Chapter 111: Her Image Begins to Fall Apart
At that, Feng Tianlan laughed mockingly and said, “You see? You didn’t even tell exactly when you were going to arrive ho, so how could you have told that you were bringing back a Marrow Cleansing Pill and planning on giving it to in public?”
“I....”
Feng Tianlan did not give her a chance to explain herself. She continued, “Since you didn’t tell any of this beforehand, then what sort of deep sisterly bond do we have that justifies your giving a Marrow Cleansing Pill? And why would you do this in front of everybody? To show that we are very close sisters?”
“Oh, sure, you’re such a fantastic younger sister, trying to give a Grade 9 Marrow Cleansing Pill. Even if it didn’t have this layer of dicine as described by Doctor Su, when given to a Spiritualist for marrow cleansing, such a pill would bring my skill level down by one grade, right?”
“I....I didn’t know it would be like that.” Feng Xiupei’s face was now very pale, and she stared even more intensely and angrily at Feng Tianlan.
Upon hearing this, Feng Tianlan laughed again. “You don’t know? You’re not only training as a Spiritual Master at Flying Frost Pavilion but also as an alchemist, right? This is common knowledge among alchemists, so you couldn’t not have known. If you didn’t know, that would be a disgrace to the first female genius of South Winds Nation!”
“Eldest Sister...” Feng Xiupei’s eyes filled with tears, and she looked at her with her best pitiful face. Her expression seed to say, ‘why are you picking on ? Did I make you unhappy sohow?’
When she saw this wonderful, persistent act of pretending to be pure and kind, Feng Tianlan snorted coldly and said, “Sure, let’s say you really didn’t know that there was this sort of difference in the pills. But then, you were the one who gave the pill, and I only touched the box. Not even my nails touched the pill. So, how can you say that I added poison and tried to fra you?”
“They said you were the one who poisoned him so...” Feng Xiupei beca an even whiter shade and looked like she was the one being bullied.
“But that pill ca from you, so wouldn’t you know best if it were poisoned or not? You could have explained that the pill had no poison, and that the person didn’t die from poisoning.”
“That’s because...” Feng Xiupei starting panicking because Feng Tianlan’s questions were getting more and more tricky.
“Ohhhh, I know. Because you weren’t sure if I had really poisoned the pill or not, for the sake of justice, you just decided to label the murderer instead of believing in your heart that I didn’t kill anyone. And then, because the crowd said so, you decided that I am indeed the murderer. What a good sister you are!”
Xu Jiayi also started panicking when she heard each question becoming harder and harder to answer. She shouted out, “Feng Tianlan, don’t you sar Pei’er’s na now! She was in a panic and decided to take the bla for you. But you don’t appreciate her kind actions at all! Besides, it wasn’t Pei’er who said that you poisoned the man, it was those other people, so bla them instead!”
“Mother.” Feng Xiupei didn’t know what to do anymore. Her mother only made things worse. Feng Tianlan responded, “Ohhhhhh...so you want to bla them for saying I poisoned soone to death, bla these people for sending to court, and bla them for blowing up this matter?”
“No...that’s not...don’t misunderstand what I said. What I ant was that it wasn’t us who said you added the poison. It was...” Xu Jiayi’s face turned pale from panicking. The more she talked, the more incoherent she sounded. In the end, she just glared angrily at Feng Tianlan.
“Let’s not talk about this, then. Let’s talk about the treasure, which Feng Xiuyu ntioned, and the Spirit Stabilizing Pill that Feng Xiupei has stated that she’d planned to give . There are loopholes, everywhere, in this part of the story.”
Feng Tianlan smiled at Feng Xiupei. “My Second Sister, where’s that Spirit Stabilizing Pill that you said you were going to give ?”
“Er...” Feng Xiupei’s expression changed. She could no longer maintain that pitiful face she’d had earlier.
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