“Indeed,” Madam Xia said firmly. “Why did you suddenly think of asking this? Anyway, no matter what, it was Consort Shu who saved your life.”
"Perhaps...it wasn't necessarily Consort Shu who saved me," Xia Siqi thought in a daze.
She just saw it clearly.
Mu Qianqian sucked something out of her body.
And that thing was taken away by that bird, I don't know where.
I had heard rumors in the North Sea that the Seventh Princess used birds to wipe out all the locusts in the North Sea.
Could it be that this seventh princess really has some extraordinary abilities?
She...can control birds and beasts?
Although Xia Siqi was well-read, she saw many strange things.
But when I experienced it myself...
She still felt a chill run down her spine without realizing it.
However, there is one thing she seems to be certain of now.
Her life was indeed saved by that bird.
However, although that bird was kept by Consort Shu.
However, it was at the behest of the Seventh Princess.
"What?" Madam Xia asked, puzzled. "What did you just say?"
"It's nothing, Mother. I was just saying it's getting late, let's go back early so Father won't worry."
Bin'er had just returned from seeing Madam Xia off when she couldn't help but pick up the orange-red gemstone: "Having followed Your Highness for so many years, I've seen plenty of jade and pearls, but this is truly the first time I've ever seen something so novel."
"Put it down!" Consort Shu exclaimed in surprise.
Bin'er turned pale with fright and hurriedly put the gem back in its original place, kneeling on the ground: "This servant knows her crime. This servant should not have touched Your Highness's things without permission. Please punish me, Your Highness."
Consort Shu frowned slightly and said to the others, "You may all leave now."
Bin'er's shoulders trembled with fright.
She had been with Consort Shu since childhood and had never seen her like this before.
Could it be that Consort Shu intends to execute her?
The moment the door closed, Consort Shu said to Bin'er, "Get up, what are you doing kneeling there?"
Bin'er: ? ? ?
What the heck?
She seemed a little confused.
What exactly was Consort Shu doing just now?
Shouldn't she be punished?
They were just putting on an act in front of others.
Could it be that she has been given some important task to do?
Consort Shu took a small sip of tea: "Go find something to wrap up that stone on the table and throw it into the storeroom."
Bin'er: ? ? ?
Is that all?
That's all?
Bin'er was wondering if this stone was really some kind of precious treasure.
She took a handkerchief and carefully wrapped the gemstone up, just as she was halfway through wrapping it.
Consort Shu suddenly spoke up, "Be careful, that stone is poisonous."
Fen'er was so frightened that her hand trembled, and she almost dropped the poisonous stone on the ground.
Wh...what!?
master!
This Consort Shu is truly her own mistress!
She knew perfectly well that the gemstone was poisonous, yet she still made her put it away in the storeroom.
Bin'er suddenly realized.
Why did she touch that stone just now?
Consort Shu would have such a strong reaction.
Bin'er placed the gemstone on the table and kept it far away as if it were a plague.
"It's just a light touch, it won't kill you," Consort Shu said slowly.
Bin'er: ...
Even if I don't die, I don't want to touch it.
"Oh, right, come here."
Upon hearing this, Bin'er grasped at a lifeline and ran to Consort Shu in a flash: "Your Majesty, please speak."
Consort Shu looked out the window.
"Go tell Black Whale to keep a close eye on the Xia family and see who they've been in contact with."
Consort Shu paused...
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