Chapter 108: I Have Some Magical Little Pills Here

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Qin Zhiyi was furious, itching to strike someone!

“Your Majesty, have some tea,” Rong Xuan said with a sly smile. “People are most prone to revealing their flaws when they are arrogant.”

A cup of cold tea was gulped down by Qin Zhiyi, soothing the fire in his heart. He said, “It seems there’s an opportunity. I must meet each of these hundred people personally.”

Only by seeing them himself could he determine whether they were truly useful to him.

“What’s the point of meeting them? They’ve all slept with your consorts; none are suitable,” Shen Fuyu rolled her eyes. “Fortunately, Your Majesty still has me. Otherwise, among these hundred, at least one would deceive you!”

“Shut up!”

The blunt words stabbed Qin Zhiyi’s heart painfully. Must this topic always come up? He wasn’t unaware of Jing Lanxi’s improper behavior!

But for now, he had no better candidate to rely on...

“Oh dear, I have some marvelous little pills here! But it looks like certain people aren’t very appreciative. Maybe I should just throw these away...” Shen Fuyu dramatically pulled a small bottle of medicine from her sleeve.

Hey? Her space had every kind of medicine imaginable!

Her cheeky demeanor instantly darkened Qin Zhiyi’s face threefold. This woman!

Couldn’t she speak properly?

Rong Xuan smiled gently. He had watched this emperor grow up and pitied that he never had a truly close confidant. Now, at last, someone shared his joys and sorrows—a good thing indeed.

“Oh dear, what to do now?” Shen Fuyu rubbed the bottle between her fingers, grinning mischievously.

Qin Zhiyi was speechless.

He reached out to grab it, but forgot that even the Dragon Shadow Guards were no match for her. There was no way he could snatch it.

“Shen Fuyu!”

This woman was trampling his dignity into the dirt!

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Shen Fuyu glanced back with a smile; trampling on the emperor’s dignity was simply too much fun!

“Your Majesty, why are you so flustered?” Shen Fuyu cheekily approached, waiting for Qin Zhiyi to speak. Her sly smile revealed her mischievous intentions. “You shouted so loudly—what exactly do you want to tell me?”

“You! Don’t push your luck!” Qin Zhiyi was annoyed by her clinginess but also coveting the pills in her hand. When would this daily torment by a woman end?

He truly wanted to grab her by the foot and toss her into the moat!

“I... want this...” He could bend but not break; a true man is not afraid of such things.

“Want what?” Shen Fuyu only laughed more gleefully. To her, a woman who had been forced to live for centuries, Qin Zhiyi was still a child. The younger the person, the more impatient; the more impatient, the more she enjoyed teasing!

After all, his impatience led to anger.

Qin Zhiyi gritted his teeth. “Have you had your fun? Do you only know how to toy with me for amusement?”

Indeed, that was the truth.

Yet Shen Fuyu didn’t admit it outright. Instead, she handed over the medicine. After all, they were allies. If it were others, she would have confessed immediately. She smiled and said, “Alright, Your Majesty, I just enjoy joking with you!”

“Take these and use them.” Shen Fuyu suddenly lowered her voice. “Regarding the Dragon Shadow Guards, I have a suggestion. You might as well use these old ones as a base to train a new batch.”

This was also what Qin Zhiyi had been thinking. Those who had been used by Jing Lanxi naturally could not be kept, but he needed a gradual process and replacements.

“What do these medicines do?” Qin Zhiyi asked.

As he spoke, he hesitated briefly. In previous times, Shen Fuyu’s miraculous medicines had helped him through crises. Was this emperor perhaps too reliant on others?

“They’re useless—just some prank pills I made by grinding a uniquely bitter herb that could flip your spirit,” she said. Those long-term latent poisons described elsewhere, requiring monthly antidotes, she did not have. Frankly, such poisons always harm the body, especially those who practice martial arts; prolonged use would surely weaken them!

Qin Zhiyi glanced at her.

“Just treat it as poison. Later, I’ll mix some laxatives in it. You tell them this poison acts once a month; if they don’t take the antidote on time, they’ll suffer severe diarrhea and bleeding to death. But if they do take it, they’ll be fine... You get my drift?” Shen Fuyu winked.

Qin Zhiyi was smart and immediately understood her meaning. “But no such magical poison exists in the world. Using only laxatives—can it really deceive them?”

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“The laxatives I provide will suffice,” Shen Fuyu guaranteed. “No one suspects my stomach, do they?”

Well, that much he had to admire.

“I’ll just claim to have the aid of an expert,” Qin Zhiyi decided to tell one more lie. “Let it be known that I have a master skilled in medicine and poisons.”

He only needed to quietly leave the palace a few times, giving those watching him a target. Outside the palace, they would never find this so-called expert, nor guess it was Shen Fuyu.

This would also protect Shen Fuyu. Women in Daxun never held as high status as men; exposing her would only invite more enemies.

Shen Fuyu yawned. Qin Zhiyi seemed deep in thought—truly a serious young emperor, though she thought perhaps he worried too much.

But whatever. As long as he was happy.

After all, state affairs had little to do with her.

“But about the laxatives...”

“Just use them sparingly,” Shen Fuyu yawned again. “You must have heard about the incident with my sixth sister at Old Madam Shen’s birthday banquet?”

“I’ve heard a bit.”

“At first, no one noticed when she swallowed a whole pill. She suffered diarrhea for a day and night. Luckily, she’s tough; otherwise, her intestines might have come out. The doctors could only say it was caused by medicine but couldn’t specify which. This batch I gave you is an improved version, with some mildly toxic herbs to mask the laxatives. Pulse diagnosis will only show signs of poisoning, but never detect the actual components.”

After all, the medicines from her space didn’t exist outside—their detection would be suspicious!

“Nothing else. I’ll go back to sleep now,” Shen Fuyu said, yawning once more.

“Wait.” Having sorted through these details, Qin Zhiyi suddenly recalled something. “I’ve had a question for a long time. Explain it to me.”

“Whether it’s about the Dragon Shadow Guards or the queen’s matters when you entered the palace, how did you come to know?”

Qin Zhiyi knew the Shen family lacked such abilities. The only one capable must be Shen Fuyu herself.