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In the dimly lit side chamber, a woman was brewing tea. When she looked up at me, her gaze was murky and unclear.
"Greetings, Miss Gu Yao," I said respectfully, bowing.
Gu Yao was a senior maidservant by Consort Four's side and hailed from the southern region.
"Please, have a seat," she said softly.
The fragrance of tea wafted through the air.
"I know you came here a few days ago."
"Do you know why Luo Ruyan called for you?"
I shook my head.
"Because... you resemble someone from the past."
"Who is that person?"
"She was also a naive little girl," Gu Yao sighed, "and ended up meeting a tragic fate."
I understood her warning.
"Did that person also fall in love with someone she shouldn't have?"
"She foolishly believed it was love."
Gu Yao's eyes seemed to touch upon her own unresolved emotions.
"In reality, it was merely a meticulously crafted trap."
I lowered my gaze in silence.
"You and lord Xiao..."
"I know what I'm doing," I interrupted her.
"You think you know," she suddenly grasped my hand. "But you have no idea who he really is!"
"Then tell me."
She hesitated, taken aback.
"Tell me, who exactly is he? Why is there a curse? And why is he approaching me?"
"You..." Gu Yao seemed torn between speaking and holding back.
"If you can't say anything, then please don't try to dissuade me."
I stood up, preparing to leave.
"Wait!" She called out to me. "Be careful of Luo Ruyan."
"Why?"
"Because... she also liked Yilihamu."
"That's Xiao Yuchen's name in the Southern Border," Gu Yao whispered.
"It's also his curse."
As I stepped out of the side hall, the night had deepened.
Xiao Yuchen was waiting for me in the courtyard.
"What did she say to you?"
"She said you're a heartless and ungrateful man," I replied with a smile.
He frowned slightly.
"She also said you were born with a curse."
I looked at him seriously. "Is it true?"
"There are some things you can't know yet."
"Why?"
"Because..." He cupped my face in his hands.
"I can't bear to see you get hurt."
"But I've already been hurt."
"A Rou..."
"Please tell me, okay? If I'm going to die, let me at least understand why."
He froze for a moment.
"...Since I was young, I've had a special constitution."
He finally spoke.
"Any poison is ineffective against me; instead, it becomes nourishment."
"So that's why you know medicine?"
"The Southern Border Grand Witch Doctor took me as his apprentice and taught me about poisons and antidotes."
"And then?"
"Then I discovered that not only am I immune to all poisons, but I can also... control them."
I widened my eyes in shock.
"So those people say I'm an ominous person and that I should be executed."
He chuckled self-deprecatingly.
"But I escaped and came to the Central Plains."
"What about Luo Ruyan..."
"She is my half-sister."
His tone was calm.
"Then your approach to me is also her intention?"
"At first, yes."
I admitted.
"But later..."
"Later I realized that you are just like me."
He held me close.
"We are both those who have found an end on the path of bloody revenge."
I leaned against him, inhaling the faint scent of medicine on his body.
At that moment, hurried footsteps echoed in the air.
"Not good!" A servant rushed in, panic evident on their face.
"The Ninth Prince... has been poisoned!"
Xiao Yuchen's expression changed instantly.
"Consort Four, please go to him immediately."
I grabbed his sleeve. "Be careful."
He glanced back at me. "Wait for me to return."
A sense of foreboding rose within me.
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