Just as the two of them had just walked past the corridor and hadn't yet left the range of the Golden Jade Courtyard, they saw a little maid hastily running towards them. As soon as she saw Jin Zhen, she let out a sigh of relief and exclaimed: "Luckily I caught up in time." Then she glanced at Sun Shilian and pulled Jin Zhen to the side.

  If the bowl of medicinal soup had been delivered to Liu Yuan when Sun Qiang was present, she would have recognized it by now. This is indeed the same maid who served the guest officials in the guest house and also the one who personally brought that bowl of potent aphrodisiac to Liu Yuan.

  Jin Zhen was no stranger to this girl, and now seeing her rushing to find him, his heart skipped a beat. "What's wrong?"

  She turned her body sideways, blocking Sun's line of sight, and then took out something from her bosom and handed it to Jin Zhen: "Just now someone placed this thing in front of Dr. Xu's door, Dr. Xu asked me to bring it over to you, Miss, please help identify what it is, don't let there be any trouble."

  Jin Zhen received it in her hands, although the thing was still wrapped in white cotton cloth, but she couldn't help jumping up and down with a thud, thinking that something bad might happen.

  Quickly opening the cloth wrapped outside, at a glance, her head "buzzed" - it was her shoes.

  There is only one!

  "Who brought it?" she asked, her voice trembling, her originally rosy face suddenly turned pale, the two hands holding the shoes tightly clasped together, with white joints.

  "I don't know." The little girl shook her head. "It was just placed in front of Mr. Xu's door, but we asked all the servants and no one saw anyone coming in."

  Jin Zhen took two deep breaths, stuffed the shoe into her sleeve, patted Xiao Yatou's head, "Hurry back and tell Dr. Xu that I know, don't worry." Then she turned around and proactively pulled Sun Ayi, speaking quickly but with a much more gentle attitude: "Ayi, let's hurry, don't keep Second Miss waiting."

  Madam Sun didn't know what was going on, and saw that the little girl who had been talking suddenly ran off in a flash. Jin Zhen almost sprinted all the way to the willow garden, several times she wanted to say slow down, her old bones couldn't take this kind of running. But Jin Zhen was like a house on fire, completely ignoring her.

  Finally arrived at the Liu Garden, Sun nanny supported her at the gate of the courtyard and panted heavily. Jin Zhen then lifted her skirt and rushed inside, stopping only when she reached the door of Feng Yuexiang's room, where she loudly shouted: "Second Miss! Servant girl Jin Zhen requests to see Second Miss!"

  There was no movement inside for half a day.

  Jin Zhen knocked on the door again, but there was still no response. He quickly turned around and ran towards another main room.

  That was exactly where Fengzi Rui lived. When Jin Zhen entered, he saw a empty bowl on the table, with some leftover medicine residue inside.

  She was stunned and stared at the bowl, then looked at Feng Zirui lying on the bed, feeling her legs cramping.

  "Hey!" Huang Quan, who was standing beside Zi Rui, turned his head and looked at Jin Zhen with a playful smile, "Isn't this Miss Jin Zhen from the side of the great madam? What are you doing standing there?"

  Jin Zhen felt as if his heart was going to jump out of his throat, and he asked in a shrill voice: "Where is the second young lady?"

  "The young lady is tired from taking care of the young master and is resting in her own room."

  "I'm going to find her." Jin Zhen didn't bother to say more to Huang Quan, and turned back to the door of Feng Yuexiang's room. After thinking for a moment, she knelt down, knocking on the door while urgently saying: "Second Miss, please see Jin Zhen! The medicine bowl that Second Master sent was indeed sent incorrectly!"

  The door creaked open, and Wangchuan stepped back. Feng Yuhuang lightly moved forward, stopping in front of Jinzhen, furrowing her brow in puzzlement as she asked: "Huh? The medicine was personally brewed by Dr. Xu, how could it be wrong? Moreover, if there was a mistake, shouldn't the maid from the guest house who delivered the medicine come to apologize? What is Miss Jinzhen doing here? Quickly get up, the floor is very cold."

  She stretched out her hand and pretended to support him, and Jin Zhen was stunned at once.

  Yes! She was too anxious, as soon as she saw the shoes, she thought that the events of that night must have been exposed, especially since the shoes appeared at the door of Dr. Xu at this critical moment, it must have been exposed by Miss Er.

  She had been unable to put her mind at ease since losing the shoes that night, constantly wondering when and where they would appear in whose hands. Now that she finally has a lead, it's the one outcome she least wanted to see. What's more... they only returned one of her shoes.

  But how should I answer now? The medicine wasn't sent by her, yet she hastily took the blame. Jin Zhen knelt in front of Feng Yuexiang, momentarily stunned.

  Feng Yu sneered coldly, this was what they called being flustered when something happened, and she had deliberately made Jin Zhen panic.

  The shoes were sent to Dr. Xu, and Dr. Xu was guilty of theft, so he would definitely think of today's events. Even if Madam Han didn't say it on the note, she understood that it was impossible for Lady Shen to speak directly with this doctor, so Jin Zhen was just a bridge. Dr. Xu's shoes must have ended up in Jin Zhen's hands, and Jin Zhen feared that her own affair with Li Zhu would be exposed, so she had to retrieve the tampered medicine from her presence to beg for forgiveness.

  "Xu Daifu's maid is really careless." Feng Yuexiang helped her turn the conversation around, "But since Mother instructed Jin Zhen to keep an eye on this prescription, it's only natural that she wants Miss Jin to pay more attention to Second Young Master's illness. If even medicine can be sent incorrectly, then Jin Zhen has not done a good job."

  Jin Zhen hung her head low and trembled as she confessed, "It was this servant's negligence, I didn't go to the guest house to keep watch. I don't know... whether or not Second Young Master took that medicine."

  She raised her head and looked at Feng Yuexian with hope, wishing that the empty bowl in the next room wasn't a medicine that had been drunk.

  "Not yet." Feng Yu Heng had indeed given her hope, and upon seeing Jin Zhen let out a breath of relief, she immediately followed up with another sentence: "The medicine is still here, Miss Jin Zhen should quickly send it to your father."

  "Huh?" Jin Zhen was confused again, "Deliver to whom?"

  Feng Yu's eyes widened in feigned surprise, "Of course it's for my father!" Then her pretty face turned red, "I also know medicine, this medicine must be what Mother asked Dr. Xu to brew for Father to drink, Miss, please send it over quickly."

  "No, no, no, it's not." Jin Zhen shook her head repeatedly, "It's not for Master."

  Feng Yu Huan was even more astonished: "How is that possible? You little girl, don't speak nonsense. This medicine isn't for Father, then who else in our household can drink it?"

  Jin Zhen felt his legs trembling as he knelt on the ground, thinking that no matter how he answered, it would be a trap. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "It must have been the doctor himself who brewed it to drink."

  Phoenix feathers and eyebrows, eyes raised, pulling the Forgetful River to go out: "Then I want to ask Doctor Xu, why he is brewing this medicine in the mansion, what does he want to do?"

  "Can't ask! Second Miss, please stay!" Jin Zhen turned around, crawled two steps on her knees, and grabbed Feng Yuexiang's skirt. "Second Miss, please stay!" She couldn't let Feng Yuexiang go ask, once she asked, Master Xu would definitely expose her. Although it was Madame who ordered it, the one who usually passed on messages to Master Xu was Jin Zhen herself. Madame would never admit to it in person, even if she did, as the mistress of the house, what could the Feng family do to her? In the end, they would still have to vent their anger on themselves. After some thought, Jin Zhen's eyes rolled around a few times before she spoke again: "The servant will take responsibility! The medicine was indeed for Master, but it was mistakenly sent to Second Young Master's side, please forgive me, Second Miss. I'll take the medicine to Master right now."

  Jin Zhen finished speaking and stood up, wanting to take the medicine that had already been forgotten by Chuang Yu in his hand.

  As long as she gets her hands on the medicine, it's just a matter of time before she loses it halfway.

  Unfortunately, Wang Chuan couldn't meet her expectations. Before Jin Zhen could even see clearly when the person opposite had moved, Wang Chuan was already five steps away from her.

  "Jin Zhen, I'll go with you! As the top maid beside Madame, it's better for me to do this kind of task, carrying trays is not suitable for you, and the road to Liu Yuan is far."

  Jin Zhen hastily said: "No need, no need, I can carry it myself."

  "Let Wang Chuan come along too." Feng Yu Heng said, "This medicine is extremely precious to Father and I am also not at ease with it." After she finished speaking, without even a glance at Jin Zhen, she flipped her sleeve and turned back into the house.

  Jin Zhen just heard the door slam shut with a "bang", and his heart almost jumped out.

  "Come on, Jinzhen." Wangchuan glanced at Jinzhen and started walking forward. Jinzhen had no choice but to follow obediently.

  All the way, Jin Zhen didn't know how many times she had thought of knocking over that bowl of medicine, but unfortunately, the soles of Wang Chuan's feet were as slippery as if they had been oiled, and no matter how many times she felt like she was about to grab the hem of his clothes, when she snapped back to reality, he was already several steps ahead.

  Feng Jin Yuan had just returned to the manor at this hour and was in Song Garden. This was found out from asking people along the banks of the Forgetful River, and also clarified the route to Song Garden, successfully preventing Jin Zhen's idea of taking her down a side path.

  When they arrived at Songyuan, Jin Zhen almost collapsed and hesitated at the door, refusing to go in no matter what.

  Before long, a young servant came out and saw Wang Chuan for the first time, feeling unfamiliar. But as soon as he saw Jin Zhen, he immediately reacted: "Oh, isn't this Miss Jin Zhen? Is it that the mistress is looking for the master on some matter?"

  Wang Chuan spoke up on behalf of Jin Zhen and replied: "Madam has prepared a nourishing soup for Master, and I'm here with Miss Jin to deliver it."

  The little servant was unaware of anything else, because the big madam and the aunts had been sending supplementary goods to Songyuan many times before, and they couldn't come twice a day.

  He stepped aside and made a welcoming gesture, allowing the two of them to enter Songyuan, then led them to the door of the study where Feng Jin was.

  "Wait a moment, miss, I'll go in and report to the master first."

  The young servant entered the study, and soon returned with a beckoning gesture, inviting Wang Chuan and Jin Zhen to enter, while he himself remained outside to guard the door.

  Feng Jin Yuan originally heard that the big madam's room had sent someone to deliver supplements, so he didn't find it strange when he saw Jin Zhen. However, when he saw Wang Chuan, his eyebrows furrowed together.

  He remembered very clearly that this was one of the two maids who had been sent to Feng Yuexian by the Imperial Palace yesterday, so why were people from Liu Yuan walking with Jin Zhen?

  Wangchuan, from the Imperial Palace, naturally understands etiquette. The first time she saw the old master of Fengfu, she knelt down and said: "Slave Wangchuan, I have seen you, sir."

  Feng Jin Yuan nodded, "You're called Wang Chuan?" What a unique name.

  "Yes, it is."

  "En." Feng Jinyuan was somewhat at a loss for words in his conversation with Wangchuan, and just one Feng Yuexiang was already making him struggle to keep up. Now, here came another palace maid from the Imperial Palace, who knew what kind of person this young girl had been trained to be by that willful and arrogant Ninth Prince.

  Seeing him speechless, Wangchuan took the initiative to speak up: "Master, this is a nourishing medicine stewed by the mistress for you."

  Feng Jin Yuan finally had something to say: "Why is it you who brought the tonic stewed by Madam? What's going on here?" He glanced at Jin Zhen again.

  Jin Zhen felt that her tongue was stiff and she didn't dare lift her head to look at Feng Jin Yuan.