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To Old Master Yin and Madam Yin, who were still trying to process what was happening, their behavior didn’t seem wrong at all, but to outsiders, it appeared quite abnormal.
As a result, the servants present became even more afraid to speak. Yin Zheng, on the other hand, constantly watched Old Madam Yin, fearing that she couldn’t handle the shock.
Fortunately, Old Madam Yin was someone who had seen her share of storms. Knowing that she was now the only support for the younger members of her family, she was able to hold on.
Instructor Liu, who had been invited to the Main Courtyard, also followed. Because they couldn’t determine the illness yet, Old Madam Yin wanted the medically skilled Instructor Liu to stay in their residence temporarily. After Instructor Liu agreed, Yin Zheng took the initiative to lead Instructor Liu to her accommodation, finally having the opportunity to speak with her alone.
Yin Zheng wanted to determine what exactly was wrong with them, whether they had been poisoned, cursed, or contracted some kind of epidemic. But Instructor Liu said, “There is nothing wrong with their bodies.”
Yin Zheng was very surprised by this answer. But Instructor Liu was her person, and she knew Instructor Liu’s medical skills. The main reason she had Instructor Liu infiltrate the Yin Residence was to treat her own body.
So, if Instructor Liu said there was nothing wrong with their bodies, then there probably wasn’t anything wrong with them.
—She really had to go back and hear what Guo Jie wanted to say to her.
Leaving Instructor Liu, Yin Zheng returned to Yin Muxue’s courtyard.
At this time, Yin Muxue was already awake, leaning against the head of the bed and talking to her parents. When she saw Yin Zheng, she was first stunned by Yin Zheng’s seventeen-year-old appearance, and then her eyes welled up with tears.
The feeling of guilt, almost overwhelming her, washed over her. But she also knew that she couldn’t let anyone discover that she possessed memories of her previous life. So, she suppressed herself, not giving in to the impulse to immediately apologize to Yin Zheng.
Yin Muxue held back, but Old Master Yin and Madam Yin did not. They both stood up, looking like they were about to perform a bow again, scaring Yin Zheng into hiding behind Old Madam Yin once more.
Old Madam Yin had a headache. She was afraid that her son and daughter-in-law would frighten Yin Zheng, and also afraid that Yin Muxue, who had just woken up, would faint again if she learned about her parents’ condition. So, she ordered people to send her son and daughter-in-law back to the Main Courtyard to keep a close watch on them.
Before leaving, Madam Yin left the cape she had worn, saying that it was cold and left it for Yin Zheng to wear when she left to protect against the wind.
Yin Zheng subconsciously looked at Yin Muxue, only to find that Yin Muxue showed no jealousy or dissatisfaction.
Yin Zheng’s heart stirred, and she began to persuade Old Madam Yin, “Grandmother, you’ve been tired all morning. I’ll watch over Little Sister here, so you should go back and rest.”
Old Madam Yin was indeed tired, but with such a big thing happening in the family, she had no mood to rest.
But she couldn’t resist Mama Xu and Yin Zheng’s persuasion. In addition, Yin Muxue wanted to be alone with Yin Zheng, so she also joined the ranks of persuasion. Finally, they sent Old Madam Yin back to rest.
Watching Mama Xu and the other servants support Old Madam Yin as she went back, Yin Zheng stood at the entrance of Yin Muxue’s courtyard for a while, then turned and called out to a main maidservant in Yin Muxue’s courtyard, asking her, “When did your mistress get up today? And how did Yin Huan make her so angry that she vomited blood?”
Yin Zheng was prepared for the other party to refuse to answer or to prevaricate, and had thought of corresponding countermeasures. But she didn’t expect the other party to tell her everything she knew in detail.
It was just that the maidservant was timid and had never dared to wake Yin Muxue up, so she didn’t know if Yin Muxue had ever been unable to be woken up. She only knew that Yin Muxue got up very late, and after getting up, Yin Huan was disrespectful to Yin Zheng, not only hitting someone but also making her so angry that she vomited blood.
After hearing this, Yin Zheng finally understood why these maidservants were particularly respectful to her today, and her guess in her heart was further confirmed—Yin Muxue was probably also “crazy.”
She turned and returned to Yin Muxue’s room. Yin Muxue seemed to have been waiting for her all along, and as soon as she saw her, she called out to her, “Sister!”
Yin Zheng paused slightly, then walked to the bedside.
Yin Muxue ingratiatingly made room, saying to Yin Zheng, “Sister, sit!”
Yin Zheng really did as she said, sitting on the edge of the bed.
Yin Muxue, who should have felt repulsed by this, not only didn’t get angry, but leaned over and hugged Yin Zheng’s arm, saying to Yin Zheng, “Sister, I’m sorry. I didn’t know that Mother would ask you to copy Buddhist scriptures in the Small Buddhist Hall. Mama Liu must have deceived Mother. Sister, don’t be angry with Mother, okay? And that Yin Huan, I heard Cai Yi say that she has been punished and locked up. Later, I’ll have someone sell her off. Sister, don’t be angry with me, okay?”
Yin Zheng carefully observed Yin Muxue, and could clearly see that Yin Muxue was trying to disguise herself as a naive and innocent girl, but unfortunately, it didn’t look very convincing, and was a bit awkward.
Yin Zheng didn’t answer her, but turned to look at Cai Yi, who looked like she had seen a ghost, and said, “Grandmother was there just now, and I was afraid of scaring her, so I didn’t dare to ask. Now there are only us in the room. I ask you, was your mistress the same as Old Master and Madam this morning, unable to be woken up no matter how you called?”
Cai Yi unnaturally said, “Don’t worry, Second Miss. My mistress just slept late last night, and did not…”
Yin Zheng interrupted her, “Think carefully before you answer. No one knows what’s going on with this inexplicable madness. Maybe it’s an illness, or maybe someone deliberately poisoned them. If you conceal the truth and cause your mistress to miss the treatment, can you bear the responsibility?”
Cai Yi was so frightened that she knelt on the ground with a thud.
After hearing about the events in the Second Master’s courtyard, Cai Yi had been afraid that her mistress would also contract madness like the Second Master. But for an unmarried girl, being afflicted with madness was too fatal. That was why she had been hiding the truth. Even when Yin Zheng took the initiative to ask her, she didn’t tell the truth.
It wasn’t until Yin Zheng said that this madness might not be an illness but poison, and that her behavior might harm her mistress, that she finally revealed the truth, telling Yin Zheng that they really couldn’t wake Yin Muxue up this morning.
Yin Muxue was a little confused, “What are you talking about?”
Old Madam Yin was afraid of scaring Yin Muxue, so she didn’t tell her about the Second Master and her parents’ affairs.
Now, Yin Zheng deliberately mentioned it in front of her, and explained it to her in detail. As expected, she saw her face change drastically.
“Are you saying that Father, Mother, Second Uncle, and I are all like this, falling asleep and unable to be woken up, and after waking up, we… we become very strange?” Yin Muxue knew that she wasn’t crazy, so she changed her word to describe herself.
Cai Yi comforted Yin Muxue, “Don’t be afraid, mistress. You might have just slept too deeply, and are not the same as them.”
Yin Muxue calmed down after hearing Cai Yi’s words, but she was still worried, because she remembered her parents’ attitude when they saw Yin Zheng. She was used to it in her previous life and didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, but now that she thought about it, Yin Zheng was not yet married to the Crown Prince, and their behavior was indeed a bit excessive.
So, Yin Muxue asked Cai Yi to find someone to inquire about what the Second Uncle looked like after he went mad, and what he had done.
Cai Yi hesitated, and Yin Zheng took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, “Go and inquire about it. Maybe you can hear something useful.”
Only then did Cai Yi leave, running to the Second Master’s courtyard to inquire about the Second Master’s words and deeds after he went mad.
Yin Zheng and Yin Muxue waited for Cai Yi to return. During this time, Yin Muxue was uneasy, and was somewhat absent-minded when talking to Yin Zheng—Yin Muxue was hesitating, if she wasn’t the only one who had returned to the past, should she take the initiative to confess to Yin Zheng?
The reason she had such an idea was because she felt that if she became the first person to confess to Yin Zheng, then in Yin Zheng’s heart, she would definitely become the most special person.
Yin Muxue wasn’t a useless main wife. In terms of how to win over people’s hearts, although she couldn’t be considered particularly skilled, she wasn’t a complete idiot who knew nothing.
When Cai Yi returned, saying that the Second Master, who had spent the night at the concubine’s place last night, went straight to the Second Madam’s room after waking up, crying loudly while hugging the Second Madam, and constantly repenting to his arriving son and daughter, Yin Muxue finally confirmed that the Second Uncle, like herself, was a person from the previous life.
Because in her previous life, the Second Uncle’s wife and children had died. The Second Uncle, who had always favored his concubine and destroyed his wife, found a jade wrench that he had been searching for a long time in his wife’s belongings. Yin Muxue didn’t know what was special about that jade wrench, but she only knew that the Second Uncle was heartbroken after seeing the jade wrench, and never remarried after that.
If the Second Uncle was reborn, seeing his wife and children still alive, his reaction would definitely be like this.
Yin Muxue no longer hesitated, and told Cai Yi to go out and guard the door, not allowing anyone to enter.
Cai Yi subconsciously looked at Yin Zheng, actually developing a sense of trust in Yin Zheng unconsciously.
Yin Zheng: “Go ahead, I’m here.”
Cai Yi had no choice but to retreat, guarding the door for them.
After Cai Yi left, only Yin Zheng and Yin Muxue were left in the room.
Yin Zheng waited patiently, while Yin Muxue weighed her words in her heart. After a moment, Yin Muxue opened her mouth, saying to Yin Zheng, “Sister, you may not believe it, and may even think I’m crazy, but I swear, everything I say is true, without any falsehood.”
Yin Zheng just looked at her, without expressing any opinion.
Then Yin Muxue told her that she had already experienced a lifetime, and suddenly returned to before she was married after waking up. She also said that her parents and Second Uncle should also be reborn people with memories of their previous lives like herself.
Yin Muxue knew that this matter was too bizarre. In order to gain Yin Zheng’s trust, she also analyzed for Yin Zheng the reasons why her parents and Second Uncle had become so strange after waking up—
“Second Uncle was separated from Second Aunt by death in his previous life. Now that he has recovered what he lost, he will naturally be overjoyed and cry.” Shedding her disguise, Yin Muxue showed a maturity that was incompatible with her girlish body: “As for Father and Mother, that’s because you married the Crown Prince and became Empress, with a noble status. Father and Mother are used to being respectful to you, so it’s normal that they can’t change their behavior immediately.”
Suddenly, a muffled sound came from the window.
Yin Muxue was startled, “What’s wrong?”
Yin Zheng: “…”
It’s okay, it should be her guard Boy falling from the tree.
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