My enemies became my companions

Chapter 20: Hiding Poison in One's Body
Inside the wing room of Baihua Tower.

"Both of them enter the Purple Palace?"

Hearing this, Min Ming's eyelids twitched and his peach blossom eyes were filled with panic.

Min Ning pursed her lips and said "hmm" with some difficulty.

Her sister, a prostitute, felt dizzy and her face turned pale.

"And he, he has...grandfather's boxing manual in his hand."

Min Ning spoke hesitantly.

Min Ming recovered a little and looked at Min Ning with a complicated expression.

"Min Ning, do you really want to... commit yourself to him?"

Min Ning bit her lip and said:

"Sister, I don't want to either... But if I don't do it, if I don't get close to him, he will do it to you, and then we sisters will all fall into his clutches."

Min Ming said bitterly:
"Ning'er, you are not real after all... You are just a woman dressed as a man."

Hearing this, Min Ning smiled bitterly and said:

"Yes, that's why I have to take the initiative to approach him, distract his attention, and deal with him. Otherwise, if he forces us... we will have no room for maneuver."

How could Min Ming not understand that Chen Yi cared about both of them, but he particularly liked the younger sister Min Ning. Min Ning also knew this. She wanted to divert all of Chen Yi's attention. This would not only provide protection for the two sisters, but also make it difficult for that man to make things difficult for her if Min Ning took the initiative to obey.

But even if she knew it, it didn't mean Min Ming could accept it. Looking at her resolute sister, Min Ming's eyes felt sore. She raised her sleeves to cover her face and almost burst into tears.

"Don't worry, sis. I can take care of myself."

Min Ning stepped forward and gently put his arm around his sister's shoulders.

"Ning'er..."

Min Ming didn't know what to say. She hesitated for a while and said in a trembling voice:
".Don't destroy yourself."

Min Ning nodded slightly, and his heroic eyes lowered, filled with lingering sorrow.

Not long after, Min Ning left Baihua Tower.

Min Ming did not get up and leave the room. Instead, he turned his head and looked towards the shadow of the room.

"Grandma Qingmei, come out."

An old woman with white hair and a hunched back slowly walked out from the shadows. It was unknown how long she had stayed in this room. However, no matter how long she stayed, Min Ning, the chief of the East Factory, never noticed her presence.

"What a deep sisterly love."

The old woman said quietly.

Min Ming suddenly felt a biting cold.

"You asked someone to tell the master earlier that the captain of the Western Factory wanted to cooperate with Wuyonglou?"

The old woman asked in confirmation.

Min Ming nodded her head slightly. She would never forget that day.

"Now that Xue Youge is dead, Elder Lin has no one to use. It seems that it is a foregone conclusion that he will become the next governor."

The old woman said, turning her gaze towards Min Ming.

"Tell him that Wuyonglou is interested in making friends with Captain Chen."

Min Ming was not surprised by this result. Even if Chen Yi had not become the acting governor, Wuyonglou would not miss the opportunity to win over a captain of the Western Factory.

"So... Grandma, what kind of friendship gift should I prepare?"

Min Ming asked.

When Wu Yonglou made friends with some well-known people, he would often carefully prepare a gift for making friends. This gift often used both kindness and severity. It was not only a way to make friends, but also a warning and a token of allegiance.

As she finished speaking, the old woman stared at her.

Min Ming instantly got scared.

"Miss Min, you are the most elegant prostitute in Baihua Tower. Wuyong Tower has spent a lot of money to support you over the past decade, making you famous in the capital. You also swore in front of me that even if you have to work like a slave in your next life, you will repay Wuyong Tower's kindness."

The old woman said slowly:

"Doesn't he want you to be his concubine? Then go find him and ask him to comb your cage for you."

Min Ming trembled. She had passed hundreds of pieces of information to Wuyonglou over the years, and even though she had no credit, she had worked hard. However, she never thought that Wuyonglou would make the best use of her. This friendship gift given to the West Factory Captain... turned out to be her!

The old woman said as if she was handling an object:
"If he wants to keep you as his concubine, you can neither agree nor refuse. Once you become his concubine, he will get tired of you sooner or later. You just need to serve him three or four times in half a decade. This is the best way to control a person's heart, and he will come to you often."

The more Min Ming listened, the more frightened she became, and she didn't dare to speak.

The old woman paced in the side room, seeming to be thinking about her master, and said:
"Miss Min, the master values ​​this thousand households and wants him to work for Wuyonglou. Find an opportunity and poison him with Sanyang Sanqi Paste. If you don't take the antidote for this chronic poison for a long time, your martial arts will be completely lost and your meridians will be broken."

Min Ming trembled like a sieve and said:
"But...how do I put this medicine in? In tea, in soup? But for a martial artist like him, how can he not be cautious?"

The old woman sneered:

"Of course you have to poison a man when he is least prepared. You are a prostitute, don't you know when a man is least prepared?"

Min Ming lowered his head and murmured:
"Naturally...a time of great bliss."

Suddenly, she realized something.

"Grandma, you want me to..."

Her voice was broken and she couldn't continue.

The old woman closed her eyes indifferently.
"Hide the poison in your body."

...........................

Lin House.

An old man was meditating on a cushion, wearing Taoist robes, holding a whisk, with his eyes slightly closed. He looked so old and frail, just like a successful Taoist priest.

Elder Lin turned his head and said loudly:

"Yan'er, add some incense."

Lin Yan came out and added some incense:
"Dad, I still don't understand why you care so much about Chen Yi."

Elder Lin did not answer directly, but said:
"Her Majesty the Queen Mother will summon him today."

Summoned by the Queen Mother?

Lin Yan was shocked.

"Dad, why did Her Majesty the Queen Mother suddenly summon him? After all, he is only a captain of the Western Factory."

Although the empress dowager is now in charge of government, she seldom summons court officials individually. Even if she does, they are usually the elders of the cabinet. Now she wants to summon Chen Yi, a fifth-rank official.

"Not only did the Queen Mother want to summon him, but a month ago, you gave him the position of a centurion. No matter how much you value him, this doesn't make sense. Could it be that there is something special about it?"

As the second son of the Lin family, Lin Yan interacted with ministers in the court and did not know much about warriors like Chen Yi.

Elder Lin looked straight ahead and said:
"Do you know what happened that day?"

"what's the situation?"

"The servants of the mansion found a young man of unknown origin in the capital. After careful questioning, they found that he claimed to be a descendant of the Chen family of the Jin State."

Elder Lin said calmly,

"This young man is called Chen Yi, and his courtesy name is Zunming."

"The Chen family of Jin?"

Lin Yan took a breath of cold air.

Jin and Yu had always been enemies, with more wars than peace.

The Chen family of Jin and the An family of Yu were even more sworn enemies.

“After conquering Luoyong City, the Chen family of Jin State slaughtered all the people in the city, young and old, including the main clan of the An family who enjoyed high positions and generous salaries in the capital.

How could Her Majesty the Queen Mother forget such a deep blood feud?"

Listening to Elder Lin's words, Lin Yan couldn't help but speculate:
"Dad, you mean,

Does Her Majesty the Queen Mother want to use him to take revenge on the Chen family of Jin?
But, there are so many people with the last name Chen in the world, is he really from the Chen family of Jin State?"

Elder Lin sneered, shook his whisk and said:

“Yan’er, he doesn’t need to be.

All the Queen Mother needs to do is believe that he is. Then he will be. "

(End of this chapter)