14. A Change of Attitude
The Twin Gu, the more normal its name sounded, the more unspeakable it actually was.
And this princess’s problem was even stranger. She was in a state of being both dead and alive. On the surface, she should be a dead person, but she had been revived by a strange method.
In other words, she was dead, but not completely dead. She was alive, but not completely alive.
“The Nine-Tailed Min is secondary.” Yan Chuyue, after pretending to write a letter that would never be sent, said, “The problem is, if I remove the Twin Gu from her, what will happen?”
“The Twin Gu has given her the state of ‘death.’ Although this state is negative, it has also ensured that her meridians are those of a dead person, meaning they are non-existent and naturally will not react to the chaotic spiritual energy.”
“If the Twin Gu is removed, her heart meridian will likely be instantly torn apart by the true essence in her body that has not yet been refined. At that time, even if Senior Ghost Physician were to come in person, she would probably be helpless.”
According to Yan Chuyue, this girl was in a difficult situation. She didn’t know how to cure her, but continuing to maintain this state was not a solution.
After all, even Yan Chuyue couldn’t figure out what method could counter the Twin Gu’s “scapegoat” effect, and what its side effects were.
“So you’re stalling them to think of a solution?”
Hearing this, Yan Chuyue shook her head. “Yiling, there’s actually a safest way to remove this Gu.”
“What way?”
“The cruelest part of this Gu is that it’s very unfriendly to the offspring host. But this unfriendliness can be exploited.” Yan Chuyue said, “As long as the mother insect dies, the offspring will die with it, and at the same time, it will absorb all the cultivation of the offspring host.”
“This way, the spiritual energy in this girl’s body will be absorbed by the poison. However, the mother insect host will never be able to be planted with the Twin Gu again. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for anyone.”
This method could solve all of Murong Yun’s problems once and for all, but the premise was that the mother insect’s host really had that kind of determination.
You had to know, there was more than one offspring. If this scapegoat, Murong Yun, was no longer usable, His Majesty the Emperor would have more scapegoats.
To cleanly and neatly restore this girl to her original state, His Majesty the Emperor himself had to give up the option of a scapegoat.
For a sister who was originally raised as a tool, would this Emperor really give up this ability?
The answer was, of course, no. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have locked her up here and constantly searched for doctors.
The so-called concern for this girl was just to show some of the kindness a royal brother should have. Only this method of avoiding death… was quite intriguing.
Thinking of this, Yan Chuyue had already released the carrier pigeon in her hand.
After leaving this place, the pigeon would only follow the scent of medicine back to a deep mountain. This letter, which recorded the information about the Twin Gu, would also be destroyed in the wind and rain.
However, this matter was imprinted in the hearts of Gong Yiling and Yan Chuyue.
No matter what, choosing one’s own sister as the object of the Twin Gu was an infuriating act.
These two wanted to see what kind of person the one who had climbed to the throne on the lives of so many people was.
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After leaving the courtyard, Lord Yuan’s attitude towards Yan Chuyue was clearly more respectful.
He deliberately waited by the carriage and, after inviting Yan Chuyue and Gong Yiling to get on, he got on himself and said to the two inside, “His Majesty greatly appreciates your ability, Miss Yan. Next, His Majesty will host a banquet in the Huayang Hall to entertain you and your assistant.”
“If you have any dietary restrictions, please tell me, and I will have my subordinates send a message ahead.”
“No need for such trouble.” Miss Gong suddenly said in a childish voice, “My young lady said that visiting His Majesty was just to get a chance to open a shop here. Since His Majesty already appreciates my young lady, this banquet is not necessary.”
Lord Yuan immediately said, “You’re mistaken, Miss Yan. Since you’re staying in this city, you will naturally get to know many other pharmaceutical merchants. His Majesty has invited them all to have a good chat with you.”
“This is a rare opportunity. You won’t refuse, will you?”
Oh ho.
Gong Yiling couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
It wasn’t that she really didn’t want to go, but she wanted to put on some airs and test this old man’s attitude. However, she didn’t expect him to be so insistent on their arrival.
But come to think of it…
Once the war started, what would be the most needed?
Simple, healing medicine and pills.
The higher the grade of the healing medicine and pills, the more they could reduce the casualties of the soldiers. And these pills were always in high demand. Any high-level alchemist would be favored by this old man.
In a sense, this was like Sima Zhao’s heart, known to all passersby.
“Ahem…” Miss Gong didn’t even need to ask Yan Chuyue and said, “My young lady doesn’t eat cilantro, doesn’t eat houttuynia, is fine with spicy food, doesn’t eat fish with many bones, doesn’t eat goose, and doesn’t eat egg yolks.”
Hearing this, Yan Chuyue couldn’t help but be taken aback.
They had been separated for a long time, yet she still remembered her eating habits, and she said it without a single mistake.
Chuckling softly, Yan Chuyue also said, “My medicine boy has almost no dietary restrictions, like a trash can. But her stomach used to be weak, so she rarely eats raw food, and spicy food can’t be too spicy.”
“Of course,” she said, turning to Gong Yiling and winking, “I just don’t know how this girl’s stomach is now.”
This sentence also made Miss Gong pause for a moment.
—So this girl… still remembered that her stomach was weak?
Indeed, even though she could eat anything now, she still didn’t touch things like pickled crabs or raw fish.
These were all due to her past habits, not something that could be changed just by getting a new body.
But for this girl to still remember, it couldn’t help but make a warmth flash in her heart.
On the other side, Lord Yuan couldn’t help but ask, “Does the medicine boy also eat at the same table as Miss Yan? That seems to be against the rules.”
“Rules?” Miss Gong was a bit annoyed. “Little Hua Hua is going to eat with me. If you can’t even handle this small matter, then this meal, it seems I have no need to attend.”
Don’t ask, just assume Yan Chuyue was now full of confidence, and she didn’t care about any rules. Could she just leave Yiling on the side?
