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Wu Wei'an glanced at the man who was speaking and said in a cold tone, "Twenty taels of silver, who do you think you can silence? Those who can speak will always speak, and those who can't speak will never speak. Besides, in this matter, they didn't help us, we helped them overturn the verdict. We confiscated their money, which was good enough, and you gave it back?"
By the end, Wu Weian felt almost disappointed with his friend.
That made some sense, and the adults at the table looked at each other in confusion.
Another adult asked, "But what if the other princes, or His Majesty, knew that we were behind this?"
Wu Weian sneered, "Do you think they don't know? They already knew it was us. So from now on, everyone in the court should behave themselves and be extremely careful."
After this matter was revealed, Wu Weian brought up a few more things.
They're all small, little things about spending money.
It was not until Wu Weian left that the adults began to discuss the matter secretly.
"The Third Miss hasn't been here for a while, and I was relieved! But this Master Wu is even stricter than the Third Miss when it comes to spending money!"
"Alas, everyone should be careful with your money from now on. I think Master Wu is unhappy."
"That's all we can do. It's better for everyone to spend less of Third Miss's money."
*
After getting the secret recipe for the poison, Poison Lady and Ji Mingyan began to develop it day and night.
Ji Mingyan's yard had the most complete collection of medicinal herbs and utensils, so Poison Lady went to the Ji family.
These days, the Wu family's meals were cooked by Ji Yunxi's maid.
That afternoon, Ji Yunxi rested at home.
After lunch, she went to Ji Mingyan's yard.
The fifth prince is dead, and now the capital is peaceful.
But beneath the calm sea, there are huge waves.
To be on the safe side, Wu Weian's poison must be detoxified as soon as possible.
If the other party discovers our weakness and attacks them on the tenth day, it will be very troublesome.
In Ji Mingyan's yard, colorful flowers and plants are growing beautifully.
Occasionally, a hard-working poisonous centipede would appear in the soil.
Ji Yunxi walked past without looking around and went straight to Ji Mingyan's poison room.
Inside the drug house, bottles and jars filled a small hill.
Ji Mingyan sat in front of the medicine furnace and threw herbs into it, while Poison Lady was looking for something on the hillside.
As they searched, Poison Lady became furious: "Ji Mingyan, can't you just clean up the mess?! How am I supposed to find the Black Man Grass when there are so many?"
Ji Mingyan exclaimed, turned his head and looked, just in time to see Ji Yunxi at the door.
He greeted her: "Third sister, you're here!"
Ji Yunxi looked at her sixth brother.
Five days have passed since the death of the fifth prince. During these five days, Ji Mingyan and Poison Lady have not left the courtyard and have been obsessed with studying the golden toad poison.
These two people, at this moment, were in a rather miserable state.
Ji Mingyan didn't know what was smeared on his face. It was black and purple. His little baby face was completely unsightly. Only his eyes were left, which were still big and bright.
The Poison Lady was similar, with disheveled hair and a ferocious look on her face because she was too angry about looking for something.
Ji Yunxi nodded at the two of them.
After Ji Mingyan greeted them, he didn't have time to pay attention to his third sister. He rushed to the small hillside and rummaged around for a while before he found a small jar. "Look, the black man grass is here! I told you it was easy to find."
The Poison Lady gritted her teeth, snatched the black man grass, ran to her medicine furnace, and continued her unfinished work.
Seeing the two of them busy and forgetting everything else, Ji Yunxi watched for a while and asked, "What's going on, you two?"
Ji Mingyan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his black hands, extremely excited: "It's almost there, it's almost there! This Golden Toad Gu poison is indeed well-deserved of its reputation! I've never seen such a watertight poison! It's amazing! The Golden Toad Gu has been extinct for many years, but I feel that I can recreate it!" He clenched his fists, his dark face full of deep yearning, "It can even be better than the Golden Toad Gu!"
Poison Lady threw the empty can of Black Man Grass at him, put her hands on her hips and cursed, "It's about making an antidote. Who told you to study the Golden Toad Gu?! Are you doing your job properly?"
Ji Mingyan took the empty can and said aggrievedly, "Of course. As an elder, how could I not care about matters related to my brother-in-law? I mean, after the antidote comes out."
The Poison Lady rolled her eyes before saying to Ji Yunxi, "This Golden Toad Gu poison is extremely complex. Fortunately, we've found the secret recipe. Otherwise, even if we spent our entire lives developing an antidote, we wouldn't be able to find one. The antidote involves 72 herbs, and we've already tested 65, with only 7 left to go. Once all 72 herbs are tested and collected, the antidote will naturally be ready."
Ji Yunxi nodded slightly: "Let me see the 65 flavors first."
*
Two days later, on the seventh day after the fifth prince's death, Wu Weian happened to be on leave.
He had nothing to do recently and was just about to take advantage of this day to find a place to hang out with Ji Yunxi, but Ji Yunxi said she had to go to Kaitai Manor to work.
In desperation, Wu Weian could only go to the granary to practice.
In the afternoon, he came back sweating. As soon as he came out of the shower, he saw four servants in the house waiting for him.
This includes Xuezhu who went to the cloth shop to dye cloth, and also the elder of the house who, even though they were in the same world, they could not be seen for ten days or half a month.
Wu Wei'an glanced at the Poison Lady and asked, "Is the antidote ready?"
Poison Lady nodded, excitement in her eyes.
The master of Lady Poison was one of the three great poison masters of the past.
But even so, the other party could not cure the golden toad poison in Wu Weian's body.
He knew that he didn't have much time left, so he never accepted disciples. However, he accepted a little girl so that after he passed away, his disciple could help him remove the golden toad poison from Wu Weian's body.
It can be said that without Wu Weian, Poison Lady would not be able to become a disciple and would not be able to become Poison Lady.
After so many years, her long-cherished wish has finally been fulfilled, and her master's last wish has also been fulfilled. Poison Lady is now very upset.
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