"This is absolutely unacceptable!" The imperial physician almost knelt down before Gu Qingqiu.
Gu Qingqiu put on a stern face, "You may all leave. I have something to say to the imperial physician alone."
The onlookers looked at each other, none of them daring to be the first to step forward.
"I said, everyone get out!" Gu Qingqiu shouted again, this time with a much stronger attitude. The crowd glanced at each other a few times, but still left, looking back every few steps.
"Imperial Physician, I have a question to ask you," Gu Qingqiu said, rolling up her sleeves. "Do you know whether the Moon Poison and Heart-Rending Poison can seep into the blood?"
The imperial physician's expression could even be described as horrified, perhaps because he didn't know how the woman in front of him knew about these two poisons. Finally, his voice trembled as he said, "This old man... has heard of them. Heart-Rending Poison directly damages organs, while Love Moon Poison may seep into the blood."
Gu Qingqiu seemed to be deep in thought. "So, if I feed my blood to the prince, there's a possibility that the prince might be infected with the Love Moon Poison?"
In that case, it's better to suffer for a while than to lose an arm! And if I get poisoned by the Love Moon again, I might develop resistance, so it shouldn't be as painful as before.
"Yes." The imperial physician answered, then realized something was amiss. "...What do you mean by that?"
Gu Qingqiu handed her hand to the imperial physician, "Please take my pulse as well."
The imperial physician, somewhat bewildered, took Gu Qingqiu's pulse, and within seconds his expression changed drastically.
Gu Qingqiu said calmly, "So, since I'm not going to live much longer anyway, why not give me the Gelsemium elegans? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. But I have something to tell you. If the prince wakes up, tell him this."
"...This old man...Your Highness...Alas..." The imperial physician seemed to have imagined some royal secrets, but fearing that speaking rashly would bring him death, he ultimately dared not comment and honestly ordered someone to fetch the Gelsemium elegans from the medicine box.
After taking Gelsemium elegans, Gu Qingqiu felt numb all over and was very uncomfortable.
But time waits for no one. Before Gu Qingqiu could even adjust, the imperial physician began taking the necessary blood from her arm and feeding it to Chu Yunhan.
Gu Qingqiu felt as if she had been electrocuted, followed by a dizzying sensation, and finally lost consciousness.
This time, Gu Qingqiu seemed to be trapped in a nightmare. No matter how much she struggled, all she could see was emptiness and darkness, accompanied by a feeling of suffocation, which made her tremble uncontrollably.
In a daze, Gu Qingqiu seemed to hear someone calling her name, but the voice was too far away, and the surrounding air seemed to have been sucked out, so the voice could not reach her and could not be heard clearly.
When Gu Qingqiu finally broke free from everything, she sat up in shock and found herself covered in cold sweat. It was pitch black all around her, and she couldn't see anything clearly.
Is it nighttime now?
Gu Qingqiu felt sticky and uncomfortable all over, so she rolled out of bed and said, "Ziyun? Are you there? Prepare some hot water for me."
However, the sudden feeling of fainting prevented Gu Qingqiu from getting out of bed and standing up properly; instead, she fell hard on her bottom by the bedside.
Hearing the noise inside, Ziyun rushed in. "Madam is awake? Why didn't you let me help you out of bed?"
Gu Qingqiu felt Ziyun's hands gently yet firmly placed on her waist and hands, slowly helping her up, but something still felt off. "Ziyun, how could you see where I fell without a candle?"
Ziyun asked curiously, "Madam, why do we need to light candles during the day?"
Gu Qingqiu was shocked. The inconsistencies from before were now explained in her mind. She could see moonlight coming through her bedside at night. Even if it was night, it couldn't be so dark that she couldn't see anything.
So the only answer now is... she's blind.
Heh... Gu Qingqiu gave a bitter laugh. What a novel experience.
Ziyun was confused. "Madam? Madam? What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Gu Qingqiu shook her head. "How is the Prince?"
"We were almost scared to death!" Ziyun patted her chest with lingering fear. "The Prince's mansion already knew about the Prince's disappearance and accident. Fortunately, the Prince was alright in the end, but he looked quite pale when he returned to the mansion. He has been staying indoors for the past few days and has not received any visitors. Only the doctor is allowed to enter the Prince's courtyard. This servant does not know what the Prince's condition is now..."
"Oh..." It seems that Chu Yunhan can at least walk freely now, so the snake venom should have been neutralized.
Ziyun seemed to have thought of something and suddenly leaned closer in a low voice, "But these past few days, the prince has been taking the lady to his room every night for a while, and then bringing her back in the early morning."
"...Hmm." Chu Yunhan probably took her away to cure the Love Moon Poison. Thinking about how she unknowingly had been with Chu Yunhan...
Gu Qingqiu's face also showed an awkward expression. "Go prepare some hot water. I want to take a bath."
"Yes." Ziyun withdrew.
Gu Qingqiu sat there in a daze, still unable to fully accept the fact that she had gone blind.
Fortunately, Ziyun was a quick and considerate maid who personally helped Gu Qingqiu into the bathtub and even helped wash her hair and rub her back. Gu Qingqiu didn't have to think about anything except close her eyes and enjoy the moment.
It was really inconvenient in ancient times without hair dryers. Gu Qingqiu's waist-length black hair was wiped several times with a cloth by Ziyun before it stopped dripping. Then Ziyun helped her to the courtyard to sunbathe and let it air dry naturally.
Gu Qingqiu wanted some peace and quiet, so she sent Ziyun away.
After straining her eyes to try and sense it for a while, Gu Qingqiu realized that she wasn't completely blind.
I didn't notice it indoors before, but I could still feel it under the sun. Although I couldn't see the image clearly anymore, it seemed that I still retained some sense of light and could vaguely feel the sun's rays.
If anyone were to pass by, they would surely be dumbfounded by Gu Qingqiu's wide, dark eyes looking around.
...
On the other side, Chu Yunhan put down the book in his hand, "Are you sure it was the Crown Prince who did this?"
The masked man beside him said, "I'm sure."
"Hmm." Chu Yunhan picked up the book again. "You may leave."
The shadow disappeared, but Chu Yunhan felt restless and couldn't concentrate on the book at all, so he slammed it back onto the table.
After he woke up, he heard all sorts of words, some of which were genuine or feigned concern, some of which came from the guards' self-blame, and some of which came from his elder brother's probing. But what he remembered most was the Gu Qingqiu that others were talking about.
They said that after hearing about his accident, Gu Qingqiu insisted on going into the forest to look for him.
They said Gu Qingqiu was worried that she would cry herself unconscious.
The imperial physician said that Gu Qingqiu took a poisonous herb called Gelsemium elegans to save him, and then used her blood to detoxify herself.
Why did she do this? What was her purpose? Chu Yunhan had asked himself these two questions many times recently, but he had never been so curious about the answers.
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