Prince! The political conspiracy is not a play, the show is real

Tao Yao seized this rare opportunity and argued with Shi Lanxin for three hundred rounds. Finally, the two of them were tired of arguing and stopped to catch their breath.

Tao Yao felt that just waiting like this was not a solution, so he began to crawl on the ground, rummaging here and there, trying to find something that could be useful.

Shi Lanxin glanced at her and said disdainfully: "Hey! What are you doing?"

Tao Yao was too lazy to care about her, so she brought up what she had just said, imitating her tone: "You wouldn't understand even if I told you. A spoiled young lady like you, who has never touched a spring day or known the difference between grains, naturally doesn't know how to do everything possible to save yourself in such a critical moment! I'm different. I was neglected by my father and mother since I was a child, and I have trained myself to survive all my life. I don't need to rely on others, I don't need to expect others to save me. Even if the sky falls, I'm not afraid."

Shi Lanxin was choked by Tao Yao's strange ridicule and was speechless. She snorted coldly, "It's a waste of energy to work for nothing. It's better to stay at home and recuperate. When you die, you can die gracefully."

Tao Yao spent a lot of effort and turned over almost all the grass and bushes around him. Apart from picking up a few straight and sharp tree branches that could be used as weapons for self-defense and a few non-toxic fruits to satisfy his hunger, he found nothing else.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew, blowing thousands of tie-dyed long cloths on the clothes drying yard in front towards this side. In addition to the fishy smell of the soil, Tao Yao seemed to smell a special fragrance.

Having spent years immersed in studying the scents of various flowers, Taoyao's sense of smell had been honed to be as sharp as a dog's. The scent that wafted on the wind at that moment was clearly the fragrance of oleander flowers.

Oleander is a flower that blooms in midsummer. Tao Yao was wondering how the fragrance of oleander could be found in such a cold season when her eyes gradually fixed on several wooden barrels placed in the corner at the end of the clothes drying yard.

Tao Yao had a flash of inspiration and quickly pulled off the silk ribbon tied around her waist. She swung her long arms and used force in her hands to throw the long ribbon towards the wooden barrels.

As soon as the end of the ribbon touched one of the barrels, it quickly wrapped around the handle of the barrel several times, like a hand firmly grasping the barrel.

Then, Tao Yao wrapped the other end of the ribbon around her arm tightly and carefully pulled the barrel back little by little.

Hard work pays off. When Tao Yao saw the crimson dye in the wooden barrel, she was almost moved to tears.

"It is indeed oleander." Tao Yao gently dipped some dye with her fingertips and sniffed it.

Tao Yao fished out the small porcelain bottle she had taken from Chu Huanjun's carriage from a hidden pocket inside her clothes. She had already used up most of the knockout drug, so now she could use it to fill the oleander dye.

Tao Yao placed the small porcelain bottle into the wooden barrel and filled it up. Then, turning around, he looked Shi Lanxin over and asked, "Do you have any container that can hold the dye?"

Shi Lanxin had no idea what Tao Yao was up to, and angrily scolded her, "Why are you pretending to be like that? You're not thinking of escaping with this, are you? What a tall tale."

"Stop talking nonsense! I just want to save you out of kindness. If you don't believe me, forget it. I'll run away by myself and you'll just fend for yourself here." Tao Yao said.

Tao Yao knew that to deal with someone like Shi Lanxin, one had to use provocation. Sure enough, upon hearing this, Shi Lanxin immediately dropped all the delicate little ornaments hanging from her waist.

Tao Yao crawled over and pocketed all the little gadgets that Shi Lanxin had shaken off. After a careful look, they were nothing more than boxes and jars used by girls to store rouge, powder, nail polish, and hair oil. Although each one was very small and could not hold much dye, there were so many of them that filling them all up would be enough.

As Tao Yao poured the dye into the delicate little boxes and jars, she sighed, "People are so different. I've never seen these exquisite little treasures hanging on you before."

Shi Lanxin said smugly, "Ahem, these are just ordinary little gadgets. I'm tired of them. I'll ask Dad to find some skilled craftsmen to make me some new styles—oh yes, they have to be made according to the standards used by the concubines and princesses in the palace!"

While Lan Xin was still immersed in a beautiful bubble of fantasy, boasting about how wonderful the accessories and clothes she would make, Tao Yao had already filled all the dyeing paste and returned the wooden barrel to its original place with silk ribbons.

Tao Yao slowly crawled back to the banyan tree, grabbed a piece of dogtail grass, dipped it in dye and applied it on her nails.

Shi Lan opened her mouth in shock. "Shi Taoyao, are you kidding me? You've been busy for so long, just to paint your nails?"

Tao Yao was concentrating on painting her nails. She curled her lips and said vaguely, "Oh, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. A spoiled young lady like you can't even tell the difference between grains..."

Shi Lanxin was a little anxious and said hurriedly: "I don't care. If you really have a way, then you can't abandon me."

The next moment, Tao Yao picked up a sharp-edged stone from the ground and scraped it quickly on the hemp rope tied to Shi Lanxin. After a few rustlings, he freed Shi Lanxin's hands from the hemp rope.

Shi Lanxin's eyes suddenly widened like two big walnuts: "Didn't you say you couldn't untie me?"

"Stop talking nonsense and give me your hand."

Tao Yao extended her hand towards Shi Lanxin.

"What are you standing there for? Didn't you tell me not to abandon you?"

Only then did Shi Lanxin hesitantly hand over her hand to Tao Yao.

Tao Yao picked up some dogtail grass, dipped it in oleander dye, and painted it on Shi Lanxin's nails.

"You don't know, this is a dye made from oleander, which is highly poisonous. If you accidentally eat it, you will go to hell." Tao Yao explained while painting Shi Lanxin's nails.

Shi Lanxin tilted her head and looked at her nails that were gradually turning pink. She frowned and said, "Then what's the point of applying it on your nails? Are you trying to poison yourself?"

Tao Yao rolled her eyes at her and said, "We are unarmed and have little chance of winning against those guys in Qinglongwu who are armed with knives and guns. We can only focus on these details.

It is common for us girls to love beauty and do our nails, so it is not easy to arouse the enemy's suspicion by painting our nails with these poisonous juices.

Not only the nails, but also the gaps between the nails and fingers must be filled with poison. When the enemy approaches us, once the opportunity is right, we can use these poison-tempered nails to scratch them and pierce their flesh...

Once the oleander poison enters the blood, within half an incense stick of time, the poison will take effect, and the poisoned person will become dizzy, nauseous, and lose consciousness..."

Shi Lanxin listened to Tao Yao's words with a mixture of belief and doubt: "Shi Tao Yao, is what you said true? How did you know so much? Are you kidding me?"