"Don't even think about getting the money back. You asked me to tell that family the news, and I've already done that. The rest is none of my business."
"You'd better eat these quickly, or there won't be anything better."
The jailer said this and turned to leave.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai knew that the die was cast and there was nothing she could do to change it. All she could do was wait and see if Chu Guangbai would come to her rescue.
After the jailer left, Xu Yuehuai looked down at the food on the ground. It was almost like pig slop, a very thin rice porridge with hardly any rice in it, and a steamed bun with a stone imprint on it. She didn't know how many days it had been sitting there.
It was served with some pickled vegetables, and looked dark and dirty, indicating that the storage was not clean at all.
At other times, Xu Yuehuai would have found these things hard to swallow, but now that he was so hungry, he had to eat even the scraps he found.
She can't just starve to death here for no reason!
So, Xu Yuehuai held her bowl and ate her meal slowly by herself.
It was freezing cold, with no warmth at all, and my stomach felt cold even after I ate it.
Xu Yuehuai's eyes were red. Since coming here, when had she ever suffered like this? She didn't know how long she would have to wait to leave the prison!
She ate it bite by bite, swallowing it all dry!
Meanwhile, inside the palace, in the little princess's bedroom.
"How is the little princess now? How is the poison in her body? Is she feeling any better?"
The King of Mingyue Kingdom came to see the little princess again, but after arriving at the palace, even though he was the king of a country, he could only stand outside the sleeping quarters and could not go in to see the little princess, lest he be infected with the poison.
The maidservant beside the little princess said, "Your Majesty, the little princess's condition is... even worse than yesterday!"
This is a seven-day poison that can pierce the intestines! The poison is getting worse every day, and by now, the little princess's internal organs are probably already starting to rot!
If it were a few more days, most of its internal organs would probably be damaged!
The little princess was just a small child, not as strong as an adult. Under the power of the Seven-Day Intestinal-Piercing Powder, she might not even survive seven days!
Upon hearing this, the King of Mingyue Kingdom took a few steps back, his face filled with grief.
"My little princess!"
"Who on earth is so cruel? How could they be so vicious as to want your life?!"
The King of Mingyue Kingdom had already investigated and found out that Xu Yuehuai had no opportunity to poison him.
However, the King of Mingyue Kingdom cannot let Xu Yuehuai go yet!
Even if Xu Yuehuai didn't poison the princess, all that she did might have been an attempt to frame her. It was all because of Xu Yuehuai that the princess was poisoned!
The King of Mingyue Kingdom was now extremely angry, especially hating Xu Yuehuai, and even more so the person who harmed the little princess.
"What did the imperial physician say? Doesn't the imperial physician have any solution?"
"Quickly summon the imperial physician to see me!"
The King of the Underworld Kingdom spoke to his maid, his finger trembling as he pointed into the bedchamber!
"Alright! This servant will go and fetch the imperial physician right away!"
The maid answered and quickly went to fetch the imperial physician.
When the imperial physicians saw the King of Mingyue Kingdom, they were too afraid to face him.
Because the little princess's condition is extremely bad, the imperial physicians have no solution!
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
The imperial physician respectfully bowed to the King of Mingyue, but the King quickly told him to rise.
"Enough with the formalities, just tell me quickly, what can be done to save the little princess?"
The imperial physician wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and hurriedly said, "I told His Majesty the King that only the Tianshan Snow Lotus can save Her Highness the Princess!"
"Snow lotus from Tianshan? Where can we find it?"
The King of Mingyue questioned the imperial physician, who remained silent for a moment.
After a long while, the imperial physician said to the King of Mingyue Kingdom, "This Tianshan Snow Lotus can only be nurtured at the top of Tianshan Mountain, which is 10,000 meters high. It takes a hundred years for it to bloom, a hundred years for it to bear fruit, and a hundred years for the fruit to ripen. Even if we send people to Tianshan to find the Snow Lotus, it will not be enough to save the little princess within seven days."
As the imperial physician spoke, the King of Mingyue's complexion grew increasingly worse, turning as red as a pig's liver.
The imperial physician, feeling the oppressive gaze of the King of Mingyue, quickly said to the King, "However, I heard my master say that our Mingyue Kingdom originally had a Tianshan Snow Lotus."
"Where did this Tian Shan snow lotus go? Why have I never heard of it?"
The King of Mingyue Kingdom was quite surprised and questioned the imperial physician.
The imperial physician said, "I also heard from my master that the Heavenly Snow Lotus of our Mingyue Kingdom was given away by the founding emperor."
"The person who delivered this gift was none other than the original Imperial Advisor!"
The Imperial Advisor? The King of Mingyue frowned when he heard these two words.
The founding national advisor of the Mingyue Kingdom was also the teacher of the king of the Mingyue Kingdom.
The founding national advisor has long since passed away, leaving behind only a lonely mother and son, who have passed on the lineage to their grandchildren, all of whom are single-lineage heirs.
It is said that this grandson also suffers from a serious illness and needs rare medicinal herbs to keep him alive every year.
It's unclear whether the Tianshan Snow Lotus in the National Master's home was used by his grandson or is still kept at home; even the King of Mingyue Kingdom doesn't know.
However, if the family wanted to keep that Tianshan Snow Lotus to save their grandson's life, the King of Mingyue Kingdom could not be so cold-blooded as to take it away for the sake of his daughter, because that person was a descendant of his master!
The King of Mingyue felt extremely conflicted and torn when he thought about this.
He waved his hand and said to the imperial physician, "Alright, I understand. You may leave now. Go back and take good care of the little princess and stabilize her condition. I'll go and bring over the Heavenly Snow Lotus!"
"Yes! Your Majesty, I will certainly take good care of the little princess!"
The imperial physician bowed and withdrew.
Then, the King of Mingyue Kingdom stood at the entrance of the little princess's bedroom for a long time before leaving.
"Your Majesty, should I consult the former Grand Preceptor's family?"
The attendant beside the King of Mingyue Kingdom asked him questions, waiting for an answer with utmost respect.
"You don't need to go. I will visit you personally tomorrow!"
After all, they were his master's family members. In terms of etiquette, the King of Mingyue Kingdom naturally had to behave properly, otherwise it would leave a handle that would be detrimental to him!
"Okay!" Upon hearing this, the waiter said nothing more.
The King of Mingyue then returned to his palace to attend to state affairs.
Meanwhile, the imperial physician returned to the little princess's bedchamber, took her pulse again, and examined her thoroughly, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
"The little princess's condition is very bad..."
If we don't get the medicine soon, the little princess probably won't live more than two days!
The imperial physician was worried about being punished by the King of Mingyue Kingdom, and he was only thinking about whether there was any way to temporarily suppress the toxins in the little princess's body.
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