Chen Ying took a deep breath and suppressed the sudden wave of disgust.

Ill will often be dressed in the garb of kindness; Viciousness will always be based on innocence; And the hurt and insult are often connived at by the elders "she is still young and ignorant", and they become grandiose.

This is the time she lives in.

"Miss Chen San, is it because she wants to sell a good child in front of your family's house?" Guo Yuan's mocking voice came again, and one sentence broke the relationship between the several rooms of the Chengguo Mansion: "You can't even speak everything in Su Ri, this will be the end of the story." ”

These words succeeded in making the laughter around them louder.

Chen Ying is a girl from the second room of the Chengguo Mansion, and she is the third in the family, and the status of the second room in the Guogong Mansion has always been embarrassing. Chen Ying's father, Chen Shao, has been missing for several years, and his life and death are unknown. A head of the house without the protection of the male owner will not stand up at all. In addition, Chen Ying herself is not good at words, and she is unknown in the circle of noble girls, but at this time she suddenly stood up for Chen Yi, what is this not to please Changfang?

That's what almost everyone thinks.

"I'm just here to state the facts." Chen Ying didn't seem to understand Guo Yuan's words, replied calmly, and then took a few steps forward and pointed to the peach branch kneeling on the ground: "What do you have on your sleeve?" ”

As with her appearance, the question was abrupt and peculiar, and the laughter in the audience suddenly lightened.

Taozhi was stunned, and hurriedly lowered her head to check her sleeves, and then replied in a low voice and respectfully: "Back to Miss Chen's words, there is a little frosting on the sleeve of the maid. ”

Chen Ying then raised his left hand.

Only then did everyone realize that she was holding a plate with snacks in her left hand. She raised her hands as high as she could so that more people could see them.

"If I'm not mistaken, there were three refreshments after dinner today, but only this 'Snow Peach Cake' was with frosting. Gu Er said yes? She turned to Gu Nan on the side.

Gu Nan nodded a little blankly: "Exactly, this is the dim sum that our family has only recently made." ”

Chen Ying let out an "oh", and the corners of her mouth twisted at a strange angle.

After a while, Gu Nan realized that Miss Chen San was ...... Laugh?

She raised an eyebrow.

That's a pretty good laugh...... Particularly.

Chen Ying didn't know that her laughter had caused Gu Nan trouble.

She took two steps forward, put the plate on the table in front of Guo Yuan, and then turned around and said, "The snowflake peach cake was served a moment ago, and Miss Gu Er should be able to prove it, right?" ”

Gu Nan was stunned for a moment, then nodded again: "Hmm...... Yes. A moment ago, I commanded. ”

Because the jade that the county lord of Xiangshan cherished the most was broken, Gu Nan specially asked someone to serve snowflake peach crisp to ease the atmosphere, but the peach branch suddenly reported Chen Yi, and the two sides were on the same page.

"In other words, Miss Peachbranch, the only chance you have to touch the snowflake peach cake is the moment when you brought the dim sum to the table a moment ago, I should be right?" Chen Ying's voice is clearly as calm as water, but it makes people feel like they are about to be washed away by water.

No matter which family sets up a banquet, after the dishes or refreshments are served, the maids in the house will retreat, and those who add tea and pour water to serve in close proximity will be taken over by the personal maids of the masters of each house, and will not fake their hands to others. It's also an unwritten rule.

Momozhi shifted her body uneasily and whispered, "It should be...... Be...... Yes. ”

Chen Ying twisted the corners of her mouth, raised her hand, and pulled out a piece of paper from her sleeve with a "brush".

A little maid in a green coat appeared out of nowhere, silently took the paper with both hands, and held it high for everyone to see.

"Please look at this map." Chen Ying didn't know when there was an extra branch in his hand, it looked like it had been pulled down from somewhere, and there was still a lone leaf left on the branch.

She lifted the branch and dotted all over the map, and the corners of her mouth twisted: "I drew this map a little roughly, forgive me." ”

Everyone stared at it, and saw that the so-called map was indeed poorly drawn, with several squares marked with the words clean room, flower hall, kitchen, etc., and each square was connected by straight or curved lines, which should indicate the path.

Chen Ying first pointed to the clean room: "The clean room is located on the north side of the flower hall, a straight-line distance...... Well...... It's not far from the flower hall, but this section of the road is very winding, at least five turns. I just asked someone to run back and forth quickly, and it took about half an hour to go back and forth from the flower hall to the clean room. Miss Peach Branch just said that she saw my eldest sister go to the clean room less than two minutes ago, wasn't it? ”

No one answered her questions.

Everyone acquiesced to her statement.

Taozhi said it conclusively before, and said it twice, everyone in this flower hall is a witness.

Chen Ying retracted the branch and turned her head to look at the peach branch: "Miss Peach Branch, you saw my eldest sister go to the clean room less than two moments ago, and followed her all the way, witnessed her falling jade, and finally returned to the flower hall. How long did it take you to do all this? ”

The flower hall became quieter and quieter, and everyone's eyes looked at Chen Ying, and several of them were exceptionally bright.

Chen Yi is one of them.

She looked at Chen Ying with burning eyes, and for the first time realized that this third sister, who never liked to talk, didn't seem to be as wooden as she appeared.

"Hmm...... Servant ...... Servant ...... I can't remember. Momozhi opened her mouth, but the answer was vague.

"You can't remember." Without questioning or getting angry, Chen Ying just repeated a sentence calmly, and then the words changed sharply: "However, the frosting on your sleeve shows that you have already returned to the flower hall when the snowflake peach cake is served at the latest, that is, a moment ago, otherwise you can't explain where this frosting came from." Am I right? ”

Momozhi's lowered eyes blinked quickly a few times, but she didn't reply.

Chen Ying still didn't continue to ask, but raised the branch and swiped back and forth between the flower hall and the clean room on the map: "Peach branch girl, suppose you followed my eldest sister to the clean room less than two minutes ago and witnessed the whole incident, and returned to the flower hall a moment ago, just in time for the dim sum to be served. So, the time from the time you followed my big sister to the time you returned to the flower hall must not be enough for a moment, at most half a moment, my guess is correct, right? ”

Chen Lu already understood the meaning of the third sister at this time, and immediately turned his head to look at Taozhi, and spit out two words in his mouth: "Speak!" ”

Although the voice was not loud, the tone was heavy.

Taozhi's body trembled, as if he was very scared, and after a while, Fang said in a very low voice: "Return...... Back to Miss Chen's words, the maid thought...... Should...... That is true. ”

"Well, you think it should be like this." Chen Ying looked at Taozhi intently, and said in a flat voice: "However, what I think is that this thing should not be at all." ”

She has a pair of lacquer-like eyes, the whites of which are very pale blue, and when she looks at people, her eyes are clean and clear like water waves.

It's clear that it's not a powerful look, but Taozhi suddenly has a feeling of being seen at a glance, and can't help but shrink again.