52 Strings To A Puppet 2 (2/2)
ChunHua panicked before she quickly adjusted her tone of voice and implored, ”I can get the information you want. I can be your spy-”
Another slight tug of the thread and two new drops of red added to her blanket quickly shut ChunHua up. The second miss stayed quiet; her heart filled with unease as she waited for Hongyue to speak. Hongyue finally spoke, her voice piercing the air like blades.
”Be a spy? Do you think you'll be useful? I think you're mistaken. You're already my puppet,” Hongyue paused before continued, ”However, if the puppet is disobedient or too noisy, I'll send it to be with your fourth aunt.”
Hearing Hongyue's threat, ChunHua quickly nodded. Seeing ChunHua agree, Hongyue sat down lazily on a chair near the bedside. She waved her hand dismissively as she crossed her legs.
”Dismiss your servants,” She ordered.
ChunHua swallowed hard before she called for them to leave. There were only two female servants in the back room grinding medicine, so it wasn't long before the only ones in the place were just Hongyue and ChunHua.
ChunHua glimpsed up, ”W-what are eldest sister's orders?”
However, Hongyue ignored ChunHua, she got up and walked over to the bowl of medicine the female servants had made. A faint aroma invaded her nose, provoking her instincts. ChunHua, seeing Hongyue seemingly interested in the medicine quickly introduced it.
”Eldest sister, this is Chilled Breath. It's a tonic made from a special herb grown high in the mountains. If the mind or body is overworked, this tonic can calm you down. Mother brought it over,” ChunHua explained thoroughly.
Hongyue stared at the medicine. It had a similar scent to the one she detected on the second concubine's body. She dipped her finger in the green tonic and rubbed it between her fingers. Suddenly Hongyue's pupils constricted, her left eye glowed a strange aqua blue.
ChunHua was startled upon seeing Hongyue's eye alteration and promptly offered, ”Sister, this is a high-level medication. Do you want it?”
Hongyue inclined her head.
Ha. Who knew tonight's trip was worth it. She looked back at the bowl. Inside the bowl, the tonic smelled like bitter; however, once it encountered her fingertip where the wound was, the whole fragrance changed.
No. Not just the aroma, the entire property as well. The color was slowly turning pitch black.The new scent was accurately like the smell of the Bone-Eroding poison she ate. Within her body, she had allowed the poison to flowed freely to study any strange effects. Since the change transpired because the tonic touched her blood, this meant the tonic reacted with the poison. Hongyue narrowed her eyes; the drug she was looking for was this tonic. Since this drug came from the second concubine—
This second madam needs to be looked at a little more deeply, doesn't she?