"Yes." Concubine Tong sighed slightly, "It's really good to have you here. I feel relaxed both physically and mentally when I walk out of the palace.
It’s just a pity that I can’t see Xuan’er’s current appearance and Chang’an.
If God can let me see my son again, even if it means I die immediately, I will be willing to do so."
"I will definitely find a way to help you recover." Bei Mingxuan's voice was deliberately soft. "Don't worry too much. Just stay here happily."
"That being said, how can I be completely at ease, especially with the poison in your body, such as..."
"Mother." Bei Mingxuan did not want Concubine Tong to mention these things in front of Chang'an.
Concubine Tong smiled indifferently. In her eyes, Chang'an was not an outsider. In fact, she even hoped that Chang'an could feel more sympathy and worry about Bei Mingxuan.
So he just pretended to be completely unaware of Bei Mingxuan's intention to stop him and continued, "It's all my fault for being careless at the time."
Changan looked at Bei Mingxuan, "What kind of poison is this? Who did it?"
Concubine Tong tightly grasped Bei Mingxuan's hand. "The poison was put on me. At first, I suspected someone in the harem, but no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't find anyone. After all these years, we still haven't found the person who poisoned me, let alone the antidote."
"When did it happen?" Chang An thought, if his mother was still alive at that time, how could she not find any clues as she was the leader of Fu Sheng Sect? "My mother knows."
"It was Qiuya who discovered I was poisoned," Concubine Tong explained. "I was pregnant at the time, and the poison is called Golden Lotus. It's strange, it didn't kill me. Or rather, it kills men. If a woman is poisoned, she'll just feel cold but won't die.
The most important thing is that the poison will be released when the fetus leaves the mother's body."
"As the fetus leaves the mother's body?"
"In other words, the child will be poisoned. If it's a girl, she'll grow up, get married, and have children, and everything will be fine.
But if a boy is born, the poison will spread throughout his body until he dies.
"At that time, I could only hope that the baby in my belly would be a girl. Qiuya said that according to legend, there is no antidote for this poison called Golden Lotus. The poisoned person will only feel cold all over, and the body cannot tolerate the severe cold. This is only a symptom of the poison in women.
If a man is poisoned, a lotus will appear on his fingertips. As the poisoned man ages and the poison spreads, the lotus will slowly bloom from a tiny bud and then wither. When the lotus withers, the man will die.
Chang'an was surprised. She hadn't imagined that the lotus on Bei Mingxuan's fingertip was more than just a birthmark. "This poison sounds like it was developed specifically for the women in the royal harem. Do the Emperor and the Empress Dowager know about it?"
"I don't know." Bei Mingxuan said, "Until now, they still don't know that I have something in my hand."
"People are treacherous," Concubine Tong remained silent. "In the harem, it's hard to distinguish between friend and foe. I didn't tell the Emperor and the Empress Dowager at the time because I was afraid they would worry, and I was also trying to win their favor. This kind of poison is rarely known, and the symptoms are not obvious. If it's a daughter, there's no need to worry."
If a son is born, telling the Emperor and the Empress Dowager will only do harm and no good.
So I discussed with Qiuya that we wouldn't tell anyone. She would help me find the antidote outside the palace, and I would keep an eye on who had poisoned her. However, after so many years, there was still no news.
There was a deep doubt in Chang'an's eyes. At that time, Nangong Qiuya was the leader of Fusheng Sect. With the ability of Fusheng Sect, how could they not find the antidote for this poison?
One is why the lotus seen in Shirou's room is exactly the same as the one on Beimingxuan's fingertips. Is it a coincidence or is there another hidden story?
Then there is Meng Sichan’s identity. What is her relationship with Fu Sheng Sect and her mother? Is she an enemy or a friend?
"What are you thinking about?" Bei Mingxuan walked to Chang'an and tapped her forehead hard with his fingers.
Chang'an raised his head suddenly, "It hurts! Bei Mingxuan, what are you doing?"
Bei Mingxuan smiled, his handsome face leaning close to Chang'an's eyes. "Are you worried about me? You were so engrossed in thinking about me that you couldn't even hear my mother talking to you, or even when she left you?"
Chang'an then looked towards the place where Concubine Tong had been, and sure enough, there was no one there.
She pushed Bei Mingxuan away angrily, "Even if I'm worried, I can't tell you I'm worried!!!"
"..." Bei Mingxuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed with amusement in his eyes.
Although he knew that Chang'an said this to him on purpose, he was in a surprisingly good mood.
When he subconsciously reached for his waist, he felt nothing. The wine jug was gone. "Gu Changan, give me a wine jug."
"No money!" Chang'an glared at Bei Mingxuan angrily. "I told you how much you need money. I'm afraid all the princes of Shuzhou combined are not as rich as you. Everyone knows that if the Ninth Prince Bei Mingxuan has any merit, the Emperor will never give you power, but only reward you with gold and silver."
"I have money, that's my business, what does it have to do with you? Besides, you broke my things, so of course you have to pay me back."
"No compensation, no money."
"You have no money?" Bei Mingxuan said with a wicked smile, "You just won a thousand taels of gold, five thousand taels of silver, a house, and a pair of Ruyi. Now I ask you to compensate me with a wine jug, and you actually tell me you have no money, Nangong Lekang?"
"..." Chang'an was shocked by Bei Mingxuan's words more than once today, "You?"
"Eyes." Bei Mingxuan smiled, his face full of confidence, "Also, Le Kangzhi's name."
"Le Kang?"
"The name Chang'an was given by your mother. I was by her side at that time, and I gave you your courtesy name. Gu Chang'an's courtesy name is Lekang. I wish you a peaceful, happy, and healthy life."
Changan seemed to be jealous and said angrily, "Compensate me!"
Bei Mingxuan looked at Chang'an pouting and thought that he was still a willful child after all.
Fu Lin came over, "Master, everything is ready."
"Okay." Bei Mingxuan looked at Chang'an, "Let's go, I'll take you to a place."
"There?"
"Outside the city!"
In the carriage, Chang An looked at the charcoal fire specially prepared for Bei Mingxuan, "Are you afraid of the cold?"
"My body is not cold-resistant, but it doesn't mean I can't stand the cold at all."
Chang'an guessed, "So, the wine around you is to keep you warm at all times?"
"That's not ordinary wine," Bei Mingxuan explained. "It requires a special kind of medicinal herb to be soaked in it. Ordinary wine can't warm me up."
"Then, after all these years, you haven't found the source of this poison?" Chang'an asked, "And how did you suppress the poison in your body?"
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