Xu Chengbi was still waiting in the room for the servants to report. A cold smile played on her lips. She was confident that she would succeed this time. Now she just needed to watch that woman make a fool of herself.
The person who delivered the meal to Jiang Bai arrived at her courtyard shortly afterward and dutifully reported to her.
"Reporting to Miss, the food we just delivered was spilled by that woman, and she didn't eat it."
Xu Chengbi, who had been so confident, immediately looked dejected upon hearing this.
"What? Say that again?!"
The man was startled by her and quickly lowered his head to repeat himself: "That woman didn't eat the food we delivered. She said she saw rat droppings, knocked it over, and made us redo it. She also threatened us, saying that if there were any more problems, she would go to the Prime Minister."
Xu Chengbi's chest trembled with rage: "That bitch actually threatened me with my father! You bastard!"
No one dared to speak again; the room was filled only with Xu Chengbi's angry curses.
Jiang Bai! She'll make her regret going against her!
Jiang Bai was unaware that Xu Chengbi hated her to the core; she was simply wary of her.
Having failed several times, she might resort to other tactics.
Her prediction was correct. Xu Chengbi, whose first plan failed, devised another, this time intending to directly target Zhao Yi.
For two days in a row, there was still no news from Elder Fu, so Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai continued to stay at the Prime Minister's residence, waiting for new information to arrive.
Prime Minister Xu stopped by to visit the two of them midway through their journey, inquired about their daily lives, and left with peace of mind after learning that they were not having any problems.
As night fell, Jiang Bai suddenly remembered a few business issues and went next door to find Zhao Yi.
The lights were on in the room, and she knocked on the door for a while, but no one answered.
Fearing something had happened to him, she pushed the door open and went inside.
The lights inside swayed gently in the breeze, and one could vaguely make out a person lying on a couch.
Jiang Bai was puzzled. Zhao Yi usually wouldn't rest this early, and even if he were resting, the room lights should be turned off.
She moved a few steps closer to him and then she could see clearly that he was trembling slightly, his eyes were closed, and his face was an unnatural red.
Jiang Bai was shocked and quickly checked his pulse, discovering that he had been drugged.
Without thinking twice, she took out some of her usual stimulants and mixed them with the elixir, which he then took.
This medicine isn't anything special; it's very ordinary. What's disgusting is that it's a low-class, unacceptable substance.
Jiang Bai could tell with his toes that Xu Chengbi had given him the drug.
No one else would have the guts or the need to administer this drug to Zhao Yi.
Not long after taking the medicine, Zhao Yi's symptoms lessened considerably, and he woke up about 15 minutes later.
He was stunned when he saw Jiang Bai.
"Wife? What are you doing here?"
Seeing his bewildered expression, Jiang Bai immediately understood why he had been drugged; he was completely dumbfounded.
Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere right now?
Zhao Yi then noticed himself and immediately realized what had happened to him; his face instantly darkened.
During dinner, he noticed that someone had lit incense in his room. He felt something was wrong and tried to open the window, but when he got up, he felt dizzy and collapsed unconscious.
After listening to his description, Jiang Bai checked the incense burner. The ordinary incense that was originally burning inside had been replaced with medicine, two kinds: one was a cheap drug and the other was a sleeping potion.
Because of the incident where the food was spiked last time, Jiang Bai has been paying extra attention to the food the two of them eat these past few days.
Unable to poison the food, Xu Chengbi turned her attention to incense.
When Zhao Yi thought about how disgusting the drug he had just been given, he immediately felt like strangling Xu Chengbi to death.
This woman is utterly shameless!
Seeing his pale face, Jiang Bai quickly comforted him, "Alright, don't be angry. What if you hurt yourself by getting angry? It would be better to settle accounts with the culprit."
"Prime Minister Xu has treated us well, so we shouldn't embarrass his daughter in front of him and ruin our relationship."
Zhao Yi still respected Prime Minister Xu's character and didn't want to ruin his relationship with him for a woman like Xu Chengbi.
He thought for a moment and then said, "Since she's so eager to get into a man's bed, let's grant her wish. Let's turn the tables on her and give her a taste of her own medicine."
Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow, curious about his elaborate scheme: "Oh? What do you want?"
After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the door: "You'll find out soon enough."
Jiang Bai watched him leave, and after a while, he returned, carrying an unconscious person on his back.
Jiang Bai looked closely and saw that it was one of the two people who brought them food.
She watched as Zhao Yi threw the man onto his bed and half-covered him with the blanket.
After doing all this, Zhao Yi turned to look at Jiang Bai and said, "We just need to watch the show from the sidelines."
His eyes darted around and he spotted the screen. He then blew out the lamp and pulled Jiang Bai behind it.
Jiang Bai then realized what he wanted to do. He wanted to see Xu Chengbi suffer the consequences of his actions, that the arrow he shot would end up back on him, and that no one would know who benefited from whom.
The two huddled together in the small space behind the screen, and for some reason, Jiang Bai felt a little hot.
She fanned herself by the ear, but it didn't help much.
She twitched her nose and smelled a strange odor. Turning her head, she realized that the incense had been lit again sometime during the night.
No one else clicked on it except Zhao Yi.
This incense contains M drug, why is he lighting it?
Why did you set it on fire again?
By the dim moonlight streaming through the window, Zhao Yi could make out Jiang Bai's general outline. He lowered his head and moved closer, his breath hot against her cheek: "Naturally, it's to make this round even better."
He paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't you have the antidote?"
Jiang Bai suddenly pushed him away, angrily saying, "How could there be an antidote for that kind of medicine?! This is just..."
"What is it?" He chuckled softly, his body trembling, when he saw her stop halfway through her sentence. "It doesn't matter if you don't have the antidote; I'll give you the antidote."
Jiang Bai glared at him; "Where did you get the antidote!"
She blurted it out without thinking about the meaning behind his words. Only when she met Zhao Yi's smiling eyes did she realize the pleasure and ambiguity in them.
"You!" She threw a punch at him, but her hand was grabbed by his chest.
He pulled her into his arms tightly and whispered, "Shh, someone's coming."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Bai indeed heard someone push the door open and come in.
She dared not move again and let Zhao Yi hold her.
Fortunately, the incense was almost completely burned out, and its medicinal properties were not as strong as before, leaving only a slight effect, so it wouldn't cause the two of them to accidentally seduce each other.
The person who pushed open the door was Xu Chengbi. She didn't pay much attention to the other corners of the room and rushed straight to the bed.
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