"Mother, Mother, are you alright?"

Seeing Han Ziwei put away the silver needles, Han Ruobin stepped forward and asked her with concern.

"Ruobin, you can stand up now?"

Wang Shuqing was overjoyed to see her son stand up from his wheelchair.

"I...I'm standing up?"

Only then did Han Ruobin realize that he was actually standing.

Having just seen her elder sister, Han Ziwei, inserting many needles into her mother's body, she was worried and pushed away the maid Caiyun before staggering over, unaware that she had startled everyone in the room.

He had been physically weak since childhood and had been bedridden since he could remember. His mother later had a wheelchair made for him so that he could sit up. Now that he could actually stand up, one can only imagine Han Ruobin's feelings.

"Don't be too happy yet. Lying down for too long will strain your legs. If you stand for too long, you might actually become paralyzed."

As if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, Han Ruobin's smile vanished, and his face immediately fell.

"This servant helps the young master back to his wheelchair."

Caiyun spoke cleverly, carefully helping Han Ruobin back into his wheelchair.

"But you don't need to worry too much. The poison has been neutralized. I will prepare a prescription in a while. Remember to drink it three times a day for a month. Combined with my acupuncture, you should be able to stand up without any problem."

Han Ziwei gave Han Ruobin hope again.

"You did it on purpose."

Being a child, upon hearing Han Ziwei's words and recalling her earlier threats, he immediately pouted.

"What? You just called me an animal, and now I'm not allowed to retaliate?"

"Blood Purple Rose" deliberately put on a stern face. Perhaps because the original owner's blood still remained in her body, "Blood Purple Rose" still found the boy in front of her, who was full of hostility towards her, quite cute. If it were anyone else, daring to call her "Blood Purple Rose" a beast, they would probably be a cold corpse by now.

"How dare you say that? Who told you to always help Second Sister bully me? And Mother, she went to Father's begging for your sake the other day and got fifty lashes, and you were gloating over it, boohoo..."

As Han Ruobin spoke, tears streamed down his face, eventually turning into a wail, as if he wanted to cry out all the grievances he had suffered over the years.

"Useless."

"Blood Purple Rose" looked at her with disdain, yet she still couldn't help but hand her a silk handkerchief. Her words, however, contradicted her thoughts.

"With me here, no one will be able to bully you anymore."

Looking at the two children who got along well, Wang Shuqing's eyes showed satisfaction.

“My Ziwei has grown up and become sensible.”

Looking at the needle case that "Blood Purple Rose" had carelessly placed aside, Wang Shuqing frowned.

"When did Ziwei learn medicine? I remember that before, no matter what I asked her to learn, she would resist and even complain that I was being long-winded."

He loved listening to the second wife's words, "A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent."

He's actually secretly learning medicine; I'm truly impressed.

"Ziwei, are you saying that Ruobin was poisoned, which is why he hasn't been able to stand up all these years?"

Pulling herself back to reality, Wang Shuqing's expression turned serious.

"That's right, my brother was poisoned by a poison called 'Soft Bone Crisp'. This poison won't kill you, but it will make you weak and cause you to vomit blood occasionally."

Because he wouldn't die, most doctors couldn't see anything wrong and just assumed it was a sign of physical weakness.

"Blood Purple Rose" spoke the truth, but Wang Shuqing gritted her teeth in hatred.

"It must be that bitch Mu Xue'er. She can't see my son inheriting the Prime Minister's mansion either, since she has no son of her own."

"Mother, don't worry. I was ignorant before and didn't protect you properly. From now on, I will never let anyone bully you again."

"Blood Purple Rose" gripped the hands of Wang Shuqing and her younger brother Han Ruobin tightly, speaking as if making a vow.

"My mother believed in Ziwei."

Wang Shuqing patted "Blood Purple Rose" on the hand, feeling very gratified.

"You all go out first, I need to treat my mother's back injury."

Wang Shuqing was ordered by Han Bingmo to be flogged fifty times, but fortunately, her maid Caiyun was quick-witted and slipped some silver to the servant in charge of the flogging, thus saving Wang Shuqing's life.

The wound hadn't been properly treated yet. Just as "Blood Purple Rose" was about to treat Wang Shuqing's back wound, a commotion arose outside.

"Han Ziwei, you bitch, get out here! How dare you poison my mother? Have you got a death wish?"

"Miss, it seems to be the second young lady."

Upon hearing Han Ruyi's voice, Baihe glanced at "Xue Ziwei" with some concern.

Accompanying this was the scream of "Wu'an".

"Ah... Second Miss, please allow this old servant to go in and inform her! The Eldest Miss has ordered that no one is allowed to enter 'Plum Blossom Garden'."

"You cripple, how dare you block my path? You're just asking for death."

Having said that, he shouted at the servants he had brought with him.

"Drag him out and shoot him."

At a command, several servants stepped forward and quickly pinned Wu An to the ground, just as a clear, melodious voice rang out from afar.

"Let's see who dares."

Everyone looked up and saw a figure slowly approaching from afar. She wore a light-colored, coarse cloth robe, yet somehow it exuded an air of nobility. The cold aura emanating from her was so intense that no one dared to look directly at her.

"Is this still the same young lady we always knew?"

"Let him go."

As "Blood Purple Rose" approached, she coldly addressed the servants who had captured Wu An. However, the servants glanced at Han Ruyi and completely ignored her presence, which greatly displeased "Blood Purple Rose."

"It seems my words don't work."

Xue Ziwei chuckled and pulled a hairpin from her hair. Just as everyone was wondering what she was going to do, two screams of "Ah ah..." were heard, and the two servants who were grabbing Wu An died on the spot.

The other two, startled, fell to their knees with a thud.

"Young Miss, spare me! Young Miss, spare me..."

"Murder! Young lady! Murder!"

The maids gasped in surprise, but "Blood Purple Rose" ignored them and walked straight up to Wu An.

"Uncle Wu, are you alright?"

"No...it's nothing."

Wu An was equally shocked, looking at the young lady in front of him, feeling as if she had become a completely different person.

"She hit you."

Her slender fingers traced the whip marks on Wu An's body, and "Blood Purple Rose's" eyes instantly filled with ferocity. She was always fiercely protective of her own; anyone who dared to harm her was courting death. Her blood-red eyes glanced at Han Ruyi.

Did you hit him?

At this moment, Han Ruyi was holding a whip with barbs in her hand. Without even guessing, it was clear that it belonged to her.

Taking advantage of their numbers, Han Ruyi trembled.

"So what if he is? He's just a lowly slave. Even if you beat him to death, no one will hold you accountable."

"Han Ziwei, hand over the antidote right now! You dared to poison my mother? You've got some nerve!"

"What evidence do you have that I poisoned your mother? Besides, Uncle Wu may be a servant in your eyes, but in my eyes, he is my family. If you dare to hit him, I will make you pay the price."

As soon as she finished speaking, Han Ruyi felt the whip in her hand being forcibly taken away by a powerful force, followed by waves of excruciating pain throughout her body.

"Ah... Help! Help me..."

"Blood Purple Rose" lashed Han Ruyi's body again and again with the whip. The servants wanted to step forward, but they were frightened back by her sharp eyes.

"Anyone who dares to step forward, I will beat them up along with him."

One sentence terrified all the servants brought by Han Ruyi, and no one dared to step forward. The way "Blood Purple Rose" killed people and her fierce beatings were so terrifying that no one dared to look directly at her. She stopped beating Han Ruyi until she was tired and Han Ruyi fainted. Then she ordered the servants to carry her away.

"Young...Young Miss...you've beaten the Second Miss like this, Master won't let you get away with this, and there's also the Empress Dowager, and the Prince of Jingnan..."

Although Wu An was very touched that "Blood Purple Rose" stood up for him, Han Ruyi was no ordinary person, and he was really afraid that something might happen to the young lady. He would blame himself for being useless and making the young lady offend so many people for his sake. What should he do?

"Yes! Ziwei, you'd better run! If you don't, they'll kill you."

Before anyone knew it, Mother Wang Shuqing and younger brother Han Ruobin came out, supported by servants.

"Sister, although I like your change now, you have offended the royal family. Listen to Mother and run away before they come looking for you!"

I've heard that Prince Lin is fond of Second Sister. If he were to stand up for her, how many heads would you have to chop off?

The younger brother, Han Ruobin, spoke with deep concern.

"What's there to be afraid of? We'll deal with whatever comes our way."

"Blood Purple Rose" spoke arrogantly, but as soon as she finished speaking, a commotion came from afar, and then she saw her father, Han Bingmo, leading a large group of people, walking towards her in a grand manner.

Even the rooftops were filled with guards, each holding a bow and arrow, as if they had all come out in force, determined to tear him to pieces.