"You'll get beaten up if you do that in front of the vendors," Xingxing said speechlessly.
“Even if we get beaten up, we have to try. We can’t just go through the motions,” Qingyan retorted.
Zhu Lin had been watching them from the shadows. He had seen everything Qingyan had done. It was good to be cautious, but this female bodyguard was still not careful enough. The silver needles could only test for ordinary poisons, but not for colorless and odorless poisons.
There is also the poison of two mutually incompatible substances. If the person who poisons two cakes puts different colorless and odorless poisons on them, and the two poisoned cakes happen to be eaten by the same person, then the poison will take effect.
However, when the vendor was making the pancakes, the boy watched closely and was able to confirm that there was nothing wrong with the fried cakes.
"Mother, you eat two, Ruru eats two, I eat two, Brother Lin eats two, and Qingyan and Qingluo each eat one." Xingxing stuffed a fried cake into the hands of the two female guards.
Logically, they shouldn't eat it, and they certainly wouldn't have eaten it before. But they've been by the princess's side for years, and they're not the same people they used to be. So when the princess told them to eat it, they took it and ate it directly.
"Isn't it delicious? It's fresh out of the pot, and it smells so good!" Xingxing's little mouth was glistening with oil as she ate, while she also asked the two female bodyguards for their opinions.
The two remained silent, only nodding slightly.
"It's those girls, grab them quickly!" Suddenly, a group of guards appeared in front of them. The one walking at the front was the maid who had argued with Xingxing and the others on the mountainside earlier.
Tsk, is this revenge?
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