Upon hearing this, Song Huai's eyes widened as if they were copper bells.
His fear of Xiao Yan was deep-seated.
Even though he was too shocked to react immediately, he also didn't have the courage to spit the tooth out of his mouth.
It remained there, mingled with blood.
He couldn't speak, and could only look at Xiao Yan with pleading eyes, hoping that he would have a change of heart.
But in the end, all they got was the threat of the other party losing patience.
"I'll say it again, swallow it." Xiao Yan's tone remained as calm as ever, but he stopped wiping the sword sheath, glanced at Song Huai with cold eyes, and said, "Or, I'll knock out the rest of your teeth."
Finally, he added, as if having a change of heart, "You choose for yourself."
Song Huai chose to sacrifice the pawn to save the king.
He cried as he ate his own front tooth, tears and snot streaming down his face. He looked incredibly pathetic, making him a laughingstock.
The child who had just said he fell into the cesspool kept shouting, "Dad, Dad! Look! He's eaten his own tooth again, and he'll have to go into the cesspool to look for it again tomorrow!"
After he finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter again.
Song Huai was both angry and anxious, but dared not lash out.
Firstly, the Duke's mansion was of a higher status than their Marquis's mansion.
Secondly, Xiao Yan's father, the Duke of Ningguo, and the current emperor were childhood friends. To put it bluntly, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they grew up wearing the same pair of pants.
Thirdly, Xiao Yan's aunt was a favored concubine who was the most favored in the palace. She could easily kill the emperor with just a few words in his ear.
Therefore, he dared not provoke Xiao Yan.
If you've been provoked by the other party, you can only accept your bad luck.
Fortunately, he survived.
Because Shen Xiyin was saved.
Da Zhuang took out a "Wanqing Pill" that could cure all poisons, saying it was a life-saving medicine left to them by their master.
Sure enough, after Shen Qiyin took the medicine, she woke up in less than half a cup of tea's time.
Chunsheng was delighted.
Honeysuckle started to cry.
She threw herself into Shen Qiyin's arms and cried uncontrollably, clearly terrified by what had happened. She was a completely different person from the one who had just brandished a knife and tried to kill Song Huai.
So Shen Qiyin took the opportunity of going to the back building to rest to explain the reason to Ren Dong in detail.
What she ate wasn't poison at all, but rather a little concoction she prepared for Chunsheng to use to amuse Ah Huang.
Made from the juice of raw areca nuts, it is shaped into pills. When bitten, it bursts out with bright red juice, which at first glance looks no different from fresh blood.
Chunsheng would secretly chew one, then "smack" it and lie down in front of Ah Huang, who would then call for them to "rescue" him.
When Shen Qiyin went into the clinic to get the areca nut pills, Sanwa saw it with his own eyes. That's why he didn't rush to help her. Instead, he cooperated by first splashing dirty water on Song Huai.
Chunsheng initially believed that Shen Xiyin was dead, which is why he cried so bitterly.
But halfway through his crying, he faintly smelled a familiar scent.
It tasted exactly like the betel nut pills he often used to tease Ah Huang!
Others who haven't tasted it wouldn't know what it is even if they smelled it, but he does.
A lingering doubt remained in his mind, and when he looked at the bloodstains at the corner of Shen Qiyin's mouth again, they seemed increasingly familiar.
Fake!
The case is solved.
But the acting couldn't stop, so he had to pinch his thigh to keep crying.
As for Dazhuang, there's no need to say more; he understood everything as soon as he took his pulse.
Just to further confirm that Shen Qiyin had been poisoned, he deliberately used his internal energy to make her pulse appear extremely weak, like someone who was terminally ill and had one foot in the grave.
After hearing what they said, Ren Dong forced back her tears.
Don't cry!
Those tears would become evidence that "she is not as smart as them".
Seeing that her emotions had gradually calmed down, Shen Qiyin said, "Ren Dong, I understand that you are just worried and confused."
"But this may also be a lesson learned."
"No matter what happens in the future, I must not lose my mind. Only by staying clear-headed can I break free from this predicament."
"You must become strong, so that no one can bully you or defeat you. I will do my best to protect you, but I cannot lie to you and say that I will stay by your side for a lifetime."
"After all, no one can say for sure whether tomorrow or an accident will come first."
Hearing Shen Qiyin say this, Ren Dong couldn't help but cry again.
Shen Qiyin immediately followed up with, "Of course, it's also possible that you'll die before me."
Honeysuckle: "..."
Hmm... how should I put it, I suddenly don't want to cry anymore.
Although Shen Qiyin was teaching Rendong what she said, Chunsheng and Sanwa, who were standing nearby, also took it to heart.
No one spoke for a moment, and the room fell silent.
Sanwa gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, "...I'm sorry, I kept my affairs from you."
"What Song Huai said... was not untrue..."
He was indeed a male prostitute.
She was indeed once the top courtesan at Green Apple Pavilion.
Sanwa recounted his entire experience without concealing anything, but because Chunsheng was still alive, he spoke ambiguously about some of his unpleasant past events.
But he knew that his senior brothers and sisters would understand.
Shen Qiyin understood, but her focus was completely elsewhere. Instead, she asked him a completely unrelated question: "Then how do you know Qin Li?"
"...Actually, I don't really know him."
Not long ago, he overheard a patron telling his servant that he seemed to intend to redeem him so that he could be offered to a eunuch named Qin.
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