"Iâll only say two things." The old woman closed her eyes and said, "Anything more I donât know, and even if I did, I wouldnât say. Iâve lived to this age and fear disgrace at the end of my days, but I hate betrayal even more."
Yang Chuxia raised her eyebrows upon hearing this.
"Listen carefully, Iâll only say it once. Prince Le has been ill since a very young age; his original nature is weak and incompetent. But when he has an episode, he becomes another person â ruthless, cold, wise, calm â the way you usually see him. Only with medication does he revert to his original weak and incompetent self. Secondly, capturing me is useless; even without me making poison for him, he can make it himself. He is also an expert in poison, no less skilled than I am."
Hearing this, Yang Chuxia compared the legendary Prince Le to the Prince Le she had met and suddenly recalled a book she had read before, about a person exhibiting 24 different personalities â this is multiple personality disorder.
Never imagined Prince Le was such a patient. No wonder. His current appearance clearly shows the secondary personality has overtaken the primary one.
"Does he like himself the way he is now?" Yang Chuxia asked. If this were the case, she could be very sure that everything was orchestrated by Prince Le, during one of his episodes.
"Exactly, no one would like their weak self." The old woman closed her eyes again and said, "For the past few years, heâs almost always been in this episode state; only with medication does he get better. He doesnât like his original self, so he only takes medicine to revert back for important imperial family occasions. He doesnât want others to see his other side."
"Luckily, luckily..." The old woman continued.
"Lucky in what?"
"Speaking of this, I have to thank Madam Ye, you."
The poison woman snickered, "There were too many important imperial family occasions, too many times having to take the medicine to revert to his original self. Thatâs medicine for treatment, so naturally, after taking too much, the illness will cure. But he doesnât want to be cured, so he had to take the episode-inducing medicine alongside, yet there was too little of it, almost not enough. He almost remained forever in that useless state, until Madam Ye brought turtle blood, allowing him to completely transform into how he is now. Haha, only knew millennium turtle blood could extend life, but didnât expect it would have this use, truly an unexpected joy."
"Youâre looking to die!" Yang Chuxia was angry again. These people even stole turtle blood, which was already scarce.
"Why so agitated? Didnât take much from you." The old woman grinned, "Iâve said all I needed to say, regardless of how you treat me, I know nothing else. Iâm only responsible for studying toxins, nothing more."
"From your tone, you donât fear my threats, do you? Then why tell me these two things?" This old woman is indeed strange.
"Because evil cannot triumph over good!" After a long pause, the old woman continued, "I hope one day, when he falls into your hands, you can let him live, just like the last two poisons he gave you. Heâs a pitiable person!"
"Why didnât you say so earlier?"
"I only wanted to tell you." The old woman suddenly smiled.
"Why?"
"Because youâre a woman of loyalty."
"But I am also a ruthless woman." Yang Chuxiaâs hand tightened around her neck again, "Tell the truth! Otherwise, Iâll test all the poisons youâve researched on you. Usually, youâre testing on others, never on yourself â that seems unfair! Whatâs your relationship with him?"