Chapter 43: Demanding medicine for treatment (1/2)

Faced with Princess Changping’s yelling, Han Yunxi put on her most serious doctor’s expression instead of arguing. It was a face that was both calm and somewhat stern, filled with an authority that gave people a sense of security. Instead of answering the questions, she lightly stroked Princess Changping’s face to quiet her down. Even the empress grew nervous and afraid to ask.

Han Yunxi touched the right side, then the left. According to the latest results of her scanners, Princess Changping should have another reaction very soon. She stayed calm as she stroked her for a long time while Princess Changping and the empress grew increasingly anxious. Yet neither of them dared to open their mouths and ask questions, much less make impertinent remarks. Even Gu Beiyue, who was standing outside the bed curtain, was starting to feel a little uneasy. He knew that Han Yunxi could treat poisons, but he wasn’t sure if she could cure the one on Princess Changping’s face. At most, he’d just recommended her.

In an instant, the atmosphere had turned tense!

And yet, Han Yunxi suddenly withdrew her hand as if frightened, before rising and backing away with a cry of alarm. “Heavens! The poison’s changed, it’s going to turn contagious soon!”

What?

Hearing this, the empress backed away in fear of her life. All the surrounding court ladies did the same in terror. This was truly horrifying!

Not just the princess, but anyone with an infectious disease (including the emperor) would be taken away from the palace and shut up in a separate hall. If they couldn’t be cured, then they wouldn’t be able to return for the rest of their lives. Princess Changping gave a jerk before wailing loudly in fright, “I don’t want to! Don’t want to! Wahh…muhou, save me! I don’t want anyone to send me away! I don’t!”

The empress was the one that had retreated furthest away, so tense that her face had turned white. “Yunxi, can you treat her or not?”

Han Yunxi avoided the question as her expression turned imposing. “It seems like the poison’s going to act up again.”

Sure enough, as soon as she spoke, Princess Changping began to struggle. “Itchy! Muhou, my face is starting to itch again! Let me go!”

“Free my hands!”

“Muhou, why don’t you help me scratch it instead? I’m begging you!”

Very soon, her legs started to itch too. But they were tied up as well, and no amount of kicking could help her get free. Upon seeing this, everyone was amazed. They hadn’t expected Han Yunxi to really have the skills to pinpoint the poison flare-up time. The empress was scared to death and didn’t dare come forward. She tugged on Han Yunxi’s hand as spoke, “You really guessed the right time! Yunxi, you’re too formidable. You must have some way to save Changping, right?”

“Yunxi, a contagious disease is no small matter. You have a way, don’t you?”

If news of this got out, it wouldn’t be just Princess Changping, but the empress as well who had to be taken far away. Even if the empress didn’t catch the illness, it’d take her a year before she could see the emperor again! Within the palace, how many eyes watched and coveted her position? She couldn’t afford to lose a year.

“Save me…muhou, hurry and let her save me!”

“I’m going to itch to death, which one of you can help me?”

“Imperial father…sob…I want to see imperial father!”

……

Princess Changping tossed and turned, too tormented to speak. Only now did Han Yunxi push aside the empress’s hand with a serious tone. “I’ll try.”

“Good, good!” the empress nodded her head.

Han Yunxi walked over to sit by Princess Changping’s side. Seeing this, everyone grew anxious and stared. Would this woman really have a solution? Princess Changping was shouting insanely, using all her strength to shake her head and twist her body. When she saw Han Yunxi, she gathered her senses and cursed her. “It’s all you! Everything’s because of you!”

“You’re the one that left me in this state!”

“I’m warning you, if you can’t save me then my muhou won’t forgive you!”

“Changping!” the empress’s tone was severe. “What kind of drivel are you spewing?” She was about to apologize to Han Yunxi when the latter raised her hand for silence. The empress grew quiet, but Princess Changping became ever crazier.

“Han Yunxi, if you…”

And yet before she finished, Han Yunxi placed a salve on her face. In an instant, Princess Changping shut her mouth, her eyes bulging open in disbelief.

This medicine…

So refreshing!

The place where it touched was ice-cold and not a bit itchy!

“If I…what?” Han Yunxi asked in a low voice.

Princess Changping was thrown for a second before shaking her head. “No…nothing…”

Han Yunxi applied the ointment on another patch of poison rash, its refreshing coolness better than even turning into an immortal. Princess Changping sucked in a deep breath before exhaling and sighing with emotion. “It feels so comfortable!”

“Right?” Han Yunxi smiled as she asked.

Princess Changping only nodded her head. “I want more! Even more!”