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Everything before her eyes shifted into slow motion, the splattered blood droplets clearly visible, like fireworks exploding suddenly. Time seemed to freeze at that moment, and then blood flowed from Wu Xue's seven orifices, and she collapsed lifelessly.

Leng Yi's breath almost stopped. She felt time and space blurring. Wu Xue's image appeared as she was about to fall. She didn't know where she got the strength, but she jumped onto the stage and caught Wu Xue before she completely collapsed.

Wu Xue kept vomiting blood, which flowed down and stained a large area of ​​her white dress red, flowing over Leng Yi's fingertips and staining the floor red.

Suddenly, Leng Yi's nose and mouth were filled with the smell of blood, and her hands felt sticky. She felt the person in her arms gradually losing focus, and their body temperature growing colder and colder. Suddenly, Wu Xue's lips curved slightly upward. Was she smiling at her? Blood stained half her face; she couldn't see clearly, she really couldn't see clearly…

Everyone was stunned by Wu Xue's sudden death. Liu Xia and Nuan Dong were the first to react. They exchanged a glance, and Liu Xia used her lightness skill to leap from the third-floor window. Nuan Dong ran onto the stage, took Wu Xue from Leng Yi's arms, and quickly pressed several acupoints to stop the bleeding.

Nuan Dong had Wu Xue lie flat on the ground, then sent a maid to Jingya Pavilion to inform Hu Mama. She then said to Granny Qin, "Granny Qin, take a count of everyone present. You should know exactly what to do, Granny Qin?"

Strangely, Granny Qin looked bewildered and ignored her. Nuandong called out again. Although this scene was terrifying, Granny Qin had witnessed it several times before. Why was she so lost in thought today?

"...Yes, yes, this old servant will go and do it right away." Granny Qin immediately replied obsequiously after regaining her senses.

Xia Hua and Nong Yue were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they stood there blankly, unable to say a word.

The word "Granny Qin" instantly snapped Leng Yi out of her daze, and a surge of intense resentment rushed to her head, causing her to leap off the stage, draw her soft sword, and stab Granny Qin.

This action caused another wave of panic. Qin Mama never expected that Leng Yi would stab her directly. Her eyes widened and she froze on the spot, letting out a sharp shriek.

"what!--"

The sword tip stopped just three inches from Granny Qin's throat. Leng Yi's blood-stained hands trembled. She now only regretted not killing the old woman earlier. Her eyes were bloodshot as she cried out, "The antidote! Quickly, give me the antidote!"

Seeing that Leng Yi hadn't actually stabbed her, Granny Qin composed herself. "Are you crazy? Where would I get the antidote?"

"If you don't give me the antidote, I'll kill you right now!"

Leng Yi made a move to slit Qin Mama's throat, but Nuandong reacted quickly, grabbing Leng Yi's wrist and disarming her, trying to comfort her, "Ningbi, calm down, Liuxia has already gone to call Doctor Xie."

"It was Qin Mama who poisoned her, and so was Wei Feng! She must have the antidote; Wu Xue is going to die soon!"

Leng Yi shouted anxiously, but to the confused crowd who didn't know the truth, she seemed to be going crazy.

Warm Winter's scrutinizing gaze swept over Granny Qin, who immediately protested her innocence: "It wasn't me! This old servant has no grudge against the courtesan Wu Xue, how could I possibly harm her?"

Nuandong vaguely sensed that there must be some grudge between them, but now was not the time to identify who the murderer was; Wuxue was probably powerless to reverse the situation.

At this moment, Breeze returned to the third floor and was puzzled by the standoff between Lengyi and the others. However, when she saw the red and white figures on the stage, she felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen.

"Ah! Why is this happening! I should be downstairs..." Breeze murmured in disbelief.

She went downstairs beforehand, just in case Ningbi suddenly fell and she could save her; she didn't want her to actually die. But after waiting anxiously for a long time without anything happening, she came back up to this scene.

"Wu Xue... how could this happen..."