"Madam? Madam, what's wrong with you?!"
Helan Yanting noticed that Feng Yunshu was acting strange. Turning his head, he saw her swaying unsteadily while holding her head, and her complexion looked off as well.
Feng Yunshu faintly heard Helan Yanting's voice, but her body seemed out of her control, and so was her mind. She couldn't think at all. Her mind was filled with the shrill sound of a flute.
She frantically tried to rush towards the sound of the flute as if she were a puppet being led by a string.
Seeing that she was about to leave, Helan Yanting immediately reached out to grab her around the waist. However, when Feng Yunshu felt the resistance, she started struggling frantically. Several times, her hands even slapped Helan Yanting's face, making a loud "pop" sound.
Most of Helan Yanting's face was slapped red. He could only use one hand to hold her wrist to stop her struggling.
"Master, the princess...," Yan Liu, who had been secretly guarding them, immediately rushed over when he saw something was wrong. "The princess seems to be suffering from a mental disorder. It's very likely that the Gu poison in her body is acting up!"
Helan Yanting frowned deeply. Just then, the shrill sound of the flute also started to ring in his mind. The sound spread like ripples, disturbing his thoughts.
Fortunately, Helan Yanting had been fighting the Gu poison in his body for many years. It didn't take long for him to suppress it with his internal energy and quickly return to normal.
However, Feng Yunshu's situation was not so simple. Xiaoling, who was standing by, couldn't help but get nervous. "Master, wake up! Don't be controlled!"
Xiaoling tried to use her spiritual power to dispel the interference of the flute sound on Feng Yunshu. However, after the spiritual power was released, Feng Yunshu's painful symptoms became more obvious. Her face turned paler, and her body trembled violently.
"Xiaoling, don't use your spiritual power. It will only make things worse."
Helan Yanting noticed Xiaoling's actions and interrupted her in a deep voice. Then, he frowned and had no choice but to knock Feng Yunshu unconscious. He then picked her up horizontally and rushed back to the mansion.
When Feng Yunshu was unconscious, she felt as if she had been thrown into a place of extreme heat and cold. Sometimes she felt extremely hot, and sometimes she felt extremely cold. She was so uncomfortable that she was about to go crazy!
Just then, she felt a sudden coolness on her lips. Then, it was as if a cold spring was flowing down her throat along her lips and quickly spreading through her body.
The feeling of being hot and cold in her body gradually disappeared. Her brain regained the ability to think, and her ears also began to hear some sounds...
"Master, your subordinates are失职. We failed to capture those people all at once. The only one we caught committed suicide by biting a poison pill. For now, we don't have any other clues to find those people."
"What about the eldest madam of the Feng Mansion?"
"The eldest madam took the second young lady of the Feng family to the Mu Mansion. On the surface, it was said to be a family reunion dinner, but it's likely that they had been prepared for a long time. Several of the people we sent were injured. The Mu Mansion is heavily guarded, and it's difficult to break in."
"Okay, I understand. You take care of the injured. Wait for my other arrangements for the rest of the things."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Feng Yunshu gradually regained her consciousness and tried to speak. "Your, Your Highness..."
Hearing Feng Yunshu's voice, Helan Yanting turned around and walked up. He held her hand with a worried look on his face. "Madam, you're awake? Do you still feel unwell anywhere in your body?"
Feng Yunshu slowly opened her eyes and realized that she was already back in the mansion. Then she shook her head. "There's nothing wrong with my body, but my head still feels a bit dizzy..."
Speaking of this, Feng Yunshu recalled what had happened before she fainted, but her mind was still a bit fuzzy.
"Your Highness, weren't we just strolling in the lantern festival on the long street? Why did we suddenly come back?"
Helan Yanting asked Feng Yunshu in return. "Madam, did you hear any strange sounds just now? Something like the melody of a flute?"
Feng Yunshu nodded, her brows furrowed tightly. "Yes, I suddenly heard a strange flute sound. My mind was filled with that sound, and then I lost my consciousness... What happened after that? I don't have any impression at all."
"After that, you insisted on following the flute sound and leaving. I saw that you were a bit out of your mind, so I had no choice but to knock you unconscious and bring you back."
"Knock, knock me unconscious?" Feng Yunshu moved her neck belatedly and suddenly felt a bit of soreness at the back of her neck.
"Your Highness, what on earth is going on? Do you know what's wrong with me?"
"Because of the Gu poison in your body. The flute sound was deliberately used by the person who planted the Gu to induce the Gu worms in your body to move and confuse your mind."
"This..." Feng Yunshu realized this belatedly. She stared blankly for a while before coming back to her senses. She opened her eyes wide and looked at Helan Yanting. "Your Highness, you mean that the poison in my body is Gu poison?"
Helan Yanting nodded. "Yes."
"So Your Highness, you've known about the Gu poison in my body for a long time?"
Helan Yanting nodded again. "Yes. But madam, don't worry. I've already fed you the antidote. However, the Gu poison has been in your body for some time. So after this, there may be some other reactions in your body, but it won't harm your vital parts."
Feng Yunshu didn't say a word for a long time after hearing this.
"Your Highness, where did you find the antidote?"
She had originally planned to find out the truth from the eldest madam and then find the antidote. Who would have thought that she was interrupted. She originally planned to find another opportunity to go to the eldest madam, but unexpectedly, there was already an antidote.
"After I learned that you were poisoned, I started looking for relevant information. Then I found out what the eldest madam had done to you. Moreover, I also learned that the Mu Mansion, the eldest madam's natal family, had always had contacts with the Miao territory."
"The Miao territory?"
Helan Yanting nodded. "Yes. Do you remember me telling you that I was born weak?"
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Yes, Your Highness. You said that you had a weak constitution since you were born."
Helan Yanting shook his head. "Actually, it's not like that. My body is not weak by nature. I was poisoned by Gu when I was a child."
"What?!! Your Highness, you too..." Feng Yunshu gasped in surprise. She suddenly realized that there were so many twists and turns in the information she had known in the past.
Helan Yanting knew her doubts. He nodded slightly and continued to explain. "I've been looking for the culprit for many years. These people have been hiding very well. Now, unexpectedly, because of the eldest madam's reappearance, I can just follow the clues and try to capture these people all at once."
"What about the result? Have you caught the culprit, Your Highness? You just said that the Gu poison in my body has been cured. What about you, Your Highness? Has the Gu poison in your body been cured?"
Helan Yanting shook his head. "The Gu poison in your body hasn't been there for a long time, and the Gu poison the eldest madam gave you isn't very complicated. My situation is different from yours. It's been a long time, and this Gu poison is very tricky. I've studied it for many years but haven't found a solution yet."
"As for those people, Yan Liu just reported that they had learned the news in advance and escaped. Yan Liu and the others are still in pursuit. However, once these people hide again, it will be very difficult to find their traces."
Feng Yunshu was silent for a moment after hearing this. Suddenly, she thought of something.
"Your Highness, you just said that the Gu poison in my body has been cured, right?"
Helan Yanting nodded. "Yes."
"Which means I can gain more spiritual power!" Feng Yunshu was a bit excited. She grabbed Helan Yanting's hand. "Your Highness, I have a way!"