Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

After seeing Mu Qinghe off, Leng Quan went up to the third floor of the Treasure Pavilion. He had just entered the room when Mu Xue also pushed open the door and came in.

When Liu Ming came looking for her, Leng Quan refused to see Mu Qinghe. It was only after Wu Ying heard the commotion and thought it over that he decided he should tell Mu Xue. That's how Mu Xue found out.

Now that she knew, she couldn't just ignore it.

That person was, after all, the original owner's older brother, and when they were children, this older brother was very good to the original owner.

So, reluctantly, she dragged her tired body to the Treasure Pavilion.

With a cold face, she said unhappily, "They won't even let me get a good night's sleep. I have to get up and work so late."

Leng Quan, trying not to laugh, said, "Miss Xue, I already refused for you, but you insisted on coming anyway."

Mu Xue said irritably, "If I don't come, can you cure him? That big idiot Mu Feng doesn't have this pill; he probably won't even live for three days."

This was the first time Leng Quan had heard Mu Xue mention Mu Feng's condition. He asked curiously, "What do you mean? Wasn't Young Master Mu's condition caused by a drug reaction? How could it be so serious?"

Mu Xue sat down, but instead of answering his question immediately, she picked up the tea that Liu Ming had just brought from the coffee table and took a sip.

She then said, "I could tell there was something wrong with him as soon as we met, but I was just thinking of taking the opportunity to leave the manor, so I didn't look at him carefully. However, I later heard that he had taken the Heavenly Spirit Pill that was auctioned off before."

Leng Quan was also sitting down. He asked, "Yes, it was the Heavenly Spirit Pill that Prince Jing's heir bid for. But is there something wrong with that pill?"

It's no wonder he thought that way. His first thought was that there was something wrong with Mo Shijie's pills. Given Mu Xue's vengeful nature, it wouldn't be her style not to give him a poisoned pill!

Mu Xue and Mo Shijie have a deep-seated grudge!

Mu Xue rolled her eyes at him and said, "The pills are fine. Do you think I'm that tasteless?"

Leng Quan wanted to say, "You are." But he didn't dare.

After all, judging from the current situation, it seems that his lord has taken a liking to Mu Xue, and she might really be his future mistress. It's best not to provoke him.

Leng Quan said with a grin, "How could Miss Xue be compared to those tasteless people? You are so kind and beautiful."

Mu Xue was too lazy to waste words with him. She said, "The Heavenly Spirit Pill is a medicine that nourishes the body. The medicines in it are all mild and have almost no conflicting effects. However, there is one medicine in it called Leaf Sunflower Seed, which is also a mild tonic. It only conflicts with one thing."

Leng Quan listened attentively, but Mu Xue stopped talking.

He asked anxiously, "And then?"

Mu Xue said, "Big brother, do you really not use your brain?"

"And then, of course, it's just that this extremely rare event happened to Young Master Mu!" Mu Xue said.

"What is it that clashes with this Ye Kuizi?" Leng Quan asked.

My gossip spirit is truly burning brightly!

At this moment, Mu Xue also put away her playful thoughts and said solemnly, "According to what I know about the properties of Ye Kui Zi, the only thing that can clash with it is a kind of Gu worm larva from the Southern Frontier."

"This, how is this possible!!!" Leng Quan exclaimed in surprise. Upon hearing the answer, he immediately stood up from his chair.

As if to confirm something, Leng Quan stared wide-eyed at Mu Xue.

Mu Xue and Leng Quan exchanged glances, nodded solemnly, and said, "The herb Ye Kui Zi is not very useful. Doctors nowadays rarely use it, and even I don't have much of it."

The implication is that the herb Ye Kui Zi is specifically designed to target Gu worm larvae, and Young Master Mu's other medicines would not contain this herb.

Leng Quan calmed down as well, and he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. He asked, "Who has such great ability to tamper with Young Master Mu?"

Mu Xue also strongly agreed with Leng Quan's words. Previously at the border, Mu Qinghe and his son were always surrounded by guards and soldiers, unless there was a traitor among them.

Leng Quan and Mu Xue exchanged glances again, both thinking of a mole, but Mu Xue quickly dismissed the idea.

She said, "The military camp is full of men; they wouldn't use such a Gu worm."

Reizumi asked, puzzled, "Does it have to be a woman?"

Mu Xue said, "This kind of Gu worm is very special. It needs to be nurtured with virgin blood for at least twenty years before it can hatch. Right now, this Gu worm is still in its larval form."

Leng Quan broke out in a cold sweat. A Gu worm that needed to be raised for twenty years sounded incredibly powerful.

He asked, "Miss Xue, if you say that, then is it better that this Gu worm is still in its larval stage?"

Mu Xue looked at Leng Quan as if he were an idiot. Her cold voice rang out: "You'd better let me finish speaking before you speak."

"This kind of Gu worm is very special. It's called a Puppet Gu Worm. It takes twenty years for this Gu worm to form. This larva is not the early stage. Only the larvae produced by the hatched Gu worm can be considered the true Puppet Gu Worm," Mu Xue explained.

She then added, "So, the larval form of the Gu worm is already the ultimate form."

Leng Quan was already sweating profusely. He had been by the Regent's side for many years and was quite knowledgeable, but this was the first time he had ever heard of a puppet gu worm. He never expected that this gu worm would be so difficult to raise!

Leng Quan said, "Judging from this name, isn't Young Master Mu already a puppet?"

Mu Xue shook her head and said, "It's not that easy. He should still be lucid sometimes. To turn him into a puppet, you need a controller by your side. But judging from his condition, he's been controlled for a while now, and he probably doesn't even know what he's done."

Suddenly, Leng Quan had a flash of inspiration and said, "Was he being manipulated when he kicked you out of the manor?"

Mu Xue said, "That's not necessarily true."

She thought of something and said, "The only woman who can move around in the military camp is Zhu Zhiyue. Didn't your prince send Ye San to investigate? If it is indeed her, then at least her age is fake. She must be at least thirty years old."

Leng Quan hesitated before saying, "I've met that Miss Zhu once; she's definitely around fifteen or sixteen years old."

After hearing this, Mu Xue said, "If she is indeed a teenager, then the mother Gu must not be on her."

Reiichi nodded knowingly.

Mu Xue stood up, yawned, and said, "There's no use thinking so much. Go back and rest first. Your prince is the key person right now."

Leng Quan hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, Miss Xue, I'll take you back now. You should get some rest. Ye San will naturally keep an eye on things at the Mu residence. I'll talk to him about it later."

Mu Xue nodded and said, "That's fine. Let him go find Mu Hu first, so that Mu Hu will have someone to look after him. I can feel more at ease then."

"Don't worry, Miss Xue, Ye San knows everything. Ye Yi will be back soon too. I heard that her injuries are healing incredibly fast thanks to the pills you gave her!" Leng Quan said enviously.

Mu Xue glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong? Are you envious of his injury?"

She deliberately teased Leng Quan.

"How could that be? I was just envious of him having the pills you gave him!" Leng Quan scratched his head sheepishly.

Mu Xue smiled and said, "Here you go."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mu Xue threw a small porcelain bottle out, which Leng Quan caught reflexively.

He asked uncertainly, "What is this?"

Mu Xue said, "It's the one you're thinking of, do you want it?"

Leng Quan quickly tucked it into his clothes and nodded frantically, saying, "Yes, yes!"

By the time the two sped back to Ye Shangyuan's courtyard, it was almost dawn.