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Published at 21st of March 2020 11:30:49 AM


Chapter 31

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Translator: Li Xinyi
Proofreadby Men Shunde

Mr. Zongnotices the expressiononNangongNing’s faceand explainsgallantly, "Miss Nangong, although the ShennongHall is a big drugstore, I am from theRegent’s Mansion, so they have to be quite polite to me."

NangongNing nods her head, "Yes, I can see that. It is like the story between the fox and the tiger.

"Yeah. Oh, No! MissNangong..., you are satirizingme!Do you mean the fox assuming the majesty of the tiger— borrowing the power to do evil?"Mr. Zong realizes she is being sarcastic and he bristles.

She smiles and is about to say something when a middle-aged man hurriesin.

Seeing the man,Mr. Zongstares at NangongNingand thenturns to greetthe man.

"Mr. Su, you..."

Mr. Su, the manager of the Shennong Hall, just smiles apologetically at Mr.Zong, then turns to NangongNing, with a strange sense of awe, saying,"Lady, areyou Miss Nangong?"

Mr. Zong looks puzzled.

NangongNing is also puzzled, but she nods her head.

"Really sorry, the young boy is not sensible, Miss Nangong andMr. Zong, this way please!"

Mr. Zong looks at NangongNing quizzically.

NangongNing rolls her eyes back at him.

She also wants to know why!

Seeing that they don’t move, Mr. Su adds, “I'm sorry. This placeis so humble here.Please follow me and we have some better tea over there.”

NangongNing takes a look at Mr. Zong, whonods his head. NangongNingcalms down and stands up, saying to Mr. Su, “Thank you.”

TheyfollowMr. Su into the inner room and finds that behind the Shennong Hall there is anothercourtyard and an elegant little house stands in the center of the yard.

Compared with the tea-seats in the Hall, the layout here is more refined and elegant. There aresomecalligraphyand paintings by famous peopleon the wall and a heptachordbeside it. It seems likea hotel rather than a drugstore.

Mr. Zong sits down and looks at the tea to be served,and then he saysloudly, "Mr. Su, why haven't you served me such good tea before? And, you have never invited me to come here!"

Mr. Su’s face shows an embarrassed look, but he just bows to her and says, "Miss Nangong, I did not know that you were coming.I am very sorry for the impoliteness.”

NangongNingtries her best to recall her original memory, but nothing is about theShennongHall.

So, why is Mr. Su so polite? What is the purpose of his politeness?

ButMr.Zongsuddenlyunderstands, and cries out, "Oh, I see.You have heard that sheis bestowed by the Emperor on the Regent in marriage, haven’t you?"

Mr. Su nodshis head, saying, "It is known to all in the capital, and of course, including me.”

“Hem,I see. It is for the sake of my Lord." Mr. Zongpicks his teacup up, takes a swig of it, showing his discontent.

NangongNingforces a smile.

That accounts for Mr. Su’s politeness.


She didn’t realize the advantage the bestowed marriage brings her until now, which, in fact, makes her feel uneasy.

Shetakes her cup up and sniffs the tea gently, only to find the tea fragrant and the color of the tea clearer than any other tea colors.

“This is the bestBiluochun tea, but Mr. Su, doyou always serve your guests with poisoned tea?”

As soon as she finishes her words,she tilts her teacup and pours the the content of it onto Mr. Su’s head,who makes a sudden dodge aside.

"As a manager of a drugstore, you are unexpectedly a practitionerof the martial art!”

At this time, with a big bang, Mr. Zong, who sits on the opposite side, rolls his eyes and then falls down with his head on the table.

NangongNing gazes at Mr. Su, who sits on her opposite.

The happy smile on Mr. Su’s face now turns into a cold one and he says to NangongNing, “My master wants to see you.”

“Your master?” NangongNing asks, “Who is he?”

At this moment, a sudden sound of music comes to theirears, which is extremely seductive, making listeners fall into a state of ecstasy.

NangongNingcannot enjoy the music, but it makes her heart beating faster and her ears hot.

“What awful music is that?” She is furious and cries out.

Just then, an aromatic smell wafts toward her, and NangongNing holds her breath subconsciously. A sweet male voice is saying:

“This is the Music ofSeduction, whichis composed by a master in a brothel and costs me a lot of money. Isn’t it pleasant to to listen to it?“

NangongNing is speechless.

A master in a brothel? Is that a prostitute?

The music of seduction written by a prostitute can’t be a good one!

“Don’t pretend to be someone mysterious!Come out ifyou want to see me!”

“Hey,it’s not necessary for me to pretend to be someone. Of course, I’ll come out because I am here to meet you.”

NangongNingis speechless again.

Just then, there appears a man leaning against the door of the room with a flute in his hand.

The man,dressed in a dark blue robe and looking very elegant and graceful, has a delicate face with refined features, and a pairof peach blossom eyes. He looks very handsome as well as seductive,full of contradiction.

He is a toxic man!

NangongNing reachesthe conclusion subconsciously.

And then a disgusted expression appears on her face.

"Why do you have such an expression? Don’tyou like me?" The man says resentfully in a sad tone.

Nangong snorts coldly, "Who are you?"

Instead of answering her, the man stares at NangongNing’s eyes and asks, “Who are you?”

NangongNing feels herheart is skipping a beat.

However, she quickly comes to her sense that the man could not know her origin. He must mean something else.

“I am NangongNing, the eldest daughter of the Nangongfamily.

Hearing her answer, a satisfied look appears in his peach blossom eyes, but his gaze is still on NangongNing's face. He suddenly reaches out his hand, and naturally holdsNangongNing's wrist.

NangongNing is startled and about to break away from his hand, but the man has taken her outside into the courtyard. Before she takes action, NangongNing is ledby his hand around and finally into a small building.

NangongNing is shocked by the things she sees inside the building. There are too many things here. What's more, the poison-detecting bracelet on her wrist is automatically collecting information of these things, which is pouring into her mind.

“Why are there so many poisons here?”

“Bravoto your judgment! You are indeed Miss Nangong.”The man laughs so ecstatically and is very proud."Here is my poison building. There are a lot of poisons in it. How many varieties do you guess?"

NangongNing pulls back her wrist at this moment, and soon she replies with a definite tone, "108."

"..." The abhorrentsmile on the man's face suddenly fades away, and he is looking at NangongNingin amazement.

This time it isNangongNing's turn to smile. With her poison-detecting bracelet on her wrist, of course, she can quickly get specific varieties of the poisons there.

“Mr. Su calls you his master, so you are the master of the Shennong Hall? The Shennong Hall is a drugstore on the surface, but in fact, you sell poisons under the counter, don’t you?"

The expression on the man’s face freezes for a while and then it gradually returns to normal.

“At first I wanted to swindle you, but it turned out that you found out my secret. It seems I underestimated you, NangongNing.

NangongNinggoes to one side, picks up a smell bottle on a table. She opens it and sniffs, saying, “It is the best agkistrodon venom.”

The expression on the man’s face stiffens again.

She just sniffs it and then she could judge it accurately.This little girl is terrible!

NangongNing putsthe snake venom down, sits upright, raises her eyes, looksat the evil man coldly, and says in a low voice, "Now you can introduce yourself."

On hearing what she says, the man smiles again, and his face wears the look of a toxic man again.

He comes over and sits opposite NangongNing.

“It is destined for the two of us to meet, for my family name also has two characters, that is, Wenren, and my full name is Wenren Yao, the owner of the Shennong Hall.”

“Wenren Yao?” The name seems very strange to NangongNing, but she knows that the man tells the truth.

“Yes, the name is good enough for me, isn’t it?” says Wenren Yao happily.

NangongNingmutters an answer, thinking in her heart that “Wenren Du” is a better name for him, for “Yao” means “medicine” in Chinese and “Du”means “poison”.

“But Mr.Wenren, why do you want to seeme?”

Wenren Yao grins and his face is shinning, whichlooks that he is considering something bad. Therefore, NangongNing becomes alert and stares at him.

“You are the eldest daughter of the Nangongfamily and a very important personto the Shennong Hall today.So I certainly want to do business with you.

NangongNing is startled, but she tries hard to hold back without revealing it.

The memory of the original NangongNing tells her that the status of the Nangongfamily is not high in politics of the State of Dongli, but the important thing is that the family has a lot of money.

The existence of the rich Nangong aristocratic family is a miracle in Dongli. The Nangong aristocratic family does business, but it is not a civil business or a royal business. In business, the Nangong aristocratic family probably has the highest status.

This is becauseof the ancestor of theNangong family, who was once a generalfollowing the founding emperor of the State ofDongli. Later, the country was founded. The ancestor of the Nangong family was also made the Duke albeit he was not a member of the royal family. However, the Nangong ancestor was a very intelligent person. He was also supremely pragmatic. Therefore, after he was granted the title of Duke, he began to do business and contributed to the national treasury of Dongli.

Because of the wisdom of the ancestors, the Nangong family has accumulated more and more moneyandsurvivedgenerations of emperors in the State of Dongli.

Nangong aristocratic family has a wide range of businesses, but it seems that they have never been involved in medicine business. But NangongNing doesn’t think that Wenren Yao would like to do medicine business with her.

It is the business of poisons!

“I hear you saved the Regent’s life, who was poisoned, didn’t you? And you have a magical bracelet...” says Wenren Yao with his eyes fixing on her wrist.

NangongNingcovers her bracelet subconsciously.

Wenren Yao smiles, pretending not to notice, saying, "So I think that the best choice for me is to cooperate with you in business."

Nangong thinks for a moment, and replies promptly, "I can think about it, but I'm going to take ten kinds of poisons from you as gifts you give me for the first time meeting with you."

Hearing what she says, Wenren Yao is very generous and points at the poisons with his flute, saying, “There are 108 varieties of poisons here with different qualities. Please choose 10 as you wish.”




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