Chapter 485 Holy Gu of Wu Kingdom
Two flowers bloom, each representing a different branch.
Meanwhile, Qu Wanwan, upon returning to the Witch Kingdom, immediately begged the King of the Witch Kingdom to grant her the technique to remove the Red Bean Gu.
It was obvious that the Witch King had refused.
The Witch King made a deal with Anmu: he would not betray his partner unless absolutely necessary.
Qu Wanwan pleaded desperately, kneeling at the palace gate all night, but the Witch King did not yield an inch.
At that time, Qu Wanwan knew that trying to be gentle would definitely not work.
Then let's take a hard line.
Using her knowledge of the Wu Kingdom's palace, she secretly sneaked into the palace, intending to steal the antidote, but before she could succeed, she was discovered by the guards.
Qu Wanwan made a big mistake. She was a princess who was not very favored, and her mother was of low status.
If it weren't for her good fortune in her childhood, being friends with the junior priest of the shrine, gaining the favor of the shrine, and having the opportunity to learn witchcraft, she would have been in trouble.
She was exceptionally talented and was personally trained by the priests; she probably didn't even have a proper name in the royal family of the Witch Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Wu is a country where religion and religion are unified.
The Witch King was in charge of political rule, but the real power lay with the High Priest.
All subjects of the Witch Kingdom believe in the Witch religion, and the priests are the practitioners of the Witch religion.
The shrine, on the other hand, is the residence of the priests.
Because of this connection, Qu Wanwan escaped the death penalty, but was whipped twenty times and sent to the shrine for the priests to deal with her personally.
The priest had a rather good impression of the little princess whom he had personally taught.
"You used to be so smart, how come you did something so foolish after coming back from outside?" The priest was very puzzled.
Despite the pain from the whip, Qu Wanwan said without regret, "It was to save my friend."
"Your friend has been poisoned by the Red Bean Curse?"
“It’s my friend’s mother; she’s been infected with the Red Bean Gu,” Qu Wanwan continued to explain.
"Oh? Let me think, is it the one the emperor of Country A kept as a mistress?" The priest narrowed his eyes.
"Your Excellency, are you aware of this?" Qu Wanwan nodded repeatedly.
The priest laughed, "Of course I know. I made that red bean gu myself and presented it as a gift to the emperor of Country A."
Qu Wanwan's expression froze on the spot.
She hadn't expected the priest to be involved.
Her desire to obtain the cure for the Red Bean Gu is simply a pipe dream.
“You look very sad,” the priest said calmly.
Qu Wanwan didn't speak, but lowered her head and clutched the hem of her clothes.
"You really want to save your friend's mother?" the priest asked again.
Qu Wanwan looked up at the priest's inscrutable expression and nodded emphatically, "Yes, I really want to save him!"
The priest laughed. "It seems you and your friend have a complicated relationship. Let me guess, he's a man, or your boyfriend, named Feng Yao, right?"
Qu Wanwan broke out in a cold sweat. The priest's guess was clearly not a guess; he had obviously investigated the entire situation beforehand.
She is a princess of the Witch Kingdom and has no freedom to marry, even though she is now the most talented young girl in the Witch Kingdom in Gu magic, it is still not allowed.
"Priest, since you already know, why bother with all this?"
You are of unparalleled nobility, while I am but a lowly, unloved princess. I have been fortunate enough to learn some witchcraft due to your past favor.
"But even if you punish me, even if you hate me, I will still find a way to get the antidote from you. I'm sorry!"
Qu Wanwan spoke with a firm expression.
"Pfft—hahahahaha—"
The priest couldn't help but laugh when he saw Qu Wanwan like that.
Qu Wanwan stared blankly for a few seconds, then asked in confusion, "Priest, what are you laughing at?"
“I laugh at your foolishness, just like my silly son’s. No wonder he likes you so much,” the priest said bluntly.
Qu Wanwan looked a little embarrassed, unsure how to respond.
The priestess's son, a junior priest of the shrine, named Wuli, was her childhood sweetheart.
She was not unaware of Wu Li's feelings. If she were with Wu Li, she could become the next mistress of the divine palace, with a status even higher than her own father.
But she always treated Wu Li as a friend and had no romantic feelings for him whatsoever.
If you stay with him for personal gain, it would be a stain on that friendship.
That's why she risked going to Broken Soul Island, hoping to secure a future for herself.
She failed in her final mission and didn't achieve her future goals, but she found someone she truly loved.
"Your Excellency, what do you mean by that?" Qu Wanwan asked tentatively.
"You're very smart; you should be able to guess my intentions."
"I...can't guess..." Qu Wanwan subconsciously tried to avoid the question, but in fact, she had already guessed.
The priest doted on his only son, Wuli, to an extreme degree. Even if Wuli wanted to become king, the priest could immediately issue a divine decree to the king, forcing him to abdicate.
Wu Li never dared to openly express his feelings for her, fearing that they would lose even their friendship.
For the sake of the ritual, the priest can use the technique to remove the red bean poison.
Correspondingly, she also had to pay a price by being with Wu Li.
Qu Wanwan couldn't agree to that. When she left Country A, she had promised Feng Yao that she would return as soon as possible.
But if we don't save Feng Yao's mother, and Feng Yao finds out the truth, can their relationship still be the same as before?
Qu Wanwan was conflicted.
The priest saw through Qu Wanwan's attitude, but he did not make things difficult for her. He simply continued, "I promised the emperor of Country A that I would not give anyone the antidote to the Red Bean Gu."
"No! High Priest!" Qu Wanwan panicked and hurriedly said, "Please, you must give it to me! Whatever you ask for, I will agree, even if it means... I..."
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