Chapter 182 Stained with Fresh Blood (2/2)
Even Baili Rui was surprised by such a condition.
Nevertheless, he took out some black powder and was about to sprinkle it onto Lin Mengya’s wound.
Mr. Baili, do you intend to poison me to death?”
Lin Mengya opened her eyes wide and gazed at her teacher as she asked innocently.
Shangguan Rui responded to her student with a hard glare. Had she taken this protege to make trouble for herself?
“That’s right. I’m going to poison you to death, so I can take another disciple who is more talented than you.”
Lin Mengya stuck out her tongue and giggled, then she let Baili Rui apply the black powder onto her wound.
“Although I, being your teacher, is not an expert in the study of medicine, I can safely claim to be the most accomplished person in the study of poison. To me, your injury is not a big deal.”
Baili Rui was not trying to boast. In fact, under her care in the last few days, the wound on Madame Wang’s belly had healed considerably. What was left now was a thin pink line of scar.
“Teacher, I’ve tried using the medicinal powder which you prescribed. It is indeed very effective.”
Lin Mengya finally decided to inform her teacher after hesitating for a while.
Baili Rui’s body stiffened. Without turning around, she asked, “Did you kill someone?”
Lin Mengya could sense the subtle nervousness in her teacher’s voice.
Lin Mengya paused for a while and replied, “Mr. Baili, my hands had been stained with people’s blood all along.”
Ever since the transcended time and came into this ancient world, her hands were no longer free from bloodshed.
Baili Rui, still back-facing Lin Mengya, said with a calm voice, “Silly girl, the world will renounce you if you shed much blood using poison.”
“Back in those days, I travelled across the world taking countless lives using poison, but in the end, what I get in exchange is this miserable state. I as your teacher, do not wish the same fate on you.”
Clearly, Baili Rui was sincerely remorseful over what she did in the past.
However, there was no turning back for Lin Mengya.
“Mr.Baili, I’m taking a different path than you. My objective is to protect those people who are important to me, so along away, I had to eliminate all obstacles. The struggles and wars in the palace all come with bloodshed.”
She would never regret becoming a fiend with bloodstained hands for the sake of the Lin family and Long Tianhao.
All she could do was to accept this destiny which did not really belong to her at first.
“Ai, it looks like there is no way we, the teacher-protege pair, could escape this destiny. Forget what I say then. Go tell Long Tianhao that I’ve agreed to his request on the condition that Baili Wuchen gets out of this war.”
Baili Rui’s words surprised Lin Mengya.
In the past, her teacher had always refused to give in to Baili Wuchen’s tireless attempts to persuade her.
After all, as long as things got entangled in a struggle in the palace, it would turn into something bad.
“Baili Wuchen to withdraw? This is impossible, Mr. Balili.”
Lin Mengya knew Baili Wuchen too well. In fact, she and Baili Wuchen had a rather close relationship.
Nevertheless, if Baili Wuchen was even capable of plotting against his own uncle, was there even anything that he would refrain himself from doing?
“The Family of Baili will not be destroyed in my hands!”
Baili Rui was adamant . Between Baili Wuchen and her, she would only allow one of them to be caught in the whirlpool of the struggle for power.
No matter what happened, he wanted to preserve a bloodline for the Baili Family.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Baili but I can’t help with persuading him,” Lin Mengya said after a long pause.
Baili Wuchen had actually been finding her an eye sore since some time back.
If she were to be the one speaking to him, he would think that she had jumped on Baili Rui to approach him.
She definitely did not want to be entangled in this mess.
“You’re so sly. Forget it, I’ll talk to him instead. Oh yes, try not to visit again in the next few days. I will take care of Madame Wang, while you stay in your courtyard to recuperate.
Left with no other choice, Lin Mengya was chased out of Baili Rui’s stone room.
Coincidentally Baili Wuchen was not around today, otherwise an argument between the two of them would be inevitable.
Lin Mengya had no idea what Prince Yu’s request to her teacher was, but she had a feeling that Baili Rui was reluctant to do it.
She was aware that her teacher had agreed to the request simply because Baili Wuchen had pleaded with her, and rather, Lin Mengya had a part to play in it.
As she reflected on how she had time and again made her teacher angry, she was surprised that her teacher still treated her kindly.
She returned to the Liuxin Courtyard from the stone dungeon. The moment she opened the gates, the two snow white little beasts came dashing towards her.
She had to keep a distance from them since her hand was injured.
It would be disastrous if they were to accidentally lick on her wound because there was no rabies vaccination.
Fortunately, these two guys had been eating a pet diet designed by Lin Mengya and had not touched any raw meat yet.
Therefore, they were not especially attracted to the smell and taste of blood.
They merely enjoyed squirming in Lin Mengya’s arms occasionally.
She would pretend not to get the hint.
As time went by, these two intelligent little beasts had learned to pick up the signals that she did not wish to carry them at time. On these occasions, they would simply rub themselves against her legs.
“Elder Sister Lin, I heard that you’re injured. Are you alright?”
To Lin Mengya’s surprise, she realized Yue Qi was following closely behind the two beasts.
The little lass had, to Lin Mengya’s surprise, asked to go back to the Yue’s mansion after going through the series of blows.
Lin Mengya failed to persuade her to stay on. All she managed to do was to hint to her that there was something amiss about Madame Yue.
Lin Mengya had no idea if Yue Ting understood her.
“I’ve come with good news.”