"...No," Jinying said with a struggling expression.

If possible, she didn't want to hurt Nian Tu, but she wanted to live.

"If we can't get any useful information, we won't be able to get the antidote." She tightly grasped Yu Rui's arm. Although her voice was weak, her tone was very excited. "Once Yan Yue has an attack, we will all die miserably!!"

Prince Bao used no gentle means to control his subordinates. If they had relatives, he would threaten them with their relatives, and if they had no relatives like them, he would use poison to control them.

From the day they were chosen to begin training and cultivation, they were all fed a strange poison called Yan Yue. They were required to take the antidote at least once every three months. Otherwise, they would feel as if they were burned by flames, their qi and blood would be disordered, and they would slowly die in endless pain.

"We have no choice," Jin Ying slowly hugged Yu Rui, her voice trembling, "I want to live, and I don't want you to die."

They had seen with their own eyes the tragic deaths of people who had died from the poison. Prince Bao had the intention of gathering his men together to let them watch the fate of the traitors.

For them, the best outcome is to commit suicide before the poison takes effect. Once the poison takes effect, life will be worse than death.

Yu Rui was silent for a long time, then sat up and said, "I understand."

In fact, she was tired of being manipulated like this and thought that there would be nothing wrong with dying.

Since she was chosen at a young age, she has been trained as a useful tool, only able to obey orders and spend every day in a daze.

Until today, this was the first time she felt that she was treated as a human being.

Someone showed her kindness and was willing to give her freedom without asking for anything in return.

After experiencing what it's like to be a human being, she is forced to step on Nian Tu's bones and become a slave to the evil people again. In another sense, this is a life worse than death.

She was tired and wanted to break out of this cage, even at the cost of her life.

But she didn't want to implicate Jinying either.

The two of them were once sisters, and now they are on the same mission. If she betrays Prince Bao, Jinying will not escape death either.

For Jinying's sake, she could only continue to endure and obey Prince Bao's orders.

"But... you've also seen that Nian Tu and Zong Shouyuan have a very good relationship," she sighed in annoyance, "Do we really have to seduce him?"

Not to mention whether she could succeed, she found it hard to imagine how Nian Tu would look at her after she did such a shameless thing.

Will she regret being so nice to these two ungrateful people?

The Orioles were equally depressed.

"Let's try it first..." she said hesitantly.

It's not necessary to succeed in seducing her, but the identity of a concubine makes it easier to obtain secrets. If seduction fails, it will be fine to get some other information to complete the task.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside, gradually approaching.

The two men had excellent hearing, so when they heard the noise they stopped talking and shut their mouths.

After knocking on the door three times, Aaron asked politely, "Would it be convenient for me to come in for a moment?"

Hearing the sound, Jinying went to open the door and saw Aaron standing outside, holding two thick quilts. He smiled at them in a friendly manner and said, "This is what Madam ordered. The weather is getting colder and it's cold at night. Cover yourself with thicker blankets so you won't catch a cold easily."

As he spoke, Aaron considerately helped by making the two beds' bedding.

After doing all this, he did not stay for long, but just gave one more reminder before leaving, "Madam knows that you are new to the mansion and are unfamiliar with the place, so if you have any problems, don't be afraid of trouble and go directly to her."

"..."

Jinying and Yurui were speechless and stood there in a daze.

It has always been the master who assigns them troublesome matters. When will it be their turn to trouble the master?

They already felt it was great to be able to sleep in such a big room with two people. Nian Tu was even concerned that they might be cold, so he asked someone to bring them thick bedding.

How can human kindness be so rampant?

When she finds out that they are spies, she will definitely be very sad...

The more the two little girls thought about it, the more uneasy they became. They felt extremely uncomfortable and depressed, like two wilted grasses.

They didn't have any psychological burden when it came to those men who treated them badly and treated them as playthings. But it was the first time they had met someone as innocent and gentle as Nian Tu, and they didn't know how to deal with her.

Aaron left the servants' quarters in the greenhouse, walked briskly across the entire Duke's Mansion, and returned to his master to report.

"The bedding has been delivered, Jinying and Yurui have also settled down. They didn't say anything else," he reported to Nian Tu first, and then secretly gave Zong Shouyuan a look.

Such a trivial matter as delivering bedding to two maids was not worth Aaron's personal trip.

But since those two maids were sent by the Nian family, they might have some relationship with Prince Bao. He received a secret order from his master and took the opportunity of delivering bedding to investigate.

The two were very vigilant and didn't let him catch anything. But that didn't mean they were innocent.

The Anbu are already investigating. Before getting solid evidence, it's difficult to deal with them.

Even if he got the evidence, Zong Shouyuan was still confused about how to deal with it.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Nian Tu.

Niannian seems to be very concerned about the two little girls...

If they were locked up and interrogated, or killed, and asked about it year after year, what would he say? Lie or confess?

Having just finished his second lunch, Nian Tu was peeling an orange as a after-meal fruit.

She didn't want to stain her fingers yellow, so she carefully pad them with a handkerchief and peeled them off bit by bit.

The tearing of the orange peel splashes out juice and fragrance, and the sound is also very relaxing. The woman's fingertips are slender and white, and every move is particularly pleasing to the eye.

Zong Shouyuan's eyes fell on it, and he was stunned as he stared at it. He couldn't help but keep staring at it. Aaron coughed several times to remind him, but failed to call his soul back.

It wasn't until a cold and soft object suddenly touched his lips, startling him, that he suddenly came back to his senses.

Freshly peeled orange segments...

I feed him every year...

General Zong's face suddenly turned red with shame.

Although he was shy, he was reluctant to refuse this benefit that was offered to him, so he opened his mouth and took the orange peel, but accidentally touched Nian Tu's fingertips, and his whole body suddenly felt hotter.

"Is it sweet?" Nian Tu asked.

She had become accustomed to Gray Wolf's innocent look of blushing all the time, so she pretended not to see it and did not tease him to avoid making him even more embarrassed.

Zong Shouyuan was speechless and could only nod stupidly.

Looking at him like this, Nian Tu really found it hard to reconcile him with the image of a defiant person that he had today in the Nian family.

She secretly suppressed her laughter, broke off an orange segment and stuffed it into her mouth.

As soon as he chewed it, the smile froze on his face.

"...Didn't you say it was sweet?" She took a deep breath and smiled dangerously, "You lied to me??"

She had never tasted such a sour orange! Never!

Aaron opened his eyes wide, then quickly closed them, unable to bear to watch any further.

Oops!

Master!!! Danger!!!

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