Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Tea Time with Lady Jade and Long Xiurong (III)


    "N-no, I don''t—" Long Xiurong wanted to say that she was more scared of how sharp Princess Swan''s tongue was. She wasn''t the one who got attacked, but she felt offended on Lady Jade''s behalf.


    This was the first time she saw Lady Jade losing her temper, to the point her legs were shaking as she emanated such an oppressive and intimidating aura.


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    Yet, she feared Princess Swan more than she feared Lady Jade.


    Princess Swan didn''t even seem to budge in front of the angry Lady Jade who was ring at her like she could kill her the very next second.


    "Lady Long is very sensible. She won''t be poking at sensitive topics nonstop," Jade said sarcastically. "Unlike a certain someone."


    "I see," Swan smiled and shifted her gaze towards Long Xiurong this time. "Did you hear that? Lady Jade just called you a spineless woman."


    "I never said that!"


    "Sounds like that for me," Swan replied. "After all, you are the first to bring up the topic of the Holy Achate."


    Jade gritted her teeth. The more she talked with this bitch, the more she realized that Swan''s innocent look was just a farce the whole time.


    She was just a nasty bitch with a pretty face.


    ''I should''ve demanded Queen Anastasia for her second daughter instead. I heard Princess Aria is more bubbly and friendly than this cunning freak,'' Lady Jade regretted her choice back then. But she had no way to kick this woman out of the castle since Gale seemed to have been bewitched by her. She nced at the teapot in the middle of the table. She had brewed the tea with a special herb that would slowly erode a woman''s uterus until she becamepletely infertile.


    She doubted that either Swan or Long Xiurong were Gale''s fated mate. Just to be on the safe side, she had to make them infertile, so they would never be able to bear Gale''s cub.


    ''He needs a strong mother to bear his cubs. These two women aren''t worthy,'' Jade told herself. ''It would only ruin his lineage, so I have to make sure none of them can get pregnant.''


    Thus, Jade resumed her smile and said, "Alright, I think we''ve trailed off from our conversation. I invited you to have tea time with me because you and Long Xiurong are Gale''s wives. It''s better to build connection and trust since Gale would marry more women in the future."


    Jade grabbed the teapot, and began to pour the hot tea on three cups, one for each of them, "Let''s start today''s tea time with this tea. I''m sure you two will love the tea I brewed. It will help you fight off the winter coldness since I added ginseng in it."


    Jade almostughed when she said that.


    True, she added ginseng, but it was not to fight off the cold.


    She added it because it would mask the scent of the infertile herb she used, so both Swan and Long Xiurong wouldn''t be able to sniff any suspicious odor from the tea.


    Swan stared at the tea in front of her.


    She knew that Lady Jade must''ve added something to this tea. This was the same method she used to poison Rock until he lost control.


    She nced at Long Xiurong, who didn''t seem to suspect a thing. She blew the steam off, andmented, "Ah, it''s too hot for me. I''ll let it cool for a moment."


    Swan became even more suspicious. She wondered if Long Xiurong and Lady Jade were working together to poison her.


    ''I don''t think praying to the Goddess would be good this time. I don''t want to show my power to anyone. So I have to be careful,'' Swan thought.


    Jade saw that Swan hadn''t touched


    her tea at all, and she began to suspect something, ''Does she know it has a poison inside? No, I don''t think she should know about that. I brewed a perfect poisonous tea after all.''  t


    "Why don''t you drink your tea, Princess? I heard from the servants that you have a weak body. This tea will be perfect for you since you cannot handle the coldness in this castle," Jade suggested. "I brewed this tea while thinking of you because I want to pay respect to Gale''s first wife. I would be sad if you refused my good intentions."


    "Oh, I''m very ttered, Mdy," Swan replied. "But in Holy Achate, our custom is


    to let the host drink first. So you should drink yours before me or Lady Long Xiurong."


    The smile on Jade''s face cracked. She didn''t know if that custom from Holy Achate was true, or if it was just Swan''s way to avoid drinking the tea.


    Fortunately, she had everything prepared, including the antidote. She always made sure the sugar cube that she made was filled with such antidotes, so no matter what tea she drank, she would never be affected by her own poison.


    "If that''s the custom from Holy Achate, then I suppose I should start the tea time with the first sip," Jade smiled as she grabbed a cube of sugar next to her teacup and put it inside her tea.


    The sugar cube quickly melted into the hot tea as Jade stirred it, and once the sugar cube had melted, she took a sip without worry.


    She put the teacup back on the saucer and said, "It''s your turn, Princess Swan, and you too, Lady Long."


    "Oh, yes. I prefer my tea lukewarm," Long Xiurong said as she kept blowing off the steam from the hot tea.


    Swan was watching Lady Jade attentively the whole time and realized that her expression eased when she put the sugar cube inside her tea.


    Thus, Swan guessed that the sugar cube must''ve contained something-maybe an antidote to cancel out the poison.


    There was a small jar of sugar cubes on her side as well, but there was a high possibility that only Lady Jade''s jar of sugar cubes had the antidote in it.