Bab 218: An Odd Coincidence 8

He knew that Heir Pei's personality had undergone a huge change after he had fallen sick. He had visited the other man that day because of their past acquaintance back in the Capital, and he had also wanted to find out more about the relationship between Qi Qingyao and Su Hexiao. Pei Fengtang was a man that had his own quirks. He had not eaten any food brought in from outside ever since he was poisoned. What he did today—eat a cake brought in by a commoner without testing it for poisons first—was unthinkable. Not to mention that his servants behind him did not even take any action; they let their master eat unclean food just like that, unafraid that he might be poisoned to death.

Heir Pei realized something after he ate one. "It's bland. There's a little sweetness, but it's not cloying at all. Fresh, even."