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Xiao Qinglan clicked his tongue impatiently.

Liu Suifeng immediately straightened up his attitude and said, "Alright, alright. Let's get down to business."

He put his elbows on the table and leaned toward her. "Has Beauty ever heard of the Seven Day Curse?"

Xiao Qingyi knitted her brows: "I don't know much about these things. What is it?"

"It's normal for beauties to not know about it. I've only seen this poison in medical books, and I've never seen it in my many years of practicing medicine." The Seven Day Curse is a combination of chronic and potent poison that will penetrate deep into one's bone marrow. Although the victim normally looks no different from a normal person, there will be two days of poison every month. "

"When the poison appears, your entire body will be boiling hot and your mind will be muddled. All the suppression, greed, bloodlust, and other vile natures in your body will be released. Those with weak minds will be like ferocious beasts, completely devoid of humanity."

Xiao Qing Ran's eyes darkened as she subconsciously clenched her hands under her sleeves. In her mind, she recalled that man's appearance at the hot spring that day.

"Moreover, this poison has a trigger, because according to one's physique, the poisons that are infected are different from one another. However, before the poison appears, one must encounter this' trigger 'within seven days."

Xiao Qing was confused, "Then what if we don't meet?"

"If the 'cause' did not appear seven days before the poison was released, then he would not have been infected by the poison in the current month. However, the next cycle will begin again." Liu Suifeng laughed helplessly, "The so-called 'Seven Day Curse' is like a spell that comes and goes without rest."

Although the infected people would not die, they had to worry and suffer for days and nights. If they could not find the source, they had to endure that pain every month. This was an extremely vicious medicine.

Xiao Qingyi knitted her brows: "Can you solve it?"

"Beauty, you should know that the more complicated this poison is, the more ingredients there are for testing. If I can't find the 'trigger', even I have some …"

Liu Suifeng did not say anything after that, but Xiao Qing Qing understood what he meant.

It was likely that Su Qianhan knew about this as well, which was why he had left this person in the mansion for so many days without mentioning the matter of the antidote.

If they couldn't find the 'cause', even if there was a genius doctor around, it would be meaningless.

"What does that beauty want?"

Xiao Qingran put a hand to her temple and shook her head: "I don't know, but I will find the reason as soon as possible. You should stay here for a while longer."

Even though she said that, Xiao Qingran did not know what to do. Su Qianhan had not been able to find her for so many years, how could he let her find her in just a few days?

Liu Suifeng nodded happily in agreement.

After all, it was a good place to eat and drink. He didn't need to travel in the wind and rain, and he often had beauties to accompany him. It wasn't the best way to live.

After the two of them had finished talking, Liu Suifeng sent them out. As soon as Xiao Qing returned to the general's mansion, she was informed that there was a teacher's aunt in the mansion who wanted the etiquette of the two ladies.

Although he said he would teach the two of them, it was mainly because of Xiao Qing Ran.

Riko was the one who said this. "That ritual aunt is actually someone from the palace. Perhaps the crown prince knew that the young lady didn't know much about etiquette, so he came to see you because he was afraid it would be inconvenient in the future."

"However, because the matter between the young miss and the crown prince hasn't been settled yet, it would be inconvenient for the palace to talk too much. So, let's say that our residence has invited a tutoring aunt from outside for the sake of the two young misses' recuperation."

Xiao Qing Qing clearly understood the painstaking efforts of those people, but she was the one who decided whether to accept it or not.

He had just returned from the Residence of Han, and Xiao Qing Ran's mind was filled with the 'Seven Day Curse'. Xiao Qing Ran did not have the mood to care about formality and etiquette.

However, since she was from the palace, Xiao Qing Qing could not be too extreme. She let Ri-Er report that she wanted her aunt to stay in the manor for now. She would ask her aunt to stay there until she was better.

Rio'er responded to her master and helped her find quite a few medical books.

She should make up for it by taking some supplementary lessons. Even if she couldn't find a way to cure the poison, she at least had to understand a little bit more so that she wouldn't have to avoid encountering that hot spring in the future.

But speaking of poison, it suddenly reminded her of what Zhao Xin'er had said at the sacrificial ceremony that day.

The matter regarding his mother had always been a mystery.

Maybe he could find some enlightenment from exploring the Zhao Mansion? Moreover, she hadn't seen that second elder sister for quite some time.

After Xiao Qinggran made her decision, she went to bed early after eating dinner. When night fell, she secretly snuck into the Residence of Zhao dressed in black.

At the beginning, Xiao Qing Qing wanted to find Zhao Xin Er's room, but she went in the wrong direction and ran further and further away to a remote room. The owner of this room was Xiao Xi Yu.

Although Xiao Qing Ran had heard a lot about her life in the Zhao manor, she was still shocked when she did not expect to see it with her own eyes.

The second miss of the general's mansion was different from him. She was a concubine and a child without a mother. She had not been spoiled in the Prime Minister's estate since she was young. It was normal for her residence to be deducted.

Xiao Xiyu had been doted upon since she was young. As a direct descendant, as well as having the taboo of being the head mother, she naturally had to be in the limelight.

But now that she had married into the Zhao manor, not to mention her husband, the entire Zhao family pointed at her due to the previous shameful incident. Even the lowliest of servants would step on her.

More importantly, when Lord Zhao found out that Xiao Xiyu was not pregnant and that his last shred of hope had been shattered, Xiao Xi Yu's days became even more miserable.

While Xiao Qing Ran was in the corner, Xiao Xi Yu was being raped by her family. She didn't want to look at such an eyesore even if she had to do official business, so she casually threw some 'exciting' medicine to them as a reward for that day's sacrificial ceremony, then turned and left.

At this point, Zhao Xin'er was still awake. The servant girl was currently taking off her makeup.

When Xiao Qing Ran passed by, the master and the servant were talking.

Zhao Xin`er's tone was not very good, "That damned bitch, look at yourself. You think you can get the favor of the crown prince by climbing up to a higher branch? You instigated me and caused me to be implicated."

The servant girl by the side lowered her head and combed her hair: "Don't be angry young miss, although this matter isn't directly related to young miss, once it gets out, it will only say that this new young miss doesn't know how to act, and is already married, yet doesn't know the rules, and young miss's reputation will remain the same outside, even if the blame is placed on her, she will say that the general's house isn't strict, it has nothing to do with young miss."

"Even though I said that, I still feel uncomfortable. Regardless of Xiao Xiyu, that Xiao Qing Qing is definitely not a good person. A slut, do you think you can be better than others just by being a direct daughter? To put it bluntly, you're just a lowly child."

The maidservant was slightly surprised and unconsciously lowered her voice and advised, "Miss, you can't speak carelessly like this."

"What are you afraid of? I would even dare to say that in front of her, let alone at my own home." Zhao Xin'er took off one of her earrings and slammed it onto the table, "That woman doesn't know anything and doesn't know her own limitations. Her mother was married because of a relationship with the general, and now she wants to be her mother again."

When Xiao Qingran heard this, her heart skipped a beat, but she held herself back from saying anything.

"There's such a thing?" "How could that be possible? This servant heard that that person was also a well-known lady in the capital. How could he have done such a thing?"

"What famous sect, didn't they all end up as ruins in the end?" Zhao Xin Er sneered and took off the other earring: "What do you know, that woman moved her love to seduce General Xiao and got intimate with him in just two days. At that time, maybe she already had a child and became his mother, so her mother wouldn't have allowed her daughter to get married without a gift."

"But the truth is, when she married, she did not have much of a close relative, and not many people even knew about the past. If I did not eavesdrop on their conversation, I would not have known that the young miss of the Su family, whose name is known all over the capital, was such a shameless person. "Hmph, it seems like her daughter isn't a good person either …"

Behind her, Zhao Xin'er didn't say anything meaningful. Basically, she was insulting him.

Xiao Qingyi did not continue listening and only felt that her brain was getting more and more chaotic.

Everything was piled up together, and the poor quality of her sleep had caused her to fall into a state of confusion.

She returned to the General's Estate late at night, and from the information she had thrown under her bed, she found the incident from that year.

Twenty years ago, when Su Lian'er married Xiao Zhi, Xiao Zhi was still a general in the army camp.

At that time, Xiao Zhi Manor already had a concubine and a son, the Third Madame Zhao Ya, and the eldest son Xiao Jin Qing. However, because of Su Lian'er's identity, she became the official wife of the Xiao family after entering the manor.

Later on, when Xiao Zhi continued to recruit Li Jing as his concubine and Li Jing gave birth to a daughter, he took the position of the head of the family. Su Lian'er's personality became more and more fragile, until she became an abandoned wife after giving birth to her only daughter.

According to the information obtained, Su Lian'er died of many illnesses and depression.

She noticed that before this, the year after she was born, the Su palace had actually been invaded overnight. A hundred and ten people from his entire family had been killed, and the Su palace, which used to have a chance of survival, had been burned to ashes in one night.

The home of a third rank official was mysteriously killed, yet no information about the culprit could be found. As a result, it was now an unsolved case.

This was too much of a coincidence.

If she said that there was no inside story behind what happened that year, she wouldn't believe it even if she was beaten to death.