Chapter 247 Seeing Through Everything
"I'm relieved that there's no relapse..." Gongsun Yetong's voice trembled slightly. She looked up as if trying to see into the inner hall through Mu Binyi's body, but after realizing it was in vain, she nodded to him and was about to leave when she saw Huo Jin walking towards her not far away.
Her eyes lit up instantly. After Huo Jin and Mu Binyi exchanged a few words, she walked over with Gongsun Yetong.
"Why are you here? I heard you've been working hard in the herb garden researching elixirs for several days. If that's the case, why don't you rest properly? What if your eyes..." Huo Jin made no attempt to hide his concern for Gongsun Yetong, and his tone was quite urgent.
"I'm fine, but I'm worried about Lord Que's old ailment..."
Gongsun Yetong's voice gradually faded into the distance. Mu Binyi watched the two figures walk further and further away, and finally sighed.
As Huo Jin listened to the woman in white beside him slowly recount her recent research on the new elixir and her affirmation of curing the old ailment of the Lord of the Palace, his brows furrowed and his hands, which had been hanging by his sides, were pulled back in.
It would be better for him to tell her the truth now than for her to hear gossip from others.
"The Lord of the Palace brought a woman back with him this time," Huo Jin said, his gaze falling on Gongsun Yetong, who had suddenly stopped. "The woman has already been settled in the Lord of the Palace to rest."
She couldn't possibly be unaware of what it meant for the Lord of the Palace to be sharing a room with a woman.
"Ah..." A sigh of disappointment drifted through the air. Gongsun Yetong didn't even know how he managed to smile. "It's good. The Lord of the Palace has found a woman he likes."
"But you—" Huo Jin was about to speak when he was interrupted by the other party.
"Me? It has nothing to do with me. I'm just the physician of the Lord of the Palace," Gongsun Yetong's voice was gentle, with a hint of barely perceptible sadness. "By the way, I have to go to the Medical Pavilion to refine pills later, so I'll take my leave now."
"Do you have time to visit someone in the hospital tomorrow morning?" Huo Jin asked tentatively, her words very polite.
"Yes," Gongsun Yetong nodded, and seeing the other person's troubled and distressed expression, he asked curiously, "Who is it?"
"It's a woman brought back by the Lord of the Palace." Huo Jin's eyes were filled with helplessness, and when they fell on Gongsun Yetong, whose expression remained unchanged, he felt even more heartache.
"Alright, I'll be there on time tomorrow at 9:00 AM." After saying this, Gongsun Yetong quickly left, walking briskly towards the medical pavilion as if some raging beast was chasing after him.
Not hearing Huo Jin's footsteps chasing after her, she finally relaxed, letting tears fall from her eyes. At the same time, her nose tingled with a sense of grievance.
In the past, as a young lady of the Gongsun family, she stayed in the palace to manage the medical pavilion and research elixirs. She was only responsible for examining the poisons or secret techniques on people like the Lord of the Palace and Mu Binyi and Huo Jin. Why would she need to visit a woman who had no reputation in the Demon Palace in the morning?
Gongsun Yetong felt dissatisfied and aggrieved, but dared not show it directly. He could only agree and leave quickly to avoid losing his composure in front of Huo Jin.
In the entire palace… apart from the woman locked in the courtyard, she was the only exception…
That's why she felt "worried-free," believing that as long as she stayed by the Lord's side, he would eventually notice her and fall in love with her. But she never expected that a woman would suddenly appear and steal everything away.
Gongsun Yetong clenched his fist tightly, then suddenly relaxed it after a moment.
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Mu Jianjian held a steaming hot bun in her hand. She listened to the white-robed man in front of her and stared blankly at him. At first glance, he seemed a bit silly.
"Jianjian, is that alright?" Nian Qing asked helplessly.
"So someone will come to examine my face and treat the injuries on my face, right?" Mu Jianjian said softly after swallowing a bite of steamed bun.
"Don't believe anyone else except me. If anyone treats you badly, just channel your inner energy into the silver ring on your hand," Nian Qing's voice was deep and patient, even carrying a hint of coaxing a child. "I have to go out for a while soon. You stay here obediently, okay?"
"Mmm." Mu Jianjian smiled at him, and after the man in white left, she lowered her eyes to look at the many pastries and sweets that had been served on the table, and sighed slowly.
This is what happens when you lack strength; you can't move an inch in the Upper Realm, let alone here in the Demon Palace, where it's even more difficult to do anything.
If she wants to rebuild the transfer array, she can't do it alone...
Before she could eat any more sweets, a palace maid came to report that a physician had arrived, and Mu Jianjian immediately had him come in.
A moment later, a woman dressed in white with long, flowing hair slowly walked over. The woman had an absolutely stunning face and a temperament similar to Sang Wanyue, aloof and proud, but she seemed more down-to-earth and had a touch of everyday life.
"I am the physician who has come to treat your injuries, Gongsun Yetong. You may call me Gongsun." Gongsun Yetong glanced at the rare and exotic foods still steaming on the table, realizing that the other person had only just gotten up at this hour. Her heart was filled with conflicting emotions.
When she raised her head and subtly observed the girl in pink, she was even more confused.
The girl in pink had clear, bright eyes that seemed to reflect the stars, but they couldn't hide the ferocity of the scars on her cheeks. Her cultivation level was pitifully low, only at the Foundation Establishment stage, but there was no trace of inferiority or shame in her expression. Her every move exuded the elegance of someone from a prominent family.
"Hello, I'm Mu Yuanyuan, you can call me Yuanyuan." Mu Jianjian smiled and met the white-clad woman's probing gaze.
Although she sensed a subtle probing after the other person entered the hall, since the other person spoke politely and treated her with courtesy, she naturally wouldn't bring up the matter.
After greeting her, Gongsun Yetong began to focus on the scars on the girl's face, but his mind was filled with thoughts.
The surname is Mu... There are no famous families with the surname Mu in the Upper Realm?
After searching her mind in vain, she became certain that this person did not come from a prominent family in the upper realm.
The scar on her face was just a very common internal energy injury. If it were a female cultivator from a large family, she would probably have been healed by the family's physicians by now, but she wasn't... Moreover, large families wouldn't have a child with such a low cultivation level...
If Gongsun Yetong knew that Mu Jianjian had only been cultivating for a few years to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, he would probably be so shocked that he would call her a genius and a monster.
"Is it difficult?" Mu Jianjian asked softly when she saw the woman in white stop moving. She raised her hand to tidy her messy hair and then looked down at the light gold patterns on the delicate lines of the other woman's skirt.
If it's very difficult, then there's no need to go out of your way to remove the scars. After all, being good-looking is a bonus, not a necessity; it's just the pattern that matters...
She had seen it on the little prince's clothes before.
However, the pattern on the young prince's robe was very obvious; it was truly difficult to see unless one looked closely.
"No." Gongsun Yetong shook his head, and was about to check the girl's other old injuries when he noticed the gleaming silver ring on her right hand. "This ring on your hand..."
She blurted it out without thinking, her brows furrowing as various illusions and speculations surfaced in her mind.
"Hmm? This silver ring?" Seeing that she was interested, Mu Jianjian generously showed it to her.
"How did you get this silver ring?" Gongsun Yetong pursed his lips as soon as he finished asking, looked up at her with a questioning gaze.
"Is this silver ring special?" Mu Jianjian asked curiously, seemingly oblivious to the other person's hostility. "It was given to me by His Highness."
Gongsun Yetong gazed into the girl's pure and innocent eyes, momentarily at a loss for words.
Your Highness...
Everyone in the Demon Palace knows this title, but no one dares to say it aloud. They all call her "Lord of the Palace". Why is this woman so fearless and bold?
Moreover, this silver ring is something that the Lord of the Palace always wears on his hand; it's a symbol of his status... How could he just give it to her so easily?
They had only known each other for less than a month!
"It's nothing." Gongsun Yetong felt a pang of pain in her heart and didn't want to talk about this anymore. She slowly placed her hand on the girl's arm, tracing the purplish-blue scars on her palm, and probed the girl's body with her divine sense.
But the deeper she probed with her divine sense, the more alarmed she became.
It was obvious that the girl had been seriously injured by some forbidden technique. This forbidden technique was barbaric and cruel, and even though it had been eliminated, it still had side effects.
Logically, with damage to various parts of her body, she should be in endless pain, yet she stands here perfectly fine, without a trace of suffering on her face...
"You were seriously injured before, so I will refine high-grade pills for you to help you recover. As for your face... this ointment will heal completely after a few days." Gongsun Yetong took out a box from his hand, then took out a cauldron from his spatial bag and began to start a fire to refine pills. His movements were quick and agile, as if he wanted to finish all the medicines today.
After Mu Jianjian withdrew her hand and thanked the woman, she tilted her head and watched the woman in white start to get busy. She picked up the steamed bun that she hadn't finished eating and continued to eat it. The silence was almost eerie.
She didn't move an inch until Gongsun Yetong finished refining the elixir after an incense stick had burned.
"Take this pill every day, and it will help you recover your true energy," Gongsun Yetong said slowly as he handed the girl a small, white porcelain bottle.
"Why did you add the Spirit Monkey Orchid when you were refining the pills?" Mu Jianjian reached out and took the pill bottle, which disappeared from her hand in the blink of an eye. She lazily looked up, her eyes filled with a chilling coldness.
Gongsun Yetong was startled by the oppressive aura emanating from the young woman. She subconsciously denied it, raising an eyebrow, "Miss Mu misunderstands. I did not add any Spirit Monkey Orchid Grass. Does Miss Mu mean you don't trust my medical skills?"
Why does this woman know about herbs?
It's one thing to know herbs, but she always uses them behind her back when she's making pills, so how come she can tell the exact dosage?
“You added it in the fifth step, and quite a lot of it,” Mu Jianjian said slowly. She sighed softly, “Although this herb is not necessarily harmful, it can cause a person’s cultivation to gradually stagnate at that level, with no room for further advancement.”
Linghu Zhuoyu had told her about this herb before, because the original purpose of the Spirit Monkey Orchid was to save the lives of cultivators who failed to advance and fell into inner demons. Although they could not advance, it was much better than falling into madness.
Although she trusted the young prince, the people around him did not, especially the woman wearing a white robe with similar patterns sewn on it.
Everyone had been keeping a close eye on her while she was refining the pills, but they never expected that she would actually get lucky.
After all, she doesn't recognize all herbs.
"As for not believing in your medical skills?" Mu Jianjian looked up at the increasingly pale and fragile face of the woman in white. "It's only the first day I've met the doctor, so it's only right that I'm cautious. It's not that I don't believe in your medical skills, it's just that I don't believe in your good intentions."
She sighed inwardly, remembering that when she first sought out Linghu Zhuoyu to learn medicine, the first thing she learned was about herbs that could save lives. If Gongsun Yetong had been more ruthless and had used poison, she probably would have been dead long ago.
The girl's voice was light and casual, yet it seemed to clearly state what Gongsun Yetong had done.
Gongsun Yetong was already filled with resentment and sadness. Her tricks were easily exposed, and in her anger, she raised her hand and unleashed her true energy, intending to subdue the girl instantly and take out the porcelain bottle she had hidden in her spatial bag.
If this person were to reveal this matter, what would her parents and clansmen think of her? What would her fellow disciples in the medical pavilion think of her?
How will the Lord of the Palace view her?
The only way is to destroy the porcelain bottle she just took back, so that there will be no evidence against her now. Even if she complains and cries, others will choose to side with her, the young lady of the Gongsun family. Perhaps even the Lord of the Palace will think she is being meddlesome and rude.
“If you calm down, you’ll see that I don’t have any spatial pouch on me,” Mu Jianjian said without dodging. She even took a ceramic bowl from the table next to her and took a sip of tea. “Even if you control me, you won’t find that bottle of pills.”
I just ate too many steamed buns, and now my throat is a bit dry.
Gongsun Yetong's heart trembled violently once again upon seeing the girl's calm and composed demeanor.
Her cultivation level was more than three levels higher than hers, so why...did she not even try to dodge?
After concentrating and releasing his divine sense, Gongsun Yetong discovered that, just as the other party had expected, there was indeed no trace of a spatial bag on her!
Why did the elixir disappear into thin air?
“This is one of my secret techniques, which allows the pill to appear in other places,” Mu Jianjian said casually, but the confident expression on her face made it seem like she was telling the truth. “As long as the pill is still there, I have evidence against you.”
"Do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?" Gongsun Yetong glanced at him coldly.
“You’re not that kind of person,” Mu Jianjian said gently, seemingly not looking at an enemy. “The people in the palace respect you greatly, which shows that you have considerable medical skills and that your conduct is generally well-received. Besides, how could a physician who practices medicine and saves lives kill the patients he is treating?”
Gongsun Yetong tightened his grip on the hand hidden in his sleeve as he watched the young girl speak these words with a smile.
She underestimated this girl. Despite her previous innocence and harmlessness, she was able to pay attention to everything around her and even see through her completely.
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