Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Qin Sizhao did not hesitate to...
Qin Sizhao drank all the medicine in the teacup without hesitation. Master Wutou had a sinister sneer on his face, and his eyes bulged like a toad as he looked at him.
"Originally, as your teacher saw that you were poor and helpless, yet intelligent and hardworking, I was willing to take you on as my apprentice. However, you took my monthly salary for two years and then, without a word, went to take the imperial examination and become an official."
"Well, seeing that you've won the top spot and have a bright future, I'm happy too. I thought you'd come back to see me now that you've achieved success, but you got me drunk just to get a peek at the formula for the fake death potion!"
"Forget it... Forget it... If you really want to steal my skills, then forget it..."
Master Wutou was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood sword flew out a foot away and fell to the ground with a bang.
"But you went through all this trouble just for a woman! A married woman! The emperor's woman! Are you crazy?"
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and put on that gloomy expression again.
"This is the deadly poison I carefully prepared. Dying from it is better than being hacked into pieces by the Emperor after the truth is revealed."
"Qin Sizhao, Qin Sizhao, this is your last lesson. If you can't concoct the antidote within three sticks of incense, you'll die! If you can, you'll be a disciple."
Qin Sizhao covered his chest and vomited blood continuously. He used all his strength to get up from the ground, enduring the bone-gnawing pain.
He first took two emetics, frowned, held his breath and swallowed the medicine, then vomited out most of the medicine he had just drunk along with the blood.
After vomiting, he felt better and began to search his mind calmly.
Medicines have a main ingredient, auxiliary ingredient, and adjuvant. I'm afraid the most poisonous "main ingredient" in this medicine is Aconitum.
Master Wutou sneered as he watched Qin Sizhao dragging his frail body searching up and down the medicine shelves.
There was no way he would survive.
He didn't even keep the antidote on the medicine shelf.
Master Wutou suddenly widened his eyes. Qin Sizhao actually used another highly poisonous medicinal ingredient!
What was he trying to do? Fight fire with fire? Or was he just not dying fast enough?
Qin Sizhao held on to his last breath, walked behind the screen, quickly took off all his clothes, and began to give himself acupuncture.
"Even if you can use the Thirteen Ghost Needles, you can't save yourself."
Master Wutou stood on the other side of the screen and spoke harshly.
"I've already reported the matter of the fake death drug. I, the master, no longer want to clean up your mess! Even if you survive, you'll be tortured to death. I gave you the poison because I love you."
“Cough cough cough…”
After these words were spoken, Qin Sizhao seemed to have lost the will to live and began to cough desperately.
Black blood kept gushing up from his stomach and choking into his mouth and nose.
He collapsed to the ground like a corpse.
"Hmph, I think you'd better die..."
Master Wutou sneered.
"No...I...I can't die..."
A faint voice came from behind the green screen. Qin Sizhao was breathing rapidly, but he did not give up and continued to give himself acupuncture with all his strength.
His arms were bent into a strange shape, pricking his back with needles.
He inserted one end of the needle into his fingertip, then broke his arm with all his might. He used his other hand to control the dislocated hand and gave acupuncture to his pale back.
Master Wutou was furious when he saw this:
"This poison is excruciatingly painful, even more painful than childbirth. Why do you insist on lingering on in such a shameful way?"
He only replied:
"My life can be exchanged for hers."
"You still don't repent even when death is imminent! Go to hell!"
Master Wutou was completely furious, his hair was disheveled and he looked like a madman.
"Amitabha, I am a eunuch. Only when my six senses are truly pure can I calmly study pharmacology. I think all the trouble you caused is caused by that evil root! I really should castrate you and make you sober! Calm down completely!"
The blood had completely soaked through his front. Qin Sizhao had almost lost his human form. He stood up staggeringly like a puppet with its strings cut.
He leaned against the wall, held the dislocated hand with his moving hand, and pushed hard to put the dislocated arm back in place.
"Your bone-setting skills are quite good."
Master Wutou's face seemed like a big dye vat, turning blue and white.
"I untied it."
Qin Sizhao spat out the blood foam in his mouth and looked at Master Wutou with bloodshot eyes.
He took Qin Sizhao's pulse, his expression changed several times, and he burst into laughter.
"Hahahahahahahahaha, you kid... you're just temporarily suppressing this poison with another poison. It can only last for a year at most, and you'll return to dust in the end... My poison isn't that easy to remove."
"One year is enough..."
Qin Sizhao shook his head helplessly.
"Hmph, since you are the first test subject for my poison, stay here for me to test the medicine. This can also be considered as executing the crime for His Majesty."
He weakly spat out the last mouthful of black blood, then fell to the ground, his eyes vacant as he sat on the ground, uttering a faint sound:
"Master, please do as you please."
"Hmph, you're like a dead dog, coveting the Emperor's woman. She has everything she wants in the palace, enjoying endless wealth and luxury, spending every day in the lap of luxury. How could she possibly be interested in someone as idiotic as you?"
"She loves me..."
Master Wutou was so angry that he jumped up and down, his hair was disheveled, and he looked like a madman.
"Bah! What love or no love? You refuse to repent! I think you're just crazy about women! You've even set your sights on the royal family! How dare you have an affair with the emperor's woman! I really deserve to stab you in the stomach with a knife! Break all three of your legs with a stick! I'll give you some medicine to make you impotent so you won't ever think about anything you shouldn't!"
After he cursed loudly, he shook his head violently, and his messy black hair was thrown together.
"You little brat... you're hopeless... you're hopeless... just go and die..."
Qin Sizhao said nothing and just wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
If he really became a eunuch, would he be able to stay with her openly?
Come to think of it, it seems pretty good.
………………
In Congcui Palace, Lingchuan was frowning in front of the mirror. If she had been more affectionate to Gu Shi these days, would Qin Sizhao be safer?
In the past, she was nice to Gu Shi only because she liked him, and if she was mean to him, it was only because he annoyed her.
She couldn't even lie to Gu Shi. She was so simple and pure, like a glass of transparent water that could be drunk easily.
So Gu Shi never showed any mercy and drank it all. He drank it for six years and it did quench his thirst.
But now she has learned to lie, and her feelings for Gu Shi have become impure. She no longer treats Gu Shi out of pure liking, but instead shows a pre-made tenderness.
No wonder he was so jealous.
But after she had someone else in her heart, Gu Shi began to cherish her and try to please her.
What a jerk.
After Lingchuan's guilt was completely calmed down, he immediately immersed himself in the memories of Qin Sizhao's company.
Jinzhan's knock on the door interrupted Lingchuan's memories.
"Miss, someone outside said there's something urgent that needs to be reported to His Majesty."
Her voice first slowed down, then quickened, as if she wanted to pour out all the words in one breath.
He looked left and right, his expression very hesitant.
Lingchuan noticed that she had some wrinkles on her face, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Is there something urgent that needs to be said now? Or let's talk about it later."
"This...I'm afraid your Majesty has to make the decision. You don't have the final say."
"Then you go out first. I'll tell him later. He's taking a shower now, so it might not be convenient for him."
Jinzhan turned around and rolled her eyes quietly. This Lingchuan even wanted to leave her alone. He was really protective of his food. No wonder Gu Shilian hadn't had a maid in his first wife for so many years. He was really henpecked.
"This is truly an urgent matter. Please hurry up and urge His Majesty."
"What is the emergency? Is it political or personal?"
She pretended to be concerned, put her hands in her pockets, and asked gracefully like a wise queen.
"This... I'm afraid it's difficult for me to tell you... Please go to the bathroom and urge His Majesty..."
Jinzhan was really in a dilemma.
Lingchuan sighed.
"Okay, then I'll go and urge him."
She took off her complicated outer clothes, removed the jewelry on her head, and walked into the bathroom wearing only her inner clothes.
Gu Shi was soaking in the bathtub alone, revealing his broad and strong back and his neck as slender as a crane.
His black hair was completely wet and hung down.
The steam in the bathtub made the air thin, and the fragrance in the bathtub made Lingchuan dizzy. How on earth could he stay in such a bathroom to take a bath? Wasn't he afraid of suffocating suddenly and fainting?
She was afraid that the important matter was related to the fake death drug, so she deliberately delayed it for a while.
"Lingchuan."
When Gu Shi saw her coming in wearing only a middle-length dress, his eyes widened instantly.
"What? Are you surprised to see me? Are there other women in your bath who can enter?"
She hooked her arms around Gu Shi's neck and narrowed her eyes deliberately, looking really seductive.
Gu Shi frowned because of her unreasonable behavior, but he couldn't help but reach out to touch her cheek and looked at her in fascination.
"You knew there was none, yet you stabbed me on purpose."
"Come and give me a kiss."
Lingchuan took the initiative to kiss Gu Shi.
She tenderly placed her lips on his and deliberately loosened her jaw to make it easier for him to insert his tongue into her mouth.
Naturally, he had no chance of refusing. The water droplets on his body soaked the clothes in front of her, and her middle clothes became translucent, revealing her orange bellyband.
"I like you the most."
After the kiss, Lingchuan leaned over to his ear and spoke in a light voice.
Her voice was soft and sweet, like a kitten tickling his heart.
"Don't try to seduce me, I can't help it."
Gu Shi's face flushed completely. He inserted his fingers into her black hair and fiercely...
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