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Suddenly, Liu Ruyun sat up abruptly, breathing heavily.

She stared in the direction of the door in astonishment. Earlier, when the black shadow came in, there was no sound from the room.

She could guarantee that there was no movement at all.

No matter how strong a martial artist was, it was impossible for them to avoid making some noise.

But, but that person just now, that black figure seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

Liu Ruyun covered her chest with her hands as she panted frantically. She had been sitting in front of the bed the whole time and hadn't realized where the black shadow had come from. She only felt it after the black shadow had made its sound.

And the shadow had disappeared without a trace.

She didn't even know when the black figure had disappeared.

Just what was this black shadow?

"Have you found out where this prescription came from?"

"Your subordinate is useless."

"Get the hell out of here and take your own punishment." After Zhao Yuqing heard the report from his men, he became a bit irritable. The anxiety on his face couldn't be stopped at all. He suddenly swept all the items on the table to the ground.

"Yuan Yi, who exactly are you?"

"Who?" Yuan Yi opened his eyes and a shadow flashed outside the window. He sat up in alarm, threw on a coat, and opened the door.

"B-Big Brother Yuan." Su Qinghe, who was caught, looked up with a silly smile and raised his hand to greet Yuan Yi.

After he recognized Su Qinghe, Yuan Yi put away the concealed weapon in his sleeve and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Su Qinghe was also shocked by the murderous Yuan Yi and stammered, "I-It's nothing. I-I-I was just taking a walk." Yes, a walk. "Hehe."

"Come in." How could Yuan Yi believe such nonsense? However, after the past few days of interaction, Yuan Yi could tell that Su Qinghe did not have any malicious intentions and even helped him secretly at times. Otherwise, Su Qinghe probably wouldn't have the life to talk to him again just now.

After saying that, Su Qinghe also felt that what he said was too unbelievable. He patted his head in annoyance and grinned.

"Actually, I'm just curious." Looking at Yuan Yi who was sitting on the chair, Su Qinghe could only lower his head and answer honestly.

"I am just curious about what kind of prescription you wrote. These two days, Miss Liu, ah, no, Second Young Madame, everyone has seen her illness. Moreover, Brother Zhao tried every means possible to find a famous doctor, but nothing came of it. Brother Yuan, exactly what method do you have? " Su Qinghe was very curious.

"You don't need to know," Yuan Yi answered bluntly.

"Ah, oh." Su Qinghe received the expected answer.

"It's getting late, you should go back and rest." Yuan Yi held Su Qinghe in one hand and walked to the door with a cold tone.

Noticing the displeasure in Yuan Yi's tone, Su Qinghe patted his clothes and said with a smile: "I'll go back now, I'll go back now." With that, he slipped away like a wisp of smoke.

Yuan Yi looked over. He had a nagging feeling that someone was watching him. After staring for a while, Yuan Yi found nothing. He had no choice but to close the door. However, that feeling was like following his shadow. Yuan Yi lay on the bed and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

In the yard, in a neglected corner, a black shadow slowly rose, perfectly blending in with the darkness of the night.

The next morning, Hong Xiu was brought to the eldest young master's courtyard.

"These are the necessary medicinal ingredients. Follow the instructions on the recipe to fry the medicinal herbs."

Hong Xiu took the medicinal plant, pursed her lips tightly and nodded.

"If Second Young Madame has any activities in the next few days, she needs to report in time."

Zhao Yuqing decided to use this prescription. Putting aside whether this prescription was useful or not, even if it was useful, it would be quite troublesome for him.

"Yes."

Hong Xiu had been responsible for Liu Ruyun's medicine all along. Originally, she had been curious as to why Eldest Young Master didn't immediately let her use this prescription.

It was only when she got this prescription that Hong Xiu finally understood why.

About eighty to ninety percent of the medicinal herbs required for this recipe were highly toxic.

"This... "Eldest young master, this recipe …" Hong Xiu raised her head in surprise and walked two steps forward as she looked at Zhao Yuqing with wide eyes.

"This is the recipe, you can handle it." Little Grass waved her hand impatiently, telling someone to bring Hong Xiu down.

Hong Xiu opened her mouth, but in the end, she did not say anything and was silently escorted away.

Many of the servants were staring at Hong Xiu. Even if they didn't say anything, Hong Xiu could feel the rejection in their hearts. Who would think highly of a servant who did not protect his master?

Hong Xiu laughed self-deprecatingly. She no longer knew whose servant she was and who she was working for.

Young Master or Miss Zhao Family.

Hong Xiu's eyes flickered as she walked. Suddenly, she tripped over a small stone and fell to the ground. Even her palm had been scraped off. Blood gushed out and a bone-piercing pain assaulted her.

Hong Xiu couldn't hold back her tears. However, the people coming and going didn't care about Hong Xiu. Some even glanced at her, and some even walked past Hong Xiu with big steps, as if she was some sort of dirty thing. Some even spat at Hong Xiu.

Hong Xiu lowered her head, not caring about the reaction of those people.

Right now, there was no longer any place for her to stand in the Zhao Mansion. It was not only because of Second Young Madame's madness, which caused all of the servants in Second Young Madame's courtyard to be disregarded, but also because Hong Xiu was well aware that in order to threaten her, the young master of Zhao Family had sent people to secretly make things difficult for her.

Hong Xiu used her handkerchief to cover her wound, and only stood up after the wound had soaked her hand and gradually stopped bleeding.

Holding the prescription in her hand, Hong Xiu slowly walked towards Liu Ruyun's courtyard while carrying a few packets of medicinal herbs.

Because she had just fallen, Hong Xiu felt pain in her entire body with every step she took.

Standing at the entrance of the courtyard, Hong Xiu hesitated. The closer she got to Liu Ruyun, the more she felt sorry for her. If that hadn't happened, Liu Ruyun would still be Miss Liu Family at the moment, so how could she be able to suffer such a suffering in such a tormented state? How could the her back then imagine that the one who Zhao Family gongzi looked so handsome was actually a cruel and merciless person?

She didn't show the slightest mercy to a weak girl, and she even thought of such an inhumane method.

He still remembered how naive Liu Ruyun was when she was still in the boudoir. Even though she hadn't said much, it couldn't mask the liveliness of a young girl.

Hong Xiu shook her head and tossed all the thoughts that were running through her mind to the back of her mind.