"Auntie, she used poison!"
Hai Xuan nodded: "Auntie knows. Xing Shi, take good care of your sister. Leave the rest to Auntie."
Hai Xingyi cautioned, "Auntie, be careful!"
Liu Yingying was devastated when she saw that her poison had been easily cured.
"And who are you? How dare you cure my drunken stupor of the day?"
Ning Yao raised her eyes and glanced at her from head to toe.
"Such a young age, yet such a vicious mind."
Liu Yingying was furious: "How dare you insult me?"
"The 'One-Day Intoxication' poison was created by a poison master. Ordinary people may not know this, but this poison master is ruthless. He once poisoned an entire village to test a poison, killing nearly two or three hundred innocent villagers, including even newborn children."
"Young lady, judging by your refined attire, you must come from a distinguished family. How could you stoop to the level of such wicked people!"
Liu Yingying never expected that anyone would know about her drunkenness that day.
"So what? Sir is destined for great things. It is an honor for those foolish villagers to become his test subjects."
Liu Yingying's words caused an uproar.
"She really has the nerve to say something like that?"
"When have these rich people ever cared about the lives of ordinary people?"
"She looks quite pretty, but I never expected her to be such a vicious person!"
"In their eyes, the lives of ordinary people are not even worth mentioning!"
"He's always with his servants, shouting and threatening to kill others. He's awful!"
"This little girl is so wicked, so vicious!"
The crowd was buzzing with gossip, and the words criticizing Liu Yingying kept reaching her and her guards' ears.
Liu Yingying remained aloof and superior, deeming even a lowly commoner unworthy to lick her shoes.
Her guards could only grit their teeth and endure these words.
Ning Yao sneered, "Since that's the case, why don't you try my poison too?"
Liu Yingying's alarm bells rang: "You dare to plot against me? Be careful, I'll have my grandfather wipe out your whole family!"
"And what kind of person is your maternal grandfather?"
"My maternal grandfather is the Duke of Qin!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Yao recalled for a moment, then scoffed.
"Is that the one in the capital, the one who's over sixty, fat as a pig, and who goes around kidnapping innocent women and ruining other people's daughters?"
"I heard that from the old to the young in the Qin State Duke's mansion, no one is of any use. Moreover, his title is not hereditary. His father was the last one to inherit it. He and his whole family knelt outside the palace gates and begged the late emperor for it."
"If this is the Qin State Duke's mansion, he should be doing well just to take care of himself, how dare he be so arrogant?"
"Could it be that you, a young upstart who doesn't know your place, are using his name to cause trouble outside, afraid that he'll sit on the throne of Duke for too long?"
"You are so filial!"
Liu Yingying stood there, her face flushed and her neck red. She knew she had met her match today.
Not only did she know about the "One Day Drunk" incident, but she also seemed to know so much about her grandfather's family.
Who exactly is this little bitch?
But Liu Yingying was used to making trouble: "You say it is so, but you're not even in the capital. I could say you're slandering my grandfather! Your intentions are so malicious, you deserve to be punished!"
She had barely spoken for three seconds before Ning Yao slapped her in the face.
In front of everyone, Ning Yao recited the people and events of the Duke of Qin's mansion fluently, just like a storyteller.
At the most exciting part, some people in the crowd even applauded and cheered.
Liu Yingying was completely dumbfounded. She never expected that she would run into such a tough opponent this time!
"Shut up! You little bitch, shut up!" Enraged, she drew another guard's sword and thrust it directly at Ning Yao.
The cold, eerie light of the sword reflected on Ning Yao's face, and her eyes revealed a chilling intent.
With his right hand reaching for his waist, a long whip snapped open with a click, faster than Liu Yingying's sword.
The long whip wound around her arm along the sword, like a nimble snake.
Seeing this, Liu Yingying hurriedly swung her arms, but found it was of no use.
Liu Yingying could feel the cold, damp touch of the whip even through her clothes.
She instinctively started to panic.
"Useless! A bunch of useless trash! Didn't you see your young lady being bullied? Aren't you going to help?"
Liu Yingying's impotent rage did have some effect.
The Liu family guards stepped forward in unison, blocking Liu Yingying's way. Liu Lin said to Ning Yao with a complicated expression, "Miss, please forgive me!"
Ning Yao scoffed: "As a guard, failing to protect your master immediately is considered disloyalty."
Liu Lin's expression instantly turned somewhat unpleasant, but Ning Yao's words did indeed make sense.
Liu Yingying felt that her words hit the nail on the head. These guards were utterly useless, yet they still wanted her to personally teach these lowly people a lesson!
However, Ning Yao's next words were like a slap in the face to Liu Yingying.
"But you servants are quite pitiful, having been saddled with such spoiled, domineering, and vicious masters. Even if you know right from wrong, you are powerless to do anything about it!"
Liu Yingying felt that she had never suffered more humiliation in her entire life than she had today.
She won't rest until she's killed these lowly people!
"If you're so capable, let me go! Tying me up like this is truly despicable!"
Ning Yao chuckled, then pointed at Hai Xingyi, who had just recovered: "Wasn't it a despicable act for you to poison that girl?"
"You're unhappy when we treat you the way you want to be treated, what kind of logic is that?"
Liu Yingying's face flushed red and then turned pale, looking extremely unsightly.
Ning Yao wouldn't let go of her, and she couldn't break free, so the situation remained deadlocked for a while.
Liu Zi's words broke the deadlock.
"Third Miss, this Miss Liu has come many times. Because she couldn't buy the silver lotus, she keeps causing trouble for Shuiyunjian. And here she is again today."
Liu Zi pointed to the sword that hadn't been drawn yet, above the entrance to Shuiyunjian.
"The group of guests just now were almost injured when they left, just as they reached the door."
Ning Yao's eyes suddenly turned cold as she looked at Liu Yingying with icy eyes: "Is this a case of getting angry because you couldn't buy silver lotus? If you can't buy silver lotus, there are still jade lotus and golden lotus. Surely someone who claims to be a relative of the Duke of Qin's mansion can't even afford this little bit of money?"
Liu Yingying retorted, "Of course I can afford it, but I left in a hurry and didn't bring enough. I've already sent someone back to get more."
"If that's the case, then go and choose someone else. Why did you have to attack Shuiyunjian?"
Liu Yingying was put in an awkward position by the questioning, so she pursed her lips and remained silent, glaring fiercely at Ning Yao.
"If everyone were like you, taking their anger out on others when they can't buy what they want, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"
Hai's group echoed, "That's right, we didn't buy any either, so why aren't we as domineering as you?"
"My young lady is still the kindest."
"You're wrong about that. Everyone who knows our Miss Hai praises her for being intelligent and well-mannered."
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