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Red Leaf gave a cold snort and said, "This is for Second Young Miss, I can only tell Madame Zhao if you block my way. It must be known that for the sake of Second Young Miss's scar, Aunt Zhao couldn't rest at ease. It wasn't easy to find such a good medicine, but you refused to let me give it to Second Young Miss. I really don't know where your intentions lie."

She would not bring up An Xia, but would call him Aunt Zhao.

Looking at the red leaf, Cui Yu hesitated, "It wasn't the young miss who asked you to come?"

They could also see that An Xia definitely wouldn't have shown any mercy to An Si; otherwise, he wouldn't have said such words in the Mansion of the Marquis.

But now, even An Shucheng cared a lot about the wound on An Si's face, so she didn't know what to do with Cui Yu.

"As you can see, the last time the young lady used this medicine, her skin became as white and smooth as milk and silk." Hong Ye continued, blinking his eyes: "You should have heard about it too, the young miss doesn't have much more than a few days left."

This attitude was neither too clear nor too dark, it made Cui Yu understand what was going on. She glared at Hong Xiu and snatched the medicine from her hands: "Alright, I know, I will tell Second Miss."

When she saw Red Leaf like this, she thought that Red Leaf had voted for another master. After all, everyone in the mansion knew that the Eldest Miss wouldn't be able to live for long.

Of course, the words of the medicine woman from the hospital couldn't be wrong.

It was also because of this that An Shucheng would give up on An Xia.

Even if she was still alive when she got married, even if she died after entering the palace, she wouldn't be able to find any future for the An family. Therefore, An Xia lived until the wedding day, so An Shucheng didn't plan to let her enter the palace.

Only now would he place so much importance on An Xin.

And in the dark, he was preparing to see Lady An off and help Aunt Zhao to her right.

Of course, An Xia wouldn't let them have their way. After the red leaves were given some medicine, An Xia quietly went to Madam An's room.

"An Xia, why aren't you taking good care of your illness in the courtyard?" When Madam An saw An Xia come in, she panicked a little. She was also worried that they had just sent a letter to her parents' home and wanted to ask for their help.

She also understood that she wouldn't be able to find a husband for herself in this estate.

After hearing the doctor's words from her, Madam An felt indignant. A good person didn't get up even after a visit to the house of the Marquis. Furthermore, he was in such a serious condition. Of course, Madam An was unable to accept this.

Although she didn't like to fight and was weak and useless, for her daughter, she was willing to give it her all.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine. But you, how do you feel about these past few days?" She also knew that her sudden medical skills would definitely arouse suspicion. However, the person in front of her was her mother, so even if she had her doubts, she would not push him out.

"Mom's fine." Madam An's complexion remained the same, and she still looked sickly.

A trace of coldness appeared in An Xia's eyes as she said, "Mom, haven't you been eating in the front hall for the past few days?"

Not only was Madam An's body not fully recovered, it was even worse.

"Mother's health isn't good, so she ate alone in the courtyard." When Madam An saw that An Xia's expression didn't look too good, she was taken aback for a moment. "Did something happen?"

His daughter seemed to have changed, but he couldn't tell where.

An Xia clenched her fist and shook her head after a long while. "It's alright. Mother, you just have to take care of your health. After a few days, I'll marry into the palace. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you."

"You were originally going to marry into the Eastern Palace. Mother is only interested in being happy." Madam An's words were a bit powerless. In actuality, she rather wished for her daughter to marry into an ordinary family, a Grand Preceptor's estate and still be so unsatisfactory, let alone into the palace.

Thinking about it, Madam An's heart ached for her daughter.

Seeing Madam An act this way, An Xia could only shake his head helplessly. The harem was indeed a place where people ate. Since Madam An had retreated to this extent, they still had to press her down.

Walking out of Madam An's room, An Xia went to find the two maidservants by her side and asked them about the medicine and food Madam An had been drinking for the past few days.

This Madame Zhao really deserved to die. She hadn't been able to poison Madam An with poison, but now she was plotting something else.

At this moment, Madam An's eyes reported An Xia's every move to Aunt Zhao.

"He's actually pretending to be sick. It looks like I can't help but to be a bit more vicious." Aunt Zhao's enchanting face was filled with malevolent hatred. "You can only blame yourselves for obstructing my path."

Of course she couldn't let An Xia get on the bridal sedan, so she had to get rid of her before she did!

The imperial physicians of the palace had already drugged the palace, allowing An Xia to come and go as she pleased. This left Madame Zhao no choice but to suspect the court's people.

"Someone, drag that little bitch An Xia to the backyard." As soon as she made up her mind, she made her move. This time, she didn't act shamelessly, but openly. In any case, Grand Preceptor An had already tacitly allowed An Si to enter the palace, so he didn't care about An Xia's fate.

An Xia had just returned to his courtyard. Without waiting for his two servants to barge in, he immediately used a cloth to cover An Xia's mouth and dragged him away.

Outside the courtyard, An Xia saw Hong Ye lying on the ground, unsure if he was alive or dead. His heart sank as he realized that he was being watched when he went to Madam An's courtyard.

He directly dragged An Xia to the fake mountain in the backyard, only then did the two servants let go and fiercely threw her onto the ground. An Xia raised his head and saw Madame Zhao standing in front of him with a savage expression and a bottle in her hand …