The mother and daughter stared strangely at the medicine packet on the table, unsure of what the old lady had given them.“What is this?” the Yao family asked.The old lady stretched out in a yawn and languidly sat on a chair: “Arsenic.”The Yao family choked.Gu Jiao also almost choked. If she remembered correctly, the old lady just casually took it out of her pocket, didn’t she? Do old ladies nowadays carry arsenic around?“Where did you get arsenic from?” Gu Jiao asked the old lady.The old lady seemed a bit flustered under her gaze and cleared her throat: “Just… um… rat poison!”She hastily glossed over her words, but Gu Jiao still understood.Reselling, she said.Some time ago, Gu Jiao found out there were rats in the house, so she made some rat poison using arsenic.The rat poison disappeared, and so did the rats.She thought the rats had eaten all the poison. Did the old lady actually take it to resell?Is selling wound-healing medicine not enough to satisfy your needs?Have yo

Xiao Liulang had no choice but to accept Little Clean Sky’s insistence and went to Guozijian first.Little Clean Sky tightly shut the door of the room.Gu Jiao came knocking on the door: “Is it time to go to school yet?”Little Clean Sky asked from behind the door: “Have they all left?”Gu Jiao spoke softly: “Yes, they left.”Little Clean Sky hummed: “Did the bad brother-in-law leave, and did Brother Yan and Brother Xiaoshun also leave?”Gu Jiao nodded: “Hmm, they all left.”Only then did Little Clean Sky open the door a crack, but he didn’t immediately come out. Instead, he peeked out from the crevice in the door, looking left and right.Once he was certain nobody was around, he emerged, his book bag slung over his shoulder.Perhaps he was still feeling shy because his face was blushing.To hide his embarrassment, he tried to portray a serious and mature demeanor, strutting forward with an air of fierce strength. Such a tiny tough-guy!The path was slippery, so to prevent the little

Zheng Siye was taken aback by a three-year-old’s audacious backtalk, but still, he’s from the department of inspections and wouldn’t be bested by a child so easily.Angrily, he declared, “Alright, alright, alright. Such disrespect to your elders, it looks like you are in need of punishment! Servant! Bring me the disciplinary ruler!”Upon hearing that Little JingKong was about to be disciplined with the ruler, the young boy revealed a triumphant smile.At that moment, a slender figure walked over.Although he had to walk with a crutch, amidst the wind and snow he seemed as dignified and robust as an evergreen pine tree, radiating an awe-inspiring yet powerful aura.Everyone paused for a second, one, because of his aura, two, because of his appearance.This man looked way too…When Zheng Siye first saw Xiao Liulang, he was utterly stunned as well, but by now, he had become used to it.A face resembling others is no rarity. He had conducted thorough inquiries into eight generations of hi

He knew Qin Chuyu very well. To avoid being treated with trepidation and deference by the people of the Guozijian, as he was, in the Imperial Palace because of his princely status, he had ordered everyone to tight-lipped, including Qin Chuyu, preventing any disclosure of his royal identity outside.If discovered, one would be confined in the dark, small room as punishment.No wonder Qin Chuyu was scared stiff when Xiao Liulang forced him to reveal his identity.However, Qin Chuyu was accustomed to the tyranny of the imperial palace, he’d never truly valued a three-year-old child. When the day came that the Emperor would no longer restrain him, it’s never too late to settle the score with the child!As Qin Chuyu ate, he became gradually entranced by the delicacies, and soon his mind was filled only with sheep milk cakes.“Return to the palace,” the crown princess commanded.Princes of a certain age would establish their own Prince Residence outside the palace, except for the crown prin

She had just been brought in.Crying a total wreck.“What’s your name?” Gu Jiao asked.“I…I…hic!” She was crying so hard she was hiccuping.Gu Jiao reached out to look at her arm, but she was afraid it would hurt and started wailing like a slaughtered pig, “Don’t touch me!”Gu Jiao said, “I won’t touch you. You’ve scraped the back of your hand. I will clean it, it won’t hurt your arm.”“Re…really?” She looked disbelievingly at Gu Jiao.“Really.” Gu Jiao gently cradled her hand in the palm of her hand, carefully avoiding the dislocated area, “You have nice hands. What do you usually clean them with?”No one dislikes a compliment, She sniffled: “Rose water… hiccup! After cleaning… hiccup! Apply Snowflake Cream… hiccup!”Gu Jiao said, “I have seen others do the same, but they don’t have skin as good as yours.”She said, “It’s because I’m naturally beau…aah–”Before she could finish her sentence, Gu Jiao had already set her arm.The naturally beautiful girl looked at herself in the copper