He quickly hugged her, only to find that her lips were completely bloodless and her whole body was ice-cold.
"Wife, what's wrong?" Zu'an asked hurriedly.
"I...I'm fine, it's an old problem..." Chu Chuyan said weakly. She was about to explain that she had had this problem for many years and that it had worsened after the last family competition, but before she could finish speaking, she fainted.
"Don't worry, honey, I'll take you to see a doctor." Zu An was anxious and picked her up to go inform Chu Zhongtian and the others.
"Don't waste your time; most doctors can't cure her."
At this moment, a unique female voice rang out. The voice had an inherent aloofness, yet also revealed a charming languor, making it instantly recognizable as Mi Li's voice.
"Empress, you're awake?" Zu'an asked with delight.
Mi Li snorted coldly: "I woke up quite early, after all, I wanted to check your current environment to see if there were any potential threats to your life, so that I wouldn't accidentally get tricked by you."
"So, did you find anything?" Zu'an asked hurriedly, as he was also curious about this.
“Not yet, but…” Mi Li’s tone shifted, and she said coldly, “I saw clearly the scene of that woman named Qin Wanru humiliating you just now. I thought you were someone important, but I didn’t expect you to have such a lowly status in her household.”
Zuan also said with a frustrated look, "What can I do? After all, she is the matriarch of the Chu family and the mother of Chu Yan and Huan Zhao."
“No, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. Just now, it felt like she was cursing at me,” Mi Li’s voice rose a few decibels. “A mere duchess is so arrogant. Back in the day, even princesses and princesses didn’t dare to breathe loudly in front of me. Hmph, why don’t I capture her and secretly get rid of her? That would eliminate a potential threat and prevent any trouble she might cause in the future.”
As long as Zu'an is safe, that means she is safe. Any potential threat must be nipped in the bud. As for Qin Wanru's life or death, she wouldn't care. She's the kind of person who would rather kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free.
Zuan was horrified: "No, no!"
Although he didn't like Qin Wanru either, killing her for that reason was too extreme.
“Oh, I understand,” Mi Li nodded. “That Qin Wanru does have some looks and charm. I didn’t expect you, a lecherous fellow, to like such a mature woman. Fine, I’ll capture her and let you do whatever you want with her. You can kill her when you’re done with her.”
Zuan: "..."
You understand? You understand nothing!
“Why do you have these nonsensical thoughts?” Zuan was extremely annoyed. “She’s my wife’s mother…”
He was interrupted before he could finish speaking. Mi Li snorted coldly, "That's just because you're too low-level to be exposed to these things. Think about how many sordid things happened in royal families throughout history? Between brothers and sisters, there were countless instances of mothers being taken as concubines and daughters being taken as concubines, brothers being killed and sisters-in-law being taken as concubines... What you've done is nothing compared to that."
Zuan: "..."
The sheer volume of information overwhelmed him, and after a long while, he let out a deep breath: "Your industry is truly chaotic."
"Your skill level is too low; you can't even get into this circle. You're just a sour lemon," Mi Li sneered.
Zuan was taken aback by him, mainly because, given her status and position, it was indeed the truth, to the point that he couldn't refute it.
"Let's talk about those things later. What's wrong with my wife? Why did they say that ordinary doctors can't cure her?" Zu'an felt the beauty in his arms getting colder and colder.
"The cultivation method she practices has inherent flaws, or rather, this is a common problem with ice-type cultivation methods. To cultivate ice-type abilities, one must allow cold air to enter the body. Over time, the vital energy, body, and internal organs will be invaded by the cold air."
"Although various ice-based scriptures have their own methods to offset the negative effects, it is impossible to completely eliminate them. Cultivation is, after all, going against the will of Heaven, and some punishment is normal."
Zuan asked in bewilderment, "Since cultivating ice magic has such a major drawback, why are there still so many cultivators in the world who practice ice magic?"
“Although ice-based magic causes great damage to the body, it is also incredibly powerful and has unparalleled advantages in many aspects,” Mi Li explained. “There are plenty of people in this world who are willing to sacrifice some things in exchange for greater power.”
"However, most ice-type cultivators either have a shorter lifespan than normal cultivators or have difficulty conceiving, but they are generally not in danger of losing their lives. Your wife's situation is probably because she cultivates too fast, and her ice-type technique takes a different approach. Although it is more powerful and allows for faster progress, the negative impact is also much greater than other ice-type techniques."
"Then, in the underground palace, the Illusory Lotus of No Trace that you gave her forcibly raised her cultivation level by a whole realm, causing her foundation to become unstable and completely amplifying the hidden dangers in her body. Although the injury she suffered from exchanging blows with that old man from the Shi family in the back mountain of the academy was not serious, it caused the hidden dangers in her body to completely erupt. Now her coldness has spread into her internal organs, and I'm afraid even a god can't save her."
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Just a quick rant: I never expected the phrase "capture the secret - dispose of" to contain a sensitive word...
Chapter Two will be a little later, probably before 12 o'clock.
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