Because Jiaming was pregnant and her pregnancy was affected, she could only move around indoors and could not be seen by people she did not trust.
Jiaming, a perfectly healthy person, was naturally not used to this kind of life, but she had to stay indoors even if she wasn't used to it, otherwise she would be exposed.
So, to make herself feel more comfortable alone in the house, she asked Xiao Hezi to bring some potted plants back to her room.
Bored, since she couldn't go out for a walk or tend to the plants, she started arranging potted plants indoors.
After instructing his men to continue the investigation, Xiao Hezi returned to Jiaming's place, as he had some things to say to his master.
Upon entering the house and passing through the screen, one would see the master standing near the potted plants, reaching out to fiddle with the leaves.
After bowing to Jiaming, Xiao Hezi explained why he had come.
"Master, aren't you afraid that those people in the backyard will be afraid of you and turn their anger and resentment towards you?" Xiao Hezi asked worriedly. "After all, it's because you were 'hit' that you were wrongly accused of ganging up on you."
Just as Xiao Hezi said, after the backyard was swept by the Fourth Master's sticky pole again, no one dared to blame the Fourth Master, but they all knew that they had suffered because of Jiaming. Sure enough, they all had ferocious faces and gritted their teeth at Jiaming!
Jiaming moved to stand in front of another potted plant, continuing to fiddle with its leaves. After hearing Xiao Hezi's words, she said without looking up, "Don't be afraid!"
Red Peach and Green Willow couldn't help but twitch at the corners of their mouths. Their master's reaction was far too calm. They knew he was always composed, but what Little Hezi said was indeed something to be worried about.
And don't you think you've been too brief?
What's the reason?
Their expressions were too obvious. Jiaming caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye, looked up at them, and chuckled, "The reason!"
She paused, then lowered her head to circulate her inner power, continuing to tend to the flowers and plants. She said in a calm tone, "They've been taught a lesson by Master once again. How could they possibly have the guts or connections to cause trouble for your master again anytime soon? Aren't they afraid of being remembered by Master? They'd probably be too busy keeping quiet to care!"
Just as Jiaming said, after the backyard was swept by the Fourth Master's sticky pole again, everyone gritted their teeth at Jiaming and wished they could kill her immediately, but they could only endure it and dared not make any move!
Leaving aside the others in the other courtyards, even Li Shi in the Pear Courtyard had her servants indignantly saying, "Master, it's all that Guarjia clan's fault that you suffered such a great loss. Should we send out assassins...?"
As he spoke, the man made a throat-slitting gesture with a murderous look on his face.
"Fool!" Li spat out the two words in anger.
The man still didn't understand and continued to offer terrible ideas: "Master, you think it's not good to use assassins to take direct action, so why don't you poison the Guarjia clan?!"
Li was trembling with anger. "Even more stupid!"
The man was dumbfounded, his mind racing, when suddenly he realized, "So that's how it is."
Seeing this, Li thought that her confidante was not entirely stupid, as she had grasped the point after being reminded twice. As a result, her breathing became more steady and her body stopped trembling.
Seeing his master's reaction, the man assumed that what he thought was the same as what his master thought, and said happily, "That's right. We tried all sorts of methods to poison the Guarjia clan before, but it was no use. If we implement what we just mentioned, it will probably be as ineffective as before."
Seeing her mistress trembling with excitement, she became even more smug and continued to offer her suggestion: "How about..."
"Idiot, moron..." Li, trembling with anger again, rattled off a string of bad labels on the man.
The man was dumbfounded. Why was he being disliked by his master again? Could it be that he really made a mistake? If so, where did he go wrong?
After cursing for a while, Li paused, took a breath, and continued angrily, "What a brainless idiot who always thinks about courting death! Do you think it's easy for your master to train a death squad? Do you think your master's men haven't been beaten badly enough by the master? Death squads? Where do you think your master has so many death squads to waste?"
Speaking of this, Li felt a pang of embarrassment, heartache, and all sorts of pain; she even felt her eyes welling up with tears.
The person she had painstakingly nurtured was gone just like that!
The thought of this made her furious, even violent. Li continued to vent her anger on the subordinate she had just reprimanded, "What an idiot! A truly mortal fool! You think I have a good temper? You dare to provoke your master into adding fuel to the fire while I'm still angry? If you want to die, don't drag me down with you. What we need now is peace and quiet, understand? Stop thinking about immediate revenge. Don't you know I'm watching you..."
In the Pear Garden, Li Shi was berating her slumped-over subordinate who had come up with a suicidal idea, while in the Peach Garden, Jia Ming and Xiao Hezi continued their conversation.
"Besides, you just misspoke, well, not exactly misspoke, but you missed something," Jiaming said casually, continuing to fidget with the potted plant's leaves.
"You forgot to mention something, what is it?" Xiao Hezi frowned and asked his master seriously.
Jiaming stopped fiddling with the leaves of the potted plant, looked up at Xiao Hezi, and laughed, "You missed the mastermind behind it all."
Before anyone else in the room could speak, she continued as she walked toward the couch, “If the Li family and Hesheli family in the backyard knew who framed them, their anger would not be directed at you, Master, but at the mastermind behind it all. So, I’m not afraid.”
Everyone in the room understood, but some still had doubts. Hongtao, who spoke quickly in front of Jiaming, asked, "But the mastermind behind this hasn't been found yet, right? Doesn't that make Consort Li and the others even more resentful towards you?"
As she spoke, Jiaming walked to the couch, sat down calmly, and replied, "So, the most important thing now is to find the mastermind as soon as possible. The timeframe is to find out before the Li family is still wary of the master and dares not make any rash moves."
At this point, she looked at Xiao Hezi with a solemn expression and said, "This matter depends on you."
Xiao Hezi also solemnly replied, "This servant will do everything in his power to find the mastermind behind this as soon as possible."
Jiaming smiled and nodded, "I've always trusted you to get things done."
Afterwards, Xiao Hezi bowed to Jiaming to say goodbye and left in a hurry.
He left with a solemn expression, constantly thinking about finding the mastermind behind the scenes as soon as possible, diverting his master's attention from the backyard, so that his master could have a more relaxed time in the future.
Inside the room, Jiaming felt hungry, so she asked Hongtao to bring some snacks, and she started eating them while drinking the tea that Lvliu brought.
She remained calm, seemingly unconcerned that Xiao Hezi wouldn't be able to find the mastermind behind it all. Just as she said, she trusted Xiao Hezi.
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