"This?" Huang Xiao hurriedly caught the little jade vial in both hands and looked at Wang Yuantu in puzzlement, though a suspicion had vaguely formed in his mind.
Li Deming also hurried over to Huang Xiao's side. As he stared at the little jade vial in Huang Xiao's hands, his breathing immediately grew heavy.
"This is the real antidote!" Wang Yuantu said mildly.
Hearing this, Li Deming hastily took the little jade vial from Huang Xiao and clutched it tightly, as though terrified it might disappear. He had truly been frightened. He had already lost it once just now, and dared not be careless again.
"I never imagined you had prepared an extra portion, Senior. Thank you so very much." Li Deming bowed in gratitude.
Huang Xiao thought for a moment, then said, "The earlier portion wasn't an antidote at all!"
Huang Xiao knew very well that this antidote was not easy to concoct. The exhaustion on his eldest martial uncle's face earlier had not been feigned. For an expert like him to be so worn out, concocting the antidote clearly could not be simple. Therefore, his eldest martial uncle could not possibly have made two portions.
Thinking back now, Huang Xiao realized his eldest martial uncle had shown no reaction at all earlier. He had not cared in the slightest about the little jade vial that had been snatched away. Perhaps he had anticipated long ago that someone would come to steal it.
"A fake?" Li Deming quickly understood as well. Even he had known those people would never let him obtain the antidote and save his royal father so easily, so how could Senior Wang possibly have failed to foresee that? It seemed he had been too concerned just now, and so had momentarily failed to grasp the