Nightingale grew up in an auction house, so she had a delicate and shrewd mind from a young age.
Seeing Nan Qiao like this, she understood what her mother wanted to ask. But fearing that the place was under surveillance, she gently squeezed her mother's hand and said, "Everything's fine."
Nan Qiao was taken aback for a moment, then quickly realized what Nightingale meant. Emotions welled up in her eyes.
Nightingale led Nan Qiao into the inner room. After carefully making sure that the surveillance spiritual sense wasn't focused on their bed, she took out some pills and handed them to Nan Qiao, saying, "Mom, these pills are for conditioning your body. Take them first."
Nan Qiao wasn't an inexperienced person. At a glance, she could tell that these pills were of the highest quality. She immediately refused, saying, "Yinger, Mom's okay. You keep these pills. Mom is already content to see you before I die."
If only she could see her husband and son...
Nan Qiao stopped herself from thinking further.
One shouldn't be too greedy.
She originally thought that she'd be trapped in the Fan Moon Palace for the rest of her life and never see her husband and children again.
Now that she could see her daughter, it was already the greatest blessing from heaven.
"Mom, these pills were refined by a friend of mine. She's an outstanding alchemist. If I need more pills in the future, I can just ask her for them," Nightingale said. After a pause, she lowered her voice and continued, "Mom, take good care of your body and play along with me in a show."
A look of confusion flashed across Nan Qiao's eyes.
But she knew that they weren't completely safe at the moment, so she didn't ask too many questions. Instead, she took the pills.
After being under house - arrest in the Fan Moon Palace for so many years, her health had been deteriorating.
As soon as she took the pills, she could clearly feel the changes in her body.
"How do you feel? Do you feel more comfortable?" Nightingale's eyes were fixed intently on Nan Qiao as she asked.
"Much more comfortable," Nan Qiao replied. "These pills are truly amazing."
Nightingale smiled and said, "Of course. My friend is a genius alchemist. I've never seen anyone better at alchemy than her."
Just as Nan Qiao was about to ask about Nightingale's friend, the sound of footsteps came from outside the palace.
Nightingale supported Nan Qiao and walked out. The person walking towards them was the Pharmacist Lu they had met before.
Beside Pharmacist Lu was a young woman in a light - pink gauze dress.
As soon as the pink - dressed woman saw Nightingale and her mother, a look of disgust flashed across her face. "Grandpa, I really don't understand why you agreed to treat a traitor of the Fan Moon Palace. Letting her fend for herself would be better," she said.
Nightingale's face darkened. Her cold eyes stared at the pink - dressed woman and said, "I didn't beg you to come. What traitor? Not following your wishes makes one a traitor?"
The pink - dressed woman, Lu Wan'er, didn't expect Nightingale to dare to refute her.
When had she, Lu Wan'er, ever been publicly contradicted like this?
So she instantly flew into a rage. "You dare to question me?"
Nightingale sneered. "What? Can't I question you when you're wrong? Do you really think you're someone special that everyone has to kowtow to you?"
Pharmacist Lu, seeing his beloved granddaughter being contradicted like this, didn't look happy either. "Saintess, are you not going to let me treat your mother?"
"If you don't want to treat her, just leave," Nightingale said, her temper flaring up. "Also, don't call me Saintess. I'm not the Saintess of your Fan Moon Palace. My name is Nightingale."
She just didn't want to hear the word "Saintess" from anyone's mouth.
Because she hated this title with a passion.
"You dare to tell my grandpa to leave," Lu Wan'er flew into a rage again and was about to make a move.
If Pharmacist Lu hadn't still retained a bit of rationality and quickly grabbed her, Lu Wan'er would probably have rushed in front of Nightingale.
When Nan Qiao saw Lu Wan'er's movement, she instinctively stepped in front of Nightingale.
Nightingale's eyes welled up with tears when she saw her mother standing in front of her.
This was her mother.
Although she had been away from her for many years.
When someone threatened her daughter, even though her own health wasn't good, she still instinctively stood in front of her.
"Nightingale, offending me like this won't do any good for your mother's treatment," Pharmacist Lu took a deep breath and said.
Nightingale remained unmoved. "What? Are you planning to do something underhanded?"
Pharmacist Lu was at a loss for words. "The Palace Master asked me to treat her. I definitely won't do anything underhanded, but the process may not be very pleasant."
"Really?" Nightingale sneered. "How you treat my mother, then when you need my blood for that so - called forbidden area, I'll also tell you that the process may not be very pleasant."
Did they really think she was a brainless and impulsive person?
How much these people hated her mother, she could tell from her mother's treatment.
They hated her mother so much, yet they still released her mother because of her threat.
So could she not know how important her blood was?
If she couldn't beat them, wasn't she allowed to use threats?
"Grandpa, this woman is so disgusting. Let's not treat her. How dare she use threats," Lu Wan'er said loudly. "I don't believe that without her, our Fan Moon Palace can't find another way."
Lu Wan'er didn't know much about these things.
In her eyes, the Palace Master of the Fan Moon Palace was the most powerful. It was just a bit of Saintess's blood.
How could they not find a solution?
Without Nightingale, they could just find another Saintess.
Nightingale looked at Pharmacist Lu with a half - smile and said, "Why don't you just listen to your granddaughter and don't treat my mother, and don't use my blood either. Go find another Saintess."
Hearing Nightingale's sarcastic tone, Pharmacist Lu was so angry that he wanted to leave with a flick of his sleeve.
But could he?
He couldn't.
He suppressed his anger again and gritted his teeth. "Wan'er is still young. She's talking nonsense. I'll treat your mother."
Nightingale sized up Lu Wan'er and said, "By her bone age, she's older than me."
Lu Wan'er was enraged again.
Just as she was about to jump up and cause trouble for Nightingale, Pharmacist Lu stopped her first.
"Yes, she's older than you," Pharmacist Lu said as he held Lu Wan'er back. "Can we start the treatment now?"
Nightingale glanced at him indifferently, and decided to stop while she was ahead. "Okay, start."
At this moment, Pharmacist Lu was full of anger. So when he started to examine Nan Qiao, all he could think about was how to teach Nightingale and her mother a lesson.
Nan Qiao could tell from Pharmacist Lu's expression that he had ill intentions. She looked up at Nightingale and saw a flash of unease in her daughter's eyes. So she remained silent.