Feeding the Wolves, Eaten Alive

"I-I'm fine now." Ruby stood up, struggling to keep her composure, and quickly excused herself.

Grace snickered quietly nearby, then bowed. "Thank you for your support, General."

Evan Xiao glanced at her with a blank expression. "You'd better not be up to anything shady. Otherwise—"

"No! No! How could I?" Grace hurriedly replied. "General, you are my benefactor, my guiding star, my master! My heart is filled to the brim with admiration, respect, and gratitude for you—how could I ever think of anything shady?"

"It better not be." Evan Xiao said. "Otherwise... if you pile crime upon crime, it won't just be a beating with the staff."

"Huh? Crime upon crime... what would happen then?"

"I'll feed you to the wolves. Alive!"

Oh my god!

Feed me to the wolves!

And alive, too!

Grace gritted her teeth and thought: Just you wait, tomorrow I'll sleep with you!

...

Chloe Zhu—aka Grace—was certainly prepared for this.

In her opinion, as long as she became Evan Xiao's head maid, getting him into bed would be a piece of cake!

She was an eighth-tier Spiritual Alchemist!

With just a little drug, Evan Xiao would be hers for the taking!

In her previous life, as the mother of the hostage prince, she’d faced many crises in the Vermilion Bird Kingdom.

So, her Dimensional Bracelet always had a stash of all kinds of powerful medicines.

Besides healing and cultivation elixirs, she also had all kinds of poisons, aphrodisiacs, mind-altering drugs, and anesthetics.

And... love elixirs.

Last time, it was her own mistake.

She used a common sedative bought from the market on Evan Xiao.

Her own stash consisted of spiritual medicines, which were much stronger.

She was afraid that if she knocked Evan Xiao out completely, he wouldn’t be able to... perform. How would she get things done then?

After much thought, she had her helper Chushi (the boy she stationed outside the manor) buy some ordinary sedatives from the black market.

It was hard to get that opportunity, but who could have guessed he’d notice, pretend to faint, and then try to have her beaten to death.

This time, she would never make the same mistake again.

She decided to use—a Love Elixir.

It was her own special blend, good for health and marital harmony.

She used to make it for the Prime Minister of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom all the time.

He had more than a dozen wives in his manor, all well cared for...

...

In Blue Moon Kingdom, it was common for masters of wealthy families to have maids serve them at night.

Evan Xiao was no exception.

Outside his bedroom, there was a small warm chamber for the night maid.

Previously, Ruby, Green Lotus, and Alan took turns serving at night.

Because Grace arrived late and Ruby always found ways to keep her away from Evan Xiao, she was never scheduled.

Now that Grace was head maid, the first thing she did was schedule herself for night duty, making a new rotation.

Ruby looked upset, but as head maid, Grace had every right to serve the master at night, so Ruby couldn't object.

The very next day, it was Grace's turn.

She put a sixth-tier Love Elixir into Evan Xiao's tea.

Love Elixirs weren’t just for bribing the Prime Minister of Vermilion Bird Kingdom—they had other uses too.

For example, to take down those nasty people who wanted to hurt her.

So, when Grace made this drug, she made sure it was colorless, tasteless, and all natural—with just a hint of sweet spring water flavor.

No matter how picky the tongue, nobody could detect anything strange.

Evan Xiao drank it without any suspicion.

After drinking, he didn’t pretend to faint like last time—everything seemed normal.