Zhu Xiaobao was also angry at his father's behavior, and pointing at Pei Sining's footsteps, he walked towards the front yard.

"Sining, I'll go with you. Father has gone too far. Why is he bullying my sister?"

The two left Youxiang Pavilion in a huff and walked quickly toward the front yard.

On the way, Pei Sining discovered that there were no maids or nannies in the huge mansion.

Only a few servants with blank expressions carried trays and walked towards another courtyard.

Pei Sining watched the two figures leave, lost in thought. Suddenly, he pulled Zhu Xiaobao along.

"Xiao Bao, let's sneak over to that house and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaobao looked at the house Pei Sining was pointing to, his little face full of confusion.

"Sining, aren't we going to find Father? Why are we going over there?"

"Do you remember Zhu Yanyan? I suspect she's hiding somewhere."

Pei Sining pulled Zhu Xiaobao behind the pillar, staring at the departing figures of the group, and whispered.

Upon hearing the name Zhu Yanyan, Zhu Xiaobao's little face filled with anger, and he nodded angrily.

"That's right, this person is so hateful, she might be the one who corrupted Father."

The two hit it off immediately, and after the two entered the courtyard, the two secretly followed them.

Pei Sining saw the two people enter the courtyard surrounded by bamboo groves and then not come out.

What puzzled him even more was that the courtyard was heavily guarded, with guards stationed at the entrances and exits.

The guards stood expressionless at the entrance, like statues, not even reacting when a fly flew into their eyes.

Zhu Xiaobao pointed at the fly in horror, only to see it crawling around on the guard's eyeballs.

"You idiot, did you see that? There were flies crawling in that uncle's eyes, how come there was no reaction at all?"

Pei Sining was worried that Zhu Xiaobao would attract the attention of the guards, so she quickly reached out and covered him with her hand.

"Don't make a sound, there's something wrong with these people."

"Do you remember the pirates from before? Their situation was very similar to that of this guard."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaobao's face immediately turned terrified, and he nodded fearfully.

Pei Sining only released her grip after confirming that Zhu Xiaobao would not make a sound, staring at the guard with a solemn expression.

He increasingly felt that there was a problem with the house, and that he needed to inform the old lady about these problems as soon as possible.

What are you doing here?

Just as Pei Sining was about to get up and leave, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her.

Pei Sining turned around upon hearing the sound and saw Zhu Shengan standing behind the two of them, staring at them with a gloomy expression.

Just a moment ago, Zhu Xiaobao was still fuming, but after meeting Zhu Shengan's eyes, he instantly became timid and hid behind Pei Sining in fear.

Pei Sining maintained her previous attitude towards Zhu Shengan, her eyes revealing coldness. She slowly stood up, straightened her back, and answered loudly.

"We... are lost."

"Lost? This is not a place for you. Come with me."

Zhu Shengan didn't believe their explanations at all. He frowned, his face stern, and turned to walk out of the courtyard.

Pei Sining couldn't stand Zhu Shengan's attitude towards Zhu Xiaobao, so she came up to him indignantly and retorted angrily.

"General Zhu, you've already scared Xixi so much that she has a high fever. Are you trying to make Xiaobao sick because of you?"

"What did you say? That little girl Xixi has a high fever?"

When Zhu Shengan learned that his daughter was sick, he was immediately anxious. After realizing what was happening, he found that his head was throbbing with pain.

It felt like ants were crawling into his brain, extremely uncomfortable, and didn't allow him any time to think.

Pei Sining noticed the unusual expression on Zhu Shengan's face, frowned, and asked in confusion.

"General Zhu, what's wrong?"

Zhu Shengan shook his head painfully, rubbed his forehead, and said weakly.

"It's alright, you should leave here immediately."

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the yard, looking distressed.

Pei Sining found it increasingly strange and pretended to pull Zhu Xiaobao away, but when they arrived at the corridor...

He pulled Zhu Xiaobao and turned to walk towards the corner of the wall.

Zhu Xiaobao followed Pei Sining blankly, asking in confusion, "Sining, Father told us to leave, what are we supposed to do?"

"There's a dog hole here. If you crawl through it, you can get into the yard and find out what's going on."

Pei Sining had noticed the dog hole that only a child could squeeze through long ago. He brought Zhu Xiaobao into the dog hole and pushed him inside.

Zhu Xiaobao didn't quite understand Pei Sining's meaning, but he still obediently crawled into the dog hole.

After the two entered smoothly, they saw Zhu Shengan enter the room, where there seemed to be sounds of arguing.

Pei Sining pulled Zhu Xiaobao to the window, secretly poked a hole in it, and carefully observed the situation inside.

As soon as Zhu Shengan entered the room, he angrily questioned Zhu Yanyan, "What exactly did you feed me? Why do I still have a headache?"

"Didn't you say that using that secret formula would stop your headaches? And..."

Zhu Yanyan calmly stared at the furious Zhu Shengan, and smiled as she took out a flute from her bosom. "Uncle, don't worry, you'll be fine soon."

Then she took the flute and started playing it at Zhu Shengan, a wicked smile on her face.

Upon hearing the flute music, Zhu Shengan clutched his head in anguish, and after a moment, his expression became blank.

After Zhu Yanyan stopped playing the flute, she carefully observed Zhu Shengan, "Uncle, does your head still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt much anymore," Zhu Shengan replied blankly, his eyes vacant, as if he had lost his soul.

Zhu Yanyan was satisfied with Zhu Shengan's reaction and patted him on the shoulder, "Uncle, you have more important things to do."

Pei Sining and Zhu Xiaobao witnessed everything that happened inside the house. After exchanging a glance, they turned and left in fear.

The two quickly returned to Youxiang Pavilion and told Zhu Shengan and Zhu Yanyan everything.

After learning that her son was being controlled by Zhu Yanyan, Old Lady Zhu looked at Tao with a stern face and said, "Second son's wife, please go and call back the second son, the third son, and Lord Chen."

Tao also felt that this matter was of great importance and that he needed to call the others back to discuss it, so he turned and left the room.

Meanwhile, Zhu Dabao had brought back the boiled Chinese medicine, and Xixi finally drank some of it after being fussed over by Old Lady Zhu and Liu.

Looking at her daughter who was still unconscious, Liu anxiously turned to Sun and asked, "Sister-in-law, how is Xixi?"

"He's relatively stable now, but he still has recurring high fevers and needs to be stayed by his side."

Sun touched Xixi's rosy little face, her expression worried, and sat on the edge of the bed, sighing as she replied.

"It's alright, there are many of us, we can take turns watching over Xixi. As long as her fever goes down or she wakes up, she'll be considered stable."

Grandma Zhu noticed that the two were somewhat dejected, so she hugged Liu and gently comforted her, "Now is not the time to relax. We must rescue the eldest son from Zhu Yanyan's clutches, otherwise neither Xixi nor we will have a good life in the future."