Chapter 321: Someone feels distress for her sake (2/2)
“Pill Fiend Valley…” Long Feiye muttered to himself, before waving at the guard to withdraw.
“Your Highness, it’s not easy to deal with that old thing Gu Qi Sha!” Chu Xifeng felt hesitant. He remembered that His Highness and esteemed wangfei had even managed to offend Gu Qi Sha during their last visit there. It wouldn’t be easy to wrest the Serpent Fruit from Gu Qi Sha’s hands, even if they had something to trade for it in return!
Long Feiye seemed unruffled as he spoke, “Go make an appointment. Just say that your lordship wants to face him in a one-on-one match. If your lordship wins, he’ll hand over the Serpent Fruit. If I lose, he can do as he wills.”
His Highness Duke of Qin had always been an aggressive type. An excited Chu Xifeng was even looking forward to Gu Qi Sha’s reaction after hearing the news. He wanted to see them face off too, and how Long Feiye would thoroughly beat up the other party. Gu Qi Sha was such a proud and haughty guy. How could he ever refuse a request for a one on one duel?
“Yes, this subordinate will go right away!”
Those who want to know Gu Qi Sha’s reaction would have to wait until Chu Xifeng returned.
During the next few days, Long Feiye remained at the Hidden Pavilion’s secret rooms. Even his guards had no idea what he was doing. Meanwhile, Han Yunxi had gone to General Baili’s estate three days in a row. She didn’t use any medicine on Baili Mingxiang at this time, but spent the time doing a thorough examination. She looked over all the records of Baili Mingxiang’s poison ingestion, then carefully did a full-body analyzation of her body. That was to make sure the written records left by the poisons masters matched the results from her detox system.
Although she didn’t want to admit it, Han Yunxi had to face the truth: Long Feiye’s request for her to use poisons was equivalent to a slow death for Baili Mingxiang. She wasn’t familiar with the girl, and their interactions were scarce, but as a doctor, she couldn’t bear to do the deed. If possible, she wanted to find a way to make the Beauty’s Blood while preserving Baili Mingxiang’s life. Over the course of three days, Han Yunxi discovered that Baili Mingxiang was not only gentle and magnanimous, but a crowning literary talent with hidden depths. Whether it was qin, chess, calligraphy and painting or poetry, prose, and song, she was proficient in all the arts. The works of art collected by her home numbered in the hundreds. In addition, she was familiar with history and military tactics. Daughters of other rich and powerful families liked to form cliques to show off and compete in their skills, but she preferred to brew her own teas, make her own wine, and live a leisurely, self-satisfied life. Of course, that was strictly between her and Han Yunxi!
If a girl like this didn’t have to deal with Beauty’s Blood, she’d be an exceptionally attractive woman! Leaving aside men, even a woman like Han Yunxi liked her immensely. Right now, she was currently tasting Baili Mingxiang’s personally brewed grape wine. She found herself adoring the taste after a single sip. Han Yunxi might not understand wines, but she knew a tasty one if she drank it!
“It’s good that esteemed wangfei enjoys things like wine. I’ve prepared two jugs and ask that you kindly accept this small gift of mine,” Baili Mingxiang’s smile was eternally gentle and sweet-tempered.
“Then you’ll have to accept my many thanks!” Han Yunxi really did like the wine, and wasn’t shy to say it.
“Esteemed wangfei, can I start taking the medicine today?” Baili Mingxiang had been waiting for three days already. Though she disliked lodging complaints to His Highness, she’ll have to find her father to tell the man if Han Yunxi didn’t start treatment.
Han Yunxi arched a brow at her before she said, “Wait until your poison reactions flare up. I’ll leave a little later today.”
“My…poison reactions?”
Baili Mingxiang didn’t get it immediately, so Han Yunxi said helplessly, “Actually, your poison flare ups aren’t all that random. You have a total of 37 slow-acting poisons within your body that will flare up at appointed times. Because they’re all mixed together, it’s hard for you to get a sense of where and when they’re react. One hour later, one of them will cause a reaction.”
Baili Mingxiang was stunned. It wasn’t because of the poison flare ups, which she’d slowly gotten used to over the last dozen or so years–she used to fear them, but now she’d gotten used to them. She was astonished over Han Yunxi’s skills. The woman hadn’t even taken her pulse in the last few days, but could pinpoint her case with such detail!
“Don’t worry, I’m not lying to you! I’ve already prepared painkillers for your sake. The poison this time will be Winter Poison. You’ll feel so cold that your entire body will ache.” Han Yunxi said as she started writing with a brush. She had to list out all 37 slow-acting poisons and give clear indication of their reaction times. Although it wouldn’t help Baili Mingxiang much, it could at least let her know when the pain could come.
Naturally, Baili Mingxiang trusted Han Yunxi as well. She knew that all of His Highness Duke of Qin’s important people were true talents in their fields. She readied the painkiller pills and sat on one side to watch Han Yunxi write. Yet by the time Han Yunxi finished, there were already tears in Baili Mingxiang’s eyes.
Han Yunxi had not only written down the scheduled flare ups for all 37 slow-acting poisons, but every ways to counter the pain of each reaction. Her voluminous detail took up quite a few pages and left her with aching fingers. She shook out her hand as she explained, “Take a look at this when you have time. A lot of the painkilling methods here need to be prepared ahead of time. Every little bit of pain stopped helps.”
“Qin Wangfei…actually, you really don’t have to stop the pain for me,” Baili Mingxiang said lightly, hiding her tears in her heart.