After Doctor Lu finished his examination and was about to use silver needles to acupuncture, Nightingale reached out her hand to stop him. "There's no need for acupuncture. Aren't you an alchemist? Just use pills on my mother."
Doctor Lu had always held a high status in the Moon Palace, so no one had ever told him how to conduct treatment when he was treating patients.
He exerted great self - restraint to suppress the anger rising from the bottom of his heart.
Just as he managed to suppress his anger, Lu Wan'er beside him couldn't control herself.
"Who do you think you are, daring to interfere with how my grandfather treats patients?" Lu Wan'er jumped up and down like a madwoman. "My grandfather is the most skilled doctor and alchemist in the Moon Palace. It's your good fortune to have my grandfather treat you."
Doctor Lu knew something bad was about to happen when he heard this. He immediately raised his hand and knocked Lu Wan'er unconscious.
Lu Wan'er didn't understand why her grandfather knocked her out even at the moment before she fell into a coma.
"Miss Nightingale, the treatment with silver needles has the best effect," Doctor Lu said, suppressing his inner anger. "So I suggest using silver needles."
Nightingale gave a casual glance at Lu Wan'er who was lying unconscious on the ground. She took Nan Qiao's hand and comforted her before saying, "I don't like silver needles, so just use pills."
"You..." Doctor Lu really felt that in his long life, he had never met such a stubborn person.
"If Doctor Lu thinks his pills can't cure my mother, he can give up," Nightingale said calmly.
Even if he wanted to give up, the palace master wouldn't allow it.
Finally, Doctor Lu took out a pill and said, "Fine, then use the pill."
Nan Qiao sat on the side without saying a word.
When Doctor Lu took out the pill and handed it to Nan Qiao, Nightingale took it over immediately. "Okay, Doctor Lu, you can leave now."
"No. Since I'm a doctor, I must watch Nan Qiao take the pill," Doctor Lu's eyes flashed a cold light.
Nightingale's eyes flickered slightly. She gathered a bit of power in her hand holding the pill to wrap it up, then handed it to Nan Qiao and said, "Mother, take it."
Nan Qiao took it and swallowed the pill without hesitation.
Nightingale helped Nan Qiao stand up and said to Doctor Lu, "My mother needs to rest after taking the medicine. Please leave, Doctor Lu. Don't forget to take your noisy granddaughter with you."
Doctor Lu was so angry that he was about to smoke again when he heard his granddaughter being so disliked.
But thinking that the pill would melt as soon as it entered the mouth, he had nothing to worry about. He helped Lu Wan'er and left.
As soon as Nightingale heard the departing footsteps, she immediately walked behind Nan Qiao and forced the pill out of her.
It was done quite quickly, and Nan Qiao spat it out within just one or two breaths.
The spiritual aura outside the spat - out pill was almost destroyed.
Nightingale's eyes flashed with surprise. "Mother, did you know there was something wrong with that pill?"
Remembering what had happened in the past, a cold light flashed in Nan Qiao's eyes. "I fell into their hands back then because of a colorless and odorless poison developed by Doctor Lu. Otherwise, they would never have been able to catch me."
"So it's because of this that you've been on guard against Doctor Lu?" Nightingale asked.
Nan Qiao nodded. "Yes. Plus, I saw something wrong with your expression before, so I knew there was something wrong with this pill."
"Why did you still take it?" Nightingale remembered that when she handed the pill to her mother just now, she took it without hesitation.
And it was even after knowing that the pill was problematic.
"Because the pill was given by you," Nan Qiao's words instantly made Nightingale's eyes turn red.
Although she would never harm her mother.
But after being separated for so many years, her mother's trust in her touched her deeply.
Nan Qiao lovingly looked at her daughter and then asked, "How did you manage to prevent the pill from melting just now?"
"I learned it from a friend," Nightingale said. "My friend is very powerful and has taught me many skills. This is just one of them."
"You're very lucky to have such a friend, Ying'er. You must cherish her," Nan Qiao said.
Nightingale nodded. "Don't worry, Mother. I will cherish her."
Five days passed in a blink of an eye. Doctor Lu would personally deliver the pills every day and watch Nan Qiao take them.
On the sixth day, the vice - palace master appeared with Doctor Lu.
Seeing the vice - palace master, Nightingale knew that what was coming finally came.
"Now you can give me the refining method of the antidote," the vice - palace master said. "I've already asked Doctor Lu to cure your mother's illness."
Nan Qiao's condition had indeed improved a lot.
Not only did she look good on the outside, but her internal physical condition was also good.
Of course, this was because of Nightingale's own pills.
If she had taken Doctor Lu's pills, she would have looked good on the outside, but her internal condition would have been incurable.
"Sure," Nightingale said and then told Doctor Lu the herbs and methods needed to refine the antidote.
After Doctor Lu listened, the vice - palace master asked, "How long will it take to refine it?"
Doctor Lu replied, "It can be done today."
The vice - palace master nodded, then looked at Nightingale and said, "Tomorrow, you'll go to the forbidden area in the back mountain with me."
"Okay, but I have a request," Nightingale said. "My mother must go with me."
She would never leave her mother alone here.
What if her mother was locked up again and used as a threat?
The vice - palace master glanced at Nan Qiao, and Nan Qiao also looked at him.
Finally, the vice - palace master nodded in agreement. Before leaving, he said, "When your strength is insufficient, being together might also be a burden."
Nightingale said calmly, "That's my business. You don't need to worry about it."
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The next day, the vice - palace master and Doctor Lu personally took Nightingale and her mother to the back mountain.
The back mountain was extremely large. Nan Qiao had been imprisoned on the outer periphery before, while the forbidden area was in the inner periphery.
Nan Qiao knew that they wanted to use Nightingale's blood to activate the forbidden area.
Once Nightingale started to bleed, she would hardly have a chance to survive.
Nan Qiao wanted to take her daughter away.
But this was the Moon Palace, full of experts and formations everywhere.
As Nan Qiao saw that they were getting closer and closer to the forbidden area, she became more and more anxious.
"Mother, don't worry," Nightingale comforted her. Seeing that the people in front were a bit far away from them, she pulled her mother to slow down and whispered in her ear, "Find a chance to escape later."
Nan Qiao's eyes suddenly widened. "You mean you want me to leave you alone and escape by myself?"
"Mother, I'll find a way to escape," Nightingale said. "Their attention will be on me at that time. You just find a place to escape. You should be more familiar with the Moon Palace. If you can't escape, you can find a place to hide first."
"What way do you have to escape?" Nan Qiao frowned. "It's a forbidden area. Once it's activated, it's basically impossible to escape."