Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Su Ruoxi lived in comfort in the Prince’s mansion for the past few days. Su Ruoqi and Su Ruolin were probably worried that she might run away. Hence, they tried to win her over by showering her with clothes and jewelry…
The wedding of the dimwitted Crown Prince and Su Ruolin was to be held three days later. The two sisters kept trying to come up with reasons to bring Baby out to play but Baby rejected them mercilessly every time…
Su Ruoxi knew that they were worried that Baby might interfere with their plan. They intended to make her take Su Ruolin’s place to marry the Crown Prince three days from now. She was secretly pleased to see her baby rejecting them. Their jaws dropped when Baby claimed that they were too ugly so she did not want to play with them…
The night was still. There was no wind and the moon was hidden.
Su Ruoxi brought Baby to the entrance of the Shen Garden. She glanced at Su Ruoqing’s room door and released a puff of scented air with the tip of her fingers. With that magic touch, she managed to spy into the room. Su Ruoqing was sleeping soundly. Then, she walked toward Shen Fei’s room, knocked lightly on the door twice, and entered…
“Who is that?” The granny handmaiden heard the knocks and was just about to walk over. She was taken aback when she saw the duo, dressed in red, standing in front of her. “Who are you?” she asked in shock.
“Su Ruoxi!”
“Are you Xi-er? You are really the Third Miss, Xi-er…” The granny handmaiden said excitedly as she took a closer look at Su Ruoxi’s beautiful face. Indeed, she bore a close resemblance to Su Zhe.
Su Ruoxi nodded her head lightly and followed the granny handmaiden into the room. There was an old lady with a head of white hair lying on the bed…
Su Ruoxi recalled the glow on Lin Yue’s face. Shen Fei was about the same age as Lin Yue. Moreover, the people in this world were able to cultivate. As long as one continued cultivating, their looks would stop aging once they reached a certain level…
Even if one did not manage to cultivate to that level, those who cultivated tend to age at an extremely slow pace. This was why Su Yunqi only looked slightly more than forty years old when he was actually more than a hundred years old…
Both Lin Yue and Shen Fei were not yet a hundred years old. Yet, Lin Yue only looked slightly more than thirty years old. On the other hand, Shen Fei looked close to her age—an aged lady past her prime…
“How long has she looked like this?” Su Ruoxi asked the granny handmaiden.
“Ever since Madam married into the Prince’s mansion, she hasn’t been well. We thought it was just the flu initially and she became better after taking some elixirs we brought from home. However, after she gave birth to Young Master and Miss, Madam’s health deteriorated and she never recovered. It became so bad that she wasn’t even able to cultivate eventually. It has been fifty years since…” The granny handmaiden said as she glanced at the sleeping Shen Fei.
When Su Ruoxi first set eyes on Shen Fei and her granny handmaiden, she could tell immediately that both of them had been taking in poison that was slow to take effect. This must have gone on for a few years but she had not expected it to be going on for such a long time…
“Mother, the poison in Grandmother’s body…” Baby frowned as she looked at Shen Fei lying on the bed.
If she was not wrong, one of the poison had been refined by her! Why was Grandmother poisoned by something refined by her?
“Yes, I know! It’s okay, Grandmother will be fine!” Su Ruoxi smiled as she said to her daughter.
Since she was young, Baby had stayed by Su Ruoxi’s side. She had picked up marvelous medical skills and poisoning skills from her mother. It was clear though that the little rascal preferred poisoning skills over medical skills…
Su Ruoxi was not a kind person by nature and she felt it was not a good thing if Baby was too kind and nice. In fact, she was extremely pleased when she found out that Baby preferred poisoning skills over medical skills…
“Baby, I will take care of Grandmother. Can you please help the old granny?” Su Ruoxi said as she looked at Baby.
“Yes, sure Mother!” The granny handmaiden, who was standing beside Shen Fei, was drawn to Baby the moment she spoke. Baby’s delicate features were similar but not identical to that of Su Ruoxi. She was so exquisitely beautiful even though she was just a child. One could imagine that she would grow up more attractive than her mother…
The granny handmaiden was too distracted to hear what Su Ruoxi told Baby…
“Granny Shen, let me take a look at your body. Let’s take a seat here…” Baby tugged at the granny handmaiden. She was staring at Baby in a daze.
“Baby is my daughter, she has been learning medical skills from me since she was young! Granny Shen, you must have been feeling unwell for quite some time now. Let Baby take a look at you. I will take care of Madam!” Su Ruoxi told Granny Shen.
According to Xuemo’s information, granny handmaiden was Shen Fei’s handmaiden whom she had brought along from her family home when she married. Granny handmaiden was extremely loyal to Shen Fei and the two of them were as close as sisters. Hence, she wanted to help treat the poison in Granny Shen’s body too…
Granny Shen did not expect Su Ruoxi to know her surname. She could not believe her eyes. The attractive, cool, and calm Su Ruoxi standing in front of her now was the same dimwitted child from before?
It was as though she could tell what Granny Shen was thinking. Su Ruoxi hesitated before she said, “I was poisoned in the past. That’s why I became a dimwit and a good-for-nothing! I met my Masters by chance six years ago and they healed me…”
“Damn, they actually went so far as to harm you? Thank goodness you are fine. This is great news! When Madam wakes up and sees that Xi-er has recovered, she will be overjoyed!” Granny Shen said with tears in her eyes.
She knew that Madam’s biggest wish was for Young Master and Little Miss to live happily. Madam would be elated if she could see Little Miss. Not only was she still alive, but she was also living such a good life.
“Granny Shen, let’s go there!” Baby said once again.
“Okay. Your name is Baby? You are so pretty…” Granny Shen exclaimed excitedly.
“Yes, I am Baby Su! Granny, sit down and let me take a look at you…” Baby said as she pulled Granny Shen over to a chair at the side.
Su Ruoxi looked on as Baby helped to remove the poison in Granny Shen’s body. Then, she turned her gaze to Shen Fei, who was lying on the bed…
Even though her looks had aged tremendously, one could tell that Shen Fei must have been a beauty when she was younger! If not for the fact that she had been severely poisoned for such a long time, she might have been even prettier than Lin Yue now…
Lin Yue was indeed vicious. Not many would use a poison that took effect so slowly! In the time that she existed in this world, Su Ruoxi had never come across or heard of a poison that took effect so slowly…
If not for her Masters who happened to have mentioned such a poison before in their teachings, she would have been completely ignorant. Lin Yue was indeed wicked. She had most likely drugged Shen Fei six months ago with a type of poison that was developed by Baby. It was called the Soul Draining Pill. As the name suggested, the poison would slowly consume a person’s soul…
Using the poisoning skills taught by her and after making some reformulations of her own, Baby had developed this pill. Su Ruoxi had passed the pills to Xuemo to be sold in the black market auction…
It was exceptionally well-received and Xuemo told her to get Baby to refine more of the pills! She was hesitant as she felt that powerful pills should be kept scarce. The rarer it was, the greater the value…
After Su Ruoxi examined Shen Fei, she took out a few elixirs and mixed it with the spirit spring water from the realm. Then, she slowly fed Shen Fei the mixture…
Thankfully, she had returned to the Prince’s mansion just in time. If undetected, it would take no more than six months for Shen Fei to be killed by the poison eventually…