Chapter 37

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

A few days later…

Yin Chujin was plucking the weeds in the courtyard when the wooden door was slammed open. She tilted her head slightly and saw a fiery red figure rushing towards her at lightning speed.

“Yin Chujin, what did you do to Yelei?”

Yin Chujin suddenly understood. It turned out that Xiao Yelei’s Gu poison had acted up after a month. However, she only tilted her head to look at Ye Xin before retracting her gaze and continuing to pluck weeds in her small herb garden. She ignored Ye Xin and let her stare at the back of her head.

“Yin Chujin, I’m asking you a question. Are you deaf or mute? Hand over the antidote!” Ye Xin was even angrier when she saw her casual attitude.

When Zhu’er heard the commotion, she came out of the house. When she saw Ye Xin’s anger, she did not dare to approach her. She could only hide behind the door and watch.

Yin Chujin pulled out all the weeds in the corner and said nonchalantly, “Is this how you ask for help? I’m sorry, but I can’t afford it here. The exit is to the left, I won’t send you off!”

Ye Xin tried her best to suppress her anger and asked in a low voice, “Yin Chujin, what do I have to do for you to hand over the antidote? Yelei is now…” Thinking of Xiao Yelei’s situation just now, Ye Xin’s voice choked up.

Yin Chujin naturally understood how terrible Xiao Yelei’s condition was. When the parasitic poison took effect, the victim’s entire body would be covered in black, hideous protrusions. The black spots would cause bone-piercing pain, and the victim’s body would alternate between hot and cold.

“Don’t worry, he won’t die yet. Even without the antidote, he can still live for ten days.” After ten days, the poisoned person’s life would end if there was no antidote after ten days of this pain. “This is just the beginning. Before you married into the Xiao Manor, I thought of getting along with him peacefully, but after you made a scene, I suddenly remembered that I haven’t taken revenge for being bullied. Let him suffer for a few days. I’ll consider giving him the antidote when I’m satisfied!”

If she did not teach Xiao Yelei a lesson, he would really think that she, Yin Chujin, was a pushover. On the day she first came to ancient times, she was pushed by him and hit the table. Her head was bleeding, her clothes were stripped, and her body was searched. In order not to be forced, she stood up and took a slap from the man in black. Her neck was pinched from time to time, and her right hand was dislocated…

If she did not take revenge, the anger in her heart would not subside.

“Yin Chujin, why are you so ruthless? Women treat their husbands as the heavens. You’re Princess Consort Xiao, but you actually poisoned Yelei. You’ve already broken the Seven Rules!”

Yin Chujin listened indifferently. If a poison researcher like her wasn’t ruthless, she would eventually suffer a backlash. There were too many examples around her in her previous life!

“Seven Rules? Then get Xiao Yelei to divorce me!” Xiao Yelei needs to have the guts to divorce her, a Princess! Previously, Ye Xin was jealous of her title as the Princess Consort and didn’t want to admit it at all. Today, in order to get the antidote from her, she actually tried to scold her about how to act like the Princess Consort. This only amused Yin Chujin.

Ye Xin gritted her teeth and resisted the urge to whip her. It was one thing whether she would be poisoned if she attacked, but she would definitely not be able to get Xiao Yelei’s antidote. Thinking of the pain he had suffered, she could endure it.

“Didn’t you like Ye Lei very much in the past? How could you bear to do this?”

Yin Chujin patted the mud off her hands and stood up. She smiled at Ye Xin. “I’m sorry, but I’ll leave him to you. I’m not interested!”

With that, she turned around and walked into the house.

“Stop right there! Yin Chujin, do you want to know about your missing maid?” Ye Xin shouted behind her when she saw that she was about to leave.

Upon hearing this, Yin Chujin stopped in her tracks. After a while, she turned around and finally looked Ye Xin in the eye.

“You know about Leng’er?”

“As long as you’re willing to hand over Yelei’s antidote!” Ye Xin bit her lower lip and requested.

“Tell me first. If I’m satisfied, I’ll hand over the antidote,” Yin Chujin said softly. Seeing that Ye Xin was about to reject her, she continued, “Don’t even think about me handing over the antidote first. It’s up to you whether you want to say it or not!”

“That day, after you entered the palace, I was practicing my whip technique in the martial arts arena. When I was tired from practicing, I walked around the residence. When I approached your Wuyuan, I heard a conversation coming from the courtyard. I held my breath and leaned closer to hear your maidservant talking to a few men. Those men asked her about finding something some master wanted. I heard her say that she had not. After that, I poked my head out slightly and saw three masked men in black. However, I accidentally made a sound. I used my lightness skill and ran quickly. Perhaps your maidservant felt that someone had sensed that she had an ulterior motive, so she did not dare to stay any longer and left without saying anything.” Ye Xin told her everything she had seen that day.