Luo Binghe stalks through the hallways, looking for someone to take his anger out on. A meeting hadn't gone well, and now he's just itching to kill something. However, by now, most of the demon staff of the palace have learnt to tell when he's in a bad mood, so it's unlucky that the first person he comes across is Shang Qinghua, who's carring a bundle of paperwork, and looks surprissed to see him in this part of the castle.

Qinghua: "Junshang? What are you-"

He's abruptly cut off by Binghe pushing him against the wall, a hand on the smaller man's throat. Qinghua's face goes very pale, as he stares up at him, scared. Meanwhile, Binghe is so blinded by rage that he hasn't realised just who he is threatening...

Binghe: "How dare- Wait, Shang-Shishu? What are you doing here?"

Qinghua goes to speak, but then stops and lifts a hand to his throat, where a thin line of blood is starting to form, obviously from where he was scratched by Binghe. That's when both of them remember the poison...