Shen Xiaoyan smiled playfully, "It seems the Grand Princess didn't intend to let this matter go so easily."
Grand Princess Zande raised her head, and her entire demeanor shifted abruptly.
"Naturally. Did you think a few days of hardship would make me surrender to you?"
Grand Princess Zande sneered at Shen Xiaoyan after speaking.
Behind them, Baili Ziyun was frantic, watching Grand Princess Zande's figure. She was so anxious she was scratching her ears and cheeks, not knowing what to do.
"Either keep me imprisoned, or kill me directly. Otherwise, as long as I leave here safely, your good days will be numbered."
Grand Princess Zande continued.
"It seems my guess was correct. It was indeed wise to make preparations in advance."
"What do you mean?" Grand Princess Zande looked at Shen Xiaoyan's confident expression, unfazed by her words, and felt something was wrong.
"I said, do you think you'll be truly free once you leave here?" Shen Xiaoyan looked at Grand Princess Zande with disdain and continued, "Do you think I'm crazy to let you go like this?"
Looking at Shen Xiaoyan, Grand Princess Zande was speechless.
She wanted to retort, to say Shen Xiaoyan was bluffing, but she lacked the courage.
Shen Xiaoyan didn't keep her waiting and said directly, "I've planted poison in your bodies. Your lives are all in my hands."
"Hahaha..."
Upon hearing Shen Xiaoyan's words, Grand Princess Zande burst into laughter.
She had genuinely thought Shen Xiaoyan had some trump card. She hadn't expected it to be the same trick again.
"You're using a trick you've already used before. I truly admire your thick skin for being so shameless."
After her laughter subsided, Grand Princess Zande plainly expressed her contempt.
Shen Xiaoyan offered no explanation, just smiled and watched Grand Princess Zande.
However, in the next second, Grand Princess Zande's face changed strangely.
It wasn't just her; the guards behind her, as well as Baili Ziyun, Baili Hao, and the others, were all experiencing the same thing.
As time passed, their complexions grew increasingly grim. Fine beads of sweat appeared on their faces, their faces turned pale, their bodies began to tremble, and they could barely stand.
"What? Do you believe me now?" Shen Xiaoyan asked indifferently.
"You tampered with my wound!" Baili Hao endured the pain and rushed forward from the back, pointing at Shen Xiaoyan.
"You figured it out? It seems you're not entirely foolish."
"You vixen, what did you do?" Baili Hao's eyes widened in disbelief, unable to comprehend what was happening.
His wound had occasionally ached faintly after healing, but the pain would disappear quickly.
He had thought it was just a slight infection that would gradually heal.
But just now, his wound, which had stopped hurting, began to ache again.
The sensation was as if a knife had been plunged into his wound and was slowly being twisted inside.
He felt pain not only in his wound but also in his abdomen – a double torment.
Coupled with Shen Xiaoyan's earlier words and her current expression, he immediately knew Shen Xiaoyan was behind this.
"Didn't you just say I'm a vixen? In that case, why are you still asking?" Shen Xiaoyan raised her eyebrows and retorted.
Baili Hao's pain intensified, and soon it became unbearable, causing him to collapse.
After he fell to the ground, Grand Princess Zande, Baili Ziyun, and the guards behind them all followed suit.
It took a full quarter of an hour before their pain gradually subsided.
"How did you do it?"
Once the pain subsided, Baili Hao propped himself up and asked Shen Xiaoyan breathlessly.
His entire body was drenched in cold sweat, as if he had just been fished out of water.
The black cloth on his face clung tightly, looking both comical and pathetic.
"I know sorcery." Shen Xiaoyan said matter-of-factly.
Baili Hao was momentarily speechless. Although he had called her a vixen earlier, he absolutely refused to believe that she actually knew sorcery.
"My conditions are very simple. After you leave, you are not allowed to cause trouble again, nor are you allowed to send others to cause trouble." Shen Xiaoyan's smile faded, and her gaze fixed intently on Baili Hao and Grand Princess Zande on the ground.
"In other words, if anyone comes to cause trouble, I will assume it's your doing. If I can't have peace, neither can you. What you just experienced was just an appetizer. The real feast awaits you. You must try your best!"
Shen Xiaoyan finished speaking and even clenched her fist, cheering them on.
Zheng Wei, who had been standing by silently, watched Shen Xiaoyan with amusement. Mi Mi was becoming more childlike with each passing day.
"You can't do this! We can guarantee we won't cause trouble, but you can't hold us accountable if you offend someone else, can you?"
Baili Ziyun propped herself up and looked at Shen Xiaoyan with dissatisfaction.
"You'd better shut up. You have the least right to speak." Shen Xiaoyan looked at Baili Ziyun coldly, her words devoid of warmth.
Only then did Baili Ziyun realize that the reason she and her parents had ended up in this predicament was her own impulsive act of digging up Zhen Shi's grave out of spite.
Thinking of this, Baili Ziyun's face turned even uglier.
After this incident, she finally understood that Shen Xiaoyan was someone who feared nothing. Threatening or blackmailing her was completely useless.
She truly regretted her impulsiveness earlier.
What was most infuriating was that they were now being held responsible for everything.
They had no right to refuse.
"Are you asking this princess to protect you?" Grand Princess Zande finally looked up and said after a long period of deep thought.
"Protection is not necessary. I have the ability to protect myself. I just hope no one will disturb our peaceful lives." Shen Xiaoyan said calmly.
"Agreed."
Grand Princess Zande agreed readily. In truth, she had no other choice. Heaven knew how much she wished she could tear Shen Xiaoyan to pieces right now.
"Thank you, Grand Princess." Shen Xiaoyan's bright smile returned.
"Since the Grand Princess has agreed, we should escort her out. It's quite awkward to keep her like this, delaying the Grand Princess for so long." Zheng Wei stepped forward, pulling Shen Xiaoyan aside, and with his other hand, made a gesture of invitation to Grand Princess Zande and the others.