Feng Nian was late to wake up. Yin Zheng had already eaten breakfast. She gave Feng Nian some silver, telling her to go out and find a doctor to check on Guo Jie. Then, she went out of the courtyard alone to greet Old Madam Yin and Madam Yin.
Old Madam Yin was in good spirits. When she saw Yin Zheng, she specially pulled Yin Zheng to her side and touched Yin Zheng’s forehead with her wrinkled hand, afraid that she had caught a cold the night before and that was why she woke up late today.

A smile spread across Yin Zheng’s face, touching her eyes and adding a touch of bright color to her deep blue eyes: “Grandmother, I’m fine. I just went to bed late last night, so I couldn’t get up this morning.”

The Old Madam didn’t believe her and complained: “How could I not know you? You endure everything yourself. I asked you to come back and live with me, but you refused. I’ve never seen such a stubborn girl like you.”

Yin Zheng rarely put on a girlish appearance, coaxing the Old Madam with giggles, letting the Old Madam touch her forehead and then grab her wrist to take her pulse.

No one knew where the Old Madam had learned this skill. She took her pulse in a very professional manner. After a long while, she confirmed that she was really not sick before letting her leave.

Afterwards, Yin Zheng went to the Main Courtyard to greet Madam Yin, but she didn’t expect Madam Yin to not be up either. Yin Zheng only saw Mama Liu.

Mama Liu was in a good mood and even took the time to personally escort Yin Zheng to the Small Buddhist Hall.

The arrangement inside the Small Buddhist Hall was the same as before, simple and elegant. There was a table by the window, and on the table were the Buddhist scriptures, brush, ink, paper, and inkstone that Yin Zheng had to copy today.

Yin Zheng sat down obediently to copy the scriptures. After a while, Feng Nian ran over, grabbed Yin Zheng’s hand, and said anxiously with red eyes: “Miss! Miss, please save Guo Jie! You must save Guo Jie!”

Yin Zheng put down her pen, stood up, and asked, “What’s wrong with Guo Jie? Where’s the doctor? What did the doctor say?”

Feng Nian kept sobbing, speaking intermittently: “I can’t, can’t find a doctor. There are so many people outside the medical hall. They all say that someone in their family fell asleep and couldn’t wake up. I even met Xia He from the Second Old Master’s courtyard on the way back. She said, she said that the Second Old Master couldn’t be woken up this morning either. He just woke up, but he’s crazy! Miss, what, what should we do about Guo Jie? Will Guo Jie also go crazy after waking up? Miss, you must save her!”

After hearing this, Yin Zheng grabbed Feng Nian’s hand and walked out of the Small Buddhist Hall. In a few breaths, countless guesses flashed through her mind – plague? Poisoning? Or an accident? How many people were involved? Were there any of her chess pieces among those people?

In order to keep an eye on Yin Zheng, Mama Liu had left a gatekeeper Old Woman outside the Small Buddhist Hall. The Old Woman had just been frightened by Feng Nian’s panicked appearance, so she had let Feng Nian enter the Small Buddhist Hall. Seeing that Yin Zheng was about to go out, she immediately stood in front of Yin Zheng.

If Feng Nian hadn’t said that many people outside were like Guo Jie, then Yin Zheng might have maintained her original appearance, acting like a Second Miss who was not taken seriously, begging a servant Old Woman to let her out.

But now that Yongdu had changed, it would definitely affect her years of planning, causing her upcoming plan to fall short. And all her disguises were for that plan. If the plan failed, what was the use of her disguising so well?

Yin Zheng put away her usual gentle, harmless, and somewhat cowardly appearance –

“Get out of the way.”

Her always lowered eyebrows and eyes looked straight at the Old Woman who was blocking the way. There was no wind or snow in her eyes, but they were so cold that people’s hearts trembled. It also made the Old Woman, whose figure could withstand three Yin Zheng, feel like she had seen a ferocious beast and involuntarily made way.

The Old Woman behind her reacted and was afraid to chase after her, so she had to run to the Main Courtyard to report to Mama Liu.

However, when she arrived at the Main Courtyard, she discovered that the Main Courtyard was in chaos.

Mama Liu, who had been beaming with joy because both the Old Master and Madam had woken up late, was now pacing around anxiously. When she heard the maid who ran back say that no doctor could be found outside, Mama Liu scolded the maid head-on.

Then another maid ran in, saying something about the Second Old Master’s courtyard, scaring Mama Liu so much that her legs went weak and she almost knelt down.

“Quick! Quickly help me find the Old Madam!” Mama Liu’s voice was sharp, like a chicken whose neck had been pinched.

On the other side, Yin Muxue, who had also woken up late, woke up.

Yin Muxue often slept in, and she had gone to bed late after returning last night. Therefore, the maids in Yin Muxue’s courtyard didn’t think there was anything wrong with not being able to wake her up.

Yin Muxue slowly opened her eyes, her eyes filled with the unique daze of someone who had just woken up. Then the daze gradually dissipated, but there was no trace of her former innocence and willfulness, only maturity and sharpness remained.

But soon, Yin Muxue noticed something was wrong. She looked at the bed curtains, then tilted her head to look at both sides of her body, and suddenly widened her eyes, sitting up abruptly from the bed.

“Miss is awake?”

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from outside, but Yin Muxue did not respond. She looked at the quilt covering her body, then raised her hand to carefully examine it, her face full of disbelief.

“Miss?” Cai Yi lifted the bed curtain and said with a smile, “Miss, you’re finally awake. If you hadn’t woken up, Madam was about to send someone to ask.”

Yin Muxue stared at Cai Yi intently, and after a long while, she squeezed out a sentence: “Cai Yi?”

Cai Yi saw that Yin Muxue was not quite right and was a little worried: “What’s wrong, Miss? Are you feeling unwell?”

Yin Muxue was stunned for a moment, then slowly shook her head and said, “No, I’m fine, it’s just…”

It’s just that she woke up and found that she had changed from the mother of two children in the Lin family back to an unmarried young woman, and she felt a little unreal.

Cai Yi was not reassured and asked someone to invite a doctor while serving Yin Muxue to get up and change her clothes.

Yin Muxue let Cai Yi and several other maids serve her. While putting on makeup, she stared at herself in the mirror for a long time, and her complicated feelings finally eased a little – who wouldn’t want to do it all over again and return to their young and beautiful selves?

Coming back to her senses, the first thing Yin Muxue thought of was not to see her parents and brothers, but to ask the maid beside her: “Where is my sister?”

Unlike the usual perfunctory “Second Sister”, Yin Muxue’s “sister” was sincere and contained full of anticipation and joy.

Cai Yi felt more and more that her Miss was sick, otherwise, how could she call the Second Miss “sister” so kindly? But other than Cai Yi, who had been with Yin Muxue since she was a child, the other maids did not find anything wrong. Yin Huan, who was combing Yin Muxue’s hair, even laughed and said, “Miss doesn’t know, does she?”

Know what? Yin Muxue was puzzled. She couldn’t even remember who this maid was, but she didn’t like the other party’s laughter, which sounded like she was watching a joke and was annoying.

Yin Huan did not beat around the bush and said directly: “The Second Miss said earlier that she was going to help Madam, but that’s all a lie. She was actually sent to the Small Buddhist Hall by Mama Liu to copy Buddhist scriptures. She should have picked up her pen at this hour. It’s fortunate that she still has the face to pretend to be helping Madam manage the household. I think she just has no good intentions and deliberately wants to make you angry.”

Yin Muxue was a little dazed and didn’t understand the cause and effect of these words at all, but she also knew that the other party was saying bad things about Yin Zheng. She was immediately a little angry and finally remembered that her relationship with Yin Zheng was not good when she was young.

She also forgot exactly how bad it was. She only remembered that she liked to ignore Yin Zheng whenever she was unhappy, but that didn’t seem to be anything, and Yin Zheng didn’t hold it against her later, so she had long forgotten these unpleasant past events.

Now that the old things were being brought up again… No, it was a reunion with the old things. Yin Muxue discovered that the maids around her were actually speculating about Yin Zheng like this. Her mother’s most trusted Mama Liu even sent Yin Zheng to copy Buddhist scriptures. She felt extremely uncomfortable, as if small needles were constantly pricking her chest, hurting her so much that she had difficulty breathing.

No wonder it was obvious that she was Yin Zheng’s sister, but when it came to closeness, she couldn’t compare to Miss He or Eldest Princess Rui Jia. Even the Lord Lou from the Ministry of Revenue, who always argued with her sister, seemed to be more familiar with her than she was with her sister. It turned out that in the past that she had long forgotten, her sister had suffered such treatment at home…

When Yin Huan and Cai Yi saw that Yin Muxue’s face was ugly and she didn’t speak, they both thought Yin Muxue was angry. Cai Yi scolded Yin Huan even more, saying, “You’re the only one with a mouth, right? If you dare to make the Miss angry, see how I deal with you!”

Cai Yi and Yin Muxue had grown up together since they were young, and the maids in the courtyard didn’t dare to surpass her, and they were all afraid of her.

Yin Huan was an exception. She regarded Cai Yi as a stumbling block and was determined to become Yin Muxue’s confidant. At this moment, she was not afraid of being scolded and hurriedly opened her mouth to ask Yin Muxue for credit: “Miss, don’t be angry. Didn’t Madam ask someone to make new clothes for you earlier? The Second Miss also has them. I took advantage of the time when Feng Nian from the Second Miss’s courtyard took the clothes to the kitchen and threw the Second Miss’s clothes into the kitchen’s fish tank. It can be regarded as getting some revenge for you, Miss, ah!”

Yin Huan’s scream and a loud slap sounded at the same time.

Cai Yi next to her was frightened. Although she also felt that Yin Huan’s actions were not good, she didn’t expect that her Miss would stand up and slap Yin Huan directly.

Yin Huan’s head was turned to the side, and the pearl flower she was wearing on her head was also thrown away due to the fierce force. She covered her face and turned her head to look at Yin Muxue in a daze, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.

Looking at Yin Muxue again, she seemed to be driven crazy by anger, gasping for breath, her hand that had just hit someone was still shaking, and her eyes stared fiercely at Yin Huan, squeezing out a few words from her mouth that she wished she could bite Yin Huan into pieces and swallow: “How dare you!!!”

“Miss…” Cai Yi cautiously grabbed Yin Muxue, wanting to help Yin Muxue calm down, but in the next moment, Yin Muxue, whose anger had attacked her heart, spat out a large mouthful of blood and fell straight down.

“Miss!!!”