Your Highness, your wife has had her virginity mark applied and married someone else.

Shen Mingshu's eyes were glazed over. Only when she saw the person in front of her clearly did she slowly come to her senses and tremblingly extend her left hand.

"You, you feel it." She handed her wrist to Liu Yi: "Do you think this pulse is the same as Shen Fu's?"

Liu Yi stretched out her hand, her eyes lighting up instantly, and immediately went to examine Shen Fu again.

Wei Ziye's expression was solemn. With a wave of his hand, he dismissed the people.

Only four people remained in the room.

Shen Mingshu stared nervously at Liu Yi. Wei Ziye looked at her trembling shoulders, his fingertips twitched slightly, and he reached out and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Ah!" Shen Mingshu was startled. Seeing it was him, she angrily slapped his hand away: "Are you crazy! Don't you know that scaring someone can be deadly?!"

Wei Ziye: "..."

"This is unbelievable!"

Liu Yi stared wide-eyed at Wei Ziye, her eyes filled with utter astonishment at her completely shattered understanding: "How can the same pulse appear in different people in different states?"

"It's not a different state!" Shen Mingshu quickly stepped forward and unwrapped the gauze from her hands. "This pulse indicates a state of repair!"

"What?" Liu Yi stood up in surprise, looking at her now-healed right hand. "You mean, your wounds and hers are healing on their own?"

"No, no!" Shen Mingshu cried anxiously, grabbing Liu Yi's arm, tears streaming down her face, her voice trembling as she explained, "It was her! It was something from her that healed my right hand!"

"Dr. Liu! She's not normal! She's just as abnormal as that Taoist priest in white! I've been infected by her, I'm not normal anymore, I'll become abnormal too!"

"Shen Mingshu! Calm down!"

Wei Ziye grasped Shen Mingshu's shoulders, his deep voice calming her flustered state: "Tell me, what did you see at the bottom of the hillside?"

"I--"

The image of the white-robed Taoist's sinister smile flashed through his mind, and then his deathly pale face began to twitch.

It felt as if countless parasites were wriggling beneath the skin; the slowly cracking skin oozed a foul-smelling, blackish fluid, and then—

Healed instantly and disappeared, becoming no different from an ordinary person.

Shen Mingshu burst into tears in panic—she had already been influenced by Shen Fu, would she become like him in the future?

"Fifth girl, what exactly did you see?" Liu Yi stepped forward anxiously: "Only if you tell us, can Ah Gu and I help you?"

"No, you can't help me, you can't help me anymore—"

Shen Mingshu was gradually enveloped by nausea and despair. She resisted pushing Wei Ziye away and retreated in terror.

Seeing her like this, Wei Ziye, with a stern face, called out to the two soldiers who were escorting Shen Mingshu down the slope.

"Tell me, what did you see at the bottom of the slope?"

The two soldiers looked at each other and shook their heads blankly: "Your Highness, we didn't see anything. After the white-clad path appeared, the young lady was willing to talk, so we brought her up here."

"Then why is she so terrified!" Wei Ziye demanded, gripping one of the men's collar with murderous intent. "What did you do to her?"

"Injustice! Injustice, Your Highness! We did nothing! We were terrified down there too!"

"Yes, yes! It's very eerie down there, full of miasma. Perhaps the girl was weak and inhaled the miasma, which is why she saw things that weren't there!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Mingshu looked at him abruptly, belatedly realizing this possibility.

How could such a laceration heal in an instant?

In this miasma, could she really be hallucinating?

Liu Yi frowned and nodded: "That is indeed possible. Fifth Miss is still injured and weak. Perhaps she was poisoned and saw something unclean."

As he spoke, he took out a pill from his medicine box: "Fifth Miss, taking this might make you feel better."

Wei Ziye took the pill, poured a glass of water, and put it directly into Shen Mingshu's mouth.

"Swallow it."

The cool fingertips brushed across her neck, seemingly guiding her to swallow the pill.

"How are you? Feeling better?"

At this moment, Wei Ziye himself was unaware of how tense his face was, and his unconsciously gentle voice concealed unspeakable emotions.

Liu Yi looked at it, pursed her lips, and turned away.

Suppressing her fear, Shen Mingshu silently pushed Wei Ziye away: "Can I rest for a bit?"

"..."

Wei Ziye knew that Shen Mingshu would likely fabricate other lies after resting, but looking at her pale and disheveled face, he still did not refuse.

"Call me if you need anything, next door."

Shen Mingshu nodded, turned around and walked out.

Liu Yi clicked his tongue twice and teased, "Who do you call if you need something? You? Ah, when did you become so indecisive and hypocritical?"

Wei Ziye watched Shen Mingshu's figure disappear before tossing the thing in his arms to Liu Yi: "Take a look."

Liu Yi caught the item, took a closer look, and stared in shock: "Black Whistle! Night Domain! How did it get on her? She didn't know?"

Wei Ziye nodded. "I took it in the courtyard. If she had known, she could have asked for help when she went downstairs just now, but she didn't. I guess Wei Yuan put it there secretly."

Liu Yi asked, puzzled, "Why leave it there secretly and wait for her to find out? Couldn't you just say so?"

Wei Ziye poured himself a glass of water at a leisurely pace, his eyes filled with nonchalant mockery.

"Knowing that this trip would cause her hardship, you didn't remind her, but instead quietly left people behind to help her. What do you say—"

Wei Ziye raised an eyebrow slightly, a flippant, detached smile playing on his lips: "Thoughtful, isn't it?"

"Hiss—" Liu Yi quickly sat down next to Wei Ziye, surprised, "You mean, Wei Yuan wants to use your despicable behavior to highlight his deep affection, in order to prove his love for Shen Mingshu?"

"Heh, I wonder where he learned such unorthodox methods." Wei Ziye's thin lips parted slightly, but there was no hint of a smile in his eyes.

"Actually... unorthodox methods can also be surprisingly effective." Liu Yi looked at Wei Ziye's disdain with a complex expression: "It's better than being stubborn and soft-hearted, and insisting on playing the villain."

"Ah Ye, if you still have feelings for Fifth Sister, doing this will only push her further away."

Wei Ziye frowned at him: "What nonsense are you talking about? She and I are a thing of the past."

Liu Yi chuckled, raising an eyebrow and pointing at the teacup in his hand: "If it's really over, why would you use a teacup she drank from?"

Wei Ziye paused, then awkwardly put down his teacup: "I didn't notice."

As he spoke, he reached for another teacup, prompting Liu Yi to remind him helplessly.

"You've already had three cups. Don't push yourself if you're full. Although Second Miss's injury is unusual, it can't withstand any more strain. Fifth Miss's official engagement documents can't wait. What do you plan to do?"

Wei Zishi put down the tea cup and reminded him coldly: "She is now the scapegoat."

Liu Yi: "You really intend to send her to jail?"

Wei Ziye narrowed his long, narrow eyes slightly: "Those who hurt others and show no remorse should be punished!"

Looking at Wei Ziye's cold expression, Liu Yi remained silent for a moment before analyzing the situation.

"The Fifth Sister said that her right hand suddenly recovered when the Second Sister held her hand, and the right hand she just showed is proof of that. This shows that there are suspicious things about the Second Sister."

"Ah, you may have really misunderstood the fifth girl."