Chapter 9: One Death is Enough

Lin Jinhuai looked at the furious lady and the intense killing intent in her eyes. Her palms tightened slightly as she stepped forward to block in front of Bailan. "Aunt-in-law..."

Before she could finish her words, the old servant who had come forward pushed her aside without any courtesy. Unable to support herself, she fiercely bumped her forehead against the door frame, producing a loud sound and causing blood to flow.

Everyone present was startled, including the old servant.

"Lady, it was not intentional..." Lin Jinhuai's words were cut off by the lady's furious face. Now that there were outsiders present, she would not allow anyone to bully Lin Jinhuai in front of her.

"You incompetent fool, clumsy and useless. Get down on your knees!" After scolding, she looked at Lin Jinhuai and added, "If Miss Seven doesn't forgive you, I won't let you off easily."

Lin Jinhuai sneered inwardly. Did the lady really think she would forgive this old servant? No, one death of Mama Zhang is not enough!

She glanced in the direction of the courtyard gate, where a maid had hurriedly arrived. It seemed that the officials had already arrived. Her eyes turned cold, and she closed them, pretending to faint, with a large bloodstain on her forehead, which was quite frightening.

Cai'er, as if insane, wanted to go and fight the old servant. "You harmed my young lady, I won't let you off either!" She cursed and rushed forward, but was kicked back by the old servant, hitting the edge of the table, her face turning blue from the pain.

Bailan hurried to support Lin Jinhuai, but could only cry out, "Lady, our young lady's birth mother has just passed away. Are you trying to take her life today?"

The lady glared at Bailan and then looked at the fainted Lin Jinhuai before she could speak, seeing someone rushing in. "Lady, the officials have arrived."

Everyone present, including Gao Bing, was shocked, feeling as if Miss Lin had calculated the matter of delivering the hairpin today. He glanced at Lin Jinhuai, who was now behind him. "It doesn't look like she fell by herself, does it?"

The lady gritted her teeth and glared at the old servant beside her. The old servant hurriedly knelt down and cried, "It was an accident that I bumped into Miss Seven, that's why..."

"It's clearly not an accident. You were afraid that the lady would expose the matter of the poisoned water, so you wanted to kill her to silence her!" Bailan held Lin Jinhuai and cried out loudly.

"What!" Everyone present was startled, including the official.

He had just received a distress letter from Miss Seven early in the morning and hurried over, thinking it was just a timid young woman, but he didn't expect such a wicked deed!

The lady wanted to argue, but Cai'er, holding her stomach in pain, almost crawled out of the door frame, pleading, "Sir, please save our young lady. If you don't take action now, we servants can only follow our lady, who has just killed Mama Zhang, to our deaths."

The lady was speechless, and Gao Bing, who had been watching from the sidelines, secretly looked at Lin Jinhuai on the ground, his eyes shining. If the prince were to marry into this family, it might be a good thing...

Lin Jinhuai felt a burning gaze on her the whole time, not from the people in the courtyard, but from somewhere in the shadows. But she couldn't care about that now. She had to take advantage of the officials' intervention to find out the true cause of her mother's death!

She calculated the time slowly until she heard Lin Xiyu's scream at the door. A faint smile appeared on her lips, almost imperceptible, but it was already seen by the person in the shadows.