Chapter 7: Yellow Spring Water

Yesterday, Lin Jinhuai wanted pancakes, and Zhang Mama had already made them early in the morning.

She looked at the pancakes with disdain on her face, muttering, "What's the use of being a rich young lady? You're still going to die in front of my wife." With that, she quickly walked into the flower hall, only to see Cai'er welcoming a strange man, which immediately made her more alert.

"Hello, sir. Are you not a relative of our young lady?" If he was an outsider, she would immediately report to the lady of the house.

"Mom, come inside. Why didn't you say hello first?" Cai'er frowned, a little annoyed.

Seeing that Cai'er didn't speak, and the man was dressed very plainly, she concluded that he was an insignificant outsider, and her courage grew, "I came to deliver what the young lady wanted. Do I need to say hello to you first? And I've been in the Lin Mansion for so many years, and I've never heard of this gentleman. You brought an outsider in to meet the young lady privately. If the lady of the house finds out, she will definitely beat you to death!"

Cai'er's face turned pale with anger, unable to hold back and cursed, "You're talking nonsense again, I'll tear your mouth apart..."

"Smack!"

Before Cai'er could finish her sentence, Zhang Mama stepped forward and slapped her twice, causing Cai'er's face to swell rapidly.

Upon hearing the sound, Lin Jinhuai immediately came out of the room and saw Cai'er's swollen face. She clenched her fists, saying, "I didn't know when Aunt Zhang gave you the authority to raise your hand and hit my maidservant."

Zhang Mama was not a fool and immediately put on a look of grievance, "Miss Seven, you don't know. Cai'er deliberately insulted me, and I couldn't help but hit her."

"Insulted?" Lin Jinhuai glanced at Cai'er's red eyes and asked, "How did she insult you?"

Cai'er, in anger, repeated what Zhang Mama had said earlier and then said, "It was clearly you slandering the high guard by the side of Miss and Prince Ning. The high guard was only allowed in after being thoroughly checked, and it was not me who brought him in privately!"

"The high guard?" Zhang Mama then turned to look at Gao Bing, "Isn't he also an outsider..."

Gao Bing seemed to have seen Lin Jinhuai's predicament and was indeed unexpected. He stood up, looked coldly at Zhang Mama, and said, "I was sent by Prince Ning to return the hairpin. Yesterday, my master and the Third Prince met Miss Lin in the alley and happened to pick it up."

Zhang Mama knew that the lady of the house had deliberately taken Lin Jinhuai to see the Third Prince Zhao Han yesterday, but she didn't know that Prince Ning was also there. She looked at Gao Bing and then at the indifferent Lin Jinhuai, and quickly knelt down, "Miss, it was Cai'er who deliberately didn't say anything, which made me misunderstand..."

"Since it's a misunderstanding..." Lin Jinhuai paused, and Zhang Mama thought she was going to forgive her, so she nodded, but she didn't expect her to continue, "Then let Cai'er return the two slaps, and that will be the end of it."

Zhang Mama was stunned, and Cai'er stepped forward and mercilessly slapped her twice, leaving Zhang Mama's face red.

Gao Bing's mouth twitched on the side. This Miss Lin was really not afraid of leaving a stubborn and fierce impression on him. Could it be that she was really as foolish as the rumors said? But the prince had said that she was not foolish at all, but rather very clever.

Lin Jinhuai took another look at Gao Bing, the guard from Prince Ning's side, and frowned slightly.

Zhang Mama covered her red face, gritted her teeth, and Bai Lan happened to lead the doctor in from outside.

"Miss, the doctor is here, as you instructed. He is the most famous doctor from Fengyi Hall in the capital." Bai Lan gasped slightly, as it was not easy to avoid the lady of the house's obstruction when she came back.

Zhang Mama felt as if her head had exploded, "Miss... the pancakes have cooled. Let me go and get a fresh plate."

"No need." Lin Jinhuai glanced at the old doctor, who immediately stepped forward to check. Bai Lan and Cai'er also quickly restrained Zhang Mama.

After the old doctor checked for a while, he looked at Lin Jinhuai with a solemn expression and said, "Miss Seven, these pancakes are mixed with... mixed with..."

He seemed hesitant to speak, but Lin Jinhuai knew exactly what was mixed in these pancakes. In order to gain her trust, the scoundrel Zhao Han had deliberately revealed this drug, which had led to the entire main house being imprisoned!

"Mixed with what?" Lin Jinhuai's eyes were piercing.

The old doctor's hand holding the pancake trembled slightly before he said, "Mixed with water from the Yellow Springs."

Upon hearing the words 'water from the Yellow Springs,' Zhang Mama, gritting her teeth, disregarded everything and rushed towards a nearby pillar, and Gao Bing's expression also turned serious.