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When Old Man Ji was sent back to the Marquis Mansion, the sky had already begun to brighten.

Last night, Xie Jingxi slept for a few hours, and when she woke up, she was much better than before. Ming Yu tactfully told her about the matter of Old Man Ji's return, Xie Jingxi did not think much of it, and only asked: "Where is Fang Yu?"

Oh, Fang Yu hasn't come back yet. Zhao Zhang said that she was lagging behind.

Xie Jingxi was filled with suspicions, but did not ask anymore. She changed her clothes and went to look at Old Man Ji in a hurry, but Ming Yu did not know how to lie at all.

What's wrong with Grandfather?

When Xie Jingxi arrived, Pei Zixi was already inside. As soon as she entered, Gu Yun came over to lead her out, and looking at the exhaustion in his eyes, he said, "You couldn't possibly not have slept all night, could you? You were coaxing me to sleep with your mouth full of logic, and that's why you can't use it on yourself anymore?"

Gu Yun gave a faint smile and extended his arms to hug her. His entire body was still pressing down on her, but he did not forget to hold onto his stomach, "Un, I knew I was wrong when I saw you. If I had known earlier, I would have hugged you and slept for a while last night.

Xie Jingxi did not have a temper, "Since you admit your wrongs and have such a good attitude, then what do you want me to say to you?

"Alright, then you have to coax me. Just like how I coaxed you last night, you have to put the truth of what I said onto my face, or else I might not be able to sleep."

Xie Jingxi's heart tensed up, she pulled him inside the house, "You're so much harder to serve than me, you even need to say every word, why are you so pampered?"

Who said it wasn't?

Xie Jingxi was probably really tired, so Xie Jingxi searched his stomach and cleaned up all over to make sense of the situation. Halfway through patting him on the face, he fell asleep, Xie Jingxi took a deep breath that was about to collapse, and helped him cover the entrance with her blanket. After instructing that no one was allowed to disturb him, she went back to the Old Man Ji, stood at the entrance and took three deep breaths, then entered the room.

Seeing her, Pei Zixi directly said: "Grand Mistress, I will have to trouble you to go to the medicine yard to retrieve some medicine, I do not have enough medicine on hand."

Xie Jingxi's heart thumped, as she took a glance at the Old Man Ji on the bed. That quiet and ancient figure immediately stung her eyes. Why didn't she previously realize that her grandfather was so old?

"Mr Pei, to tell me the truth, did Grandfather get poisoned? What percentage is left?"

As a result, her hands tightly twisted under her sleeves. She was truly no longer as calm as Gu Yun, if he could escape, she could not.

Pei Zixi sighed, "I'll try my best, the poison won't be too deep, but it will still damage my body. Furthermore, the poison doesn't seem like the real Wuhen, it's more like a chronic poison that came out.

She had guessed that Gu Qing would use the Old Man Ji to test the poison and force him to hand over the antidote, but she did not know that the Old Man Ji really did not have the antidote. She did not expect Gu Qing to have any more chronic poison, and said that this poison would not kill anyone, but it would act up periodically.

But for someone of Old Man Ji's age, it might be enough to take his life once.

Xie Jingxi did not dare delay, and immediately went to get the medicine from the Suddenness Garden, and also brought Old Madem over. Since Zhao Zhang and the rest could not care about that, she could not be at ease with letting all of Old Madem go.

Other than being poisoned, Old Man Ji did not sustain any other injuries. Presumably, Gu Qing wanted to catch some big fish with a long line, so it was not very difficult for Old Man Ji. However, his condition was not too good and he did not wake up for a long time.

"This poison is very strange." Pei Zixi explained to Xie Jingxi while concocting the medicine, "I can be considered to have researched it for a long time, and a few days ago, I also required some advice from the old senior. Wuhen's original poison did not instantly kill a strong poison, its effects would vary greatly depending on the person's quantity, and people who have a slight understanding of poison would even be able to change the poison formula at will be able to do so, for example, the Eldest Miss from back then was too young, even a little bit of poison would instantly kill her.

Xie Jingxi thought back to how she had been poisoned in her previous life and how she had been conscious for a long period of time after being poisoned, as if she had fallen into an old dream. She clearly knew that she was in a dream and yet she could not wake up.

"Once someone changes the poison formula, it is difficult to estimate its toxicity, it can become extremely strong, or it can become even more overbearing, or it can even completely change the poison. Everything depends on the person who concocted the poison, and the old senior's Wuhen is not considered good, which means this poison is completely used to control people, and is the simplest, and most painful type of chronic poison."

This was also what Xie Jingxi was most worried about, because when the poison broke out, the situation couldn't be predicted. It was very likely that the day of the poison's attack would be the day of death, and it was fine if she waited for death to come, but she knew that dying would be very painful, and would be better off wiping her neck with a knife.

I'm guessing that after the old senior takes the medicine, he will very likely be poisoned immediately, otherwise he would not be unconscious until now, and with the current condition of his body, he will definitely not be able to receive the second poison. I can only delay it as much as possible, if only the old senior can wake up.

Pei Zixi was deeply stuck in a self-struggle that focused on learning and creating antidotes day and night. When he couldn't help, he left to help her.

"Sure enough, Zhao Zhang was waiting outside, when he saw her come out he came to report on the situation outside," Grand Mistress, His Majesty's men had overturned the capital city upside down, with little effect, because the matter of the Yongping Mansion was the first, the people in the capital city had retreated ahead of time, but the Yongping Mansion had caused quite a commotion and killed a lot of people, but he did not manage to obtain anything from the King Qin, other than Shen Rui being arrested in the name of colluding with an outsider, he has led an army and rebelled, and was killed on the spot. "

Just like Xie Jingxi had expected, her original goal was the Yongping Mansion, but the more trouble they caused, the smaller the chances of Shen Rui surviving would be, because the Old Man Ji was missing, so she had no choice but to store the Shen Family fish first. She took the risk a little, but she did not go out of her way.

As for the King Qin, she was still not sure whether he was really dead, or was used by someone intentionally, but in the end, he had gotten that mysterious power out of the way, and it was no longer as scary as before. Especially when the His Majesty was suspicious, it would not be that easy for them to return to their control.

It was just that they were not sure what their goal was.

Other than that, Zhao Zhang also told her in detail about the secret underground passage, "When we went there, clearly, it was empty, but I was guided by someone to find the old man. If not for him, we would have had to look for a long time, but we did not know who it was.

This was somewhat unexpected. Was there really someone with good intentions within them? "My guess is, if he can guide you to save Grandfather, he probably can't just let Fang Yu not ask, otherwise, it would be meaningless for a good person to do it. It's just that I don't know if Fang Yu will fight Gu Qing head on."

At this crucial moment, Fang Yu had to put aside everything that had happened to her. Whether or not she could return and see, she would definitely suffer.

Xie Jingxi carried a bowl of porridge into the room, and when she heard the commotion, he immediately sat up from the bed. The tiredness in her eyes was a little shallow, proving that he had indeed fallen asleep.

"Do you smell something? Do you want to wash your face?"

Gu Yun was startled for a moment, he went to the washroom and washed his face, and pulled her to sit at the table, a bowl of porridge and a spoon of porridge each.

"Xi has been busy the whole day, it's time to rest. What comes after is my turn."

"You really know how to control time."

He had to eat and sleep alone. He looked quite rational, but in reality, he was suffering from magic.

Without even asking about the Old Man Ji, it was clear that he would not be able to understand it in a short period of time. had most likely told him about the situation, because when Gu Yun saw this, it was as if his soul had left his body.

Clearly, it was not a good thing.

The words of comfort were all nonsense. Xie Jingxi only gave him patience and companionship, so she didn't mention anything about it when he didn't ask her.

"Not only do I control time, I also know how to distribute porridge. Come, open your mouth and give one last bite to my daughter."

When the couple drank a bowl of porridge, they didn't forget to give their daughter a mouthful. From the sound of it, they really weren't living a wealthy life.

After drinking the porridge, Gu Yun went out to go and come back. Pei Zixi was probably still concocting medicine, so he was unable to help, thus he sat on the bed with his wife with a book each and did not disturb them, causing the room to become quiet, with only the sound of flipping books, which was very limited. In total, the two of them could not even read more than three pages.

It was only until Fang Yu returned did she break the silence. Without saying a word, she knelt down outside the door, "Eldest Young Master, Madam, Fang Yu is back."

When Xie Jingxi saw that Gu Yun did not even raise his eyelids, she inwardly sighed, put down the book, and walked out. Fang Yu did not appear to be in a sorry state, but his clothes were a little messy, and he must have fought with someone before.

"Madam, Fang Yu should not have acted on her own accord. I barged in without permission, it was for the sake of avenging my sister.

"Have you fought with Gu Qing?"

"Yes, but he ran away. I was trapped in the secret chamber and couldn't get out. Someone brought me out. I felt that the person's voice sounded familiar, but I couldn't recall who it was."

"I understand. You can leave now."

There was no trace of anger on Xie Jingxi's face, she had already made a guess in her heart.