When Song Yaoyao woke up again, she habitually called out to Guagua:
[Guagua, what time is it now?]
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Guagua's familiar voice did not come through, and Song Yaoyao only then remembered that Guagua had gone to upgrade!
Unable to reach Guagua, Song Yaoyao always felt that life had lost a lot of its color!
Song Yaoyao constantly comforted herself: Guagua went to upgrade, not to die, and it will be back soon!
Guagua: Host, I really thank you, thank you to all eight generations of my ancestors for remembering that I'm still alive!
Song Yaoyao shouted outward:
"Bi Tao."
Bi Tao walked in: "Miss."
"Bi Tao, when did you get back?"
"Miss, I've been back for a while."
"Did you buy the things I asked for?"
"Mm, they're all bought and complete.
It cost a total of 280 liang of silver, and 20 liang is left over."
"Good, help me fetch a basin of water. After I wash up, bring everything you bought to my room."
"Yes."
After washing up, Bi Tao brought all the purchased items into the room, including the remaining 20 liang of silver.
Song Yaoyao instructed Bi Tao to go out and not allow anyone to disturb her.
The very first thing Song Yaoyao wanted to brew was: Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder.
Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder: When a person takes this traditional medicine, the moment the medicinal potency flares up, their entire body's tendons and bones instantly grow weak and limp.
Only after several days can they move as usual, but their internal energy still cannot be exerted even the slightest bit.
After being poisoned, if one takes the poison a second time, blood immediately reverses and qi is cut off, leaving them beyond saving.
Secondly, there was the Corpse Dissolving Powder.
Corpse Dissolving Powder: Stuck onto intact skin, it poses absolutely no danger, but once it touches blood, within half a shi-chen the poisoned person will inevitably dissolve into a puddle of bloody water.
This was truly an essential goodie for dealing with corpses after murdering people and seizing their goods.
There was also Seven Day Laughter: After being poisoned, one laughs crazily and uncontrollably for seven days until death.
Half Moon: After being poisoned, one cannot see the light and can only live in the darkness.
Rosary Pea: This was a kind of aphrodisiac that only true lovers could undo.
This gadget was just like being inflicted with a love Gu, and only a designated person could undo it.
Song Yaoyao felt that the poisons she wanted to brew were simply too many.
Since she was putting her hands to work for once, Song Yaoyao also wanted to make some medicines for treating illnesses and saving lives, just in case of emergency needs.
For instance: an enhanced version of hemostatic medicinal powder, anesthetic powder, the Origin Consolidating and Qi Cultivating Pill, the Hundred Poisons Pill which could antidote a hundred poisons...
Similarly, the life-saving medicines Song Yaoyao wanted to brew were simply too many.
For the present, she could only pick the few most important kinds of medicine and brew them first; as for the rest, she would slowly brew them in the future.
Just like that, every day aside from attending court, Song Yaoyao stayed in her own room, busy at work.
These past few days at court, everyone failed to hear the dialogue between Song Yaoyao and Guagua, and they were still wondering why they weren't eating melons recently.
How come that system called Guagua stopped talking?
Were they, these officials, supposed to just wait around to eat melons together?
For a few days without eating fresh melons, the emperor and the officials always felt that something was missing.
They also engaged in all sorts of guesses, but none of them dared to go ask Song Yaoyao!
In the imperial court, on the surface it looked calm and tranquil, but in reality undercurrents were surging!
Ever since Song Yaoyao stripped Sikong Ce bare of all his secrets, those people with guilty consciences could no longer sit still!
They were panic-stricken all day long, living every day in trembling anxiety!
They were terrified that one day, Song Yaoyao would set her sights on them as well!
Rather than living in such terror, it was better for them to strike first and gain the upper hand!
They spent money to bribe people from the Assassin Pavilion, having them make a move to kill Song Yaoyao.
Ever since Song Yaoyao stripped Sikong Ce bare, the emperor had guessed that someone might make a move against Song Yaoyao, and had dispatched another 20 imperial grandmasters to protect her by her side.
These past few days, in places Song Yaoyao didn't know about, those 20 imperial grandmasters plus 4 hidden guards had already taken care of batch after batch of assassins.
Assistant Minister Song knew about the assassination attempts!
He had anticipated this day long ago.
Back then, for the sake of Song Yaoyao's safety, he had locked her up within the estate, forbidding her from stepping outside for over a decade.
Things having reached this point, the day Assistant Minister Song feared had still arrived!
In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and Song Yaoyao had already brewed the Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder, the Corpse Dissolving Powder, the hemostatic medicinal powder, and the Hundred Poisons Pill.
The time was too short, so Song Yaoyao could only brew these first; as for the rest, she would slowly brew them later!
Just as Song Yaoyao was thinking of testing the medicinal potency, this night she ran into an assassination attempt once again.
During the previous assassination attempts, the assassins sent out numbered only twenty or thirty.
After so many failed assassination attempts, this time they actually sent out over a hundred assassins.
The 24 people sent by the emperor to protect Song Yaoyao, plus Assistant Minister Song's 30 people, simply could not hold back these over a hundred assassins.
The assassins sent previously had been taken care of before even stepping foot inside Assistant Minister Song's estate.
This time's assassins came aggressively, charging straight into Song Yaoyao's courtyard.
Song Yaoyao looked at these assassins, opening her mouth to utter: Fuck!
Right on the heels of that, she blurted out: Damn it all!
Were these people coming for her?
What had she done? Was she really that hateful?
Someone actually wanted her life!
Although she didn't know who wanted to kill her, since these assassins had delivered themselves to her doorstep, she wouldn't be polite either!
After Song Yaoyao clearly distinguished between enemy and allies, she shouted toward the crowd:
"Get out of the way."
The people sent by the emperor to protect Song Yaoyao and Assistant Minister Song's 30 people heard Song Yaoyao's voice, and although they didn't know what she was going to do, their bodies moved faster than their brains, and they instantly dodged away.
Song Yaoyao picked up the Ten Fragrance Soft Bone Powder in her hand, and hurled it straight into the middle of the assassins!
The assassins only saw a paper parcel thrown over, and without thinking, they directly slashed it apart with their swords.
The medicinal powder instantly drifted through the air, and when the assassins saw the powder, it was already too late to cover their mouths and noses.
Within a few breaths, the assassins had already collapsed in a heap.
The people on Song Yaoyao's side, seeing Song Yaoyao covering her nose and mouth and dodging away, also covered their own noses and mouths.
The assassin leader, seeing that all his men had collapsed, cursed:
"You despicable wretch, actually using poison!"
Song Yaoyao said righteously and with self-assurance:
"With over a hundred of you coming to kill one unarmed young woman like me, aren't you the despicable ones?
You're only allowed to kill people, but I'm not allowed to resist!
Where in the world is such logic?
Besides, you lot are all unblinking, murderous fiends who don't know how many innocent human lives stain your hands. Do I need to bother practicing the ways of a gentleman with fiends like you?"
The assassin leader was choked speechless by Song Yaoyao.
They were now poisoned, their whole bodies' tendons and bones were weak and limp, and even speaking was extremely difficult, let alone committing suicide.
Song Yaoyao had been frightened by the assassins who had charged in earlier.
Now she remembered that just in case her own side had also been poisoned, she had each of them swallow an antidote pill.
Only then did Song Yaoyao walk up in front of those assassins, and fiercely kicked that assassin leader a few times.
She then began to grope around on his body.
Everyone was dumbfounded-what kind of operation was this!
Little Lord Song was somewhat fierce and fierce; could it be that she had taken a fancy to the assassin leader and was going to outrage the man?
This, this, this, was this something they could watch without paying money?