Chapter 8 Detoxifying

"Housekeeper Chen, go back and tell Lin Mengwu this: When she gets married, I, her elder sister, will certainly give her an even bigger gift than this!"

Lin Mengya's voice sounded less innocent now. She was firm, maybe even cruel.

The people watching felt as if they were waking from a dream. This woman was nothing like they’d heard.

Long Tianyu strode towards the mansion, holding Lin Mengya in his arms before people thought too much about it.

He completed the ceremony without any hesitation. Once the bride was sent inside, he came out to propose a toast. The queen, who had been waiting in the imperial palace for the news to sentence him guilty by imperial edict, heard the wedding had gone smoothly. The bride had been very much alive. Hearing the report, she smashed several cups in rage.

"This Lin Mengwu girl messed up my whole plan! If she weren't my own sister's daughter, I’d have her killed!

At this time, Lin Mengya was quite carefree, sitting alone in her new house. In fact, she was bored.

Because she had been placed in the inner house and the banquet was in the outer one, it was quite silent here, except for her growling stomach.

After a long day of being tossed around in a carriage, she didn't get to eat anything. Ancient brides had it so difficult!

But...

Lin Mengya carefully lifted the corner of the bridal veil, looking out of the quiet window at the dim sum on the table. After struggling for three seconds, she lifted the veil and strode toward it.

The dessert was delicious.

Lin Mengya, enjoying herself, glanced about the room and saw a face in the mirror. She flinched, dim sum in her hand falling to the ground.

This face...

Golden phoenix crown one top of her head, she looked at the mirror. There were two big eyes and some chippings of sesame cake around her mouth. This face belonged to her present body!

What was that the disgusting dark mass across the left side of her face? Was it some sort of particularly strange birthmark?

"God, you treated me unfairly!" she cried.

Lin Mengya wailed and grabbed her face as if to pull the birthmark off.

As she touched it, she heard an emotionless voice in her head.

‘Toad Poison, Cobra Venom... Antidotes: 50 grams of Chinese Alpine Rush, 30 grams of Gastrodia Elata...’

This was some kind of poison! Lin Mengya had never expected to be so relieved to hear that something was poison, but that meant it might be treatable.

Lin Mengya leaned down to pick up the dim sum that fell to the ground, carefully put it back on the plate, and began to think.

This antidote was apparently not uncommon in this world. In a mansion this large, there had to be a pharmacy somewhere.

Outside the house, there was the sound of cheering and toasts, but inside the house, there was no sound at all.

As soon as Lin Mengya made up her mind, she opened the door. Quietly, she searched the rooms one by one. After a few rooms, she smelled a mixed fragrance of herbs and smiled—This was it!

Lin Mengya was very sensitive to the smell of herbs. In her studies, she had worked with them constantly.

When she opened the door, she was shocked by the herbs in the room. This was simply too many for any one person.

She had no time to think, focusing on finding what she needed. After

After several different substances were properly blended into a poultice, Lin Mengya quickly applied them to her left face.

After an unbearable burning feeling and Lin Mengya touched her left face with her hand. Her skin was smooth and delicate, so the poison must have been effectively neutralized.

Lin Mengya didn't dare stay longer, so she quickly picked up what she’d used, checked to make sure there was no sign of entry, and hurried back to her room.

She wanted to see what her face looked like after recovery, but when she got back to the wedding room, she heard footsteps all around her.

Not good! Was it possible that Prince Yu had already finished his toasts and gone back to his room?

According to the etiquette of this dynasty, when the bride entered the bridal chamber, the groom would entertain the guests outside, then the matchmaker would lead him to carry out the bridal veil ceremony.

Since the matchmaker was not here, so it had to be Prince Yu!

Lin Mengya panicked. There was no time to look in the mirror. She got back into the bed, throwing the veil back over her face.