Fifth Step

In the week leading up to Hell King and Lady Lihua's wedding.  Lihua was able to form a relationship with the Han Clan.  Although she was always careful when they met up.  Always in public and in the company of other noble ladies.  She even went to the Back Palace and had tea with them.  

After coming back from the Back Palace, Lihua waited until the middle of the night to set her plans into motion.  With Xin and Ethan by her side the three of them sneaked into the Lei Manor. From the top of the Prime Minister's building Lihua pushed her qi into the pride of lions and the troop of monkeys.  Six monkey's leapt out silently, Lihua gave an order to them and they left to full fill the order.  As the monkey's split up in three groups of pairs, Xin and Ethan became their look out as Lihua concentrated on switching her attention between the three groups.  

As the monkey's reached the different drinking wells, the monkey's cut their wrists and let their blood pour into the well.  Their poisoned blood mixed in with the water, then came back to their master.  When the monkey's came back, Lihua sent her pride of lions out to the other drinking well to mix their poisoned blood with the water well.  

Everyone who drank water from the well would be poisoned.  Anyone who were friends with the Lei Clan would pay for being friends with them.  But because the blood of the animals compared to the water of the well is so little, who ever drinks the water would only be slightly poisoned, however if they drink the water over a course of time, the poison with build in their bodies and unleash itself when fully matured.  

They left the Lei Manor and all three of them separated and took different ways home, just to cover their tracks.  When they made sure no one had been watching and following them, only then did they go back to Takeshi's estate.  


"The poisoning of the Lei Clan should start tomorrow."  Lihua tells Takeshi as they sit back together in the tub washing each other.  

"Can you do that to the Chen clan as well?"  Takeshi asks.  

"Sure.  What ever my King wishes, this servant shall provide."  Lihua tells him with a smile.  "Where you thinking hallucination, fast acting poison, slow acting poison, a suffering poison where their skins slowly melts off their bodies, an aging poison, a suffocating poison, paralyzing poison,  or a burning poison that burns you from the inside out?"  

Takshi stared at Lihua in awe and horror.  When she poisoned herself, he saw her suffering, but he didn't know which poison she made and ate.  He never heard of these poisons before and was curious of them yet afraid.  

"I've never heard of these poisons before, how did you make them and survive them?" Takeshi asks her.  

"These poisons are developed by my master.  They are a combination of all of the poisons put together in different batches, thus making different poison markings.  Depending on the ingredients that you use, determines what animal will show up in the poison markings."  Lihua tells hims.  "The recipes of these poisons are such that my Master's one poison recipe would contain the poisons of ten, sometimes twenty different poisons recipes."  

Lihua told him nonchalantly.  "As to how I survived with out the after affects it because after I eat the poison, I centralize the poison in my body with my qi.  Controlling it to a certain dantian and letting the poison contaminate the dantian.  Only then I will let a small essence of the poison remain in my body.  The rest, I expel out with my qi and with the help of the heavenly water, I was able to heal myself faster."  

"You're amazing."  Takeshi tells her. 

"Well, this grandma has have years of practice."  Lihua tells him.  

"Please don't remind me you're a grandma."  Takeshi said as he spashes water at her.  

"Huh, this grandma has been so nice to you and you want to disrespect this grandma!"  Lihua yells back as she splashes water back at him.  "You're asking for a beating now!"  

They playfully have a water fight, but soon their teasing become more passionate and heated that they move on to the bed to finish their play of dominance over one another.  One person exerting her experience over him, while he exerts his martial skills over her.  In the end, both of them were winners.    


Later on that night after their bout, Lihua laid half on top of him with her head on his chest listening to his heart beat.  

"Have you decided?"  Lihua asks.  

"Decide what."  Takeshi said sleepily.  

"Which poison you want the Chen clan to suffer." Lihua tells him as she lightly slaps his chest.  

Takeshi grabs her hand that hit him and holds on to it.  His thumb caresses her fingers back and forth before telling her.  

"Can it be a slow burning poison?"  Takeshi asks.  

"How slow? Like six months?  A year? Ten years?" 

"Six months sounds good."  Takeshi says.  

"For a slow burning poison, I would only need to unleash my butterfly and phoenix into their drinking and cooking water well.  It should be easy.  You would need to show me where their property is and where the wells are located.  Ethan and Xin can go with me, but if you want to go with me instead that would be fine as well."  Lihua tells him. "This wife shall fulfill her wifely duties and do what her husband asks."  Lihua tells him.  

He flips her over hungrily.  "Say that again."  

"Say what?" Lihua tells him.  

"Call me your husband, and say that your my wife."  Takeshi asks of her childishly.  

Lihua laughs into his chest trying to hide her laughter.  

"Say it."  Takeshi growls as he rolls his hips between her legs, lighting another fire between them.  

"As my husband asks, this wife shall fulfill."  Lihua said giving in to him. 

Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top