Futile Calculations

Chapter 41

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Xiao Li had the seizure in the middle of the night. The maidservant who was on guard at night heard a soft noise in the inner room. She thought it was her getting up to drink water at night, but when she went in, she was curled up and rolling on the bed, her head was sweating profusely because of her stomach ache. I can't tell anymore.

The maidservant shouted for help, the lights of the Huanxuan gradually lit up, and the courtyard was full of noise. The Nanhua courtyard immediately learned that Princess Zhennan rushed over. She was born in the Dark Night Valley. Look at Xiaoli, this is poisonous! Ji Ting was resting in the barracks that night and was not in the mansion. Immediately, Princess Yanyang ordered someone to take her name card and galloped to invite the imperial doctor.

The poison was really violent. When the imperial doctor arrived, Ji Xiaoli's face was like gold paper, and his breath was like gossamer. When the imperial doctor checked his pulse, his expression changed. He said that the poison was severe and extremely poisonous. Ordinary antidote pills are probably It's not a big deal, but I still have to try to invite the Qian secret envoy to come.

The concubine made a decisive decision and sent someone to report to Ji Ting who was rushing back to the mansion. The king of Zhennan immediately turned his horse around and went to the palace to invite the secret envoy himself.

But the key was dropped at the palace gate at night, and it has not been opened yet. Seeing Xiaoli's life hanging by a thread, and the family is in chaos, at the critical moment, Ji Xi was quick-witted and ordered a flying horse to report to the Guoshi's residence!

The National Teacher's Mansion is an hour's drive away from the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and I don't know how the Master Guoshi came, but he arrived at the Ji Mansion at the same time as the Qian Secret Envoy.

Because of Ji Ting's presence, Chen Yubai and Qin Sang met each other lightly and didn't talk much.

Xiao Li is the adopted daughter of the Zhennan Palace. It is now a tacit understanding that the Empress Dowager Duanmi is staring at the Zhennan Palace. Qin Sang had to pretend nothing happened in front of others, and even smiled brightly, walking unhurriedly in front of the State Teacher. Behind the lord, when passing in front of Princess Zhennan and Princess Yanyang, she saluted gracefully.

Master Guoshi was no different from usual, with stern brows and expressionless face, he went straight into the inner room and walked to Ji Xiaoli's bed.

The imperial doctors saluted and retreated to the side when they saw the Master, and Ji Bei, who was surrounded by the bed, also hurriedly pulled Ji Xi to the side to make room for the Master.

Master Guo Shi sat down on the side of the bed with a flick of his sleeves, and looked at the person who was lying down—I hadn’t seen him for a whole night, his beautiful little face was as pale as paper at the moment, and those wonderful eyes were tight. Closed tightly... Chen Yubai's face was cold, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitched.

The imperial doctor had just poured detoxification decoction into Ji Xiaoli, and stuffed ginseng tablets under her tongue to extend her life. At this time, she was actually awake, but her body was really uncomfortable. squinting.

Chen Yubai slowly reached out and stroked her eyes.

The little girl's body was covered with fire and ice, she was so uncomfortable that she didn't even dare to cry, her eyes were suddenly covered with a gentle coolness, before she had time to think about it, she cried out in her heart: Master!

It is the master who is here!

Sensing the slight twitching of the eyelashes in his palm, Chen Yubai moved his hand away, and seeing her open her eyes, he looked down at her, his voice was low and the same as usual: "Are you afraid?"

She was speechless and closed her eyes to answer him.

"Then now that I'm here, are you still afraid?" Chen Yubai asked her in a low voice with a smile on his lips.

The little girl who was clearly terminally ill, her slack gaze gradually became focused, and when she blinked, tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, she shook her head slowly and with difficulty.

She is not afraid anymore.

Tears dared to flow down.

Chen Yubai nodded to her in relief, "I'm not afraid either." He said softly.

Although he was galloping on a horse and the wind was whistling in his ears on the way here, his heart was full of clarity and peace.

If the poison can be cured, he can naturally save her, if not... it doesn't matter! Anyway, he made a promise with her to go to heaven to meet his parents together after living the life in this world. He has always been a promise-keeping person.

It doesn't matter whether she lives or dies—what does it matter if the days on earth are long or short

The important thing has always been that two people depend on each other.

"Close your eyes," he covered her eyes with his hands again, "sleep for a while, and you'll be fine when you wake up."

Although the person under his palm was trembling with pain and unable to speak, he obediently and tried his best to give a short and soft "hmm".

Chen Yubai felt pain like a needle prick in his heart.

He shot like the wind and sealed her six vital points, and she fell into a deep sleep.

When he retracted his hand, Chen Yubai touched her cheek lightly, it was just a slight touch of his knuckles, and Ji Xi, who was standing by the bed, had sharp eyes and frowned.

At this moment, Chen Yubai straightened up and looked back at the people in the room. He was already the disinterested and angry master of the state teacher again: "The envoy Qian is staying, the imperial doctor retreats to wait outside, and everyone else leaves the room and goes to the courtyard. waiting."

Naturally, no one dared to object to the words of Master Guoshi, and the whole room was instantly dispersed.

Qin Sang finally got rid of that careless and bright smile, and walked over quickly.

Compared with Chen Yubai's calm and breezy, she really suppressed herself, and the trembling of her slender fingers pressing on Xiaoli's pulse was visible to the naked eye.

"There's no need for a diagnosis, it's Murong Lei's poison." Chen Yubai went to Xiaoli's alchemy room, and brought back a palm-sized colorful glazed hut, which he was holding in his hand to examine carefully—sure enough, the wind chimes under the eaves There is one less.

The tone of his words was too understated, Qin Sang felt chills all over his body when he heard it - Mr. Guoshi's calm and calm appearance, without a trace of anger, was even more terrifying.

"What's going on?" She asked, puzzled.

"Yesterday he gave me this seven-colored colored glaze. I saw it was exquisite and rare, so I gave it to Xiaoli to play with." Chen Yubai said, smiling coldly, "The amount of poison is extremely small, and it is hidden in this wind chime. I didn't even notice it."

Qin Sang turned pale: "Impossible... It's impossible for him to know about Xiaoli!"

"He doesn't know about Xiaoli, what he knows is that child in the palace." Chen Yubai had already walked to the table and wrote down the antidote prescription.

Qin Sang couldn't believe it even more: "That's his..."

"Does he know?" Chen Yubai lowered his eyes and asked coldly, "He only knows that the Empress Dowager Duanmi has arrested a child, right?"

Although Qin Sang was in chaos at the moment, Bingxue was smart after all, and he figured it out in an instant: this colorful glazed hut was a temptation for the eldest prince. He deliberately chose an extremely rare and beautiful thing that children would like. Master Shi participated in the conspiracy of the Qianmi Clan and had contact with that child, so Master Guo Shi will probably give it to that child to play with after accepting it. Childish and naughty, this glass is delicate and fragile, the possibility of poisoning is extremely high.

"Did Xiaoli take it to make alchemy?" Qin Sang narrowed his purple eyes and asked bitterly.

Chen Yubai also sighed, and nodded, "The dose of this poison is extremely small, and most people will not be poisoned, but it is mixed with Murong Lei's blood. die."

Qin Sang understood it already, sighed and continued, "But who would have thought that Xiao Li put it in the alchemy furnace, the poison would be ten times stronger when heated, and her blood would be so dark... it would be more than a hundred times!"

Chen Yubai was speechless.

After writing the prescription, he took it out for the imperial doctor to make medicine, then he happily walked back to the bed, held the hand of the unconscious girl, and looked at her quietly with lowered eyes.

Looking at this scene, Qin Sang felt like burning hot oil in her heart—hate this mistake, hurt the prince for being cruel and ruthless, pity the young sister for being poisoned, and... the most terrifying thing is the master of the country—he is so abnormal right now What kind of terrible things will they do afterwards? !

"My lord..." Qin Sang still wanted to save her.

"You don't need to say more." Chen Yubai interrupted her, "You have entrusted her to me, this is not your housework."

Qin Sang wanted to say more, at this time the medicine was brought in from outside, Chen Yubai brought it in front of Qin Sang, she cut her finger with a pale face, dripped blood into it, Chen Yubai brought it to Xiaoli and took it.

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Xiao Li was in a coma for two days and one night, and finally woke up in the evening of the next day.

The concubine was weak and couldn't survive the night, so Princess Yanyang forced her to go back to rest. At this moment, Princess Yanyang is looking at the ledger on the couch, Ji Xi is not there, Ji Bei is lying on her side and dozing. Xiao Li woke up, opened his eyes and turned his head, the maid who was guarding by the side cried out in surprise.

Princess Yanyang quickly sat up and kicked Ji Bei to the ground, "Quick! The little girl is awake! Go over and have a look!"

Ji Bei ran over like a wild horse, "Putong" knelt beside her bed, cupped her face in both hands and asked, "You're awake! Have you become more stupid?! Do you know the difference between peony and rose? Know?!"

Princess Yanyang slapped her son and opened him. She leaned over and worriedly asked the man who had just woken up from a serious illness: "Do you still recognize me?! Do you know your own name?!"

"...Princess Empress," Xiaoli said with a difficult voice, "I'm thirsty..."

Seeing her talking as usual, Princess Yanyang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked the servant girl to feed her with warm water.

Not long after, the concubine hurried in with the help of Aunt Qian, and seeing her adopted daughter really woke up, she wept with joy.

The room was filled with joy immediately, Xiao Li carefully looked at everyone in the room, and casually asked with a disappointed face: "Where is my master?"

She remembered that when she was feeling very uncomfortable, the master said that she would be fine once she woke up, and she fell asleep steadily.

When she was drowsy, she dreamed of many people, but when she woke up, she wanted to see him first.

Princess Zhennan hurriedly ordered someone to invite Master Guoshi. She wiped her tears and sighed to Xiaoli: "Your master has been guarding you outside. You have slept for so long, and he has never closed his eyes."

Xiao Li blinked his eyes.

Master Guoshi walked in at this time, he didn't close his eyes for two days and one night, and only drank a few cups of green tea, but he was still the same person as a banished fairy, even his expression didn't change at all.

Seeing that she woke up, he just nodded lightly: "Wake up."

Ji Xiaoli looked at him eagerly.

Chen Yubai paused, and his voice was lower: "Is there any discomfort?"

She was still looking at him eagerly.

Originally, it was not good to get too close to her in front of everyone, but when she looked at herself with wet eyes, Chen Yubai's self-control was only enough to maintain his cold face.

With a cold face, he approached her bedside.

With cool fingers on her wrist, Ji Xiaoli narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

Everyone held their breath when they saw the Master of the State Teacher taking the pulse, but who knew that the slender fingers floated and caressed the wrist... the skin under the finger belly was as delicate as jade, and the fingers were lightly pressed, just a touch.

Just like that, Xiao Li was already very happy, his eyes lit up a little. Chen Yubai "diagnosed" the pulse for a while, let her see enough, then got up and said: "It's good that you wake up. I have something to do as a teacher, let's go first."

Everyone thanked Master Guoshi and went out, Ji Xi hurried back after hearing the news that Xiao Li had woken up, and happened to pass him by.

Second Master Ji took a deep look at Master Guoshi.

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It was already dark at this time, Chen Yubai ordered Zhennan Wangfu to send his carriage back, let go of the horse he was riding when he came, turned around and walked towards the east of the city alone.

The First Prince’s mansion has already started to be brightly lit for another day. Of course the First Prince is drinking again. Chen Yubai found him and said to him in a normal tone: “Strong alcohol hurts your body. Your Highness is taking detoxification medicine, so you should quit. It's good to drink."

The eldest prince was taken aback for a moment, and then he laughed loudly: "Why didn't you come here today to ask for an explanation? Why do you still care about my poison?"

"Since I promised the thousand-secret envoy to detoxify His Highness the First Prince, I must be concerned. As for His Highness poisoning the glazed hut—it was my own negligence, and I admit that I was negligent." Chen Yubai was gentle and polite. Said, and even sighed slightly.

Murong Lei sneered and said, "I thought that Master Guoshi always disliked the world, how come he has learned to be so polite now? Has he really been with Qin Sang for a long time?"

He wore his hair tied up today, and the drunkenness on his body only added to his unrestrained look, that handsome face shone like a pearl, making people unable to take their eyes off it.

Chen Yubai looked at him, and smiled slightly: "There is one thing that I really don't understand—His Royal Highness poisoned that child, do you know who he is?"

Murong Lei took a sip of his wine, "I also have something that I don't understand - I have had this cold poison in my body for many years, why did Qin Sang ask Master Guoshi to detoxify me today?" He smiled deeply, "That day You clearly noticed that I dripped blood into your wine, but you drank it as usual, why?"

Chen Yubai didn't answer, and the smile on his lips was even wider, but the eyes were full of thousands of miles of snow from beginning to end.

Murong Lei glanced at him contemptuously, and said slowly and coldly: "They brought up a child of a thousand secret blood by their side, plotting to take the throne of Daye. What does my blood want to do, you really think I'm drunk and don't know anything?"

"How could it be? His Royal Highness has family and country in his heart, so how could he be so drunk?" Chen Yubai sighed, "Even if you don't care about the world of the Murong clan, His Royal Highness will definitely cherish the promise you made in the past: take care of Qian Mi family, don’t let them really commit the crime of genocide.”

Murong Lei's purple eyes narrowed, and when he raised his sleeve, the scimitar came out, and the light of the knife rushed towards his face like a gust of wind and snow!

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The author has something to say: Today I asked on Weibo: Where do you stand when the Master of the National Teacher and the First Prince fight? What about Chen Yubai and Rong Lei fighting

Unexpectedly, many girls answered me like this: Let's just watch the fight between these two great gods... Well, let's beat the author for fun...