Bai Tuantuan's eyes revealed a wariness and maturity beyond her years.
The man in black opposite showed some interest, and just as he was about to say something, Bai Tuantuan made her move!
The man in black gasped and quickly dodged, but as he turned to the side, he saw Bai Tuantuan leap past him. She was so fast that she disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The man in black was shocked: "I underestimated her!"
At that moment, another black figure appeared: "Master, should we give chase?"
The man in black pulled down his mask, revealing a familiar face.
"Mu Xiangyang?" Bai Tuantuan, who was not far away, looked at Mu Xiangyang with a furrowed brow. "Why is he stopping me? Does he know I'm going to the Zheng family?"
Mu Xiangyang chuckled and shook his head: "He repeatedly warned me not to underestimate Bai Tuantuan, but I was still careless!"
"Master, what should we do now?"
Mu Xiangyang put his face mask back on: "She should be going to the Zheng family. We'll follow her and protect her secretly."
As the two ran towards the Zheng family's house, Bai Tuantuan's eyes widened: "Protect me? Protect me for what?"
"Who gave him the orders?"
Tangshao couldn't help but exclaim, "It must be Ning Nanxiao!"
"Why?" Bai Tuantuan felt completely overwhelmed. "One is the grandson of Prince Ping, and the other is the heir apparent. Shouldn't they be adversaries? Why would Mu Xiangyang listen to Ning Nanxiao to protect me? Besides, I've had contact with Mu Xiangyang before, and he clearly doesn't like me. This doesn't make sense!"
The spoon paused for a moment. [I don't understand palace intrigue or anything like that. You figure it out yourself.]
"Stupid." The iron pot's rosy lips uttered a single word.
The spoon got angry: "You know what you're saying! Why are you insulting me?!"
Iron Pot snorted softly, "If she doesn't understand, how could we? I don't understand, so I won't say anything, and no one will know I don't understand. Do you understand now?"
The spoon got dizzy.
Bai Tuantuan was also dizzy: "Stop beating around the bush, I'm getting dizzy! Whatever he's up to, I'm going to the Zheng family first."
As she spoke, Bai Tuantuan ran to the back door of the Zheng family's house, leaped onto the wall, and came face to face with Mu Xiangyang, who was standing upside down in a tree.
Mu Xiangyang: ...
Bai Tuantuan's lips twitched: "You like doing handstands?"
Mu Xiangyang stood up straight with a "whoosh," looking at Bai Tuantuan's fearless appearance, feeling somewhat annoyed.
"They're here."
Bai Tuantuan murmured something to herself, then grabbed Mu Xiangyang, and the two of them hid among the leaves.
Mu Xiangyang stared wide-eyed at the chubby white ball of flesh. This was not normal. It was so fat yet so agile. Most importantly, its martial arts skills were probably superior to his own!
So Ning Nanxiao asked him to protect her? Are you kidding me?
Bai Tuantuan was clearly unaware of Mu Xiangyang's true feelings. After watching the servant walk by, she jumped down and entered Zheng Fangyu's courtyard.
At this moment, bursts of crying and screams came from Zheng Fangyu's courtyard.
"Shouldn't she be in jail?" Mu Xiangyang frowned.
"With her status, it wouldn't be difficult for her to get out?" Bai Tuantuan whispered, then leaped onto the roof, moved the tiles aside, and looked inside.
Zheng Fangyu's hair was a mess, her face was ashen, and her eyes were filled with rage: "He deserves to die! He must die!"
"Yu'er!" Madam Zheng felt a terrible headache coming on. "I know he deserved to die, but how could you kill him in public? Have you thought about what you'll do in the future?"
Zheng Fangyu, however, said dismissively, "With Father here, I'll be fine. Mother, Father will save me, right?"
Madam Zheng opened her mouth, but thinking of Lord Zheng's headache earlier that day, she gritted her teeth and said, "What can your father do? You killed someone in public, so many people saw it. If it gets to the Emperor's ears, do you want your father to lose his job?"
"You just won't help me!" Zheng Fangyu roared. "Father is a Grand Secretary, a first-rank official. How could the Emperor dismiss him! If my brother made a mistake, would you not help him? You would surely do everything in your power to help him! It's only because I'm a daughter, a married woman, that you don't treat me like family at all!"
"Fine, fine, if you won't help me, then I'll leave right now!"
"Go back here!" Madam Zheng shoved Zheng Fangyu to the ground. "What nonsense are you spouting? Over the years, your father has always indulged you. No matter what mistakes you've made, the whole family has been cleaning up your messes!"
“I told you from the beginning that Xiao Guangyuan was unreliable, but you insisted on marrying him. Fine, we arranged a future for him, but he is not capable enough and has messed things up several times. It was your father who found people to help him. What more do you want?”
Madam Zheng was furious: "I shouldn't have spoiled you! I should have disciplined you properly!"
Zheng Fangyu remained silent, while Madam Zheng, standing beside her, soothed Madam Zheng, saying, "Mother, forget it, it's all in the past. Let's think about what to do now, and what about my sister, you..."
"ah!"
"Sister! Quick, call a doctor!"
Madam Zheng's exclamation made Madam Zheng look over and see Zheng Fangyu lying on the ground vomiting blood. She couldn't catch her breath and fainted!
Madam Zheng could only instruct her maids to carry them to the bed, and then hurriedly went to inform her family.
The chaotic crowd failed to notice the two people on the roof.
While everyone was outside, Bai Tuantuan jumped down, walked to Zheng Fangyu's side, took her pulse, her eyes flickered, and fed her a pill.
"What for?" Mu Xiangyang asked quickly.
Bai Tuantuan looked up and met Mu Xiangyang's eyes. Just when Mu Xiangyang thought she was going to explain, he heard Bai Tuantuan's soft voice: "None of your business."
Mu Xiangyang stared wide-eyed at Bai Tuantuan's departing figure and immediately followed after her.
However, Bai Tuantuan was no longer outside.
Mu Xiangyang was furious. He went straight back to his residence and wrote a lengthy letter: "Send it to Ning Nanxiao as fast as you can!"
After returning to the Bai residence, Bai Tuantuan went directly into Chen Zhixiu's courtyard.
Granny Bai came over with a bowl of bird's nest soup: "Would you like some, Miss?"
"Eat, eat, eat!" Bai Tuantuan's eyes lit up. "Thank you, Granny!"
With a beaming smile, Granny Bai brought over some bird's nest soup and served it to the two women. After they finished eating, she left the space to the mother and daughter.
Bai Tuantuan looked at Chen Zhixiu and cautiously probed, "Does Mother know that Zheng Fangyu will die from poisoning today?"
"If not today, then in the next few days." Chen Zhixiu put down the tea and looked at Bai Tuantuan with a smile. "It seems that my Tuantuan already knew that I had poisoned her through the Prefect's wife."
Bai Tuantuan nodded: "In order not to implicate them, I modified the poison so that it won't be traced back to Madam Han."
"I'm so sorry to have troubled you, Tuantuan." Chen Zhixiu patted Bai Tuantuan's head and said slowly, "Next up is Xiao Ruyan."
"Mother." Bai Tuantuan threw herself into Chen Zhixiu's arms and said slowly, "Leave Xiao Ruyan to me. Mother should learn to let go."
Chen Zhixiu looked at Bai Tuantuan for a long time, and seeing the seriousness on her face, she nodded: "Okay, Xiao Ruyan will be left to Tuantuan."
Meanwhile, Zheng Jiaxiao Ruyan stayed in her room and didn't go out at all.
The maid whispered, "Miss, Madam has been poisoned. Aren't you going to check on her?"
A hint of disgust flashed in Xiao Ruyan's eyes, and she curled her lip: "I have to go to school tomorrow. I'm not a doctor, so there's no use in going. Go to sleep first."
Lying on the bed, Xiao Ruyan listened to the commotion outside, her small hands clenched into fists: "She killed my father in public. I will only be ridiculed by others in the future. How can I stand in the social circles of noble ladies with a murderer as my mother! She deserves to die!"
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