"What, are you scared?" Fang Zilan deliberately drawled, while the man stammered and couldn't speak clearly. Someone on the side couldn't help but said: "What are you afraid of? Maybe..."
"Oh, I made a mistake." Fang Zilan raised her voice, covering up the voices of everyone around her. "Maybe it's a one-tenth chance. Who knows if the poison I injected will be exactly the same as the original poisoned wine?" In the same cup.”
Hearing this, the man's hands shook and some of the wine in the cup spilled. Seeing this, Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "Are you still trying to cheat in front of me?"
"I'm not..." As soon as the man opened his mouth, Fang Zilan grabbed his jaw and forced the wine into his mouth.
"Ahem..." The man coughed violently, his face as pale as paper, "Toxic..."
Fang Zilan watched coldly. After a while, the man's complexion improved and his breath became longer. He said in surprise: "It's not poisonous? That's great..."
Before he could finish his excited words, Fang Zilan took a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp, "Okay, it's your turn again."
The man's expression was stagnant. After waiting for a moment, he saw that Fang Zilan was still standing in front of him, so he walked over reluctantly, picked out another glass of wine.
So the two of them drank one glass at a time and drank five glasses of wine in the blink of an eye. As the wine on the table became less and less, everyone's hearts were in their throats, as if they would jump out at any time.
It was Fang Zilan's turn for the sixth glass of wine. She still didn't hesitate, took one and drank it. However, the moment the wine entered her throat, she realized something was wrong.
It was not easy for her to do something in front of everyone, and she could feel someone in the dark. Li Hui's attitude was unclear at the moment, and she didn't know whether the person hiding in the dark was an enemy or a friend, or what his purpose was. It was not advisable to act rashly, so she could only make the situation go smoothly and swallow the poisonous wine.
The man looked at Fang Zilan standing upright without even frowning. He felt flustered for no reason and picked up the next glass of wine without looking.
When he picked up the wine, Fang Zilan breathed a sigh of relief. It was the wine she had poisoned, and the winner was decided.
"Poisonous..." The man's eyes widened, and his hands were tightly clasping his throat, but he couldn't stop bleeding from his orifices, and he fell to the ground and died in less than a moment.
Fang Zilan felt like a fire was burning in her heart, and the scene in front of her eyes gradually blurred, but she still held on and said, "I won."
Mrs. Wang brushed her sleeves and said in a deep voice: "Our Wang family intends to marry the Ouyang family. As for the Fang family, that's all."
"That's it?" Fang Zilan was slightly startled. She had already guessed that the Wang family despised Fang Lihui, but she didn't expect to give up so directly.
"Didn't Master Fang hear clearly?" Mrs. Wang's voice raised a little, with an air of undeniable aura in her tone.
Fang Zilan was not afraid and said with a faint smile: "Mrs. Wang, can you tell me the reason? So that I can give an explanation to the two young masters of the Fang family."
"The reason?" Mrs. Wang seemed to have heard something funny and chuckled, "The adults at last night's banquet should have seen it clearly, why do you have to tell me?"
"Mrs. Wang said she could see clearly, but do you mean that you and Mr. Wang love your daughter so much that you intend to embarrass Young Master Fang?" Fang Zilan said and took the tea served by the maid next to her. Mrs. Wang sneered, "Fang Lihui's kind A child with a yellow mouth, I don’t even bother to make things difficult for you.”
Hearing this, the smile on Fang Zilan's face became even brighter, "Since she doesn't bother to embarrass herself, Mrs. Wang always has to give a convincing reason, so that she won't lose face to both families."
"Master Fang is so stubborn. I'm afraid that he is not a parent yet and does not understand the parents' love for their son, so he has far-reaching plans." Mrs. Wang's expression softened slightly, but the look in her eyes was still extremely sharp.
Fang Zilan shook her head, sighed softly, and whispered: "They say don't laugh at parents who are crazy and wander around for their children. But children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Why should Mrs. Wang be like this?"
Mrs. Wang snorted coldly, "Master Fang, are you here to be a lobbyist on behalf of the Fang family?"
"I can't talk about lobbyists, but since Mrs. Wang just said that she wants to plan for the two girls, we might as well talk about it." Fang Zilan put the tea cup in her hand on the table beside her, looking a little more serious. "Let's not mention anything else for the moment. I dare to ask Mrs. Wang, if we reject the Fang family this time, will we be able to find the son of the family to propose marriage in the future?"
"Mr. Fang, are you looking down on our Wang family?" Fang Zilan was not afraid of Mrs. Wang's harsh words, "If she is your granddaughter, Mrs. Wang, there will be a lot of young men from aristocratic families flocking to her, but if she is smart and fair, I’m afraid no one will dare to come to my door again.”
"You!" Mrs. Wang stood up, but she knew in her heart that Fang Zilan was telling the truth.
Lingli and Lingyuan's identity could not be concealed from everyone, but now she could barely hide it because of her identity as Fang Zilan, Duke of the Northern Kingdom and the name of the Wang family's northern family. Who could she deceive in the future?
"Mrs. Wang knows that what I say is reasonable, so why not make a decision as soon as possible." Fang Zilan stood up and bowed respectfully, "Lingli and Lingyuan are well-educated girls, so they will understand Chunhui's painstaking efforts."
"What a reasonable statement, what a decision made early, what Chunhui's hard work!" Mrs. Wang smiled sadly, and each of her three sentences became deeper and deeper, until she finished the last word, she was like a puppet with its strings cut off. He fell straight back to the main seat.
The maid on the side looked panicked. She took a step forward but was repelled by Mrs. Wang. She held the table with one hand, took the tea cup on the table with the other and threw it at Fang Zilan.
Fang Zilan did not dodge. She knew that Mrs. Wang was angry and wanted to vent her anger. She didn't mind being the punching bag. After all, it was better than letting Mrs. Wang vent her anger on the Fang family.
The teacup hit her shoulder, but fortunately she felt no pain, so she didn't even frown, and still maintained her salute, "Thank you, Mrs. Wang, for showing mercy."
"Fang Zilan, do you think that you are in control of the engagement?" Mrs. Wang looked angrily, "Do you think that my Wang family must marry off these two girls?"
"I don't think so." Fang Zilan raised her head and looked steadily at Mrs. Wang on the main seat in front of her, "It's just that this world is really difficult for women."
"No matter how good you are in reading, you can't get a job or become an official. No matter how strong you are in martial arts, you can only protect yourself, and you can't even stop everyone from talking. Apart from getting married, if there is another way, I believe Madam Wang will risk her life and try for them."
Her eyes were full of energy, like a river of stars, but at this moment, they suddenly dimmed a bit, "It's a pity that there is no choice. This world doesn't give women any choice."
