"Xiaoyu, what are you doing here?" Sang Ci's words carried a hint of reproach.
"Brother, I came over because I smelled meat. This sister invited me to eat with her," Xiaoyu said to Sangci with innocent blinking eyes.
Sang Ci looked a little nervous and quickly pulled Xiao Yu outside.
Leng Qingning felt that Sang Ci was trying to cover up the truth.
A short while later, Sang Ci returned alone. As he cleared away the dishes, he said, "My brother is neither a demon nor an ominous person. He is very well-behaved, so please don't bully him."
Leng Qingning: ? ? ?
"I didn't bully him."
"That's good."
Sang Ci finished cleaning up the dishes and left without even glancing at Leng Qingning.
Leng Qingning got up and closed the door.
"nerve."
It wasn't hard to guess what Sang Ci was saying; it must be the prejudice people here had against Xiao Yu's heterochromatic eyes.
"Poor child."
Leng Qingning could imagine what this child had gone through from childhood to adulthood. He must have been disliked, cursed, and isolated by his clan. It was not easy for him to grow up to be this old.
It's even more remarkable that she's so good-looking, so innocent and kind.
Leng Qingning lay in bed, pondering the antidote, before drifting off to sleep.
We need to find a way to escape as soon as possible!
Early in the morning, before Leng Qingning was fully awake, Sang Yu pushed open the door and tiptoed in, then knelt down in front of Leng Qingning's bed and softly called her name.
"elder sister."
"Hmm?" Leng Qingning opened her eyes and saw a cute little head staring at her with round, doe-like eyes.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong?" Leng Qingning sat up.
Sang Yu took out several packets of powder from her pocket. "Sister, here's the antidote for you."
"Take one packet of this medicine every day, and the effects will be completely eliminated in three days."
"Thank you, Xiaoyu."
Leng Qingning opened a packet of powder and swallowed it dry.
"Sister, brother puts drugs in your food every day."
"Cough..." Leng Qingning choked.
After regaining her composure, she asked him, "Then what should we do?"
Xiaoyu smiled and said, "That's why I made you take it for three days in a row. After three days, the cartilage powder will have no effect on you at all."
"You mean my body will become immune to that drug from now on?"
"Mm." Xiaoyu nodded.
Very good.
"Sister, I have to go. My brother won't let me have any contact with you. He'll scold me if he finds out."
A hint of disappointment flashed in Xiaoyu's eyes as she stood up and tiptoed outside.
"Sigh, Xiaoyu..." Leng Qingning's raised hand froze in mid-air; she quite liked this younger brother.
If Sang Ci didn't let him come, then he wouldn't get to eat meat...
Leng Qingning picked up the powder, thought for a moment, and then hid it deep inside her inner garment.
For the next few days, Sang Ci only brought her meals in the morning and evening, and ignored her the rest of the time.
She could move around freely in the courtyard, and even go into the main room to chat with the old woman.
Xiao Yu was locked in another room, and Leng Qingning was not allowed to spend time with him.
Leng Qingning was getting increasingly confused. What exactly was Sang Ci trying to do?
Did he send someone to Dayue to negotiate terms? So now she can only wait?
Leng Qingning's poison has been cured. Just as Xiaoyu said, she can now use her magic, but she still has to pretend to be weak and powerless.
In the past few days, several elders have come to Sang Ci's house. They seem to be leaders or elders of the tribe.
On the morning of the fifth day, an extra person appeared in Sang Ci's house, whom Sang Ci called Third Grandfather.
Sang Ci locked Leng Qingning in the room and prevented her from leaving, then conspired with the old man.
In the evening, the room door opened, and Sang Ci, unlike her usual self, brought in the food with a smile, her tone unexpectedly gentle.
"Your Highness, let's eat."
Seeing his expression, Leng Qingning felt a bad premonition.
Something unusual must be going on.
Sang Ci sat down opposite Leng Qingning and thoughtfully poured her a glass of wine.
Leng Qingning sat motionless.
After a moment of silence, Sang Ci spoke up: "Why isn't Your Highness eating?"
"What do you want from me?" Leng Qingning asked tentatively.
"Your Highness, didn't I already tell you? I want you to have my child."
Leng Qingning sneered, "Help you?"
Sang Ci nodded.
"So you mean you won't let me leave?" Leng Qingning pressed him.
"Of course, I want you to stay with me. Don't worry, I'll take care of you from now on."
"You think I'll stay just because you say so? What, you don't want to use me to exchange for supplies anymore?" Leng Qingning was somewhat annoyed.
Even at this point, he was still pretending, so Leng Qingning decided to confront him directly.
"You brought me here just to blackmail the country behind me into exchanging resources for your tribe, right? I presume your people have already arrived in Dayue. Is it really necessary for you to put on an act in front of me?"
Sang Ci looked puzzled, then chuckled, "That's not a bad idea."
But he would never do that, because none of them deserve it.
Leng Qingning was now completely bewildered. "What do you mean?"
Did he really tie himself up just to continue his family line?
There's no need to take such a big risk. Kidnapping the princess, isn't he afraid that the Empress will send troops to kill all his people?
No, it's not that simple.
"Sang Ci, let's talk this out. What do you want from me? Don't talk to me about continuing the family line. Do you even believe that yourself?" Leng Qingning questioned him coldly.
Sang Ci's smile vanished, a hint of coldness creeping across her face.
"Your Highness, don't worry, everything will be over after tonight."
"What's the meaning?"
Sang Ci no longer intended to hide anything: "Your Highness, didn't you want to know why we kidnapped you? I've told you before, our tribe has been plagued by frequent natural disasters in recent years because our Sangshan Beast God is angry, so we need to appease the Beast God's wrath, and you are the best offering."
"You are the princess of Dayue, a chosen one of heaven. The beast god will surely like a tribute like you."
"Tomorrow is our Sancho tribe's annual Beast Worship Festival. The tribe will hold a tribute ceremony to offer some tributes to the Beast God. The tribe will release the entrails of the prey and some live animals back into the forest as tribute to the Beast God, and you are one of the live animals."
Leng Qingning exclaimed in shock: "You're going to use me as a sacrifice?"
"It was them, not me."
Leng Qingning sneered, "You know perfectly well that I am the princess of Dayue, yet you still dare to offer me as tribute. Aren't you afraid that Dayue will annihilate your tiny clan?"
Sang Ci smiled nonchalantly and said, "Wouldn't it be better to wipe them out? I don't care about their lives."
"Besides, my people are the most selfish and hypocritical. They'll all stick together and say you came up the mountain on your own, and that they just kindly invited you as a guest. They're quite united in that respect. Without evidence, your empress can't just wipe out a tribe of hundreds of thousands of people, can she?"
"you……"
"You don't care about the lives of your people? Why?"
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