Taste Discerning Pill

The system initially wanted to say no, but upon hearing the following sentence, it reluctantly replied, "Okay, okay."

For some reason, it had previously advised Zhao Ruxi to marry Xiao Lingyan. It was also very Gao Xing when Zhao Ruxi wanted to save up points to buy Recovery Pill for the old man.

But now that Zhao Ruxi is really with Xiao Lingyan, and she wants to buy medicine for Xiao Lingyan, all the points spent can go into its account. It should be Gao Xing. But for no reason, it feels Gao Xing.

I have a feeling I'm about to fall out of favor.

It tried its best to shake off this sense of disappointment and focus its attention on the points it was about to earn.

"What kind of pills do you want to buy?" it asked.

"If I buy more than two kinds of pills, will I get a discount?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

The system immediately became alert. "No discounts allowed. The price I've given you is already very favorable."

"Look at modern shopping malls, what item doesn't get a bigger discount if you buy in bulk? Buying a lot means getting wholesale prices, and they bundle items together," Zhao Ruxi said. "If you don't offer discounts, I'll only buy Agility Pill. If you do offer discounts, I'll buy Taste Discerning Pill and Recovery Pill."

Upon hearing that Zhao Ruxi wanted to buy Taste Discerning Pill and Recovery Pill, the system couldn't help but swallow hard.

The Taste Discerning Pill was originally priced at 80,000 points, while the Recovery Pill was originally priced at 100,000 points. However, Zhao Ruxi negotiated with them and the price was reduced to 90,000 points.

If Zhao Ruxi takes both items, it will instantly gain 170,000 points.

"But... but you don't have enough points." The system's heart was pounding, and it was so nervous that it almost stammered.

Zhao Ruxi currently has only 120,000 points in her account, 50,000 points short of 170,000.

"So if you give me a discount, I'll work hard to accumulate enough points," Zhao Ruxi said. "It's not much, just give me a 20% discount."

The system immediately started calculating in its mind.

170,000, with a 20% discount, that's 136,000 points.

"No, no, no!" It immediately shook its head like a rattle-drum. "Wouldn't I be losing out big time? The cost price of the Taste Discerning Pill is 60,000..."

At this point, it realized it had let something slip and quickly stopped talking.

Zhao Ruxi dripped some water into the inkstone, and while grinding the ink, she said, "Never mind then. Could you get me a 'Agility Pill' instead?"

The system fell silent.

Back then, it was really difficult for the host to get high scores, and it wanted to make some money, so it sold the Agility Pill to the host at a very low price, and it barely made any profit.

If the host buys Agility Pill again, it's still working for free. Moreover, it's extremely distressed to see so many points lying in its account every day, unable to be earned.

It would be better to sell Taste Discerning Pill and Recovery Pill. These two have a higher total price, and even with discounts, you'd definitely make more money than just selling Agility Pill.

It had haggled with Zhao Ruxi back and forth many times, and everyone knew what kind of people they were. It also knew that it had revealed its bottom line, and if it didn't lower the price any further, that stubborn girl might really only buy the Agility Pill.

Therefore, it said in a very firm tone, "The Taste Discerning Pill and the Recovery Pill are a fixed price of 155,000 points, not a penny less. Spending these points can save Xiao Five's life, there's no better deal than that. Host, you wouldn't refuse to save him just to save a few points, would you?"

Zhao Ruxi: "..."

When the system gets clever, it becomes impossible to fool it. It will even resort to reverse psychology.

"Alright, I don't have enough points, I'll buy the Taste Discerning Pill first," she said. "But if I don't have enough points later, you'll have to sell me your information for a lower price."

The system nodded excitedly. "No problem. I definitely can't let anything happen to you, right?"

Zhao Ruxi was finally satisfied.

In the novel's plot, Xiao Lingyan fell ill with grief upon hearing the news of Xiao Lingpu's death.

But Zhao Ruxi felt that things were definitely not that simple.

With Xiao Lingpu, Fu Dayong, Fu Yunkai dead, the Third Prince will definitely not keep Xiao Lingyan, this potential threat, alive. Xiao Lingyan's "illness" is likely due to poisoning, not grief.

She bought a Taste Discerning Pill to minimize the chance of someone poisoning Xiao Lingyan —even if someone did, Xiao Lingyan would immediately detect the poison upon tasting it and wouldn't be affected. Even if he were to be poisoned unintentionally, the Recovery Pill would protect him from immediate death.

In short, these two pills were Xiao Lingyan's life-saving medicine.

There are still three months until that coup, enough time for her to accumulate tens of thousands of points, buy back the Recovery Pill, and save up some more to buy information.

The system had happily purchased the Taste Discerning Pill. In no time, the previously bare screen displayed the Taste Discerning Pill icon.

Zhao Ruxi did not buy it immediately, but instead wrote a letter to Xiao Lingyan.

She wanted to buy it and immediately watch Xiao Lingyan take the pill.

She had spent half a year painstakingly accumulating points to buy this, and she couldn't afford to make any mistakes.

Xiao Lingyan received the letter very quickly.

He was overjoyed when Zhao Ruxi asked him to meet her.

He should have confessed his feelings sooner.

See? They just started dating, Xu Xi is acting differently towards him now. Before, she would complain that he was being too long-winded if he wrote her an extra letter. But now, after only an hour or two, she starts thinking about him and wants to meet up with him.

Oh my gosh, how can his Xixi be so cute and wonderful?

He quickly arranged the time and place for the meeting. The meeting place was the house in Beining that Zhao Ruxi used as a warehouse. There was a house next door to Xiao Lingyan that was connected to it by a tunnel.

This house is a two-courtyard residence. The servants will stay in the outer courtyard and won't be allowed inside. The guards will also stay around the house and nearby, preventing anyone from getting close. Then, only he and Xixi will be in the inner courtyard, out of sight of everyone. Hopefully, his Xixi won't be shy then.

Thinking about it this way, Xiao Lingyan was so excited that he almost couldn't sleep that night.

The next day, he arrived there half an hour early, sporting dark circles under his eyes, to wait.

Zhao Ruxi went in, waved to him briefly, and then instructed Qingfeng, "Go to the kitchen and boil a kettle of water; I want to make tea myself."

Xiao Lingyan quickly replied, "No need."

He looked at Wang Tong: "Have some sense. You're destined to be a bachelor your whole life."

Wang Tong: "..."

Wang Tong glanced at Qingfeng and saw her blushing and lowering her head. He felt a surge of sweetness in his heart and quickly went to boil water.

He won't stay single forever. He found a partner even earlier than his master.

Although he and Qingfeng didn't explicitly reveal Qingfeng relationship due to rules, he knew they were mutually attracted.

It's worth noting that later, fearing it would affect Qingfeng's reputation, Fifth Miss Zhao changed the mail delivery location to an empty room in the Slender Bamboo Courtyard the Earl of Suiping's Residence. However, he would always stay there for a while, citing concerns about the mail, and leave only after seeing Qingfeng retrieve the letter.