"Is this tea...for me? It smells so good! I'm actually quite thirsty." Lanxiang saw that Lian'er was finally smiling happily, and only then did she notice the cup of rose tea that Lian'er had been holding. She reached out and took it from her.

However, Lian'er shook her head frantically again, while hurriedly avoiding Lanxiang's outstretched hand with the teacup in her hand.

Lanxiang reached out but missed, and a hint of displeasure appeared on her face. Lian'er was also suffering in silence and did not know what to do.

Lanxiang frowned, utterly puzzled. What was wrong with Lian'er today? She snapped angrily, "Lian'er, what's wrong with you today? You're dressed so strangely, and now you're offering me tea but won't let me drink it. It's so odd! Humph... I'm drinking this tea today!"

As soon as Lanxiang finished speaking, she reached out to snatch it. Cheng Liang and Yi Junhao were also dumbfounded, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Just as the two were pushing and shoving each other, Lian'er suddenly became anxious and deliberately smashed the teacup in her hand to the ground.

"Lian'er, you..." Just as Lan Xiangqi was about to yell at Lian'er, the tea in the teacup spilled onto the ground, immediately creating a pile of fine bubbles, covered with a cloud of white smoke, which then began to churn violently.

Yi Junhao immediately stood up and exclaimed in alarm, "Be careful, it might be poisonous."

As he spoke, he hurriedly approached the broken teacup on the ground. He glanced at the residue in the teacup and immediately frowned, concluding, "It's Heart-Severing Grass."

"Heart-Severing Grass?" Everyone exclaimed in unison, looking at him with puzzlement.

Yi Junhao explained, "The Heart-Severing Grass is a poisonous herb that only grows in the Northern Lie Kingdom. Those poisoned will initially experience excruciating chest pain, and after half an hour, their heart vessels will rupture, leading to death."

Upon hearing this, Lian'er was already so frightened that she seemed completely lost and stood motionless on the spot. Lanxiang grabbed her arm and shook it violently, saying, "Lian'er, what are you doing? Who told you to do this? Was it... was it the Pavilion Master? Where is he?"

However, Lian'er could only shake her head, as if she couldn't convey any other information besides shaking her head.

"Let her write it," Cheng Liang suddenly said urgently.

Lanxiang was so anxious she looked like she was about to cry, saying, "She doesn't even know where she came from, how could she possibly write?"

At this moment, Lian'er seemed to have discovered something. Suddenly, she looked up and peered past Lanxiang towards the door. Then, all that could be heard was her shouting "Ah ah ah..." as she pushed Lanxiang and forced her out. No one knew what she was doing or what she wanted to express.

Suddenly, with a "whoosh," a poisoned needle flew through the crack in the door. Lanxiang, who was facing away from the door, didn't notice it at all. Lian'er, who was facing the door and pushing Lanxiang out, quickly shoved Lanxiang away. The poisoned needle landed squarely in Lian'er's chest, and Lian'er fell to the ground. Lanxiang gasped in surprise, rushed over, caught Lian'er, and hugged her tightly.

As soon as Cheng Liang saw a figure flash by in the direction the poisoned needles came from, he strode to the door and shouted, "Someone, protect Miss Lanxiang!"

Before the words were even finished, the person had already leaped forward and chased after them.

Yi Junhao rushed forward to examine Lian'er's eyes, then quickly took her pulse by pulling up her wrist. Lanxiang hugged Lian'er tightly, crying out in alarm, "Lian'er, my good Lian'er, you must hold on! Prince Qin has come to save us! We'll be free soon! Our good days are coming! You can't die, you absolutely can't die... Third Young Master, please save her, please save her! She can't die, she can't die..."

However, Yi Junhao just kept shaking his head, looking at Lanxiang with a helpless expression. "The poison she was poisoned with also came from the Northern Lie Kingdom, a very rare type of 'heartbreak grass.' This heartbreak grass poison only requires a very small dose; even a single contact will cause the intestines to perforate and the person to die within an hour. Its antidote is..."

"What is it?" Upon hearing that there was a cure for the poison, Lanxiang immediately stopped sobbing and asked impatiently with wide eyes.

"The antidote is that bowl of Heart-Severing Grass that you just spilled on the ground," Yi Junhao said regretfully, looking at the shattered teacup pieces that had just fallen to the ground.

"How could this be? How could this be?" Lanxiang glanced at the mess around her and said incredulously.

"This 'heartbreak grass' and the 'heartbreak grass' grow together, absorbing each other's essence, so they can naturally be used to detoxify each other," Yi Junhao said.

After saying this, he looked at the heartbroken Lanxiang, then at the pile of broken teacups on the ground, and sighed deeply, "It seems that the prince of Beilie Kingdom has truly run out of tricks and has no other options left. He has resorted to those low-grade poisons that only Beilie has, directly taking lives without leaving himself any room for maneuver or retreat. Presumably, they are determined to seize the supreme position on the Lingkong Continent, otherwise, they would not dare to blatantly provoke trouble like this."

Little did they know, all of this was merely the desperate act of a useless subordinate of Tuoba Ze's close bodyguard. He foolishly hoped to use Lian'er, who was close to Lanxiang, to take her life without anyone noticing. How could Tuoba Ze be so stupid?

Just as Yi Junhao was deep in thought, Lian'er suddenly vomited a mouthful of foul blood, spraying it all over herself and Lanxiang. Lanxiang's already anxious emotions became even more agitated upon seeing this. "Lian'er, don't scare me! I beg you, don't die... That's right, the antidote! The antidote is the Heart-Severing Grass! Heart-Severing Grass! Find the madam! The madam must still have Heart-Severing Grass!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Junhao's eyes lit up. However, at this moment, Lanxiang hurriedly got up and said to Yi Junhao, "Please, Third Young Master, keep an eye on Lian'er for me. I'll go find the madam to get the antidote right away."

Yi Junhao asked, "You're going? Didn't you just say that the madam had gone mad? Do you know about the Heart-Severing Grass?"

Lanxiang bit her lip, then shook her head helplessly. Yi Junhao glared at her and said, "You take good care of her, I'm going to find the antidote."

After saying that, he turned and walked out without looking back.

Cheng Liang led his men to follow the mysterious figure closely, finally catching up to the pavilion in the backyard of Wanjiao Pavilion, where the figure suddenly vanished.

He looked around and saw that Wanjiao Pavilion and even the rooftops of the adjacent buildings were guarded by the Qin Prince's own secret guards. He figured that the mysterious person couldn't have escaped by leaping across the rooftops, so he must still be in this backyard.

The backyard wasn't very big either, and after having someone thoroughly check the area, there was still nowhere to hide.

Therefore, the mysterious person must have gone into the attic.

And those who are more familiar with the environment of this already mysterious backyard pavilion than they are naturally the people of Wanjiao Pavilion themselves.

It seems the enemy has finally become impatient with their confinement.

Just as Cheng Liang was about to issue the battle order, a subordinate rushed over to report, "General, the madam of Wanjiao Pavilion and a man have just broken out, and Young Master Yi has taken a few men to chase after them."

"The madam's gone! This is truly a stroke of luck! That poison master from Nan'an Kingdom can be dealt with by Young Master Yi himself," Cheng Liang exclaimed joyfully. With no poison master guarding the place, what did they have to fear?!

"Also, we just found an old woman in a small dark room in Wanjiao Pavilion. Miss Yan Hong confirmed that she is indeed Miss Lanxiang's maternal grandmother. I have already taken them to reunite with Miss Lanxiang," the subordinate continued.

"Well done." With one good news after another, Cheng Liang couldn't help but smile and praise.

Suddenly, Cheng Liang asked with concern, "By the way, how is the girl who was poisoned by the needle? Can Young Master Yi cure the poison?"

The subordinate reported, "Young Master Yi said that the antidote for the poisoned needle was the Heart-Severing Grass in the bowl of tea that the two girls spilled, but the madam might still have some of the Heart-Severing Grass poison in her possession. Young Master Yi happened to run into the madam and her entourage forcing their way out of Wanjiao Pavilion when he went to ask the madam for the Heart-Severing Grass, so he chased after them."

"How could this happen?" Cheng Liang also felt that the antidote had been ruined by a series of unfortunate coincidences.

"But now that the entire search is over, only Yu Niang and Miss Yi... we still haven't found anything." The subordinate suddenly lowered his head in shame and said dejectedly.

Upon hearing this, for some reason, Cheng Liang became even more convinced that Yi Shangyun and Yu Niang must be in the mysterious pavilion in front of him.

So he began to meticulously plan, saying, "You few stay in the courtyard, two people per garden, and detain anyone who enters or leaves. The rest of you come with me into the attic and search every wall in every room, including the floorboards, knocking on each one. Today, even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must dig out every single one of the Northern Lie thieves in Wanjiao Pavilion. We must find Miss Yi and Yu Niang to put Your Highness's mind at ease."

After receiving their orders, everyone immediately began to carry out their respective tasks.

Cheng Liangyi personally led his two most capable subordinates toward the most suspicious and mysterious tea room in the pavilion.

When Yi Shangyun was brought to the secret room, she was blindfolded, so she did not realize that there were a total of six secret rooms lined up neatly in the underground secret room of Wanjiao Pavilion.

As soon as Tuoba Ze walked out of the first secret room where Yu Niang was being held, two guards rushed forward.

One of them quickly went forward and locked the door where Yu Niang was being held, while the other respectfully handed an oil lamp to Tuoba Ze.

Tuoba Ze then began to pace and walk towards the other end of the secret chamber.

Yi Shangyun followed Tuoba Ze all the way to the end. When they stopped at the door of the last secret room, from the outside it looked no different from the other rooms. They were all the same distance apart, the same size, and had iron doors that were covered with rust. They also had small windows the same size as the palm of a hand.

However, when Tuoba Ze gently pushed the door open a crack, she could clearly feel a chilling airflow that was much colder than the secret room where she and Yu Niang had been.

Just as she was hesitating, Tuoba Ze suddenly turned around and said to her in a tone that seemed to be both a reminder and a warning, "There will be no light inside for a long time, so you must be careful and stick close to me."

"There is no light, but you have light in your hands, don't you?" Yi Shangyun blurted out without thinking, feeling that there was something hidden in his words, which seemed rather inexplicable.

Unexpectedly, Tuoba Ze simply smiled mysteriously at what she said and then strode in through the door.

"This, this is an underground tunnel!" Yi Shangyun followed Yi Yi inside and was immediately stunned. It turned out that the last door did not lead to a secret room, but to an underground tunnel that seemed to have no end and was extremely long.

It turns out they had planned to flee from the very beginning if their scheme were exposed. No wonder His Highness Prince Qin had surrounded Wanjiao Pavilion for days without making a move; he must not have found Tuoba Ze yet. This prince of Beilie Kingdom is truly treacherous and cunning, with far-reaching schemes!

Just as Yi Shangyun was about to quietly retreat, for some reason, the door suddenly clicked shut and closed tightly on its own.