Seeing Madam Shen’s firm attitude, Sang Ning realized the seriousness of the situation.

"Ancestor... Madam Shen, Madam Shen, spare my life."

"I was also deceived into thinking that I was a member of the Shen family, so..."

"Please spare my life, old lady. I didn't mean it."

Shen Mi, who was standing by, put down the teacup in her hand and said coldly, "Since you said you were deceived by someone, could it be that someone else also deceived me by casting the curse on me?"

"Hand over the mother Gu in your hand."

Sang Ning shook his head repeatedly, "Shen Mi, I don't know what mother Gu is."

"I don't know what poison has possessed you."

"Shen Mi, did you find the wrong person?"

"Don't admit it yet!" Old Madam Shen slammed the table.

Sang Ning was so scared that he trembled.

Madam Shen said, "Someone, drag him away!"

"Beat her until she admits it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two guards came over with sticks in a menacing manner.

Before Sang Ning could react, one of the guards suddenly hit her on the back with a stick.

The piercing pain made her scream.

The blow of the stick knocked her to the ground and she spit out blood.

"Speak!" Old Madam Shen said again.

"What do you want to say, or will you be satisfied only if I really beat you to death?"

The blood from the corner of his lips dripped onto the ground, and Sang Ning wiped the blood off his mouth with his sleeves.

He turned around and glared at Shen Mi fiercely.

"Shen Mi, this mother Gu is fed with my blood."

"I'm telling you, if you want to know the location of this mother Gu, forget it."

"Beat me to death if you dare!"

"Let me see how you explain to the Second Princess of Li Kingdom and how you explain to His Majesty!"

"I have been raised in the Sima family of the Shangshu Mansion in Liguo since I was a child. If you beat me to death, the Sima family will definitely not forgive you."

"If the two countries go to war, how will your Pingyang Marquisate explain to the entire Great Yan?"

Shen Mi slowly walked to Sang Ning's side, squatted down and looked at her.

"I'm very curious, what is the reason that makes you prefer death to revealing the location of the mother Gu?"

"You are right. The mother Gu is fed by your blood. But if you die, the mother Gu will starve to death, and the effect of the Spring Silkworm Gu will also disappear."

"As for your life."

Shen Mi turned around and looked at Old Madam Shen, "Grandma, if she is willing to hand over the mother Gu, I will spare her life and lock her up in the Shen family's firewood room forever."

"If she doesn't want to, then we can only poison her to death."

"When the time comes, have someone pass the message to Liguo."

"Let's just say that the newly returned daughter of the Shen family caught a cold and died in the Shen family."

"Are you, the adopted daughter of the Sima family, worthy of the Sima family causing a war between two countries?"

"You overestimate yourself."

As soon as Shen Mi finished speaking, Sang Ning shook his head repeatedly.

She pushed herself up and crawled in front of Old Madam Shen.

"Madam Shen, please don't poison me."

"Please let me live."

"I said……"

"Spring Silkworm Gu, the mother Gu is in Ruyi Pavilion in the east of the city, in the private room number one on the third floor."

Madam Shen quickly ordered the guards, "Go, quickly go and get the mother Gu back."

"Yes, old lady."

After the guards left, Madam Shen gave instructions to the servants.

"Come here, beat her with thirty sticks and drag her to the woodshed. Don't let her come out without my order!"

"Yes, old lady."

In the middle of the night, a light rain began to fall.

In the front hall of the Shen family, there were sounds of sticks and Sang Ning's screams.

After the sound of sticks fell, Sang Ning was dragged to the woodshed by several guards.

In the dark and cold woodroom, Sang Ning gritted his teeth and looked out the window.

"Shen Mi, I just don't agree with you!"

"If I hand over the mother Gu, what awaits me will be even more terrifying!"

"At worst, I'll die and that'll be the end of it all."

She supported her aching body and looked around the dark and cold surroundings.

"Luo Yihuan, you liar."

"You liar! You liar!"

She was unwilling to accept being fooled and deceived by Luo Yihuan.

After a while, the sound of footsteps was heard in the dark woodshed.

The footsteps stopped in front of the door, and then the door was pushed open.

Sang Ning looked up and saw Shen Mi and Yun Lan coming in from outside.

She cursed: "Shen Mi, you are just a fake."

"What qualifications do you have to show off in front of me?"

"You were born to be a disaster. You don't even know your own name. You are a bastard without a name."

"It's ridiculous that we can only survive by using other people's names."

"If I were you, I would just hit my head and die."

Shen Mi's face was calm. He slowly walked to Sang Ning's side and squatted down.

She smiled and said, "If you want to die here, I won't stop you."

"but……"

She pulled out a sharp dagger from her waist and looked at Sang Ning with a smile.

"Your blood is so precious. If you die in the accident, we will drain all your blood."

Sang Ning's face changed drastically. She shrank back repeatedly as she looked at the dagger getting closer and closer to her.

"What do you want to do?"

Shen Mi grabbed her wrist, and Yun Lan squatted down and opened the two porcelain bottles.

"What do you want to do with my blood?" Sang Ning was about to break free, but Shen Mi grabbed her.

Shen Mi said: "Your blood is naturally useful."

After saying that, she swung the dagger violently, cutting the flesh on Sang Ning's arm, and dripped the blood into two porcelain bottles.

After the blood filled the porcelain bottle, she handed it to Yunlan.

"Keep these two bottles of blood. They will be of great use in the future."

"Send someone to Wangjing Tower and ask Brother to give you a medicine."

"With this medicine, it shouldn't be a problem to preserve the blood for a few years."

"Yes, Miss, I will send someone to Wangjing Tower right away."

Shen Mi put away the dagger in his hand and glanced at Sang Ning.

He casually threw a piece of gauze to her and said, "You can't die before the Gu is found."

She stood up and took Yunlan out of the woodshed.

In the middle of the night, Shen Mi was still worried about the mother Gu, so she took Yun Lan and rushed to Ruyixuan on the outskirts of the city.

In the carriage, Shen Mi was worried.

Seeing her like this, Yun Lan comforted her, "Miss, now that Sang Ning is imprisoned, it may be difficult to feed the mother Gu again."

"If this mother Gu is deprived of blood supply, it will die within two months."

"It doesn't matter even if Sang Ning doesn't hand over the mother Gu."

Shen Mi lowered her eyes, "Two months, it's too late."

"If I sleep with the Fourth Master, within two months, not only will he suffer from heart-wrenching pain, but he may also lose his mind."

"Dayan is now plagued by internal and external troubles, and Your Majesty is wary of the Fourth Master."

"I'm just afraid that someone with ulterior motives will take advantage of others' misfortune."

"We still have to find the mother Gu as soon as possible and kill her."

"Yes, ma'am."

The master and servant rode a horse-drawn carriage to Ruyixuan in the east of the city.

As soon as I arrived at Ruyixuan, I saw the guards of the Shen family coming down from upstairs with anxious faces.

When the guard saw Shen Mi and Yun Lan, he spoke immediately.

"Miss, we have been deceived."

"The boss of Ruyixuan said that Miss Sang Ning has never been here."

"Moreover, this Ruyi Pavilion only has two floors. There is no third floor, let alone Room 1 on the third floor."

"We searched Ruyixuan inside and out, but did not find the so-called mother Gu."

"Oh no." Shen Mi frowned.

"Hurry, we have to go back to the Shen family."

"Yes, ma'am."

Under the cover of night, a carriage sped towards the Shen family.

At this moment, the Shen family.

Flames shot up into the sky, and a wisp of black smoke rose into the sky.

When Shen Mi and Yun Lan arrived, they heard a miserable roar coming from the inner house of the Shen Mansion.

The sound of flooding, shouting, mixed with thick smoke and flames, dyed the Shen Mansion red.

"What happened?"

Shen Mi, Yun Lan, and the guards got off the carriage and saw a group of guards in black carrying water and rushing towards the woodshed.

"Miss, it looks like it's on fire."

"Let's go in and take a look."

Shen Mi rushed into the Shen family holding up her skirt. As soon as she entered the inner hall, her wrist was grabbed by Murong Che.

"Shen Mi."

Shen Mi glanced at Murong Che, "Fourth Master, you're here?"

"What happened."

"Why would the Shen family get so angry?"

Murong Che pulled the person closer and looked at the guards and servants coming and going, carrying water.

"It was just a fire in the woodshed."

"Sang Ning set the fire, and she died in it."

Shen Mi frowned, "Sang Ning lied to us. The mother Gu is not in Ruyi Pavilion at all."

"What secret does she have that she would rather die than hand over the mother Gu to us?"

Murong Che said: "I asked someone to investigate and found out that she is not the adopted daughter of the Sima family."

"Luo Yihuan specially asked someone to find someone who looks like your elder sister."

"She must have been tricked by Luo Yihuan into coming to the Shen family."

"As for the secret between them, it is still unclear."

Shen Mi's eyes darkened. She couldn't let go of her worries when she thought of the effect of the Spring Silkworm Gu.

She always felt that things were not simple.

The fire in the woodroom was put out by the guards, and the entire woodroom was reduced to ashes. There was a charred corpse inside, which was carried out by the servants and dealt with.

Old Madam Shen walked over with a cane and looked at the dark ruins.

He sighed and said, "It's really unlucky. I can die anywhere else but here."

She said to the housekeeper beside her: "In a few days, invite a master to come here and perform a ritual to get rid of the bad luck."

"It's Madam Shen."

Old Madam Shen walked over to Shen Mi and Murong Che.

"Fortunately, Your Highness and Prince Jin arrived in time, otherwise, who knows where the fire would have spread to."

"It was because I didn't know people well that Mi'er was poisoned."

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