The Regent Princess has run away again

"Miss, did you not sleep well last night? Why do you look so haggard?"

While Xiaoqiu was dressing Xue Zhiyu, she looked at the haggard figure in the bronze mirror and spoke with concern.

Xue Zhiyu seemed to have remembered something, turned around and asked seriously, "Do I have any other brothers?"

"Miss, why do you ask that? There is only one young master in our mansion, and that is Young Master Xue Zihan, who you met yesterday."

"Besides him, is there no other young master? Or is it possible that there are others out there..."

Before she could finish, Xiao Qiu quickly made a gesture to silence her, "Miss! Please don't say that. If Madam Xue hears it, you will be in trouble."

Seeing Xue Zhiyu's puzzled look, Xiao Qiu had to lower her voice and said, "Some people said before that Master Xue had more than one son and that he secretly raised another one outside. When Madam Xue found out about this, she was of course very angry and wanted to get rid of the child. Who knew that Master had already had someone secretly protecting the child? So this became a thorn in Madam's heart, and anyone who mentioned it would suffer a bitter fate."

Xue Zhiyu understood what was going on and became even more curious about this young master whom she had never met.

"Dong dong dong."

"Is the Third Miss awake? I am the attendant of Master Xue. Master Xue said that he frightened the Miss yesterday and he felt really bad for it, so he asked me to bring a bowl of nourishing soup over."

Xiao Qiu subconsciously looked at Xue Zhiyu, and when she nodded, she walked over to open the door.

Outside the door, a man in waiter's clothes was standing in front of the door with a plate in his hand. The bowl of nourishing soup on the plate was delicious.

"Okay, I got it. The young lady asked me to help thank your young master." After saying that, he took the plate from the servant, closed the door, turned around and walked into the inner hall.

"Miss, are you going to drink this soup now?"

"No hurry, how can I disappoint Master Xue's kindness?"

Xue Zhiyu stood up, walked to the dining table, looked at the soup in front of her, picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful and put it to her nose.

Although the taste was very light, Xue Zhiyu still smelled a faint fragrance in the soup. It would not be a big deal if you drank it in the short term, but if you drank it for a long time, you would become more and more unconscious, and you might even... be controlled by someone.

Xiao Qiu also noticed something was wrong, frowned slightly and said, "Miss, why don't you just not drink this soup? Let's..."

Before Xiaoqiu could finish her words, Xue Zhiyu made a gesture to keep quiet, glanced out the window, and said casually, "This soup smells so good, let me try it," then she raised her sleeves and poured it into her mouth.

Seeing that the young lady really drank it, Xiao Qiu was extremely anxious, but seeing that the young lady had just made a gesture to silence her, she had to hold back from saying anything.

"Xiao Qiu, clean up the bowl, I've finished drinking," Xue Zhiyu put the empty bowl back on the table and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.

"....Yes, Miss," Xiao Qiu said as she put the bowl away, but her eyes kept looking at Xue Zhiyu from time to time.

After Xiaoqiu left, Xue Zhiyu glanced out the window and sure enough, the black shadow had disappeared.

......

"Did you see her drink it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, Master."

The man in green sat at the table and finished writing the last stroke on the rice paper. Then he raised his head and continued, "Okay, continue to watch her. You must make sure that she drinks the bowl of soup in the next fourteen days."

"Yes."

"Well, back off."

After the man in black left, the man in green stood up, walked slowly to the bookcase, reached out and pressed something, took out a small doll from it, and carefully touched the surface of the doll.

"Soon...you'll be mine..."

Fortunately, Xue Zhiyu robbed a water-absorbing sponge from 007 when she entered the space, so she was able to escape this time.

He pulled the slightly heavy sponge out of his sleeve, walked over to a plant, and twisted the soup out of the sponge.

All the soup was used to water the small plants on the table. Instead of feeling relieved, I felt even heavier.

"Miss, it's not good, it's not good!"

"What's wrong, Xiao Qiu?"

Hearing Xiaoqiu's cry, Xue Zhiyu pulled herself back to her senses and asked when she saw Xiaoqiu almost rushing in.

"Stone Street has an outbreak!!!"

"What?! What the hell is going on?"

"For unknown reasons, a family suddenly died of an illness last night. But strangely, the next morning, everyone who had contact with the deceased died without exception. So no one dared to get close to them. This incident also alarmed the emperor..."

"Miss San, Madam Li said she wants to see you."

Xue Zhiyu glanced at the respectful maid outside the door and said calmly, "Well, I'll be there in a moment."

"Well... I'm afraid I'll have to ask Miss Third and this maid to go first. Madam Li has ordered this maid to bring you over as soon as possible."

Xue Zhiyu frowned, thinking about what Xiaoqiu had just said, and thought that Madam Li must have come for this matter as well.

"Okay, let's go."

.........

lobby.

Mrs. Li was extremely anxious. She looked at the door from time to time, wishing she could go there and find someone herself.

"Ma'am, you're looking for me?"

Upon hearing the voice, Madam Li seemed to have seen a savior. She quickly walked over and said anxiously, "Zhiyu, you are here. Come and sit down first."

Xue Zhiyu didn't say anything else. After sitting down at the round table, she saw that Madam Li wanted to say something but didn't want to, so she had to take the lead and said, "Madam, you came here this time because of the outbreak on Stone Street, right?"

"Alas, it is precisely because of this matter that the emperor is having a headache. He originally planned to send an imperial physician, but no one dared to go, and the entire imperial physician palace still couldn't think of a solution. I don't know why I thought of you."

She didn't expect that she had guessed it right, but after hearing Mrs. Li's trusting tone, Xue Zhiyu felt mixed emotions.

"Ma'am, you think too highly of me. I don't have that ability. I only have some trivial skills."

"Don't be so modest. The imperial doctors didn't know how to treat my illness, but you cured it. Doesn't this prove that you are actually no worse than those imperial doctors? But...ah, that place is dangerous. If I hadn't come up with a solution, I wouldn't have come here."

At the end, Mrs. Li sighed helplessly, her face full of worry.

Who is Xue Zhiyu? The more she asked this, the more curious she became.

"Madam has explained in advance that I can only do my best. As for the outcome, that is not something I can control."

Just when Madam Li was feeling melancholy, she heard Xue Zhiyu say this and immediately held her hand, "Okay, I'll report to you if anything happens."

"But before that, Madam, you have to tell me the details."

"It may be too late. I'll tell you in detail on the way there."

"Okay, but please wait a moment, ma'am. I have to ask someone to get the medicine box," he said and gave a look to Xiaoqiu behind him.

......

After they left Xue's house, Xue Zhiyu and Madam Li got on a carriage and headed for Stone Street.

Along the way, Xue Zhiyu had roughly understood everything. The more she listened, the tighter her brows furrowed, which reminded her of a case she encountered in modern times.

Although I was mentally prepared, when I went to Stone Street again, it was even more deserted. Even the surrounding shops were closed.

For safety reasons, when Xue Zhiyu got off the car, she took out a few masks from the space and distributed them to several people while Mrs. Li was not noticing.

Mrs. Li was very curious about this thing called a mask. After putting it on according to Xue Zhiyu's method, she had an indescribable feeling.

"Why does this mask look a bit like a veil?"

"Well, ma'am, you can think of it as a simplified version of a veil, but it is safer than a veil," Xue Zhiyu thought for a while and had to say something more understandable, so as not to sound too professional and arouse suspicion.

Madam Li nodded as if she understood, and when the two of them and their maid were about to go in, a ragged man rushed out from nowhere and knelt in front of them.

"Please, save me! I don't want to die yet!!!"

Xue Zhiyu frowned and smelled an indescribable pungent smell that made her want to vomit.

Mrs. Li's face suddenly turned pale. She covered her nose and stared at the man in front of her with a frown.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Wang Er, and I live on Stone Street. I heard from people nearby that His Majesty doesn't plan to send anyone to punish us and wants us to fend for ourselves, but I don't want to die."

The man supported himself on the ground with his hands, lowered his head, his eyes full of resentment and resentment.

"Don't worry, His Majesty will not abandon any of the common people. You should know what the situation is like on Stone Street now, right?"

The man looked up at the woman who was speaking and said without hesitation, "Since several people have died in Stone Street, everyone is staying at home."

"Okay, tell me everything you know in detail, including when it happened, how it happened, and who discovered it?"

Xue Zhiyu didn't know where she got the paper and pen from, and looked at the man as if waiting for him to speak.

The man was attracted by these two things. He was stunned for a few seconds before he opened his mouth and told what he knew.

After a long while, Xue Zhiyu looked at the paper she had written on, carefully put it into her sleeve, turned around and said to Madam Li, "Madam, let's go back."

"Hmm? Just leaving like that?"

The man thought she was frightened by what he said, his eyes were full of panic, and he didn't care about anything else. He stood up and asked in confusion, "Girl, what's wrong with you..."

"Don't worry, I will be back in two days. By the way, take this, two pills a day."

The man took the small bottle of meatballs handed to him by Xue Zhiyu, his face full of emotion, and he quickly said thank you several times.

While Mrs. Li was puzzled, Xue Zhiyu got back on the carriage. Mrs. Li wanted to ask something, but when she saw Xue Zhiyu close her eyes and rest as soon as she got on the carriage, she had to give up and not ask.

.........

After arriving at the Xue Mansion and saying goodbye to Madam Li, Xue Zhiyu hurriedly took Xiaoqiu back to her bedroom and asked Xiaoqiu to stay there and not let anyone disturb her.

He closed the door, pulled the piece of paper he had written out of his sleeve and began to study it.

Looking at the record of what the man said, I began to ponder: How could this disease appear here? What is the cause?