496: Chapter 368_2 496: Chapter 368_2 He wanted to see just how formidable this woman was; first, let her cure his son’s poisoning.
He did not acknowledge this woman as his son’s woman, there had been no formal betrothal, no matchmaker’s words, not to mention a woman so formidable by his son’s side.
If she were a local with a powerful background, he would nod his agreement readily.
But this woman was not acceptable, the woman before him was definitely his son’s bane, afflicting his son to death.
A woman trying to join their family without his consent, it wouldn’t be so easy to earn his recognition.
“Someone, serve the young lady some tea.”
“Hmm.”
Maidens immediately came to serve tea.
Yingzi didn’t care in the least about Liu Xu’s denial or the fact he still called her a young lady.
Since she was in the wolf’s lair, she had to become a tiger.
What did she have to fear from a wolf when facing a tiger?
As the maidens served her tea, Yingzi did not trouble them.
With her many means, troubling a servant was trivial; she would face much more confrontational situations in the future!
Yingzi had been strictly trained by her organization.
Facing nobility and officials without fear, she could even outwit them.
Standing up from her chair, she respectfully advanced and kneeled, performing the decorous rituals of a dutiful daughter-in-law.
She wanted to test Liu Xu, to see if he would accept her tea and give her a red packet.
“Father, your daughter-in-law offers you tea!”
Liu Xu watched the thick-skinned woman before him without accepting the tea, believing she wouldn’t dare to poison it in his presence.
But his every meal, just like the King, was taken with caution; he never consumed anything touched by those he did not trust.
Towards the kneeling woman before him, he felt only a slight pity, a fleeting desire to cherish beauty.
If he were not ruthless, he would not have risen to a high position.
Liu Xu waved his hand indifferently, showing no intention of accepting the tea, certainly because this woman had harmed his son earlier.
He didn’t want this woman to harm him next, to control his thoughts with drugs.
This treacherous woman before him might be capable of anything.
Yingzi’s tea was not received, but she didn’t mind; she slowly stood up, returned to her seat, and drank the tea herself.
“Father, your daughter-in-law drank the tea on your behalf, I ask for your care in the future.
By the way, where is mother?
I have not yet offered her tea!”
Liu Xu looked impatiently at Yingzi, this woman who drove his son mad was now targeting his woman, such audacity.
Such shameless behavior was typical of the barbarians from that country, the epitome of disgrace.
Liu Xu thought so of Yingzi, yet he did not realize they were of the same ilk, equally shameless.
“There’s no need.
You’d better focus on curing the poison quickly.”
Yingzi didn’t take it to heart, her smile full of veiled mockery.
The man before her practiced Ancient Martial Arts, his Combat Power was comparable to their Invisibility skill, and she was not afraid of him.
It was the rare ability to fly and to wield Magical Treasures that made individuals valuable, especially those with higher Cultivation levels whom they had encountered twice, leading to their repeated defeats.
The man before her held high office and wielded great power, but his ambition was too vast and his prowess insufficient which made him easier to control.
If he had been like those cultivators who possessed the power of the Great Power Holders, even if they managed to cooperate and infiltrate successfully, they might not obtain the position of King and might even betray them.
Yingzi had no respect for such traitors, but if she had to cooperate with them, she felt that the truly powerful clans didn’t care much for the throne.
For instance, if the Top Ten Clans in the Cultivation World, or the Great Power Holders of the Immortal Sect, desired the King’s position, they could take it at any time.
Yingzi knew that the royal family paled in comparison to ordinary clan disciples, let alone their formidable lineage.
Liu Xu, regardless of what expression the woman in front of him wore or what schemes she harbored, waved his hand, signaling her to follow him to his son’s yard.
Yingzi didn’t say much.
Currently, walking with affected delicacy, she seemed like a true noble lady.
She was not wearing the ethnic attire of their country, but rather, she was dressed in the garb of a gentlewoman.
She had come in disguise, and as a woman speaking the fluent language of Ancient Xia Country, the strictly-guarded Guard Army could not detect anything improper about her.
Following Liu Xu, they arrived at a large yard, which befit the sole son of the Prime Minister’s residence.
It was decorated lavishly; one could tell just by looking at the exterior and the garden that the interior was likely even more extravagant.
He was completely a layman, unlike other cultivators.
While others would use Storage Bags to carry secretly precious items, those who practiced Ancient Martial Arts could only use them to decorate their dwellings, displaying their wealth and luxurious splendor.
In her heart, Yingzi scorned these displays, yet she didn’t consider that her own people, desiring to invade this land for years, did so for the very same illusion of grandeur and wealth.
The luxurious homes of the wealthy in her own country could not compare to the buildings of the rich in this country.
That is why they harbored greed, yearning to invade this place for years, to seize land, to take resources, at any cost.
Every day, Liu Xu would check on his son.
Ever since Ye Tian had helped control his son’s madness and unlocked his acupuncture points, the son had become deranged again.
Without another solution, Liu Xu could only personally seal his son’s acupoints, unblocking them for meals, yet controlling other points so that his son would not go mad, though he became abnormal; not to mention cultivation, if this went on, he might become a permanently deranged person.
It was with such worries that Liu Xu allowed this woman inside, risking everything to get his son detoxified.
Liu Xu entered his son’s room first; the boy had been under acupoint blockage for days, doing nothing but eating and sleeping.
Though his mental state was abnormal, he had grown noticeably heavier.
He was no longer thin and sallow as before, but this type of weight gain was also a burden—it was uncertain if this bloating might suddenly worsen.
Liu Xu constantly feared that his son would become useless; then, he would be without an heir, making his control of the country pointless.
What use is power without someone to inherit it?
“Do you see?
Because of you, my son can only lie in bed every day.”
After entering the room, Yingzi saw the man lying on the bed, with maids on watch beside it.
The man, despite being poisoned, did not look much different, seemingly having gained a bit of weight.
That should not be the case; her poison was supposed to make this man uncontrollably mad.
Yingzi couldn’t believe their medicine was ineffective; she had confidence in the drugs developed by their country.
So where did things go wrong?
Yingzi had forgotten that during the previous mass poisoning in Immortal Venerable City, Liu Tao had been afflicted with two kinds of poison, in addition to the drugs controlling him.
In that event, the detoxification with the Vitality Flower in Immortal Venerable City had removed the two toxins, leaving only the drugs that controlled his nerves.
Others were unwilling to give him the antidote, knowing he was not a good person, and Jiang Tang did not relieve him of the drugs.
They felt that a wrongdoer should receive some punishment; if he were mad, he would no longer commit misdeeds.
They did not expect this terrorist, who should have died, to still have someone escape.
At that time, Jiang Tang did not care too much about such trifling matters of nationality; he was just escaping a cage himself, then preoccupied with too many things he had to do.
Liu Tao was a minor villain whom he did not take seriously, leaving the responsibility for this man’s punishment to Ye Tian.
Jiang Tang had not thought it through at the time, trusting a person of Ye Tian’s status would not let such a villain off the hook.
But what he did not consider was that often people cannot act as they please, and Ye Tian could not just casually kill Liu Tao.
Yingzi didn’t think for long before she took out a bottle containing red powder from her Storage Bag and gestured for the maids to pour a cup of water.
“What is in your bottle?” Liu Xu asked, watching Yingzi with a guarded expression, fearful that she would poison his son again.
Yingzi paused in her actions, a seductive smile on her lips as she softly said, “Father, did you not ask me to administer an antidote to my husband?
This bottle contains that very antidote.”
“Truly?”
Liu Xu’s eyes were filled with a threatening intensity as he scrutinized Yingzi, trying to discern from her face whether she was lying.