She first inserted a silver needle into Chu Wenzong's sleep acupoint. Only after making sure he would not wake midway through did she pour a few drops of Little Yuanbao's blood into a basin of steaming hot water.
Then she took a small medicine bottle from inside her robes and poured some medicinal powder into it.
The blood instantly dispersed through the water, leaving a faint pink arc, while the white powder swiftly dissolved.
After that, Jiang Wanrong used a dagger to cut open Chu Wenzong's palm.
His blood dripped into the basin containing Little Yuanbao's blood, and a faint bloody smell soon spread through the air.
Before long.
Chu Youning saw a tiny worm fall into the scalding water along with the blood from Chu Wenzong's palm. It seemed to catch a scent and swam frantically for two seconds.
Then... it kicked the bucket and stopped moving.
Next.
More and more tiny worms fell from Chu Wenzong's palm.
When she saw the basin of hot water, now scarlet, filled with the bodies of sesame-seed-sized worms, Chu Youning's trypophobia was successfully triggered.
Feeling a little nauseated, she wisely spoke up. "Sis, I think... I'd better go next door and chat with my imperial sister-in-law. I'll leave the rest to you."
"Go on, go on."
Jiang Wanrong turned and smiled at her.
An unknown amount of time passed.
After Chu Youning had talked Cui Zhao'an to sleep, she heard Jiang Wanrong's voice.
"Ningning, it's all taken care of."
"Coming, coming!"
Chu Youning hurried over to take a look.
Having lost quite a bit of blood, Chu Wenzong looked even paler.
Seeing that both his hands had become gauze-wrapped pig's trotters, Chu Youning struggled not to laugh and turned her gaze to Jiang Wanrong.
"Sis, thanks for all your hard work. I'll