The grandma didn't say a word, and no one in the courtyard dared to make a sound, they all stood there quietly waiting.

  They waited for as long as it takes to drink a cup of tea, and many people who had originally come to join in the excitement were so fed up that they wished they hadn't come at all.

  Tang Lei felt that waiting like this wasn't going to work, so he cleared his throat and leaned in towards Grandma: "Master, about this matter..."

  "The poison master hasn't arrived yet, what's the hurry?" Grandma coldly interrupted his words and directly closed her eyes to pretend to sleep.

  Tang Lei helplessly curled his lip and retreated, then he glanced at the person behind him, and the person behind him immediately slipped away.

  ……

  Tang Jiuer sat in the main hall, holding a book with both hands as still as a Bodhisattva in a temple.

  The disciples who came to seek help, such as Dà Nián, were anxious and couldn't wait any longer, saying: "Poison Master, aren't you going over yet?"

  "Not urgent, wait until I finish reading this."

  Dà nián looked at Táng Jiǔ'ér with a mixture of surprise and annoyance.

  He waited for a good while, long enough to finish a cup of tea! The Poison Master had been staring at this page from start to finish!

  "But the poison master..."

  "Shut up." Tang Jiuer's cold words left Da Nian at a loss, feeling both annoyed and helpless - wasn't the one who suffered your own Poison House's disciple? You're also being too careless about this matter.

  What should I do? I've been trying for half a day but can't move the reinforcements over. Will my senior brother think I'm incompetent?!

  Just as the New Year's Eve was about to arrive, the disciples of the House of Industry, led by Linlin, entered the main hall.

  "Poison Master, please go to the execution hall quickly! Grandma is waiting for you there!"

  Tang Jiuer finally reacted, she closed the book in her hand: "Let's go!"

  Tang Jiuer led people out of the poison room. Zi Hua, with a look of distress and dark circles under her eyes, ran out from the east wing and pulled Linlin: "What's going on?"

  "Hua Rou was taken away to the prison hall, waiting for Master to rescue her." Linlin furrowed her brow and let out a worried sigh.

  "Really?" Zi Hua's face lit up with an exaggerated smile, even his dark eye circles sparkled: "Sister! Sister!"

  The child drew back and returned to the east wing, in a short while two sisters rushed out of the poisonous house yard towards the execution hall, Linlin looked at their backs and frowned.

  "The poison master has arrived!" A shout broke the embarrassing and unbearable silence of the court.

  Tang Jiuer walked into the hall with Ziqi and Zihua, her eyes fixed on the front, she went straight to her grandmother's side and paid her respects. Ziqi and Zihua squeezed aside to watch the commotion.

  "Master, Jiǔ'ér is late."

  "Hmm, it's your people, you ask yourself!" Grandma still had her eyes closed, clearly leaving the matter to Tang Jiu'er to handle.

  Tang Jiuer turned around and looked at Hua Rou: "Hua Rou, why are you here?"

  "Master, I've been framed by someone, they slandered me for trespassing into a forbidden area."

  Tang Feiyan immediately glared and shouted: "Who framed you? I saw it with my own eyes..."

  Tang Jiuer raised her hand, and a fine cow hair needle pierced Tang Feiyan's cheek. Instantly, Tang Feiyan was in agony, her mouth wide open, unable to close her lips or make a sound. The pain and numbness made her jump up and down.

  "I'm asking the questions, no one else interrupt." Tang Jiu'er was as cold as a judge of hell, her eyes looking at Tang Fei Yan were chilling to the extreme.

  Tang Feiyan couldn't speak, her mouth already aching with pain, and when she saw Tang Jiu'er's gaze, she was so frightened that she didn't even dare to jump up for the time being.

  Tang Lei couldn't bear to see his daughter suffer.

  He immediately ran over to pull out the needle and then rushed to signal Tang Feiyan to be quiet before turning his head to glare at Tang Jiu'er, as if he wanted to defend his daughter.

  However, Tang Jiuer not only stared at him with a cold gaze, but also directly pulled out a three-inch-long silver needle from her hand.

  What does this mean?

  This clearly means telling him, you dare to speak out, I will seal your mouth too!

  In this Tang family, if it were someone else who did this, Tang Lei would not make a big deal out of it, but what about Tang Jiu Er?

  A woman who is eccentric, has a strange temper, and can poison you without hesitation if she doesn't get her way. If he really wants to take it on, let's not mention whether she will poison him or not, just being silenced would be enough to make him lose face completely!

  At this moment, Tang Lei is indeed a bit weak.

  "Just then" at this awkward and embarrassing moment, grandma cleared her throat and said: "It's getting late."

  Tang Lei hastily retreated a step back, Tang Jiu'er also flipped her hand and put away the silver needle, and asked Huajing: "Why would others want to frame you?"

  Hua Rou's eyes involuntarily turned towards Tang Xiao, and Tang Xiao nodded to her, encouraging her to speak the truth.

  Hua Rou hesitated for a moment and said softly: "I don't know."

  Tang Jiuer raised an eyebrow: "Don't you know?"

  "Yes, I only know how to be kind to people and don't know how to be malicious, so those who frame me, why are they treating me like this, I don't know."

  Tang Jiuer took two steps forward: "Where did they catch you?"

  "Outside the Forbidden Zone."

  "Tang Jiu'er raised her chin: 'Then why did you appear outside the forbidden area?'"

  Hua Rou bit her lip: "I want to find a quiet and undisturbed place to practice my skills, to enlighten what I've learned."

  Tang Jiuer turned around and walked towards her grandmother: "Master of the door, I've finished asking."

  Tang Jiuer stood by, and at this time, Grandma finally opened her eyes. She looked at Tang Feiyan: "Who of you saw Hua Rou enter the forbidden land?"

  Just as Grandma asked the question, Mu Jun held in his hand the handkerchief that had summoned him to Tangmen to take refuge, pacing back and forth step by step.

  As he passed by the execution ground, the bustling crowd did not attract his attention, and his mind was all focused on calculating the identity of the black hand behind him, until a voice suddenly burst into his eardrum.

  "Do you think Hua Rou will be punished?"

  Are flowers soft?

  In your icy eyes, there was suddenly a spark of life.

  "Involved in a family feud, both the master of the house and Tang Feiyan have made their moves. What do you think?"

  The murmurs of discussion nearby caused Mu Jun to turn his head and glance sideways, then he took three steps in two strides and rushed to the entrance of the execution hall, squeezing among a group of disciples who were watching the commotion and looking inside.

  "So you're saying you personally saw Tang Xiao pull Hua Rou out of the restricted area, right?"

  Grandma's face was expressionless as she confirmed with two disciples who stood out to testify.

  Chang Jin nodded in agreement with A Luo.

  Grandma beckoned to them with her finger: "You two come over here."

  Chang Jin and A Luo walked uneasily in front of Grandma.

  "What's in the forbidden land?"

  This question made both of them stunned, they exchanged a glance and also wanted to look at Tang Feiyan.

  At this moment, Grandma's hand lifted, and a true energy like a ghostly hand directly grasped the two people's necks. The two immediately had difficulty breathing, grabbing at their necks to try to save themselves, but how could they grab onto an invisible internal force?

  Tang Feiyan stepped forward to rescue him, but Tang Lei immediately pulled her back and signaled her to shut up!

  "I ask again, what's inside the forbidden area?"

  Facing Grandma's piercing gaze, facing the life that could be terminated at any time, A Luo was the first to come to his senses: "I was wrong! Grandma, I didn't see anything, I was wrong!"

  Chang Jin heard this and hurriedly admitted his mistake: "I was wrong too! I... I didn't see anything..."

  Her eyebrows and eyes rose in unison, her hand closed into a fist, and Chang Jin and A Luo immediately fell to the ground, coughing violently, as if they had just been pulled back from the gates of hell.

  "Tan Zhan!" With Grandma's shout, the master of the hall stepped forward: "Slander fellow students, hurt each other's reputation, fifty sticks."

  "Finish beating and then get out of my house!"