Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 113

Chapter 113: Chapter 113: Princess Swan or Lady Jade?

Long Xiurong straightened her back, not only to look proper in front of Princess Swan but also to maintain her dignity. Caring about her dignity was the only way for her not to show weakness in front of the rumored witch.

"Good morning, Princess. Thank you for inviting me," Long Xiurong greeted as she drew near and sat at the table, facing the beautiful princess directly.

"No, I should thank you for accepting my invitation. I didn’t expect you to accept it, honestly," Swan said.

"W-why would I say otherwise?"

"Because I don’t know if you’d trust me enough," Swan giggled. "After all, you’ve spent more time with Lady Jade, so I thought you’d be on her side."

"I-I don’t know what side you are talking about, Princess. Lady Jade and I aren’t—"

"No need to feign ignorance," Swan interrupted as she grabbed the teapot and poured the tea into her cup. "We both know that Lady Jade is hostile towards me. So I thought she must’ve said stuff about me."

Swan sipped her tea while keeping eye contact with Long Xiurong. As she put her teacup on the saucer, she said, "Please help yourself with a cup of tea. Don’t worry, this one is not poisoned, unlike yesterday."

"W-what do you mean, Princess? Poisoned tea?"

"Oh? Are you still feigning ignorance or genuinely clueless about what happened yesterday during our tea time with Lady Jade?" Swan acted surprised. "That tea we drank is poisonous."

Long Xiurong held her breath. She felt something was amiss with Lady Jade yesterday because it was very rare of her to act unbridledly. But she never expected it to be poisonous.

She also didn’t want to suspect Lady Jade of poisoning the tea as it would be such a cruel rumor.

"Princess, please don’t spread such a terrible rumor. We drank tea with Lady Jade yesterday, and we are all fine, right? I don’t know your history with Lady Jade, but this is not right."

Swan had pretty much expected everything so far, and she was relieved. It seemed like Long Xiurong was genuinely oblivious to the poisoned tea, therefore, she didn’t collude with Lady Jade.

’Which means she is on neither side. She’s just an innocent woman dragged into this mess by Lady Jade,’ Swan thought. ’I need to save her. At least warn her about the danger, before she gets harmed by that woman.’

Swan knew that she couldn’t just say that Lady Jade was an evil bitch. Long Xiurong wouldn’t believe her at all.

The only thing she could do was to steer the conversation until Long Xiurong realized it herself.

"Is it really a rumor?"

"Yes! We all drank it yesterday, and I feel fine afterwards!"

"Mm, I suppose you’re right. But did you notice how I waited until Lady Jade did something with her tea before I drank mine?" Swan asked.

"What are you on about..." Long Xiurong murmured, but then she remembered how Princess Swan waited until Lady Jade drank her tea first.

"Get it? I want to make sure that the tea is safe before I can drink it myself."