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At this time, Wu Hao, who was in a room in the courtyard, had already finished bathing under the care of the maidservant Xiao Cui and had just put on her clothes.

"Third Wife, why are you here!" He hurried forward and gave her a respectful bow.

Gu Siya looked at him, nodded at him, and then looked around at the courtyard before asking him: "I heard that Second Young Master returned from the outside, is that true?"

Reporting to the Third Wife, the Young Master has indeed returned, but he is currently in his room changing his clothes, I wonder why Third Wife is here? Mu Qian replied respectfully.

Creak!

Just as Gu Siya was about to explain the reason for his visit, the scarlet wooden door to Wu Hao's room was pushed open. Wu Hao, who had already washed and redressed himself, walked out with a smile.

Sanniang, I just returned from the Hundred Thousand Mountain Range. I was in a sorry state and was just about to wash up before heading to Jing Ya Xuan to pay my respects. Wu Hao smiled and slowly walked out of the room with the maidservant Xiao Cui following closely behind.

"Hao Er, have you harvested the Radix Notoginseng yet?" Gu Siya watched as he walked out, and then asked impatiently.

Her long hair was still slightly dark and curled. There was only a hint of surprise in her eyes before she stopped paying attention to it. Instead, she placed what she was most concerned about at the top of her list.

Actually, before that, she had already received news that Wu Hao had walked back from outside in a sorry state, dressed in rags. Although he looked a little better, his dark complexion was still there.

Hence, she knew in her heart that this trip would not go smoothly for the other party. It was just that she was too worried about her daughter's safety, so she temporarily placed this matter second.

"Young master, that medicine has been prepared!" Wu Hao was about to answer when Mu Qian suddenly said to him.

"You got it?" Gu Siya's eyes lit up, and looked at Wu Hao and asked.

"Third Madam, the harvest is back." Wu Hao nodded.

"Sanniang, there was an accident on this trip, which took us three days to get back. How is Paige right now?" Wu Hao came in front of her and asked.

"It's the same as when you left. With the prescription you gave me, my daughter's condition stabilized, and she hasn't deteriorated any further."

Hearing that, Wu Hao heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, he was afraid that Wu Peiqi would not be able to hold on, and now that he heard that he had gone out to look for medicine, her efforts were not in vain.

"That's good!" He nodded to Gu Siya and said: "Since it's like this, we shouldn't delay this any longer. Let's go and take the medicine for Paige first, we'll talk about other things later!"

With that said, Mu Qian had already turned around and went to the kitchen to fetch the medicine, while Gu Siya revealed a look of gratitude.

"Hao Er, I thank you this time. No matter what business you have in the future, as long as you need Third Madam's help, feel free to speak out. Third Mother will definitely do her best to help you!" Gu Siya promised him sincerely.

"Hehe, Third Madam, our family doesn't talk much."

"En!"

After a while, Mu Qian walked over with the Radix Notoginseng medicine in the big porcelain bottle. He opened his mouth and said to Xiao Cui who was standing beside him: "Xiao Cui, come over and help young master bring the medicine over to Third Wife. Be careful on the way!"

"Alright, Elder Mu!" Xiao Cui hurried forward and carefully took the soup from his hand.

Inside Jiao Ruhua's courtyard.

At the moment, her face was gloomy, her eyes were filled with a murderous light, and she was pacing back and forth with her hands behind her back, at the entrance of a room. His four personal maid s had their heads lowered, and their hands folded in front of their bodies, as though they were waiting for an opportunity to strike.

The atmosphere at the scene was solemn, as if the air itself had frozen. No matter who it was, no one dared to breathe too loudly, fearing that disaster would descend upon them from the heavens and bring disaster upon them.

With every step that Jiao Ruhua took, his voice wasn't very heavy, but when it entered their ears, it was as if there was a huge rock knocking against the ground, causing their minds to tremble.

This was especially true for her middle-aged steward. At the moment, her eyes were unsteady, and it was unknown what she was thinking about.

As the saying goes, don't worry about your sins, and don't be afraid to knock on the door in the middle of the night.

But now, he was forced to drug Wu Yu.

Since he had done this, he naturally couldn't remain calm in his heart.

Ta ta ta ta!

The sound of his footsteps reverberated for a long time.

After an unknown period of time, the five people who were hanging in the air felt as though a few autumns had passed, and the defensive line in their hearts almost collapsed.

After a long time.

Footsteps. Finally …

It stopped.

However, they knew that this was only the calm before the storm. What awaited them was even more intense mental pressure.

Now that they were poisoned, they almost lost their lives. Although they didn't do anything, but in front of this kind of master, they faced a situation where they had no way to explain themselves.

If their master forgave them, they would at most be severely scolded. But if their master did not forgive them, then even if they were to die, there was no way to redress the grievances.

Jiao Ruhua slowly raised her head, her gaze sweeping across them, and in that instant, a killing intent surfaced.

"When my son was severely injured and bedridden, who was responsible for purchasing the medicinal herbs he drank?" she asked coldly.

The moment his voice sounded, the other party couldn't help but shudder.

Pata!

Her middle-aged manager immediately knelt down in front of her, his face becoming terrified, he anxiously shouted out: "First Lady, I am responsible, but this subordinate really did not know who poisoned the soup, this is not this subordinate's business!"

The other party was anxious, and immediately revealed a bit of misgivings, but Jiao Ruhua did not notice the change in his tone.

She was staring at him.

"Have you checked the medicinal herbs since you bought them? Who is in charge of brewing them?" she asked coldly.

"Subordinate has inspected it before and passed it to Lady Wanru!" At the same time, he raised his head to look at one of the maids.

After hearing his words, the face of the servant who was called Wanru immediately turned pale and she kneeled down towards Jiao Ruhua.

"Please spare my life First Lady, this humble servant is loyal to you, the heavens can witness this!"

"When you were making the soup, did you ever leave?" A haze flashed across Jiao Ruhua's eyes, the killing intent that was locked onto her made her shiver in fear.

"Reporting to the First Lady, this servant has never left your side before. Every time I finish concocting the medicine, Elder Sister Zixi will personally send me to the young master's side room!" It was as if he was telling her the truth.

Zi Xi immediately lashed out at another servant girl. Without a doubt, the other servant girl turned pale and knelt in front of her.

Soon after, the remaining two maidservants also knelt down towards her. They knew that they would not be able to escape, because the two of them would feed the soup and there was no doubt that the next target would be them.

Just as expected, Zi Xi's next words immediately targeted the two of them, causing Jiao Ruhua's gaze to finally land on the two of them.

"Meng Xue, Yu Hua, I usually treat you guys well, so please be honest with me. Did you guys do anything to each other in the soup?" she said coldly again.

"First Lady, we did not do anything, please spare us!" Both of them were so anxious that tears flowed out of their eyes. In the blink of an eye, their tears fell like rain.

"Sure …" You all won't admit it, right? Looking at them, a trace of cruelty flashed past Jiao Ruhua's eyes. She said coldly: "Since that's the case, if anything happens to my son, you all can go and accompany him in death!"

The moment the words left their mouths, they were immediately heard by the five of them. Their faces were as pale as paper and completely pale.

Within the courtyard, the spring wind blew, but in the face of such a heavy atmosphere, it was instead like the autumn wind of September.

The atmosphere was so heavy that it was hard to breathe. The five of them thought that they had lost all hope of living, and the Lady Wu who had always been cruel and merciless to them, had finally been convicted on their behalf.

They could only blame their bad luck in life when they met such a master.

Creak!

The wooden door to the room suddenly opened, breaking the heavy atmosphere. The five people raised their heads at the same time and looked at the figure walking out of the room. Their faces were pale and looked like they had overworked.

A sliver of hope flashed across their eyes. If the young master was fine, they might have a sliver of hope to survive. However, if the young master was fine, or if he died, then the king of the gods would come and declare injustice for them.

"Eldest Miss, Eldest Young Master is fine for now. Most of the poison in his body has been cleared out by me, and only a small part of it is left in a corner. When I get back, I'll make a few sets of antidote medicine and give him some water to drink!" The setting sun looked at his, turned, and said to Jiao Ruhua who had a gloomy expression.

"Is my son really alright?" After hearing the result, she let out a sigh of relief, but she still asked a few more questions in order to confirm that her son was really alright.

The setting sun did not speak, but nodded at her.

Looking at the five people kneeling on the ground, he muttered to himself for a bit, then said to Jiao Ruhua: "Young miss, these people are all your servants, I'm afraid they don't have the guts to poison, there must be some other secret!"

"You're trying to excuse them!" When Jiao Ruhua heard that, he looked at him with a sharp gaze.

"No, your subordinate isn't trying to justify them. It's just that I'm afraid that this matter …" As he spoke up to this point, his voice abruptly stopped.

Jiao Ruhua also seemed to have understood something, she immediately turned and snorted to the five people kneeling on the ground, and said: "I will let you two off for now, if I find out that this matter is related to you, all of you can prepare a coffin!"

Hearing this, the five of them immediately became excited. A sliver of hope appeared in their eyes, and they excitedly kowtowed to her to express their gratitude.

Ants are also greedy for life, not to mention that they are humans.

However, Jiao Ruhua's expression did not change in the slightest when faced with their actions.

It was as though she was a piece of thousand-year-old ice. No matter how flattered and flattered she was by her servants, she would not be moved by it.

If the human heart was like this, how could it return to one's heart?

Perhaps, from now on, the five of them would no longer have any feelings for her.