Chapter 31: Coercion and Bribery

  Flowers in the rain, a thought flashed by. If Hua Ruoyun hadn't said she was going to recite poetry on the left wing, she wouldn't have come out from there. If she hadn't told her to go to the northern pavilion, she might have gone there instead. It was precisely because of avoiding Hua Ruoyun that she took a detour and ended up leading herself to Li Sutong and Du Yuanzhen, who were also on the right wing.

  She was secretly shocked, who was calculating her, and could actually grasp her character so accurately?

  She cast her gaze at Li Sutong again, the blood in his eyes had subsided, but he was still flushed and panting heavily, it was clear that her golden needle could only block the blood gas rushing up to his Sea of Qi, but couldn't seal off the chaotic flow of qi in his brain meridians.

  It seems that he suddenly went berserk at the sight of blood, and it's probably not due to his so-called foolishness. Thinking of Princess Chang's desolate eyes, and the person behind her who wanted to use the already pitiful Li Si Tong to get rid of her, she couldn't help but feel a surge of anger. Immediately, she took Li Si Tong's pulse, closed her eyes, concentrated her mind, and after just a moment, a cold smile spread across her mouth. As expected, someone had poisoned him before, and the person who could secretly hide a deadly weapon in his sleeve and poison him was already obvious.

  Furthermore, this Prince Anping is not truly an idiot, but has been secretly manipulated by someone! Fortunately, he met her this time, otherwise, in a few days, he would have become a madman much more severe than an idiot!

  She quietly reached out and touched the back of Li Si's neck, feeling the jade pillar hole, it was fine, the golden needle was still there, and the symptoms could be temporarily suppressed.

  "You think a casual injection can cure people? I'm afraid you're oversimplifying things." Fang Qiansong seemed to have seen through her thoughts, saying calmly.

  This man's eyes are indeed venomous. Hua Zhe Yu turned her head to look at him, with a face full of disdain, "What do you know, you foolish boy?"

  Fang Xian was at a loss for words, how did he become a confused and ignorant young man again?

  However, he didn't get angry and just smiled: "I don't understand what's going on, but I know that his dantian has a faintly discernible extreme yin energy, while his shenting acupoint has a faintly discernible extreme yang energy. These two energies usually coexist peacefully, but they hinder the normal development of his brain. Moreover, as he grows older, these two energies will occasionally clash and eventually lead to his madness and death. And this time's episode seems like someone has interfered, don't think that a single golden needle can stop his condition from worsening."

  Hua Zhe Yu struggled to get up, supporting his waist with one hand and standing on shaky legs. He let out a deep sigh and said, "Although you seem to understand a lot, I still have to say that ignorance is truly terrifying. I don't want to talk to you anymore, I'm leaving."

  As the embroidered plum blossom door curtain with snowflakes on its left side walked away, Fang Ling smiled and said nothing to reveal it, "It seems you already know who's been plotting against you, good."

  He didn't know what was good about it, and afterwards he didn't say much more, simply lowering his eyelids to drink tea.

  She was too lazy to care about the rain, until she walked up to the door curtain and lifted it, only to be stunned - where was the door? It was just a decorative object. She stood there for a moment, then looked at another identical door curtain on the other side, wondering if the door was actually over there?

  "Oh, I forgot to tell you, this circular hut is uniquely designed, it's a closed system. If you want to leave, you'll have to climb out the window and jump into the water, then swim back to where you fell in. I'm sure many people will come to pull you out soon." Fang Xiangxiang suddenly remembered something, slowly raised her eyes, looked at her, and spoke with an unknown amount of sincerity.

  Why didn't you say so earlier?

  The rain was pouring down, and she felt the air in her lungs increasing rapidly. No way, she couldn't let herself appear like a low-class person in front of him, or else she would lose face. She took another deep breath and walked straight towards the window, but that damned voice came from behind her again.

  "I wonder what it would be like if a girl stood in front of everyone with her clothes tightly clinging to her wet body, this really piques my curiosity."

  Her fists clenched suddenly, and for a long time she stood there before straightening her back and turning to walk towards him. She stopped in front of him and said coldly, "What do you want?"

  "I don't want to." Fang Yisheng took out two papers from behind his back, tapped on them slowly and said: "If you sign these two contracts, perhaps your situation won't be so embarrassing."

  "Hmph, after all the fuss, it turns out you still want to sign a contract with me." Hua Zhe Yu finally found some sense of accomplishment and began to soften up, smiling brightly: "But don't worry, I said I won't sign and I won't. Rather than standing in front of you, I'd rather jump into the water again."

  "You're determined to do this, and I have no choice. However, there are three things you need to pay attention to: Firstly, I think it's better for you to stay here rather than going out in public like that, because even if you stood naked in front of me, I wouldn't see you as a woman. Secondly, the people outside think it was Sitong who killed Du Yuanzhen and you, and the person behind the scenes is gloating over their successful scheme. If you go out now, I'm sure they'll have an even more sinister plan to keep you trapped in this area. Moreover, with Sitong in his current state, he'll have many ways to frame you. Thirdly, whether or not to remove the needle from Sitong's neck is a dilemma - if you take it out, his illness will flare up immediately; if you don't, you'll be exposing your abilities and affecting others' interests, and you won't be able to live in peace for a single day afterwards."

  He suddenly stood up at this point, with a elegant and leisurely posture, "My words are finished, Miss Qi is satisfied, right?"

  She stared at him with tears in her eyes, what made him think that even if she didn't wear it he wouldn't take her as a woman? Did he despise her?

  However, she was not an impulsive person, and his words were also quite reasonable. No matter how unwilling she was, she couldn't take her own life lightly.

  She nodded and sat down, saying: "It seems that these few points can be solved with the help of Master Fang. Since it's such a simple matter, why should I go out of my way to look for trouble? Let's sign the contract."

  This girl is indeed cunning, with just one sentence, she made him take on all the troubles, what a troublesome spirit.