It's late at night.
Prince's Mansion.
A man in moon-white casual clothes stood cross-legged on the couch. A candle flickered and there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Wei Xun's voice was gentle, like a clear spring in a mountain stream.
Wei Yi pushed the door open and walked in, carrying a woman in plain clothes on his shoulders.
Ling Qingwan's body swayed, and it seemed as if she was stepping on cotton. It took her a long time to stand firm.
From the Marquis' Mansion to the Seventh Prince's Mansion, Ling Qingwan felt as if she had just had a dream.
"Uncle Liu, you should wait outside first." Wei Xun spoke in a gentle tone. Rather than giving Liu Yutang an order, it sounded more like he was discussing something with him.
Liu Yutang nodded, then walked around the desk and passed by Ling Qingwan.
"Have tea." Wei Xun personally poured a cup of tea for Ling Qingwan and slowly moved to the other side of the desk.
Ling Qingwan found it funny.
"Is this how you, the Seventh Prince, invite people to be your guests?"
She was sleeping soundly in her room when she was dragged up by a strange man and carried to the prince's mansion. Fortunately, she was not discovered, otherwise she would have been known as a fickle woman who was looking for an adulterer in the middle of the night.
Ling Qingwan didn't know whether to praise Wei Xun for his ability or blame the guards who patrolled the Marquis' Mansion at night for being a bunch of drunkards. She remembered that Wei Xun had sneaked into the Marquis' Mansion once before.
"I was rude, please don't blame me, Miss Ling." Wei Xun's lips curled up slightly, his eyes full of smiles, without any airs of a prince.
His apology was sincere, and Ling Qingwan swallowed the words that were about to be criticized back at her lips.
Although she didn't know why Wei Xun brought her to the palace in the middle of the night, Ling Qingwan always felt that Wei Xun would not harm her. In his previous life, Wei Xun was stationed at the border to protect the land of Dai Viet. He provided disaster relief and saved people, and transferred water from the south to the north, so that the people of Dai Viet could live and work in peace. Later, Dai Viet was schemed by Song Zhiqing and his gang of villains, and finally Dai Viet changed its master, and Wei Xun disappeared.
In this way, when Song Zhiqing was planning to usurp the throne, he must have included killing Wei Xun in his plan. Wei Xun must have died at the hands of Song Zhiqing and his men.
"What are you thinking about?" Wei Xun asked softly when he saw Ling Qingwan standing there in a daze and not responding.
Ling Qingwan finally came to her senses and walked to the desk and sat down.
When she got closer to Wei Xun, Ling Qingwan realized that Wei Xun's face was pale and sweat was pouring down his forehead. She couldn't help but frown, feeling worried but not asking any more questions.
"Nothing." Ling Qingwan hurriedly replied. "Your Majesty, you should tell me why you brought me to the palace."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Xunwu leaned forward, blood gushed out of his mouth, splattering the documents on the table with blood.
A strong smell of blood wafted into her nose, and Ling Qingwan frowned even more.
Could it be that the poison Wei Xun was poisoned with outside the city could not be cured
Ling Qingwan didn't have time to think about it. She grabbed Wei Xun's wrist and took his pulse to diagnose him.
"How is it?" There was a gleam of anticipation in Wei Xun's eyes.
Ling Qingwan shook her head.
“I can’t diagnose it.”
This is strange. Normally, if a person is poisoned, the toxins in the body will definitely disrupt the blood vessels. Moreover, Wei Xun looked to be seriously poisoned, so it should be easy to diagnose.
But Wei Xun's pulse was stable and there was no sign of poisoning.
Wei Xun looked indifferent, as if the result was already within his expectations.
"Uncle Liu had examined me before you, and like you, he was unable to find out what poison I was poisoned with." Wei Xun told Ling Qingwan, also worried that she would feel guilty about it.
No one can find out the truth, Ling Qingwan has tried her best.
Wei Xun also tried his best.
He slowly took out a clean handkerchief from the drawer, carefully wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then wiped the blood off the table. Ling Qingwan watched this scene quietly.
"You brought me here just to find out what's poison in you?" Ling Qingwan asked Wei Xun.
Perhaps because she had saved his life before, Wei Xun mistakenly believed that Ling Qingwan had superb medical skills. In fact, Ling Qingwan did have some skills in diagnosing and treating diseases, which were also based on the memory of her previous life. She had never seen Wei Xun's poison, so how could she know how to treat it.
Seeing Wei Xun pretending to be calm, Ling Qingwan felt a little disappointed.
"Yes." Wei Xun nodded. "I got this poison several years ago. At that time, it was not very toxic. I was leading troops to fight against the Japanese pirates, so I didn't want to let people know that I had health problems, so I kept putting it off. Until recently, the poison in my body has become increasingly uncontrollable. In the past, when it attacked, it only hurt for a moment, and it would subside quickly. Now it hurts all night long."
"Does it hurt a lot when it attacks now?" Ling Qingwan wanted to know what kind of poison Wei Xun was poisoned with, so she asked a few more questions.
He had been poisoned several years ago, and had been tormenting Wei Xun till now. What on earth was the person who poisoned him thinking? Ling Qingwan felt a chill on her back.
"Like millions of ants gnawing at your heart and lungs." Wei Xun's tone was flat, and the words came out of his mouth lightly.
Ling Qingwan took a deep breath.
"I have no choice but to ask you to come here today. My poisoning is a top secret and must not be known to anyone. It happens that Lord Ling and the prince are both in the palace and it is unlikely that anyone will notice it, so I have you to help me with the treatment." Wei Xun explained to Ling Qingwan why he was in such a hurry and brought her to the palace without even saying hello to her.
Ling Qingwan's willow-shaped eyebrows were knitted into a knot. She stared at Wei Xun blankly, not knowing what was going on in her mind.
"After you drink this cup of tea, I will ask Wei Yi to take you back." Wei Xun said softly.
Ling Qingwan took the brush and wrote a few lines on a blank piece of paper, then handed it to Wei Xun.
Wei Xun took a look at it, then folded the paper and put it carefully into his sleeve.
"I'm really sorry that I can't help your Highness." Ling Qingwan stood up, slowly bent down, and bowed to Wei Xun.
"Wei Yi."
Wei Xun called outside while quickly adjusting the position of Ling Qingwan's teacup and his own.
After saying goodbye to Wei Xun, Ling Qingwan followed Wei Yi out of the room.
The room returned to silence. Wei Xun leaned back in his chair, tapping the armrest with his slender fingers, and gradually fell into deep thought.
"Your Majesty." Liu Yutang's face was filled with worry. "Then Miss Ling also failed to find out where the poison in your body came from?"
Wei Xun shook his head and sighed helplessly.
"I should have thought of it earlier." He said. "Even a great doctor like Uncle Liu couldn't cure me, let alone a yellow-haired girl."
"Don't say that, Your Highness! I'm already doing research, and I believe that in time, I'll be able to cure the poison in Your Highness' body." Liu Yutang promised Wei Xun in a firm tone.
Until the morning, Ling Qingwan was still tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
It started raining outside. She tiptoed to get up and close the window.
Raindrops hit the eaves, making a rustling sound. Ling Qingwan simply walked to the cage, squatted down and talked to the rabbit.
"Hongdou, tell me, who is the Seventh Prince guarding against?" Ling Qingwan thought about it but couldn't find the answer.
She supported her head with one hand and picked a leaf with the other hand, teasing the furry meat ball in the cage.
"Should I stay away from the Seventh Prince?"