113 Unbreakable Connection

The faces of the there Chens were full of surprise. Even Chen Zi Tao did not expect XuanRong's revelation. Even when XuanRong was staying at Lu Shan, he kept on monitoring her progress through An Wei. If what XuanRong said was true, it would only mean that An Wei hid it from him. Chen Zu Tao did not know if he would get angry or not.

XuanRong knew that the three Chen elders were still skeptical, but she did not have much time to explain. She had to see her Fourth JiuMu as soon as possible.

"Maternal Grandfather, Eldest JiuMu, Second JiuMu, Rong'er will definitely tell you everything but for now, please believe in Rong'er. Fourth JiuMu and BiaoDi are waiting inside."

The three Chen elders exchanged looks before they nodded. Indeed. What matter was the lives of both mother and child. They could not delay XuanRong any longer. Whether she was speaking the truth or not, they would know later.

"Go! Do you need some assistant? I will call back the servants and----"

"Eldest JiuMu, no need. I do not need them. The reason why I want to send them away was to make sure that aside from the three of you, no one would learn that I know medicine."

"Is that so? Okay, go. Time is ticking!"

XuanRong nodded and entered the outer room. She walked inside and saw the connecting door between the inner and outer room. The inner room was separated by a huge screen. The inner room was where her Fourth JiuMu was located.

When XuanRong entered the inner room, she saw a woman lying on a huge bed. It was her Fourth JiuMu, looking pale and wan.

XuanRong sat on the bed and checked her pulse. She had a sign of a late stage poisoning but same with what Imperial Physician Gong had said, the poison was unique and cannot be found easily. Even XuanRong who was taught by Yue XiaoXiao was not able to find the location of the poison and did not know the cure of it.

But, XuanRong was different from those Imperial Physician. She was a poison woman. She raised a poison Gu inside her body. No one aside from her had the ability to cure the incurable poison.

XuanRong pulled a long acupuncture needle and pricked Fourth Chen Furen's middle finger. When her finger started bleeding after being punctured, XuanRong brought Fourth Chen Furen's finger on her mouth. She licked the blood and closed her eyes.

A coppery taste assaulted her tongue but aside from the taste of blood, she had detected a foreign taste inside of it. It was different from the poisons she had taken every night. XuanRong could tell that the poison did not come from this continent and might be from a foreign country. Although the Yue Clan was hiding in the secular world, living in a simple life, they were still able to hone their skills in medicine and poison art.

Among the teaching Yue XiaoXiao had left to her, this foreign taste was not familiar to her. It made XuanRong depressed, but she knew, she had to find a way.

Without any other choice, XuanRong decided to use the art of Gu. Yue XiaoXiao repeatedly warned her not to use it unless necessary for it may reduce her lifespan and destroy her body.

XuanRong knew the risks but she did not care. She had to save her Fourth JiuJiu.

XuanRong pulled a small dagger and slashed Fourth Chen Furen's palm. Blood started flowing out from the wound. XuanRong hurriedly closed her eyes, using 'command' to order the female Gu inside her body. She only had one cup of tea time[1] to control the female Gu and her body could only hold for more than the cup of tea time. Without the female Gu, the poison on her body would flair up, destroying her organs slowly. Without the female Gu balancing the poison, XuanRong could only endure the pain.

XuanRong slashed her palm and placed it on her Fourth JiuMu's hand. She intertwined both of their hands and ordered the female Gu to enter Fourth Chen Furen's body.

XuanRong sensed that the female Gu crawled out of her wound. Pain started appearing from her chest but she tried to suppress it. She still had time. She had to use it carefully. XuanRong once again closed her eyes and concentrated. She and the female Gu were one entity. She found out that aside from her Fouth JiuMu's blood, the foreign poison was already scattered around her body. XuanRong had a hard time locating the source. She directed the female Gu and ordered it to go at the head, trying to find out if the poison was there. Unfortunately, it was no luck. XuanRong's forehead was now sweating very hard. It was almost time, but she could still not find the location of the poison.

*puked*

XuanRong could not help but puke blood. The blood was black, indicating that the poison inside her body was starting to react. She had to call back the female Gu but XuanRong stubbornly held in. She had to find the poison.

She must!

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"Your Highness, your bed is already done. Your Highness should sleep early."

Mu Qing saw that Xu Fei Yi was sitting near the widow. He could not help but worry. Xu Fei Yi's health was very poor after he and his Empress Mother was ambushed. Since then, the healthy young boy turned sickly, and every full moon, he could only lie on the bed, unable to move.

"Your Highness---"

"Mu Qing.."

"Yes, Your Highness, this servant is here."

"Mu Qing… I miss Wife Jiejie…"

Hearing XuFei Yi's innocent words, Mu Qing could not help but smile.

"Your Highness, do not worry, Eldest Lady Xuan and Your Highness will marry each other soon… Your Highness will see her again."

"Really?"

"Yes, what this servant said is---- YOUR HIGHNESS!!!"

Mu Qing screamed when he saw Xu Fei Yi suddenly puked blood.

Xu Fei Yi fell forward but luckily, Mu Qing was able to catch him. Xu Fei Yi's face was on Mu Qing's chest, thus, he was not able to see the sudden change in Xu Fei Yi's eyes after he vomited blood.

'Rong'er.'

Xu Fei Yi silently uttered XuanRong's name inside his heart.

Ever since he saw XuanRong again, he felt like they had a very unbreakable connection with each other. After he suddenly puked blood, Xu Fei Yi had a very bad premonition.

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[1]. One cup of tea time is approximately fifteen minutes in modern time.

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