In the northwest corner of the capital, there is a street called Fugui Road.
Fugui Road, as the name suggests, is where rich people live. Of course, this is not the residence of wealthy families, but a villa.
Ximen Xiaoyue also had a villa here. After she was divorced, she lived here temporarily.
A green-roofed sedan stopped at the gate of the villa. A man in a cloak wrapped his clothes tightly and walked into the yard with his head lowered.
There are always many troubles around an abandoned woman, so the wall of this villa is very high so that outsiders cannot peek in.
Ximen Xiaoyue had been waiting for a long time. When she saw him come in, she hurried forward and took off his cloak for him. "It's hard for you. You have to wear a cloak in this hot weather to hide your presence."
The man stretched out his hand and gently brushed her cheek. "It's okay. For you, I'm willing to die of heat, not to mention the heat."
Ximen Xiaoyue's face flushed, and she said shyly, "You're lying."
"Why would I lie to you?"
"You are the prime minister, and you are just deceiving women here. I don't believe you." Ximen Xiaoyue smiled sweetly and turned to go in.
The person who came was Prime Minister Xia. Ever since he divorced Ximen Xiaoyue, they had been meeting secretly in this villa.
He walked up quickly, picked up Ximen Xiaoyue by the waist, and laughed, "You don't believe me, right? Just wait and see how I deal with you today."
"No, put me down." Ximen Xiaoyue screamed with a sweet smile on her face.
The door of the wing room was kicked open and then quickly closed. The maid standing outside the door was far away, but she could still hear the sound coming from the room, a sound that made her blush.
After a long time, everything in the room calmed down.
"When will we no longer have to be so sneaky?" Ximen Xiaoyue hugged the quilt, put her head in Prime Minister Xia's arms, and asked aggrievedly.
Prime Minister Xia reached out and stroked her hair, "It's almost there, it's almost there."
He lifted her face and asked, "Have you told the Duke?"
"I've told you that grandfather will bring it up at the next morning court session. Don't worry, Xia Zian has identified the epidemic area." Ximen Xiaoyue said coldly.
"That's fine. As long as she dies, I can marry you legally." Prime Minister Xia said coldly.
"Will you really keep your promise?" Ximen Xiaoyue looked at him eagerly, feeling extremely empty inside.
"Of course," Prime Minister Xia tapped her lips, his eyes obsessed, "Marrying you is what I have always dreamed of. I have already told you all the dirty laundry in my family. Once Xia Zian dies, I will have no children. I am waiting for you to marry me and give birth to a few big fat boys for me, who will inherit the family business in the future."
Ximen Xiaoyue said shyly: "Shameless."
"You're not going to have a baby?" Prime Minister Xia laughed evilly, "Then I have to find another woman to have a baby with?"
"You dare?" Ximen Xiaoyue suddenly sat up, "If you dare to find another woman to give birth to, I will kill her."
Prime Minister Xia held her hands and stared at her, "Little fool, you are enough."
After hearing this, Ximen Xiaoyue said emotionally: "If you are good to me, I am willing to do anything for you."
Prime Minister Xia said, "Silly girl, how can I bear to let you sacrifice for me? This time I have no choice but to let you talk to the Duke. After this matter is settled, the only thing you have to do is to dress yourself up beautifully and wait for me to marry you. This time you will no longer be a co-wife or concubine, but the legitimate wife of my mansion."
Ximen Xiaoyue leaned on his chest and said nothing more.
She was not a fool and knew that this man was using her, but she didn't care as long as he fulfilled his promise and married her.
She also believed that there was some truth behind this exploitation.
Zi'an went to the palace, but couldn't think of anything about acupuncture, so he started with Ni Rong.
Ni Rong talked about what happened that day, and then said: "Although everyone thinks that it was not a zombie patient who bit me, I always feel in my heart that it was, because I will never forget that stench in my life."
Zian asked, "Can I see your wound?"
Ni Rong said: "Of course, but the scars are much lighter now."
The scar was indeed much lighter, and it could be said that it faded faster than ordinary scars. There was a black spot left where the teeth had left it, like an ink spot. Zi'an picked it up with a needle, "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt. I don't feel anything."
Zi'an asked, "Recall the situation of the person who bit you."
"I couldn't see his face clearly, but I could see that his eyes were very red and his face smelled bad, which was very similar to that of a zombie patient."
"I remember you came back and said you felt dizzy. Besides dizziness, did you have any other symptoms?"
"My heart is beating very fast, I feel anxious, and I am thirsty and want to drink water."
"You showed signs of poisoning at the time. I later gave you a large amount of light salt water to flush your stomach." Zi'an thought about it. When he was bitten, it was impossible for him to show symptoms immediately. Therefore, the dizziness and palpitations were due to poisoning. He had taken poisonous herbs.
The incubation period of this disease should not be long. Now Ni Rong shows no signs of an attack, proving that he was not bitten by a zombie patient.
However, the person he described looked very much like a zombie patient.
Zi'an suddenly lost all clues and didn't know where to start.
"Where is the prince?" Zi'an asked.
Ni Rong said: "The prince has been in the meeting room in the palace. He has not stopped since this incident happened."
"Aren't you with him?" Zi'an saw that Ni Rong was mostly with Murong Jie, but today he was not with him.
Ni Rong said: "No, the prince ordered me to go outside the city to watch over Wang Yu, and General Su returned to the capital."
"So that's how it is. Well, I'll be leaving too. Think about it carefully. If there are any details you haven't told me, tell me right away."
"Okay." Ni Rong sent Zi'an out.
As soon as he got on the carriage and reached the alley entrance, he saw Murong Jie riding back.
He was obviously preoccupied and did not even notice Zi'an's carriage. Zi'an wanted to call him, but seeing that he looked haggard and his eyes were red, and he seemed extremely upset, he did not want to disturb him and asked him to go back and rest for a while.
Xiao Tuo followed closely behind. He actually saw Zi'an's carriage, so he rode up to Murong Jie and said, "Doctor Xia."
Murong Jie looked back and said, "Yeah!"
"Aren't you going to call her back?" Xiao Tuo asked.
"No, Xiao Tuo, go and tell her to find an excuse to leave the capital during this period of time." Murong Jie said.
"Why? We are in great need of people right now." Xiao Tuo asked in confusion, "Besides, she knows medical skills, better than the imperial doctors."
"You can think of it, but others can't? She knows medical skills, but you can also see that she has no way to treat this zombie disease." Murong Jie said with a sullen face.
Obviously, he didn't like others mentioning that Xia Zian knew medical skills. Today, he had already smelled some conspiracy, and this conspiracy might involve her.
(End of this chapter)