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"Yan'er!"

Hearing her son's voice was like a knife twisting in Cheng Yi's heart.

She was immobilized by the silver needles, and could only roar like a madwoman.

"Let me go! Let me go! I need to see my son..."

Gu Fanghan grabbed Chu Lingyun's sleeve, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"Yan'er, what's wrong with Yan'er? Can we go in and see him?"

Chu Lingyun shook his head with a cold expression.

Yin Liuli's voice suddenly came from inside the room.

"Senior Brother, you...you can come in now."

Upon hearing that weak voice, Chu Lingyun frowned and turned to go back into the house.

Cheng Yi was still immobilized by the silver needles, so he couldn't care less.

"Young Master Chu!"

He only snapped out of his daze when Gu Fanghan called out urgently, and with a flick of his wrist, he removed the silver needle.

"Yan'er, Yan'er... don't scare your mother!"

Cheng Yi's body went limp, almost collapsing to the ground, but Gu Fanghan caught her. "Ayi, with Liuli here, don't worry..."

"Get away!"

A sense of destiny flashed in her eyes. She pushed Gu Fanghan aside and stumbled inside.

"Yan'er!"

The scene before him caused Cheng Yi to let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Gu Jinyan's eyes were tightly closed, a trickle of blood spilled from his lips, and his pale face was tinged with an eerie bluish-gray. He remained motionless as if he were dead.

Yin Liuli lay weakly on his bare chest, her lips stained with blood.

Cheng Yi yanked Yin Liuli away from him and frantically threw herself onto Gu Jinyan, panicked and disoriented.

"Yan'er! Yan'er, wake up! Can you hear your mother? Open your eyes and look at your mother..."

Yin Liuli was pushed off the bed and fell heavily to the ground with a thud.

She frowned.

Having exhausted his vital energy, he felt dizzy and lightheaded, and had no strength left in his body.

"Junior Sister!"

Chu Lingyun exclaimed in surprise and rushed forward to help Yin Liuli up. "How are you? You..."

Gu Fanghan, not even glancing at her son, stepped forward with an apologetic expression to greet him.

"Miss Liuli, did you hurt yourself?"

"Have someone pull you down and let you fall here to see if it hurts!"

Chu Lingyun's gaze was sharp, and his cold voice carried a clear hint of anger.

"She got this exhausted from saving your son!"

He rarely complained, except when it involved his junior sister.

"Ah Yi was terrified, and in her panic she... It was my wife's fault."

With a helpless expression, Gu Fanghan took a step back, raised his hands in a gesture of respect, bowed deeply to Yin Liuli, and said sincerely, "Liuli, Uncle Gu apologizes to you on her behalf."

Seeing his son like this, he felt no less worried and anxious than Cheng Yi.

But he also understood that the only person who could save his son was probably Yin Liuli!

Cheng Yi offended someone to the point of no return, so he could only try his best to make amends.

"I dare not accept such praise, Uncle Gu, Senior Brother, Gu Jinyan is still not awake for the time being, please allow me some time."

Yin Liuli shook her head weakly, leaned her head on Chu Lingyun's shoulder, and slowly regulated her breathing.

Cheng Yi hugged Gu Jinyan and cried for a long time, but there was no response.

Her heart, liver, and internal organs felt like they were being burned on fire, causing her excruciating pain.

Upon hearing Yin Liuli speak, she immediately vented all her anger on Yin Liuli, turning around and pointing her finger at him angrily.

"You vixen! What have you done to Yan'er? He's my only son! If anything happens to him, I'll make you all pay with your lives!"

"Ah Yi!"

Gu Fanghan gritted her teeth, exasperated, and said, "How could you be so foolish! Liuli was saving people; if it weren't for her..."

"You believed her just because she said she'd saved someone?"

Cheng Yi's eyes were red from crying, and she shouted with surging anger,

"In this courtyard, besides her and her senior brother, who else knows that kind of evil magic!"

Don't think I don't know what her purpose is in bewitching Yan'er; she wants to use Yan'er's life to exchange for her own!

Yin Liuli's heart skipped a beat.

"Ah Yi, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Gu Fanghan initially tried to stop her, but her words became increasingly outrageous, which angered her as well. "If you keep arguing with Liuli like this, I won't care about you anymore!"

"Am I being unreasonable?"

Cheng Yi let out a shrill, crazed laugh, then suddenly her tone turned fierce, "Gu Fanghan, you and your son are about to be sold out, and you're still helping them count the money?"

As she spoke, she stepped closer to Yin Liuli, her face fierce.

"Yin Liuli, you vixen! You think you can trade my son's life for yours? You're dreaming!"

Even if I die, I will never let your treacherous scheme succeed!

Yin Liuli frowned.

"What would I do with Gu Jinyan's life?"

"You dare to argue!"

Cheng Yi's eyes were bloodshot, filled with hatred, as if he wanted to devour someone. He shouted,

"Guards! Tell me everything you saw!"

Chu Lingyun's heart suddenly tightened, and his throat bobbed almost imperceptibly.

Suddenly, a maid emerged from the crowd outside. Her face was tense and uneasy; she lowered her head, her shoulders hunched, and she knelt down with a thud.

"This servant greets Your Highness..."

"Xiaoqin?"

Yin Liuli was taken aback. "You're the princess's person?"

Xiaoqin shuddered, her eyes darting around, and she said, trembling.

"Miss Liuli, I... I didn't mean to betray you!"

My mother works in His Highness's residence. That day, His Highness found fault with my mother and wanted to beat her to death. I had no choice but to…”

"Who asked you that? What exactly did you see that made you say I wanted Gu Jinyan dead?"

Yin Liuli said impatiently.

Xiaoqin raised her trembling finger, pointed at Chu Lingyun, and said in a trembling voice,

"This servant...saw Young Master Chu's letter."

"letter?"

Yin Liuli looked completely bewildered, then looked up at Chu Lingyun, "Senior Brother, what letter?"

A complex expression flashed in Chu Lingyun's cool eyes as she pursed her lips deeply.

Xiaoqin said, trembling.

"The letter said that the young lady's master predicted that she would suffer a heavenly tribulation and that she needed someone whose fate was afflicted by the Seven Killings to shield her from the heavenly lightning in order to save her life."

"Yes, that's exactly what my master said."

Yin Liuli looked puzzled and frowned, saying, "But Master didn't say he wanted Gu Jinyan dead. He's cursed with the Seven Fiends, and after enduring the heavenly lightning..."

"The letter says that the young master is very likely to be unable to withstand the heavenly lightning and will die on the spot!"

Xiaoqin interrupted her, her forehead sweating with nervousness, "This servant knows that this matter is of great importance, so...so I told Her Highness the Princess."

Yin Liuli's heart skipped a beat, as if struck by an earthquake, and she exclaimed in surprise,

"What? Are you kidding me? My master didn't say that before I went down the mountain!"

"Yin Liuli, the witnesses are right in front of you, and you still dare to deny it!"

Cheng Yi was furious, her voice sharp and fierce, "What do you mean, 'infected with corpse poison'? Do you think I'd believe you?"

"You cunning witch, you're surely plotting to kill my son!"

"Senior Brother, is what she said true? Why didn't you tell me this?"

Yin Liuli ignored her, her dark eyes filled with anxiety, and reached out her hand.

"Where's Master's letter? Give it to me!"