When the men in black entered the room earlier, Feng Jiu’er had already sensed it.

Although she now inhabited a different body, the sharp instincts she had trained since childhood hadn’t been honed for nothing.

The two men in black hadn’t expected Feng Jiu’er to know how to use hidden weapons. One of them, unable to dodge in time, let out a muffled grunt and dropped to his knees, his legs suddenly giving out.

The other man didn’t dare be careless this time. With a hiss, he drew his longsword and thrust it straight at Feng Jiu’er’s chest.

Feng Jiu’er slammed a palm down on the chair, using the force to vault into the air. In a move called “Phoenix Spreading Its Wings,” she struck the man in black squarely on the shoulder.

The man in black twisted his body, deflecting the force of her strike, and with a flick of his wrist, turned his longsword to thrust back at her.

But unexpectedly, the shoulder that hadn’t even been struck by the force of her palm suddenly went numb. When he tried to move his hand again, the numbness grew even stronger.

By the time he tried to recover, half his body had already gone numb. His footing faltered, and he crashed to the floor with a thud.

Feng Qingyin’s breath came in ragged gasps as she stared in disbelief at Feng Jiu’er, who had returned to stand before her.

“You… you’re not Jiu’er!” Her breathing grew even heavier, her face flushing red, her heart pounding as if several deer were crashing wildly inside her chest.

No, the drug was taking effect — she couldn’t hold out much longer!

“You…” She gasped for breath, still staring fixedly at Jiu’er’s face. “You’re not… you’re not her! Who are you, really?”

Feng Jiu’er didn’t answer, only watching her coldly.

“Back then, you wanted to drug me with this very same thing, to saddle me with the accusation of having an illicit affair with a man, so the Crown Prince would break off our engagement, didn’t you?”

Unfortunately for her, Feng Qingyin didn’t know that Feng Jiu’er’s body, having been poisoned repeatedly for years, had become almost completely immune to poison.

“As for who’s behind this, I don’t need you to tell me. And you’ve no use left to me.”

“Feng Jiu’er, you… you want to kill me?” After witnessing that ruthless display just now, Feng Qingyin didn’t doubt for a second that she would really do it!

“Feng Jiu’er, I’m still your elder sister after all — how can you be so vicious?”

“Is that so?” Feng Jiu’er seemed to hesitate, biting her finger for a moment before saying with a smile, “Fine then, I won’t kill you.”

Feng Qingyin let out a heavy sigh of relief, only to hear Feng Jiu’er continue, “But the trick you once used on me — I have to use it on you once too. That’s only fair, isn’t it?”

“Feng Jiu’er, you—”

Jiu’er merely smiled faintly. She searched Feng Qingyin’s body and found the bottle of Datura Enchantment Fragrance, then walked over to the man in black lying on the floor and opened the bottle.

Just as the man tried to hold his breath, Jiu’er’s slender finger pressed down on a certain point on his shoulder.

The man immediately let his breath out and inhaled the floral scent.

Jiu’er repeated the same trick on the other man in black, making him breathe in the fragrance as well. Only once their breathing had quickened did she cap the bottle and retreat to the doorway.

Feng Qingyin could barely hold on any longer. She wanted desperately to tear at her own clothes, but she knew she mustn’t.

That vile woman would surely draw everyone here — and if they were truly still in this room when help arrived… her entire life would be ruined for good.

“Enjoy yourselves slowly.” Whether Feng Qingyin was willing or not, Feng Jiu’er had no intention of staying to keep them company.

Watching the two men in black and the two spies lunge at Feng Qingyin like men possessed, Feng Jiu’er finally leapt from the windowsill and vanished into the depths of the courtyard in an instant.

From within the room, Feng Qingyin’s faint cries for help could still be faintly heard: “No, no… mm… hold me…”

The smile faded from Jiu’er’s lips as she leapt up onto the high wall and swiftly made her escape.

With such a heavy dose of the drug, and four men besides, this affair of Feng Qingyin’s wouldn’t be over quickly — naturally, someone would discover it before long.

For now, she could simply go home and sleep in peace. But just as she stepped into her own courtyard, a group of guards suddenly came charging in from outside…