Chapter 300 Gu Insect
Qi Yuxuan sat in the sedan chair and was carried for almost a quarter of an hour, passing through more than a dozen magnificent, dark, and seemingly uninhabited buildings, before the view suddenly opened up before her.
As the carefree king who could ascend the throne at any time if he wished, Xuan Yuanze's residence was clearly the most unique among them.
The nine steps are carved with toad patterns, the door studs are bronze snake-coiled staffs, the screen wall is inlaid with a tiger head stone carving, the roof is a combination of hip roof and palace roof, and the twelve pillars are all as thick as an adult can hug, and the pillars are carved with many flowers, insects, birds and animals that Qi Yuxuan cannot understand.
A masked palace servant carrying a lantern stood at the entrance. Seeing the sedan chair stop before him, he stepped forward and said:
"Young lady, please come with me."
Qi Yuxuan followed the white-robed palace maid for a while longer before entering a spacious hall.
Strangely, there was no one in the hall.
The masked palace maid bowed and replied, "Your Highness, please wait a moment, young lady, I will be there shortly."
Many golden candles were placed on the ground, burning quietly. Qi Yuxuan was afraid of knocking one over, so she stood still.
At this moment, she also realized that Xuan Yuanze did not want her to serve him in bed.
The candlelight made a slight crackling sound as it burned. Qi Yuxuan had been waiting for a while, so she began to look around the palace.
Judging from its appearance, it doesn't seem like a place where people live. It's so spacious and empty, more like a grand hall for holding meetings.
But what is the purpose of placing these candles?
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the back of the main hall. Before Qi Yuxuan could make out the details, a figure darted out from behind.
She was a woman in a black dress, her hands covered by a black veil. She was very pretty and gentle, but her skin was somewhat pale.
She saw Qi Yuxuan standing in the hall and asked with a hint of mockery, "You actually let her come?"
"I won't interfere in what's between you two brothers, so don't try to push me out to take the blame later."
Xuan Yuanze followed a few steps behind him and stepped out: "I will explain to him. You just need to do your job."
Wu Yu pursed his lips, remaining noncommittal, and walked a dozen steps away to the somewhat bewildered little girl, revealing a rather unkind smile:
"Hello, my name is Wu Yu, and I am the junior priest of the Wu clan."
Qi Yuxuan instinctively wanted to bow in the Qi state's traditional greeting, but remembering that she no longer had those memories, she stood still, looking at the other person with curiosity:
"Hello, Sister Wuyu, my name is Ye Zhaodi."
Wu Yu smiled, unable to resist such a sweet little girl who called her "sister." She was about to reach out and ruffle the little girl's fluffy hair when, before her fingers could even touch her, Xuan Yuanze, who had followed her, knocked her arm away, causing her to wince in pain.
Qi Yuxuan blinked: "Brother Aze..."
Xuan Yuanze smiled and stared at her, saying, "She is the second most powerful person in the Witch Clan. She has many Gu poisons and other poisons. You should stay away from her, or you may easily be poisoned."
Qi Yuxuan feigned a startled expression, and her gaze towards Wu Yu became somewhat wary.
Wu Yu: "..."
"Alright, stop fooling around. Didn't we say we'd try to break the mother-child Gu curse to see if we could recover our memories? I've brought all my gear, let's get started."
Qi Yuxuan pretended not to understand and looked at Xuan Yuanze.
He ruffled her hair. "Weren't you curious about the Witch Clan? The herbal soup we drank today was made by them. You can talk about it later."
"But before that, let her treat your illness first, as you are not fully recovered yet."
After Xuanyuan Ze finished speaking, he saw that the little girl was still looking at him and asked, "Then why are we here? What is this place?"
Wu Yu replied, "This is the Hall of Heroes. The ground here is covered with the eternal lamps of the ancestors of the Xuanyuan family. Look, the one at your feet is your father, Xuanyuan Ze."
Qi Yuxuan's eyes widened, and she wanted to take a step back, but then she heard Wu Yu continue, "Hey, be careful, the one behind is Xuan Yuanze's mother!"
Qi Yuxuan was so frightened that she dared not move, looking rather pitiful.
Wu Yu laughed so hard he bent over, slapping his thigh repeatedly: "Hahahaha, I was just kidding!"
Qi Yuxuan breathed a sigh of relief. She knew it! How could they use lamps to represent the deceased Yue royal family? Didn't they even have a memorial tablet?
Then Wu Yu said, "The one in the back belongs to Brother Xuanyuan Ze. His mother is buried in Qi."
Only Wu Yu's laughter remained in the main hall. Qi Yuxuan gripped her sleeves tightly, unable to laugh.
Xuan Yuanze sighed, "Stop fooling around, take her to the back."
After speaking, he stood with his hands behind his back among a row of ever-burning lamps, quietly looking at Qi Yuxuan. Judging from his expression, he seemed to be encouraging her not to be afraid.
Qi Yuxuan followed Wu Yu to the back of the main hall.
As soon as Qi Yuxuan stepped out of the palace, the scene before her took her by surprise.
A medicinal herb field of about two acres was bathed in the cool moonlight. It was neatly divided into sections and enclosed by small fences. The herbs were growing well and looked like they had been taken very good care of. Occasionally, a few small insects of various shapes would fly up from the field.
Qi Yuxuan thought that she had learned some pharmacology from the Pei family and was already quite familiar with medicinal herbs, but she didn't expect that almost all the herbs in this medicinal field were ones she didn't recognize.
Wu Yu didn't intend to explain to her. He led the people through the medicinal field and into a small, dilapidated thatched hut compared to the palace.
Inside the thatched hut was a bamboo bed, and on the other two sides were long tables piled with all sorts of utensils, none of which Qi Yuxuan recognized.
Wu Yu pointed to the bamboo bed: "Take off your shoes and lie down, I'll be right there."
Wu Yu took out a slender bamboo pole from her crossbody bag, with a green bamboo leaf hanging from it, looking very fresh. She then picked out a small porcelain bottle from the table.
Qi Yuxuan was already lying down obediently.
The mother-child gu would normally die automatically after three years, but only a year and a half has passed now, so it can probably only be removed by the witch clan.
But why would the mother-child Gu affect memories? Qi Yuxuan had many questions in her mind, but unfortunately, no one could answer them for her now.
Wu Yu quickly came over, dipped a small bamboo leaf into the liquid in the porcelain bottle, and placed it near the little girl's lips.
Qi Yuxuan opened her mouth subconsciously, thinking she was going to eat it.
"Hey, lie still and don't move." Wu Yu held up a bamboo leaf. "Just keep your mouth open like this. Yes, the Gu worms will crawl out of your mouth through your throat. When you feel something crawling, don't swallow it."
Hearing her say that, Qi Yuxuan's heart pounded with nervousness. But she was Ye Zhaodi, who was thirteen or fourteen years old at the time. She shouldn't be cooperating with the idea that something would crawl out of her body.
"Sister Wuyu, what are Gu worms? Why do I have Gu worms in my body?"
Wu Yu's tone was as if he were just fobbing off an idiot: "Gu worms are ants. When you were injured, you caught and ate ants. Your brother Aze couldn't stop you, and you ate a few. Now we need to take them out quickly."
"Okay, stop talking. I'll explain after it crawls out, okay?"
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