The Emperor, not wanting to see the girl, spoke directly:
"Since I cannot grant you the reward you requested, but you did win the competition for me this time, I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Lin Yuxin's earlier gloom vanished. Gold, oh gold! Who wouldn't love that?!
Lin Yuxin thanked him happily and then went back to sit down.
Then a new dance began in front of the hall. The music was captivating, and the eight women on stage were beautiful and charming. Their graceful figures swayed in the hall, displaying their alluring feminine charm.
Seeing that the frowning had stopped, Lin Yuxin quickly pulled herself out of her joy and realized something was wrong. She looked at the ministers around her, who were staring intently, their eyes unblinking, as if they had been bewitched.
Even the emperor was mesmerized, gazing intently ahead.
[It was bound to happen! I thought there wouldn't be any more trouble tonight, but this happened just before it was over.]
Lin Yuxin was almost speechless. After observing for a while, she found that most of the men had been bewitched, while the ladies were just a little listless and weak, but their minds were still clear.
"Mother, how are you?"
Lin Yuxin hurriedly asked Zhao Hanya with concern, and took her hand to check her pulse.
"I just feel weak and powerless, nothing else is wrong. What's wrong with me?"
Zhao Hanyue lay slumped on the table, her voice weak and listless.
After taking her pulse, Lin Yuxin said in a low voice:
“Mother, you have been poisoned, or rather, the entire hall has been poisoned. However, this poison will not kill people; it will only cause hallucinations and thus control them.”
"What?"
Zhao Hanyue was shocked. She looked up and saw that, sure enough, all the ministers' wives were acting strangely.
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