Chapter 71: Nourishing Medicine with Blood
Xiao Linyuan wanted to take Song Zijin to the three-story house under his name, but Song Zijin dragged him to the clinic.
The two medicinal herbs needed to detoxify have been cultivated in blood for three days. Today is a critical day, and she must come to the clinic to take care of it.
Wherever Song Zijin went, Xiao Linyuan followed, never leaving his side, his stickiness was unbearable.
The candlelight flickered as Song Zijin sat in the small study reading the letter his mother had sent him the day before.
There were some precautions for removing the poison written in it, which she had already memorized, but she felt a little nervous at the last minute, so she urgently cramd.
Xiao Linyuan stood guard at the door, acting as a door god.
Song Zijin felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
After hesitating for a long time, he put down the medical book and walked out.
"Your Highness, the poison will be removed in two days. It takes a lot of effort, so you must rest well before that. There is a guest room in the backyard, go and sleep."
Xiao Linyuan shook his head, his eyes never leaving her.
"I'm not sleepy yet. It's you who needs to rest. You've been staying at the clinic these past few days and you look so pale. I feel so bad for you."
"I didn't lie to you." Song Zijin turned around and went in to open the medical book to a certain page and handed it to him to read.
"You see, if you faint from exhaustion during the detoxification process, you might never wake up again."
Xiao Linyuan put the medical book on the table without even looking at it, pulled Song Zijin to sit on a small stool, and squatted in front of her, holding her hand.
"Don't be nervous. If you fail, it means this Gu is too cunning and no one can deal with it. If all else fails, choose the worst possible method and kill everyone around the emperor. If the host dies, the child Gu will not survive. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Song Zijin glanced at the clock and became annoyed.
"I'm a doctor, but you don't listen to me. Then find someone else to cure this poison. Tomorrow I'll leave the capital and go to Jinyue to find my parents!"
Xiao Linyuan was stunned and quickly admitted his mistake: "Don't get so angry that you get yourself into trouble. Let's go back to sleep together, okay?"
Song Zijin didn't answer and didn't even look at him.
Xiao Linyuan was filled with disappointment and walked towards the backyard, looking back every few steps, for fear of making her angry.
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As night falls, the bright moonlight shines in the yard and everything is quiet.
In the secret room, the candlelight was dim, making Song Zijin's face look a little pale.
She gently rolled up her sleeves, revealing a slender wrist with a few shallow scars and a layer of light scabs on it.
I have to say, Liao Yan’s medicine for wounds is really effective!
She bit her lip, picked up the dagger beside her, and cut her wrist without hesitation.
Blood slowly dripped from the wound into the porcelain bowl on the table.
There were several herbs in the bowl, and drops of bright red blood seeped into the herbs, gradually dyeing the entire bowl of medicine red.
These are the Moonlight Vine and Snow Soul Grass that the secret guards had found earlier.
After waiting for a cup of tea, the roots of the two herbs showed obvious signs of improvement, especially the moon vine, which began to emit a little silver light.
It’s exactly as described in the medical books!
Song Zijin was in a good mood. He opened the lid of the medicine bottle and applied it on himself.
At this moment, the door of the secret room was suddenly pushed open, a gust of cold wind blew in, and the candlelight flickered.
She was startled and hurriedly lowered her sleeve to cover the wound on her wrist, but it was too late.
"What are you doing?" A low and cold voice came from the door, filled with suppressed anger.
Looking up, she saw Xiao Linyuan's face was gloomy and his eyes were as sharp as a knife, staring at the porcelain bowl in her hand.
Her heart tightened, and she hid the celadon bowl behind her guiltily, forcing a smile.
"Nothing... nothing, just checking if the herbs are suitable for use..."
Xiao Linyuan strode over and grabbed her wrist with such force that she couldn't help but let out a soft cry.
He lowered his head and gently lifted her sleeve, revealing the wound on her wrist, the blood still fresh.
"Your Majesty, I can explain..."
Xiao Linyuan's heart seemed to have fallen into a cold pond, and instantly became as cold as ice.
The hand holding her wrist didn't dare to use any force at all, and his voice was hoarse, "You use your own blood to nourish the herbs?"
Song Zijin bit her inner lip, lowered her head, not daring to look him in the eye, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.
"The medicine the secret guards found has evolved over the past century, and its medicinal properties are no longer sufficient to cure poison poisoning... My blood not only cures all poisons, but also nourishes them, so I thought I'd give it a try... The ending is always good. Look, they've really come back to life!"
She held the celadon bowl in front of him like a treasure.
“Nonsense!”
Xiao Linyuan didn't dare to look at the bowl of blood, and turned his head away, "Do you know what you are doing? You are bleeding so much, are you going to die?"
Song Zijin felt a mixture of bitterness and sadness in his heart, and his voice was choked.
"I promised you I would help you get rid of the poison, and I will do it! Besides, don't let this bowl of medicine scare you. It actually contains other medicinal juices prepared by Doctor Liao. I only lost a small amount of blood. I'm not stupid and I won't waste my life!"
"Liao Yan knows? Didn't I tell you not to tell your secret to others?" Xiao Linyuan instantly got furious.
"Don't overthink it. He doesn't know I use blood to nourish the herbs. He thinks I have some other secret recipe. You're the only one who has entered this secret room."
Xiao Linyuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly reached out and hugged the person in front of him in his arms with such strength that she almost couldn't breathe.
With a trembling voice, he begged humbly, "Silly boy...if anything happens to you, I'd rather die in pain without removing the poison. Please, we can find a solution together. Don't do stupid things like this and hurt yourself again, okay?"
She leaned against his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, "Okay, I promise you. By the way, how did the prince find out?"
He bent down and kissed the top of her head, his voice gentle, "You've never been one to be spoiled or petty. When you suddenly lost your temper earlier, I guessed you must be hiding something from me."
Song Zijin blushed. His little tricks were exposed in front of the general.
The night is quiet, and even the smallest sound is amplified infinitely.
Suddenly, Xiao Linyuan's ears moved alertly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly pushed away the person in his arms.
"What's wrong?" Song Zijin opened his eyes in a daze.
"Shh." Xiao Linyuan covered her mouth and whispered, "Someone is coming. Stay here and don't go out."
Before he finished speaking, twenty or so men in black rushed into the yard with knives in their hands. The knife lights shone coldly in the moonlight.
Wang Ge successfully sneaked into the Xiao Mansion, and Chunsheng finally had the opportunity to show his skills.
He led the secret guards hidden in various places to fight against the men in black, and the battle was difficult to determine the winner for a while.
Song Zijin's heart was in his throat. He leaned against the door and listened to the clanging sounds of fighting outside the secret room.
This was the first time she had encountered such a thing in her eighteen years of life.
Xiao Linyuan joined the battle, and after fighting for a while he found that these men in black were not targeting him.
Could it be targeting Zijin?
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