Chapter 5 Fake Death Drug or Real Death Drug
"I don't care, but this servant is despicable. She's a bully, a wolf in sheep's clothing, and has dirty hands. She should be chopped up and fed to the dogs." Mu Xi wouldn't easily let go of the indecent act, and his indirect criticism still couldn't quell his resentment.
Gao Quan seemed unfazed, whether he understood or not, but he didn't show it on his face. He then took another step back: "If the young master insists, then the body will be left to the young master to dispose of, but..."
Mu Xi didn't allow Gao Quan to continue speaking, and placed one hand on the hilt of her sword: "But what? In the end, this is all a family matter of the Jin Fangjun family. Grand Marshal, please return."
Gao Quan raised his hand to stop him, but still addressed Mu Xi: "However, if the young master insists on sending him to the authorities... please reconsider. After all, the young master's resurrection is already unbelievable, and with this added incident, the news will spread throughout the streets and alleys of Moyang City before tonight."
"Understood, Grand Marshal, please return." Mu Xi forcefully saw the guest out.
Gao Quan, having been turned away, left with Gao Shi and his men.
The group disappeared from sight, and they had finally passed the test for the time being.
Relieved, Mu Xi felt a churning in her stomach and vomited a mouthful of black liquid: "Ugh..."
Mu Xun was shocked and quickly supported him, asking, "Brother, what happened?"
Doctor Luo also stepped forward quickly: "What's wrong? Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, let me take your pulse."
Mu Xi was finally helped to sit on a prayer mat to the side.
The divine physician Luo began to take his pulse: "Young Master, release the sword in your hand; they've all left."
"No..." Mu Xi had just transmigrated and was not yet familiar with the place. She had missed two opportunities to use the sword, so she was now clinging to it.
Mu Xun handed over a clean white silk handkerchief and advised, "It's alright now, it's all over, brother, wipe yourself clean."
Mu Xi wanted to refuse, but her mouth felt sour, astringent, and bitter.
He had no choice but to grab a silk handkerchief and wipe his mouth hard twice, finally freeing one hand to let Doctor Luo take his pulse, while keeping his other hand firmly on the sword.
Doctor Luo began to concentrate on taking the pulse.
While Mu Xi was waiting, she caught a glimpse of Ling Mei's corpse lying to one side.
Recalling what had just happened, he couldn't help but vent his anger: "Where have all the people gone? Men, take the bodies away and dispose of them properly."
"Alright, brother, don't worry, leave it to me." Mu Xun didn't care about Mu Xi's attitude, picked up the handkerchief and put it in his sleeve, then turned around to find someone to move the body.
Here, Doctor Luo focused intently on taking the pulse, his brows furrowing more and more tightly.
"What's wrong, Doctor Luo? Is there something wrong with that fake death medicine?" Mu Xi had temporarily escaped a calamity, but then she remembered the fake death medicine again.
Physician Luo shook his head again: "No, that medicine... I studied it carefully before. Even if it's incompatible with the young master's constitution, it shouldn't harm his body. But now, the young master's pulse..."
It won't harm your body?
The original owner had already died silently because of that medicine.
Mu Xi had no way to seek redress for her grievances.
Doctor Luo looked him up and down, then changed the subject: "Your Highness's pulse is very different from before, as if you have been reborn. I don't know what is bothering you. I really can't be sure if it's the effect of that fake death medicine, or if Your Highness can feel anything is wrong."
Can pulse diagnosis really lead to "time travel"?
Mu Xi's mind raced: "The reason I feel so uneasy is naturally because of the Gao siblings. As for the pulse being so different from before, it really could be the fake death medicine. Doctor Luo, do you think it's possible that someone tampered with the fake death medicine...?"
He stopped halfway through his sentence.
The entire process of the original owner drinking the drug to fake death was supervised by Doctor Luo.
According to the original owner's memories, Doctor Luo was her mother's best friend. He took meticulous care of Mu Xi's health for many years and even helped her disguise herself as a man. He was probably the only person in the world she could trust besides her deceased mother.
If we're talking about poisoning, Mu Xi thinks anyone could be involved, but the last person she should suspect is Doctor Luo.
However, the one who can administer the "real death drug" into the "fake death drug" must be someone close to the original owner.
Some things are easy to misunderstand if said out loud, so it's best not to mention them for now.
Then Mu Xi changed the subject: "And that maidservant, it was the first time in my life that I had personally taken a life, and I really couldn't bear it."
"It's truly astonishing that you could personally kill a servant girl." Doctor Luo not only failed to dispel his doubts, but also began to have suspicions himself.
Mu Xi could only give a perfunctory reply: "I don't know either. Maybe I suddenly unleashed what seemed like boundless power in the heat of the moment, but now my limbs are weak."
"Alas, you've narrowly escaped death. You can't use that fake death medicine again for a while; you need to rest and recuperate properly." Doctor Luo didn't delve into the matter further, and sighed again, "Alas, if you miss this opportunity, it will be even more difficult to escape in the future."
Who said she was going to fake her death to escape?
Mu Xi has no intention of doing that now.
She risked her life, even going so far as to "kill with her own hands," all to protect her identity from being exposed.
Because next, she will use this identity to reclaim everything that rightfully belongs to the original owner, and live a life of dignity and integrity as a woman.
After the two finished speaking, Mu Xun turned back, followed by the original owner's two personal maids, Tao'er and Zhelan. Outside, there were also many servants in the shadows.
As soon as Mu Xun returned, he asked anxiously, "What happened? It's one thing if the medicine didn't work, but it actually harmed your brother's health?"
Upon seeing Mu Xun, Mu Xi immediately thought of her younger brother from her past life. Seeing the empty mourning hall suddenly filled with people, she became furious: "Where did all of you go? Why wasn't there even one person keeping vigil? Is the mourning hall for the heir of a noble family so sloppy? Even if I am not yet married and have no children, shouldn't you, as my brother, be keeping vigil here day and night? It is because no one is keeping vigil that Ling Mei was able to take advantage of the situation."
"Yes, yes, it was all my carelessness." Mu Xun immediately admitted, "I wasn't here just now, Tao'er called me out to pack a few important things for you."
Tao'er, with her beautiful peach blossom eyes, quickly added, "Yes, Your Highness, the funeral was originally scheduled for three days later, and we were supposed to leave the city. I was in a hurry to pack your luggage, but who would have thought..."
Zhelan was about to cry: "Just now, someone from the Madam's side came over and said they had something to give me as a small offering to the Prince's spirit tablet. I couldn't refuse, so I went with them. Who would have thought that they would keep delaying me like this... Waaah..."
"This is a conspiracy." Mu Xi thought of what had just happened and stood up abruptly from the prayer mat.
"What is my brother going to do?" Mu Xun was startled. "Since my brother faked his death, we should have handled it discreetly. Now that my brother has 'come back to life,' it will definitely cause controversy. We must be even more careful and not act rashly."
"Be cautious? I, the dignified heir of the Jin Fang family, will make sure that everyone in the manor knows who the real heir is from this day forward." Mu Xi, who always acted on his words, lifted his foot and was about to walk out of the mourning hall.
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