His brief words were like a basin of ice water on the coldest day, poured directly onto Cui Xiang's head - the smile at the corner of her lips froze instantly: "Master, I..."

  "From now on, report all such matters to the mistress for her to handle!" Jian Yu Bai saw Song Yi smile and finish inserting the last jade hairpin, walked over to her side, picked up the spiral eyebrow pencil, and said impatiently, "You're a maid, maids should be managed by the mistress, do you understand?!"

  Song Yi smiled slightly and tilted her face, allowing her husband to draw her eyebrows. Her rosy lips curled up with a mocking smile: Think you can take advantage of me? That's quite an ambition!

  Unfortunately, Jian Yu's heart had already settled on someone to clean up the backyard for him, unless Song Yixiao was really not competing, how could it be possible for a maid like her to jump up and down!

  "After dinner, come and report to me." Song Yi smiled as she finished drawing her eyebrows, stood up with Jian Yu Bai, and left the inner room. As they passed by Cui Tong's pale face, she said lightly, "It concerns husband's safety, how can I not be worried?"

  She said with a deep and meaningful glance at Jian Xuwu, who was standing opposite the corridor where two servants were passing by. Jian Xuwu's expression had been indifferent, but in an instant, he smiled and reached out to adjust her cloak, saying softly: "I'm fine, don't tire yourself."

  As for Song Yi's deliberately emphasized "report" two words, he didn't care at all.

  The couple, who were particularly affectionate, had finished their breakfast and then strolled hand in hand with his wife in the courtyard to digest their food before reluctantly going to the study in the front yard to deal with official documents.

  He left, and Song Yi smiled back to the main hall and sat down, then ordered: "Tell Cui Tong to come over!"

  Jian Yu emphasized that his wife was the mistress of the house, and although Cui Lian was reluctant, she didn't dare not to come.

  It's inevitable to have a few points of resentment in the corner of your eyes and eyebrows after arriving at the scene.

  Song Yi smiled coldly, not pointing it out, but only asked: "The things that entered the husband's mouth were all wrong, where did this personal maid put her mind? I won't say anything! You tell me who did it!"

  "Grandma, don't say that!" She hadn't planned to tear her face off immediately, but who would have thought that with just a slight scolding, Cui Tong would break out and sneer coldly, "On the day Grandma entered the mansion, I told you that I've been serving Master for twelve years, not daring to say there's never been any mistakes, but I've always been diligent. As for saying that Master's food was tampered with this time, in such a large Yan Guo Gong Fu, how many servants are there? Grandma saw it yesterday too! I'm stupid and can only do one thing, it's not easy to discover this matter, yet I have to ask Grandma what the 'no-leak' method is?"

  "You're really quick-witted!" Song Yi smiled and put down her tea cup, smiling warmly. "I was the one asking you, but now you're asking me instead?"

  Cui Xiang didn't believe that with her own palace maid background and years of serving Jian Yu Bai, Song Yi Xiao dared to behave like this just one day after entering the household!

  So she spoke out of turn and said, "Grandma doesn't ask what's right or wrong, as soon as she opens her mouth, she says that I serve Master carelessly, I don't agree!"

  "I ask you a question, it's okay if you don't agree." As expected, Song Yi smiled as usual and said, "I'll accept your apology!"

  The warm and gentle eyes looked at Qiao Xian - the person who was still persuading the master "not to be soft-hearted" yesterday, did not hesitate, took two steps forward, swung his arm and gave him a slap on the ear!

  Cui Xiang was spun around in a circle before she could hardly believe it and said: "You... I am the Empress Dowager..."

  "What's it to you if I came out with the Empress Dowager?" Song Yi smiled, lifting the lid of the tea cup adorned with golden filigree and chrysanthemum leaves, blowing on the surface of the water, and said leisurely, "I still received imperial favor when I entered the palace! It's all thanks to the Empress Dowager that I can come to this mansion. But you, a mere slave, dare to compare yourself with me? You really think you're worthy of being taught by me?"

  Qiao Xuan slapped Cui Lian again, sneering: "You still have the face to say that you serve Master with a sincere heart? Just now, Master himself said that as a maid, you should be under Madam's control. But when Madam asked you questions, how did you respond?! You don't even take Master's orders seriously, and yet you dare to mention 'sincerity'?"

  "Don't always hit the face." Song Yi smiled, holding her tea bowl and looking at Cui's swollen red cheek. Her eyes were calm as water, and she said kindly, "A young woman, especially one who hasn't married yet, even if she is a servant, should take care of her face."

  She said with a careless tone, "Now that her face is like this, she probably won't be able to go out for many days. Might as well break her legs too, and they can recover together!"

  The words had barely fallen when the hall suddenly fell silent!

  Lian Qiao also felt that it was only the second day after passing the door, and such a ruthless hand was used. Wasn't that too much?

  She hesitated for a moment, then ventured: "This maid looks weak and frail, what if she breaks her leg and faints afterwards, might it delay your interrogation?"

  Song Yi smiled, her expression not revealing anything, but in her heart she secretly praised her for handing over the ladder at the right time - what broke her leg was just a scare tactic to frighten Cui Xuan, Jin Xun was still young and inexperienced after all, and hadn't been able to catch on, if it wasn't for Qiao Chen's timely intervention, next she would have been in a difficult situation!

  "Look at her unruly appearance, she won't say anything anyway." She put the tea bowl on the table and snorted with laughter. "Why waste time? When husband comes back to have lunch with me, I'll tell him about this servant girl's arrogant attitude!"

  Cui Xiang was so angry that she was trembling all over, and had made up her mind to rather die than open her mouth. But from the tone of Song Yi's words, it seemed that she had intentionally tortured herself until she fainted, and then went to accuse Jian Yu in front of Bai Wei.

  Now Jian Yu Bai had clearly shown extreme "favoritism" towards his new wife, and in front of Cui Lian's face, he said that all the matters in the backyard should be handled by Song Yi Xiao - Cui Lian thought to herself that if she were not present, Song Yi Xiao would not have been able to speak recklessly, piling all the blame onto her own shoulders.

  So absolutely cannot be interrupted, in case really fainted from pain, according to Song Yi Xiao's ruthlessness, might use the excuse of nursing injuries, and not allow herself to see Jian Yu Bai again!

  Thinking so, she endured the urge to vomit and lowered her head, beginning to confess what she knew about the substitution of Ye Wu Gao...

  Because of the poisoning incident with Jian Yu Bai, he avoided people when taking the antidote.

  Those who gave him the antidote were also his confidants.

  Normally, it is impossible for something like a switch of Ye Wu Gao to happen.

  But the day before yesterday, the Yan Guo Gong Fu held a wedding, and the heart of the matter was busy with the previous day's affairs. It wasn't very cold that day, and it was inevitable to wear thin clothes when heating up - the clothes were thin, and many things weren't easy to put away, so they temporarily put the antidote in the study room.

  "That night, the ones who entered the study were the first and second managers of the mansion." Cui Xiang lowered her head to conceal the resentment in her eyes, "But neither of them had any urgent business that required them to go to the study that day."

  Song Yi smiled and asked leisurely: "At the beginning, husband ate the wrong night Wu Gao, can you find out what was made of it? Is there any harm to your body?"

  "Governor Ji searched for people all night and said there was no problem." Cuilian gritted her teeth in response.

  "It seems that the person who did this still knows how to hold back!" Song Yi smiled disdainfully and swept a glance at her, "However, even the things that husband eats have been tampered with, it's clear that they had ill intentions! In the end, however, there was no intention of harming husband, this kind of mind is truly strange, huh?"

  This must be a self-directed and self-acted play by Cui Lian - this point, not only did Song Yixiao know it in her heart, but also Jian Xu Bai knew it too. Otherwise, on the night of their wedding, when Song Yixiao asked him if eating midnight oil was serious or not, why would he say that since Cui Lian didn't find a doctor to go over, it wouldn't be serious?

  This maidservant is quite bold, thinking that by dragging the two stewards in the mansion into the water, she can offset the mistake of disturbing the master's nuptial chamber?

  Cui Xiao didn't respond to her words and just lowered his head in silence.

  Song Yi thought for a moment and ordered her attendants: "Take her down! Let her take good care of her injuries, and during this period of recovery, don't let her run around recklessly!"

  Qiao Xin replied, "Go out and call someone" - Cui Xuan heard the words and was startled, subconsciously saying: "Don't you call the two managers over to confront me?"

  Jian Yu Bai dislikes the attitude of the old servants in this mansion, which has been very clear. Cui Xuan doesn't believe that Song Yi Xiao doesn't know about it. If not for this reason, she wouldn't have made such a big deal out of it. Logically speaking, at present, Song Yi Xiao should be able to take advantage of the situation and summon two managers to come and confront Cui Xuan, while she herself reaps the benefits as a bystander. Why would she let her go?

  "Master Gong has given you the backyard, and yet you're afraid of even two servants?!" Cui Tong thought to herself that she was being forced to retreat, and it was all because of this reason! She was shocked, angry, resentful, and hateful, and shouted loudly, "You're simply..."

  "What's going on here?" Song Yi smiled and raised her hand to admire the vermilion on her fingertips, but before she could say another word, Cui Xian hastily shouted: "Still not quick enough to shut your mouth? In a deep house with big yards, how can there be such a commotion!"

  However, after Cui Ling was dragged away, the other servants retreated to the door again. Qiao Chen and Jin Xun exchanged a glance, poured Song Yi a new cup of tea, and quietly asked: "Miss, why don't you summon those two managers now? Letting Cui Ling fight with them would at least save you some trouble, but the key is that after this commotion, those two will probably think you're afraid of them!"

  "The master wants to recruit slaves, but can't use any means? Song Yi smiled and held the tea bowl, shaking her head slowly. "Is it that only this maid's method can break the deadlock?! I just asked Cui Tong to vent my anger, as for the people in this mansion, I have my own plans, you don't need to worry!"

  She didn't have the mood to ask her what she was up to, because there was a more important question to ask: "Just now, Cui Tong said that on the wedding night, she...?" Her eyes stared straight at the spot where she had applied the guarding powder.

  "You all know that the antidote has to be taken for a year or so." Song Yi smiled and thought that they wouldn't dare to confront Jian Yu Bai anyway, so she casually said, "So this matter was never quite suitable for publicizing - of course, this can't be told to outsiders!"

  Qiao Xuan was half-believing and half-doubting her words, but the master's bedroom affairs were not to be inquired about, so she just thought about it in her heart, and decided to report back to Wang Fei carefully.

  The next day was the return visit, and the couple brought gifts to the Wang Mansion in Hengshan.

  Wei Mengying's belly was already quite big, three days ago she was busy with her daughter's wedding, for safety reasons, now she is still in bed, so she didn't go to the front to see them, but asked King Hengshan to help take care of her son-in-law, and then called her daughter to talk by her bedside.

  After closing the door and clearing up, he naturally asked his daughter if she had been doing well for the past three days.

  Upon hearing what Cui Xian had done, her expression remained calm: "Gao, you shouldn't say such things, especially not in front of the Empress Dowager. Even if it's just a ordinary maid from the Yan State Duke's residence, they might still be dissatisfied! You've done well, no matter what your background is, at the end of the day, a servant is still a servant! As the mistress of the household, you must have this kind of presence! Otherwise, how can you manage the household and its affairs?"

  She didn't plan on being too bossy with her daughter, after all, her daughter was supposed to be very capable and smooth-sailing, no need to ask for her mother's help, how could she feel the importance of having a mother?

  So she said a few words and started caring about her daughter and son-in-law's private affairs: "Is he... still satisfactory to you?"

  Qiao Xuan had not yet found an opportunity to inform on her, and Wei Mengying was unaware of the inside story, so she asked this question.

  Song Yi smiled and pursed her lips, then brought out the excuse she had been preparing earlier, and pretended to be embarrassed and disappointed, thinking she could get away with it.

  Who would have thought that Wei Mengying listened to it and calmly took a sip of rose dew, only to say: "When I first knew he was poisoned, I bribed the imperial physician with a large sum of money." Paused for a moment, "It was him who just returned to the court and asked for his pulse."

  He stared straight at his daughter with a mocking gaze after finishing speaking.

  Song Yi smiled secretly and wiped away a tear, frankly saying: "I was wrong! I just thought Mother would give birth soon, and was afraid that this would make you angry!"

  "Good!" Wei Mengying smiled, "Mother just casually mentioned it, didn't expect you to actually be telling lies?"

  Song Yi Xiao said: "......" With such a deep and complex imperial palace, how can a daughter like me survive?

  That day, Song Yixiao was scolded by her mother until she was dizzy and disoriented. It wasn't until evening when she returned to the manor that she could escape - as soon as the horse carriage left the Wang Manor, she still had a lingering fear and wiped away sweat.

  Jian Xu Bai accompanied her on the carriage again today, and upon seeing this, his thin lips curled up slightly, it's unknown whether he was gloating over her misfortune or simply wanted to smile. At this moment, a knight came riding over from outside, and in a low voice through the curtain, reported: "Young Master, the steward of the Pei family is seeking an audience ahead, saying there's an important matter to discuss!"

  "Pei's family?" Jian Yu Bai and Song Yi Xiao exchanged a glance, both feeling puzzled. "What does Pei's family want from us?"

  Still in such a hurry that there was no time to wait at the Yan State Duke's mansion, and instead chased all the way to the entrance of the Hengshan King's mansion?