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"Chu Xunzhen, you've come at the right time. How could you be so vicious? Letting a poisonous snake bite Rou'er?" Chu Mingxuan's words left Chu Xunzhen stunned.

The old woman, Hua, who was serving behind him, was also dumbfounded.

She had intended to release thousands of venomous snakes to bite that little bitch Chu Wanrou to death, but she hadn't taken any action yet, had she?

"The royal physician is here! Quickly, let him take a look."

As soon as the physician from the Gao family arrived, Chu Mingyuan pushed him forward.

As they passed Chu Xunzhen, the physician from the Gao family gave Chu Xunzhen a slight nod.

Upon seeing this, Chu Wanrou screamed in alarm, "No, I don't want him to treat me. I want my senior brother to treat me!"

Li Yi patiently comforted her, "Rou'er, don't be willful. The physician from the Gao family is highly skilled. His father was once a royal physician, but he offended a powerful figure and was unable to continue serving in the palace. The physician from the Gao family is very skilled and will surely be able to cure you. I have already sent someone to find Young Master Pei, but he hasn't arrived yet."

As the physician approached, Chu Wanrou struggled desperately, displaying none of the demeanor of a noble lady, a scene that distressed everyone present.

"Physician, since she doesn't want treatment, let's leave."

Chu Xunzhen smiled leisurely and sat down.

"Chu Xunzhen, how can you say that? You're not even a fraction as good as Rou'er."

Chu Mingli's voice was filled with anger.

Chu Xunzhen's gaze turned cold and suddenly fell on Chu Mingli. He said in a low voice, "Since that's the case, then please return the 50,000 taels of silver that you took from me over the past three years."

Fifty thousand taels?

Upon hearing this, everyone was startled.

Li Yi's first reaction was that Chu Xunzhen was talking nonsense: "You unfilial daughter, are you obsessed with money? When has Mingli ever asked you for so much money? Even if Mingli really asked you, it would only be a little bit of silver. You still have compensation from the Marquis of Chongding's mansion. Do you need to be so stingy?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen scoffed, "Mother, what you're saying makes no sense. According to you, the silver given to me by the Marquis of Chongding's mansion is nothing more than a small amount, so why are you all so fixated on it and demanding more from me?"

"How can these be compared? You've come back from the countryside, all you know is business and pig farming, but Mingli is the second legitimate son of my Marquis's mansion, his future is limitless. Giving the money to your brother, to the Marquis, will be far more effective than giving it to you. You are a woman, your family's well-being is essential for your own well-being. Otherwise, without support, how will you establish yourself in your husband's family after you marry?"

married?

Chu Xunzhen smiled.

"My mother never intended for me to marry; she wanted me to be a concubine. She sold me, not married me off."

Chu Mingyuan coldly said, "Being Gu Changfeng's concubine, is that an insult to you? Countless women in the capital would love to enter Gu Changfeng's harem, yet you are ungrateful. Now you've caused Gu Changfeng to lose his position as heir apparent. Rou'er's marriage has also been affected by you, causing it to be postponed. Who knows what will happen in the future? How can you laugh after doing such a wicked thing?"

Chu Xunzhen rolled her eyes, admiring Chu Mingyuan's expression, and sneered, "Big brother likes to be someone's concubine, willingly degrading himself, but I'm not willing. As for Gu Changfeng losing his position as heir, it's because his betrothal gifts were of inferior quality. If anyone should be blamed, it should be Second Brother. Who told Second Brother to secretly take so much of Rou'er's betrothal gifts? As for Chu Wanrou, she should thank me; I saved her from jumping into the fire pit so quickly."

"Nonsense!" Chu Mingyuan roared angrily.

Just then, Pei Changqing arrived late from outside.

"Senior brother, save me!" Chu Wanrou cried out the moment she saw Pei Changqing.

"Junior Sister, don't worry, your senior brother is here." Pei Changqing said without hesitation, lifting Chu Wanrou's skirt and inserting several silver needles directly into her calves.

"Excuse me, junior sister." Pei Changqing lifted Chu Wanrou's skirt, letting the hem fall to her thighs. In the next instant, three more silver needles pierced through.

The next instant, three drops of black blood were squeezed out from the wound.

The mother Gu within Chu Xunzhen's body began to stir.

"Little White, don't move."

Chu Xunzhen spoke softly, moved his thumb, and in the next instant, the mother Gu in his body returned to calm.

To be honest, she was also helpless. Other people's Gu were either vicious or cruel, but her Gu was like a mini white rabbit, smooth and white, and greedy for food and sleep.

Now that you can smell the taste of this poisonous blood, doesn't it make your mouth water again?

Chu Zhanpeng breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to Chu Xunzhen, and said coldly, "The Emperor summoned you; did you speak carelessly?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen smiled and asked, "What are you referring to, Father?"

Chu Zhanpeng's gaze turned cold as he said, "You alone filed the lawsuit against the Marquis of Chongding's mansion. If the Emperor questions you, you will have to bear the blame for everything."

Chu Xunzhen remained expressionless, but in reality, she felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.

Are these his relatives?

"Rest assured, whether I become rich or poor or face punishment in the future, it will have nothing to do with the Marquis's mansion."

Upon hearing this, Chu Mingyuan burst into laughter: "Wealth and status? What unrealistic dreams are you having?"

Li Yi coldly said, "A merchant's daughter is utterly ignorant. She's jealous, bullies Rou'er, and caused Rou'er to be bitten by a snake. Chu Xunzhen, now you immediately hand over the silver that Lord Zhou gave you, and kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights. Otherwise, from this day forward, you are no longer my daughter."

"Very well. Does Madam wish to sever ties with me? Has she prepared the letter of severance?"

Chu Xunzhen's voice was calm.

She has been reborn and will never be manipulated by them again.

Li Yi was so angry that his face turned pale. Chu Wanrou, who had just had the snake venom squeezed out, couldn't help but turn around and cover her mouth to chuckle.

If Chu Xunzhen is expelled from the Marquis's mansion, then she will be the only daughter left in the mansion.

Chu Mingyuan was furious and could no longer bear it. He took three steps in two and walked directly to Chu Xunzhen, grabbed her hand, and threw it hard to the ground.

"Kneel down! Apologize to Mother! You weren't like this before. Although you were petty before, you respected your elders and were respectful to us. What gave you the confidence? Oh, I know, it's His Highness the Ninth Prince."

"It's a pity that His Highness the Ninth Prince isn't here right now," Chu Mingli said. "Men, search the young lady and take all the silver notes from her."

The servant behind Chu Mingli was menacing, reaching out his wicked "claws" towards Chu Xunzhen.

Granny Hua suddenly stepped in front of Chu Xunzhen, saying, "No, Second Young Master! The young lady is a woman; how can you allow a man to search her?"

Chu Mingli scoffed, completely unconcerned: "Chu Xunzhen, you're dreaming of marrying the Ninth Prince, but I'd like to see if he still wants you, this used-up flower who's been searched by the servants?"

Five or six servants, grinning maliciously, stepped forward. Just as Chu Xunzhen was about to touch Chu Xunzhen, who was risking exposing her identity to protect herself, a loud shout rang out.

"Do you all think I'm dead?"

Before the words were finished, a dazzling silver blade suddenly flashed in front of the Marquis's mansion.

The next moment, blood spurted from the necks of the five or six servants who were about to attack Chu Xunzhen, and one of them even had his head chopped off.

The newcomer, wielding a long silver sword, was none other than Old Master Chu, whom we hadn't seen in a long time.

Seeing the servant boy spurting blood from his neck, he fell to the ground with a thud. The crowd was first shocked, then screamed in panic.

"Father!" Chu Zhanpeng was so frightened that his voice trembled, and he quickly bowed.

The same applies to Li Yi.

"With this old man here today, who dares to bully my own granddaughter?"