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Huangfu Xian brought Nan Xiang into the palace.
Along the way, Nan Xiang kept swooning over the child, drawing countless eye rolls from Huangfu Xian.
"What are you holding in your arms? Can I see it?" After getting off the carriage, Nan Xiang pushed Huangfu Xian"s wheelchair while looking at the small bundle in Huangfu Xian"s arms.
Huangfu Xian came out of the house holding it and never let it go on the way.
"I won"t show you." Huangfu Xian said arrogantly.
Gu Jiao said that with this pair of things, his severed limb could be reattached to his leg. He couldn"t wear it now since his injuries hadn"t healed yet, but he had thought about it, and he wanted to cultivate a relationship with this stuff in advance.
Nan Xiang smiled instead of getting angry. This child was adorable, truly adorable, even when angry!
The two arrived at the Kunning Palace, where Huangfu Xian had the palace servants inform Empress Xiao that he had brought a physician to treat Qin Chuyu"s illness.
Empress Xiao hurriedly welcomed them in.
Empress Xiao already knew about the night when Huangfu Xian saved Qin Chuyu, which changed her opinion of Huangfu Xian.
"How are you? Weren"t you recuperating at Bishui Alley? How did you come to the palace?" She was exhausted but still cared about Huangfu Xian.
"I"m fine. I brought a physician here. She is the adoptive mother of Physician Gu"s younger brother, surnamed Nan. Physician Gu asked her to come and help with the Seventh Prince"s condition." Huangfu Xian said.
Adoptive mother of Physician Gu"s younger brother, this relationship was a bit convoluted.
Empress Xiao didn"t have the energy to delve into these family relationships at this crucial moment, but since the person was recommended by Gu Jiao, the other party must be reliable.
Xiao Heng had already gone to the Ministry of Justice for his duty, leaving only Empress Xiao and Eunuch Su here.
Empress Xiao looked hopefully at Nan Xiang, "Physician Nan, do you really have a way to treat this Empress’s son?"
Nan Xiang shook her head, "This subject cannot cure him. This subject can only temporarily suppress the toxicity in his body. The real cure depends on JiaoJiao bringing back the antidote."
Empress Xiao was stunned, "Poison? Little Seven is poisoned?"
When Gu Jiao left the palace, she only instructed Eunuch Wei to go fetch the medicine.
Nan Xiang thought to herself that they had been in a hurry when they parted ways and didn"t sort out their testimonies properly, but since it had already been spoken, it couldn"t be taken back now.
She could only truthfully reply, "Yes, it"s a very rare poison. Your Majesty, don"t worry too much. JiaoJiao has already gone to get the antidote."
Empress Xiao nervously asked, "But, what if she can"t bring it back?"
Nan Xiang took a deep breath and said slowly, "If it"s not brought back before dawn, the Seventh Prince will have no chance."
"Do you mean... Little Seven can only hold on until dawn?" Empress Xiao only felt that the sky was spinning, and she almost collapsed.
Eunuch Su promptly supported her.
Nan Xiang approached the bed, took out a bottle of pills, removed the stopper, and placed one pill under Qin Chuyu"s tongue.
This was actually a kind of poison.
She was counteracting poison with poison, suppressing the toxicity in his body.
But the dosage had to be controlled; too little wouldn"t be effective, and too much would directly kill Qin Chuyu.
So she had to stay and observe carefully.
"Your Majesty, please don"t collapse yourself. If Your Majesty falls, what will happen to the Seventh Prince?" Eunuch Su earnestly advised.
Empress Xiao forced herself to calm down. She held back her tears, closed her eyes, and said to Eunuch Su, "Arrange a room for Xian"er to rest."
"Yes." Eunuch Su pushed Huangfu Xian out.
Empress Xiao stabilized her emotions and sat down beside the bed.
Nan Xiang sat on a stool opposite the bed.
Empress Xiao sat slightly higher than her.
Perhaps because her emotions had calmed down, Empress Xiao carefully looked at Nan Xiang.
Nan Xiang wore a veil, so her appearance couldn’t be seen clearly, but due to the angle, Empress Xiao still saw a trace of disfigurement through the veil"s gap.
Empress Xiao didn"t say anything and shifted her gaze away.
But she inexplicably shifted her gaze back again.
This time, she looked into Nan Xiang"s eyes.
She felt these eyes were familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere before.
On the bed, Qin Chuyu groaned uncomfortably, interrupting Empress Xiao"s thoughts.
Empress Xiao hurried to see how her son was doing. Nan Xiang stood up, took a step forward, and hugged Qin Chuyu, making him sit up and lean forward.
The next moment, Qin Chuyu spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Empress Xiao"s face turned pale, "Little Seven!"
Nan Xiang comforted Qin Chuyu and gently laid him back down, adding another black pill under his tongue.
Empress Xiao asked anxiously, "Physician Nan, what"s wrong with Little Seven?"
"The poison in his body has flared up." Nan Xiang glanced at the sky outside covered with curtains of the night, "I hope JiaoJiao can find the antidote soon."
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Under the wall, Gu Jiao looked at the neat row of Dragon Shadow Guards resembling candied haws. She was momentarily speechless.
She didn"t know how they had followed her.
Could she still send them back now?
Forget it. Just find the antidote quickly.
Gu Jiao didn"t think this villa was particularly large when she observed it from afar, but upon entering, she realized there was more to it than met the eye. No wonder it could house a small army of Dragon Shadow Guards.
Given the villa’s size and the number of residents in it, it shouldn"t have been able to remain so well concealed.
Gu Jiao wandered around before finally understanding why the place was so secluded. The villa was built on a graveyard. The large expanse of tombs behind it appeared to have been abandoned for a long time, with very few visitors coming to pay their respects. The gra.s.s on the tombs had grown up to two meters high.
Even in such a remote place, the vigilance of the Yan people remained high. There were soldiers and Dragon Shadow Guards of the State of Yan patrolling the villa day and night.
Gu Jiao didn"t engage with them head-on, carefully avoiding their sight.
The villa had three main courtyards and seven or eight smaller ones, mostly inhabited by Dragon Shadow Guards and the soldiers. The main courtyards were Gu Jiao"s target.
Gu Jiao and Long Yi"s group first entered the eastern main courtyard.
Gu Jiao was in charge of the search while Long Yi"s group of five provided cover.
It had to be said that being able to move freely among such a large number of Dragon Shadow Guards from the State of Yan was largely thanks to Long Yi and the others.
They perfectly concealed Gu Jiao"s presence with their own aura, and their lack of suspicion from others was largely due to their being fellow death warriors with the State of Yan’s Dragon Shadow Guards, making their auras very similar.
The patrolling guards a.s.sumed that the house was occupied by their own people and naturally didn"t investigate.
There was nothing in the eastern main courtyard.
Gu Jiao shook her head at Long Yi and headed towards the western main courtyard.
This courtyard housed several State of Yan’s... strategists, Gu Jiao didn"t know their ident.i.ties and temporarily referred to them as such based on their appearance and demeanor.
It was strange, so many people came, both literati and warriors, just to deal with a slave"s son?
"We were careless this time."
Just then, a robust voice inadvertently came from the study…Raz P."s Thoughts
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