"Yes," Shi Mei, who was skilled in medicine, immediately sensed something upon seeing her. She quickly stepped forward to take Du Caiyue's pulse as she writhed on the bed, and soon stood up to reply, "Master, she has been poisoned by a kind of blood poison from the Western Regions."
"Is there a solution?" Xi Lingfeng asked sharply.
Shi Mei shook her head: "This is a blood gu, which is fed with human blood. No one else can do anything about this gu except the person who cast it."
Upon hearing this, Hai Ling and Yan Zhi's faces changed drastically. They rushed to Du Caiyue's bedside and cried out in alarm.
"Mother, mother."
"Madam, Madam."
The two finally understood why Du Caiyue had let them escape from the General's Mansion. She must have known that she was poisoned, so she didn't want to implicate her daughter and let her escape. However, Hailing insisted on taking her with her, so she was afraid that her daughter would find out that she was poisoned, which is why she hanged herself in advance. She just didn't expect that Yanzhi would find out.
"However, this poison won't kill her in a short time. It seems that the person who cast the poison only wanted to control her. When it takes effect, it feels like a thousand arrows are piercing her chest, which is very painful, but it will pass once you get through it."
As Shi Mei finished speaking, the person on the bed indeed became more settled.
Hai Ling and Yan Zhi looked over with tearful eyes. They saw that the person on the bed was soaking wet, as if he had been washed, and his face was transparently white. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the person in the room.
"Ling'er".
"Mother, who poisoned you? Who was it?"
Hai Ling gritted her teeth. All she wanted to do now was kill that person with one blow. She wouldn't let that damned person get away with it.
"Ling'er, don't be sad, Mother is fine, she's fine."
"Madam, who poisoned you?"
Rouge couldn't help but ask, "They've been living peacefully in Qinfang Courtyard without any incidents, and Madam hasn't gone out either. How could she have given someone the opportunity to be poisoned?" Rouge thought carefully about who had approached Madam in the past few days, and finally, a thought flashed through her mind. She hurriedly asked, "Madam came to see you a few days ago. Could it be that she poisoned you with Gu?"
Everyone in the room looked at Du Caiyue, who weakly closed her eyes and slowly said, "Ling'er, Mother is tired and wants to rest for a while."
This attitude was clearly the result of Madam Liu's poisoning. Hai Ling stood up abruptly and roared angrily, "I'm going to find her to get the antidote."
"Ling'er?"
Du Caiyue cried out anxiously, "That Liu Shi must have poisoned her, so there's no way she could bring the antidote. If Ling'er goes there, she'll probably fall victim to their poison again: 'Don't go, they're too vicious.'"
"Do you think I'm afraid of them?"
Hailing resolutely refused to back down. Seeing her mother suffering such torment, she only wanted to repay Liu Shi with ten or a hundred times the torment.
Xi Lingfeng, standing to one side, slightly lowered his eyelids, his pupils gleaming with a sharp light, and instructed Rouge by the bedside: "Take good care of your mistress. I'd like to have a talk with your young lady."
After he finished speaking, he reached out and pulled Hailin out of the room.
As soon as the two left the room, Hai Ling woke up, abruptly shook off Xi Lingfeng's hand, and glared at him darkly.
Why are you pulling me?
Seeing that she had calmed down, Xi Lingfeng took a step back and leaned against a pillar, gazing at the endless sky.
"Don't be impulsive. Calm down and think about how to get the antidote. The Western Barbarian Blood Gu poison is still a kind of Gu-raising method used by the Western Barbarians. Jiang Batian is still a great general who has fought in the north and south and has seen a lot. He must have encountered the Western Barbarians before, which is why he has this Gu-raising method. What you need to do now is to help your mother get rid of the poison."
Under the moonlight, Xi Lingfeng's words instantly cleared Hai Ling's mind. This was not the time to settle scores; she needed to obtain the antidote for the Blood Gu poison, as her mother was still suffering.
“I know how to do it.”
Do you need my help?
Xi Lingfeng spoke gently, and Hai Ling quickly shook her head. He had helped her too much; she could handle this matter herself.
"No need, I'll handle this."
A glint flashed in Hai Ling's eyes, and then she remembered a question: Why was Xi Lingfeng here? If he hadn't come, she would never have known that her mother had been poisoned by a Gu curse and might even have gone to fight Liu Shi to the death: "Shouldn't you be in the Crown Prince's residence at a time like this?"
He is the Left Chancellor, and Jiang Batian is guilty of assassination. Therefore, the Crown Prince should be plotting with him how to execute the Jiang family.
A dark glint appeared in Xi Lingfeng's eyes, and he sighed inwardly, "I was worried about you, so I came to check on you." But what he said aloud was something else entirely.
"Don't you want to marry the Crown Prince?"
"yes."
Hai Ling knew that with Xi Lingfeng's intelligence, he probably already knew that she didn't want to marry the Crown Prince at all, so there was no need to hide it from him.
"You had planned to leave here tonight."
This statement is an affirmation, not a question.
Hai Ling turned her head to look at him. Just how powerful was that man, who radiated brilliance hidden in the hazy night, that he could even guess this?
"Actually, it's unwise for you to leave the General's Mansion now. Jiang Batian will be released soon, and your marriage to the Crown Prince will still be valid. If you leave the Jiang residence, the Crown Prince's Mansion and the Jiang family will all turn their attention to you, and the world will be in chaos. Do you know what the best course of action is right now?"
Xi Lingfeng paused for a moment, then continued, "Beat them one by one."
"Divide and conquer?" Hai Ling was startled. Although the words sounded somewhat profound, she was a smart woman and immediately knew that this was a hint from Xi Lingfeng. Now, both the Crown Prince and the Jiang family had their eyes on her. If what Xi Lingfeng said was true, the Jiang family would be fine and would be released soon. Then, she would be a true pawn, and the struggle between the royal family and the Jiang family would truly begin. If she did not marry into the Crown Prince's residence, she would face the machinations of both sides. Moreover, just as Xi Lingfeng said, the world would be in chaos. Although she was not a criminal, she would find it difficult to have peace of mind.
"Am I really going to marry into the Crown Prince's household?"
"What place in the world is bigger than the Crown Prince's Palace?"
Xi Lingfeng said softly, but he felt a little uncomfortable. He couldn't quite explain why, only that he had never felt this way before...
Chapter 64 The Grand Wedding [Handwritten VIP]
Hai Ling suddenly realized that she should marry into the Crown Prince's residence first. Now, Crown Prince Feng Zixiao disliked her so much that he wouldn't care about her at all.