Chapter 548 No Way to Save Them!?
"How is it? Can you cure the child's poison?"
Qiao Qinghe watched anxiously as Mu Jin took the pulses of the two children.
After a long pause, Mu Jin shook her head with difficulty and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, I can't help you."
Qiao Qinghe grabbed Mu Jin's arm excitedly and asked incredulously, "How is this possible? Aren't you known as the best in both medicine and poison, the number one in the world, unmatched by anyone?"
Feng Yuerou collapsed by the bedside, looking at her two children, whose faces were ashen and who were unconscious, and burst into tears.
Lady Annam had already put down her whip and followed Mu Jin into the house when Mu Jin arrived.
Upon hearing Mu Jin's words, her legs went weak, and if the old woman behind her hadn't supported her, she would have collapsed to the ground.
"Impossible! This is impossible!" The Duchess of Annan was deathly pale, her whole body filled with panic. "This is impossible! This is impossible!..."
Lady Annam was dazed for a moment, then rushed forward and grabbed Mu Jin, glaring at her with eyes full of fury: "Tell me! Did you not want to save my grandson! Did you not put your heart into it!"
"you say!"
At this moment, the Countess of Annam was in a state of madness, and her emotions were on the verge of collapse.
Mu Jin was startled by her. Despite the pain from her wrist being squeezed, she still answered seriously, "Madam, I really did my best! The child is too deeply poisoned, and there is nothing I can do to save him."
Her eyes flashed with hatred as she turned and rushed out.
Those who came with the Countess of Annam also left with her.
After Mu Jin arrived, Qiao Qinghe dismissed the doctors who had been invited earlier.
At this moment, with Lady Annan gone, only Feng Yuerou's people and the people Qiao Qinghe brought remained in the room.
Qiao Qinghe slowly walked to the bedside and looked at the two children who were on the verge of death. Qiao Qinghe felt as if her heart was being torn apart.
The child is already one year old and can call her grandmother. During the first birthday celebration, one child grabbed a pen and the other grabbed a gold ingot.
The little girl, holding the gold ingot, cheerfully held it up in front of her grandmother and told her about it in a clear voice.
It all feels like it happened just yesterday.
Are those two vibrant little lives really going to perish like this?
Qiao Qinghe became increasingly heartbroken as she thought about it, and tears streamed down her face.
Until someone gently called to her, "Madam, Madam, please don't cry! Quickly make way for Doctor Mu!"
Before Qiao Qinghe could react, A Shuang had already come over and helped her away from the bedside.
Feng Yuerou, who had collapsed in tears by the bedside, was helped to the side by Xiangmu.
With a spot available by the bed, Mu Jin stepped forward in a few strides and swiftly inserted sterilized silver needles into various acupoints on the two children's bodies.
Upon seeing this, Qiao Qinghe's eyes widened in astonishment.
Only then did she realize that everyone else in the room, except for them, had been asked to leave. The door to the room had also been closed.
"What's going on?" Qiao Qinghe looked at A Shuang in surprise.
She was only distracted for a moment, but it felt like she missed a lot.
Ah Shuang whispered, "Doctor Mu instructed that only trustworthy people should remain in the room."
Qiao Qinghe frowned: "What is the meaning of this?"
A Shuang shook her head. "Dr. Mu said that I need to cooperate with her in order to save the two children."
Seeing that Qiao Qinghe's brows furrowed even more, A Shuang quickly added, "Let Doctor Mu explain the specifics to you after she saves the young master and young lady."
Qiao Qinghe suppressed her doubts and watched nervously as Mu Jin administered acupuncture to the two children.
Feng Yuerou, who was standing to the side, had obviously already learned of Mu Jin's instructions from Xiang Mu. At this moment, she was staring at Mu Jin with a mixture of doubt, worry, tension, and anticipation, just like Qiao Qinghe.
Half an hour later, Mu Jin finally stopped. She was covered in sweat and her face was pale. It was clear that what she had just done had taken a lot of effort.
Seeing her stop, Qiao Qinghe and Feng Yuerou quickly stepped forward.
The child on the bed was still unconscious, but his complexion had visibly improved.
The two small faces, which were originally bluish-black, seemed to have lightened in color considerably.
"The toxicity has stabilized. However, we still need to administer acupuncture for seven consecutive days to gradually expel the toxins from the body before we can consider the treatment complete."
As Mu Jin finished stitching, she explained.
Qiao Qinghe glanced at the children, then turned to Mu Jin with a grim expression. "Since you can detoxify the children, why did you say you couldn't save them just now?"
Mu Jin glanced at Feng Yuerou, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Because the Lady of Annan was present just now."
"What do you mean?" Qiao Qinghe frowned in confusion.
The Duchess of Annam's concern for the two children seemed genuine, so why couldn't she know that she could cure them?
Mu Jin glanced at Feng Yuerou again.
Qiao Qinghe naturally noticed Mu Jin's actions and asked impatiently, "What exactly is going on? Just tell me! Why are you staring at Yue Rou like that?"
Mu Jin hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "I smelled an extremely insidious scent on Lady Annam."
"That scent alone would only give the impression of a faint soapberry fragrance."
"However, when a person who has been poisoned encounters it, it will turn into a death warrant, transforming what was originally a non-lethal poison into a deadly toxin!"
Qiao Qinghe was shocked and asked incredulously, "Are you saying that the Duchess of Annan is planning to harm the two children?"
"No! That's impossible!" Qiao Qinghe rejected the guess herself.
She had always seen how much Lady Annan cared for Feng Yuerou and her two grandsons.
Despite their differing stances, she believed that Lady Annam would never harm the two children.
However, Feng Yuerou suddenly interjected at this moment: "Why is it impossible!? Mother, nothing in this world is absolutely impossible!"
Feng Yuerou sat on the edge of the bed, her gentle gaze falling on the two children, but the words she spoke were chillingly cold.
Having gone through countless reincarnations, Feng Yuerou never trusted the Earl of Annan and his wife!
Hearing Feng Yuerou's words, Qiao Qinghe didn't argue with her. Perhaps so. If even rebirth and reincarnation have happened, what else is impossible?
"Go on!"
Mu Jin nodded and continued, "The Lady of Annan may not have done it intentionally, but it is certain that someone wanted to use her to poison the two children."
"I didn't treat the children in front of Lady Annam just now because I wanted the person behind it to think that their evil scheme had succeeded."
"To prevent that person from harming the children again."
At this point, Mu Jin paused before continuing, "The poison the children have is already rare, and now it's mixed with the medicinal scent from Lady Annan. With my abilities, I can still cure it. I can also ensure that the children are cured without any lingering problems."
"But if the poison in the children changes again... I can't guarantee anything."
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