The Rising Phoenix

"You don't have any servants. Does the servant boycott you?" Liu Longwei asked.

"What? What makes you think like that?" Bai Xifeng was confused.

"You don't even have a servant here except for your maid. You have to do the chores by yourself." Liu Longwei stated.

"What? No! I don't like people coming to my room when I am here. People that I don't know. So, I told the servant not to come into my courtyard without permission." Bai Xifeng explained.

"Oh." Liu Longwei nodded.

Hou Tingguang walked in, followed by a beautiful woman whom Bai Xifeng had never met before. Bai Xifeng looked at the woman's chest and her chest. She suddenly felt defeated.

"Hi, Lady Bai, I am Hou Meili. Nice to meet you." Hou Meili smiled sweetly at Bai Xifeng while introducing herself to Bai Xifeng.

Bai Xifeng nodded several times. "Hmm... Nice to meet you, too. Eh, Hou Meili? Hou? Are you, by any chance, siblings with him?" She pointed at Hou Tingguang.

Hou Meili chuckled. "No. I take that surname because all of His Excellency's subordinates have that surname." She explained.

"Oh... I see. By the way, he told me that you wanted to meet me. Why?" Bai Xifeng asked Hou Meili.

Hou Meili glanced at Liu Longwei. She was slightly surprised to hear Bai Xifeng casually call Liu Longwei like that. He probably allowed Bai Xifeng to call him like that because she would be his wife in the future.

"I believe you are looking for these items." Hou Meili took out the list.

Bai Xifeng recognised it immediately. It was the list of items that she needed for her next poison seal breaker.

"Where do you get this?" Bai Xifeng asked.

"I get it from His Excellency." Hou Meili said.

Bai Xifeng glared at Liu Longwei once and turned back to Hou Meili. "So, what is your point?"

"His Excellency told me that you are making the antidote from these items. Can you tell me what you are concocting?" Hou Meili asked with an excited look.

Bai Xifeng was slightly taken aback.

"She is a Venerable rank poison master." Liu Longwei drank his tea.

"Really?" Bai Xifeng's eyes immediately lifted up.

"Yes." Hou Meili nodded.

"I want to concoct the poison seal in my body. That is why I am searching for the items in the list." Bai Xifeng stated.

"How many seals that you already broken?" Hou Meili asked.

"Three." Bai Xifeng stated.

"So, you drink the poison to break the third seal, did you?" Hou Meili looked at Bai Xifeng with complicated eyes.

Liu Longwei, who was listening to their conversation in silence, peeked up. "What did you just say? Drink the poison?"

"Poison seal could only be broken by the poison that has the same power." Hou Meili explained to Liu Longwei.

"So, it is not an elixir?" Liu Longwei asked.

"It is indeed an elixir. Without it, Lady Bai would be falling into sleep without waking up. I believe it already happened to Lady Bai." Hou Meili stated.

"Yes. I indeed fell into sleep and did not wake up for a few days until Uncle Su woke me up." Bai Xifeng nodded, agreeing with Hou Meili's fact.

"Poison master and pharmacist are quite similar. If someone is talented in pharmacy, she might be talented in poison. It is whether he wants to practice with poison or not. That is his choice." Hou Meili stated.

"Sister Meili... Can I call you that?" Bai Xifeng asked.

"You can, but I think it is inappropriate. You are the master and I am the servant." Hou Meili glanced at Liu Longwei.

If Bai Xifeng called her 'Sister Meili', it would mix up the rank.

"Please. I think we can get along very well." Bai Xifeng blinked her eyes expectantly at Hou Meili.

She never got to meet someone who liked poison in her past life. So, meeting someone who liked the poison and even researched poisons made her feel she had met her soulmate.

"Well... Sure." Hou Meili nodded.

Bai Xifeng jumped and hugged Hou Meili. Her impression of Hou Meili had already changed. Hou Meili was surprised when she smiled. It was like having a little sister who liked clinging to her older sister.

Liu Longwei shot Hou Meili a glare. How could Bai Xifeng hug Hou Meili? Even he, as Bai Xifeng's fiancé, did not get any chance. Hou Meili froze when she saw her lord looking at her like that.

Ignoring Liu Longwei, Bai Xifeng pulled Hou Meili to her room to discuss poison. Hou Meili was relieved that she did not have to face Liu Longwei right now. So, they began to talk about poisons that they had knowledge about.

Bai Xifeng took out the poison from her poison seal. She could produce the poison that she already had unsealed. Hou Meili was surprised.

They talked about that until Xiao Li came in, asking Bai Xifeng if she wanted to have lunch now. Of course, Bai Xifeng did not refuse. Food was still important. She invited Hou Meili to eat together. However, Hou Meili refused, telling her that she should have lunch with Liu Longwei.

Bai Xifeng suddenly remembered about Liu Longwei. She asked if Liu Longwei was still outside. Xiao Li nodded. Bai Xifeng walked out, seeing Liu Longwei sleeping at her gazebo. Hou Tingguang was still standing beside the sleeping Liu Longwei in silence.

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