After provoking the holy maiden of Miao territory, she was infected with a love curse.

We went inside.

Yin Huaixi closed the door herself.

The place had changed quite a bit since Yin Huaixi left. A strange fragrance wafted from the room, and Yin Huaixi instinctively covered her mouth and nose.

She couldn't possibly be drugged without anyone noticing, or have something added to that tantalizing fragrance.

She accidentally blurted out the truth.

If you put all your plans into action, you'll end up losing money hand over fist.

"Speak, what do you want from me?"

Jiawan didn't think that much about it.

She is straightforward by nature, not a roundabout person, and says whatever she thinks without any reservations.

Yin Huaixi walked forward, but before he could even sit down, Jia Wan suddenly looked up, a smile playing on her lips.

"Oh, I understand."

"You two must have been up to no good last night, so you came to ask me for medicine? Right?"

The prerequisite for mastering Gu magic is being skilled in using poisons, not only the poisons of snakes, insects, rats, and ants, but also the poisons of flowers, plants, and trees.

To learn about so many poisons, one must also learn how to detoxify them.

After a while, they had already learned about half of the medical skills.

For some difficult and complicated diseases, Jiawan can handle them with ease, no less than Huahe.

But she was of high status and position, and it was considered extremely kind of her not to treat people's illnesses or use witchcraft on them.

There was no one in the room, so Yin Huaixi didn't feel guilty or try to hide anything. She glanced down at her chest, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

"You...you knew all that?"

"You really didn't eavesdrop under our bed last night?"

Jiawan: "..."

Jiawan: "If you keep talking nonsense and ask for a beating, I'll put a curse on you, believe it or not."

She put down the medicinal herbs she was playing with, stood up, and rummaged through the cabinets.

He pulled out a white jade medicine bottle that had been sealed away for a long time and was slightly covered in dust, and threw it over without any hesitation.

If Yin Huaixi hadn't been quick-witted, this dirty ointment would have fallen to the ground and shattered into eight pieces.

"Take this."

"Don't disturb my intimate moment with that girl."

...

Yin Huaixi hadn't used the ointment from last time; she was just using it as an excuse to come here.

As she left, Yiyun kept glancing at her, as if asking a question.

"Didn't I give it to you last time? Why did you use it up so quickly?"

...

Clutching the ointment in her palm, Yin Huaixi said nothing and left before even settling in.

Her focus was not on playing with the spices.

She had to find a way to get in touch with that "Yu Tang Su" (a type of pastry).

Otherwise, if we have to wait until Sang Che goes out on business next time, who knows when that will be.

Just before reaching the door.

Yin Huaixi couldn't help but lean back. She turned around, her voice teasing, "Lord Ah Shui, you wouldn't happen to... have fallen for that woman at first sight, would you?"

The Miao people truly have a unified lineage.

I've fallen for it, I've got my eye on it.

It was a home invasion robbery!

That makes no sense, and it's outrageous!

A sudden remark caused Jiawan to tighten her nails, accidentally leaving marks on the precious spices.

She looked up in annoyance, thinking that it was fortunate that this was not some rare medicinal herb, otherwise, a single fingernail could have ruined its medicinal properties.

She insisted on smoking…

Forget it.

Ah Che probably wouldn't want her to hit this guy; if she really did, it would inevitably cause a rift between her and Ah Che because of this woman.

Not cost-effective.

"What do you mean by 'lust at first sight'?"

"The people I choose must at least have decent features and be in good health. I'm not some kind of scoundrel who will take just anyone."

Done.

Jiawan was distracted and slammed the spices onto the table. She then looked up and carefully examined Yin Huaixi.

"If you don't leave, don't blame me for being impolite."

Threatened in this way, Yin Huaixi withdrew, and cleverly closed the door behind her. She then quickly slipped to Zhao Huining's side.

He took a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Huining.

Zhao Huining reacted quickly; she reached out and took the thing Yin Huaixi handed her, then hid it in her sleeve.

The two men's handover went smoothly.

After succeeding, Yin Huaixi didn't dare to linger. She wiped the medicine bottle with her sleeve.

Just like in the novel, Jia Wan has a fiery temper, but she's not very cunning. Compared to Sang Che's unfathomable scheming, Jia Wan is easy to fool.

In high spirits, Yin Huaixi stepped onto the stilted house. She didn't stop, but she didn't forget to hurry back.

However, as soon as she stepped onto the stairs, she heard a soft tinkling sound.

I looked up.

Beside the brown railing, countless butterflies fluttered. Sang Che rested his face on his palm, leisurely watching her walk uphill from his high position.

Ruined.

How did I get caught again?!

"Yin Huaixi... what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in the Saintess's quarters right now?"

She asked aloud, her doubts surfacing as she watched Yin Huaixi's every move with suspicion.

"You're not thinking of running away, are you? You're really something—"

Sang Che: "A Cai, step back."

Sang Che said seriously, "I have something to say to her."

"You don't need to get involved."

Sang Che's words made A Cai retreat in a huff. She glared at Yin Huaixi resentfully, but still obediently retreated behind a pillar in the corridor.

Seeing Ah Cai's eyes filled with a desire to tear her to pieces, Yin Huaixi subconsciously leaned against the pillar, her brain racing to find an excuse for her strange behavior just now.

I don't know if this clumsy trick of using ointment will fool Sang Che.

"You don't need to hide, Huaixi."

"Your location... my darling will tell me. No matter where you go, as long as your scent lingers, as long as the wind can reach, I will know."

Hands behind the back.

Sang Che took a light sniff in the air, raised her eyebrows, and her dull and bewildered eyes seemed to see through everything.

"You went to see Ah Shui, and you even took her things, didn't you?"

Hearing this, Yin Huaixi felt relieved. Luckily, she had handed over the letter earlier, otherwise Sang Che might have found it during a body search.

She couldn't clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River, because she already had a long history of bad deeds.

"So what if it is?"

"It's all your fault last night... you had to do that kind of thing. I'm not feeling well, so what's wrong with asking someone else for medicine?"

These two sentences were uttered.

Yin Huaixi could clearly see that Sang Che's expression had changed. She was even more smug, as if she had finally gained the upper hand in this battle for superiority and was moving forward one step at a time.

"I asked your maid, and she said I can wander around freely. Since Hua He isn't here, I can only find someone here who knows medicine."

The more she talked, the more reasonable she became. Yin Huaixi even took out the small porcelain bottle that she had just wiped clean from her bosom. She reached out and grabbed Sang Che's wrist, which was behind his back, and opened Sang Che's palm.

With the warm porcelain bottle placed on top, Yin Huaixi said confidently, "This is the medicine I just got from her. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can twist it open and smell it to see if what I'm saying is true."

Unbeknownst to him, the distance between the two was erased by Yin Huaixi, who smelled her scent so close to him.

Sang Che, however, did not buy it.

She placed her fingers on Yin Huaixi's shoulder, leaned closer, and her red lips seemed to want to kiss Yin Huaixi's sensitive earlobe.

She smiled and said, "Huaixi...you smell like someone else, not Ah Shui."

"Whose is it?"