To quote Chun Mo, in the past, Huaye's residence was peaceful and nothing ever went wrong, let alone losing things.

  But after the new person came, it was no longer peaceful.

  Jin Hua and Jin Ye searched the newcomers' luggage together, but they couldn't find anything. If there were other things that caught their eye, such as small trinkets or snacks, they might have taken them. But they couldn't read, so what use would books be to them?

  Jin Hua had already searched her own people, and since she had proven their innocence, she naturally demanded that everyone in Huaye House be searched as well. Chun Mo looked at her: "You say search and we'll search? Miss Jin Hua, do you think you're the head of Huaye House? I didn't know you had this status, and Lord Wei hasn't told me anything about it either. How about this, I'll go ask His Highness for instructions. If he says you can be in charge of Huaye House's affairs, then you can search us, and I won't say another word. But if he doesn't permit it, then I certainly can't let you treat all these sisters like thieves."

  "Eldest sister, please don't be angry. No matter whose fault it is today, as long as we can make things right, let's just do so and not disturb His Highness."

  Chunmo's heart must be particularly relieved.

  Finally, the person in charge lowered their head and tried to please her——but Chun Mo wouldn't take this flattery seriously even if she felt comfortable inside: "Listen to what you're saying, who's at fault here? It sounds like today's incident isn't your fault but someone else's. I'm actually trying to protect you. If it were something else that got lost, even a hundred things wouldn't be a big deal. But the prince is a book lover, and each one is precious to him. Now three books are gone at once, can this still be considered a small matter? If we cover it up now and the prince asks about it later, that would be an even greater crime."

  Chun Mo will definitely tell this situation.

  She has been determined to guard her own land and drive away the invasive goldenrod. Now that the goldenrod has made a mistake, how can she let go of this great opportunity?

  She would never let it go just because Jin Hua softened for a moment now.

  Even if Chun Mo's training is not enough and her mind is not deep, she can't make such a stupid mistake. Does it mean that this time she let Jin Hua off, Jin Hua will be loyal to her from now on?

  Only fools don't know won't do.

  Chunmo is about to turn red-eyed these days, and Jinhua and Jinye are almost pulling the entire Dongyuan of Huaye Residence to change their surname to Jin - hmm, except for Qiuzhuan, Chaosheng, Li Gugu, and a few clumsy little palace maids who are not moved.

  Qiu Yan's position was placed there, and Chao Sheng was considered to be the orthodox school of Chun Mo. Li Gugu didn't need to get involved in these disputes among palace maids.

  If this continues, one day Chunmo will pounce on Jinhua and bite off a piece of her flesh.

  And this time, Qiu Yan also stood on Chun Mo's side, agreeing to report the matter to the Fourth Prince.

  "This was ordered by His Highness, even if we don't return, he will still ask about it. A few books getting wet isn't a big deal, no one expected the rain to come so suddenly, however..."

  But losing the book can't be attributed to the sudden rainstorm anymore.

  Chao Sheng stood under the eaves, watching Chun Mo carry a lantern and umbrella towards the main house.

  What will happen to the fourth prince?

  Chao Sheng also counts as half a party involved - after all, she has helped count the numbers before.

  But where did the book go?

  Chao Sheng thought, could it be that Chun Mo had one of the little palace maids secretly hide away during the chaos?

  It's possible.

  What is this used for by others? Can't be thinking of tearing it up to use in the toilet, or practicing cutting flower shapes?

  Apart from Chun Mo, no one else had any deep grudges against Jin Hua.

  Losing a book is different from losing other things. Other things, no matter how big or small they are, can be described vividly if lost. But when it comes to books...

  Chunmo and Jinhua were illiterate, Chao Sheng could read, but she didn't carefully check the book titles on the register, so she naturally didn't know which three books were missing.

  He doesn't even know what book he lost, which makes it harder to find.

  If it was indeed Chunmo who took it away, to be on the safe side, maybe he had already burned it in the stove in the small kitchen at the back. Even if Jin Hua turned Huaye's residence upside down, it would still be in vain.

  Since she couldn't be summoned for the time being, Chao Sheng returned to her room to do some needlework.

  Qiu Yan had her draw flower patterns twice and after finding that she was skilled enough, he formally assigned a task to her.

  It's obvious at a glance - this is probably something made for the Fourth Prince.

  Style, color, size, it's obvious at a glance that it's not for women.

  Just like modern people who pay attention to matching, wearing what kind of clothes, with what kind of shoes, and carrying what kind of bag - people back then also paid attention to these things, and it seems they were even more particular than modern people. The Fourth Prince was already considered not to care about these things, but when he changed into a new set of clothes, the belt, pouch, and handkerchief would all be replaced as well. These small miscellaneous items were almost all made by Qiu Mo and Chun Mo.

  Is it a sign that he has further trusted and accepted her by giving these to her?

  Moreover, Chun Mo obviously knew about this matter. Even if she didn't know at first, when Chao Sheng started doing chores, she must have seen it.

  Whether it was because of the trust in Chao Sheng or because of the distraction caused by Jin Hua and her affairs, Chun Mo didn't say anything about this matter.

  The tide was previously still in a daze, but later slowly calmed down, sewed up the edges that weren't sewn yesterday, and flipped it over to see the effect.

  Yes, fine and even.

  She never thought she would have this skill one day.

  It's true, people are forced out.

  Don't understand, can't do, and can't are actually all because it hasn't reached that point yet.

  When you can't even get a mouthful of rice, everything is possible, everything will work, and everything makes sense.

  A faint sound of argument came from afar, but by the time Cui Sheng put down his work and concentrated to listen, he couldn't hear anything anymore.

  Outside the window, a dark and gloomy rain curtain, raindrops hitting the grape leaves, rustling sounds.

  The front yard was still brightly lit.

  "Is anyone home?"

  Chao Sheng returned to his senses and hastily replied: "Coming."

  She opened the door and Xia Bi nodded at her: "Are you alone? Where is your sister Chun Mo?"

  "She's still ahead. Please sit down, Xiaobi sister."

  Chao Sheng was about to pour tea, but Xia Bi stopped her: "Don't be in a hurry, you just had lunch, how can you drink tea? What's wrong with your side? It hasn't been right all afternoon."

  Xia Bi and Chun Mo have a good relationship and are not outsiders, so Chao Sheng said: "Today I came to dry the books, but it rained and three volumes were lost after collecting them."

  "Is that all?" Xia Bi was puzzled: "Fourth Highness isn't someone who likes to nitpick, just find some more from elsewhere and make up for it."

  Yes, things can be that simple.

  But in reality: since the person involved is Jin Hua, how could Chun Mo not take advantage of the situation to make a move?

  Chao Sheng had also vaguely mentioned this matter, Xia Bi was taken aback: "So it's because of this... Chun Mo is the same, can't just relying on this drive people away? Since you can't drive them away, be careful not to hit the snake and make it a sworn enemy."

  Just based on this, it's probably impossible to drive away Jin Hua, and Jin Ye has nothing to do with this matter.

  The two sides were originally almost like fire and water, even if there was no such thing, they would still be enemies.

  "I always feel that this matter is not so simple..." Xia Bi shook his head: "What are you doing?"

  "Autumn Ink sister asked me to make two sets of autumn socks."

  "Oh?" Xia Bi picked it up and took a look, slightly surprised: "Did you do all of this?"

  "The size and pattern were told by Autumn Ink sister."

  That is to say, from cutting to sewing to embroidery, she did it all by herself.

  "Not bad, looks elegant, color is refined, feels comfortable to the touch." Xia Bi said sincerely: "The Fourth Highness will surely like it."

  Chao Sheng didn't say anything, he just lowered his head in a somewhat shy manner.

  Xia sat down with a brush, casually flipping through the needle and thread basket: "You're actually not bad, hey, what was that thing you did before, why was it?"

  Chao Sheng knew what she was asking.

  Xia Bi Ping was always more curious than others, liking to ask this and that. The matter of the Smoke and Clouds Palace happened inside the palace, and since the Eastern Palace was separated by a wall, they didn't feel how serious it was. Secondly, it had been a long time since then, even if there was fear at the time, now it has gradually faded.

  Chao Sheng could only bitterly smile: "Actually from start to finish I didn't know what happened, inexplicably I was demoted. Being chosen by Duke Wei is also my good luck, otherwise I would still be waiting in the Washing Clothes Alley."

  Xia Bi glanced at her, clearly not believing what she said, but didn't continue to ask further.

  "Actually, you shouldn't always think about that matter, I think you're a bit too honest now. You don't know, do you? Our Li aunt here also encountered something similar in her early years."

  Chao Sheng was somewhat surprised: "Did Li Aunt also encounter it?"

  "Yes..." Xia Bixiao said in a low voice: "I don't know much either, it seems to be related to something similar to what happened to you, so I didn't stay in the palace anymore. After a few years, I was sent to the East Palace. Look at her now, isn't she doing well? You don't have to be so cautious all day long."

  It seems that this kind of thing is not uncommon in the palace.

  No matter who is behind the scenes, it's always these small roles that suffer first.

  "It seems like Chunmo won't be back for a while, I'll head back first and come over again another day."

  The tide was born busy getting up to send her out, watching Xia Bi holding an umbrella and carrying a lantern away.

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  Ah ah ah, leaving tomorrow? Is it really tomorrow? I still feel like there are many days left... So nervous...

  Tomorrow night's flight, going to Chengdu... Although Chengdu is famous for its delicious food, I'm unfortunately allergic again, probably can only eat plain rice porridge.