Chapter 540 One needle cures, one needle takes a life
As Jiang Nuanzhi spoke, her gaze swept around her, meeting a pair of deep, unsettling eyes.
The owner of those eyes was Zhao Xiuyuan, who had been behind everyone the whole time and was now sitting calmly at the table.
When Jiang Nuanzhi looked over, Zhao Xiuyuan even raised his glass and nodded to her.
Jiang Nuanzhi frowned to suppress the strange feeling, and then gave one of the two porcelain bottles to the old man in black behind her.
"Please keep this safe for me. I'll take it back later to study whether the prince's blood can be used on the princess. If there's no rejection, I'll prepare to administer the blood transfusion to the princess for treatment."
"Jiang Nuanzhi!" Xiao Yuanshan said these three words with gritted teeth and disbelief.
They seem to disbelieve that anyone would actually play petty tricks right under everyone's noses.
"Your Highness, rest assured, this bottle is enough if it is usable. I have sealed it well, so please have someone put it away safely."
As for this bottle, I need to go back and examine it carefully. I'm afraid someone might take it and use it against the Prince, so for now, I'll have my old servant keep it.
"Ha, to harm the Prince? I'm afraid only you want to harm the Prince!" Marquis Xie couldn't help but say, "You wouldn't be planning some insidious scheme to harm the Prince, would you?"
Jiang Nuanzhi frowned: "What are you saying? If you can harm people by using a little blood, then wouldn't I be invincible and able to kill whoever I want?"
Lord Xie narrowed his eyes: "Isn't the blood you're taking from the Prince for the Princess? How will you know if it's usable or incompatible if you don't take the Princess's blood?"
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded in a very good mood: "Lord Xie is so clever. I was just about to say that. Your Highness, please bear with it for a moment. I need to take some of your blood."
Li Mingyu had already applied the medicine to Xiao Yuanshan. After hearing what he said, she frowned and nodded.
The next second, everyone saw Jiang Nuanzhi prick Li Mingyu's middle finger, squeezing out two drops of blood, and then had someone press a clean handkerchief against the wound.
She sealed the porcelain bottle used for blood collection herself and gave it to the old man in black behind her.
Xiao Yuanshan looked at the long wound on his hand, then at the barely visible wound on his wife's hand, and remained silent for a long time.
An eerie silence fell over the surroundings once again.
Lord Xie's tiger-like eyes were now clear and bright. He stared wide-eyed and said, "No, just take this much. Why didn't you say so earlier? You made the prince's wound so big!"
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at it: "You didn't ask either."
"You! You are truly a wicked woman!" Lord Xie managed to utter only this sentence after holding back for a long time.
Jiang Nuanzhi mimicked Lord Xie's previous demeanor, a smile playing on her lips, three parts mockery, three parts unruliness, and four parts derision: "Lord Xie's praise is, after all, being called a poisonous woman by the enemy is a form of recognition."
"You! You, you, you will one day be torn to pieces by me!" Lord Xie began to rage in a fit of impotence.
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow, ignoring him. She simply looked at Li Mingyu: "The Princess Consort hasn't said how she was injured, or how long her leg has been injured?"
"I lost feeling in my leg after falling from a height; it's been injured for eleven years."
As Li Mingyu spoke, her hands had already crumpled her clothes. After a while, she took a deep breath and asked, "How long will it take before I can stand up?"
Jiang Nuanzhi pondered for a moment and said, "Your leg is older than I estimated... It will take at least a year of treatment."
"A year?" Li Mingyu frowned.
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded: "You've been in a wheelchair for eleven years. It would be worthwhile if you could be cured in a year. Your Highness, don't be impatient."
"You really think you can get me back on my feet in just one year?" Li Mingyu's eyes shone with an astonishing light.
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded: "Yes, I promise."
"Three months. I'm only giving you three months." Xiao Yuanshan interrupted the two, coldly saying, "If you can't cure the princess's leg, you'll face my wrath. I hope your whole family can withstand it!"
As he spoke, he flicked his sleeve, and the next second, a man in the cage bled profusely and exploded, his body exploding and splattering blood everywhere. The stench of blood instantly filled the entire hall.
Not to mention Jiang Nuanzhi and her group who were being threatened, even Li Mingyu's face paled upon seeing this scene.
However, Xiao Yuanshan then covered Li Mingyu's eyes with his sleeve and stared intently at Jiang Nuanzhi.
Jiang Nuanzhi's face paled slightly, then she calmly withdrew her gaze and replied, "Understood, Your Highness. Rest assured, I will do my best. Shall we begin the acupuncture treatment now? Your Highness, please find a quiet room for me and the Princess."
"You intend to administer acupuncture directly to the Princess?" Xiao Yuanshan narrowed his eyes. "How do I know you might have some ulterior motives?"
"I'm administering acupuncture to the princess right in front of the prince. What tricks could I possibly pull?"
"One needle can cure an illness, another can take a life; how can I trust you?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow: "In that case, I have a foolproof plan, as long as Your Highness brings him here."
As she spoke, Jiang Nuanzhi pointed her finger at Qin Lin in the cage.
"You are provoking me." Xiao Yuanshan's voice suddenly turned cold.
"How could I dare?" Jiang Nuanzhi said with a smile, "What I mean is that his current symptoms are exactly the same as those of the Princess."
Your Highness, watch me perform acupuncture on him, learn from me, and then you can personally perform acupuncture on the Princess. How does that sound?
"You will teach me acupuncture techniques?" Xiao Yuanshan was also taken aback.
Jiang Nuanzhi shrugged: "Of course, if Your Highness is unwilling to learn, then I will have to treat the Princess Consort, and there is no need for this extra step."
As she said this, she raised an eyebrow.
In the candlelight, her dark eyes shone like stars, and she spoke casually, as if it were no big deal.
Xiao Yuanshan hadn't seen such youthful spirit in many years, and he frowned, remaining silent for a long time.
At this moment, Qin Lin's mind was in turmoil, and almost subconsciously, he looked at his legs.
He knew, of course, that his wife's actions were intended to help him escape. Many people said his legs were beyond saving; in fact, these days, even his hands were gradually becoming less effective.
However, even in such a situation, he couldn't help but start to have expectations.
The lady said, "If the Regent's wife's leg can be cured, can my own leg be cured too?"
"Someone, bring General Qin out."
Xiao Yuanshan was naturally aware of Jiang Nuanzhi's ulterior motives, but he had no reason to refuse to learn acupuncture techniques.
Then, his gaze fell on Jiang Nuanzhi's slender neck, which seemed so delicate it could be snapped with a single strangler, and he slowly said, "I'm not afraid of any tricks you might use. Qin Lin is currently poisoned, and previously, no one but me could cure him. I've heard you can cure my poison, so I'll take a look."
"If you can truly cure his poison and heal his leg, then you will have some skill. I will release him and let him return home with you, which is not unreasonable."
As Xiao Yuanshan spoke, he suddenly burst into laughter.
But that laugh was inexplicably chilling.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiang Nuanzhi immediately said, "Hey, what are you waiting for? His Highness has already said that he will release General Qin and me to go home, so why don't you open the cage! Help them out! Commander Liu, hurry, hurry, lend a hand!"
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