Ginger's sense of smell is naturally sensitive. After learning the secret technique from Elder Wu Miao, it can almost be described as "magical" in the eyes of ordinary people.

Even though the peony was as fiery as fire and had a rich fragrance, it still couldn't stop the faint smell from drilling into her nose.

She had smelled that smell before; it was the stench of a corpse.

The reason why Jiang Si came to Changxing Marquis's Mansion was that he wanted to find out why Changxing Marquis's son Cao Xingyu and Jiang Qian did such an unbelievable thing to her.

That is the knot in her heart. If she doesn't untie it and make the people who hurt her get punished, she will never be able to let it go.

Some things can be let go and looked upon in a positive light, but some things must be faced and resolved in order to break free from the nightmare.

So she came here on her own initiative, approached this place on her own initiative, and approached this couple on her own initiative.

But even though she was fully prepared, she never expected that there were corpses buried under the beautiful peony flowers.

Jiang seemed to subconsciously crush the soil with his toes.

The stench of the corpse permeated the soil and even permeated the layers of petals of the peony flowers.

It takes more than two days to create this smell, yet it has an eerie freshness, as if gorgeous peony flowers have blossomed from a corpse that has just been buried.

The ginger-like face turned a little paler.

At this point, she didn't feel scared, but the stench of the corpse that came over her like a gust of wind made her vomit, and she could hardly control the feeling of nausea.

"Fourth sister, are you not feeling well?" Jiang Qiao noticed something was wrong with Jiang Si and withdrew her gaze from the beautiful and somewhat enchanting peony flowers.

Jiang Si breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile: "I'm fine."

Jiang Qiao frowned and looked at Jiang Si, then casually pulled off a peony petal and twisted it on her fingertips.

The light red juice stained Jiang Qiaoying's white fingertips.

Jiang Si's eyes couldn't help but fall on Jiang Qiao's fingers.

Jiang Qiao casually threw the crushed petals into the wind, lowered her head and sniffed her fingertips, and said with a smile: "It's strange, although I like peonies, I don't like the fragrance of this flower. Fourth sister, are you also not used to the smell, so you feel uncomfortable?"

Jiang Si thought about the pervasive stench of corpses, then looked at the light red color on Jiang Qiao's fingertips. He bit his lip hard to suppress the urge to vomit, and smiled reluctantly, "I can't get used to many smells."

"Then let's go. If you had told me you weren't used to it, I wouldn't have dragged you here." Although Jiang Qiao and Jiang Si would quarrel after just three sentences in Bo's mansion, they naturally became closer when they were outside.

Sisters living in the same mansion should of course take care of each other when they go out.

Jiang Qiao is cheerful and straightforward, but not stupid. She had already noticed something strange in Jiang Qian's abnormal attitude towards Jiang Si.

Jiang Si stood still and said, "Although I am not used to many smells, the smell of peony flowers is okay to me."

She had to find out whether the body buried under the peony flowers was a human skeleton or the corpse of a cat or dog.

Since she wanted to find out, she would stay here again. At this moment, she certainly couldn't tell Jiang Qiao that she couldn't get used to the smell of peony flowers.

If that were the case, it would be abnormal for her to come near here again.

"Fourth sister, let me ask you, what exactly happened between you and second sister?" Jiang Qiao glanced at Jiang Qian and the other two who were climbing up the rockery, and asked in a low voice.

Seeing Jiang Si was silent, Jiang Qiao sneered: "You asked her to chase Sixth Sister away, but she didn't even say 'no'. This is too weird. Don't tell me that Second Sister treats you better than a real sister. I'm not a fool."

Jiang Si was silent for a long time, staring at the brightly blooming peony flowers and sighing, "Yes, I am also surprised. Third sister, do you know that my second sister invited me to visit the Marquis' Mansion when she came to the Earl's Mansion before my grandmother got the eye disease?"

Jiang Qiao was stunned and became more curious.

They all received the post at the same time, but they didn't know that Jiang Qian had already invited Jiang Si.

Does this mean that the person my second sister wanted to invite was Jiang Si?

This thought flashed through Jiang Qiao's mind, and she looked at Jiang Si with an inquiring look.

Jiang Si smiled slightly: "So I wanted to try and see how sincere my second sister is to me, but I didn't expect——"

"I didn't expect that my second sister was so sincere." Jiang Qiao said.

"Yes, with full sincerity." Jiang Si had a sneer on his face.

She was determined to uncover the shameful deeds of Jiang Qian and her husband, so she didn't mind letting Jiang Qiao get a glimpse of the truth first.

"Why is that?" Jiang Qiao kicked the fallen petals and leaves at her feet from time to time, her expression becoming more and more solemn. "I always feel that it is not a good thing. Fourth sister, you and I should stay together in the mansion for a long time. We will go back quickly after staying for two days."

Although Jiang Si knew that Jiang Qiao had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, she did not expect Jiang Qiao to be so quick to put aside past grudges and make plans for her. She was touched and said, "That's not necessary. I came to the Marquis' Mansion as a guest. Would Second Sister embarrass me?"

What she was about to do was too dangerous. She let Jiang Qiao realize that something was wrong so that she could have someone to speak up for her after she revealed the truth, but she didn't want to drag Jiang Qiao into danger now.

Jiang Qiao was obviously irritated by Jiang Si's words. She reached out and touched her forehead, and said angrily, "Are you stupid?"

The girl's skin was so delicate that after being poked by Jiang Qiao, a red mark immediately appeared on her smooth forehead.

Jiang Qiao opened her mouth and kicked the grass at her feet in frustration.

Why didn’t I know before that Jiang was like a glass doll? It left red marks when touched, just like she was bullying someone.

"Hey——" Jiang Qiao bent down and picked up something from the ground, "What is this?"

Jiang Qiao was holding a hairpin in her hand, which shone with an ancient color under the sunlight.

"What material is this hairpin made of? It's neither gold nor silver..." Jiang Qiao looked at the hairpin in her hand in confusion.

Jiang Si's eyes suddenly turned cold.

This is a copper hairpin!

Copper hairpins are very common.

Women from ordinary families also love beauty, but not every family has the conditions to buy gold and silver hairpins, so copper hairpins, wooden hairpins and even bamboo hairpins have become the next best choice.

But where is this place?

This is the Marquis of Changxing's mansion. Not to mention the masters, even the prominent maids and servants wear gold hairpins awarded by the masters, while the next best ones wear silver hairpins.

The maids and old women who did the hardest and most tiring jobs did not have silver hairpins to wear and would not look down on such copper hairpins, preferring instead to choose bright and delicate pearl and silk flowers.

Jiang Si's heart beat rapidly and he made a bold guess: If there was a human corpse buried under the peony flowers, then could this copper hairpin belong to the victim?

"This looks like a copper hairpin." Jiang Qiao looked at it for a moment and finally recognized it.

At this time, a voice with a cool smile sounded: "What are you two sisters doing?"

Jiang Si was startled and snatched the copper hairpin from Jiang Qiao's hand in a flash and stuffed it into his sleeve.

Not far away, Cao Xingyu, the son of Changxing Marquis, dressed in a moon-white gown, looked at the two with a smile on his face.