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"Master, Doctor Jiang is here." A report came.

Soon, Doctor Jiang was led to the greenhouse to take Zhong Yunxi's pulse and diagnose her.

Doctor Jiang placed his fingers on Zhong Yunxi's pulse. Time passed slowly and he did not let go for a long time.

After a long time, he finally let go of his hand and took away the pulse pillow, with an expression of wanting to say something but hesitant on his face.

"What's wrong? Doctor Jiang." Tao Jiuxi was anxious. Looking at Doctor Jiang's face, she had an ominous premonition in her heart.

Doctor Jiang glanced at Shen Zhiyi, looking somewhat embarrassed, and said slowly: "The young lady is not sick, but has been poisoned."

"Poisoned?"

Tao Jiuxi and Zhong Yunxi exclaimed in unison, both of their faces full of surprise.

They never imagined that Zhong Yunxi's illness was caused by poisoning.

Doctor Jiang said slowly, "This poison is called Sheng Sheng Slow, and it's a chronic poison. It's colorless and odorless. Initially, the victim will feel weak and lethargic. Over time, they will begin to vomit blood. Ultimately, after six months to a year, they will be unable to recover and will suffer from constant abdominal pain every day."

"It's just that this kind of poison is usually given by someone close to you. It needs to be added to your daily diet, little by little, so that the poisoned person can die without anyone noticing."

Tao Jiuxi felt a chill down her spine when she heard this. Shen Zhiyi saw that Tao Jiuxi was trembling a little, so he immediately patted her back to put her mind at ease.

Tao Jiuxi slowed down and saw Zhong Yunxi, who was already frightened and stunned, and asked hurriedly: "Can this poison be cured?"

"The girl has been poisoned for about a month or two. The poison isn't too severe, but it's been in her body for so long. Even if she's detoxified, her body will still need a long period of recovery."

"It's good if it can be solved. It's good if it can be solved."

After hearing this, Tao Jiuxi's tense mood relaxed a little.

When she looked at Zhong Yunxi again, her face had turned pale.

Tao Jiuxi looked at her with heartache, wondering in his heart, who could be the person around her who poisoned her?

Is it her vicious stepmother?

Or a cold-blooded biological father?

Or is she the only maidservant he trusts?

However, Tao Jiuxi believed that even a tiger would not eat its own cubs, and the most likely person to have done it was her stepmother.

Zhong Yunxi originally thought that her father and mother just didn't love her, but she didn't expect that they hated her so much that they even poisoned her. She felt like the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing.

Tao Jiuxi was not in the situation, and although she felt scared, she was rational at the moment.

The most urgent task is to help Zhong Yunxi detoxify and free her from this terrible conspiracy.

"Doctor Jiang, how do we cure this poison?"

"It's not difficult. You just need to take the detoxifying medicine for three consecutive months. I will write a prescription for you right away." Doctor Jiang said, and he was about to take out the paper and pen he carried with him from the medicine box to write a prescription.

Tao Jiuxi thought that given Zhong Yunxi's current situation, it would be unrealistic for her to make her own medicine to detoxify herself every day.

"Are there any other methods? For example, small pills, acupuncture, etc." Tao Jiuxi continued to ask.

"There are detoxification pills, but they are slow to take effect."

"Then we can't be slow. Let's prescribe some medicine."

Tao Jiuxi made a decisive decision.

Upon hearing this, Doctor Jiang began to write the prescription seriously.

Seeing that Zhong Yunxi didn't say a word, Tao Jiuxi thought she was too sad. It was not until Doctor Jiang finished writing the prescription that Zhong Yunxi, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke.

"Doctor Jiang, may I ask if this poison is difficult to diagnose?"

"If someone with three to five years of medical experience could diagnose the girl's poison and take her pulse, he would know there is something wrong. This pulse is very different from that of ordinary illnesses." Doctor Jiang explained patiently.

"Thank you, Doctor Jiang. Could you please prescribe some more detoxification pills for me?" Zhong Yunxi asked sincerely.

"I have it in my house, but I don't have it with me today. You can send someone to get it tomorrow." Doctor Jiang said gently.

"Thank you very much, Doctor Jiang." Zhong Yunxi stood up and saluted after saying this.

Seeing this, Tao Jiuxi also hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude.

"Duke Shen, since there is nothing else, I will withdraw." Doctor Jiang said respectfully and bowed.

Shen Zhiyi nodded slightly: "Thank you very much, Doctor Jiang, for today."

Doctor Jiang was flattered. He never thought that Duke Shen would treat him with such courtesy today. It was really rare. In the past, Duke Shen ignored him.

Jiang Shun, who was waiting on the side, immediately stepped forward and said, "I'm in big trouble today, Doctor Shen. If anyone asks, please keep it confidential."

"I know."

Doctor Jiang promised solemnly.

He also knew the seriousness of the matter.

After Doctor Jiang left, Tao Jiuxi took the prescription and said softly, "Miss Zhong, I know you are sad, but as long as you can get treatment, there is still hope in the future."

"But if you're in the mansion and the medicine is boiled, the person who poisoned you will know that you knew about the poisoning. If they use other methods on you, it will be difficult to guard against them."

"Or you could say you're not feeling well and need to live in a temple, or pretend to have an infectious disease..."

Zhong Yunxi interrupted Tao Jiuxi: "Second Miss Tao, I know you are worried about me, but I want to go back."

Tao Jiuxi was speechless for a moment: "......"

"The doctor who took my pulse in the mansion is the same one my father has used for over twenty years."

"So, you suspect that the person who poisoned you is your father?" Tao Jiuxi asked in shock.

"I thought my father just didn't love me. I never thought he would be so heartless."

Zhong Yunxi did not shed tears, but her face was full of determination.

She suddenly stood up and knelt in front of Shen Zhiyi: "Duke Shen, my father, took advantage of his position to accept bribes from officials. During the supervision, he repeatedly covered up the illegal acts of officials who bribed him, resulting in the death of several lives. In my father's study, there is an account book and secret letters between him and others. I would like to take out this letter and hand it to the Duke. I beg the Duke to make the decision for me." Her voice trembled slightly. She knew in her heart that this was her only chance and the time to seek justice for herself.

Shen Zhiyi had been sitting quietly beside Tao Jiuxi. Hearing this, he showed no surprise on his face. He just slowly asked, "If your father's affairs are exposed, you will definitely be involved."

Zhong Yunxi knelt straight, his expression determined as he spoke, "If he doesn't die, I won't be able to survive either. He may be my father, but he killed my biological mother and showed me no mercy. If I was wrong to betray him, I'll let him settle the score with me when I go to Hades someday."

"In that case, I will send someone to get your antidote pills tomorrow. Once you have the evidence, I will hang a lantern in front of your door and someone will come to pick it up."

"Thank you, Duke Shen." Zhong Yunxi bowed deeply.

Tao Jiuxi, who was standing by, was already stunned and couldn't recover for a long time until Zhong Yunxi knelt down to thank her again.

"Second Miss Tao, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. If I am fortunate enough to survive in the future, and if you don't mind me reporting my father's actions, we can..."

"Get up quickly. I understand your helplessness. Be sure to protect yourself when you go back. You have wasted some time here. Go back quickly, or your stepmother will look for you." Tao Jiuxi said hurriedly, his eyes full of concern.

"Then Yunxi will take her leave first." After Zhong Yunxi finished speaking, her figure disappeared at the door of the greenhouse.

The greenhouse fell into silence for a moment.

"Are you scared?" Shen Zhiyi asked Tao Jiuxi, who was still a little dazed.

"I... these things didn't happen where I lived before..." Tao Jiuxi was still frightened.

In the previous world, there was a sound legal system, and she had always been law-abiding. Even if she heard about these things by chance, she only learned about them from the news.

This was the first time such a thing happened to someone close to me, and it happened right in front of me.

"Don't be afraid. His Majesty already has some evidence regarding her father's case. He previously held off on taking into account the influence of the Chief Censor in the court and the fact that His Majesty had only recently ascended the throne. Now that he's seeking his own death, there's no need to keep him around any longer."

Shen Zhiyi thought Tao Jiuxi was afraid that Zhong Yunxi would die because of this, so he spoke to comfort her.

However, he didn't know that what Tao Jiuxi was afraid of was this cold era.

There was no order and security that she was familiar with here. She didn't know what terrible thing would happen in the next second, and she didn't know whether she would inadvertently fall into an irretrievable predicament.

She just felt so powerless, a feeling of powerlessness that she couldn't control her destiny.