After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

"What's so strange about that? If you know, you know." Rong Yingluo couldn't explain.

Of course, it was her master who told her, but her current identity is that of the eldest sister, not herself.

Seeing that she was unwilling to talk, Gu Ce did not force her.

The two washed up and rested.

In the still of the night, with the Mid-Autumn Festival just around the corner, a dark figure quietly slipped into the Silver Willow Courtyard.

The sound of it landing was extremely faint.

But Gu Ce, who was skilled in martial arts, remained vigilant at all times. When a small bamboo tube was inserted through the window, he gently touched Rong Yingluo beside him.

Rong Yingluo opened her eyes, blinked at him in the dim moonlight, and gestured for him not to move.

Gu Ce felt he had been meddling; it turned out she was already awake, and he didn't need to remind her.

Rong Yingluo put a pill in her mouth and also put one in Gu Ce's mouth.

Smoke was blown into the bamboo tube.

The two people on the bed pretended to be fast asleep.

After a short while, the dark figure climbed through the window and tiptoed towards the dressing table. He then precisely touched the box where Rong Yingluo kept her jewelry, the very place she had mentioned during the day where she kept her silver notes.

The shadowy figure found the box, but found it full of jewelry, with no silver notes inside.

Undeterred, the shadowy figure picked up the box and examined it closely, discovering a hidden compartment. However, it couldn't be opened; a small silver lock secured it.

It was exactly what he expected.

The dark figure pulled a thin needle from his body, poked it into the small silver lock a few times, and the lock opened.

The shadowy figure pulled open the interlayer and, sure enough, saw a thick stack of papers neatly arranged inside.

By the moonlight, the shadowy figure could make out the general shape of the papers, which looked like banknotes.

After succeeding, the shadowy figure didn't linger. He stuffed the silver notes into his pocket and left the way he came.

Rong Yingluo and Gu Ce, without prior arrangement, put on their clothes and followed.

Through this tracking, Gu Ce discovered another skill of his wife.

She actually knows kung fu, and she's quite good at it.

The two followed the shadowy figure at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

The man kept looking back to see if anyone had noticed him.

Gu Ce and Rong Yingluo both successfully evaded the man's gaze.

But the direction the person went in was unbelievable to both of them.

Rong Yingluo thought the shadowy figure would go to the Su family or someone arranged by the Su family, but it turned out to go to the second branch of the family.

Finally, they saw the shadowy figure enter the study of Gu Jingcheng, the second master of the Duke's mansion.

Rong Yingluo and Gu Ce climbed onto the roof in perfect unison, gently lifted a tile, and looked down.

"How did it go? Did you succeed?" Gu Jingcheng couldn't wait any longer.

"Master, I have successfully completed my mission. I have a thick stack of silver notes. The Rong family truly lives up to their reputation as the richest family in the capital." The man in black felt that tonight's mission was too easy; a little bit of sleeping potion was all it took to get the goods.

As he spoke, the man in black took out a silver note from his pocket and handed it to Gu Jingcheng.

Gu Jingcheng was overjoyed to see such a thick stack and took it.

But when he unfolded the folded paper, he was dumbfounded.

This is not a silver note at all; the first one on the cover is actually an exorcism talisman often drawn by Taoist priests.

I flipped through it again, and it was still the same.

Until they flipped to the last page, none of them were silver notes; they were all useless talismans.

Enraged, Gu Jingcheng threw all the talismans at the man in black.

"You idiot, you took it back without looking carefully."

The man in black picked up a card and looked at it, only to realize he had been tricked.

Or perhaps the Crown Prince's wife became alert to the theft during the day and had already moved the maidservant.

However, the mutation occurred at this moment.

The man in black suddenly looked furious and let out a howl like a trapped beast.

"what!"

He then collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth. After struggling for a few moments, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he died within a few breaths.

"Oh no, this talisman is poisonous." Gu Jingcheng was stunned with fright.

But in an instant, his survival instinct brought him to his senses. He quickly took a box from the bookshelf, took out a small brocade box from it, opened it, and a black pill lay quietly inside.

Without hesitation, he picked up the pill and put it in his mouth, patted his chest, and the fear of surviving the ordeal was clearly visible on his face.

Rong Yingluo on the roof narrowed her eyes dangerously.

Uncle Gu actually had such a good thing in his possession, which could cure the poison she had given him.

That's a poison that can kill you once it takes effect.

My second uncle was really lucky; someone else succumbed to the poison before him, giving him time to take his medicine.

Knowing who wanted to steal her silver notes meant Rong Yingluo had achieved her goal. It wasn't wise to alert them yet.

The two quietly left and returned to Silver Willow Courtyard.

Neither of them lit a lamp, and without saying a word, they both lay down on the bed.

After a quarter of an hour, Gu Ce finally spoke: "I have lived in this mansion for twenty-three years and have never noticed anything wrong with my second uncle. If it weren't for your scheme tonight, I don't know when I would have discovered it."

"The Duke's mansion is truly a deep and murky place," Rong Yingluo sighed softly.

Did she enter a wolf's den or a tiger's lair?

"Yes. I'm so lucky to be alive," Gu Ce sighed.

Rong Yingluo was sleepy and didn't respond to him, quickly falling asleep again.

Gu Ce shook his head helplessly. She could still sleep. She was really heartless.

The next day.

Rong Yingluo copied the "Women's Precepts" three more times to complete the punishment given by Madam Su, but she still couldn't remember many of the sentences.

Just then, the gatekeeper came to report that someone from the Rong family had come to visit.

Rong Yingluo's face lit up with joy, and she personally led Yinghong out to greet them.

"Big brother." Seeing her family, Rong Yingluo smiled radiantly.

"Sister, is everything alright?" Rong Zhixiu was relieved to see that his sister, whom he hadn't seen for several days, was just as she had been on his return visit.

"Don't worry, who am I?" Rong Yingluo said with a playful smile. "This must be the miracle doctor Father invited, right?"

Today was the day she wrote to her family to arrange for the doctor to come.

Seeing her elder brother leading an elderly man in a long gown, with a young boy carrying a medicine box behind him, she guessed that the elderly man must be the doctor her father had invited for the Duchess.

"That's right, this is Dr. Qu," Rong Zhixiu introduced.

"Greetings, Lady Heir." Doctor Qu bowed in greeting.

"Madam, please have the doctor examine the Duchess first." Butler Lu, who was standing to the side, gestured for her to proceed.

He didn't give them time to talk much, nor did he give them time to meet privately; he had to watch them the whole time.

This is to prevent them from plotting something.

"Brother, I'll take Doctor Qu to see Mother-in-law first. Yinghong will take you to Yinliu Courtyard first. We can talk again when I get back," Rong Yingluo said with a smile.

Madam Su is still ill, so we cannot take my elder brother to visit her at this time.

"it is good."

Rong Yingluo led Doctor Qu to Madam Su's bedroom.

She lay listlessly on the bed, utterly lifeless.

The alternating hot and cold weather of the past few days has left her looking haggard.

"Mother, it's only been a day, how come you've lost so much weight?" Rong Yingluo asked with concern, sitting on the edge of the bed with tears in her eyes.

Anyone who saw her would say she was a good daughter-in-law who cared deeply for her mother-in-law.

"I won't die." Su Jingyi said weakly, shivering from the cold.

"Dr. Qu, please come and examine Mother." Rong Yingluo anxiously made way for her.

Dr. Qu sat down and carefully took Su's pulse, his eyes slightly narrowed. During the process, he would occasionally furrow his brow, as if Su's illness was truly difficult to diagnose.

Fifteen minutes later, Dr. Qu stopped.

"Doctor, how is our Duchess?" Granny Zhao asked impatiently.

"Madam, you have been poisoned," Doctor Qu said bluntly.