"废物！还敢吼人！"冰冷的嘲讽声像针一样扎进云若汐耳朵里。她感觉嘴里塞的破布又粗又涩，吐都吐不出来，只能用牙死死咬着，发出呜呜的抗议声。那身粗布麻衣死死勒着，连呼吸都费劲。

两个婢女拖着她，把她扔进一间漏风的柴房。房梁上结着蜘蛛网，地上堆积着潮湿的柴火，霉味混着灰尘直往脸上钻。云若汐挣扎着爬起来，抹了把脸上的灰，眼睛扫过地上堆着的杂物。

"真没想到，堂堂云家嫡女，最后落得跟这些破柴火做伴。"她掰了掰指节，突然眼睛一亮——旁边柴堆里夹着本发黄的线装书！

"这是？"云若汐捡起来翻开，只见书页上是用褪色的墨水写着的《百草玄经》残卷。这可是云家磨了三代人，才从海外买来的秘籍，记载的可是灵草栽培和药理的精要！

"放开我！"云若汐突然怒吼，Wedging her elbow into the arm of the yamen maid beside her, the maid yelped and stumbled back. While the other maid tried to restrain her, Cloud Ruoxi seized the opportunity to break free. In one swift move, she kicked open the柴房门.

The cold wind rushed in, blowing dust around. Cloud Ruoxi didn't care. She dashed out to the garden where the 云 family's prized medicinal garden was located. The garden was lush with herbs, but as the wind rustled through the leaves, Cloud Ruoxi noticed something amiss. "This is wrong," she muttered, kneeling down to inspect a patch of what should have been thriving Lingcao.