Mother Li wiped Lin Jingmo's body with a wet towel and said, "My uncle's cousin, the girl named Zi Lan moved into the backyard to take care of the old lady. She is a cousin, and it is difficult for us as servants to say anything."

When mentioning Han Zilan, Li's mother was still a little upset.

Lin Jingmo curled his lips and said: "It's fine to move in, but it's not good for her to stay in Ruixiang Building with a girl."

"But in the eyes of the villain, she has plans for our son-in-law!" After Mama Li said, she reached out for a dry towel to dry Lin Jingmo's body, and changed her into a clean underwear.

Lin Jingmo asked Li's mother to dress her without saying a word.

"Speaking of which, Shuangyin's little hoof took the second girl to the northern border without saying a word. Master Shangshu was so anxious to send someone to the northern border to inquire about it, but there was no news. Fortunately, the girl came back intact. Our eldest girl is about to give birth, and no one dared to send news to the palace for fear of affecting her." Mother Li glanced at Lin Jingmo's face secretly, and continued: "Fortunately, the girl is fine. People don't need to punish her if they think about it."

"Huh?" Lin Jingmo turned his head to look at Mama Li who was wiping her hair and said, "Mama Li just said that she was going to beat her and then kicked her out! Are you going to punish her now?"

"Alas..." Mama Li sighed and said, "More than ten years ago, I was favored by Shangshu and stayed in Shangshu's mansion. Later, I went back to my hometown to find relatives. When I came back to Beijing a few years ago, I was very kind to this girl. It's a pity that she has been following Mama Cao. Mama Cao has a bad temper and is not good to her. This girl is also worried, and I always feel sorry for her."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jingmo reached out to pat Li's mother to comfort her, and said, "Don't worry, Li's mother, my going to the north has nothing to do with Shuangyin, she just followed me to take care of me."

The two supported each other and sat in front of the dressing table. Lin Jingmo saw in the mirror the bag she was carrying on the table, and suddenly remembered the two pages that Uncle Sun had given her, so she said to Mama Li: "Mom Li, fetch the bag for me. There are very important things in it that need to be handed over to your husband."

It turned out that on the way back, she had already figured it out clearly. There should be no secrets between husband and wife. Tonight, the two pages would be handed over to Shang Shixu. If there was anything wrong, the two of them could discuss and decide. If it couldn't be resolved, it would not be too late to hand it over to her father.

Mother Li took the bundle and opened it, but Lin Jingmo searched all over but couldn't find the paper: "Why is it missing?"

Upon seeing this, Li's mother asked, "Is it something important?"

Lin Jingmo nodded, and continued to search for the interlayer of the clothes inside, but still couldn't find it.

Seeing that she was a little panicked, Mother Li hurriedly comforted her: "Don't worry, girl, has anyone else touched the things in this bag besides you?"

Lin Jingmo sat down and thought for a while, then suddenly remembered and said, "Shuangyin! Shuangyin has always held the baggage."

"Shuangyin? I saw that she was a little tired, so I asked her to rest first, and the villain will call her here!" Mother Li walked to the door as she spoke, and shouted to the girl working outside: "Go and ask Shuangyin to come in."

When Shuangyin heard that it was Li's mother who asked her to go, she hurriedly got up and went to Lin Jingmo's bedroom in the main courtyard.

As soon as Lin Jingmo saw her, he asked, "Shuangyin, I put the two pages of paper that Uncle Sun gave us, I put them in the bag, did you see them?"

Shuangyin hurriedly replied: "Shuangyin doesn't know, why can't I find the paper?"

Lin Jingmo looked anxiously at Mama Li, who walked up to Shuangyin and said, "How do you know you can't find it? Did you take it?"

Shuangyin hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Shuangyin is illiterate and doesn't know what is written on it. If you want to steal something valuable, why would you steal two pieces of paper? It's just that Madam asked me if I saw it. I guessed that I couldn't find it, so I replied like that."

Lin Jingmo sighed helplessly. It happened to be such an important thing, so it was gone anyway. She looked at Shuangyin who was kneeling on the ground, waved her hand and said, "You are tired after traveling for so many days. Get up and go rest."

Shuangyin hurriedly got up and backed out.

"Shuangyin grew up in Shangshu's mansion since she was a child. She would never do things like stealing things, but when it comes to throwing things away..." Mother Li felt something was wrong, and said to Lin Jingmo: "Second girl, a few days ago, the villain was packing things for the girl, but found an empty box. It looks like there used to be a hairpin in it. When you were stabbed on the head, girl, the villain has been unable to figure out what the murderer used to stab you. Now, it seems that the servants were not stable and stole things. , and then stabbed you with a hairpin?"

Lin Jingmo continued to look for things while listening. When she heard what Mama Li said, her hand that was looking for things suddenly stopped. She turned to look at Mama Li and said, "What does Mama Li mean?"

Mother Li got up and opened the drawer on the dressing table, took out the empty box she said, and replied: "The little man wants to search people's houses, if he can find the hairpin that was originally placed in this box, maybe he will find the murderer who stabbed you that day!"

While talking, the door creaked, and Shang Shixu pushed the door open and walked in with a blank expression.

"Grandfather is back, the villain has asked someone to prepare hot water for bathing first!" Mother Li saw that Shang Shixu had returned, and put the empty box back into the drawer of the dressing table.

She moved extremely quickly, but Shang Shixu still noticed her. He didn't speak, but nodded silently, and then sat down at the table full of thoughts.

Seeing this, Lin Jingmo thought that something happened to him in the yamen, so he hurried to his side and poured tea for him: "What's wrong, my husband?"

Shang Shixu raised his eyes coldly, and stretched out his hand to pull Lin Jingmo into his arms. Lin Jingmo had just bathed, and the fragrance all over his body made him feel refreshed. He buried his face in Lin Jingmo's long hair, and gently kissed her white neck.

Lin Jingmo stretched out his hand to push him away, and said softly: "Husband is tired from traveling and traveling, go take a bath first, and relax your body."

Shang Shixu looked at her with blurred eyes and said, "What were you talking to Mama Li just now?"

Lin Jingmo slightly hooked his lips, and said with a sweet smile, "What can I say? Mother Li told me that I just lost a hairpin!"

Shang Shixu's eyes gradually deepened, and his face became gloomy. His lips parted slowly and he squeezed out a word: "Han?"

Seeing him like this, Lin Jingmo was a little puzzled, stretched out his hand to smooth his slightly frowning brows, and said, "What's wrong with you, my husband?"

Shang Shixu didn't answer, and stretched out his arms to hug Lin Jingmo tightly. He just heard Li's mother say that the person holding the hairpin was the murderer of her, and that hairpin is now in the secret compartment of his study!
He was the murderer who killed her. He couldn't imagine what would happen if Lin Jingmo knew the truth one day.

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked around. That day, he stabbed the golden hairpin into Lin Jingmo's brain in this room!How could he deserve to live in this room now?

Thinking of this, he let go of Lin Jingmo, got up and walked out of the main courtyard quickly.

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