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  In the backyard of Hanfu's villa, a man in purple clothes lay weakly on the couch.

  His eyes were tightly closed, his face was pale, his lips were dry and gray, looking very bad. With a low, urgent gasp, he weakly said to the young servant in green beside him, "Don't bother anymore."

  Chang Gang's eyes turned red as he knelt down in front of the bed, "Master, I'd rather die than not break open this door. As long as I can get out, I'll light that signal fire and Chang Hai and Chang Kong will see it and gather people to come rescue us!"

  He clenched his fists tightly, with a resolute look in his eyes. "Sir, your body can't take it anymore. This time, even if you don't agree, I must try to see."

  Bai Jingchen almost exhausted his strength to hold back Changgeng, his tightly closed eyes opened, revealing a pair of extremely tired and worn-out eyes. His hoarse voice was rough, every word was enunciated with great effort, "Don't go, Changgeng, don't go, I can still hold on, wait until dawn, the Han family will definitely ask me to leave, I can hold on until then."

  He sneered and said, "I just didn't expect that for the sake of Yang's personal interests, the Yang family would even give up their dignity. Knowing that this is a fire pit, they still want to push Yang Si in desperately. What does kinship mean to them?"

  Chang Geng finally sat down slowly, shaking his head and saying in a low voice, "I don't understand either. If it was just to send a woman to drive a wedge between Master and the young master's feelings, it shouldn't be like this... In any case, Miss Yang Si is still the biological daughter of Old Master Yang Er, dressing her up as a dancer and sending her in here is really too shameful."

  His expression suddenly changed again, full of anger, "Still taking that poisonous medicine!"

  Huan San is the most commonly used aphrodisiac by courtesan flowers, ordinary people who smell it are just passionate and fierce, facing the beautiful and delicate beauty, they can't control themselves, but for Pei Jing Chen, that's a deadly poison.

  Pei Jingchen suffered from the harm of Yang Shi, the wife of the crown prince, since childhood and accumulated a lot of hidden poison in his body. If it weren't for Yu Zhen Shitai's expertise in medicine and her tireless efforts to cure him over the years, he wouldn't have been able to survive until today.

  The hot spring behind the White Cloud Temple was not only a place for him to exercise and strengthen his body, but also a detoxifying pool that relaxed his muscles and activated his blood circulation. In the past, when there were still toxins in his body, Yuanyang Shitai had put him in it, waiting until his muscles and bones were all relaxed before putting him in the large cauldron in the medicine hut to use medicine to expel the toxins from his body.

  It's not easy, Pei Jingxuan has finally cleared up the remaining poison he had been suffering from for many years, but after last night, everything was ruined again.

  There is a medicine in the mixture that he cannot tolerate. Once contaminated, it will either lightly induce the remaining poison to be expelled, causing discomfort throughout the body, or severely cause the entire body to lose strength, making even breathing feel laborious.

  Chang Geng felt a deep sorrow in his heart. All the doors and windows were locked from the outside, so he couldn't tell what time it was now, but he could vaguely make out that it wasn't far from dawn by the light in the room.

  He clenched his heart tightly, thinking that when the sky brightened, those who had locked all the doors and windows here would definitely get rid of these things before the servants in the Han Mansion's villa woke up, and then it would be easy to frame Master Si and Miss Yang for... "adultery".

  Chang Geng thought to himself, his gaze involuntarily falling on the woman lying motionless at the door, her brow furrowed and a look of disdain on her face. She was an exquisite beauty with a slender figure, but her heart was ugly. Born into a life of luxury as a noble lady, she chose to collude with her family in such despicable acts, debasing herself!

  He got angrier the more he thought about it, and last night's wine must have been problematic. Those dancing girls' bodies must have had some special potion on them, otherwise how could he be so weak without even drinking a drop? When the banquet ended, he struggled to support his master back to the guest house. He went out to get hot water and came back to find that the door was locked. If it wasn't for his quick thinking, he would have used his lightness skill to flip over and enter through the back window, knocking the woman unconscious, or else...

  Originally wanted to take grandfather out through the back window, who would have thought that the back window was also sealed off by someone!

  Bai Jingchen no longer had the strength to keep his eyes open, he slowly closed them, and in his heart, he bitterly smiled, thinking that this must have been a trap set up long ago. He was deeply trapped in such a situation, but it was because he was too careless, and for a moment, he didn't think that he would almost lose his life because of it.

  Yesterday, he came out of the Ministry of Revenue with Jiao Ruan and first bumped into Pei Jingxiao and Yang family's fifth master Wen Binghe and a group of noble young masters. Later, they met Han Xiu on a narrow road. Han Xiu is now a hot young minister in the court, and everyone wants to get along with him. How could those noble young masters miss this opportunity?

  Yang Wenbing was particularly enthusiastic and invited these people to gather together at Chun Hua Lou.

  Chun Hua Lou is a place that Pei Jing Chen is all too familiar with. Although he can't avoid going there for social events from time to time, if it's not official business, he would rather not go to such a place. Firstly, he's afraid of hurting Ming Xuan's feelings, and secondly, he himself doesn't like the kind of rowdy and licentious atmosphere that pervades such places.

  He was about to refuse, but Jiao Ruan enthusiastically agreed.

  Jiao Ruan and Pei Jingchen were colleagues in the Ministry of Revenue, working together day and night. Since Jiao Ruan had promised to go with Pei Jingchen, it seemed unkind for Pei Jingchen to refuse him again.

  Unlike the noble descendants, Jiao Ruan was born into a humble family and was able to obtain this position in the Ministry of Revenue through his own efforts. He is still a decent person, but he has a strong desire to attach himself to the nobles. Today's opportunity is crucial for him, as if he misses it, he will never have another chance. Therefore, he appears particularly enthusiastic, after all, with his humble background and position, it would be extremely difficult for him to connect with Minister Han again.

  Pei Jingxuan looked at Jiao Ruan's expectant gaze and finally couldn't bear to say the word "refuse".

  Of course, there are also other reasons.

  Although he was cautious and mature, he still had some youthful vigor. When Han Xiuxiu's words provoked him, he couldn't help but feel a surge of competitiveness in his heart. After all, this was the ex-fiancé of his wife, a man who still had a lingering gaze on the woman he deeply loved. Anyone else would probably not be able to tolerate such a provocation. In a moment of impulsiveness, he agreed to the invitation.

  Originally, if there were social engagements in the evening, he would have to send Chang Geng back to the mansion first to report, so as not to make Ming Xuan worry. But this time, before Chang Geng had left, he was stopped by Pei Jingxiao.

  At that time, Pei Jingxiao still used that tone of voice that was impatient for thousands of years, "My little one was originally going to go back to the mansion to report, and now two more people have to go back for the same thing. What kind of thing is this? It makes people think that we brothers are not in harmony!"

  He turned to the young servant and said, "Go back and tell the second lady that I'm out with friends today. Also, have her send a maid to inform the first lady that the master is with me."

  That little fellow took his leave and went away. Pei Jingchen and Changgeng were again surrounded by people and entered the Chunhua Building not far away.

  Now thinking back, if this whole thing was premeditated, how could Pei Jingyao's servant have really passed on the message to Ming Xuan?

  Bai Jingchen only felt a bitter taste in his heart, not because he was afraid for his life, but after the pain of last night, he now had no strength left in his body, and was already much better. As dawn approached, he knew that freedom was also approaching. The Yang family would definitely think of a way to remove any traces of the locks before the servants at the Han residence discovered them, and there would be a grand scene of catching adultery in the act.

  But now that he's in this state, anyone with eyes can see that he's been schemed against. The Yang family's plans are probably going to fall through. Not to mention anything else, the fact that Miss Yang is wearing a dancer's clothes and appearing in his room is enough to cause a loss of face if it gets out. If he refuses to comply, what can the Yang family do to him?

  At this time, a faint rustling sound came from the back window, and a clear child's voice whispered, "Is anyone inside? There is a pipa here, does it belong to someone inside?"

  Chang Geng was taken aback, and suddenly he seemed to have thought of something. He jumped up from the ground and leaned against the rear window, lowering his voice to ask, "Is it my pipa? I am Taibai, who is it?"

  That was what Ming Xuan said to him with a smile when he was reading the account book to her the other day, "Chang Geng, whose name is this? In Taoism, Chang Geng is Tai Bai Jin Xing, and in terms of status, it's only below San Qing. However, at first, she was a goddess wearing a yellow skirt, with a chicken crown on her head, playing the pipa!"

  Although it was a joking remark, he remembered it vividly, and when someone suddenly mentioned the pipa, he naturally thought of Ming Xuan immediately.

  "That busy head replied, 'Changgeng brother, it's me, I'm Shouan. Miss asked me to come and take a look at the situation. Is Master inside? How are you all doing?'"

  Chang Gang let out a sigh of relief and hastily said, "Master's condition is not good, we've been trapped here. What time is it now? Have the servants at the Han residence risen?"

  Shu An hastily said, "It's early now, and there are farm tasks to attend to. Most people in the village have gone to work on their farms. I heard from Xiao Lu that last night's wine was quite potent, and all these young masters have fallen drunk. Xiao Lu's father ordered someone to help them into the guest house, even Lord Han is still drunk and unaware of his surroundings."

  He paused, "Xiao Lu said that his father instructed him not to disturb these men, fearing that they would provoke Lord Han's anger. So he could only send someone to listen for any movement at the gate of the courtyard, and no one dared to enter the courtyard. The young lady is afraid that you have been plotted against, so she ordered me to come in first and ask if you've encountered any trouble? Do you need me to do something?"

  Chang Geng looked at the motionless woman again, furrowed his brow and said, "Indeed, I and Master have been plotted against. We were locked in this room by someone, not only that, but they also sent a woman inside. Fortunately, she was weak and frail, and with just one light punch from me, she fainted and hasn't woken up yet."

  He furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, "That woman is inexplicable, if someone finds out she's in our house, it'll probably get Grandfather involved, and when the time comes, it'll displease Eldest Madam and cause her distress. Xiao Shou'an, can you help Brother Changgeng with something?"

  "Brother Changgeng, speak quickly! As long as it can help Miss share her worries, I can do anything!" said Shou'an, nodding his head.

  Chang Geng whispered on the windowsill, "First think of a way to remove the wooden bars from the back window and help me get this woman out, then..."

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