Nangong Yuwan wore a haughty expression, and her words made Gu Qianying laugh out loud.
"I never knew a mere county princess could be more arrogant than a princess!"
With that remark, Nangong Yuwan's expression changed.
Nangong Xuanning glared at her, "Why all the nonsense? I, this princess, now command you to beat up that woman Gu Qianying. Hurry up!"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Nangong Yuwan dared not say another word and attacked Gu Qianying again with her palm.
As Gu Qianying prepared to counter, two figures suddenly collided.
"Ouch, what are you doing? I told you, I didn't take your things, why don't you believe me?"
"If not you, then who? Did it sprout legs and run away itself?"
"Didn't it?"
"You... you're being unreasonable, you... talking nonsense. I must find someone to reason with."
Two women, who looked somewhat alike, started arguing for some reason, pushing and shoving each other, and accidentally bumped into Gu Qianying.
They knocked over Nangong Yuwan without realizing it and then surrounded Nangong Xuanning and Nangong Jingyun, who had just gotten up from the ground, asking them to mediate.
Nangong Xuanning, full of anger, was unwilling to mediate for others. Moreover, as a high-ranking princess, she disdained to help them.
The same was true for Nangong Jingyun.
However, the two women who had surrounded them seemed somewhat "unreasonable."
The more Nangong Xuanning and the other two wanted to ignore them, the more they persisted.
As it happened, among the group, Nangong Xuanning grew impatient and berated them.
Nangong Jingyun started crying.
After being helped up by Nangong Jingyun, Nangong Yuwan also became angry and struck out with her palm, intending to hit these two clueless women.
*Crack.*
As her palm landed on one of the women's shoulders, the woman suddenly grabbed Nangong Yuwan's wrist and snapped it.
"Ah!"
A cry of pain rang out.
Everyone was stunned.
The other woman, unnoticed, quickly took a packet of colorless poison powder from her purse and lightly blew it towards Nangong Xuanning and Nangong Jingyun's faces.
The scent of purple vine fragrance was inhaled into their nostrils.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Nangong Xuanning and Nangong Jingyun began to dance provocatively.
When everyone recovered, they were again dumbfounded.
"Look, they're taking off their clothes?"
"Hahaha, have they gone mad?"
The crowd buzzed with discussion, filled with mockery and ridicule.
Fortunately, there were no men in the room.
Nangong Xuanning and Nangong Jingyun's current state was merely embarrassing.
Their clothes fell off layer by layer, revealing their fair skin.
Their tight bodices were about to fall.
The two women suddenly regained their senses, let out two screams, and quickly put their clothes back on.
A moment later, with their clothes neatly arranged, they inexplicably started scolding each other again.
The onlookers stared, dumbfounded, no one stepping forward to break up the fight.
Gu Qianying took in the scene before her.
Vine fragrance powder was a poison that induced hallucinations.
It was not life-threatening, at most it would cause them embarrassment.
Her gaze fell upon the two women who had, under the guise of arguing, silently helped her.
One of them wore a simple, plain white brocade dress and had a handsome appearance.
The other wore a long, silk gauze dress with a plain waist, and her features were exquisite.
The two women looked quite similar, but the only difference was that one had an inconspicuous mole on the right side of her chin, while the other had a red mole below her left eye. This was the distinction between them.
It was likely that these two were sent by Nangong Mo to help her, Zi Jin and Zi Yin.
Indeed, they were capable individuals.
Her gaze retracted, Gu Qianying turned and sat on the nearest rosewood armchair, quietly watching the amusing spectacle before her.
It would have been even more interesting if Lu Zhu were present.
Lu Zhu, that girl, was a little glutton and always carried sunflower seeds and peanuts.
Watching such a good show without some snacks would be dull.
Nangong Xuanning and Nangong Jingyun fought fiercely, pulling hair, slapping faces, kicking stomachs, and pinching. They used every move they could.
The two fought intensely.
Beside them, Nangong Yuwan clutched her broken wrist, crying out in pain.
After fighting for a while, as the effects of the medicine gradually subsided, Nangong Xuanning and Nangong Jingyun were stunned.
Pain, accompanied by their own screams, followed.
The other onlookers, fearing they would be implicated, gradually moved far away, no longer daring to watch the commotion.
Although there was no strict hierarchy here, Nangong Xuanning was still a princess of the current dynasty, and they could not afford to offend her.
"Ah, what is this?"
"Ah, there are snakes!"
Among the crowd, a woman who had intended to whisper to her companions suddenly slipped and fell to the ground, her hand brushing against something slippery.
She looked down and saw a coiled, yellow and white striped long snake. She screamed in terror.
The crowd looked over at the sound.
"Ah, I have a snake too."
One person screamed, followed by the screams of many.
It wasn't just one snake; inexplicably, many snakes crawled out from every visible spot.
Everyone was terrified.
"Run!"
Someone, thinking quickly, desperately ran towards the door.
However, upon reaching the door, they retreated.
There were more snakes at the entrance than inside the room.
At this moment, among the women present in the room, except for some young ladies who were well-protected at home.
There were also daughters of hunters who often went to the mountains to hunt for their fathers, and some women whose homes were damp and humid due to poor economic conditions, where encountering one or two snakes occasionally was not unusual. And a few bolder women.
Seeing the numerous snakes crawling towards them, they casually picked up nearby objects and began to strike them.
As for Gu Qianying, Zi Jin and Zi Yin immediately surrounded her, protecting her from behind, and introduced themselves to Gu Qianying.
"Miss Gu, your subordinate is Zi Jin." Zi Jin had a mole on the right side of her chin.
"Miss, I am Zi Yin." Zi Yin had a red mole below her left eye.
Gu Qianying glanced at them and then focused on the several long snakes slowly crawling towards them.
Her gaze paused slightly.
"These snakes are moving slowly, as if poisoned."
Zi Yin casually took a silver needle from her purse and quickly pricked a snake's head with it.
As the silver needle was withdrawn, its color deepened.
Her expression changed dramatically, "Miss, they are indeed poisoned."
Suddenly, a light-colored snake crawled towards Gu Qianying.
Zi Jin chopped off its tail with a palm strike and grabbed Gu Qianying's wrist, "Miss, hurry!"
Zi Jin led Gu Qianying to the closest spot to the door.
At the entrance, several long snakes coiled around.
Zi Jin struck blow after blow, clearing a path for Gu Qianying.
"Miss, you must go."
Zi Jin released Gu Qianying, signaling her to leave quickly.
Gu Qianying stood still.
She looked back at those who had been bitten by snakes, also moving slowly, and gradually losing consciousness.
When she withdrew her gaze, she suddenly noticed a flickering figure in a hidden corner outside the door, whose eyes were silently watching the scene.
Gu Qianying's lips curled coldly.
Just as she had expected.
She turned around and, instead of escaping through the snake-free exit, she walked back into the room.