klisemfg Chapter 96 Don’t take advantage of the bastard
Chapter 96 Don’t take advantage of the bastard
She obediently let him hold her hand.
They stood very close, their arms brushing against each other intermittently in the darkness, like lovers whispering to each other.
Zhai Rongyu bit her lower lip, then suddenly tilted her head and smiled, opening her hand to grasp his.
Hehe, only a fool wouldn't take advantage of a good deal!
Her cool, slender fingers gently clasped his large hand.
Jun Ce was slightly taken aback.
It felt like my soft spot had been instantly exposed.
He turned his head to look at her, a hint of a smile appearing in his dark eyes, radiating a tenderness he himself was unaware of.
He indulged his desires.
He flipped his palm upwards, spread his fingers and inserted them between her fingers, then bent his fingers upwards and held her tightly as if she were a precious jewel.
Their palms touched, and warmth emanated from his body.
Zhai Rongyu was stunned for a long time, and a blush quickly rose on her face.
Her mind was completely occupied by him. Her other hand, hanging by her side, was loosely clenched into a fist. Her cherry lips parted slightly, radiating heat.
【call……】
They went too far...
[Why is this secret passage so long...]
If she continued walking, her face would turn as red as a dried shrimp.
Jun Ce gazed at the light that appeared in the distance, his eyes as deep and unfathomable as ink.
is it?
He felt that the road was a bit too short.
The secret passage soon came to an end, and Zhai Rong hurriedly broke free of her grasp.
Jun Ce stared intently at the girl with a face as pink as a peach, and the corners of his lips curved into a smile.
Before them lay a sunken chamber with a bed made of pure ice in the center, surrounded by a cool breeze.
Zhai Rongyu walked over and saw a handsome man lying on the ice bed.
Although she didn't know him, she recognized him at a glance.
"This is... His Majesty the Emperor?!" Zhai Rongyu exclaimed in surprise.
Indeed, the person in front of me was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe.
Jun Ce moved closer, looking at the man on the bed with a complicated expression, and nodded.
"But isn't the Emperor in the palace?"
Zhai Rongyu was somewhat puzzled.
“The one in the palace is a fake,” Jun Ce said.
"His Majesty had a human skin mask made and issued an order that no one should easily visit him, which is how the truth was concealed."
Apart from the grand prayer ceremony, which allowed several princes to enter and observe, only the Empress was allowed to occasionally go in to attend to the Emperor during his illness.
The Empress was also careless.
Therefore, no one discovered it for so many years.
[The Emperor is being so cautious; it seems he suspects the culprit is inside the palace...]
Jun Ce looked at her, and the hard lines on his face softened.
Rong'er guessed correctly.
"His Majesty's illness came on strangely. He suspects that someone close to him is responsible. If he continues to stay in the palace, he may die a violent death if he is not careful."
"That's why they ordered me to move him here."
Medicine King Valley is quiet and peaceful, and there are many doctors here. There is no better place to recuperate than here.
This icy bed can also help him delay the onset of the poison.
"Has he made no progress after treating patients in Medicine King Valley for so long?"
Jun Ce shook his head.
“These days, His Majesty’s condition has become increasingly serious.”
"If this drags on any longer, I'm afraid we won't be able to continue."
Seeing the worry on his face, Zhai Rongyu's heart also tightened.
She stepped forward, activated her third eye, and scanned the area from top to bottom, but found nothing unusual.
It seems to be just a simple symptom.
She opened the emperor's wrist and carefully took his pulse.
His brows furrowed even more deeply.
This illness is indeed strange. The pulse is steady and there are no abnormalities, yet the body appears extremely weak...
[Could it be not poisoning, but rather being bewitched by a curse?]
Poisoned?
Jun Ce's brow twitched.
Could it be that a spy from the Southern Kingdom has infiltrated the palace?!
His eyes instantly darkened.
Zhai Rongyu used her spiritual power to carefully examine the emperor's meridians and found a Gu worm inside.
No wonder there are so many doctors in Medicine King Valley, yet they can't diagnose the illness.
She placed the emperor's wrist under the brocade quilt and said to Jun Ce, "The poison Your Majesty has been afflicted with is not an ordinary poison, but a kind of poison called the Five Deadly Gu."
"The Five Deadly Gu?" Jun Ce frowned, his expression cold and stern.
I've never heard of this poison before.
Zhai Rong nodded.
"This Five Deadly Gu will slowly paralyze a person's five senses until they completely lose consciousness and fall into a deep sleep."
"Once the Gu worms in the body have absorbed enough of the human's vital energy, they will run rampant inside the body, gnawing at flesh and blood until they completely take the person's life."
"Is there any solution?"
Jun Ce slightly parted his thin lips, his gaze fixed on the Emperor's pale yet remarkably serene face, his heart churning with turmoil.
All five senses lost...
They die silently, without even feeling the pain.
This was an insult to the emperor.
“There is a solution,” Zhai Rongyu pondered for a long time. “To force out the Gu worms, five things are needed as a catalyst in the medicine.”
Which five?
Zhai Rongyu glanced at him and slowly said:
“The deadly poisonous Gelsemium elegans, the tears of deep-sea mermaids, the snow lotus of the frigid lands, the butterfly powder of the mist butterfly, and the purple-gold glass grass.”
“These things are extremely difficult to find.” Jun Ce’s heart sank after hearing this. “What His Majesty lacks is time.”
"It's not that difficult." Zhai Rongyu gave him a reassuring smile.
A shallow dimple spread across her lips, calming Jun Ce's heart like a gentle spring breeze.
She said, "I can hold off the Gu worms, so Your Majesty's life is not in immediate danger. Don't worry."
She released the Boundless Divine Tortoise from the cloth bag, placed it beside the Emperor, and concentrated her spiritual power on the tortoise's back.
【Turtle, come out and pretend to be a ghost~】
The Boundless Divine Turtle revealed its true form and roared angrily at the Gu worms inside the Emperor's body.
The worm's act of gnawing at flesh stopped abruptly, and it trembled as it transformed into a silkworm cocoon to wrap itself up.
Zhai Rong clapped his hands and put the Boundless Divine Turtle into his cloth bag.
It's done!
She said to Jun Ce, "I have already stopped the Gu worms. As long as we prepare the medicinal ingredients within six months, the Emperor will be able to wake up."
"Rong'er, thanks to you."
Jun Ce approached, lowered his head, grasped her shoulder, and gazed intently at her.
With bright eyes and sharp eyebrows, his features were striking and deep.
Zhai Rong looked up at him, feeling inexplicably that the posture was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't quite place it.
She shook her head, focusing her thoughts on the task at hand.
I can concoct Gelsemium elegans, and Snow Lotus can be obtained instantly using talismans. As for the Purple Gold Glazed Grass, it needs to be refined, but it's not difficult.
[However, the mermaid's tears and the mist butterfly are rather hard to find.]
It will take some effort.
Jun Ce, as if suddenly remembering something, said to Zhai Rongyu, "There is a mermaid's tear in Qingchuan."
"Oh?" Zhai Rongyu raised an eyebrow.
"Does Valley Master Xue possess such a precious item?"
Jun Ce lowered his eyelids slightly and took his hand off her shoulder, looking somewhat conflicted.
"These mermaid tears are what Qingchuan uses to alleviate his cold symptoms."
"His cold symptoms flare up every two weeks."
"If we were to give those mermaid tears to the Emperor, I'm afraid Qingchuan wouldn't survive either."
He could never do such a thing.
"A cold ailment?" Zhai Rongyu blinked, her eyes sparkling, and smiled mischievously. "Then I'll just cure him, won't I?"