No one believes that Jun Wu Xie is capable of producing the Jade Dew pill, the authenticity of it does not make a difference .
Jun Wu Xie looks at Mo Qian Yuan thinking, if Bai Yun Xian refuses to verify the pill's authenticity, she knows how to make her do it. With Mo Qian Yuan's intervention, she remains silent.
With Mo Qian Yuan dragging Qing Yun Clan's name into this, Bai Yun Xian was forced to verify the pills' authenticity. Veiled under her calm exterior, her heart fostered a deep hatred for Jun Wu Xie and Mo Qian Yuan, as no one has ever dared to speak in such a manner to her.
Bai Yun Xian smiles coldly, and opens the medicine bottle.
In the brief moment the lid is opened, a balmy fragrance permeates the air, an all too familiar smell, exactly like the Jade Dew pills scattered on the ground.
Bai Yun Xian paled, eyes widened in surprise.
"Impossible ….." As a disciple of Qing Yun Clan, Bai Yun Xian had made the Jade Dew pills countless times, and its fragrance, is deeply ingrained into her heart.
The smell from this bottle, is exactly the same?
The flabbergasted look on Bai Yun Xian made Mo Xuan Fei sit up tensed, his face darkening.
"Are you convinced?" Jun Wu Xie asks, eyebrows slightly raised, bringing her cup of tea to her mouth, slowly, calmly sipping.
"I am not done." Bai Yun Xian answers, through gritted teeth.
Pills glistening like white jade poured from the bottle into her hand, no different from those scattered across the floor. Bai Yun Xian turned the pills over and over again in meticulous scrutiny, as a chill crept into her heart.
These are clearly Jade Dew pills!
"How could this be ..." Bai Yun Xian's lips trembled, unable to believe herself.
Mo Xuan Fei saw the disbelief in Bai Yun Xian's eyes and his heart sank. He hurriedly jumps to his feet, and insinuates: "Even though the appearance and smell do have similarities, the pills are after all fake. Rest assured Yun Xian, for the insolence Jun Wu Xie has shown you and the disrespect to Qing Yun Clan, justice will be meted out."
I will not allow Bai Yun Xian to admit the authenticity of those Jade Dew pills!
Bai Yun Xian looked blankly at Mo Xuan Fei, before it dawned on her.
That's right, it is up to her to say whether those Jade Dew pills are real or fake. If she proclaims them fake, they will be deemed fake, irregardless of authenticity.
Bai Yun Xian composed herself, putting up her usual cold front.
"Miss Jun, these are not Jade Dew pills of the Qing Yun Clan."
"I see now what disciples of Qing Yun Clan are like." said Jun Wu Xie as she threw a bitingly frosty glance at Bai Yun Xian who was struggling to maintain her forced facade of calm.
Bai Yun Xian felt chilled from those eyes.
"If they are not Jade Dew pills, what are they?" Jun Wu Xie asked, head tilted slightly, staring at Bai Yun Xian.
"They are just some spices, can't even call them medicine." said Bai Yun Xian stiffly.
"Oh?" Jun Wu Xie questioned as her eyes flashed.
"Miss Jun, trying to pass off these inferior imitations as the real deal, I must say I have been rather slighted." Bai Yun Xian Jun intoned seeing Jun Wu Xie's silence, confident the situation is under her control.
Jun Wu Xie sat calmly stroking the little black cat. Bai Yun Xian was about to continue on her tirade when Jun Wu Xie murmured: "I sent a bottle to His Majesty."
Bai Yun Xian stood with her mouth agape, twitching.
What did she say!
"By now, the Imperial Doctors who should have verified it's authenticity, and sent it to His Majesty." Jun Wu Xie raised her eyes, watching the paled and stiffened face of Bai Yun Xian.
Bai Yun Xian's stood lips trembling, reeling from the shock.
Mo Xuan Fei's face darkened, he never would have imagined, Jun Wu Xie hid such a hand!
"By now, the Imperial Doctors should have verified it's authenticity and sent it to His Majesty." Jun Wu Xie raised her eyes, watching the paled and stiffened face of Bai Yun Xian.
Bai Yun Xian's stood lips trembling, body reeling from the shock.
Mo Xuan Fei's face darkened, he never would have imagined, Jun Wu Xie hid such a hand!
Several bottles of Jade Dew pills have already been gifted to His Majesty when Bai Yun Xian first arrived in the Kingdom of Qi. Any medication taken by the Emperor, has to be ascertained by the Imperial Doctors to be safe, before it can reach him. The Imperial Doctors might not be able to replicate the myriad of medicines passing through their hands, but they can easily determine their properties.
Mo Xuan Fei had intended for Bai Yun Xian to declare the pills to be fake, rendering Jun Wu Xie unable to refute. After all, no one will believe a nobody like Jun Wu Xie, over the words of a disciple of the esteemed Qing Yun Clan.
No one could have thought, Jun Wu Xie had prepared her hand so well against the treachery, before the pill verification.
Being in the hands of the Emperor, the Jade Dew pills gifted by Bai Yun Xian must have passed through the Imperial Doctors, who have checked on their properties and content. Having them verify if these pills here are the same will be easy to ascertain.
Judging from Bai Yun Xian's reaction, Mo Xuan Fei can guess that the Jade Dew pills Jun Wu Xie brought are genuine!
When did Jun Wu Xie become so intelligent?
Mo Qian Yuan watched this scene unfold from the sidelines, heaved a sigh of relief, a hint of a smile as the ends of his mouth curled up, watching Jun Wu Xie intently.
This seemingly young, quiet girl, is more capable than she seems!
Jun Wu Xie could have asked Bai Yun Xian to send the pills to the Imperial Doctors for verification, but she held back, luring Bai Yun Xian to declare the pills were fake, before she revealed she sent the bottle to the Emperor.
When it was found out that the Imperial Doctors had ascertained the authenticity of the Jade Dew pills, and Bai Yun Xian could not, it could only mean that she lacked the ability to ascertain, or she harbours ill will and deliberately made a false declaration!
What is said cannot be undone, this stroke of genius from Jun Wu Xie is equivalent to a slap on the face of Bai Yun Xian.
A resounding slap!
With a single move, Jun Wu Xie has Bai Yun Xian slapped senseless, and pinned down Mo Xuan Fei.
He looked upon Jun Wu Xie in disbelief, a stranger to him.
Is this not the fawning girl who followed behind yearning and craving attention? Or the boorish, rude and mindless idiot?
Why does the Jun Wu Xie here feels so unfamiliar, so distant?
He had thought, Jun Wu Xie's cold and aloof manner to him was due to her being abandoned over Bai Yun Xian, and in an attempt to catch his attention, she imitated the cold mannerisms of Bai Yun Xian, thinking that he liked that about her. It is clear now, it was just all wishful thinking on his part.
The Jun Wu Xie of the past, does not even know medicine, let alone making Jade Dew pills. Hiding her hand, by secretly sending the pills to the Emperor, the Jun Wu Xie he knew should not have been capable of such!
Now, in this situation, it feels like slaps across the face of Mo Xuan Fei, knocking him off his pedestal of arrogance, and driving the despair of defeat deep into him.
No!
He will not allow that to happen!
"Jun Wu Xie, that was wilful of you, how can you send that to my Imperial Father, the Emperor? It might poison him! Yun Xian, come with me to pay a visit to my father, we cannot let anything happen to him." Mo Xuan Fei was not being magnanimous as he pulled Bai Yun Xian by the hand and hurried out the door.
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