Chapter 419: We have to find Gu Qi Sha (2/2)

“Coagulation processes?” General Baili had no idea what that was, but he was starting to burn with impatience. In the past, he’d resigned himself to Baili Mingxiang’s death after the Beauty’s Blood was extracted. As long as her daughter could devote herself loyally to His Highness for the Baili Clan’s sake, it would be fine. But now that Han Yunxi had given him a glimpse of hope, he couldn’t deal with the sudden reversal…

General Baili’s iron heart had just started to soften, so how could he face such a cruel turn of events? How could anything bear the sensation of hope, only to have it ruthlessly disappointed?

“That’s…it’s just a disease of the blood! A very serious illness,” in Han Yunxi’s memories, Chinese medicine would probably consider this case a blood-related ailment.

“Then…then what do we do?” General Baili asked anxiously.

“Hurry and summon all the estate’s doctors!” Han Yunxi said simply. Although Baili Mingxiang’s present emergency might be incurable by Chinese medicine, it was her only hope left. Han Yunxi’s detox system had been monitoring the woman nonstop. During the course of their brief conversation, Baili Mingxiang’s platelet count had dropped again.

Very soon, Baili Mingxiang’s personal doctor arrived on the scene and confirmed that it was a disease of the blood. But the condition was too severe and deteriorating too quickly for him to do anything about it.

“Find Gu Beiyue!” Han Yunxi said immediately. She could never stand by and simply watch as a young life ebbed away. Nor was she willing to see all her six months’ worth of effort go to waste! No matter what, she’d try to save Baili Mingxiang as long as the woman was still breathing!

“Someone come, go to the palace and summon Imperial Physician Gu. Just say that Miss Mingxiang’s fallen ill again!” Han Yunxi ordered. But none of the servants obeyed her command. Inside the room, General Baili glanced at Long Feiye with a complicated expression.

Only then did Han Yunxi recall Baili Mingxiang’s unique constitution. Both her body and her blood were unusual, and her condition dealt with the blood as well. It was probably inconvenient for outsiders to know of her situation. After all, doctors could see peculiarities in the blood very easily.

But this is a human life at stake! A life that loyally served Long Feiye for over a decade!

Both Long Feiye and General Baili remained silent. They had to consider the big picture. If saving a single Baili Mingxiang meant exposing the secret of the Baili Clan, the losses would outweigh the gains. Seeing this, Han Yunxi felt bitterly disappointed. “How would Mingxiang feel if she knew you two were like this?”

After that, she instructed the doctor to take good care of Baili Mingxiang before turning to walk out the door.

“Where are you going?” Long Feiye chased after her.

“If you’re not going to save her, I’ll do it myself! Don’t worry, I won’t expose any of your secrets!” Han Yunxi shot back angrily.

“At least tell your lordship how you’re planning to save her,” Long Feiye ended up proposing a compromise.

“I’m going to find Gu Beiyue. At the very least, I can ask him how to treat urgent blood disorders,” Han Yunxi said truthfully. Although she was furious and frantic, she still maintained the cool composure of a doctor.

Long Feiye gave a soft sigh. “I’ll take you to the palace. Quickly.” Han Yunxi didn’t reply, so Long Feiye simply brought her on a horse with him once they left the gates and galloped towards the Imperial Physician Courtyard. Fortunately, Gu Beiyue was on duty today. Long Feiye waited outside the walls while Han Yunxi went in by herself. She didn’t say any details beyond asking how to treat emergency blood disorders.

“That’s a very serious case, hurry and let me see the patient!” Gu Beiyue grew anxious as well.

“You don’t need to come or ask too much questions. Just tell me if there’s a way to save them,” Han Yunxi was very blunt.

Gu Beiyue was a smart man, so he immediately realized that the situation was complicated. He didn’t ask any questions, but simply wrote Han Yunxi a prescription. “Use this prescription to stabilize the patient first, then hurry to Pill Fiend Valley and ask Gu Qi Sha for a certain pill. If you can feed it to the patient within five days, you’ll gain enough time to nurse them back to health. Otherwise…”

“What’s the pill?” Han Yunxi asked urgently.

“Heart of Cinnabar,”1 Gu Beiyue said seriously.

“Thanks a lot!” Han Yunxi rejoiced. She knew that Gu Beiyue could give her hope!She clasped her hands before her chest and gave him a bow before grabbing the prescription and leaving. Han Yunxi ordered someone to deliver the prescription to General Baili’s estate, then told Long Feiye, “Your Highness, let’s head for Pill Fiend Valley right away. We have to make it back within five days!”

“Gu Qi Sha isn’t at Pill Fiend Valley right now.” Long Feiye had no idea what a Heart of Cinnabar was, but the steward of the valley would have no authority to dispense such a precious item.

“He’s not? How do you know?” Han Yunxi was caught off guard.

Long Feiye subconsciously averted his eyes. “I heard it from people who’d left the valley two days ago.”

Han Yunxi was more curious about why Gu Qi Sha wasn’t home than how Long Feiye had found out in the first place. “Forget it, then. We’ll search it out ourselves if we have to! Let’s go immediately!”

She was so determined that Long Feiye had no room to refuse. All he could do was comply.

1. Heart of Cinnabar (丹心) – danxin is the original name of the pill. While dan means “cinnabar,” danxin is also a phrase that means “loyal heart, loyalty.” Rather fitting, in my opinion.