Chu Jinmiao fell to her knees and cried, "Grandma, I really don't know what happened. Please forgive me this time!"

If she really didn't know what happened, why did she ask the old lady for forgiveness? Chu Jinxian was sarcastic in her heart. Yesterday, she cried bitterly and said that it was Chu Jinyao who tore up her poetry collection. She also insisted that it was a single copy and there was no copy. However, today, a complete and intact poetry book appeared. Not to mention the old lady Chu and Chu Jinxian who were used to the storm, even a little maid could figure it out. It was estimated that Chu Jinmiao tore up the poetry collection herself and didn't want to admit it, so she used the copy to make a deception, replacing the original with the fifth lady.

Chu Jinyao had never expected that she had just been slapped on the palm yesterday, and today Chu Jinmiao's retribution came. Chu Jinyao remembered that Qin Yi was very strange yesterday, and then he went out alone. Although Chu Jinyao had not asked Qin Yi yet, she had already guessed in her heart that this was probably Qin Yi's doing, right?

After all, who else except him could have the ability to quietly find the manuscript hidden by Chu Jinmiao and put it in the old lady's wing at night. And Lin Xiyuan, who is Lin Xiyuan? How could he leave the book teaching eight-part essays here with old lady Chu for no reason, and it happened to be today, and then he happened to find Chu Jinmiao's collection of poems while looking for books.

There is only one person who can accomplish all this without anyone noticing. Qin Yi found the collection of poems hidden by Chu Jinmiao, and then went to Lin Xiyuan's yard to take out a very important book that he had to find after losing it, and put it in the old lady's wing. The next day when Lin Xiyuan was looking for something, he naturally revealed all this.

Chu Jinyao thought about it and found it unbelievable. Forget about the things that Chu Jinmiao and the old lady had, how did Qin Yi get into Lin Xiyuan's yard and take out a book as if he was in an empty space? A man's study is different from a girl's. Men handle external affairs, read and write in the study, which has always been a strategic place. Chu Jinyao thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out how Qin Yi did it.

However, the old lady didn't know about Qin Yi's existence. She only thought that Chu Jinmiao had framed Chu Jinyao and foolishly left the evidence there. The next day, the prince accidentally found it. Let's not talk about whether Lin Xiyuan accidentally hit or not, but Chu Jinmiao was mean and stupid, this is a nail in the head.

Chu Jinmiao knelt on the ground, her whole body seemed to fall into an ice cellar, and she was shaking with fear. The old lady hated others deceiving her the most. Even her own granddaughter could not escape a severe punishment, let alone Chu Jinmiao, an outsider. She is not the daughter of Changxing Hou and Zhao, and has nothing to do with the Chu family. Now that she has troubled the old lady, will she be sent away?

Chu Jinmiao became more and more afraid when she thought of this. She knew that she could never admit this, otherwise, her reputation and her image in Changxing Marquis's Mansion for thirteen years would be ruined! At this time, women are most afraid of being cruel and jealous. How could she let herself be convicted of such a crime? Chu Jinmiao crawled on her knees to the old lady and reached out to grab the hem of her clothes: "Grandma, you have watched me grow up. You have to believe me. I really don't know what happened! I really didn't find the collection of poems when I came back yesterday. I thought it was torn by someone's hands. Now I know it was all a misunderstanding. My collection of poems was put somewhere else and I didn't find it. Grandma, it's because I didn't find the collection of poems and I was anxious, so I said the wrong thing."

Chu Jinmiao's words sounded okay at first, but upon closer thought, they were all full of loopholes. If it was a misunderstanding because she didn't find it, then why did Chu Jinmiao insist that there was only one collection of poems and no copies? Obviously, she was still making excuses.

Old Madam Chu suddenly felt deeply disappointed. She really raised Chu Jinmiao as her granddaughter for the past thirteen years. She has never been close to the younger generation, but Chu Jinmiao is the eldest daughter of the family, so Old Madam Chu still spent a lot of effort to educate her. However, the girl who was raised by Old Madam Chu herself actually did such a thing.

Chu Jinyao refused to admit her mistakes yesterday, and she still thought that the other party was confused. Now it seems that she is the one who is confused!

Old Madam Chu leaned on the Luohan bed and let Chu Jinmiao grab her clothes. There was no emotion in Old Madam Chu's voice. She asked: "You really don't know about this?"

Chu Jinmiao thought the old lady believed her, and hurriedly said: "Yes, my granddaughter really doesn't know."

After a long time, Old Madam Chu sighed deeply: "Since you said it was not you, then I have nothing to say. You should calm down for this month and copy the female ring well."

This is house arrest. Chu Jinmiao did not think that being confined for a month and having her female ring confiscated was a severe punishment. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed to Old Madam Chu, saying, "Thank you, Grandmother."

Old Madam Chu leaned tiredly on the big red soft pillow and motioned Chu Jinmiao to leave. Chu Jinmiao lowered her head and obeyed. When she walked out, she happened to pass by Chu Jinxian and Chu Jinyao who were standing next to the antique shelf.

None of the three of them looked at each other, but they all knew that each other's eyes were on them. The moment they passed each other, sparks seemed to suddenly jump around, but this moment passed quickly. Chu Jinmiao walked outside, stopped and wiped her tears, and then walked out with her chin slightly raised as if nothing had happened.

That's great. Only Chu Jinxian, Chu Jinyao and the old lady know the truth. No one else in the family knows the whole story. As for the prince who knows the truth, although this is also a huge hidden danger, how can a man like the prince talk about the private affairs of a young lady from a noble family? As long as he is careful to avoid it and not to provoke Lin Xiyuan, Lin Xiyuan will not take the initiative to mention this matter to others.

Therefore, Chu Jinyao is still wrong, and she is still the high and mighty fourth lady.

After Chu Jinmiao walked out, the west room fell silent for a while. The old lady seemed to be very tired, and she had been leaning on the big red pillow with her eyes closed to rest.

After a while, the old lady said, "Jinyao, come here."

Chu Jinyao's heart moved slightly, and Chu Jinxian nodded to her secretly, indicating that she could go over without worry.

Chu Jinyao stood in front of Madam Chu and heard the old lady ask, "Why didn't you admit your mistake yesterday?"

"My granddaughter said the same thing." Chu Jinyao said, "I was wrong to quarrel with my sisters, but I was right about the rest."

"That's right," said the old lady, "A strong man is prone to breakage. Don't you understand this principle?"

"Even if you want to protect yourself, you should do what you should do and what you shouldn't do. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dared to shoot and kill a palace maid in public to restore the country's prestige. Although I am not as righteous and courageous as the Crown Prince, I will not be spineless when I am wronged."

"You are really good at trying to please people. You even brought up the Crown Prince as an example." Old Madam Chu opened her eyes and cast a look of oppression on Chu Jinyao. "You also said that, that is the Crown Prince. No matter what he does, the civil and military officials of the court will only try to protect him. He is the Crown Prince, and you are just a weak woman. The most important thing for a woman is to be gentle. How dare you compare with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Chu Jinyao hurriedly said "I dare not". When Old Madam Chu said these words, Qin Yi stayed in the jade pendant and listened. As he listened, he always felt that something was wrong.

What's wrong with him? Did he do something wrong? Why can't I learn from him?

Madam Chu said, "Okay, you are tired after all the trouble yesterday, go down and have a rest. Also, although you grew up among the common people, you are still a lady of our Changxing Marquis Mansion. In the future, you are not allowed to say such reckless words, and you should change your rebellious temper that you developed among the common people as soon as possible."

Is her temper still rebellious? Chu Jinyao wanted to say to the old lady that you have not seen Qin Yi. But before she could finish her thought, Chu Jinxian came over, held Chu Jinyao's hand and said, "Grandma, thank you for your teachings, why don't you thank me quickly?"

Chu Jinyao didn't understand, but Chu Jinxian often stayed by the old lady's side, and understood the old lady's hidden meaning. When the old lady Chu said this, she truly acknowledged Chu Jinyao and gave up Chu Jinmiao. Even if she had been raised for thirteen years, she was bad from the root.

Chu Jinmiao was punished so lightly, but she was still complacent. Chu Jinxian was outside the matter and could see clearly that the old lady was unwilling to punish her, which meant that she didn't even consider her a member of the Chu family. After that, Chu Jinmiao was just a mouth to feed in the Marquis' Mansion, and the rest was nothing.

After all, the Changxing Marquis' Mansion was a wealthy and powerful family, and it was impossible for them to send away a girl they had raised for thirteen years. This was really beneath their status. However, the relationships in the compound are complicated, and the women's entire fortune depends on the head of the family. If the old lady gives up on someone from the bottom of her heart, the meaning behind it is far more chilling than a heavy punishment.

After being reminded by Chu Jinxian, Chu Jinyao hurriedly thanked the old lady. The old lady nodded lightly and drove them out tiredly. Before leaving, the old lady said: "You two should forget what happened today and don't tell anyone."

After all, the old lady Chu is the head of a family, and she hopes to whitewash the peace.

Chu Jinxian and Chu Jinyao replied: "Yes."

After leaving Rongning Hall, Chu Jinyao and Chu Jinxian parted ways and walked to Chaoyun Court alone. After returning to the house, Chu Jinyao sent the maid away, respectfully placed the jade pendant on the table, and even pretended to bow.

Qin Yi was really angry and amused: "What are you doing?"

"I am worshiping the omnipotent, elusive, beautiful, kind, and upright jade pendant god."

Qin Yi emerged from the jade pendant and said, "Okay, look at your flattery."

Qin Yi was used to hearing the flattery of the subordinates. Those people praised him in various ways, saying the same thing every three days, but Qin Yi had no other thoughts except disgust. The strange thing is that after listening to Chu Jinyao's words today, he felt very pleasing to the ear.

After Chu Jinyao had praised Qin Yi severely, she went around to sit opposite Qin Yi and asked curiously: "What did you do when you went out yesterday? How did you manage to swap Chu Jinmiao and the prince's books without anyone noticing?"

"Well, it's a long story."

Chu Jinyao waited for a long time and couldn't help asking: "Then what?"

"I told you, it's a long story."

"Hey, you..." Chu Jinyao was choked with anger. She slapped the table angrily and said, "If you don't want to say it, it's fine. I don't want to hear it either."

When Chu Jinyao slapped the table just now, she didn't pay attention and used the injured and swollen hand. The pain immediately came into her mind, and Chu Jinyao's tears were about to come out, but in order to maintain the angry scene, she forced herself to hold it back and didn't say a word.

Qin Yi looked at it for a while, then asked calmly, "Does it hurt?"

"No."

"Really?"

Chu Jinyao turned away and refused to speak. After Qin Yi looked at it, he held out his hand to her, "Give me your hand. You used a lot of force just now, be careful not to hurt the wound."

Chu Jinyao awkwardly handed her hand to Qin Yi. She turned her head and saw Qin Yi untied the gauze and took it off her hand circle by circle. Qin Yi looked at it for a while, took out the scar cream from yesterday, and gently applied it to the palm of Chu Jinyao's hand. Chu Jinyao watched quietly like this, and suddenly remembered: "By the way, didn't the prince give me the Jade Scar Cream? Why don't you use his medicine?"

"It's the same whichever one you use."

"But you mentioned it yesterday. This is a protective medicine. The effect is much better than ordinary medicine."

Qin Yi calmly and calmly took the dry gauze, covered it on Chu Jinyao's hand, and said: "But it's too late, I've bandaged it."

Chu Jinyao looked at him and couldn't help but chuckled: "Qin Yi, although you can do almost everything and you really don't look like a newly-incarnated monster, but every time I think about this, I feel that even if you are among the monsters, you must be young."

"I'm not a monster."

"Look, you still have the mentality of a child, domineering and stubborn."

Qin Yi paused, and said quietly: "My self-cultivation is getting better and better. If someone dared to talk to me like this a month ago, he would have been dealt with long ago."

Chu Jinyao was not afraid at all, and she even thought that Qin Yi was scaring her. Chu Jinyao said: "It's not good for you to always be so arrogant. It's fine for me, but if you still act like this when you meet an elder, it's too disrespectful." Qin Yi

laughed from his chest and said: "I don't need to respect the elderly."

Chu Jinyao felt that he was more experienced than Qin Yi, and always wanted to teach him to walk on the right path. Now hearing Qin Yi's words, she looked at her as if she was an ignorant younger brother, and said to Qin Yi earnestly: "You can't be like this, you have to be more easy-going, otherwise other people will always think that you are too arrogant and will neglect you when doing things."

"Neglect." Qin Yi repeated and smiled softly. Chu Jinyao was still saying, "I'm doing this for your own good, don't laugh."

Qin Yi tried to hold back his laughter and said, "Okay, I won't laugh. Does your hand still hurt?"

Chu Jinyao sighed, "Of course it hurts, but it's much better than yesterday. I thought the beating was in vain yesterday. Although my grandmother didn't say anything, she had already determined in her heart that it was me, so even if I was beaten, I had nowhere to say it. But fortunately, God has eyes,

and today Chu Jinmiao has reaped the consequences of her own actions." Qin Yi also said, "Although Madam Chu didn't punish her severely, this is more terrible than a severe punishment. I think your old lady is an understanding person. This time she knows the details of the two of you, and she will not be deceived by Chu Jinmiao again in the future."

"Yes, after all, Chu Jinmiao grew up with grandma, and people are always more likely to trust people they are familiar with. Unfortunately, only grandma and sister know about this. In the eyes of others, I still tore up her broken poetry collection. However, as long as grandma understands, it is enough. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Chu Jinmiao leave. She still didn't figure it out. Her platform has collapsed from the inside. Hey, what are you laughing at?"

Qin Yi shook his head, with an unstoppable smile in his eyes: "Your revenge is too obvious. I think her literary talent is pretty good among women, and you actually said it was a broken poetry collection."

"Humph." Chu Jinyao snorted unconvinced, and said, "Even if she writes well, I will scold her. Who made her have evil thoughts? She deserves it! But you, why are you speaking for her?"

Qin Yi was stunned: "Really?"

"You just said that her writing talent is pretty good among women." Chu Jinyao said angrily, "You men are really the same. When you handle matters in court outside, you can understand everything clearly. However, when you return to the inner house, you can't tell who is pretending and who is pretending to be pitiful. You can't even see such obvious things!"

"It's not necessarily that I can't see it." Qin Yi said, "It's just that sometimes, I just can't bear it."

Chu Jinyao got even angrier after hearing this: "Can't bear it? You really are... Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you, when I look for a husband in the future, if he dares to do this, I will definitely not marry him."

Qin Yi suddenly became curious and asked, "What kind of husband do you want to find?"