Chapter 396 Meeting the Envoy
Little Fairy said, “Well, Madam Xiao, according to you, we can only wait here in the forest to die. There’s no water in the forest, and we can’t find anything else to eat. We can’t just eat peaches, can we? Eating too many peaches will give you diarrhea. It would be strange if we didn’t die.”
Molly said, “Exactly, Madam Xiao, what do you think we should do now? I don’t want to become food for those monsters. I don’t care if you want to be eaten by monsters, but I don’t.”
“Hey, Sister Molly, can you stop saying such disheartening things? Listen to my mom. Mom, what do you think we should do now? We can’t just sit here and wait to die like Little Fairy said, can we?”
Madam Xiao held a torch in one hand and her pipa in the other. She turned around and looked at her son, smiling, “Don’t worry, I will lead you out of here, no matter how difficult it gets.” Little Fairy and Molly didn’t say anything; they were both looking at Lin Ye, hoping he would come up with a good idea.
But Lin Ye remained silent, merely nodding at Madam Xiao. His meaning was clear: he would listen to Madam Xiao on everything. If Madam Xiao said to go east, he wouldn’t go west.
“I suddenly remembered something. Black and White Double-edged Sword know that the monsters in this forest are poisonous. If they barged in here looking for us so openly, they must have brought an antidote,” Lin Ye suddenly said.
“Little brother, you’re right. I was also considering this. How about we check if Black Double-edged Sword has anything on him?” Little Fairy leaned in and said.
Lin Ye walked over and searched Black Double-edged Sword’s body. As a result, he found a bottle of white pills in Black Double-edged Sword’s inner pocket. There were only three pills. It was unclear what kind of medicine it was.
Lin Ye held the bottle of pills and examined them closely in the torchlight, but he couldn’t discern anything unusual.
Little Fairy came forward and took the bottle of pills from Lin Ye, looked at them, and said, “These are likely the pills Fei Bu Fan gave them. Fei Bu Fan did this simply because he didn’t want his subordinates to die by the hands of those monsters. Madam Xiao, the efficacy of these pills is probably similar to the antidote you developed. It’s a pity that sister-in-law is gone; if she had persisted until now, she wouldn’t have died.” Molly was surprised and leaned in to see the situation.
Madam Xiao took the pills from Little Fairy, held the bottle under the torchlight to examine them for a while, and said with a slight frown, “Although there are no markings on this bottle to indicate the purpose of the pills inside, I suspect they are for oral consumption and can fundamentally eliminate the toxins in a poisoned person’s body. However, we must not misuse them before confirming their safety. Fei Bu Fan is cunning, and we must be wary of this.”
“Madam Xiao, according to what you’re saying, Fei Bu Fan did it on purpose?” Little Fairy didn’t quite understand Madam Xiao’s meaning.
Molly also felt that Madam Xiao was being overly cautious. Being too cautious often leads to mistakes.
Lin Ye said, “Mom, aren’t you being too careful? I think these pills are real, and they will work as long as one is poisoned by the monsters. Mom, why are you so nervous?”
“In troubled times, it’s always good to have an extra eye. The three of you don’t need to say anything more; I know what I’m doing. It’s getting late, let’s continue on our way. Let’s find a place with water to rest.” Madam Xiao put the bottle of white pills into her pocket and hid it, then raised her torch.
“Madam Xiao, hearing you say that, I really feel thirsty. Let’s go, little brother, let’s find water,” Molly stepped forward and took Lin Ye’s arm.
Little Fairy pouted in dissatisfaction and quickly followed.
Madam Xiao said, “I’ll bring up the rear. Son, you take your two wives and go ahead. Let your mother bring up the rear. Mother won’t let you down.” Hearing Madam Xiao say this, Little Fairy and Molly felt quite embarrassed. Lin Ye, however, was immensely pleased and chuckled slyly.
Carrying the Hell Sword and holding the torch, he walked straight in the direction where White Double-edged Sword had departed. Little Fairy and Molly followed closely behind.
Molly’s heart was pounding. She had never dreamed that Madam Xiao would include her among her son’s future wives. This was a huge surprise.
She thought that from now on, she couldn’t quarrel with Little Fairy anymore. Little Fairy had the same thoughts as Molly.
However, her heart was beating even faster than Molly’s. But when she thought that Madam Xiao also considered Molly as a daughter-in-law, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of resentment.
She secretly vowed to make Lin Ye only love her. She didn’t want her husband to share happiness with other women, even though Xue Bilian couldn’t be stopped.
But this was something she didn’t need to consider at all. Who was Xue Bilian? The leader of Ming Du. One could not afford to offend the leader.
Yes, that’s how it will be. At most, she’d let Xue Bilian share Lin Ye’s joy with her. Sister Molly, Sister Hong Chen, Sister Feng Yue, little sister, I’m sorry to all of you. Please forgive me.
Little Fairy mused inwardly as she walked.
Molly caught up with Little Fairy and said, “Hey, Little Fairy, Madam Xiao said that just now, you don’t have any objections, do you? Otherwise, why is your face so bad?” As she spoke, she reached out to touch Little Fairy’s face. Little Fairy slapped her hand away and said, “Sister Molly, what are you doing? Is my face bad? No. If it is, how come I don’t feel it myself? Don’t talk nonsense. What Madam Xiao said is her business; it has nothing to do with me.”
“Hmph, I don’t believe you’re so generous in a million years,” Molly pouted.
“You two little women, can you say a few less words? I haven’t even said I’m going to marry you, and you’re already getting jealous. If I were to marry both of you, I’m sure you’d fight over me every day,” Lin Ye said, deliberately trying to embarrass them.
“Who’s jealous? How dare you say that,” Molly said.
“Exactly, don’t think of yourself so highly. I don’t care about you at all. Sister Molly, don’t you agree?” Little Fairy said, fuming and laughing coldly.
“I like to hear that. It speaks right to my heart. Little brother, take it easy. Don’t end up with no one. That would be miserable for you. Haha,” Molly burst into laughter.
“Son, you should say a few less words. Look how anxious you’ve made them,” Madam Xiao sighed.
At this, Little Fairy and Molly’s faces flushed even redder.
At this moment, Mo Lian’s thoughts calmed down considerably in this fleeting moment.
After finishing her makeup in front of the mirror, she came to meet the Special Envoy sent by the Emperor.
The meeting place was arranged to be the reception hall of the war camp. To avoid offending the envoy, Mo Lian specially invited two top chefs to prepare a lavish banquet of high-class dishes, along with the best kaoliang liquor from the rival country, and spent money to invite three stunningly beautiful women from the capital to perform.
