concubine, is?

No, he must not be sent to the palace!

She cried and begged: "Madam, please calm down. I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. It's not my fault. I didn't remember this rule for a moment. It was Cheng Lingzhi who put it on me. She just wanted to frame me and make you angry!"

Lin Yiwan was stunned. Cheng Lingzhi was here too?

Soon, a servant from the Marquis' Mansion brought Cheng Lingzhi in front of everyone. She knelt on the ground with her head bowed and said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have prepared clothes of this color for the concubine!"

Chu Xiuxiu rushed to her with an angry face, raised her hand and slapped her hard on the face: "What are your intentions? First, you found a nonsense sorcerer and instigated me to destroy the lady's medicine garden, and now you prepare such inappropriate clothes for me. Are you trying to kill me?"

Cheng Lingzhi knelt down and kowtowed: "This servant was just careless for a moment. I promise not to do it again. Please forgive me, masters!"

Chu Xiuxiu looked at Lin Yiwan with some uneasiness: "Since she has admitted her mistake, why not let her go this time? After all, she is someone the Queen Mother arranged to be by my side, so I can't punish her too harshly!"

Before Lin Yiwan could say anything, she heard a sharp cry suddenly coming from the pavilion, followed by a loud bang.

Someone was shouting: "Oh no! The pavilion suddenly collapsed!"

Lin Yiwan's expression suddenly changed. Children?

She didn't bother to continue punishing Cheng Lingzhi and hurriedly ran towards the pavilion.

Chu Xiuxiu widened her eyes in disbelief. She didn't expect such an accident to happen.

It took her only a moment to react. She glared at Cheng Lingzhi and said, "Did you do this? With such great skills, how could you have collapsed a pavilion?"

Cheng Lingzhi sneered, "If you set your mind to it, how can you not accomplish it? I've known how to build houses since I was a child, and I know exactly which piece of wood to move to cause the pavilion to collapse the fastest. This is a rare opportunity to strike a blow against Lin Yiwan, and we must not miss it!"

Chu Xiuxiu became very excited. Lin Yiwan's three children were all playing under the pavilion. Now, they would all be killed, right?

This is such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, she has to go and see the fun.

She pulled Cheng Lingzhi up and ran towards the pavilion.

However, when they arrived, they were disappointed to find that Lin Yiwan's three children were all intact, even Princess Youyi was fine. Only a thin and unfamiliar little girl was lying on the ground covered in blood.

Little Miaomiao was already crying: "Sister Ning, Sister Ning, how are you? Wake up!"

At this moment, Youyi was choking up as he recounted what happened: "We were all playing in this pavilion at the time. Little Meow Meow was the first to hear the noise. She even asked what the creaking sound was. By the time we reacted, the three of them had been pushed down the stairs by Sister Qing Ning!"

Yuyi regretted it deeply. She cried and said, "If I hadn't reacted so slowly, Qingning wouldn't have been hurt!"

Xiao Shuyi comforted her: "It has nothing to do with you, Princess, don't blame yourself. Let your Aunt Wan treat Qing Ning's injuries first!"

Lin Yiwan had already stuffed a pill to protect the heart meridian into Qingning's mouth. Even though she was seriously injured, her eyes were still filled with worry for Xiao Miaomiao and the other two young masters.

She asked in a hoarse voice, "Mother, are my brothers and sister Meow Meow okay? Are they hurt? I'm sorry, I used too much force. I was too afraid they would get hurt!"

Lin Yiwan burst into tears. She reached out and wiped the dust off her face and said, "They're fine. Qingning, don't say anything for now. Mother will heal you!"

Zhan Qingning held her hand tightly: "Mother, don't be sad, just do your best. If I really can't survive, I can go to the underworld to reunite with my mother. I miss her very much, I really miss her!"

Her voice became weaker and weaker until she fell into a coma.

Lin Yiwan quickly reached out and picked her up, walking quickly towards the guest room.

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