Huh?
Wasn't this supposed to be hot-and-sour pig's trotters?
Why was it sweet?
She lifted her little face and stared at Old Master Qiao in utter bewilderment.
Then, with her double rebound, wouldn't whoever had drugged it feel twice as sweet inside?
Ugh, she was speechless.
Xia Wanwan looked at Old Master Qiao and squeezed a single word out of her little mouth. "You..."
Old Master Qiao stared at her, so nervous that he could not utter a word.
Could the princess have discovered it?
He swallowed his heart back down from his throat and asked, "Princess, what is it?"
"The pig's trotters your Qiao Residence makes..." Xia Wanwan clutched her own throat and stuck out her tongue, speaking in fits and starts.
"What's wrong with the pig's trotters?" Zhong Youling hurriedly put down her chopsticks and eyed the pig's trotters on the table warily.
Everyone else's heart was in their throat, too!
They did not even dare breathe loudly.
Xia Wanwan continued, "The pig's trotters your Qiao Residence makes really are delicious. So sweet and sour. Thank you sooo much."
Phew.
The Qiao elders secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
They had thought the drug had taken effect that quickly!
Stopping halfway through a sentence really could scare someone to death.
Seeing that Xia Wanwan had eaten the dish, Old Master Qiao finally relaxed. He told everyone else to eat without waiting for Lord Qiao.
When the conversation had more or less run its course, Old Master Qiao lowered his brows and looked at Jingjing, the maid beside Zhong Youling.
Jingjing slipped out through the door.
Before long, she returned with a bowl of medicinal broth. "Madam, your pregnancy medicine is ready."
Usually, she drank this bowl of medicine after finishing her meal.
Zhong Youling picked it up as