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It was almost you shi (5-7 PM) when the group finally returned to the mansion.

"Quick! Help Wencai inside and call for a doctor!" Lady Xia urgently ordered as soon as they stepped out of the sedan chair.

Then she turned to her daughter and said, "Go back to your room and rest."

On the way, Su Li whispered to Siqin, "Keep an eye on the woodshed."

Back in her room, Su Li had just finished washing up when Mohua came in and said, "Young lady, the west courtyard is bustling. Doctors have been coming in waves."

"Oh? How is it going?" Su Li asked casually, flipping through a book.

In her past life, Mohua had been married off to Xia Wencai, and her fate had been miserable.

In this life, Xia Wencai was already crippled and would never be able to harm her maid again. How could she not be happy?

"Because Mohua is beautiful."

They had known for a while that the young lady was using medicine to treat her scars. Over the past few days, whether it was their imagination or not, they felt the scars had lightened somewhat.

At that moment, Shiqing rushed in from outside.

"Young lady, something terrible has happened! There's trouble at the woodshed!"

When Su Li hurried to the woodshed, she saw Lady Su coming out.

Despite the chaos in the west courtyard, Lady Xia had still found time to silence the witness. Truly, she was not to be underestimated!

No wonder she had been able to harm her mother so severely in her past life. Her methods were indeed formidable.

This courtyard was likely filled with her spies.

"Yes, madam."

"For someone to be silenced right in our own home shows how powerful the other side is," Lady Su said anxiously.

How could her husband have provoked such people?

"About you?"

"I had someone change them."

"You... you..."

Then she explained, "Mother, don't be surprised. I noticed something was wrong a while ago. Don't you think it's strange that the west courtyard was so desperate to go to the temple? And how coincidental it was that Xia Wencai also appeared at Huguo Temple?"

She hadn't wanted to reveal this, but her mother was too trusting.

If she didn't expose the true nature of the west courtyard, her mother would remain completely defenseless.

It was only after the witness was silenced today that Su Li realized.

Her enemy was a venomous snake.

Even with her memories of her past life and the ability to foresee events, she wasn't omnipotent.

She feared that a single oversight could lead to her mother falling into a trap, and it would be too late to regret.

Only by making her mother see the truth would she truly take it seriously.

Hearing her daughter's words, Lady Su's heart was in turmoil.

Thinking back to recent events and combining them with the behavior of the mother and daughter from the west courtyard that morning, a cold sweat broke out on her back.

She quickly pulled her daughter close and asked, "Did something happen last night?"

By the time she finished, Lady Su's face was pale with anger.

"That wretch!"

Seeing her mother about to storm out, Su Li quickly stopped her.

"Mother, don't act impulsively! Calm down first!" Su Li urged.

"How can I calm down when she's trying to harm my daughter like this?!"

That's right. Without proof, her reputation didn't matter, but it would affect her daughter.

Besides, wouldn't that be letting the mother and daughter off too easily?

Although Lady Su came from a military family and was somewhat naive, she wasn't foolish.

After thinking it over, she understood.

Even though her husband had no affection for the west courtyard, asking him to take action without evidence, or acting herself, would indeed give people something to talk about.

This game was only halfway through, and she had the patience to see it to the end!

When the time came, she would make that mother and daughter regret ever being born!

When Minister Su returned from his duties, the main courtyard was already quiet.

During dinner, he casually asked about the doctors being called to the west courtyard.

Brutal?

She wished she could storm into the west courtyard and smash his skull too!

If it weren't for her daughter's cleverness, who knows what she might be facing now!

After the meal, the noise from the west courtyard could still be heard even from a distance.

It wasn't their family who had injured him, so there was no reason for him to stay and disrupt the household.