From such a close distance, Feng Yunshu only needed to raise her eyes slightly to see his chiseled jawline. Above it were his ink - like and picturesque eyebrows and eyes.
Feng Yunshu's mind involuntarily wavered. Her nostrils were filled with his unique aura. Perhaps it had been too long since she last smelled this familiar scent. For no reason, her eyes welled up and her nose felt sour. She immediately lowered her eyes.
Helan Yanting didn't look at her. At least on the surface, he seemed calm and composed, showing no signs of abnormality.
After secretly sizing him up, Feng Yunshu was certain that he hadn't recognized her. At that moment, she couldn't quite put her finger on her emotions. They were complex, and it felt as if a stone was weighing down on her heart, making her feel stuffy.
Sure enough, men were no good! Humph! It had only been a short while, and yet he couldn't recognize her even when she was standing right in front of him. She had risked her life to go to the underworld for him!
At this moment, Feng Yunshu had already cursed Helan Yanting as a villain countless times in her heart.
While complaining, she reached out to pour wine for Helan Yanting. However, there must be something special added to this wine...
"I wonder who Military Advisor Tingyan really is. I've never seen you before, Military Advisor. I'm quite curious, General that I am."
"General Li, this can't be the purpose for which you invited me here, right?"
Helan Yanting spoke unhurriedly. General Li was immediately taken aback.
"Since this is not your purpose today, General Li, I don't think there's any need for me to answer. I hope the general will get to the point and not waste each other's time."
"Hehe, Military Advisor Tingyan really has an extraordinary aura. Your straightforward personality suits my taste, haha! Come, let's have a drink first!"
Saying so, General Li picked up his wine cup, wearing a bright but fake smile, and downed the wine in one gulp.
Helan Yanting picked up his cup, glanced casually at the wine inside, and out of the corner of his eye, he subtly glanced at Feng Yunshu, who was standing beside him pretending to be nonchalant. Then he tilted his head and drank the wine in one go.
At this time, seeing him hesitate for a moment, Feng Yunshu thought he had noticed something amiss. Her heart skipped a beat. Then she saw him drink the wine in the cup in one gulp.
Drink, drink! This is the special fine wine exclusively brewed by this immortal maiden. After drinking it, you'll surely feel "floating in the clouds"!
Feng Yunshu quietly observed his face, afraid of missing any change in his expression.
She had put some specially made medicinal powder in the wine, mixed with a small amount of her spiritual power. After drinking it, the taste of the wine would become extremely complex, and even in the stomach, waves of extremely complex flavors would surge. She didn't believe he could still be so calm!
She thought she would see Helan Yanting make a fool of himself and vomit in public, but unexpectedly, he swallowed it without changing his expression!
Feng Yunshu looked at him in disbelief. Just then, Helan Yanting suddenly trembled all over, then covered his chest and started coughing.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Hearing his cough getting more and more intense and his face flushing red, Feng Yunshu's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but feel worried.
What was going on? Did I take the wrong medicine packet? It couldn't be... The medicine packet I took out was supposed to only change the taste and had no toxicity at all. Why is he suddenly coughing so violently...
"Hey, Military Advisor Tingyan? What's wrong with you?" General Li, seeing him coughing so badly, also asked in surprise.
"Cough... General Li, this... cough... this wine... is poisoned?!"
Helan Yanting looked up at General Li, grabbed the wine cup and smashed it to the ground fiercely. "I didn't expect, cough... I didn't expect General Li to set up this feast of treachery..."
"This... this isn't. The wine isn't poisoned. Military Advisor Tingyan must have some misunderstanding. I just drank this wine, and so did the other deputy generals present. There can't be anything wrong with it!"
At this moment, General Li was really confused. He picked up the wine jug and looked at it, but didn't notice anything strange.
"Not poisoned? You must have instructed this soldier to secretly poison the wine just now, right?! Cough..."
Helan Yanting pretended to be emotionally excited. As he spoke, he pointed at Feng Yunshu standing beside him.
"Tell me, did you tamper with the wine? Cough..."
Instantly, everyone in the tent turned their eyes towards Feng Yunshu in unison. Feng Yunshu's mind went blank.
What was going on? This was completely different from what she had imagined!
Feng Yunshu quickly shook her head. "No, I don't have the guts to tamper with it! I hope the generals will distinguish the truth!"
While denying, Feng Yunshu sized up Helan Yanting. She always felt that something was off about this matter.
Was his cough really because of the wine?
"If you want to prove that it wasn't you, General Li, who let this soldier poison the wine, it's very simple. Let me take this audacious soldier back for a good interrogation. If General Li agrees, it means you have nothing to hide. If not, then..."
As he was speaking, Helan Yanting suddenly reached out and grabbed Feng Yunshu's wrist hanging by her side. Feng Yunshu was startled by his sudden movement and instinctively tried to break free, but found that he was holding on so tightly that it felt as if his hand was embedded in hers. She tried her best to shake it off but couldn't.
"Military Advisor, what are you doing? I've already said that I didn't poison the wine. Why are you still doing this..."
Feng Yunshu was both angry and annoyed. She always felt that things were getting more and more out of her control. She looked up at Helan Yanting angrily, but caught a glint of amusement in his eyes -
In an instant, Feng Yunshu understood!
Here, General Li and several deputy generals looked at each other. In particular, the deputy generals winked at General Li, signaling him to give the order to quickly deal with Helan Yanting.
However, General Li seemed to have some concerns. He clutched the wine cup in his hand and didn't throw it to the ground for a long time.
Today's banquet was indeed a feast of treachery. Originally, General Li and several other deputy generals had discussed to invite the military advisor of the Yuan Kingdom. If he refused to surrender, they would smash the wine cup in their hands to the ground as a signal, and immediately many soldiers would rush in to kill the military advisor of the Yuan Kingdom.
"Military Advisor Tingyan, this wine definitely has no problem. As the saying goes, one should show some respect to the master even when dealing with a big dog. Our soldiers of the Dan Kingdom will never be easily taken away by you."
Just as General Li finished speaking, he looked up and saw the soldier glaring angrily at the military advisor of the Yuan Kingdom, looking as if he wanted to devour him.
"So you're the military advisor of the Yuan Kingdom. You suspect that I poisoned the wine, right? Fine! Since I failed to poison you, then let you taste my other tricks!"
Saying so, Feng Yunshu angrily raised her hand to give Helan Yanting a karate chop, but Helan Yanting quickly grabbed her wrist. "You're still a bit too slow if you want to touch me."
Seeing Helan Yanting raising his eyebrows with a smug look on his face, Feng Yunshu immediately flew into a rage. She didn't care where she was or what identity she was pretending to be. All she wanted was to teach Helan Yanting a lesson!
This stinky scoundrel! It seemed that he had recognized her a long time ago. Not only did he recognize her, but he also turned the tables on her and completely confused her.
She hadn't even settled the score for his leaving without saying goodbye. Now there was a new grudge. These two grudges made Feng Yunshu's anger reach its peak!
"I'll teach you to be smug! To be arrogant! Let's see where you can hide!"
Feng Yunshu grabbed a bunch of grapes on the table, plucked the grapes one by one, and threw them at Helan Yanting. This was no ordinary throw. She infused spiritual power into the grapes. When the grapes hit the ground, they could even make a small pit!