Chapter 264 - Yuwen Qis Poisoning & a Pill from a Miracle-Working Physician (1/2)

Taking in ten lines at each glance, Zheng s.h.i.+ finished reading the letter rapidly, the surprise on her face deepening. There was also a mixture of ecstasy and excitement in her countenance. As if afraid that she had misread it, she cast an eye over the letter from start to finish for a second time. After confirming the contents of it, she abruptly sprang to her feet, turned around and walked towards the outside in great haste.

“Mistress?” The handmaid gave a start and hurriedly followed in her wake.

Halfway to her chambers, Zheng s.h.i.+ suddenly paused, a tic going in her cheeks, tightly gripping her handkerchief, the look in her eyes somewhat frightening.

Seeing Zheng s.h.i.+ acting as though she’d lost her sanity, the handmaid asked in horror, “What’s the matter, Mistress. You’re scaring me.”

It was quite a while before Zheng s.h.i.+ collected herself and slid her handmaid a cold glance. “What’s the fuss about?”

The handmaid paled slightly and hastily apologized, “I beg your pardon, Mistress.”

“Go and make some preparations. In the afternoon I’m going to the temple to pray to the Bodhisattva for my son,” instructed Zheng s.h.i.+.

“Yes, Mistress. I’ll do it right away.” The handmaid left without more ado.

The others cautiously supported Zheng s.h.i.+ back to her chambers, where she started preparing for the trip to the temple in the afternoon, temporarily forgetting about Yuwen Qi.

This time, Zheng s.h.i.+ took over twenty guards with her on her trip, and took only broad, busy thoroughfares, not daring to cut through any alleys.

After arriving at the temple, Zheng s.h.i.+ got out of the carriage, went to pray to the Bodhisattva first and then proceeded to a quiet room beside the back yard on the pretext of needing to spend some time alone.

Zheng s.h.i.+ entered the room, accompanied by only an old nanny, all others waiting in the doorway of the back yard which was a fairly long distance away. Visit website our ReadNovelFull.com .Sure enough she was not here to quietly sit praying inwardly. It was because the one who’d sent her a letter asked her to come to this room for a meeting with him this afternoon. The letter said that there was a way to heal her son’s legs, so although the ident.i.ty of the culprit who’d sent those men in black to attack her was still unknown, she’d chosen to come anyway.

At first Zheng s.h.i.+ had been sitting in silence patiently, but after waiting for a while, she went anxious.

“Don’t worry, Mistress. I’ll go outside and take a look.”

“Then go.”

It was quite some time before this Nanny Zhong, an old handmaid of Zheng s.h.i.+’s, returned. Zheng s.h.i.+ was running out of patience owing to the long wait. Following in Nanny Zhong’s wake were a Buddhist monk and a mysterious, hooded man who seemed to have no intention of removing his hood which covered half of his face. This person was keeping his head down slightly, revealing merely his chin and part of his neck. Zheng s.h.i.+ could only tell that this person was male.

The anxiety on Zheng s.h.i.+’s face disappeared at the sight of them. She sized up this Buddhist monk and the mysterious man beside him, having an intuition that this hooded man was the one who had asked her to come here. “Who are you?”

“Someone capable of healing your son’s broken legs, of course. Isn’t this the very reason why you came here to meet me, Madam Yuwen?” replied the hooded person in a voice that was male, as expected.

“I did come, but why should I believe you?” said Zheng s.h.i.+.

“I brought you a pill, Madam Yuwen. Take it back and administer it to your son. It will not only alleviate the pain in his legs but also have his bruises heal quickly,” said the hooded man, taking out a little porcelain phial and putting it down onto the table.

“Why should I believe someone who doesn’t even dare show me his face?” Zheng s.h.i.+ stared at him.

“Because I’m the only one who can heal your son’s broken legs, and because you need my help. Believe it or not, I’ll be here waiting for your corporeal presence in three days, and you’ll naturally be willing to trust me by that time and know who I am,” observed the mysterious man.

This man sounded very confident. After pondering for quite a while, Zheng s.h.i.+ picked up the porcelain phial.

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On her return to the residential compound of Yuwen family, Zheng s.h.i.+ immediately went to see Yuwen Qi, but suddenly paused in the doorway of Yuwen Qi’s chambers, fished out the porcelain phial, hesitated for a long time and then, instead of entering, retired to her own chambers.

Nanny Zhong had other handmaids leave and said, “Are you worried that this pill might be fake, Mistress?”

Zheng s.h.i.+ said, “It’s okay if this pill is fake. I fear that it might do my son harm if he takes it.”

“How about testing it on someone else first?” suggested Nanny Zhong.

Zheng s.h.i.+’s eyes lit up and she immediately said, “Then go and break a servant’s leg. See if this pill is really that effective.”

Nanny Zhong answered “Yes, Mistress.” and was just about to leave when Zheng s.h.i.+ suddenly snapped, “Wait.”

“Mistress?” Nanny Zhong turned to look at her in confusion.

Zheng s.h.i.+ opened the porcelain phial, took a look inside and a scowl appeared on her face. “There’s only one pill.”

“What?” Nanny Zhong was astonished. Thinking back to the meeting with the hooded man, she said, “That man said he brought you a pill, and it turns out there’s literally only one pill in this phial.”

Zheng s.h.i.+’s temper began to fray. With only one pill in hand, she was unable to test it, though she wanted to. Clearly that man was trying to force her into administer this pill to her son.

“Mistress! Mistress! Something bad happened!” a servant suddenly yelled in the doorway, sounding panic-stricken.

Face going even sulkier, Zheng s.h.i.+ looked in the direction of the door with piercing eyes. “What is it?”