First Love: Mo Xue (20)

"Big Brother Jun."

"Hee Hee."

The soul-changed Consort frown upon hearing that childish nickname. He remembers that is what they use to call the original Jae Hee when he was a small child. But still...

"Big Brother, stop calling me that. I'm already a grown up."

The handsome man laugh heartily upon hearing his cute little cousin whine. The Prince let out a small smile, amaze by his bride's cute pout.

Inside the hall, the Prince only brought out his Consort. This is because the handsome man that comes to visit is his bride's cousin and he specifically come to visit him.

But this knowledge in unknown to the rest of the women who reside in the Prince's courtyard. By their twisted logic, they should be brought out to meet with the guest too. Most household would do so as showing off their beautiful selection of women brings up the household value.

Hatred begin to accumulate inside their heart, more than ever. However, they can't do anything about it. They can only grit their teeth, while remembering what have happen to a certain concubine named Ning.

While the rest of the women in the Prince's harem starts to throw their tantrums, a certain concubine is calm and collected. With a nod, she instruct her head maid to begin their plan.

The head maid took the package that was hidden on the concubine's vanity table before slip out from the chamber. The concubine lay back on the chair, with a sinister smile hung on her lips.

The head maid make her way to the maid courtyard, where a small girl with bright eyes is waiting for her. She approach the little girl and give a small blue pouch from the package she brought.

"Here. Remembers to put it under the bed of the Consort. If you do it well, you will be rewarded heavily."

"Yes, Big Sister."

The little girl runs out from the maids courtyard as the head maid watch her disappearing figures before she head to her next destination, the kitchen.

Another hound maid is waiting for her there. But contrary to the bright eyes child from before, this girl is cleary terrified. Standing by the wooden shelf, the girl tremble when the head maid comes.

"Here. Put this inside the tea. Serve this only to the Consort and the esteemed guest. Take care to not let the Prince drink it. Understand?"

"..."

"I ask, do you understand?"

The young maid tremble in fear, nodding her tearful head a few time while taking hold of a small vial of drug with her shaky hands.

"Remember, do the job well and your family will be fine. Or else, your little brother will pay the price for your incompetence."

The head maid left the kitchen while the poor girl slump on the floor, shedding silent tears. Upon hearing some chatter from the other incoming maids, she swiftly hold back her sobs and brush away her tears.

The kitchen get busy with orders to bring tea and snacks to serve the esteemed guest. The young maid, originally tasked with serving tea, take out a set of red and black patterned tea set. The set have two design for four cups. Two of them have red flower with black petals and the other two have black dragon with red flames on it. The maid kept away one of the dragon cup and secretly laced the two flower cup with the drug from the vial given to her.

Soon, the tea maids are ushered out. The young maid follows from behind, still nervous with what she have done. In her heart, she begs for forgiveness but she can't let her family suffer.

Inside the visiting hall, the Consort and his cousin are having a light conversation, exchanging news about their life as it has been forever since their last met. The soul-changed Consort borrowed the memory of the original, carrying the conversation as much as he can while listening to the report from his system.

As soon as the maid comes, all three of them stiffen unconsciously. Without knowing, each of them, the Consort, the Prince and the guest eyes the incoming tea.

Snacks are serve and the tea is poured. The other maid took notice of the tea cup design and ultimately serve the Prince the cup with the dragon on it. While the Consort knows which cup was drugged, the other two does not. However, seeing the sole different patter on the Prince's cup, the both ventures a guess.

Meanwhile, in a certain black-hearted concubine's room, an elegant looking lady lay on the chaise, being tended by her maid. Her head maid comes in a rush, excitedly. The lady wave her maids away, as the head maid approach her and whisper the progress.

"Good. Take care of the girl. Let my father know about it too."

"What's next, my lady?"

"All we have to do now is just wait. After twelve hours, the drug will work. After it has been incubated inside their body, the love worm will start to eat their heart. They will send impulses to their brain, to find their other half. When that happen..."

The lady in pink let out a light laugh, letting her words hanging. If it wasn't for the fact that she's planning something so devious, she might pass as an angel.

Her head maid is all smile, imagining all sort of possibilities when their plan finally work. She starts planning what to do when she finally become the head maid of the whole house, not just his lady chamber. She grin at the prospect of gold and riches that she will get.

But who would have known, their plan are already doomed from the start.

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"So basically, the drug is not harmful to one health?"

"No, host. You would only feel the itch to..."

"To what?"

"To have sex, host."

Pftt.

"My dear?"

"Hee Hee?"

I let out an apologetic smile, taking my handkerchief out as I cough out my half eaten chrysanthemum cake. Inwardly, I curse my system for not telling me sooner. I've been drinking that tea all afternoon.

No wonder the Prince let his concubine uses such drug. I was wondering why didn't he change the drug when he get his hand on it.

I grudgingly eyed the Prince's cup that is on his hand. The one with the red flower, similar to mine. Jun Jin Lee make a fuss of wanting to let my husband drink from the same patterned cup as mine, thus he is now drinking from the dragon tea cup.

Haish!

Twelve hour later I'll be so dead.

Well...

It's not like I can escape it anyway.

"The drug will make you sustain an enormous energy throughout the deed, host. It will last for twelve hours."

Pffft!