After hearing this, Tong Wen Yao hurried upstairs to find Wen Jiang. When he pushed open the door, he saw Wen Jiang vomiting inside. He felt distressed for a moment. Damn Baimafang, he must teach them a lesson when he returns this time!

Even though he couldn't move now, it didn't mean he wouldn't trip them up.

Tong Wenyao was patting Wen Jiang's back from behind. When she noticed someone coming, she looked up and saw her eldest brother, "Brother, why are you back?"

Tong Wenyao punched the wall and said, "If I don't come back, you'll all be wiped out."

His eyes were slightly red, and when he saw Wen Jiang's appearance, his heart felt a little uncomfortable. He gritted his teeth and said, "Wen Jiang, hold on. When the time comes, I will find the herbs for you and cure you."

When Wen Jiang heard her elder brother's voice, she made a whimpering sound and tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Sister, I want to take medicine. I'm not afraid of the bitter taste." After hearing this, Tong Wen Yao hurriedly fed him the bowl of medicine on the table.

The bitterness made him frown, but he did not vomit again. Every time he wanted to vomit, he covered his mouth tightly.

After holding it for a long time, he smiled and said to her: "Sister, you see I didn't vomit this time. I'm a little man, how can I be defeated?"

After hearing this, she encouraged him, "Wen Jiang is awesome, she's truly a little man." There was a hint of sob in her voice as she said this.

After drinking the medicine, Tong Wenyao asked him to sit for a while before going to sleep, "Xing'er, you stay here to take care of Wen Jiang, I'll go downstairs for a while."

"Yes, miss."

After Xing'er cleaned up the mess on the ground, she stayed with him. Tong Wen Yao watched for a while before going downstairs to discuss with them.

When Cui's mother saw her coming down, she asked expectantly, "Wen Jiang, are you feeling better now?" She nodded and said, "He can take the medicine now. He'll just need to take it for a while to suppress the poison in his body. This medicine will keep the toxins at bay for a year. After a year, he'll need to take another kind of medicine. By then, the poison will have eaten away at his internal organs. It would be best if we could find all the herbs within a year to cure him completely."

Tong Wenyao sat on the sofa and said, "Second brother told me on the way back that he followed her to Baimafang and waited for two hours, but Granny Sun didn't come out."

Hearing the familiar name, Tong Wenyao murmured, "Baimafang, it seems to be the property of the heroine's admirer."

She looked at Tong Bo and asked, "Second brother, whose business is behind this Baimafang? I remember it was a gambling house only found in the capital."

After Tong Bo finished a cup of tea, he spoke again, "The White Horse Casino is owned by the Southern Prince, Zhu Jiaze."

Second Aunt was a little surprised after hearing this and said, "But we have no contact with the Zhu family in the capital, and we have never spoken to each other at the usual banquets."

Tong Bo said solemnly, "This is also something that I can't figure out. Besides, we are now stranded in the border areas. He won't target us unless he is instructed by someone."

After hearing this, Tong Hong said, "Could it be that someone above ordered this?"

Tong Wenyao said, "I don't think so. The Emperor wouldn't do that, otherwise he wouldn't have pardoned us after exiling us to the frontier. I think this guy might be working with the Regent." After saying that, Tong Wenyao added silently in her heart, "This Prince Nan is a yandere. He fought for a lot of scenes for the heroine back then. Why is he targeting the Tong family now? You know, the Tong family raised the heroine. He must be rushing to please them, but he's also targeting them. Is he trying to make the heroine hate him?"

Although she thought so, Tong Wen Yao always felt that something was wrong. A bold idea emerged in her mind: what if Zhu Jiaze listened to the heroine and wanted to poison them?

Although Tong Wen Yao thought so, she could not find any reason for the heroine to poison her. Logically speaking, she would go to the capital later, so how could she poison herself?

She asked, "Second brother, if someone poisons someone even though they are thousands of kilometers away, why do you think that person wants to poison them?"

Tong Bo thought for a while and said, "Either she has a grudge against that person for killing her father, or that person has endangered her own interests, so she took action." Hearing her second brother say this, she murmured and repeated his words, "Endangering her own interests?" It's interesting. If we follow her second brother's train of thought, then what interests of the heroine has she endangered?

Moreover, why didn't she wait until she returned to the capital before killing her, but instead sent people to kill her from such a long distance? Was she unable to wait?

Thinking of this, she suddenly wondered what had happened in the capital that made her so crazy.

"Second brother, what happened in the capital?" Tong Bo said after hearing this. "The Crown Prince has disappeared in the south, and his life or death is unknown. The court has split into three factions. One faction supports the Second Prince ascending to the throne, one faction supports searching for the Crown Prince, and the third faction remains silent, awaiting the Emperor's vote."

Just by hearing that the prince was missing, Tong Wenyao could guess that the capital was in turmoil at this time, but what role did the heroine play in it?

When Qian's mother heard that Bo Ge'er had news from the capital, she asked, "Is there any news from the Ji family?" She wanted to ask how her adopted daughter Tong Wenxin was doing. Although she was not her own daughter, she had raised her for several years.

Tong Bo heard this and said, "She changed her name to Ji Huaixin when she arrived at the mansion. It was the Grand Tutor who changed her name. She's been in the spotlight lately, and there are rumors in the capital that she will marry Prince Pei."

Tong Wenyao asked, "I remember Sister Xin was two years younger than me. How did she marry Prince Pei so quickly?" Mother Qian glanced at her and said, "When your sister was delivered, her birth date and horoscope were included in her package. She's two years older than you. Luckily, she didn't grow much, so she looks younger than you, but she's actually older."

Tong Bo said, "When the Ji family announced to the public, they said she was thirteen years old. Now it seems to be correct." In ancient times, most engagements took place at the age of thirteen or fourteen, so if Ji Huaixin got engaged at this time, no one would say anything. Most people get married after they reach the age of 15.

Counting it up, today is the first day of the new year. Such a thing happened at home yesterday, so naturally she didn't have a good year. She is ten years old according to her actual age. If she is calculated according to her age in lunar years, she is probably eleven years old. So the heroine's actual age is twelve. She sighed. She thought she was the older sister, but she didn't expect to be the younger sister.

After a while, Second Aunt said, "The water in the well in the backyard has been limed. When it's almost destroyed, we'll find someone to dig it out and make a new one." Tong Wenyao nodded. This was the best and safest way to deal with it. When the time comes, she'll put some detoxification pills in it, and the well water will naturally be drinkable.

In addition, the well water is a flowing well. Fortunately, this well was not dug in the village, but a separate well was dug, so the poison did not spread to other people in the village.