Bring a scumbag girl to bully me, and you are afraid of using modern weapons.

"Qing'er, be good." Xie Wanying's eyes were red, knowing that her grandson was scared.

For the sake of Duke Li's Mansion and her two poor grandsons, she would protect them even at the cost of her own life, no matter how powerful the enemy was.

"Grandma, you just came out of seclusion, so go back and pack up first! We can talk about anything tomorrow." Xie Jinglan pulled her brother over, "From now on, Qing'er will live with me in Yuelan Courtyard."

They have more and more enemies, and now there is another Nether Palace. I am afraid there will be more assassinations like this in the future. I have to let my brother stay in the same place with her at night to feel at ease.

"Okay." Xie Wanying looked around again before turning and leaving.

"Lan'er, I'm leaving first. You should rest early. I'll come to see you tomorrow." Beitang Yuan said to Xie Jinglan and left.

At this time, many officers and soldiers came to the gate of the mansion.

The sound of the explosion just now was so terrifying and earth-shattering that it shocked the entire Shengjing. A large number of city defenders appeared on the streets outside.

"Beitang Yuan, thank you." Xie Jinglan said gratefully.

As soon as the three assassins broke into the mansion, he rushed over from the Eastern Palace. In Shengjing, he was the only one willing to help the Duke of Li's mansion.

Beitang Yuan raised the corner of his lips slightly and leaned close to her ear, "If you want to thank me, then marry me."

The warm breath sprayed on her ears, coupled with his ambiguous words, Xie Jinglan's face suddenly turned red, and she quickly stepped back away from him.

"Hahaha..." Beitang Yuan chuckled a few times and took his men away, but left Hu Xiu behind.

Xie Jinglan left the affairs of the mansion to Hu Xiu and Lu Demin, and took her brother back to Yuelan Courtyard.

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The next morning, Xie Jinglan took her brother to pay her respects to her grandmother.

After greeting, Xie Yunqing was sent to the front yard for class.

"Congratulations, grandma. I didn't expect that you would recover all your skills after only one month of seclusion." Xie Jinglan was happy for her grandmother.

"This is all thanks to your third-grade elixir." Xie Wanying said with a smile.

"Grandma, is your current cultivation level the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm?" She was fighting fiercely with the third brother at that time and did not notice who hit the second brother.

But a palm force was enough to knock a person in the early stage of the Golden Core away. His strength must be above the middle stage of the Golden Core.

"Yes, after I took your second-grade pill, it took me just over ten days to recover the power of the early Golden Elixir stage. After another two days of practice, I felt that I had signs of advancement, so I took your third-grade pill, and indeed, I had a breakthrough." Xie Wanying looked refreshed.

When she was thirty-five years old, she was already in the early stage of the Golden Core, but she had not advanced since then. Unexpectedly, she advanced with just one third-grade pill.

She had spent a lot of money to buy third-grade elixirs twice before, but they had no effect, so she never bought them again.

It seems that Lan'er's medicine is better.

"Is it really that effective?" Xie Jinglan immediately handed her five more third-grade pills. "Grandma, I made these pills myself. I have as many as you want. Just keep working hard."

"I have as much as you want." Xie Wanying looked at the pills, feeling so excited that she didn't know what to say.

In the past, she had to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to finally buy a third-grade elixir, and that was only through connections, as it wasn't even sold on the market. She never thought that there would be a day when she could eat a third-grade elixir like a meal.

"Yes, it's a pity that I don't have a demon core. If I had a demon core of level three or above as a medicine guide, I could have refined a fourth-grade pill." Xie Jinglan said with a bit of regret.

"Demon core..." Xie Wanying's face suddenly looked a little bad.

"Lan'er, having a third-grade elixir is already good enough. Hunting monsters is too dangerous. It's better not to do it. Grandmother doesn't want you to take risks."

"Okay, I understand." Xie Jinglan knew that when her grandmother mentioned the monster, she would think of her dead father.

It seems that I can’t let my grandmother know that I want to hunt monsters.

"Grandmother, the envoys from Nanyang Kingdom and Luofeng Kingdom will soon visit Yuyong Kingdom. I heard that the queen of Nanyang Kingdom has returned to visit her relatives." Xie Jinglan told her about the upcoming visit of the envoys from the two countries.

"The Queen of Nanyang Kingdom has also come back?" A strange look flashed in Xie Wanying's eyes.

"Yes, the news came from the Eastern Palace, so it should be correct." Xie Jinglan said.

At this time, Nanny Feng pushed the door open and came in, followed by Xie Xue.

"Miss, Miss Zong Zhengying from the Zong Zheng family has sent a visiting card, saying that she wants to meet you." Xie Xue said.

Xie Jinglan was stunned when she heard this and frowned slightly.

This Zong Zhengying had said a long time ago that she would come to play with her, but it has been a month since they came back from Linggun Mountain and she hasn't come to her house. Such a big thing happened last night, and she came again?

"Let her in! Just take her to my Yuelan Courtyard."

"Yes." Xie Xue responded and walked out.

"Young lady from the Zong Zheng family?" Xie Wanying looked at her suspiciously. "Lan'er, are you in contact with anyone from the Zong Zheng family?"

"No, it was during the Linggun Mountain Martial Arts Competition. I sparred with her and thought she was a nice person. She wanted to come to my house to play with me, so I agreed. Grandmother, is there something wrong?"

Xie Jinglan felt that her expression was not right. Could it be that there was some conflict between their Xie family and the Zong Zheng family?

"It's okay. Since they're here, let's entertain them properly." Xie Wanying said as she stood up. "Madam Feng, let's go to the Buddhist temple!"

"Yes!"

Xie Jinglan looked at her grandmother's back and always felt that she was worried about something.

Not long after returning to Yuelan Courtyard, Xie Xue brought Zong Zhengying here.

Zong Zhengying was still dressed in a tight outfit, looking dashing, capable and neat.

"Ms. Zong Zheng, welcome!"

"Xie, Miss, how are you?"

The two people greeted each other.

"Please take a seat."

Zong Zhengying looked around the house she lived in before sitting down.

"I said I'd come to play with you a long time ago, but I've been busy lately, so I haven't come."

"It's okay, you can come anytime you want." Xie Jinglan said lightly.

After drinking a cup of tea, Zong Zhengying said, "I heard about what happened in your house last night. It turned out to be someone from the Netherworld Palace."

"You know?" Xie Jinglan was surprised. The only people present last night were from Duke Li's Mansion and the Eastern Palace. How did Zong Zhengying know?

"The three bodies were sent to the Ministry of Justice. My brother happens to work there and is involved in this case. Naturally, he knew about it, but he didn't expect that the three assassins were actually from the Netherworld Palace." Zong Zhengying looked at her with some concern.

"Are the people from the Netherworld Palace also here for your blood?"

"All of them! You also know that I have too many enemies. Those people want to catch me, so I will naturally fight them to the death." Xie Jinglan didn't want to say too much about this.

Zong Zhengying also noticed it and did not continue the topic.

She has this special blood in her body, which is too tempting. People with or without grudges will come looking for her. Assassination is something that will probably accompany her throughout her life.

"My skills haven't advanced for a long time. I want to go to the Myriad Beasts Mountains to hunt monster cores and make pills, but my father and brother said it's too dangerous and won't let me go." Zong Zhengying said a little frustrated.