Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot
Chapter 564 - 479: She’s Here to Counter the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion

Chapter 564: Chapter 479: She’s Here to Counter the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion

Gongsun Yu realized as well: "Is it that girl? Has Wuyou also been poisoned?"

"Don’t touch."

Gongsun Yanming stopped Gongsun Yu from reaching for Wuyou’s forehead, "There’s poison on the forehead."

Gongsun Yu quickly pulled back his hand, saying in disbelief: "How could she do this to Wuyou? I heard from sister-in-law earlier that Wuyou took a blow for her... She can so shamelessly use Wuyou as a vessel for poison, even deceiving you, elder brother!"

If she had poisoned another place, elder brother wouldn’t have fallen for it.

At such a young age, to plan so cleverly, truly opened his eyes.

He’s seen many ruthless people, but ones decisive to this extent are rare.

Coupled with her ability to manipulate minds, Gongsun Yu couldn’t help but marvel at Meng Qianqian’s fearfulness.

Elder brother, who hadn’t had a worthy opponent for many years, actually stumbled over a young girl.

He lamented: "If this girl isn’t removed, she will be a major menace to our Thousand Mechanism Pavilion."

Gongsun Yanming said: "Go fetch some water."

"Right away!"

Gongsun Yu hurriedly fetched a basin of water from the courtyard, brought it into the room, and was about to give it to his elder brother, but suddenly withdrew, "Elder brother, could the well also be poisoned by her?"

Gongsun Yanming said: "No."

Gongsun Yu was not assured: "How does elder brother know she wouldn’t?"

Gongsun Yanming glanced at the sleeping Shang Wuyou: "Because she knows I would use the water for Wuyou."

Gongsun Yu, puzzled, asked: "Even though she poisoned Wuyou, would she still care for Wuyou’s life?"

He had never understood his own elder brother, and now there was another person he couldn’t understand.

Saying this girl is kind, yet she poisoned Wuyou.

Claiming she’s vile, yet she didn’t poison the well for Wuyou’s sake.

"Elder brother, does she want Wuyou’s life or not?"

Are all your thoughts this difficult to guess?

Gongsun Yanming did not answer. He wrung a cloth and wiped away the poison from Shang Wuyou’s forehead.

After wiping, black lines appeared on Shang Wuyou’s palm, just like Gongsun Yanming’s.

"Elder brother, Wuyou’s hand also..."

Gongsun Yu was dumbstruck but then realized something was amiss, "Elder brother, she poisoned Wuyou first, and Wuyou’s power isn’t as great as yours, why did you show signs of poisoning first?"

This was indeed puzzling.

The only explanation is that she gave Wuyou an antidote.

However, whether due to Wuyou’s injuries or insufficient antidote, there seemed to be residual poison in Wuyou’s body.

Shang Wuyou’s hard-won slightly restored breath grew weak again, lips turning black, trying to gasp for breath, but it seemed as though his lungs were blocked.

Before long, he would suffocate to death.

Gongsun Yu was at a loss for what to do.

Seeing Shang Wuyou at death’s door, Gongsun Yanming propped him up, sat him cross-legged behind him, trying to use inner strength to expel the poison from Shang Wuyou’s body.

But surprisingly, instead of forcing the poison out, in an instant when Gongsun Yanming retracted his inner strength, it was sucked back into Gongsun Yanming’s body.

Gongsun Yanming’s chest suddenly ached intensely, and he turned around and spat out a mouthful of black blood!

Gongsun Yu’s expression changed dramatically: "Elder brother!"

Gongsun Yanming’s organs were either like burning flames or as if residing in an icehouse.

The more he exerted his power, the more fiercely the poison flared.

He spat out another mouthful of black blood.

"Elder brother! Stop using your power!"

Gongsun Yu was terrified and quickly supported his brother, who was about to fall off the ice bed, "Elder brother! I’ll call Elder You!"

"Help me out."

Gongsun Yanming did not want more people to know about this secret passage.

"Alright."

Gongsun Yu responded with a trembling voice.

But just as Gongsun Yanming left the ice bed, the poison surged inside once more, he steadied himself, gasping, "I can’t leave the ice bed."

Gongsun Yu worriedly said: "I understand, elder brother, I’ll bring someone over right away!"

He quickly exited the secret passage.

In Mingxin Hall, Xiao Rong’er saw him look anxious and asked indifferently: "Is that bastard dead?"

Gongsun Yu frowned: "Elder brother is poisoned, even if you want to deal with Wuyou, this isn’t the time."

Xiao Rong’er, horrified: "How could the Pavilion Master be poisoned? Who poisoned him? Was it that girl or Shang Wuyou?"

Gongsun Yu sighed: "Sister-in-law, go find Elder Yan, make that girl hand over the antidote, or kill Elder Yan! I’ll go find Elder You."

With that, he left the Elder Hall without looking back.

Xiao Rong’er felt a wave of dizziness.

Since that girl’s appearance, nothing good happened in the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, first Liuying’s Phoenix Girl Destiny was seized, and now even the Pavilion Master had an accident.

Was she deliberately sent to curse the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion?

"Damn it!"

Xiao Rong’er bit her teeth, her expression icy as she headed to Lady Yan’s courtyard.

Lady Yan’s courtyard was drying herbs.

Xiao Rong’er coldly asked: "Hand over the antidote."

Lady Yan said unhurriedly: "What antidote? Madam’s words, I don’t understand."

Xiao Rong’er said in a rage: "Stop pretending! Your disciple poisoned the Pavilion Master, dare you say as a master you weren’t aware?"

Lady Yan said: "I truly wasn’t aware."

Xiao Rong’er threatened: "Either hand over the antidote or hand over that girl!"

Lady Yan was drying herbs: "I don’t have the antidote, as for the girl, she just went to the palace by decree to teach Miss Zhaozhao horseback riding. If Madam wants her, ask Your Majesty."

Xiao Rong’er said coldly: "Don’t try to use Your Majesty against me! Men, Elder Yan has plotted against the Pavilion Master, arrest her and await punishment!"

"Yes!"

A few disciples stepped forward, surrounding Lady Yan.

Lady Yan put down the winnowing basket and calmly walked out of the courtyard.

As she brushed past Xiao Rong’er, she paused and said softly: "Madam, I bet she won’t use the antidote to ransom me."

This was the debt she owed to her senior sister and Shang Jiu, it was a sin she must atone for.

Xiao Rong’er sneered: "Yan Hanshuang, do you know what I hate about you? I hate your arrogance, just like Zhongli Yuan back then! But do you know, no matter how you imitate Zhongli Yuan, you can never become her."

Lady Yan smiled: "To look a little like Senior Sister, is already a blessing of three lifetimes."

Elder You was brought to Gongsun Yanming’s secret chamber.

Elder You had always known that the Pavilion Master had a forbidden area in Lingshan, but never expected there was one in the Imperial City too.

To know, this Thousand Mechanism Pavilion here was built within a few months, though it cost countless manpower and resources, to build a secret passage as unique as this was challenging beyond measure.

A bold guess flashed in his mind: Was the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion really started a few months ago, or had the Pavilion Master planned to move into the Imperial City years earlier?

"Check on Wuyou first."

Gongsun Yanming said.

"Understood."

Elder You began to take Shang Wuyou’s pulse.

Gongsun Yu, on the side, was almost frantic.

At this time, why was the elder brother still concerned about an outsider’s life?

That woman had been dead for years, was her child that important?