La pluie printanière est comme du vin, les saules comme de la fumée

Chapitre 148

Just as everyone was silent, Qingyun suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence.

"In that case, Li Ge, could you first use your internal energy to suppress the toxins in the Emperor's body?"

Li Ge nodded, "That's exactly what I was thinking too."

Everyone was overjoyed, looking at Li Ge as if he had been saved.

"Is there an ice pool in the palace?"

Eunuch Tao nodded quickly, "Yes, there is an ice pool behind the imperial kitchen."

"Alright. Let's not delay, let's go now."

Qingyun looked at Lige and said, "Be careful in everything you do."

Li Ge smiled faintly and nodded gently.

When everyone rushed to the ice pool to see how the divine physician Li Ge was helping the Emperor suppress the poison, Qingyun chased them away. At Qingyun's urging, Wuxia had no choice but to return to Yuxuan to rest. In the end, only Shuangdie remained. Shuangdie knew she shouldn't disturb them while they were practicing their internal energy, so she stood quietly outside the ice pool without making a sound.

Qingyun stood beside Shuangdie, quietly watching the parting song on the pond, her eyes filled with tenderness.

Shuangdie glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw the tender light in Qingyun's eyes. She looked at Situ Xingyun on the pond, her willow eyebrows coldly raised, and a wave of mockery washed over her.

Just then, Li Ge suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood onto Situ Xingyun's back.

Qingyun was startled, "Li Ge!" Her clear eyes immediately filled with extreme anxiety.

Li Ge turned to her and smiled, his eyes telling her he was alright.

Qingyun was relieved and nodded, indicating that she understood.

Li Ge turned back, her brows furrowing slightly. The ice pool wasn't cold enough; it couldn't block the heat emanating from them.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ge came up with a solution.

He said to Shuangdie and Qingyun outside the ice pool, "You two step aside for a moment, we need to take off our clothes."

Qingyun pursed her lips and said, "What's the point of talking about etiquette at a time like this? If we leave, who will know if something happens to you?"

The two butterflies said in unison, "His Majesty's life is at stake at this moment, so there's no need to observe formalities. Imperial physicians, please continue."

Upon hearing this, Li Ge glanced helplessly at Qing Yun and had no choice but to give up.

A moment later, Situ Xingyun and Li Ge were left with only their underpants.

Qingyun stared at Li Ge's smooth, fair back, and couldn't help but swallow a few times. She cursed inwardly, "How can this man be so incredibly handsome!"

On the icy pool, Li Ge and Situ Xingyun had their backs to Qingyun and Shuangdie. The two girls could see white steam gradually rising from Li Ge's head, while Situ Xingyun began to sweat.

The ice pool also felt the heat emanating from them, and some of the ice began to melt into water.

Qingyun and Shuangdie were also a little nervous at this moment.

Finally, Li Ge took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. Mission accomplished. He breathed a sigh of relief, his tightly furrowed brows relaxing. He helped Situ Xingyun up, turned to Qingyun and Shuangdie, and said, "It's under control. Now we just wait for His Highness the Crown Prince..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was stunned by the expressions on Qingyun and Shuangdie's faces.

Qingyun and Shuangdie were completely stunned the moment Lige turned around.

Shuangdie stared at Lige in even greater astonishment. A torrent of complex emotions surged within her silver eyes. She looked at Lige in shock, covering her mouth with one hand. Her eyes began to redden; Shuangdie was too overwhelmed to speak.

At this moment, Qingyun remembered what Situ Xingyun and Shuangdie had said before—"Die'er remembers that there is a 'heart' character on the prince's chest."

"Ha, every child of the Situ family has this word on their heart. It was tattooed on by my father using the Situ family's ancestral tattooing technique, and it can never be erased in this lifetime. My father once told me that you should do things according to your heart."

"If the prince's second brother were still alive, it would be easier to find him. Then the prince wouldn't be all alone."

Qingyun trembled.

She stared at Li Ge's chest in disbelief.

The character "heart" was etched on his smooth, fair chest!

The heart character on Situ Xingyun's chest is exactly the same as the heart character on Li Ge's chest!

Boom! Qingyun felt a thunderbolt explode above her head!

Situ Xingyun's second younger brother, Situ Xingzhi, is actually Li Ge!

At this moment, Situ Xingyun, who had just finished suppressing the poison, gradually woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Qingyun and Shuangdie's incredulous faces. He followed their gaze to Lige's chest.

Situ Xingyun trembled, his pupils contracted sharply, and he called out in a slightly trembling voice, "Second Brother..."

Li Ge, already stunned, was even more shocked by Situ Xingyun's shout. He turned to look at Situ Xingyun, his pupils contracting sharply. He had been so focused on suppressing the poison that he hadn't noticed the poison in Li Ge's chest. Now that he had, Li Ge was so surprised he couldn't even speak.

Li Ge was an orphan taken in by the Old Man Juechen. When the Old Man Juechen adopted Li Ge, Li Ge had completely lost his memories of his past. After being adopted, Li Ge became detached and aloof, and unwilling to search for his biological parents. The Old Man Juechen had told Li Ge that the "heart" character on his chest might be the key to finding his family. Although Li Ge had some doubts about the "heart" character on his chest, they remained just that—doubts. Later, after meeting Qing Yun, he lost even more interest in searching for his parents.

"Pfft—" At this moment, Situ Xingyun spat out another mouthful of blood.

Li Ge quickly regained his senses, casting aside the shock and doubt in his mind. Seeing this, he took Situ Xingyun and left the ice pool, flying back to his palace.

Only one sentence lingered in the air: "Follow me."

Without a word, Qingyun immediately turned and ran towards Situ Xingyun's palace. Shuangdie also quickly came to her senses and followed Qingyun to Situ Xingyun's palace. When the large group of people who had been waiting outside saw the anxiety on Qingyun and Shuangdie's faces, they also followed the two of them in a grand procession.

As the moon rose, the snow fell lightly for a while before stopping. Silver light poured down on the snow, carpeting it with a soft veil. Footprints littered the snow; the palace was truly bustling with activity tonight.

When everyone rushed back to Situ Xingyun's palace, they found that Li Ge had cut Situ Xingyun's finger with a knife, and a drop of blood dripped into the clear water.