Chapter 816: Chapter 814: Bluffing

Xingxing had a big question mark on her forehead.

How did she manage to accomplish this?

Su Jin was truly impressed by Xingxing.

The bitter trick of Princess Qi could be broken by Xingxing’s mistake.

Speaking of Princess Qi, she was truly ruthless; she was demoted from her Commandery Princess position, and to vent her daughter’s anger, she used her own body to set her up.

She had the precedent of having Princess Shouning carried back to the palace, and with Princess Qi poisoned and fainted, the blame directly pointed to her.

Who could have thought the scheme of Princess Qi would be broken by a Gu worm?

Who could have imagined Xingxing would open her mouth to ask, and Qin Hanhan would give her the protective Gu?

Gu worms can kill, and they can also save.

Although Qin Hanhan’s Heart Protection Gu given to Xingxing was also fed with poison, its main purpose was still to save.

After being poisoned, the Gu worm enters the body and stays near the heart, neutralizing the poison that flows into the heart’s blood.

This is also why the poison in Princess Qi’s body slowly dissipated.

Because the Gu worm was tirelessly detoxifying her.

Princess Qi poisoned herself to frame her.

Xingxing placed the Gu worm on her to scheme against her, but ended up detoxifying her…

Su Jin couldn’t say much.

It’s all fate.

Xingxing couldn’t bear to part with the Gu worm she somewhat disliked.

She thought it was just a Gu worm, never imagining it was the greatest treasure hidden on Miss Qin.

When Qin Hanhan was discussing the art of poison with Su Jin, Xingxing was nearby.

Qin Hanhan mentioned the Heart Protection Gu and even taught Su Jin how to extract it from the Gu worm.

Xingxing looked at Su Jin and said, “Miss Qin said other Gu worms can be raised with blood, but the Heart Protection Gu needs poison to survive. With no poison left in Princess Qi’s body, what will the Gu worm eat?”

Xingxing put the Gu worm on Princess Qi, just to let Princess Qi help her raise the Gu worm.

Now it’s fine.

Following her, the Gu worm is hungry sometimes and full at other times, but at least every now and then it can have a full meal. If it follows Princess Qi, it would starve completely.

Xingxing was worried the Gu worm might starve to death.

Su Jin was also thinking about this issue, “Maybe it will become so hungry it’ll find its own way out?”

Qin Hanhan never told her what would happen if the Gu worm emerged from the body.

Princess Qi and Madam Wen Yuan previously gave sterility medicine to her mother, Mrs. Tang, and then poisoned herself to frame her.

Although Xingxing placed the Gu worm, Su Jin really hadn’t thought about removing it from Princess Qi.

The maid witnessed the worm falling into Princess Qi’s collar. Now if she removes it, wouldn’t it be an obvious sign to Prince Qi Mansion that she’s targeting Princess Qi?

If she takes out the Heart Protection Gu, won’t Prince Qi Mansion crush it underfoot?

After all, it’s Qin Hanhan’s protective Gu worm, and dying like this to save an enemy is too disrespectful to Qin Hanhan’s effort.

Let’s wait and see. The worm won’t starve to death within three to five days.

She lifted the carriage curtain and looked at the street, bustling with people, as Su Jin decided to stroll around.

To avoid everyone gossiping about her and Princess Qi fainting due to poison.

On one hand, Su Jin was happily strolling on the street, while on the other hand, at Prince Qi Mansion, Prince Qi and Duke Chong wore unpleasant expressions.

Prince Qi suspected that Princess Qi might have changed her mind at the last minute and took the antidote herself, otherwise why did the poison resolve itself inexplicably?

Especially since Princess Qi had initially disagreed with the plan, but accepted it for the greater good and to vent for her daughter.

She took the poison, unsure of what worries led her to insist Prince Qi give her the antidote too.

Poor Princess Qi finally woke up, only to face accusations instead of concern from Prince Qi.

Princess Qi directly burst into tears.

Exiting the room, Prince Qi looked at Duke Chong and said, “A perfectly good plan, completely disrupted by her!”

“The poisoning of the Princess was never part of the plan; now the Eldest Princess has to undergo more hardship,” Duke Chong said.

The idea to poison Princess Qi was a spur-of-the-moment decision by Prince Qi.

Returning from the palace, Princess Qi was about to go to Prince Zhenbei Mansion.

Prince Qi came up with such an excellent plan, only to see it fail.

Princess Duanhui privately expanded an iron mine for him, taking on all the blame, which made Prince Qi feel guilty.

If Princess Qi shared half of it, Prince Qi wouldn’t feel as guilty.

“Forget it, when future plans succeed, I will compensate her,” Prince Qi said.

…

Although Marquis Dongxiang said he wasn’t worried about Su Jin, when the Empress Dowager summoned Su Jin into Prince Qi Mansion, Marquis Dongxiang still couldn’t help but worry.

If Marquis Dongxiang felt this way, what more with the Emperor?

Nanny Li went to Prince Zhenbei Mansion, and Eunuch Fu went after her.

After searching in vain, he hurried to Prince Qi Mansion.

Su Jin had already gone shopping.

Eunuch Fu, “….”

Exhausted from running around, he hadn’t even caught a glimpse of her.

On the way back to the palace, the sharp-eyed little eunuch saw Su Jin.

Eunuch Fu lifted the carriage curtain and saw Su Jin eating candied haw.

Eunuch Fu, “….”

“Eunuch Fu, do you want to get off the carriage?” the little eunuch eagerly asked.

“Why get off the carriage, the Emperor is still worried,” Eunuch Fu replied.

The little eunuch promptly hurried the carriage back to the palace.

The Emperor’s brow furrowed upon hearing about Princess Qi’s strange illness.

But since it wasn’t Su Jin who caused the poisoning, the Emperor was relieved.

Previously, the Empress Dowager had firmly believed that Princess Qi’s poisoning was caused by Su Jin, and became furious; now it was the Emperor’s turn.

The little eunuch conveyed the Emperor’s anger to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was also furious with Princess Qi.

Ruining rather than achieving!

Princess Qi was unable to voice her grievances, as the antidote was in powdered form, and her claim of not taking it was not believed.

After returning to the mansion from shopping, Su Jin went straight to the backyard and concocted fragrant ointment from flowers gathered from the garden.

In the evening, Su Jin emerged from the bamboo house, stretched on the corridor.

Bi Zhu ran over with a jar, asking Xingxing, “Is this enough?”

Xingxing took the jar like a treasure, glanced at it, and said, “It should be enough.”

Su Jin curiously asked, “Enough for what?”

Xingxing hid the jar behind her.

Su Jin looked towards Bi Zhu.

Bi Zhu shook her head, saying, “I don’t know either. Sister Xingxing had the maid catch many seven-star ladybugs in the garden.”

Su Jin looked at Xingxing, “What are you doing with seven-star ladybugs?”

“Raising… raising Gu,” Xingxing whispered.

Su Jin’s eyebrows furrowed, “Raising Gu with seven-star ladybugs?”

Could she be joking?

Xingxing nodded, “Miss Qin gave Young Master Su them playing with seven-star ladybug Gu. She taught you about raising Gu. I’m trying it out.”

In the shadows, the Hidden Guard trembled.

No words could describe this maid anymore.

The Heir’s wife wouldn’t let her concoct poison, and now she’s interested in raising Gu.

And she’s doing it self-taught, without a teacher.

Can’t she measure her own capacity, where does she get the confidence that everything is particularly easy and there’s nothing she can’t do?

Su Jin showed a black expression, “Miss Qin used seven-star ladybugs to amuse Yangyang and the others, and you took it seriously.”

Xingxing, “….”

Yep.

Young Master Su and the others took it seriously, too.

They raised the seven-star ladybugs very earnestly and successfully—

The seven-star ladybugs have produced a new generation.

They can scarcely tell parent from offspring.

Su Yang’s bunch are easy to fool, but Xingxing is no longer a child.

Qin Hanhan really didn’t dare to fool her, yet Gu worms were so dangerous; she didn’t dare randomly give them to Xingxing.

Su Jin could guess that Qin Hanhan was afraid Xingxing would play with Gu and hurt herself, so she gave her the harmless yet life-saving protective Gu worm.

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