Mute Granny stormed into the room, only to run into Long Fei Ye, who was brewing tea by himself.
Long Fei Ye's powerful aura was enough to intimidate anyone, but Mute Granny wasn't afraid at all. She walked in openly.
She'd been waiting for the right person to show up!
She remembered clearly that Ling 'er's friend had brought the young miss to the Mu Estate to look for her. Later, the Mu Clan Head's guards had arrived and they'd started fighting. Afterwards, she'd fallen unconscious.
By the time she woke up again, she'd been imprisoned by these people.
Who were they? And how had they taken her out of the Mu Estate?
She'd been locked up in a secret room, where that ice-faced young man would occasionally visit her. Later on, a group of bandits had come to kidnap her, but they'd failed to do so.
She'd been waiting this entire time to see what they wanted to do, but they'd never made a move.
Since they weren't doing anything, she was going to make a scene and force the right person to show up.
Mute Granny walked towards Long Fei Ye step by step. Long Fei Ye glanced at her before setting down a teacup and pouring tea.
Mute Granny was both deaf and mute, so Long Fei Ye's words were useless. He was inviting Mute Granny to sit down.
Mute Granny glanced at him. She understood, but she didn't sit.
Instead, she stood in front of Long Fei Ye. She wanted Long Fei Ye to stand up.
Long Fei Ye tapped the side of her teacup with his head still bowed. But Mute Granny suddenly took out a sharpened stone from her sleeve and pressed it against her neck.
She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but unfortunately, she couldn't make a single sound.
"Your Highness, she's trying to kill herself!"
Chu Xifeng cried out from behind. He'd felt sorry for Little Li Si before, but now he wanted to kill him again. He'd made him stay close to Mute Granny, but he'd made Mute Granny grind out such a sharp stone and hide it on her body!
Long Fei Ye remained unmoved. How could anyone hide their actions from him when they were standing right in front of him?
He still didn't raise his head. Once again, he knocked on the table beside Mute Granny's teacup.
Mute Granny didn't move, nor did Long Fei Ye. After a while, Chu Xifeng saw that Mute Granny's sharp stone had already drawn blood on her neck. He couldn't help but remind her, "Your Highness, you're bleeding!"
After spending so much effort to imprison this person, he still hadn't found the antidote for the Broomcorn Millet Poison, and he still hadn't gotten the secret out of her. If something were to happen to her, wouldn't he vomit to death?
However, Long Fei Ye did not move.
Who knew that Mute Granny would suddenly raise the stone and stab it into her throat. In that split second, Long Fei Ye flung his teacup at Mute Granny, smashing the stone away.
Mute Granny wanted to pick it up, but Chu Xifeng immediately kicked her aside.
Mute Granny's face was full of fury as she glared at Long Fei Ye, her mouth agape. If she could speak, she'd be screaming at Long Fei Ye.
Mute Granny wanted to throw herself at Long Fei Ye, but Chu Xifeng quickly pulled her back and tied her hands behind her back.
Mute Granny stomped her feet and struggled, but in the end, she was no match for Chu Xifeng's strength.
Long Fei Ye finished his tea and finally spoke. "She's got a fiery temper. I heard that the Mu Clan's Miss Mu Xin has a servant girl with a fiery temper by her side. That must be her."
Mu Xin was none other than Mu Ling 'er's fourth aunt, the young miss of the Mu Clan who was rumored to have an affair with the Poison Sect. Actually, Long Fei Ye had started investigating Mu Xin as soon as he found out about Mute Granny's existence.
No one knew whether Mu Xin's affair with the Poison Sect was true or just a rumor. If it was true, then no one knew what kind of relationship Mu Xin had with the Poison Sect … except for this servant girl.
But no matter what, Mu Yingdong shouldn't have left Mute Granny alive!
Mu Xin had already become a taboo in the Mu Clan and Medical City. Mu Yingdong's wisest move was to silence Mute Granny.
Was he trying to lure out someone by keeping Mute Granny alive?
Long Fei Ye didn't want to speculate any further. He only wanted to find the antidote as soon as possible and force Mute Granny to tell him the truth.
Long Fei Ye took out a painting from his sleeve and slowly unfurled it on the table. Seeing this, the struggling Mute Granny suddenly fell silent.
The painting depicted a young woman dressed as a doctor. She carried a cloth pouch on her back that was similar to Han Yunxi's medical pouch.
The woman's features were delicate and pretty, but she couldn't be called a beauty. Still, her smile was bright and sweet, giving off an indescribable sense of kindness and beauty.
Wasn't this the same painting of Mu Xin that hung in the Mu Clan's bamboo house?
Mute Granny fell silent for a while before she grew agitated. Her eyes filled with tears as she tried to throw herself at the painting. She kept opening and closing her mouth to call out, "Young Miss."
That's right, Mu Xin was the Fourth Young Miss she'd watched grow up!
Miss Mu Xin had treated her like a mother, but she was closer to Miss Mu Xin than her own daughter.
Miss Mu Xin said that she would come back, but she never came back. Mute Granny had been guarding this painting all this time for over 20 years.
In the midst of her emotions, Mute Granny immediately went on guard and glared at Long Fei Ye.
How did this young man with extraordinary origins get his hands on this painting from the Mu Clan? Was he looking for Miss Mu Xin? Or was he trying to get something out of her?
Just what did he want?
"Chu Xifeng, let go."
For the third time, Long Fei Ye knocked on the table next to Mute Granny's teacup and indicated for her to sit down.
"Your Highness, be careful!"
Chu Xifeng couldn't help but remind him. Mute Granny's personality was hard to control.
But Mute Granny didn't act rashly after he let go. Her gaze never left the painting as she sat down.
Long Fei Ye was very generous. He rolled up the painting and pushed it towards Mute Granny.
Mute Granny immediately took it, her wrinkled hands trembling as she carefully tidied up the painting. Once she was done, she tucked it away in her sleeves and even patted it a few times to make sure it was safe.
Her expression as if she'd found a priceless treasure, and her coarse, wrinkled hands made one's heart ache.
"This is a servant waiting for her master. It's a pity that Mu Xin's already dead," Long Fei Ye remarked.
Mu Xin was Tianxin, but Lady Tianxin was already dead. What would Mute Granny do if she found out?
Han Yunxi and Gu had been in too much of a hurry to find her, so they didn't have time to talk properly.
After putting away the painting, Mute Granny prepared to stand up, but Long Fei Ye took out another painting. This was none other than the one he'd drawn when he'd issued a bounty for Han Yunxi.
Mute Granny recognized Han Yunxi. Based on the "Xin" character on Han Yunxi's medical pouch, she was certain that Han Yunxi was Mu Xin's daughter.
Mute Granny reached out to grab the painting, but Long Fei Ye immediately took it back and carefully tucked it away in his robes.
Mute Granny didn't move, but gave Long Fei Ye a doubtful look. But Long Fei Ye didn't say anything else.
He rose to leave the room and instructed Chu Xifeng, "Pick someone to keep watch. If there's any more trouble, you do it yourself!"
Mute Granny chased after him, but she couldn't catch up to Long Fei Ye.
Seeing Long Fei Ye leave, Mute Granny finally gave up. She strolled back into the room and slowly sat down without sparing Chu Xifeng a glance.
Her sunken eyes seemed to grow even more sunken as she clutched the painting in her sleeve. She desperately wished she could speak up and ask for clarification.
She was smart enough to understand the young man's threat. He was using Mu Xin's daughter to threaten her! She didn't dare to make a fuss anymore.
She knew that all she could do was wait and see what these people were up to.
Chu Xifeng, on the other hand, was completely baffled. His master was here to draw a portrait? Just tell him to bring it to me.
All right, Chu Xifeng wasn't thinking about Mute Granny right now, but the antidote for Broomcorn Millet Poison.
They already had the Serpent Fruit, but were missing two ingredients: Bear chuan and Panoptic Red Lotus.
His Highness had given Medicine Ghost Valley's Gu Qi Sha a year to search for these two ingredients, but there was still no news.
Chu Xifeng only hoped that Gu Qi Sha would find the Bear chuan and Panoptic Red Lotus as soon as possible. The sooner he did, the sooner his guards would be free. Most importantly, the sooner he wouldn't have to worry about esteemed wangfei finding out.
Who knew whether Han Yunxi would find out about this?!
But this time, she definitely wouldn't find out.
It wasn't clear what Long Fei Ye was busy with this time, but by the time they returned to the senior provincial official's estate, it was already late at night. Han Yunxi was still awake, but she was already in her room.
The husband and wife duo had seized the entire estate by ransacking properties, but were now living in guest rooms like an inn. Their rooms were only separated by a single wall.
When she heard the door next door open, Han Yunxi immediately went out. "His Highness's back?"
"Mm," Long Fei Ye replied mildly.
"What were you busy with? Why didn't you bring me along? "Han Yunxi asked teasingly.
Instead of answering, Long Feiye asked, "Still not sleeping?"
Han Yunxi was used to this by now. In any case, she was just asking casually without actually investigating his whereabouts.
She'd been waiting for the right time to find Long Fei Ye and have a chat.
"Your Highness, that gentleman from the Shadow Clan came by," Han Yunxi murmured.
She'd thought it over for an entire afternoon before deciding to tell Long Fei Ye the truth. After all, it had to do with her birth origins.
Actually, Han Yunxi wasn't so keen on finding out her origins. After all, she was from the future and not the real Young Miss Han. She had her own selfish motives for wanting to find out her origins. She even hoped that she was the orphan of the Western Qin imperial clan. If that was the case, then she might be able to help Long Fei Ye even more!
Compared to her origins, Han Yunxi was more interested in the truth behind Lady Tianxin's difficult labor. Was it an accident? Or did someone deliberately hurt her?
Lady Tianxin was a doctor worthy of respect. She was also the great mother who'd given her this body! She had to find out the truth! If it wasn't an accident back then, then who was the culprit? What was their motive?
"That masked man in white?" Long Fei Ye was very surprised.
"Mm, he came for a while in the afternoon," Han Yunxi replied honestly.
"What did he say?" Long Fei Ye was clearly anxious.
"He denied it. He said that he came for the little thing. He even said that the little thing had recognized him as its master, so he couldn't take it away." Han Yunxi was always so honest in front of Long Fei Ye.
"Anything else?" Long Fei Ye asked again.
Han Yunxi shrank back and asked pitifully, "Your Highness, can we talk inside?"
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