Poison Genius Consort

he day of their failed escape.

Jin Zi had protected Mu Linger and the baby to flee from the scene, while Bai Yuqiao had wrapped her hands tightly around Bai Yanqing while telling her to escape with Ning Jing.
But neither of them had any chance, because Bai Yanqing had poisoned Bai Yuqiao.

She and Ning Jing saw with their own eyes as Bai Yuqiao began to slowly melt away from head to toe like a snowman until she was nothing but a puddle of blood.
Su Xiaoyu would never forgot the last look Bai Yuqiao had given her: so plaintive, so reluctant, so sad.

She couldn’t understand the meaning of that look, but she felt like Bai Yuqiao had something to tell her.
However, she had simply ran out of time.
Over the past few days, she had been pondering this question to get answers.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

Didn’t Bai Yuqiao save us because she had an agreement with Ning Cheng? It should be nothing but business.

Shouldn’t she be feeling regret or resentment before she died?

Why did she look so reluctant about me?

She tried to comfort herself by saying she must have seen the wrong expression, but Bai Yuqiao’s slowing melting form would enter her vision every time she closed her eyes.
Like her, Bai Yuqiao had a set of large, bright eyes.
Sometimes she even felt like she was looking at herself when she saw her.

Su Xiaoyu had no good feelings about Bai Yuqiao at all.
Even if the girl saved them, she still disliked her.
Still, she desperately wanted to know what kind of agreement Bai Yuqiao made with Ning Cheng.
What was so important to Bai Yuqiao that she would betray both Jun Yixie and Bai Yanqing for their sakes?

“Girl, think it over carefully,” Bai Yanqing added.

Su Xiaoyu kept ignoring him, her brows creased into a line.
She wanted to wipe away the pair of eyes in her mind, but failed.

“Girl, how about this? Grandpa will play a game with you,” Bai Yanqing smiled.
“I’ll give you ten days to think it over.
Every day you can’t decide, grandpa will pull out one of Ning Jing’s teeth.
If you still can’t choose after ten days, I’ll end up with ten of Ning Jing’s teeth.
Isn’t this a good game?”

“You’re crazy!” Su Xiaoyu raged.

Bai Yanqing’s eyes grew cold with his smile.
“Looks like it’ll be extremely amusing.
Someone come, bring over the pliers!”

Seeing Bai Yanqing rise to his feet, Su Xiaoyu immediately surrendered.
“I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything I know, but you have to promise me something!”

Bai Yanqing was very satisfied.
“What is it? Tell me.”

“Bring Ning Jing here and lock her up with me.
And also, I want two warm beds and three warm meals a day,” Su Xiaoyu declared.

Ning Jing had been tormented since she gave birth and had probably lost half her life by now.
If Bai Yanqing pulled her teeth next, she’d definitely die! She could tell that Bai Yanqing didn’t plan to hurt her, but was going to use Ning Jing against her.
No matter what, she had to do her best to preserve Ning Jing’s life.[7]

Bai Yanqing laughed out loud at her demands.
“Little girl, what makes you think you can talk terms with this old man?”

“Either agree to this or kill us outright,” Su Xiaoyu retorted back viciously.
“Old coot, it’s easy enough to kill someone, but hard to keep them alive.
Don’t think we’re afraid of death! I’m telling you now, both Ning Jing and I don’t fear it!”

Bai Yanqing had always heard of Su Xiaoyu’s stubbornness, but he had to admire her guts when seeing it firsthand.
Laughing, he said, “Little girl, how about you come with me and I’ll take you as a disciple to teach you poisons?”

“None of your disciples had any good ends.
Heheh, forget about it!” Su Xiaoyu actually broke out into loud laughs.

Bai Yanqing was finally incensed.
“If you won’t accept this toast, then be forced to drink a forfeit!”[8]

He was about to order someone to unlock the cell when Su Xiaoyu said, “As far as I know, my family’s master’s been looking for something else ever since obtaining the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion.”

Hearing this, Bai Yanqing dismissed the guards, but Su Xiaoyu only said languidly, “Old gramps, let’s play another game.
I’ll give you two hours.
If you deliver Ning Jing here along with everything else I requested, I’ll tell you what my master’s looking for.
Otherwise…I’ll teach you a skill.”

She was threatening him!

“What kind of skill?” Bai Yanqing asked coldly.

“How to off yourself by your own hands!” Su Xiaoyu broke into wild laughter again.

Although she was chained up, she still had full control of her own life.
If Bai Yanqing wanted her to live, she could kill herself instead!

That’s right, she was threatening Bai Yanqing!

1.
I hope you grow moss, you old man!

2.
If you’re interested in playing the April Fools surprise, keep this tidbit in your memory.
It’s relevant!

3.
Who told Bai Yanqing this? One of his scouts that witnessed GQS’s attack and then escaped? Or eavesdropped on the convo between HYX/LFY and the Honored Elders at the rear of the mountains? Hmm…

4.
FLASHBACK – HYX: “We’ll trick them by setting up a fake seal mwahahaha!” Honored Elders: “Why, that’s a brilliant idea!” | PRESENT – BYQ: “I mean, it’s pretty obvious where they’re going with this with all the super-specific powers in their hands.
The seal is a fake, pssssh.” ( = .
= )

5.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is once again the powerful plot armor of the protagonists.
Pray that you don’t transmigrate into a cannon fodder into their stories.
Or that if you do, it’s only because you’re part of a cannon-fodder centric novel that features you.
Only then can you hope to thwart fate.

6.
This refers to the one-year deadline they have to finish up their dual cultivation completely or lose everything.
It was brought up briefly in one of the previous chapters by the elders of Celestial Mountain.

7.
While Ning Jing couldn’t have known she’d be wrapped up in all this mess, her situation here clearly shows how terrible it is to try and have a baby when the continent’s on the verge of war.
It’s too bad some people on the front lines have chosen to go off birth control anyways in an effort to get pregnant cough HYX cough.

8.
This is that popular wine idiom in Chinese that means “to submit to someone’s pressure after first turning down his request,” or “now the kid gloves come off, buddy.”

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