Ye Qingxue opened the soup bowl. She was used to drinking a few sips of soup before eating, but she didn't expect Yun Zhuo to do the same.

But after he opened the soup bowl, his brows furrowed slightly.

Granny Xing, with her keen observation, immediately asked, "Young Master Ling, is this soup not to your liking?"

Sometimes Ye Qingxue felt that important people were really hard to please. Yun Zhuo was clearly a deposed crown prince and was on the run, but he still had to put on airs like a crown prince when he ate here!

He lives under someone else's roof, accepting whatever his master gives him, and he's picky about food. This behavior is really bad.

However, Yun Zhuo simply said, "I don't eat coriander. I can just pick it out myself. There's no need for you to bother, Granny."

Granny Xing added coriander to the soup bowl, and everyone except Ye Qingxue ate the coriander.

Granny Xing laughed and said, "The young lady doesn't eat coriander either. I didn't expect that Young Master Ling, as her guard, also doesn't eat coriander. What a coincidence."

Yun Zhuo paused, another coincidence.

He looked into Ye Qingxue's soup bowl and indeed there was no coriander.

Granny Xing said, "There are still some soup bowls left in the kitchen, without coriander. I'll go get them. Young Master Ling, you don't need to choose. You can give your portion to Qi Zai later."

When Yun Zhuo was taking care of Hui Qi, Hui Qi usually ate a bite of everything he ate, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with Granny Xing asking him to give his soup to Hui Qi.

He said politely, "Thank you for your trouble, Granny."

Granny Xing brought up a new bowl of soup for Yun Zhuo. Ye Qingxue quietly drank the soup in front of her, feeling strange, as if ants were crawling on her body.

It was probably due to the potent poison of the Broken Moon Orchid causing problems within his body.

I need to coax Granny Xing away tomorrow. She only has a few days left. I'm afraid Granny Xing will find out when the poison takes effect.

No one knows what trick the old lady is up to against her. Sending Granny Xing away in advance can avoid danger and put her at ease.

"Granny Xing, are you going to stay here with us all the time, or go back to the estate in a few days?" Dongbai suddenly asked.

Instead of answering, Granny Xing asked, "What? I've only just arrived, and you're already trying to kick me out?"

Ye Qingxue ate her meal silently, observing their conversation and expressions without making a sound.

Dongbai said, "I was just worried that you'd be too anxious about things at the estate since you've only just arrived, and would leave in a couple of days. You wouldn't want to spend more time with us, Miss..."

Ye Qingxue's heart jumped, and she quickly interrupted Dongbai: "Dongbai, don't take my braised lion's head meatballs, this was specially made for me by the nanny!"

She got up, snatched the braised lion's head meatballs from Dongbai's bowl, gave Dongbai a warning look, and then sat back down.

"What did you just say happened to the young lady?" Granny Xing asked.

Dongbai swallowed hard and hurriedly said, "Miss misses you. Madam Zhou doesn't like her, and she's sad. She needs your company."

Ye Qingxue then said, "I also want Granny to stay a little longer before going back."

Forget it, I'll think of something tomorrow to coax her away. It won't work tonight. Dongbai almost let slip.

After dinner, everyone sat together talking. The deadly poison was acting up in Ye Qingxue's body again, causing her unbearable pain. Afraid that the nanny would notice, she made an excuse that she was very sleepy and quickly went back to her room.

Unexpectedly, Yun Zhuo followed her, seemingly wanting to say something, but he was stunned when he saw her sweating profusely and pale as paper.

He looked down and saw the red line on Ye Qingxue's palm, her skin almost transparent. His voice tightened: "Are you really going to die soon?"

“Yes, don’t let Granny Xing know. Tomorrow, we’ll work together to figure out a way to coax her back to the Jingzhou estate as soon as possible. She treats me like a daughter, and I don’t want her to bury her child.” Ye Qingxue’s body trembled as she said this.

In the later stages of this poisoning, painkillers are no longer very effective; one has to endure the pain completely.

Yun Zhuo hesitated for a moment, then finally said only one word: "Okay."

Ye Qingxue leaned against the edge of the bed, so uncomfortable that she could barely speak: "You came to see me, is there something you need? Let's talk about it tomorrow when I feel better."

"Sure." Yun Zhuo thought for a moment, then said, "You seem to be in so much pain, is there anything I can do for you?"

Ye Qingxue smiled weakly, sweat beading on her forehead. She teased, "Let me take a bite, and feel the pain with you? That would probably make me feel much better."

“Okay.” Yun Zhuo rolled up his sleeves, squatted down in front of her, and held out his wrist: “Bite it.”