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Although they held the title of "Little Flower Queen," it was confined to the Jade Pavilion and was vastly different from that of a true Flower Queen. How did Ningbi manage to sense that something big was about to happen to Sister Yunqiu? The only explanation is that they were secretly communicating.

In addition, Leng Yi liked to go out alone, without even her personal maid, which made Nong Yue even more convinced that Leng Yi was plotting something when she went out.

At the same time, Nongyue felt a sense of sudden enlightenment. Couldn't she also make a deal with the courtesan? With the courtesan's help, perhaps her current predicament could be resolved.

Xia Hua immediately made up her mind. She was never an indecisive person. Contrary to her gentle and smiling appearance, she had the ambition of an eagle soaring through the skies.

Yunqiu might have been in cahoots with Ningbi, Nuandong is naturally indifferent, and Qingchun has an eccentric personality; neither of them are good candidates for help. That leaves only Liuxia. Nongyue immediately found Liuxia and confided her thoughts to her.

As it turned out, she made the right decision, and Ryuka was very happy to help her, both openly and secretly.

"Sister Liuxia, it's just as you thought!" Nongyue said, suppressing her excitement. Liuxia told her about what Yunqiu and Ningbi might be secretly planning. She was skeptical, which led to her probing Lengyi just now, and the result confirmed her and Liuxia's guesses.

This is wonderful...

Liu Xia trembled slightly with excitement. She had grasped Ning Bi's weakness, which meant she had the power to control Ning Bi. She had never experienced this kind of insidious and domineering power before, but she couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

"Tell me the details." Liu Xia smiled, her slightly slender phoenix eyes looking at Nong Yue with a gentle and harmless expression.

Nongyue recounted the entire conversation to Liuxia, but after excitedly finishing, her expression suddenly changed. She seemed to have realized something and urgently said, "Since the herbal medicine shop doesn't have poison, Ningbi's lie should have been exposed long ago. Why..."

Nongyue was puzzled, but Liuxia said lightly, "The herbal medicine shop has poison. I was lying to you when I said there was no poison."

"Why?" Nongyue was bewildered.

Liu Xia said softly, "How would young girls like you know if the herbal medicine shop has any poison? I just wanted you to trick Ningbi. Since she was fooled by this lie, doesn't that prove that her poison came from somewhere else?"

Nongyue suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's how it is. Sister Liuxia, you really fooled even me."

“I’ve lied to you a lot,” Liu Xia said. As soon as she said this, Nong Yue’s face turned ashen. Liu Xia couldn’t help but smile mockingly. “But I won’t lie to you about helping you pass the big exam.”

Nongyue was only ten years old after all, and she felt embarrassed after being teased by Liuxia like this. She quickly said coquettishly, "Sister Liuxia, you're teasing me!"

"It's more fun to tease a little devil!" Liu Xia found it even more amusing to see how thin-skinned Nong Yue was. Not only did she not hold back, she pinched Nong Yue's little face even more, squeezing her cheeks into two round dumplings.

"Now that's more like a little girl," Liu Xia suddenly remarked, her gaze towards Nong Yue becoming long and deep, as if trying to see through her. Liu Xia said softly, "When I was your age, I was carefree, but you were already thinking about harming people. Really—"

Nongyue felt a sting: "I didn't really mean to hurt anyone!"

“Yes, I know,” Liu continued to pinch her cheek, saying meaningfully, “You don’t need to be too anxious right now. I have a feeling that something big will happen before your big exam.”

“Ningbi said the same thing.” Nongyue said, confused. She couldn’t understand anything from Ningbi’s words alone, but she became alert when Liuxia said the same thing.

What could be the big deal? Nongyue was completely bewildered, but to her surprise, the mystery was solved two days later.

Yunqiu is pregnant with the child of the second son of the Duke's mansion.