When she reached her daughter, she realized the man was Qiu Feng and was taken aback, asking, "How could it be you?"

"Mother, don't get agitated. Let me explain, okay?" Yunzhu was afraid that Xu Shi would make a big fuss about this, so she pulled her aside while gesturing for Qiu Feng to leave first.

Qiu Feng glanced at Yun Zhu, then left with Qiu Qing.

However, he also knew that Madam Xu was aware of his presence and would probably have to leave. Therefore, as soon as he returned to his room, he asked Qiu Qing to start packing his things.

Fortunately, the poison in their bodies has been mostly neutralized, and at most two doses of medicine will completely remove it.

Thinking of the poison in his body, he couldn't help but think of Yunzhi. He felt that Yunzhi must be connected to the divine physician Wuxin, otherwise how could they have the same poison?

However, he dared not provoke Yunzhi now, lest he be retaliated against by the Regent.

After Qiu Feng left, Madam Xu pointed directly at Yun Zhu's nose and scolded, "Zhu'er, are you out of your mind? How can a young lady like you leave a man from another family in the courtyard? Do you want to ruin your reputation?"

“Mother, Qiu Feng is my savior. He was injured and had nowhere to go, so what’s wrong with me letting him recuperate in the courtyard? Besides, it’s our own family matter. As long as the servants keep a tight rein on it, how could outsiders know?”

Yunzhu was quite confident in her ability to manage her subordinates. Her mother only found out that Qiu Feng had been staying there for so many days, which showed that the people in her courtyard were quite obedient.

"Are your servants tight-lipped?" Madam Xu glanced at the servants in the room with a mocking look and said, "Do you know how I found out there were men in your courtyard?"

Yunzhu shook her head.

She found it strange too.

She had clearly instructed everyone in the courtyard to keep quiet, or they would be beaten to death. How did her mother still find out?

Could it be that there are my mother's spies in this yard?

But then she thought again, and something didn't seem right. If her mother had spies in the courtyard, she should have known about Qiu Feng's existence long ago, so why would she only find out now?

Could it be that Princess Langhua told her mother? She took Qiu Feng to treat the Princess's poison before, so she found out?

Just then, Xu said, "Yunzhi told me."

"What? How could she know?" Yunzhu's face instantly turned ugly. She immediately thought of a possibility: Yunzhi had spies in her courtyard, or rather, in the mansion.

"What do you think?" Madam Xu's cold gaze swept over the servants in the room. She had done things like planting spies in other people's homes before.

For example, she has spies in the Xu family in Jiangnan, as well as in the villa where Yunzhi currently lives.

"Mother, don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth. I'll see who betrayed us and leaked the news from our courtyard."

Yunzhu's face was filled with ruthlessness. She would never allow such a person to exist in her courtyard, not even if the other party's master was her parents.

“We definitely need to investigate, but what do you plan to do about Young Master Qiu’s matter? We can’t just let him stay in your courtyard forever, can we?”

"Mother, do you have any good ideas? Young Master Qiu is a江湖人 (jianghu person, a person of the martial arts world), and has no relatives or friends in the capital. He is also my savior. If it weren't for him, I might have followed in the footsteps of those concubines." Yunzhi shook Xu Shi's hand, acting coquettishly.

Hearing her daughter mention the poisoning, Madam Xu felt a pang of guilt. It was all her fault for not having the antidote; otherwise, her daughter wouldn't have encountered Qiu Feng.