Shen Wan was surprised that Zi Yu would offer to search the house. Her gaze lingered on Zi Yu's face for a moment before she said, "No need."

Mrs. Zhou hadn't expected Shen Wan to refuse, and said, "Won't you search it, young lady?"

Ziyu also said, "If we don't find the culprit, there's no guarantee there won't be a next time."

Yinshuang had nothing to say. The young lady was going to let her off the hook, but she didn't know when to stop and insisted that the young lady search her. If the young lady didn't give in to her wishes, she would lose her temper.

Yinshuang said, "Both Zhou Mama and Ziyu think we should search, so please do so, Miss."

Shen Wan knew Yin Shuang was naive, but she didn't expect her to be this naive. Since Zi Yu had asked her to search, it was clear that this fire would only burn others and not her. Since she was asked to search anyway, she might as well search. She would take this opportunity to show Yin Shuang what it meant to be wicked and to make her more careful in the future.

Shen Wan said, "Then let's search with men."

After saying that, Chen Wan stepped into the house.

Shen Wan sat down, quietly drank her tea, and patiently waited for the search results.

After waiting for about half an hour, she heard hurried footsteps approaching. Shen Wan looked up and saw Zi Yu enter, holding a medicine bottle in her hand, her face full of anger. Yin Shuang was behind her, and finally, Zhou Mama.

Ziyu lifted the beaded curtain and came in, saying, "Miss, I found this in Yinshuang's room."

Yinshuang was so angry she was about to hit someone. She never expected that Ziyu would poison the young lady and, while she was accompanying the young lady to Qinghui Courtyard, hide the medicine bottle in her room to frame her.

If the girl hadn't known this in her heart, Yin Shuang would have jumped up and down long ago. But even knowing that Shen Wan trusted her, Yin Shuang was still furious. She had never seen such a wicked person as Zi Yu.

Ziyu placed the medicine bottle in front of Chenwan and said, "It must have been Yinshuang who poisoned you, Miss, making you sickly for so many days."

Shen Wan glanced at Yin Shuang without saying a word, but Yin Shuang understood what Shen Wan was trying to say and immediately felt incredibly stupid.

Shen Wan glanced at the medicine bottle and said, "It's too hasty to conclude that Yin Shuang poisoned it just because we found the medicine bottle and haven't even checked what's inside."

Ziyu said, "But the young lady's food is made in the small kitchen. We servants eat the same food as the young lady. No one but close relatives could poison the young lady."

Knowing that close relatives would be suspected, she decided to strike first, not only to avoid suspicion but also to take the opportunity to kill Yinshuang. Shen Wan said, "Please invite a doctor into the manor to examine what medicine is in this bottle."

Ziyu found this too troublesome, so she turned to Yinshuang and questioned, "What medicine is in this medicine bottle?"

Silver Frost's eyes blazed with fury as she retorted, "This isn't my medicine bottle, how would I know what's inside?"

She genuinely didn't know what the young lady had asked Ling Wang's secret guards to do, but it probably wasn't poison, because Zi Yu had ate all the medicine except for the first one she put in the bird's nest soup.

Ziyu said, "It's no use being stubborn. The doctor will know once he examines you."

Zhou's mother went to ask someone to fetch a doctor.

Half an hour later, the doctor finally arrived. He carried his medicine box into the room, and Ziyu eagerly handed him the medicine bottle, saying, "Doctor, please take a look at what medicine is in this bottle."

The doctor took the medicine bottle, worried that it might be some kind of poison. He was very careful when he smelled it, but after one sniff, his brows furrowed. He sniffed it a couple more times, and then looked at Ziyu and said, "This is not medicine at all, it's just flour."

Ziyu froze, her voice suddenly rising, "Flour?"

How could it be flour?!

Mother Zhou also found it strange, but the eldest daughter was not the same as before. She had used a scheme to get rid of Mother Wu, so it was normal for her to be wary of Ziyu.

Today, the second madam invited a Taoist priest into the mansion, but she failed to do anything to the eldest daughter. Instead, she herself fell into a pit and dragged the old lady down with her. Previously, Zhou Mama chose Shen Wan out of desperation, but today is the first time she feels that perhaps choosing the eldest daughter was not a mistake.

Mother Zhou said, "Alright, let's not delay the doctor from taking the young lady's pulse."

The doctor sat down, took Shen Wan's pulse, wrote a prescription to regulate her body, and then left.

No sooner had the doctor left than Yinshuang, who had been holding back for half a day, said to Ziyu, "I told you the medicine bottle wasn't mine, but you still insisted on accusing me of murdering a girl. Now that it's been found that the medicine bottle contained flour, what do you have to say for yourself?"

Shen Wan also looked at Zi Yu, who quickly said, "This servant was just worried about you, Miss, and that's why I misunderstood Yin Shuang. Please calm down, Miss."

Shen Wan's cold gaze swept across Zi Yu's face, and Zi Yu immediately lowered her head guiltily. Shen Wan didn't say anything, but waved her hand and said, "Step down."

Ziyu didn't dare linger and quickly withdrew.

After Ziyu left, Zhou Mama looked at Chen Wan and said, "Why didn't you expose Ziyu, Miss? It would be a pity to miss such a good opportunity."

This was indeed an excellent opportunity to drive Ziyu out of the mansion, but Shen Wan did not want to alert the enemy. If Ziyu were exposed too easily, the Second Madam would definitely guess that it was she who made the Taoist priest go back on his word and ruin her plan, and would become wary of her. She had other ways to drive Ziyu out, so why alert the enemy?

Shen Wan served tea and said, "I have my own plans."

Mrs. Zhou looked troubled, and Shen Wan said, "Speak your mind."

Madam Zhou said, "Miss, you asked me to purge all the disloyal maids in Qinglan Garden. The Second Madam and the Old Madam won't notice how the other maids are dealt with, but Ziyu..."

Even though she had decided to be loyal to the eldest daughter from now on, she didn't dare to do anything to Ziyu knowing that she was the old lady and the second wife's person.

Mother Zhou spoke the truth, and Shen Wan wouldn't blame her. She said, "I will deal with Ziyu within three days."

Relieved that she didn't have to chase Ziyu away, Zhou Mama reported a few minor matters in the courtyard before leaving.

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