Eleven watched the scene quietly from the side without saying a word.

"I'm telling you, Eleven doesn't mean to cause you any trouble."

"You misunderstood."

Xiao Ruyu patiently explained to it, gently touching its belly with her palm, and half-coaxed it, "Also, as for the fact that you bit me, I already know that it was not your own will, and I am not angry with you."

The civet cat understood everything and stopped resisting. It nestled in Xiao Ruyu's arms and rubbed against him.

It turned over, purred comfortably, and its stomach growled.

Xiao Ruyu chuckled, put her ear close to its cat ear and whispered.

"When we get back, let Eleven catch you a few fish as an apology, okay?"

“Meow meow meow——”

The civet cat cried out twice excitedly, rolled twice in her arms, and rubbed her body with fur.

Eleven said nothing and gently picked the cat hair off Xiao Ruyu's body.

Seeing his gloomy expression, Xiao Ruyu guessed that he must be jealous of the civet cat again, and explained in her heart.

[Eleven, you don't have to worry about Ergou cultivating into a human form. ]

[Even if a spiritual being can cultivate into a human form, it will take at least a hundred years.]

"Eleven knows. I won't bother Ergou again."

Eleven spoke softly, her words still sounding sour.

Xiao Ruyu held his forehead with a headache, not knowing how to coax Eleven. As he was thinking, the voice of Doctor Yang came.

"Little princess, Master has been looking for you for a while."

Xiao Ruyu turned around and saw Doctor Yang walking towards her. He handed the civet cat to a palace maid beside her and asked her to take the civet cat back to Concubine Le's palace and send some food over.

【Master, what happened? 】

She tilted her head in confusion and asked.

Doctor Yang picked her up and mentioned what happened outside the palace.

"Just now, a servant reported that Lord Lu's symptoms have worsened again. He urgently asked Master to leave the palace immediately."

[Is this the minister that Master treated outside the palace a few days ago? ]

Xiao Ruyu recalled that Doctor Yang had left the palace to treat patients a few days ago, and asked about it.

Doctor Yang nodded involuntarily and pulled her away.

Lu Mansion, inside Lu Huaikun’s room.

Before I even stepped into the door, I heard coughing sounds coming from inside the house.

As his coughing became more intense, Xiao Ruyu was worried that he might not be able to breathe.

[Master, why is Master Lu so seriously ill? ]

Doctor Yang was also confused. He picked up his medical box and walked away while muttering, "Master came to see me a few days ago. It was just a common rheumatism. He prescribed some medicine and didn't take it seriously. How could it be so serious?"

When Xiao Ruyu opened the door, she immediately saw Lu Huaikun lying on the bed.

Doctor Yang put down his medical box and stepped forward to check his pulse. He looked even more puzzled, "How come the condition is getting worse?"

Xiao Ruyu looked around the room and found nothing unusual, so he went over.

It didn't matter that she took a look at it, she immediately felt that the symptoms looked familiar.

Pale face, blue lips, most importantly!

There was also a faint black air lingering on his forehead, which was the air of curse!

Xiao Ruyu suddenly remembered the officials who had been drugged before, and their symptoms were exactly the same as his current ones.

【Master, this is not a cold! 】

[This symptom is exactly the same as the official who was drugged by the cult before! ]

She immediately told Doctor Yang about her discovery with a nervous look on her face.

"Little Princess, do you mean that this evil cult is behind this again?"

Doctor Yang was stunned, and recalling the symptoms of the official who had been drugged before, he felt more and more that it made sense.

"This evil cult has actually extended its hands into the capital city!"

He clenched his teeth, put away the medicine for the cold immediately, and wrote another prescription.

Lu Huaikun listened to the conversation between the two, forced himself to stand up from the bed, coughed violently twice, and then spoke weakly, "What is wrong with me?"

"Is there still hope?"

Doctor Yang was close to him and comforted him, "Take these medicines first and check again in a few days. Don't worry."

"No matter what, I will do my best to heal you..."

After coming out of the house, both of them were worried.

Xiao Ruyu recalled the similar illness and felt that this matter was not simple.

[Master, why are the people in the evil cult so bold and reckless that they dare to attack the ministers in the court? ! ]

Doctor Yang twirled his chin in thought, and after a moment he spoke, "It's not just Lord Lu who is sick this time. Many ministers in the court have also suffered from rheumatism."

"Master also feels that there seems to be something fishy this time."

【How about this! 】

Xiao Ruyu came up with an idea. After returning to the imperial physician's office, he pulled Imperial Physician Yang to the desk.

【Master, please tell me about the conditions of these sick officials.】

【I will analyze it now! 】

Although he didn't know what she was going to do, Doctor Yang told her the whole situation in detail.

【etc……】

Xiao Ruyu instructed Eleven to grind ink for her while she picked up the brush and wrote and drew on the paper.

She listened to the news narrated by Doctor Yang and drew a relationship chart on the spot.

A huge network of relationships appeared before his eyes, which not only included the relationships between various officials, but also involved the relationship with the Lu family.

Doctor Yang was dumbfounded by the tangled web of threads.

He pointed at a pool of black ink on the paper and the corners of his mouth twitched twice.

"What kind of shocking painting is this, little princess? How come Master can't understand anything?"

Before Xiao Ruyu could open her mouth to explain, Eleven spoke up.

"The little princess drew a relationship diagram," he pointed at the thing that looked like a dog but not a dog, "This is a picture of Lord Lu, because he has a black dog in his mansion."

[That’s right! Eleven still understands me! ]

Doctor Yang laughed out loud and shook his head.

"Whatever the little princess says is true, but..."

"What's the point of drawing this relationship diagram?"

Xiao Ruyu connected everyone together and found out an important piece of news. She pointed to the last line and spoke solemnly.

【You see, these people all have one thing in common. 】

[They all had some conflicts with the Lu family to some extent! ]

This discovery was undoubtedly important news. Doctor Yang came over and looked at the line in thought for a moment.

"The little princess suspected..."

Xiao Ruyu nodded heavily and met Doctor Yang's gaze.

[That’s right! I suspect that Lu Zongyuan’s purpose of returning to Beijing this time is to eliminate these old enemies! ]

[Open the way for his Lu family! ]

As soon as this idea came out, everyone present gasped.

"Don't say that casually." Doctor Yang lowered his voice and closed the doors and windows.

"If this is true, Master must report it to the Emperor as soon as possible."

Xiao Ruyu shook her head slightly and pointed to the contents on the paper.

[But there is something more important right now. We must find Lv Zongyuan as soon as possible! ]

【Look here. 】

She moved her finger to the location of a mansion. All the officials around here had suffered from stroke, but only this place was intact, which aroused suspicion.

[I suspect that Lu Zongyuan is hiding here.]