Su Yuejian's expression was indifferent, and she opened her red lips slightly: "Doctor Li, can you take a look at this medicine? Is there anything wrong with it?"

Li Jingzhu respectfully took the medicine with both hands. After carefully examining it, he borrowed a silver hairpin to test the medicine.

Then, with a heavy and serious expression, he said, "This decoction contains a deadly poison called Xuyu Shigu, which originates from the Kingdom of Nanwan. Those poisoned will fall into a deep sleep, but will feel the pain of bone-eating pain. This poison cannot be detected by pulse diagnosis, only by a silver needle."

He paused and continued, "This poison is extremely vicious and a chronic poison. The victim can be in a coma for up to six months, suffering silently until death."

As Su Yanzhou listened, his sword-like eyebrows furrowed tightly together, and the doubt in his eyes grew deeper and deeper.

Su Yuejian nodded slightly, her tone calm: "Thank you, Doctor Li. I hope you can keep your mouth shut about what happened today."

At this time, Yinxin walked forward smartly and handed over a silver note with both hands.

Li Jingzhu calmly put away the banknotes, nodded, and turned to leave.

Su Yanzhou couldn't wait to ask, "What's going on?"

Su Yuejian's expression darkened, and her voice deepened. "This was the decoction that Grandmother was supposed to use today, but I stopped her and replaced it with a tranquilizing decoction."

"What?!" Su Yanzhou was furious. His eyes instantly blazed with anger. He slammed the table and roared, "Who is it! How dare you poison my grandmother?"

Su Yuejian sneered, a hint of sarcasm and coldness on her face. "The one who poisoned me was a servant girl in Grandmother's courtyard. She bit her tongue and committed suicide when we were in Rong'an Hall just now."

Su Yanzhou frowned tightly, his heart full of doubts.

He kept thinking: How could a servant girl possibly have Nan Wan's poison? She must have been instructed by someone. If Yue'er hadn't discovered the substitution, Grandmother would have been in grave danger.

A feeling of fear and resentment welled up in his heart. Slowly, he calmed down and fell into deep thought.

The bone-eroding disease and my grandmother's old illness were completely different, but today the man wanted to kill Yue'er. This was killing two birds with one stone.

He had heard of the intrigues within the inner court, but the Su family was a simple place, and he had never imagined such a thing would happen to his own family. Ever since the incident with Yue'er's appearance, he had realized how dangerous the inner court was.

He had never imagined that someone could be so vicious and cruel as to murder his grandmother and Yue'er. His mind raced with thoughts of who the culprit might be: Qiao, Wu, or someone else?

But the maid was dead, and there was no way to identify the person behind the incident.

Seeing that he was frowning and silent, Su Yue leaned over and held his hand.

Her eyes were filled with sincerity, and she promised him firmly, "Brother, this palace is not peaceful. But I hope you believe me, I will never harm you."

Her eyes flashed with tenderness and determination. "You, Grandmother, and Father are all my family. I will protect you and will not let you come to any harm. I will not let any of those who want to harm you go!"

Su Yanzhou listened, his eyes slightly sore and his heart filled with bitterness.

He kept blaming himself in his heart. He was her older brother, and it was his job to protect her. Now she was still a little girl, not even of marriageable age, struggling in the mire of the inner courtyard, and he was still worrying about them everywhere.

He took her hand in return, his eyes fixed on their joined hands. Hearing her say the word "monk," he felt both moved and warmed.

At this moment, he just thought that Su Yuejian had finally opened her heart to others again, and never expected that what she said was true. They were a family whose blood was thicker than water.

He nodded slightly, his voice choked with sobs: "Of course I believe you, and it was my fault that I was too careless before. I will protect you and Grandma well in the future."

Su Yuejian smiled playfully and said in a light tone to ease the atmosphere: "Then I will have to rely on you more from now on."

Su Yanzhou knew that she was trying to comfort him, so he chuckled, "Okay, just rely on brother."

His mind kept replaying Su Yuejian's appearance when she encountered trouble today. Thinking of her calmness, planning ahead, and taking every step carefully, he couldn't help but sigh: he had never seen Yuejian like this before.

Only then did he realize that his previous perception of her was completely wrong. This was the real her: resourceful, ruthless, yet calm.

An outrageous idea suddenly came to his mind. He felt that Yue'er, with her personality, was very similar to his mother.

Seeing that he was still lost in thought, Su Yue assumed he was still pondering the poisoning. "I will carefully investigate today's matter. Don't worry too much, brother. Please don't tell Father and Grandmother about the poisoning for the time being, so as to avoid causing them unnecessary trouble."

Su Yanzhou nodded, his eyes full of concern: "If you need my help, please send someone to me at any time."

Su Yuejian smiled and said, "Of course."

The two smiled at each other.

After Su Yanzhou left, everything in Wutongju returned to normal.

Su Yuejian sat alone on the Arhat couch. She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the bowl of poisonous medicine with a deep gaze.

Since Qiao returned home, she has not gone out these days. Instead, she has been unusually quiet. She felt something was wrong, so she asked Yuzhu to keep an eye on Qiao and asked Yinxin to keep a close eye on the people around her grandmother.

Sure enough, she discovered that Qiao was planning to attack her grandmother.

Unfortunately, the maid was stubborn and chose to commit suicide rather than identify Qiao.

She slowly raised her head and looked out the window.

The sky, which was clear just now, suddenly became gloomy. Su Yuejian curved her lips, but there was no trace of smile in her beautiful eyes, which made people feel cold.

Heaven has changed.

Qiao Wanyun, Su Xuewei, what should you do?

Yuzhu walked Li Jingzhu out of the house and passed by Yunting Garden on her way back. She tilted her ears and heard the maids in the courtyard whispering that Aunt Qiao and the Second Young Miss had lost their temper and smashed many precious items.

A sly smile appeared on Yuzhu's face, and she laughed secretly in her heart, and walked briskly back to Wutongju.

As soon as she came back, she couldn't wait to tell Su Yuejian about the ugly behavior of Qiao's mother and daughter.

Su Yuejian just smiled slightly but said nothing.

Yuzhu took out another letter and handed it to her. "Miss, this is from Doctor Li."

Su Yuejian took the letter, opened it, and glanced at it quickly.

Xuan Shuang had previously investigated Lu Jinru's case, and after carefully examining the fire, she discovered that the midwife who delivered the baby that day had a younger sister. Perhaps she had heard about the Taifu Mansion from her sister before, so she asked Li Jingzhu to find out where she was.

The letter said that the person is still alive. After inquiring, they found out that she is in her hometown in Pingzhou, and someone has been sent to bring her to Kyoto.

Su Yuejian put the letter away and told Yuzhu, "Take it and burn it."

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