It was not Autumn Ink who caused the trouble.

  "What's wrong? What happened?"

  Tide was born with sharp eyes and saw that the two hands of the little palace girl were stained with red - of course, it wasn't cinnabar.

  Qiu Yan also saw it, and both of their hearts sank at the same time.

  Xiaogong's face was covered in sweat or tears, her hair disheveled, and she stuttered as she finally managed to say: "Chunmo sister... killed someone!"

  Qiu Yan's face changed greatly, and he immediately ran forward with a sudden burst of speed.

  Chun Mo murders?

  It's impossible...

  But as soon as I entered the yard, I saw a big puddle of blood on the ground in front of the door.

  Before that, I had never known that I was afraid of blood. Now I only feel that everything in front of me is a bloody color, and as soon as my eyes blur, my feet go soft, and I fall backwards.

  A pair of hands reached out from beside her and supported her.

  Suddenly dizzy and disoriented, she heard someone next to her say: "What's wrong with her?"

  "She was probably scared, so I helped her to a side and gave her some water."

  Chao Sheng heard the voice of the fourth prince and made an effort to rouse his spirits.

  The person supporting her withdrew their hand, and the Fourth Prince's voice still sounded calm: "What happened?"

  Xiao Shun came over and helped Cao Sheng to sit down on one side, a foul smell filled the room.

  This house originally had two small palace maids, and later when Golden Flower and the others came, four more small palace maids followed, but there wasn't enough room, so two of them squeezed into one room with them. The weather was hot, and the small palace maids were lazy about sweeping, didn't change their clothes often, and naturally the smell in the house wasn't good. There were many people in the house, all jumbled together. On a bed surrounded by curtains lay a small palace maid, her head and body covered in blood, lying there motionless, whether dead or alive unknown.

  Chao Sheng was searching for Chun Mo in the house, she was also there, leaning against the corner, her head lowered, and not moving at all. After the Fourth Prince finished asking that question, she suddenly lifted her head up, and her expression quickly changed from being stunned and hopeless to being filled with hope.

  "Your Highness, I didn't! She bumped into my scissors on her own..."

  Someone beside her quickly grabbed hold of her and wouldn't let her rush forward.

  The fourth prince frowned slightly: "What are you all crowded here for? Xiao Su, take unrelated people out and separate them. Where is Doctor Meng? Hasn't he arrived yet?"

  Someone outside shouted: "He's coming! He's coming! Dr. Meng is here!"

  Everyone in the house was cleared out, it's unknown whether it was intentional or accidental, but Chao Sheng was still sitting on a chair by the door. She also wanted to leave, but her legs were weak and wouldn't listen to her commands, she couldn't get up.

  She actually faints at the sight of blood! But in her past life, she had never fainted before.

  Of course, in her previous life, she hadn't really seen any bloody scenes either, and wouldn't even watch when they killed chickens or fish. As for horror movies - after all, that's just film, deep down she knew it was fake, so she didn't find them scary either.

  Dr. Meng was a middle-aged man, thin and with his hat tilted to one side - apparently he had rushed out in a hurry.

  The fourth prince treated him with courtesy: "Thanks for your trouble, Doctor Meng."

  "Your Highness doesn't need to be polite."

  Meng Taifu put on a hat and went over to treat the little palace maid.

  "Don't worry, no harm was done."

  The little palace maid on the bed had a face full of blood, and Chao Sheng didn't dare to look at her again. Upon hearing Dr. Meng's words, she finally felt somewhat relieved.

  It's fine as long as I don't die.

  Meng Taizhen had someone apply a medicinal poultice to the little palace maid's wound, which was on her shoulder. Her clothes were also soaked with blood. Someone carried in and out basins of water; they brought in clear water and took out bloody water.

  The fourth prince didn't stay for long and left, Doctor Meng turned his head around to see a listless girl by the door and casually asked: "Is this young lady also injured?"

  Xiao Shun said beside him: "No, she's scared. Ah, it's just right that you're here, would you mind taking a look at her too? Does she need to take some medicine?"

  Dr. Meng felt the pulse of Chao Sheng and said, "Nothing's wrong, no need to take medicine. Don't always think about this matter, just rest a bit more."

  Xiao Shun slapped his forehead: "Ahh, I should have let her go somewhere else just now."

  The tide is much better than just now, at least the chest is no longer stuffy and nauseous.

  "I also wanted to go out just now, but my two legs won't listen..." Chao Sheng sighed bitterly.

  She would have dodged it if she could, but obviously she couldn't.

  As Meng Taigong was packing up his things to leave, Chao Sheng quietly asked: "What's going on here?"

  Xiao Shun shook his head: "I don't know either, anyway... I think someone's going to be unlucky." He smiled and helped Chao Sheng up: "Let me send you back home to rest for a bit."

  "Where is Spring Ink sister?"

  "This matter will definitely be clarified by Your Highness, so don't worry."

  The empty courtyard, people don't know where they've all gone, usually looking quiet, but now it makes one's heart feel empty too, suspended there without going up or down.

  The injured one is a small palace maid in the same house as Gui Zhi - the key point being that she wasn't among those who came with Jin Hua.

  Since Jin Hua and the others arrived, she has been very enthusiastic and diligent, running back and forth. She's a somewhat clever person, but her cleverness isn't being used in the right place.

  A lot of doubts piled up in Xiaosheng's heart, but he couldn't get a grip on them.

  Just now when the fourth prince entered the house, Chun Mo shouted a sentence.

  She said she didn't mean to, that little palace maid ran into the scissors by herself.

  The house is as quiet as if no one was there.

  Chao Sheng looked at the bed of Chun Mo. She had messed up her handkerchief while combing her hair in the morning and hadn't bothered to wash it, just casually throwing it beside the pillow.

  Everything is still here, but Chun Mo said he might never come back to this room again.

  Chao Tian wiped his face with a hot and humid weather, a sticky sweat.

  She changed her clothes and went out to the front yard, where she ran into Qiu Shan.

  "How did you get up?" Autumn Ink's expression was urgent and hurried, with two unfamiliar middle-aged eunuchs following behind him.

  Chao Sheng had never seen these two people before and couldn't help but take a closer look.

  "I... feel much better." Chao Sheng asked softly: "Sister, where are you going?"

  She also wanted to ask about Chun Mo, but in front of those two people, she always felt it wasn't the right time to ask.

  Those two people had their hands tucked in their sleeves, their eyelids drooping, looking as if they hadn't woken up yet, and for some reason it made her feel uncomfortable.

  Qiu Yan forced a smile: "You're fine, that's good. We were just about to get someone to brew tea anyway."

  Chao Sheng responded with a sound and saw Qiu Shan leading those two people away from behind.

  It would be more accurate to say that those two were watching her rather than her leading them.

  Chao Sheng shivered.

  She suddenly remembered why those two people made her feel so uncomfortable.

  The people who took her away and locked her up when something happened at the Smoke Flower Palace last time looked very similar to these two.

  Two people like them appeared in Yiqiu Palace again - is someone going to be dealt with again?

  No wonder Xiao Shun said earlier that someone was going to be unlucky!

  Cháo shēng de xīn huò huò de tiào qǐ lái.

  Translation:

  The newborn's heart jumped up with a start.

  She took a deep breath, suppressed her nervousness and turned to go to the small tea house.

  Open the tea canister, a refreshing and elegant bamboo leaf fragrance wafts out.

  I've heard people say before that tea can calm one's mind and soothe their spirit, it seems to be true.

  She poured tea leaves and added hot water into the teapot. The steaming vapor mixed with the fragrance of tea, calming her heart down slowly.

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  Dear ones, after finishing this chapter, I'm off, taking a big bus, heading for the airport...

  It will be one or two o'clock in the morning before arriving in Chengdu.