The eldest daughter's scheming, the crown prince's exclusive favor to the venomous concubi

puff!

Roasted chestnuts sprayed all over the bed. Jian Yue covered her dry mouth and looked at Chu Tianyi. The seriousness on his face made it impossible for her not to laugh.

Upon seeing this, Chu Tian immediately stood up and looked at Jian Yue with concern, asking, "What's wrong? Are you alright? Where does it hurt?"

Faced with Chu Tianyi's earnestness, Jian Yue felt that she had committed a heinous crime.

"Sorry, it's too dry."

Jian Yue suppressed a laugh, waved her hand to indicate that she was fine, and then Chu Tianyi handed her a glass of water, saying, "Drink some water, why didn't you say so if you drank it all?"

Jian Yue drank some water and felt much better. She then smiled and said, "It was too sweet. I forgot to mention it."

Bang.

The door was kicked open, and Jian Yue looked over in a daze, only to see He Xinle pouting and staring at her with unfriendly eyes, saying, "Hmph, adulterous couple."

Jian Yue: ...

Chu Tian frowned and said unhappily, "Say it again."

He Xinle's eyes immediately reddened, and he shouted, "Isn't that right? A man and a woman alone in a room, and they're even engaged! Little Yi, how could you treat her like this?"

She felt wronged, wondering why, after chasing after him for years, he still didn't like her. She was quite pretty, wasn't she?

Unable to figure it out, He Xinle looked at Jian Yue and stared at her for a long time. Jian Yue felt that her face was about to be pierced no matter how big she was. She broke the silence and said, "Princess, you have misunderstood."

Upon hearing this, He Xinle glared and said fiercely, "Shut up! You still dare to talk? Didn't you say you were going to help me? How come you're lying in Xiao Yi's bed now?"

"I……"

"What? Feeling guilty? Let me tell you, Xiao Yi is mine. Even if he doesn't like me now, it doesn't mean he won't like me in the future. I will definitely make him like me."

"that……"

"What do you mean by 'this' and 'that'? Get off Xiao Yi's bed right now. Don't wait for me to come over and pull you off. If we do that, neither of us will save face, and Xiao Yi won't like me doing that either."

Jian Yue sighed, thinking to herself, "Girl, you spoke too fast! You didn't even let me finish!"

While He Xinle continued rambling on, Chu Tianyi couldn't hold back any longer. He frowned and growled at He Xinle, "Shut up."

He Xinle: ...

The world finally quieted down. Jian Yue coughed lightly and smiled under He Xinle's piercing gaze, saying, "Princess, actually, I fully support you in pursuing your own happiness now, so we're really not enemies."

He Xinle raised his eyes, full of doubt: "Really? How are you going to prove yourself?"

Jian Yue: ...decisive

So this is actually just giving yourself a way out!

Looking at He Xinle's arrogant appearance, Jian Yue smacked her lips, wondering if she should ask her mother to find a second spring and give her a little sister or something.

"Well, we need to think this through carefully, don't we? Look at me now, I'm having a hard time even getting things done, and I don't even know how many people are still trying to kill me. You have to let me lay low for a while and recover from my injuries before we discuss these things!"

Upon hearing this, He Xinle was stunned: "What did you say? You're injured? Someone wants to kill you? Who is it? This princess will go and wipe him out."

With that, He Xinle slammed the door shut and ran straight to Jian Yue's side. Without even looking at Chu Tianyi's twisted face, she leaned close to Jian Yue and looked her over from left to right. If Chu Tianyi hadn't been watching her like a hawk, she definitely would have made a move.

Jian Yue quickly said, "It's nothing, it's just that my whole body aches, and I'm in so much pain that I can't move."

Upon hearing this, He Xinle sniffed Jian Yue's neck and then said, "Soul-devouring powder? Miss, it's a miracle you're still alive!"

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue's eyes flashed, and she looked at He Xinle, asking, "Soul-Devouring Powder?"

"Yes, Soul-Eating Powder. This stuff is deadly, and the antidote is extremely rare. Once someone is poisoned by Soul-Eating Powder, they will suffer excruciating pain for three days and three nights, and then their body will rot and they will die. This stuff not only damages the body, but also the soul. You have to endure the excruciating pain and watch your body rot into a pile of flesh before you can die. Just thinking about it is terrifying."

After listening, Jian Yue looked at Chu Tianyi, who nodded and reassured her, "Don't worry, I've given you the antidote, you're fine now."

Jian Yue frowned: "Do you have the antidote?"

Chu Tian nodded: "The pharmaceutical charlatan once bothered the royal palace in the Northwest, and thus obtained a lot of Soul-Devouring Powder and antidote from the palace."

Upon hearing this, He Xinle chuckled and explained, "Of course I'll give more. That wandering man is my cousin, and I grew up eating this Soul-Devouring Powder."

"Grown up on food?"

Jian Yue was bewildered. "How did you manage to survive until now, girl?"

He Xinle noticed the question in Jian Yue's eyes and said smugly, "This princess is naturally gifted and immune to all poisons."

"sharp."

Jian Yue clicked her tongue in amazement, expressing her sincere admiration.

Chu Tianyi scoffed, "Don't listen to her boasting. She just stumbled into a rogue's medicine shop when she was a child, accidentally ingested countless poisons, and finally had to fight poison with poison, so she took Soul-Devouring Powder."

"Fight fire with fire?"

"That's right. Although Soul-Devouring Powder is a high-grade poison, it also has the function of detoxification. If someone is saved after being poisoned by Soul-Devouring Powder, a portion of the drug's properties will remain in their body. After that, ordinary poisons will not have any effect on the body, and the next time they are poisoned by Soul-Devouring Powder, their drug resistance will also increase."

Jian Yue was somewhat shocked and couldn't help but ask, "According to this, isn't the person who made the poison creating an antidote that can cure all poisons?"

"You can say that."

"But why would it be made into poison? That's just too unbelievable."

Jian Yue felt that her knowledge from both her past lives was falling behind. Was the person who made this medicine some kind of weirdo? Did they want to see people suffer unbearably but didn't want to kill or harm them, so they made this strange medicine?

After Jian Yue finished asking, He Xinle immediately pouted and said, "How could my uncle possibly harm anyone? He just took in a heartless apprentice, stole his prescription, and secretly added other things to the medicine he made. That's how Soul-Devouring Powder came into being."

My uncle felt it would be a waste to destroy this thing so easily once it was made, so he kept it. Little did he know that the Soul-Devouring Powder would unleash a bloodbath throughout the martial world.

As he spoke, He Xinle raised his head proudly and said, "Luckily, that old hag tested the medicine herself and ate too much poison. She didn't have time to save herself and just kicked the bucket. Otherwise, there would definitely be a lot more Soul-Devouring Powder than there is now."

Old woman?

Jian Yue frowned: "How old is your cousin?"

Chu Tianyi explained, "The hermit was ninety-eight years old and passed away last year. The Soul-Devouring Powder was something he made in his youth, but it was stolen by villains who even tore up the original prescription, so the Soul-Devouring Powder eventually changed its appearance."

Those poisoned by the Soul-Eating Powder suffered terribly, and some even sought treatment in the Great Northwest. However, the City of the Uncrowned did not receive outsiders, so more and more people died outside the City of the Uncrowned.

Overwhelmed with remorse, the hermit went by the pseudonym "Nameless Hermit" and came to the royal palace in the Northwest. He gathered the people there and treated them. Later, he developed an antidote. As a token of gratitude, he left many antidotes in the palace, along with a small number of Soul-Devouring Powder as samples.

At this point, he looked at Jian Yue and said, "You will be in pain for three more days. During these three days, you cannot go out. I will stay by your side the whole time."

Upon hearing this, He Xinle immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "No, it's not appropriate for a man and a woman to be alone together. I'll stay here, Miss. You go order some food, Brother Xiao Yi. I'm hungry."

Chu Tianyi looked at Jian Yue, who smiled and nodded, saying, "I'm hungry too. As long as the princess is here, that's fine."

Chu Tian glanced at the smug He Xinle, his brows furrowing. Still feeling uneasy, he looked at Jian Yue and said, "How about..."

"Oh dear, the young lady says she's hungry. How can you be so heartless? Hurry up."

He Xinle squeezed next to Jian Yue and plopped down next to Chu Tianyi. Chu Tianyi immediately stood up, frowned, and took several steps back.

He Xinle's eyes dimmed slightly, but he forced himself to remain calm and shouted at Chu Tian, ​​"Why aren't you going yet? Miss is starving!"

Chu Tian glanced at Jian Yue, and Jian Yue nodded again before he said, "I'll be back soon."

As soon as Chu Tian left, He Xinle's feigned strength crumbled, her eyes instantly turning red like a rabbit's, and she looked at Jian Yue with a pitiful expression: "Miss..."

Jian Yue smiled helplessly, barely managed to move her hand, and sighed as she took her hand, "Take it slow! You know, he can't do anything about it right now."

He Xinle immediately sobbed and said, "I know, but I just don't understand why he can touch this young lady? Young lady, tell me, do you have some kind of trick?"

Jian Yue was both amused and exasperated, saying, "What secret could I possibly have? I didn't even know you two before. It was you two chasing each other that day, and I accidentally got caught up in it."

As she spoke, Jian Yue looked at He Xinle. When she first met her, the little girl's face wasn't too round, but it was still chubby and cute. However, after not seeing her for a few days, her chin had become so sharp it could kill someone.

With a sigh, Jian Yue said, "Haste makes waste. As long as you persevere and relentlessly pursue him, making him feel your sincerity, you will definitely succeed."

He Xinle wiped away her tears, looked at Jian Yue hesitantly, and asked, "Really?"

Jian Yue nodded and smiled, "It's definitely possible, but you have to be careful with your approach. Don't let people think you're cheap. Girls should have some self-respect. You can't just throw yourself at someone without thinking, or it will backfire."

He Xinle nodded, rubbed his face and said worriedly, "Yes, I can't give up. If I give up, I'll have nothing left. Xiao Yi is mine. I want to marry him. I must marry him."

"By the way, miss, look at my face. Isn't it ugly? I haven't been eating or sleeping well these past few days, so I must have become ugly. I can't keep being so down. I have to take good care of my face. I'm pretty, and Brother Xiao Yi will definitely like me."