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Feng Xue bit her lip, seemingly in regret.

“Woman, you forget everything the moment you see Jun Wuhen…” Li Ge waved his hand. “Alas! What is love in this world? The clever and cunning Feng Xueqingyun is nothing more than a foolish woman when she meets the infatuated Jun Wuhen.”

Feng Xue glared at Li Ge, her hand involuntarily going to her chest, the warmth emanating from the black jade making her feel at ease.

Seeing her actions, Li Ge shook his head helplessly, "What a pity! What a pity! The martial arts master already has a destined wife. Our noble Princess Fengxue's sincere heart has been wasted."

"Farewell Song!"

"Alright, alright, I won't say anything more." Suddenly, Li Ge looked serious and asked, "Woman, are your feelings for Jun Wuhen really just liking, or just admiration?"

"I like...I admire..." Feng Xue murmured, her eyes misty. Before the world, she was the noble Princess Feng Xue; among the common people, she was the beloved Qingyun Girl; though she had written countless love stories in her books, when it came to matters of the heart, she was ultimately just a naive young woman...

“Sigh… women…” Li Ge sat down beside Feng Xue, gently stroking her dark hair, and said, “Love is hard to understand. Your feelings for Jun Wuhen are at most between admiration and liking, not love. Love is something that makes you feel both sweet and bitter, joyful and sorrowful. You know it will hurt, but you still enjoy it.”

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Feng Xue looked up and asked softly, "Li Ge knows so much. Has Li Ge ever been in love?"

The hand on her hair paused for a moment, and Li Ge said with a wry smile, "You are very clear-headed in front of me. Your questions are all incisive and hit the nail on the head."

Did Li Ge ever experience love?

"No, and I don't want to have any," Li Ge replied.

Feng Xue laughed and said, "Once a divine physician has any ties, it will be very difficult to be one." Suddenly she joked, "If all the women in the world knew that Divine Physician Li Ge didn't want love, they would probably flood Juechen Valley."

"Ahem!" Li Ge said seriously, "You can talk back to me, it seems you're almost fully recovered, woman."

Feng Xue raised an eyebrow. "Of course I have to thank Li Ge. Without you, I wouldn't be any better. Luckily, Li Ge, you helped me distract Situ Xingyun, giving me time to disguise myself." After a pause, Feng Xue remembered what happened last night and asked, "By the way, Li Ge, how did you cure the poison? Night Lotus's poison is not easy to cure!"

"Woman, don't you know who I am? The number one doctor in the world, do you think this little bit of poison is difficult for me?" Then Li Ge rolled up her sleeve and took her pulse again. "However, you still need to take care of yourself. The medicine is ready. Just drink it for a few days."

Feng Xue wore a bitter expression, "A few... days..."

"Knowing you hate bitterness, I specially prepared preserved plums." He scooped up a spoonful, blew on it gently, and coaxed it like a child: "Sweetie, open your mouth."

Reluctantly, he opened his mouth and drank the medicine.

A strong medicinal smell wafted towards her, but when she drank it, she was surprised to find a faint pear blossom fragrance lingering in her mouth. Feng Xue was taken aback and looked at Li Ge, "Why does the medicine smell like pear blossoms?"

Li Ge lowered her head slightly, concealing the faint blush on her face. When she saw those pale lips again, her heart felt a little hot.

"I added some pear blossom tea when decocting the medicine."

The voice was calm and natural.

After Feng Xue endured the bitterness and finished drinking the medicine, Li Ge stood up, put on Doctor Li's mask, and said, "It's time to go, otherwise Situ Xingyun will become suspicious."

"Hmm." Feng Xue also put on the disfigured face mask and covered her face with a veil.

Before leaving, Li Ge whispered a word of advice: "Situ Xingyun is no ordinary person."

Feng Xue nodded. "I will be careful."

After Li Ge left, Feng Xue took out the black jade from her chest.

Gazing at the black jade in her hand, Feng Xue's eyes softened, lost in memories from long ago.

Before her face was disfigured, she had accompanied her father, the Emperor, on a clandestine tour of Xicheng. However, being young and fickle, she secretly left her father and went off to play in different places. She accidentally stumbled into a storyteller's house, where people were telling stories about the young master Jun Wuhen in the Li Palace.

"People like Jun Wuhen are rare in this world! He is destined for greatness."

"She happens to be someone who has left the palace; the person who can become Jun Wuhen's wife must be extremely fortunate."

Since that incident, Xiao Fengxue, after returning to the palace, often heard news about Jun Wuhen. Perhaps because of this, her small, pure heart began to pay attention to this person named Jun Wuhen.

Over time, it evolved into admiration, or perhaps, on a deeper level, a slight liking.

Taking a deep breath, Feng Xue got out of bed, hid the black jade in a cabinet, and locked it with multiple locks.

Lock it away! Whether it's admiration or affection, Jun Wuhen will bury it deep in his heart from now on.

Li Ge was right; she didn't love Jun Wuhen. Years of unrequited love had finally come to an end, and perhaps that's why her heart ached.

As night fell, the stars began to appear in the sky, twinkling like blinking eyes. The view was even more vivid from above, but Li Ge in the Valley of Desolation had no heart to appreciate it.

Li Ge sat cross-legged on the ice bed, his face pale, with the same blush on his cheeks as Feng Xue this morning. He used the ice bed to expel the poison that had been transferred from Feng Xue's body, and streams of heat rose from the top of his head.

Half an hour later, Li Ge breathed a sigh of relief, her complexion gradually returned to normal, and the blush disappeared.

As Li Ge circulated his internal energy, he suddenly realized that his body seemed to be acting strangely compared to usual.

He quickly got off the ice bed, went to the study, and found a medical book that was covered in dust and yellowed.

Several years ago, he had seen information about the symptoms and antidote for being poisoned by the Night Lotus in it, but how come now...