An elegant and majestic mansion caught Bai Yinglin's eye as she just arrived at the door. She felt a sharp pain in her head, and the vague image took root in her heart.

Seeing Bai Yinglin's pale face, Zhao Yan asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, thank you. I'll repay you for saving my life someday." Bai Yinglin saluted with a fist and walked straight into the mansion.

The carriage retreated to a hidden position, and Zhao Chen observed the situation from the side.

There was a loud and powerful knock on the door. Bai Yinglin's eyes were filled with murderous intent. Under the moonlight, she looked like an ice lotus that had weathered the wind and frost, with boiling flames mixed in with the cold.

The servant who opened the door saw Bai Yinglin's face slumped to the ground as if she had seen a ghost: "Master... Miss is back."

It was obvious that someone in the house could no longer sit still. The third concubine, who was graceful and looked like a vixen, had apparently heard the noise outside the door.

A maid ran over to the Third Aunt's ear and whispered a few words, "The eldest lady is back."

When the Third Aunt heard this, veins suddenly appeared on her originally pretty face.

Her bare, bloodstained feet took light steps across the vast mansion. The tatters of her red-stained clothing flew in the wind, dancing in the opposite direction of her steps. Her beauty was as graceful as a startled swan, as graceful as a flying dragon, as glorious as autumn chrysanthemums and luxuriant as spring pines. Her face, as if light clouds obscured the moon, as fluttering as snow on a gust of wind, was like a red plum blossom with a deadly thorn.

"Is that Lin'er? Is that Lin'er back?" A trembling and hoarse voice came towards Bai Yinglin along with the sound of staggering running.

When Bai Yinglin heard the voice, her eyes flickered like a lake blown by the wind, and a word flashed through her mind: Mother.

Bai Yinglin stopped and a middle-aged woman with gray hair hugged her. It was obvious that this person was her mother, the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Even though her beautiful face was covered by some wrinkles, it could not resist the aura of nobility and beauty.

"Yinglin, my dear daughter, Third Aunt said that you slipped and fell into the river, and were carried away by the river and drifted to who knows where. Your father and I have been looking for you for a long time but to no avail. I thought you had..." Bai Yinglin's mother gently stroked Bai Yinglin's face with her hand, and looked at her daughter with loving and caring eyes. Her body was stained with blood, which was particularly glaring, and crystal-like tears fell from her eyes involuntarily.

Bai Yinglin, who was half a head taller than her mother, also had tears in her eyes as she looked at her mother's haggard appearance with heartache.

"Mother." Bai Yinglin slowly smiled. "My daughter is fine, mother, don't worry. I'm a little tired, and..."

"Anything else? Are the wounds on your body starting to hurt? Come back to the house and let me take a look at you." "No, mother, I'm hungry."

"Oh...so that's the case. Just say it directly. Xiaoyin, go get something to eat for the young lady." The eldest lady instructed the maid beside her in her gentle and delicate voice.

"Yes." Xiaoyin turned and walked towards the kitchen.

The eldest lady took her daughter's arm and returned to Bai Yinglin's room.

The eldest lady helped Bai Yinglin sit on the bed, walked to the door and closed it, and asked, "Yinglin, does your injury still hurt?" The eldest lady held Bai Yinglin's hand, with a confused look in her eyes, but she seemed to know everything.

"Mother, my daughter's injury has healed, but she's still a little dirty."

"Yinglin, as long as you are okay, some things should be let go."

"Mother, you..." Bai Yinglin was about to continue speaking when she saw her mother's expression. She turned her head to look out the paper window and saw a dark shadow looming. Bai Yinglin immediately understood what was going on.

A smile spread across her beautiful face like a lotus. "Mother, I don't know what you're talking about. My injuries this time were probably caused by the robbers. Luckily, a passing young man saved me. By the way, you, Dad, and Third Aunt must have been terribly worried these past few days."

There was a trace of sadness and guilt in the eldest lady's eyes: "Yinglin..."

"Well, you're my dear mother, and it's okay for you to worry about the child, but I made Third Aunt worry, and I'm still scared. I'll go and tell Third Aunt tomorrow morning that I'm fine. Mother, you don't have to worry, I understand." Bai Yinglin showed an innocent look. Seeing her daughter's appearance, the eldest lady was startled, thinking that her child might have hurt his head, and then she breathed a sigh of relief. "Mother, please help me find some clean clothes, I want to take a bath."

"This Xiaoyin has been preparing the food for so long, why hasn't he come yet?" The eldest lady looked out the window anxiously. The dark figure disappeared from their sight without them knowing when. "Yinglin, you should rest for a while. I'll find someone to help you prepare it."

A crescent moon hung in the silent black sky, and a gentle breeze rustled the ginkgo leaves in the courtyard. Bai Yinglin pondered thoughtfully: Judging from the current situation, the owner of this body must have been poisoned by the Third Concubine. If my mother is so concerned, this Third Concubine must not be underestimated.

The sound of maids hurriedly fetching water could be heard outside the room. The door of the room slowly opened, and several maids were setting up a bathtub for Bai Yinglin.

"Everyone get out after the arrangements are made. I don't need anyone to wait on me."

"Yes." The maids closed the door and turned to leave.

"Yinglin, let me stay with you."

"good."

The maid Xiaoyin brought the food, and Bai Yinglin asked her to put it down and then left.

When the eldest lady saw that her daughter had no scars on her body after bathing, she felt relieved at first but then became very confused. However, she did not ask about what happened to her daughter. She was satisfied as long as her child could live safely.

"Mother, you know everything." Bai Yinglin went straight to the point and looked at the eldest lady with a smile.

The eldest lady looked at her daughter in confusion.

"Don't worry, mother. There's no one around the room."

"Yinglin, I don't know what you are talking about."

"I understand, Mother. Your face shows what happened."

"Child, let it go. The eldest prince and you are indeed in love, but your sister likes him. Just give up. I just want you to live a healthy life." The wrinkles on the eldest lady's face were squeezed together, and she looked scared and depressed.

Bai Yinglin felt deeply distressed when she saw her mother's appearance. She had already understood too much about the owner of this body. She comforted her mother, "Mother, don't worry. I will live well and live the best life possible."

Bai Yinglin's apricot-like eyes revealed a murderous and evil aura, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised. Her beautiful face was filled with a mysterious evil aura, like the smile of a beautiful devil before a battle.

The thin golden silk and green silk dress brushed against Bai Yinglin's creamy skin, making her look more beautiful than a lotus flower emerging from the water. After seeing her mother off, Bai Yinglin lay beside the rosewood bed with a moon-shaped door cover, unable to sleep at night.