Yun Xuan gave him a cold look and warned, "Don't use those bugs of yours on Yun Shu."

The boy laughed strangely, "Why not? Your sister is disobedient, I can help you turn her into a very obedient sister."

The half of his face that was exposed was so beautiful that it made people curious about what the other half of his face covered by the mask looked like.

However, the words spoken by the young boy Nian Piaopiao were chilling and creepy.

"Just like Rong Ze's lover, if you put a cute little bug inside her, her 'dead heart' can be revived, allowing her to continue to be completely devoted to Rong Ze and obey his orders."

Rong Ze, who was standing aside, clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves.

Yun Xuan frowned, not wanting to say more to Cheng Su. She said coldly, "No need, I'll send her away from the capital. You'd better stay as far away from her as possible. If you use your bug on her, I will make you regret it."

"If you don't need it, then don't. Why are you so fierce?" Cheng Su tapped the red snake's head with his pale fingertips and said nonchalantly, "It's really strange. You don't look like a person with feelings, but you are so nervous and concerned about your own sister."

A mischievous smile curled up the corners of his lips. "Your subordinate Rong Ze seems to be very sentimental, but he can abandon his lover who has been with him for many years. You two are really interesting."

Rong Ze's face was pale, and he clenched his fists so hard that veins popped out.

Yun Xuan whispered, "That's enough. Your presence has been exposed. Be careful. The people around Jiang Shi should not be underestimated."

Cheng Su said casually, "I'm actually looking forward to him attacking me and trying out my newly refined poisonous insect."

The red snake at his fingertips hissed and spit out its scarlet tongue, as if responding to its master.

Rong Ze closed his eyes, feeling tormented in his heart.

Alan, I'm sorry.

If you had listened and returned home, you wouldn't be in this situation now...

Thinking that Yu Lan jumped into the river and was rescued by Yu Tanqi, Rong Ze felt more and more distressed.

However, at this point, even if his heart is riddled with wounds and his hands are covered in blood, he will continue to move forward without hesitation.

Yun Xuan glanced at Cheng Su indifferently and said nothing more.

This young man from Miaojiang has a bad temper and is difficult to control.

But since Yun Xuan dared to use him, there must be some means by which he had to obey his orders temporarily.

…

"Master, we've found some news about Cheng Su." Dan Qing's face wasn't looking good as he whispered, "This man is from Miaojiang. A year ago, he appeared in a village near Moon Mountain. He killed an entire village with a poisonous insect, which attracted the attention of the local authorities. For some reason, the news was suppressed, so it didn't spread."

"After Cheng Su left the village, he appeared beside King Yun."

Moon Mountain is one of the areas recorded as belonging to Miao territory.

It would be impossible for anyone other than Yun Xuan, a person of his status, to suppress the news that Cheng Su killed an entire village.

Jiang Shi frowned. "He killed an entire village, and Yun Xuan still dared to use him. Doesn't he care about the safety of the people and the country at all?"

Previously, Jiang Shi could understand Yun Xuan's desire to avenge his father and inherit his legacy, and to seize power and usurp the throne, but since they had different ideologies, they could not work together, so it was impossible for him to be conquered by Yun Xuan.

But Yun Xuan actually disregarded the lives of the people in order to win over Cheng Su and use him for his own purposes. This is truly unforgivable.

How can a person who doesn't care about the safety of the people be a good emperor?

Jiang Shi suddenly thought, "There's a kind of poisonous insect in Miaojiang that can manipulate people into becoming its puppets. Since Cheng Su is already being used by Yun Xuan, I'm afraid he's also been using this kind of insect. Danqing, go talk to Doctor Xu and have him check Yu Lan carefully to see if he has any of the Miaojiang poisonous insects."

"yes."

Jiang Shi raised his eyes and looked out the window. The withered yellow leaves were flying everywhere, and it was autumn again.

…

Every day after Jiang Shi came back from the Imperial College, he would come to Luqiyuan to play mahjong with Yu Tanqi.

In the first two days, he needed Yu Tanqi's help to win the game. On the third day, he was finally able to win the game with his own ability.

So on this day, Jiang Shi asked Yu Tanqi to sit down and play mahjong with him.

Yu Tanqi rubbed her hands together and said seriously, "I won't let you."

Jiang Shi smiled gently and said, "Okay, Tan Qi, please feel free to teach me."

Taohua gave her seat to Yu Tanqi. She stood aside, wondering who would perform the best today.

Linlang will definitely give the young lady some leniency, while Danhua will give Prince Jiang some leniency.

Half of the card table for four people was flooded.

Yu Tanqi’s Mahjong playing skills are average, with some wins and some losses.

Before Jiang Shi came today, she had won fifty coins, and now she had one hundred and fifty coins to play to her heart's content.

Jiang Shi gave all the copper coins he won every day to Yu Tanqi, saying it was "jiao shu xiu".

He had no capital and relied entirely on making some profit from the first game.

His capital today is nine cents.

Yu Tanqi thought, let him win a few games first to get more capital, and then make him lose it all.

The girl was making her own plans in her mind, her beautiful big eyes blinking, her clear and round eyes lively and cunning.

Jiang Shi looked at her and curled his lips slightly.

There were four people at the table, and three of them tacitly pretended to let Jiang Shi win, allowing him to win three games in a row.

Yu Tanqi said at the right moment, "Zi'an is amazing. He's won so many games in a row. But he may not win again in the future. I need to start getting serious."

Jiang Shi curved his eyes, still gentle and calm, his eyes filled with intoxicating tenderness and doting, "Well, Tan Qi will definitely win in the next round."

Yu Tanqi quickly looked away, thinking that the beauty trap was useless. She was a woman of strong will, and no one could stop her from winning money today.

In the fourth game, Yu Tanqi won as expected and even touched three numbers.

She said happily, "I'm kidding. Each of you has to give me four cents."

Jiang Shi grabbed four copper coins, handed them to her, and praised her in a gentle voice: "Tan Qi is really amazing."

Yu Tanqi originally wanted to tell him to just put the copper coins in front of her desk, but when she saw the boy holding the copper coins with his hand raised, she paused and stretched out her hand to spread out her white and tender palm.

He slowly opened his slender fingers that were clenched into a fist and placed the copper coins one by one in her palm.

The boy's warm fingertips accidentally touched her soft palm, and she felt inexplicably itchy.

The copper coin in the palm of his hand still carries the warmth of the boy's palm.

Her fingers were connected to her heart, and she felt her heartbeat speeding up.

...It's just a copper coin.

Yu Tanqi casually placed the copper coins in his palm on the table, patted his cheek, and warned himself not to indulge in male beauty, as there is no emotion at the card table.

She lowered her eyes, not looking at him, and looked at her cards seriously and attentively.

Jiang Shi curled his lips, slightly closed his fingers, and gently stroked the rough fingertips, which seemed to still retain some of the softness and warmth of the girl's fingertips.