Ji Fengyao noticed Sun Shouli's "life-or-death curiosity" gaze, turned around and smiled sweetly at him, saying, "Imperial Physician Sun, do you want to see more clearly so you can die more peacefully?"
Sun Shouli: "!"
Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you, but I don't want to die!
He quickly twitched and waved his severed hand. Sun Shouli's old eyes widened, and he promptly fainted.
Xi Que walked over, gently nudged him, and smiled at Ji Fengyao, "Miss, this old imperial physician can actually faint so easily, how adorable!"
“This is a case of someone getting wise with age; it’s quite interesting,” Ji Fengyao said with a smile.
She put away her needlework and had Xique carry the old woman onto the soft couch to prevent her from catching a chill.
Next, Ji Fengyao went to the unconscious Sun Shouli, used acupuncture to reattach his severed hand, and used a jade piece taken from her spatial storage as a splint to fix it in place. Then she fed him a recovery pill, and finally used acupuncture to erase his memory of the night. She whispered in his ear with a mind-awakening technique, "The silver notes in your bosom are a reward from the Empress Dowager. After returning to the capital, retire and go back to your hometown to live a peaceful life with your family."
Sun Shouli's eyes darted around twice beneath his tightly closed eyelids before he fell into a deep sleep.
“Miss, you’ve already done more than enough by healing him, why are you giving him so many silver notes?” Xi Que pouted, quite puzzled: “He’s just an old imperial physician I’ve met a few times, not even a friend.”
“These silver notes are worthless to us, but to him, they are the foundation for his family’s livelihood. We cultivators cultivate ourselves, but even more so, we cultivate our minds; we cannot be saintly white lotuses, but we should not be stingy with a helping hand,” Ji Fengyao gently instructed Xique.
Xi Que nodded solemnly and replied, "Miss, I understand."
On the other side.
Upon learning that Ji Fengyao and Xique had gone to the Empress Dowager, Lin Shuang was overjoyed:
This is truly a stroke of luck for her!
Touching the small porcelain bottle in her arms, Lin Shuang couldn't wait any longer. She pretended to be very tired and said to Bai Lu, "Bai Lu, I don't know why I feel very uncomfortable today. Why don't you stay on night duty tonight and I'll go to sleep for two hours and then come back to relieve you?"
"Okay, sister, go and rest first. You get a good night's sleep and come tomorrow morning. There's no need to rush to get up and relieve me." Seeing that Lin Shuang's complexion did seem to be bad, Bai Lu was especially considerate in seeing her out the door.
Lin Shuang gratefully squeezed her hand and said, "Good sister, I know how you feel about me, and I will never forget you in the future."
"Sister, what are you saying? We're all in this together. If you're well, I'm well too." Bai Luyi squeezed Lin Shuang's hand back and urged her with genuine concern, "Go and rest. Don't think about anything else."
Lin Shuang nodded, returned to her room, and closed the door behind her.
She took out the small black porcelain bottle from her bosom and said to herself, "Bai Lu, you and I are the same. The princess doesn't like us, but I remember your kindness. Once I and Brother Xiao get married and have a better status, I will definitely rescue you from this misery and make sure you no longer have to be a lowly servant."
Lin Shuang took out a pot of wine from her storage ring and mixed the colorless and odorless medicinal liquid from the small porcelain bottle into it.
She peered through the crack in the door, making sure Bai Lu had returned to her room and wasn't paying attention to her anymore, before quietly opening the door and slipping out, hurrying towards Hei Xiao's room.
Black Owl was meditating in the room.
Because he was prepared for Shang Beiyu to make some unusual moves and might go out at any time, he did not lock the doors and windows.
Lin Shuang mustered her courage and tried pushing the door open!
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