Fortunately, the man didn't notice her and left quickly. Xu Yuehuai breathed a sigh of relief. She knew she had to leave this place as soon as possible and bring the news back to Dongsang Kingdom.
She carefully left the underground organization and returned to her residence. She summoned her guards and told them about her discovery.
"Your Highness, what should we do next?" one of the guards asked.
Xu Yuehuai pondered for a moment and said, "Those people will definitely not give up, so we cannot alert them now. But we must find the antidote as soon as possible to save Baiyu and the entire Dongsang Kingdom. You will continue to investigate the situation, while I will return to Dongsang and stay in the palace to stabilize the situation."
Everyone nodded in agreement and left to carry out the order. Xu Yuehuai returned to Dongsang and waited for news from the secret guards in the palace.
After waiting for many days without any news, Xu Yuehuai couldn't help but feel anxious.
She was acutely aware of the urgency of the situation, but also knew she couldn't rush things. She could only wait patiently while simultaneously strengthening the palace's defenses against an attack from the Shadow Sect.
Did that thing really come from the hands of those legendary Shadow Cult members?
Or perhaps it's like a mischievous sprite, lurking in the corners of my life, but I just haven't looked for it carefully enough.
Xu Yuehuai's thoughts were caught in a huge vortex, and she tried to find a glimmer of light to guide her forward from those seemingly chaotic clues.
Just as she was lost in these endless thoughts, a figure suddenly entered her field of vision.
She was a palace maid, her face as pale as a sheet of paper, her eyes filled with terror, as if she had just escaped from the edge of hell.
She cried out breathlessly, "Lady Shen! Something terrible has happened! The King's condition has suddenly worsened, and his situation is extremely critical!"
"How could this happen so suddenly? His Majesty was perfectly fine before I left. What exactly happened during this time?"
The palace maid kept shaking her head, biting her lip, and did not respond.
Xu Yuehuai's heart sank suddenly, as if struck by a huge boulder. She immediately put down everything she was doing and followed the palace maid to Bai Yu's bedroom.
Bai Yu lay quietly on the bed, his face as pale as snowflakes in winter, his eyes closed as if he had fallen into endless darkness.
Xu Yuehuai was filled with anxiety and worry. She knew that if the antidote wasn't found soon, Bai Yu's life would be in real danger.
She hasn't yet found a way to counter this "Shadow Powder," so she'll have to rely on other methods to suppress it for now.
"Why aren't you hurrying to summon the imperial physicians and pharmacists?"
She immediately summoned the royal physicians and pharmacists in the palace, hoping they could come up with a way to save Bai Yu as soon as possible.
"Well... Lady Shen, please don't make things difficult for us. We've never seen anything like this before."
"Your Majesty, this is not an illness at all; we cannot cure it."
“When His Majesty’s condition wasn’t so serious before, we had some options, but now that things have reached a critical point, we really don’t know how to suppress it anymore.”
"You'd better find someone else; we really can't do it."
"If anything happens to His Majesty, even ten heads wouldn't be enough to atone for it."
However, even the imperial physicians and pharmacists were helpless in the face of this strange powder. They shook their heads and sighed, indicating that they were powerless to help.
Xu Yuehuai knew they might have some solutions, but they didn't dare use those extreme methods. If something went wrong, it would be a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of their family.
She also sympathized with and understood the situation of these imperial physicians and pharmacists, saying that if they were all powerless, what could be done?
Xu Yuehuai looked at Bai Yu lying on the bed, her heart filled with helplessness and despair.
Just then, she suddenly remembered the mysterious and unfathomable ghost doctor.
He always seems to be able to offer unexpected advice at crucial moments.
Xu Yuehuai decided to go to the Ghost Doctor's residence again to seek his help.
"Alright, I understand. You may all leave now." Xu Yuehuai waved his hand, signaling the imperial physicians and pharmacists to depart.
Upon hearing this, the imperial physicians hurriedly left the palace, not wanting to linger any longer.
After everyone had left Bai Yu's palace, Xu Yuehuai also prepared to secretly leave the palace.
Filled with anticipation and nervousness, she once again embarked on the journey to the Ghost Doctor's residence. She knew it would be a difficult and dangerous journey, perhaps with enemies lurking in the shadows.
However, for the sake of Dong Sang and the peace of the entire Shikoku, she is willing to pay any price!
However, just as she was about to step out of the palace gates, the panting palace maid came running back.
Her face was filled with terror, and her voice trembled as she said, "Lady Shen... the guards... he suddenly seemed like a different person, wildly swinging his sword and slashing around the courtyard. We were all terrified and ran in all directions, afraid of being hurt by him!"
"He...he looks exactly like the King did before!"
"Did he catch it from the king?"
After hearing those words, Xu Yuehuai felt as if her heart was being violently rocked by a giant wave, unable to calm down.
Her bodyguard, whom she once considered her strongest support, now teetered on the edge of sanity and madness like a wild beast. She couldn't believe that the person who had always protected her could suddenly become so terrifying.
She knew that this was yet another new challenge facing her.
But she had no time to hesitate. She took a deep breath, calmed her flustered emotions, and then resolutely embarked on her new journey.
Her skirt fluttered with her movements, like a butterfly about to take flight.
She strode quickly through the corridor, each step so firm and powerful, as if each step was a declaration of war against fate. When she finally reached the courtyard, the scene before her made her freeze in shock.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The guard, wielding a longsword, swung it wildly in the courtyard. Each strike was accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, as if to tear the world apart. His eyes were filled with rage and slaughter, as if he wanted to annihilate all his enemies.
"Ah! Don't come any closer!"
"Why have you suddenly gone mad?"
"Stop hurting the innocent!"
"Everyone, hide quickly!"
The palace maids and eunuchs screamed in terror and fled in all directions, plunging the entire courtyard into chaos.
A strong sense of crisis welled up in Xu Yuehuai's heart. She knew she had to act quickly. She took a deep breath, drew the dagger from her waist, and cautiously approached the guard. Every step she took was so careful, as if afraid of startling this person who had already lost his mind.
"You think you can stop me?"
"Die—!"
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