Ye Baien checked Mrs. Lian's medicine residue and found that there was nothing serious.

"How is it? How's the pulse?" Ye Baien asked.

"It's nothing serious." Xie Yunjiao said.

According to Mrs. Lian's pulse, she was just like an ordinary person and did not feel any discomfort.

The paleness of her face seemed fake.

Xie Yunjiao didn't reveal it.

"Do you know how to do it? If not, I will ask another doctor." Mrs. Lian said, looking at Xie Yunjiao unhappily.

"If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do. You should seek help from someone else." Xie Yunjiao said and left with Ye Baien.

After Xie Yunjiao walked away, Lian Yiyi said, "Mom, what should we do? She didn't fall for it at all."

Mrs. Lian didn't expect that her provocation would make Xie Yunjiao angry and leave.

She originally wanted Xie Yunjiao to prescribe medicine for her, and then frame Xie Yunjiao by saying that there was something wrong with the medicine she prescribed, which made her unable to get out of bed.

But now Xie Yunjiao just came to her room and wandered around before leaving. How could she frame Xie Yunjiao?

"Madam, the old lady asked me to ask you if you are feeling better."

As soon as Xie Yunjiao left, even the old lady's maid came over. Was she afraid that she would trip Xie Yunjiao?

"It still hurts a little. I think we should see a doctor I know," said Mrs. Lian.

There was really no way to frame Xie Yunjiao, but she couldn't get better so quickly either.

"Okay, then you should get some rest," said the old lady.

"Madame Jin, wait a moment," Mrs. Lian said, looking at the old nanny with an embarrassed look on her face, "The banquet is going to be held in a few days, and I really want to help. But my useless body really can't bear it. I'm afraid..."

"How about I come and help? Although I haven't done much, I have helped my mother before." Lian Yiyi said.

"Yes, why not ask Yiyi for help? Yiyi has been very smart since she was young, and she's been learning from me for so long, so she should be able to do it." Mrs. Lian said, "If I weren't so weak, this wouldn't have happened."

Mrs. Lian sighed, looking helpless.

"Okay then, I'll go talk to the old lady and see what she says." Nanny Jin left.

"Mom, do you think grandma will agree to let me help this time?" Lian Yiyi asked.

They thought that since the old lady wanted to give the housekeeper's power to Xie Yunjiao, Lian Yiyi should get involved. By comparison, the old lady would know who was qualified for the job.

"Your grandmother will definitely ask you for help. After all, Xie Yunjiao is from the countryside. How could she have seen such a big world?" Madam Lian patted Lian Yiyi's hand with a loving look on her face. "Don't worry, mother will be there to help you."

Lian Yiyi nestled in Mrs. Lian's arms and said coquettishly, "Mom loves me the most."

"Silly child, you are my child. If I don't love you, who else can I love?" Mrs. Lian said with a doting look on her face.

After Lian Yiyi left, Butler Lian sneaked into Mrs. Lian's room.

Mrs. Lian, who was pretending to be dead, was startled when she saw Butler Lian, and sent the maid away with just a few words.

In order not to arouse suspicion, she didn't dare to close the door, so she tried to keep her voice low when she spoke: "How is it? Have you found out their identities?"

"I asked someone to check. The news from the northwest said that the man was the real Young Master Lian Qi." Butler Lian looked helpless.

Mrs. Lian was so angry that she slammed the table and said, "How do you do things? Didn't you say before..."

Mrs. Lian looked around and found that she was a little too excited. It would be bad if someone heard her.

"Didn't I tell you to buy Shu brocade? You told me Yunxiang Cloth Shop had sold out?"

Butler Lian hurriedly pretended to feel guilty and apologized to Mrs. Lian. Mrs. Lian scolded Butler Lian a few more times before letting him leave.

When Butler Lian left, Mrs. Lian's personal maid had just returned. She was no longer surprised to hear Mrs. Lian swearing.

However, it was a bit strange that the lady scolded the housekeeper Lian. Usually the lady was quite rude to others, but she was quite kind to the housekeeper Lian.

***

"Lord Ye, is there something urgent?" Lian Yan was startled when he saw Ye Baien suddenly appear in his study.

It was Ye Baien who told me not to contact him casually unless necessary.

However, if Ye Baien had not spoken just now, he almost did not recognize that the person with the shiny black hair was actually the white-haired Ye Baien.

"Someone from your side went to check on Gu Huai, and my people helped to fend them off. But I still advise you to be careful, especially your family members, and don't cause me too much trouble. I don't have time to help you with these trivial matters now.

If necessary..."

Ye Baien paused and made a beheading gesture.

Lian Yan immediately thought of Mrs. Lian. Only she would check Gu Huai's identity.

But why did she suspect that Shang Gu Huai wasn't really Lian Qi? Could it be that she knew something?

***

"Madam, the master is here."

Mrs. Lian's maid said to Mrs. Lian with some joy.

Mrs. Lian was so startled that she almost fell off the chaise longue.

She asked the maid to support her, straightened her clothes and then walked out: "Master."

Lian Yan responded indifferently, sat down at the table casually, and didn't look at her again.

A hint of displeasure flashed across Mrs. Lian's face. After so many years, he rarely smiled in front of her. Could it be that he didn't like her that much?

"Master, you must be tired. Let me give you a shoulder massage," said Mrs. Lian.

She is good at massaging shoulders and backs. Before Lian Qi's mother died, she was Lian Qi's maid and often had to massage Lian Qi's back.

Lian Yan also liked to ask her for help with back massage every time he came.

But after that incident, Lian Yan rarely asked her to help him with back massage.

"No need," Lian Yan shook off Mrs. Lian's hand, as if not wanting her to get any closer. "I just wanted to ask you, after Lian Qi left home, did you look for him?"

Mrs. Lian's hands froze. She didn't expect that Lian Yan, who rarely came, would ask about Lian Qi.

"I did look for it, but I wasn't with the others. At that time, I thought it was freezing cold and the snow was melting. I was so tired that I fell and…"

At that time, the baby in her belly was about to be born, but after the fall, the baby died. It was a boy, what a pity.

When she thought of this, Mrs. Lian's eyes turned red and her eyes were filled with mist.

"Besides that time, is there any other time?"

Lian Yan looked at her and knew that she was about to cry, but he did not comfort her. He just asked those questions in a cold voice.

Mrs. Lian felt uncomfortable but still said, "No, you said you found out that Lian Qi had left the capital, and as a woman, how would I know how to find him?"