Mu Fengqie quickly stepped forward to support Lü Yun. "Feng'er, there's still some lingering effect of the drug in your body. Go back and lie down quickly."
"No, Sister Qie. Where's Mu Nan? How is he? Is he in trouble?"
Lü Yun was so anxious that sweat broke out on her face. When she opened her eyes and didn't see the person she was looking for, she instantly panicked.
"Don't worry. He's okay. He just got a little injured. I've already treated his wound." She didn't tell Lü Yun that Mu Nan had been poisoned when he got injured. It wasn't a very virulent poison, and the antidote had already been administered.
"No, I'm still worried. I have to go and see him."
"Okay, don't be in a hurry. I'll help you over there right now."
Lü Yun looked at Mu Nan lying unconscious on the bed, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
"How could this happen? Isn't his martial art very good?" Lü Yun's trembling hand caressed Mu Nan's face.
"He was injured by the assassin's sword when he was saving you. The sword was poisoned, so that's why he's unconscious now."
"Don't worry, though. The poison isn't very virulent. I've already treated him. He'll be fine after taking a few more doses of medicine."
Hearing Mu Fengqie's words, Lü Yun calmed down. She quietly looked at Mu Nan, with undisguised affection in her eyes.
"Mu Nan, you must get better. When you wake up, I won't quarrel with you anymore. We'll live a good life from now on, okay?"
Mu Fengqie felt a bit sad looking at Lü Yun, but she didn't know how to console her.
"Mu Fengqie! Come with me quickly! The master's poison has flared up!" Hong Yi rushed in without even caring about the etiquette and dragged Mu Fengqie out.
Hearing that Jing Xinche's poison had flared up again, Mu Fengqie didn't even notice Hong Yi's way of addressing her and quickly rushed out.
She thought that Jing Xinche's poison had been temporarily suppressed, but she didn't expect it to recur today.
When she rushed to the room where Jing Xinche was, she saw that he was already unconscious.
"Quick, help me take off his clothes. I need to give him acupuncture."
Hong Yi hesitated looking at Mu Fengqie. When the master's poison flared up, he called out "Qie'er". Hong Yi knew that this was the master's way of addressing this woman. He didn't know if this woman was really capable of saving the master, but since the master trusted her, he would too.
After Mu Fengqie got the silver needles ready, she found that Hong Yi was still standing there motionless. She got a bit impatient. "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and do it!"
Hong Yi took a look at Mu Fengqie and then started to take off Jing Xinche's clothes.
After Hong Yi took off Jing Xinche's clothes, Mu Fengqie sat on the bed and inserted the silver needles one by one into Jing Xinche's body. Since she found out about the poison Jing Xinche had been infected with, she had been researching on it.
Not long ago, she came up with an ancient recipe, but she couldn't carry it out on her own because she didn't have internal energy.
"Hong Yi, come here. Help your master sit up. Sit in front of him and transfer your internal energy to him. Use your internal energy to force the poison out of his body."
Hong Yi had no choice but to follow Mu Fengqie's instructions. He helped Jing Xinche sit up and put his hands against his.
"Slowly transfer your internal energy. Don't be in a hurry. Stop when you encounter any obstruction."
Mu Fengqie constantly observed Jing Xinche's pulse and found that the poison in his body had indeed decreased a little. Although it was only a tiny bit, it was much better than no change at all.
At this time, Hong Yi stopped. Mu Fengqie looked at Jing Xinche. "Lay him down flat. The poison in his body has been forced out a bit. He'll wake up tomorrow morning. But you must remember, don't give him anything to eat, not even water."
"Then when can he eat?"
"He'll wake up tomorrow morning. He can only drink some water after noon, and only water."
"He can eat only the morning after tomorrow."
After packing up her things, Mu Fengqie went out. She needed to research that ancient recipe some more. She only remembered a little bit of the recipe. Since the situation was so urgent just now, she had no other choice but to give it a try. Unexpectedly, it actually worked!
This was an unexpected gain for her.
"What did you say? None of the people we sent out came back?"
"That's right. None of the brothers we sent out came back."
"A bunch of useless fools. How did you handle this matter?"
"I deserve to die, my lord."
"Was there any clue left at that time?"
"Don't worry, my lord. I found people from the martial world. We didn't use our own brothers."
"Good. I'm relieved then."
"Keep an eye on them. Seize the opportunity and strike again. This time, I want everyone except Jing Xinche to die!" The Empress of Nanqing stared fiercely at the person kneeling on the ground.
"Yes."
Mu Fengqie, I didn't expect you to be so lucky. I failed to get rid of you in the Yang family last time, and you managed to escape this assassination too. I'd like to see how capable you are to escape my pursuit and killing again and again!
The next morning, Jing Xinche really woke up early as Mu Fengqie had said.
"Water..."
Hearing Jing Xinche's voice, Hong Yi, who was guarding in the room, quickly walked over and helped Jing Xinche sit up.
"Hong Yi, water..."
"My lord, the mistress said you're not allowed to drink water. You can only have water at noon."
Jing Xinche swallowed his saliva. "Go and get me something to eat. I'm hungry."
"The mistress said you're not allowed to eat either."
Jing Xinche leaned against the headboard without moving. Was Qie'er taking revenge on him? He had just survived the flare - up of the poison, and she still wouldn't let him drink water or eat!
Qie'er was really too cruel.
Hong Yi went out and called Mu Fengqie, telling her that the master had woken up.
When Mu Fengqie came in, she saw Jing Xinche looking longingly at the teapot on the table, swallowing his saliva, but not daring to get up and drink water for fear of making Qie'er angry again.
Seeing his appearance, Mu Fengqie was reminded of the big dog she had raised in the 21st century. It would look like this when it saw delicious food, staring straight at it.
Jing Xinche now looked exactly like that dog.
"Cough..."
Seeing Mu Fengqie coming, Jing Xinche withdrew his gaze from the teapot on the table and turned to look at Mu Fengqie.
"Qie'er, I'm thirsty..." He wanted to drink water.
"Not yet. I used an ancient recipe and tried it on you when you were unconscious from the flare - up of the poison. It turned out to be effective. Now a bit of the poison in your body has been forced out."
"Although that bit of poison is negligible, the method is still useful."
"Then thank you, Qie'er."
"Okay, you're welcome. In your situation, you can only drink some water at noon. Oh, and only water. You can eat only the morning after tomorrow."
Jing Xinche nodded, indicating that he understood. So Qie'er wasn't taking revenge on him. He had thought too much...
"I just remembered this ancient recipe by chance. Now I only remember a part of it. But this method consumes a great deal of internal energy."
"It doesn't matter, Qie'er. I have deep internal energy."
Mu Fengqie gave him a disdainful look. "It's not your internal energy. It's someone else's. This method requires a person with deep internal energy to force the poison out of your body after I give you acupuncture."
"However, the amount of poison forced out is very small, but the consumption of internal energy is really great. That's why I said it consumes a lot of internal energy."