Chapter 583 The Heaven-Defying Dragon (Third Update)

afternoon.

Huangfu Xian led Nanxiang into the palace.

Along the way, Nan Xiang kept gushing over the child, which earned her countless eye rolls from Huangfu Xian.

"What are you holding in your arms? Can I see it?" After getting off the carriage, Nan Xiang pushed Huangfu Xian's wheelchair and asked, looking at the small bundle in Huangfu Xian's arms.

Huangfu Xian came out of the house and hugged it, not knowing what was inside, and didn't let go of it on the way.

"I won't show you," Huangfu Xian said arrogantly.

Gu Jiao said that with these two items, his severed limbs could be reattached. He couldn't wear them yet because his injuries hadn't healed, but he had thought about it and decided to get to know them beforehand.

Nan Xiang smiled instead of getting angry. This child is adorable, so adorable, even when he's angry!

The two arrived at Kunning Palace, and Huangfu Xian had a palace servant inform Empress Xiao that he had brought a doctor to treat Qin Chuyu.

Empress Xiao quickly invited the person in.

Empress Xiao already knew about Huangfu Xian saving Qin Chuyu that night, and her opinion of Huangfu Xian changed.

"How are you? Weren't you recuperating in Bishui Hutong? Why did you end up in the palace?" Although she was exhausted, she still showed concern for Huangfu Xian.

Huangfu Xian said, "I'm fine. I brought a doctor with me. She is the adoptive mother of Doctor Gu's younger brother. Her surname is Nan. Doctor Gu asked her to come and help take a look at the Seventh Prince's injuries."

Jiaojiao's younger brother's godmother, this relationship is a bit complicated.

At this critical juncture, Empress Xiao had no time to delve into these family relationships, but since Gu Jiao had introduced them, they must be reliable.

Xiao Heng has already gone to the Ministry of Justice for his shift; only Empress Xiao, Eunuch Su, and a few others are here.

Empress Xiao looked at Nan Xiang with hope and said, "Doctor Nan, do you really have a way to cure my son?"

Nan Xiang shook her head: "I can't cure him. I can only temporarily suppress the poison in his body. For him to be truly cured, Jiao Jiao will have to bring back the antidote."

Empress Xiao was taken aback: "Poison? Xiao Qi has been poisoned?"

When Gu Jiao left, she only asked Eunuch Wei to tell her to go and get the medicine.

Nan Xiang thought to herself that the two of them had parted in such a hurry that they hadn't reconciled their statements, but what's said is said, and there's no going back now.

She had no choice but to tell the truth: "Yes, it is a very rare poison. Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Jiaojiao has already gone to get the antidote."

Empress Xiao asked nervously, "Then... what if we can't get it back..."

Nan Xiang took a deep breath and said slowly, "If we retrieve it before dawn, there is still hope for the Seventh Prince."

"You mean... Xiao Qi can only hold on until dawn?" Empress Xiao felt a wave of dizziness and almost collapsed.

Grandpa Su caught her in time.

Nan Xiang came to the bedside, took out a bottle of pills, uncorked the bottle, took out a pill and placed it under Qin Chuyu's tongue.

This is actually a poison.

They used poison to fight poison and suppressed the toxicity in his body.

However, the dosage must be carefully controlled; too little will have no effect, while too much will directly poison Qin Chuyu to death.

So she had to stay and observe.

"Your Highness, please don't collapse on your own. What will happen to the Seventh Prince if you collapse?" Eunuch Su earnestly advised.

Empress Xiao forced herself to calm down, forcing back her tears. She closed her eyes and said to Eunuch Su, "Go and arrange a room for Xian'er to rest."

"Yes." Eunuch Su pushed Huangfu Xian out.

Empress Xiao composed herself and sat down by the bedside.

Nanxiang sat on the stool opposite the bed.

Empress Xiao sat slightly higher than her.

Perhaps having calmed down, Empress Xiao then began to examine Nan Xiang more closely.

Nan Xiang wore a veil, obscuring her face, but due to the angle, Empress Xiao could still see a trace of disfigurement through the gap in the veil.

Empress Xiao said nothing and looked away.

But for some inexplicable reason, she turned her gaze back.

This time, she looked into Nan Xiang's eyes.

She felt that those eyes were familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere before.

Qin Chuyu let out a muffled groan of discomfort on the bed, interrupting Empress Xiao's thoughts.

Empress Xiao rushed to check on her son. Nan Xiang stood up, stepped forward, hugged Qin Chuyu, and helped him sit up while leaning down.

The next second, Qin Chuyu coughed up a mouthful of black blood.

Empress Xiao's face paled: "Little Seven!"

Nan Xiang patted Qin Chuyu back to calm him down, then gently put him back down and placed another black pill under his tongue.

Empress Xiao asked with great concern, "Doctor Nan, what's wrong with Xiao Qi?"

"The Seventh Prince's poison has flared up." Nan Xiang looked out the window at the night sky. "I hope Jiao Jiao can find the antidote as soon as possible."

Standing on the wall, Gu Jiao stared at the neatly arranged candied hawthorns of the Dragon Shadow Guards, speechless for a moment.

She had no idea how they had followed her.

Is it too late to send it back now?

Never mind, let's hurry up and find the medicine.

When Gu Jiao observed from afar, she didn't think the manor was very big. But after wandering around inside, she discovered that it was a hidden world inside. No wonder it could house a small contingent of Dragon Shadow Guard troops.

Logically speaking, such a large estate, with so many people living there, shouldn't have been able to remain so well hidden.

After wandering around for a while, Gu Jiao finally understood why this place was so deserted. This manor was actually built on a cemetery. Behind the manor were many graves, but they seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, with few people coming to pay their respects. The grass on the graves was already two meters high.

The people of Yan were very vigilant. Even living in such a remote and desolate place, they remained on high alert, with a guard composed of Yan guards and Dragon Shadow Guards patrolling the manor around the clock.

Gu Jiao avoided direct confrontation with them, carefully avoiding their gaze.

There are three large courtyards and seven or eight small courtyards in the manor. The small courtyards are mostly where the Dragon Shadow Guards and their servants live, but the large courtyards are Gu Jiao's target.

Gu Jiao and Long Yi, along with the other four, entered the courtyard on the east side first.

Gu Jiao was in charge of the search, while Long Yi and his five men were responsible for providing cover.

It has to be said that the ability to move freely among such a large number of Yan Kingdom's Dragon Shadow Guards is truly thanks to Long Yi and his companions.

They perfectly concealed Gu Jiao's aura with their own, and the reason they went unnoticed was largely because they were both assassins like the Yan Kingdom's Dragon Shadow Guards, and their auras were very similar.

The patrolmen walked over, assuming the house belonged to their own people, and naturally didn't go in to check.

There was nothing in the East Courtyard.

Gu Jiao shook her head at Long and walked towards the west courtyard.

Several strategists from the Yan Kingdom lived in this courtyard. Gu Jiao didn't know their identities, so she addressed them as such based on their attire and demeanor.

How strange! So many people have come, some learned and some skilled, just to deal with the son of a female slave?

"We were careless this time."

A strong male voice drifted out from the study unintentionally. He spoke in the Zhao language, but his accent was slightly off; he was from the Yan state!

As her strength gradually recovered, Gu Jiao's five senses also improved considerably.

Even though she was completely focused, she could still hear the sounds coming from the other side of the room.

Gu Jiao held her breath and listened as the man continued, "But it's also because Qin Fengyan was too impatient. If she had been willing to follow our orders, she wouldn't have exposed herself so early."

Then the other person in the room said something, but unfortunately the voice was too soft for Gu Jiao to hear clearly.

But Gu Jiao guessed that the other party was saying something like "you overestimate her", because the Yan man replied, "Didn't we also think that the student would surpass the teacher? Who would have thought that compared to her mother, she was ultimately a little lacking."

After that, the two switched between Yan and Zhao languages. When they spoke Zhao, they spoke too softly, and when they spoke Yan, Gu Jiao couldn't understand them. This made Gu Jiao really regret not learning more foreign languages.

Gu Jiao understood one thing: "General Nangong, thank you."

Was the Yan man in the house a general?

After those words, the people in the room came out one by one. The two were surrounded by a large group of Dragon Shadow Guards, making it difficult to see their faces clearly.

One of them left the manor, while the other went to the main courtyard.

The latter should be General Nangong.

He spoke to his men entirely in Yan language, which Gu Jiao couldn't understand, but Long Yi seemed to understand. He picked up Gu Jiao and swiftly headed towards the back of the courtyard!

There was a small courtyard hidden behind the main compound.

The courtyard was unattended.

Every corner of this estate is heavily guarded, except for this place.

Either it's completely empty inside, or it's so dangerous that no one needs to guard it.

Gu Jiao leans towards the latter.

Long Yi stepped forward to scout the way, and as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, an arrow shot out from the air!

Long Yi suddenly grabbed her, took a step back, and shielded Gu Jiao behind him.

Gu Jiao is fine.

Gu Jiao looked at the pebble pattern on the ground in the courtyard again, and this time, she understood it.

She gave a faint smile: "The Bagua Formation."

The first thing her godfather taught her in her previous life was array formation.

Gu Jiao took the lead, moving with ease and confidence, as if she were in an empty field.

After she passed through the formation, she planned to remind Long Yi and the other five to follow the steps she had taken.

But when I turned around, the person was gone!

She turned her head again, and there were five people standing in front of her!

Gu Jiao: ...I forgot you're Dragon Shadow Guards, you can fly with light agility.

Wait a minute, if this formation can't stop the highly skilled Dragon Shadow Guards, then what's the point of its existence?

Are all the people who barged into the yard ordinary people?

Gu Jiao sensed something was wrong.

Just then, several small black dots flew out of the house and whizzed up and landed on the necks and backs of the hands of the people.

It's an insect.

Gu Jiao swatted the bug off the back of her hand.

She was mostly unharmed, but the next second, the four Dragon Shadow Guards who had been bitten by the insects all fell forward to the ground.

Gu Jiao suddenly remembered what happened in the Imperial Study, where Qin Fengyan had knocked down His Majesty's Dragon Shadow Guard with a wave of her hand.

Could it be that they're using these kinds of small poisonous insects?

Are they the nemesis of the Dragon Shadow Guards?

Gu Jiao glanced at Long Yi!

Long Yi has the most small poisonous insects on his body!

Long Yi glanced at Gu Jiao, then at his brother lying on the ground, and stood there dumbfounded for three seconds.

He then fell face down in the same position.

Gu Jiao: "..."

Gu Jiao rubbed her forehead: "Long Yi, are you alright?"

Long Yi's head and body didn't move. He groped around blindly, plucked a handful of grass from the grave, and stuck it on his head.

It's as if it's saying...

The person is dead; if you need anything, burn paper money for them.

Gu Jiao again: "..."

It's quietly time for midnight! Anyone have a free monthly pass?

(End of this chapter)