Chapter 69 It's Your Choice
The old butler was very embarrassed by this retort. He also knew that they were in the wrong in this matter and smiled awkwardly.
Wen Ling didn't feel any disturbance after hearing this, as she was not a nosy person.
For those who sincerely ask her for help, she will help to the best of her ability.
But if something happens to someone who doesn't trust her, she won't rush to help and ask for trouble.
A stubborn person like Zhenbei Hou is the one she least wants to interact with.
If it weren't for the investigation, it would have shown that the ancestors of the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei had a seven-colored lotus jade pendant handed down from generation to generation, which was the magic weapon needed for the formation.
Wen Ling would not agree so easily. Marquis Zhenbei himself would have to come and invite him in person.
So Gu Chenran was just being a little rude to the old housekeeper, she wouldn't be so tolerant and generous as to speak up to help him out.
Gu Chenran and Wen Ling looked at each other, and there was a tacit understanding in their eyes.
The carriage soon arrived at the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.
Waiting outside the door to greet him was Zhu Hongtao, the son of Zhenbei Marquis.
Unlike the military general Zhenbei Hou, the Crown Prince Zhu Hongtao is a gentle and handsome man, a well-known and talented student in the Imperial College. He has already passed the imperial examination and is expected to be on the list of candidates in the spring examination as well.
The spring examination was approaching, and he should have been concentrating on preparing for the imperial examination in the academy, but when he learned that his mother had fainted, he rushed home.
After understanding what happened, he took the initiative to wait at the door to greet Princess Chen.
As soon as he saw Wen Ling's carriage stopped at the door, he hurried over to greet her.
Seeing that Gu Chenran came with Wen Ling, she probably didn't expect that Prince Chen would come with her. After being stunned for a moment, she quickly bowed and said, "Greetings to Prince Chen and Princess Chen. I'm really sorry to bother you to come to my house so late at night. My mother's condition is really too urgent!"
Gu Chenran took a step back and said, "I am only here to accompany the princess. It is the princess who can help you."
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhu Hongtao nodded repeatedly.
He turned to Wen Ling for help: "Princess Chen, my mother is in a very bad condition. When she fainted, she just had a nose bleed, but now even her lips have lost color.
No matter what they did, he couldn't wake up. The imperial doctors were at a loss. His breathing was getting weaker and weaker.
Could you please go over and take a look at the situation first? ”
"Okay." Wen Ling didn't act pretentiously. Saving people was the most important thing, so he asked someone to lead the way.
As soon as Wen Ling entered the courtyard of the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei, he felt a strong demonic aura.
"Demonic energy? I didn't expect there are demons in this world?" Wen Ling said in surprise.
Zhu Hongtao exclaimed when he heard it: "There is a demonic aura?! Are there demons in our palace?!"
His voice was so loud that it startled the Marquis of Zhenbei who was guarding the house.
As the rumors said, the Marquis of Zhenbei had a poker face that kept strangers away, thick eyebrows, and a pair of sharp eyes full of murderous intent, which showed that he was honed on the battlefield.
He stared at Wen Ling who had just entered the room with a pair of sharp eyes. His eyes were so sharp that it seemed as if he wanted to peel off Wen Ling's skin and take a good look at what was inside.
This kind of scrutiny makes people very uncomfortable.
Wen Ling didn't care. She had real skills. Maybe in a while she could make the Marquis of Zhenbei talk to her and thank her more politely than his son.
Gu Chenran really didn't like the scrutinizing look from Marquis Zhenbei.
He still sits in a wheelchair in front of outsiders.
He pushed his wheelchair in front of Wen Ling. Although he was sitting, the aura he exuded was impossible for anyone to ignore.
Gu Chenran looked at the Marquis of Zhenbei and said, "My Lord, I had already taken the princess back to the palace. I heard from your housekeeper that something had happened to the Marquis' wife and begged the princess to come and see her.
Our princess is kindhearted, so she rushed here without even having dinner.
But from the look on the old marquis's face, it seems that the marquis's wife isn't in as critical a situation as your young master and steward say. ”
This is to remind Marquis Zhenbei that you were the ones who begged us to come here today, so you'd better be respectful.
We don't owe you anything, so if it doesn't work out, we'll just leave.
Zhu Hongtao said anxiously beside him: "Dad, it's already so late, what are you doing?!"
Wen Ling couldn't understand it either.
How stubborn he is! Just because he doesn't believe that there are monsters and evil spirits in this world, even when his wife is in such a dangerous situation, he still sticks to his own opinion and ignores his wife's safety?
Wen Ling said directly to the Marquis of Zhenbei: "Old Marquis, if you trust me, I can go in and check on the Marquis' wife.
If you don't believe me, then even if I go in and check, and really help solve the problem, you won't think it's my credit, and I'm working for nothing.
Please give me an attitude. ”
Marquis Zhenbei looked at the overly young Princess Chen in front of him.
Putting aside the question of whether he believes in ghosts and spirits or not, the Princess Chen doesn't look like any Taoist or sage!
To be honest, it's hard to believe. The person lying in the room is his wife of decades, and he can't let anything happen to his wife.
But Wen Ling's eyes were clear, open and firm, and her whole body was full of confidence, which made people want to believe it and give it a try.
Zhenbei Hou hesitated for a moment, then slowly bowed to Wen Ling and said, "Princess Chen, please come into the room and check on my wife. Please!"
He has already made his attitude clear.
Wen Ling thought he would be stubborn for a while, but she didn't expect him to bow his head and ask for her help so quickly.
Wen Ling raised her eyebrows in surprise. Judging from the old man's appearance, he was indeed a stubborn person, the kind that could not be persuaded even by nine oxen.
But he also really loves his wife.
Wen Ling nodded to him: "Don't worry, I will definitely check it carefully."
She walked into the inner room. The gift had a strong smell of medicine and a dampness from not being exposed to the sun for years, which made people feel uncomfortable.
The wife of Marquis Zhenbei was lying on the bed with her eyes closed. The blood under her nose had been wiped clean, but there was still a little trace of coagulated blood inside her nostrils.
Her face and lips were completely bloodless and extremely pale. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of her chest, she would have looked like she had been dead for at least three days.
Wen Ling immediately spotted the talisman on the Marquis’s bedside.
However, the red words on the talisman paper had completely faded into gray and no magic power was left.
Wen Ling picked up the talisman paper stuck on the bedside and examined it while analyzing it.
"One of my talismans can resist three attacks from evil spirits. If the talisman completely fades, it means that Madam Hou has been attacked more than three times.
Today is the third day, which means that this monster will attack Madam Hou once a day.
This time the talisman was ineffective, so the monster succeeded. ”
When the Marquis's personal maid heard this, she immediately said in a hateful voice, "It must be the rat spirit that just escaped! It happened to run out when the Madam was in trouble!"
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