Pet Addiction: The Prince’s Desire to Spoil His Pet - Chapter 181 - Deceiving Uncle Sheng (80)

Chapter 181: Deceiving Uncle Sheng (80)

Since the boy looked like this, he wouldn’t be able to escape even if he wanted to, thought the guards. They let him down. Without any support, he fell down to the base of the tree.

Ningcheng squatted, raised his chin, and said with a rather dignified expression, “Boy, I won’t punish you, but you must be honest. What is the antidote to the five-claw insect?”

Xuan Jiu was covered with blood, but his eyes were still pure, clear, and indifferent. Staring at Ningcheng, he kept mum.

Ningcheng had expected him to adopt this attitude, so he said, “You know, the soldiers hate you since you’re from the Nanchao Kingdom. If you don’t answer me, you will be killed by them.”

Xuan Jiu’s eyes widened. He stared at him in disgust. He gasped and said hoarsely, “You never thought about trusting her. Why did you bring her in…”

Ningcheng didn’t understand what he’d meant, and he touched the boy’s chin, wondering if he was going to scare him again. Xian Jiu turned his head away, as if he hated the touch.

Ningcheng was not angry. He clapped his hands and said, “I will tell you the truth. You have fallen into my hands, and you cannot escape. But if you are obedient and tell me the antidote of the five clawed insect, I can still plead for Shu Nuan in front of the soldiers to prevent her death. I can do it if you speak truthfully.”

Xuan Jiu was silent for a long time. His fingers converged into a fist, gathering the cold snow into his palm. He raised his head and stared at him, saying, “Let her go.”

Ningcheng smiled and stretched out his fingers to hook the bell around his neck. The bell tinkled for a while with a pleasant sound.

“Boy, don’t hold such naive thoughts. She betrayed her master. Not being executed is already a great deal.”

“She didn’t hurt anyone!”

“Yes, yes, yes.” After all, the boy and the little girl were partners. Ningcheng didn’t find it surprising that he’d speak up for her innocence, but his face sank.

“I won’t wait for you to think about countermeasures,” Ningcheng said, then he dusted the frost from his clothes, stood up, and turned to leave.

Sure enough, the next moment he heard the voice of the handsome young man.

“I need a pen and paper…”

After Ningcheng got the antidote’s recipe, he went to the military doctor to find out whether it’d work. Fortunately, it seemed the antidote was feasible.

Sheng Qianmo took the antidote that night.

It was the Nanchao’s army’s turn to make a surprise attack. However, Su Huang and the others had kept their vigilance. They fought until dawn with an army on par with the Nanchao’s men.

However, Sheng Zhiyu suffered heavy losses. Countless bodies were dumped around the camp. The smoke billowed but was quickly put out by the snow.

Several wounded soldiers, covered in blood, stood in front of the cage and stared at Shu Nuan who kept coughing inside the cage. They wished they could pick her skin and drink her blood.

From their point of view, if it wasn’t for her betrayal that led to Sheng Qianmo’s poisoning, the army of the Nanchao would’ve been beaten down much easier, and so many of their brothers wouldn’t have had to lose their lives.

But they waited for Sheng Qianmo to wake up and avenge their dead brothers.

……

When Sheng Qianmo woke up on his way back to the capital, the army was resting at a post somewhere.

Suddenly, Qianmo opened his eyes and surveyed the inside of the carriage. He could hear the snow and wind blowing outside and the sound of the moving team.