Ye Beihan stroked Su Luo's head affectionately.

"You did it. You accidentally stepped on his pet cricket and killed it. He has held a grudge ever since."

Don't worry, I've already found him a new pet.

Compared to those poison generals, Su Luo is much more useful. Poison generals can be trained, but Su Luo is unique.

Keep making things up!

No matter how Ye Beihan fabricated the story, she would not expose him.

"No way, your capable assistant is so petty."

Su Luo chuckled and, in front of Ye Beihan, even mocked Shuang Shuo.

"Let's not talk about him anymore, let me try your new dish."

Su Luo opened the food box; the three dishes inside were almost cold.

She placed the dishes on the table, handed the chopsticks to Ye Beihan with both hands, and her expression seemed to say something.

Try it, and then praise me.

As she wished, Ye Beihan ate the food and then showered her with praise.

The two chatted about everyday things and their anticipation for their wedding in nine days.

Ye Beihan had never been so happy in his life.

He became increasingly inseparable from Su Luo; it turned out that loving someone could truly be bewitching.

After bidding farewell to Ye Beihan, Su Luo went to the Shangyi Bureau to see her wedding dress.

The appearance of her wedding dress was irrelevant to her; for her, entering the palace was merely a formality.

As the day drew to a close, Su Luo led Lian'er on a leisurely stroll through the palace.

She couldn't help but pause for a few seconds at each entrance to an underground palace.

Throughout the journey, she analyzed that Ye Beihan was the most powerful poison master in Beiliang.

Since Shuang Shuo possesses poisonous insects, and Nangong Chiyu was poisoned by these insects, then Ye Beihan is certainly not the only one who knows the antidote.

Su Luo provoked Shuang Shuo and then embraced Ye Beihan, intending to impose this sense of crisis on Shuang Shuo.

Sure enough, as the two strolled around the palace, they were followed by a person.

Deep within the palace, there are always a few desolate places. Su Luo stopped and turned to face the person behind her.

"Come out, aren't you tired after following me for so long?"

Shuang Shuo gripped a curved blade, his murderous aura filling the desolate ground beneath his feet with a chilling cold.

"Su Luo, you didn't drink your master's medicine?"

Su Luo stepped forward, shielding Lian'er behind her, a cold smile playing on her lips.

"I drank it!"

Shuang Shuo was initially puzzled, but now, hearing Su Luo's answer, he was even more certain that Su Luo had not lost her memory.

"You... how dare you deceive your master! It seems I can't let you live."

Shuang Shuo swung his curved blade at Su Luo, but Su Luo gave him a single look, telling Lian'er to run far away.

She and Shuang Shuo sparred, and their skills were evenly matched, with neither able to injure the other.

"Ye Beihan likes me. As long as I don't mention the past, he's willing to believe me and remember everything. What can you do about it?"

Su Luo's words stirred up a storm of anger in Shuang Shuo.

"What exactly do you want to do to your master? Your master has treated you well."

Su Luo dodged Shuang Shuo's deadly attack and answered him.

"What can I do for him? Of course, I'll marry him, live with him, have children, and become the Regent's Consort of Northern Liang."

“If you were a law-abiding citizen, Northern Liang wouldn’t be like this.”

Su Luo sneered sarcastically, "You've already figured that out."

Shuang Shuo trembled all over, his murderous aura enveloping the entire surroundings.

"You... killed my poison generals, I'll kill you..."

As he spoke, several poisonous insects emerged from his body. If one were bitten by these insects, one would die without a burial place.

"Do you think you can kill me with these?"

Su Luo raised her sleeve dart and aimed it at the poisonous insects, killing them one by one. The silver needles inside the dart contained anesthetic.

She quickly shot all the poisonous insects to death.

Even Shuang Shuo himself was affected by Su Luo's anesthetic needles.

He collapsed to the ground, but the murderous intent in his expression remained undiminished.

Su Luo put away the hidden arrow and stood in front of Shuang Shuo with a disdainful look.

"I won't kill you now. I'll torture you slowly after I marry Ye Beihan."

As she spoke, Su Luo turned to look at the corpses of the dead poisonous insects and smiled at Shuang Shuo.

"By the way, do you know why you couldn't find those poisonous creatures in the underground palace? I killed them all. Disposing of the corpses is very simple for me."

"Since I'm free today anyway, I'll demonstrate it for you."

Su Luo used her sleeve to take out a bottle of corpse-dissolving liquid from her spatial storage.

Drop by drop, it dripped onto the corpses of those poisonous insects.

The poisonous insects melted away at a speed visible to the naked eye, until they became a puddle of clear water.

"Actually, disposing of human corpses is more troublesome, after all, they are large animals and take longer to decompose."

When Su Luo talked about murder, her face remained completely calm, as if she were telling a story.

But Shuang Shuo panicked inside. Killing people was nothing to him.

But the master has Su Luo, a vicious woman, by his side.

What if one day the master turned into these poisonous insects in front of him?

He couldn't imagine what Beiliang would be like without a master, after Su Luo turned him into a pool of clear water.

"Lian'er, the Regent should finish his official duties today. Let's go wait for him and return to the mansion together."

Su Luo didn't explain further how she would treat Ye Beihan.

She was just imagining things herself, exaggerating the harm she would cause Ye Beihan, and she wanted to push Shuang Shuo to the brink.

Her goal was simple: to find the antidote for Nangong Chiyu. If she wanted him to leave Ye Beihan, she would exchange the antidote for it.

Shuang Shuo watched Su Luo leave, unable to move due to the anesthesia he was under.

He must inform his master of what happened today, lest he fall into Su Luo's trap.

He truly hated his body now. He had grown up soaking in poison, making him virtually immune to all toxins, yet he was helpless against Su Luo's anesthetic.

...

That evening, Su Luo rubbed her head. She only had nine days left; nine days later would be her wedding day with Ye Beihan.

I wonder if Shuangshuo will be able to sit still.

"Lian'er, go to the kitchen and find some pastries, and also get a pot of wine."

Lian'er obediently did as she was told. After taking the medicine given to her by the princess for two days, she could clearly feel that her vocal cords were much more comfortable.

Soon, the poison in her body will be neutralized, and she should be able to speak again.

Su Luo knocked on the door outside Ye Beihan's room.

Ye Beihan opened the door, wearing only an inner garment, revealing his tall and muscular figure.

"Luo Luo, why aren't you asleep so late?"

Su Luo pouted and shook her head, "Maybe it's because the wedding is approaching, I can't sleep. Why don't you have a drink with me?"

Ye Beihan let her in, and he could clearly sense that Su Luo was somewhat sad.

"Luo Luo, according to the etiquette of Bei Liang, the two should see each other as little as possible before they get married."

Su Luo dared to stay alone with Ye Beihan because she saw the rules that Bei Liang followed before marriage.

The people of Beiliang say that if a man and woman have relations before marriage, everything will go wrong after marriage, which will hinder the harmony between husband and wife.

"I don't know why, but I feel like I'm not a rule-abiding person. I came to see you because I wanted to. Rules are dead, but I'm alive."

Ye Beihan chuckled; these were words Su Luo would normally say.

"Fine! If you don't like rules, then we'll ignore them. You can see me anytime you want."