Chapter 33: Sworn Brotherhood of Gold and Orchid

She is so ruthless toward them; will she wait until they are no longer useful and then deal with them?

Zhang Sanyou was thinking.

Qiao Sheng spoke.

"I keep my word; if I say I'll give you the Antidote, I will. After all, you work for money and you bear no grudge against me. If you don't believe me, then let's do this: we become sworn siblings of different surnames."

The reason Qiao Sheng does this is not really to become sworn siblings with them, but because he thinks more friends mean more paths.

Zhang Sanyou and Zhang Quan truly did not expect Qiao Sheng to say that.

"Are you unwilling? If so, never mind."

Qiao Sheng said aloud.

Zhang Quan was the first to voice his stance: "I agree. In our family it's just me and my elder brother; we have no sister at all, and I've long wanted one."

After speaking, he tugged at Zhang Sanyou's clothing.

Zhang Sanyou cleared his throat and said, "I do have a sister, but she's quite irritating; having a sister like you would be nice."

Xiao Shitou watched silently.

Thus Qiao Sheng swore brotherhood with them as sworn siblings of different surnames, and because she was the youngest, she became their third sister.

Zhang Sanyou is the oldest, the eldest brother; Zhang Quannian is slightly younger than him but a bit older than Qiao Sheng, ranking second as the second brother.

They bought Medicine.

They slipped it into the tea Zhao Yingjun was drinking, then led Qiao Jinzhi to his place.

Zhao Yingjun was originally a person with weak willpower.

At this moment he could no longer control himself, so he became even more reckless.

Qiao Jinzhi was initially quite pleased; as long as she spent more time with Zhao Yingjun, she was sure she could conceive, and then she could become his noble concubine through a child of noble birth.

She now dared not think about it, since Zhao Yingjun was already betrothed and would soon marry. Moreover, the disparity between their families' conditions was so great that she thought his father would probably not consent.

But as time passed bit by bit,

Qiao Jinzhi panicked.

Zhao Yingjun—what's wrong with him, why is he different from usual? If this keeps going, what will become of it?

"Second Young Master, what's wrong with you?"

Qiao Jinzhi hurriedly asked him.

However.

Zhao Yingjun seemed as if he hadn't heard her question.

How he was before.

How he is now.

But a quarter of an hour passed.

Half an hour passed.

More than an hour passed.

Zhao Yingjun remained the same as before; the only differences were that his eyes were redder and his physical condition was somewhat off.

Qiao Jinzhi couldn't call for help, and she fainted.

She took a long time before waking up.

She discovered she was locked in the firewood storage.

Qiao Jinzhi panicked; she couldn't attend to her discomfort and staggered to the door to knock.

The young man guarding her replied irritably, "What are you knocking for? Stay put; if Second Young Master has any trouble, you'll bear it."

"What's wrong with the Second Young Master?"

Qiao Jinzhi hurriedly asked.

The young man rolled his eyes and said, "Second Young Master was poisoned by the Medicine you administered; now, because you emptied his body, the doctor is still treating him, and we don't yet know the specifics."

He had always thought Qiao Jinzhi was not a docile person.

It turned out to be exactly that.

Fortunately he didn't chase after her.

Otherwise she would have hated him even more.

"I didn't, I didn't give the Second Young Master any Medicine…"

Qiao Jinzhi shouted.

It would be odd for the young man to trust her; he's been in this mansion for more than a day or two, and he's seen some maidservants use any means to achieve their aims.

Qiao Jinzhi kept knocking on the door repeatedly, and soon her vision went black and she fainted.

(End of Chapter)