Having already delayed for so long, and with the so-called person behind it all still not showing up, she now has to go all out.
Otherwise, once Yanxiao loses patience, she will have no chance.
Shen Muzhi's willpower and inner strength were such that ordinary medicine could not make him lose his mind instantly, and she could not be sure how effective the medicine given by Qi Chengfeng was.
With Yan Xiao now here, she doesn't want to be a stepping stone for someone else.
She only has one chance, and she must make sure it doesn't go wrong.
Fortunately, when she arrived, she remembered that there were four maids in the group. In order to be absolutely sure, she added a medicine to the medicine bag in advance.
The medicine was called "Five Confusions and Three Paths," and it was developed by her senior brother, Chu Heng.
She had always disliked Chu Heng's research into poisons, feeling that it was not the right path, but a despicable thing.
When she left the valley, she wanted some poison to protect herself but was too embarrassed to ask her fellow disciples to get a lot of strange and unusual poisons from Chu Heng, which came in handy now.
This "Five Bewitching Three Paths" can make the person who inhale it lose their senses and mistake the first person they see for their most beloved.
He refused to believe that, under the influence of the Soul-Stealing Powder and further amplified by the Five Bewitching Techniques, he could escape her grasp.
Seeing that Jiang Xinrui was keeping her head down and not answering, Shen Muzhi was losing patience. However, he hadn't finished the task his wife had given him, and it wouldn't be good to leave like this.
Thinking of this, he frowned. Just as he was about to speak again, he saw Jiang Xinrui look up at him.
At this moment, she had put away her pitiful expression and become serious and solemn, as if she had made a decision.
Shen Muzhi raised an eyebrow, swallowed the words that were about to come out, and wanted to see what Jiang Xinrui meant.
Then Jiang Xinrui said:
"I can tell you who's behind me, and not only that, I can also tell you a secret about Yanxiao, but I have conditions."
Shen Muzhi's brow twitched slightly. He glanced indifferently at the doorway, pondered for a moment, and then replied:
"What are the conditions?" In Shen Muzhi's view, as long as there are conditions, there is room for negotiation.
Jiang Xinrui's expression remained unchanged. She gestured with her eyes for Shen Muzhi to look at her arm and said bluntly:
"Untie me first. I don't like talking to people while I'm tied up."
Shen Muzhi glanced at the rope on her arm and stepped forward without much hesitation.
However, he didn't actually use his sword. Instead, he drew his sword and chopped Jiang Xinrui in half a meter away.
Jiang Xinrui glanced at the distance between the two, a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes. Then, she nonchalantly patted her dress and rolled up her sleeve to check the red marks on her arm.
Shen Muzhi quickly averted his gaze as she adjusted her sleeve, his tone even colder than before:
"Can we talk now?"
Jiang Xinrui anticipated that Shen Muzhi would look away, so she took advantage of that moment to grab what she wanted and then used her sleeve to cover herself as she approached Shen Muzhi.
Hearing the noise, Shen Muzhi looked at her again, his eyes already showing some impatience.
He was about to reprimand her when he saw Jiang Xinrui approach him, saying in a sarcastic tone:
"General Shen, you've been wise all your life, but you've made a foolish mistake. Do you even know the true identity of the person beside you? Be careful you don't end up being sold out without even knowing it!"
Shen Muzhi had already made some guesses about Yan Xiao's identity, but it was completely different from what Jiang Xinrui thought.
He was unaware of this, and assumed that Jiang Xinrui actually knew something, so he was slightly distracted when he heard this.
In that instant, Jiang Xinrui seized the opportunity and quickly flicked her sleeve.
The next moment, Shen Muzhi felt a sweet fragrance waft into his nose. He was startled and immediately held his breath, trying to use his internal energy to expel what he had just inhaled.
But as soon as he circulated his internal energy, he felt a surge of heat rising rapidly within his body. This heat came on strong and quickly spread throughout his entire body, especially his lower abdomen, which was the most uncomfortable.
This feeling did not lessen when he circulated his internal energy; on the contrary, it intensified significantly.
Shen Muzhi realized he had been careless and had been ambushed, but he never expected that Jiang Xinrui, a descendant of the Medicine King Valley, would use such a despicable aphrodisiac on him.
This thought only lasted for a moment, because the next moment he felt a little dizzy, forgot what he had just been doing, and even forgot where he was.
Sensing someone nearby, he instinctively drew his sword from his waist, suppressing the heat coursing through his body.
But as soon as he saw who was next to him, he immediately stopped moving, his expression changed from defensive to aggrieved, and his voice became soft, as if he were afraid of startling the person next to him.
"Madam, why do I feel so unwell? Could you please take a look at me?"
Jiang Xinrui had never seen Shen Muzhi with such an expression, nor had she ever heard him speak in such a tone, which made her eyes turn icy cold.
She originally thought that Shen Muzhi's feelings for Yanxiao were the same as his feelings for her in her past life—just a sense of responsibility.
But seeing his current attitude, coupled with the effect of being completely infatuated with the person she loves most, she simply can no longer deceive herself.
She didn't understand where she had lost. She believed that she was just as good as Yan Xiao in terms of looks and talent.
Even though Yan Xiao's appearance has changed, she can only be considered not ugly. So why can she easily win Shen Muzhi's heart?
Now, she has to pretend to be Yanxiao and have sex with Shen Muzhi, which makes her feel extremely humiliated.
Her eyes were icy cold as she looked at the sword in Shen Muzhi's hand, wishing she could draw it and kill this heartless and ungrateful man immediately.
But just as her hand was about to touch the sword, she hesitated.
She didn't want to die. Killing Shen Muzhi now would have been satisfying, but she wouldn't be able to live either.
Jiang Xinrui took a deep breath and began to undress herself.
Her sudden movement made Shen Muzhi, who was feeling groggy and unwell, widen his eyes and his voice tremble:
"Madam, what are you doing?"
Jiang Xinrui tried to make her voice sound as gentle as possible:
"You've been drugged with aphrodisiacs. If you don't get the antidote soon, you won't be able to be a man anymore."
As she spoke, she removed her outer garments, reached out and pulled Shen Muzhi's hand to her waist, whispering near his neck:
"Aren't you feeling bad? You can do whatever you want right now."
"Clang."
The sword in Shen Muzhi's hand fell to the ground with a thud. He swallowed hard, and his hand unconsciously touched the belt around Jiang Xinrui's waist. With just a gentle tug, Jiang Xinrui's inner garment could be removed.
But just then, Shen Muzhi suddenly thought of something. He suppressed his physical urges, pushed Jiang Xinrui away a little, and gritted his teeth, trying to stay sober.
"No, your poison hasn't been neutralized yet, you can't."
Jiang Xinrui, who was suddenly pushed away, was stunned for a moment: "What poison?"
After Jiang Xinrui finished speaking, she noticed that Shen Muzhi's gaze towards her was gradually turning cold, and she knew that something bad might be about to happen.
She didn't care about anything else and wanted to rush over, but then she heard a loud "bang" as the door was kicked open from the outside.
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