Xiao Feng's fall incident, the final result of the investigation, was an accident.

The girls went to the kitchen early in the morning to carry breakfast, because of some trivial things on the road, delayed, and when they returned to the west courtyard, it was already a little late. They were afraid that they would be blamed by Xiao Feng, so they quickened their pace. Unfortunately, the little girl who came over with a small half bucket of water on the sprinkler swept over, and the two sides collided. The food box containing breakfast fell to the ground, the top lid fell out, and the dipping saucer in it spilled, fell to the ground, and dripped.

Because they were in a hurry, the girls didn't dare to make too much noise, so they ordered the little girl who bumped into them to clean up the mess, and then went to the housekeeper to receive the punishment, so they hurriedly packed up the food box and sent it up. Anyway, most of the breakfast is fine, and one less plate of dipping sauce is not a big problem. But the rough little girl was afraid that she would be caught and scolded by the big girls, so she ran away with the bucket and did not complete her task. Xiao Feng went out after breakfast, and walked in the verandah according to his daily habits, but he was so unlucky that he stepped on the oily dipping sauce and slipped.

This result was brought to the several masters of the Yongjiahou Mansion, and others didn't know what to think, Qin Hanzhen didn't believe it at first: "Dipping sauce and oil are two different things, and the color of dipping sauce should be very dark, right? Even if the fifth aunt didn't notice it, couldn't the people who were waiting around her see it? I clearly heard the laurel beside the fifth aunt say very clearly, the pool on the ground was oil, the color was very light, and it was almost impossible to see the abnormal oil, so the fifth aunt didn't notice anything unusual, and stepped on it." ”

Mama Tiger said: "But when we went to check later, there was clearly a puddle of dipping sauce on the ground! It was all trampled on in a mess, and the color was not too dark, maybe they didn't pay attention to the laurel, after all, it was a place where they were used to walking every day, and there had never been such a mistake, and they didn......'t expect it."

Qin Hanzhen frowned: "Didn't the girls come back to see if the ground was clean after they finished delivering breakfast?

Mama Hu sighed: "It is indeed their negligence, so I also told my wife that the few big girls around the fifth grandmother, as well as the people who sprinkle and sweep in the yard, will be severely punished." Especially the rough little girl who ran away, if she hadn't done her errand, the fifth grandmother wouldn't have had this catastrophe. It's just that the fifth grandmother has a kind heart and wants to intercede for the people around her, so we don't know what to do, so we can only come to ask Mrs. for guidance. ”

Niu frowned and said: "Of course you will be punished if you make a mistake, but now Brother An's daughter-in-law is going to be confined, and the child is not taken care of. All the people on the sprinkler have been replaced! And the people who are waiting to go out will also be replaced! They are still not concerned about what I have commanded, and they are careless to this extent, is it possible that I will forgive them? If your five grandmothers are soft-hearted, tell her, "I have commanded me." If you feel pitiful and let her go even if you know that she has made a mistake, who will follow the rules in the future? Anyway, you won't be punished, and you don't have to be obedient!"

The decision to punish was thus decided, and Xiao Feng did not have any objections. She actually just thought that the people around her should be fine, but she couldn't tell what she was stepping on at that time. She had a big belly and couldn't see what was on the ground in front of her, but she was wearing soft-soled embroidered shoes, and she felt like she was stepping on slippery liquid. In addition, the soles of her shoes and skirts were also stained with oil. However, these clothes, shoes and socks have been cleaned by the girls afterwards, leaving no traces, only the girl who waited for her to change clothes and shoes still has some impressions of this, and the daughter-in-law who is in charge of washing the pulp said that the skirt is stained with oil instead of dipping sauce.

Whether the ground at the entrance to the verandah in the west courtyard was sprinkled with oil or dipping sauce seemed to be a mystery. Some people say that what they see is oil, and some people say that what they see is dipping sauce, but there is no unified statement. Niu Shi listened impatiently, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it, anyway, those who were negligent and derelict in their duties should be punished. Except for a few big girls who were waiting for Xiao Feng's confinement and escaped for the time being, others should be beaten by the board, and those who should have lost their errands, almost all of the people in the West Courtyard did not escape, that is, Qin Hanzhu and the girls in the Golden Ring House escaped.

Niu soon stopped paying attention to the matter. Her attention was attracted by the little grandson's baptism, and she urged her husband Qin Bai to quickly name the little grandson, even if the big name is not good, there should be a small name. She also urged her youngest son Qin An to take a few more days off so that she could come back to take care of her daughter-in-law and son. Niu still had a lot to do, and when she found out that Xiao Feng's fall was just an "accident", she didn't delve further. Anyway, whether it's oil or dipping sauce, it's the same oily stuff.

Qin Hanzhen was not very satisfied with this result, she thought that there must be something wrong here. The difference between oil and dipping sauce is very far, even if it is both oily things, it is normal for the latter to be sent in a breakfast box, but there is no reason why the former will appear in the breakfast sent to the West Courtyard. Also, if it is said that the sprinkling of the little girl caused the appearance of this puddle of oil, she herself is a person in the west courtyard, and a few big girls saw what she did, why did she leave her job and run away? Could it be that if she escaped, others would not find her and would not punish her? This little girl was already eleven or twelve years old, and she would not be so young and ignorant as this.

After the girls who entered the house with the breakfast box left, the little girl was the only one left at the scene, and the rest were some distance away from her. She started mopping the floor, why didn't she wipe off the puddle of oil or dipping sauce?

Qin Hanzhen asked people to ask the little girl, but she said that it was the half bucket of water she was carrying that spilled out, she squatted down and wiped it with a handkerchief, and found that she couldn't wipe the dipping sauce at all, and when she saw someone else coming, she was scared and ran away.

What kind of logic is this? What if someone else comes? She has done this thing, and she has been ordered by the big girls to go to the housekeeper to get the punishment afterwards, and if she runs away halfway after leaving her errand, she will only be punished more heavily. She is not a little girl who just entered the mansion, how can she have done things in the Chengenhou Mansion for two years, and the basic rules are still known, how could she make such a low-end mistake?!

Qin Hanzhen felt that this matter didn't make sense anyway, but after the little girl was beaten by the board, she was sent home, and her family said that she was seriously injured and couldn't come to the inner courtyard to be questioned by the third girl. Qin Hanzhen sent Feng'er to her house, but she remained unconscious and unable to answer anyone's questions.

Feng'er turned back to Qin Hanzhen and said, "There is something wrong with this girl." Her family said she was delirious, but I could see her open her eyes and talk to her mother outside the window. She was only beaten ten boards, and I also knew the mother-in-law who executed her, and she was not a ruthless person. The other people who were also hit with ten boards were not seriously injured by her, so why was she the only one unconscious? I guess she was pretending to be so that she didn't talk to me!"

Qin Hanzhen said: "It can be seen that there is something wrong with this little girl! But what reason does she have to harm the fifth aunt?"

Feng'er thought for a while and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that this little girl has something to do with the one in the West Ear Room?"

Qin Hanzhen was also suspicious of the golden ring. It's just that Jinhuan has been under the surveillance of two stout maids, and she can't even get out of the door, if she has private contact with anyone, she shouldn't be able to hide it from the monitors. Without evidence, she really couldn't accuse Jinhuan of anything.

At this time, Qin Hanzhu found her.

Qin Hanzhen doesn't have much contact with this cousin on weekdays, but after getting along for a long time, she found that Qin Hanzhu's temperament is not bad, although she is a little too smart, but she herself is an example of "young and old", Zhao Mo, Qin Jian and even Xu Zheng, who are often in contact with on weekdays, are all smart people at a young age, but they don't think there is anything wrong with Qin Hanzhu. And she had carefully tried that this child was neither dressed nor reborn, but was just born with a relatively high IQ. As long as Qin Hanzhu has a positive heart and will not drill the horns, a smart child is always better than a stupid child who is difficult to communicate.

Because the other party is too smart, Qin Hanzhen sometimes consciously pours Qin Hanzhu some chicken soup for the soul, hoping that she will not go the wrong way. I don't know if it's because of this, Qin Hanzhu seems to be quite close to her cousin, and she is willing to ask her for help in case of trouble.

Qin Hanzhu came to her this time, and what she said surprised her: "Mother eats cold powder for breakfast, and the sprinkled dipping sauce is used with cold powder." My mother's habitual taste in the past few months is sour, but the family usually follows my grandmother's preferences, adding spicy food to the dipping sauce, and my mother's dipping sauce is special, with refreshing cucumbers and homemade sauerkraut, which is a taste that is not found elsewhere, and my mother loves to eat it very much. There was no dipping sauce that morning, and my mother complained. However, when the other servants in the courtyard went to clean the ground afterwards, they said that there was chili oil in the dipping sauce, and it was red. ”

This is not the dipping sauce that Xiao Feng is used to, and Qin An was not at home at the time, Qin Hanzhu is young and eats less spicy, so there is no reason for the kitchen to send hot sauce to the West Courtyard. The girl who took the breakfast clearly remembered that she took the sour sauce, so how could the servants clean it become a hot sauce?

Qin Hanzhen immediately understood the meaning of Qin Hanzhu's words: "Sixth sister is suspicious, someone cleaned up the spilled dipping sauce at that time, replaced it with oil that is not easy for people to find, and then poured dipping sauce on the oil afterwards, trying to confuse the public?"

Qin Hanzhu pursed her lips and lowered her head: "Who will be...... What about doing such a thing to your mother?"

Qin Hanzhen frowned and said, "It's really not easy for that person to harm people with such a covert method. Now that I know this, I will tell my grandmother, and I will tell the housekeepers and grandmothers to pay more attention and be more vigilant so that nothing goes wrong again. Then she smiled at Qin Hanzhu and said, "Thank you Sixth Sister for telling me this." I came late, and if you hadn't mentioned it to me, I wouldn't have known that there were so many problems with the sauce, and my eyes were only fixed on the little girl on the sprinkler. ”

Qin Hanzhu pursed her lips and showed a shy smile, lowered her head, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.