C61 (1/2)

The Snow Root Iris was not a rare flower, and there were some people who made it into powder. It was just that Madame SHen could not smell the aroma, and it had never appeared in her Ye Mansion, but it did not mean that others could not recognize it.

Jin Lan stared intently at Yan Rong, only to see her shaking her head, her heart tensing up. How could it be?

This was obviously the box that Chun Xiao mentioned, why didn't it have the Snow Liar's Tail? Could it be that they had been mistaken from the very beginning?

The Old Madame Ye also smelled the fragrant powder, and after that she handed the box over to Yan Rong, and looked at him again, indicating for Yan Rong to give the box to him. Imperceptibly, it proved that Yan Rong's judgement was not wrong. The powder in the box did not contain the Snow Root Iris.

Madame SHen took the box, and did not open it for personal inspection. Instead, she placed it on the table beside him. At this moment, regardless of what she said or did, it was useless. There was still something that could not be faked.

”Since this has nothing to do with what was said just now, there's no need to delay any longer. Drag that servant out!” Old Madame Ye glanced at Cui Wen in annoyance and waved her hand.

The two maidservants who were by the side of the door heard the command, they stepped forward and grabbed Cui Wen, then dragged him away. Cui Wen screamed: ”Old granny, this servant has something else to say! This servant knows where the scented powder in my wife's mouth is!”

Concubine Shao and Rui Zhu fiercely stared at Cui Wen, their expressions immediately changing.

Without even waiting for her to speak, he immediately searched for a box in the depths of his sleeves with Madame SHen's and took it out, ”Some of the flowers have no leaves, while some of the leaves are white orchids.” When Rui Zhu went to a servant to buy powder, she took away two boxes. Other than the flowers carved on the lid, the rest were almost the same. Originally, I gave Rui Zhu both boxes of servants, but one day, I don't know how, I found this box under the jade hairpin in the garden. ” Cui Wen looked at Rui Zhu, her gaze dodging, ”This servant, this servant intends to keep it for her own use.”

Old Madame Ye stared at the box that Cui Wen presented to her for a long time. Her hands started to tremble before she picked them up.

Concubine Shao's forehead was filled with sweat, her face was already drained of blood, it was grey and green in color. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but stopped in her tracks. This box had clearly been given to Su Xin to throw in the abandoned well in the garden, how could it be in Cui Wen's hands!?

Just as Old Madame Ye opened the box a crack, she closed it again. This time, Yan Rong was not sent to Madame SHen.

Jin Lan blinked his eyes in disbelief. Did this mean that there was something wrong with the powder in the box?

Old Madame Ye closed his eyes, a trace of inattentiveness appearing between hherbrows, and after a moment she suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Concubine Shao, his gaze was as sharp as a blade.

The Concubine Shao trembled, and said: ”Old granny, even if Rui Zhu had bought the pink box from Cui Wen, but Cui Wen had already said it herself, the pink box was something she had picked up from the garden. Maybe some other servant girl accidentally fell there? ”

Cui Wen panicked, ”This servant only brought things into the palace once, and it was Rui Zhu who begged this servant for a few days before this servant finally agreed. I brought these two boxes with me, and gave them all to her at that time. ”

After all, since the time of the butler, the status of the Concubine Shao s had increased by leaps and bounds, so how could she allow a rough maid to argue with him? With a cold harrumph, she said: ”Red mouth and white teeth, how many things did you secretly bring into the house, how could anyone know, wasn't it all for you to speak nonsense?”

Rui Zhu shrewdly followed up, ”Last time, this servant only bought a box of fragrant powder. How could there be two boxes?”

”Your servant, your servant …” Cui Wen's heart burned with anxiety, yet she didn't know how to refute the two's words.

Concubine Shao seemed to have caught hold of something as she clenched her teeth and refused to let go. ”Let me ask you, when you were picking up the boxes in the garden, did anyone see you?”

Cui Wen was startled, she bit her lower lip, and after a long while, she shook her head, ”No, no.”

Concubine Shao scoffed, her face revealing an expression of ”ha”, she turned to Old Madame Ye and said: ”Old granny, you heard it too, you insisted on saying that it was Rui Zhu's without any proof. Who knows what kind of people instigated Cui Wen to do that, and what kind of people they were trying to frame me with. ”

Concubine Ning was shaken to the core by Concubine Shao's words, she immediately knelt down, and said with a low voice: ”This servant is innocent!”