"Miss, Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Lu Zhu, who had been guarding by her side, saw her young lady's pale face, her body slumped, clutching her chest, her voice changed with pain, and she immediately panicked.
She had never seen her young lady like this.
Without bothering with anything else, Lu Zhu turned to open the door to call for help.
A red shadow suddenly flashed in.
"What's wrong with her?"
Ouyang Qinglin quickly walked to Gu Qianying's side and reached out to touch Gu Qianying's shoulder, but was repelled half a zhang away by a powerful internal force.
"Ah!"
Her heart felt as if it were being pierced by a thousand needles. She was in so much pain that she couldn't control herself and dispersed all the true qi within her.
As she raised her eyes, she could clearly sense that there was a faint evil aura around.
Invisibly, several ghostly claws generated by the evil aura surged towards Gu Qianying.
At the same moment, Gu Qianying jumped off the bed and leaped out the window without hesitation.
"Miss!"
"Little thing!"
Lu Zhu and Ouyang Qinglin followed out, one after the other.
In the jungle, in a large clearing, a woman in a black robe landed and drew her sword, hacking at all the trees half a meter away without any pattern.
One after another, invisibly, many black shadows holding swords seemed to be attacking her. Trees broke and fell, and sparse leaves flew everywhere.
The woman's eyes were tinged with red, and she was muttering something under her breath.
The spiritual energy gathered in the heavens and earth poured into the woman's body. "Bang!"
Perhaps because the woman's body could not withstand the spiritual energy absorbed from the heavens and earth, she was thrown into the air and lay in mid-air, falling into a daze and passing out.
The moment she fainted, she vaguely heard someone say, "Finally found them, that's great, our master will be able to come out soon!"
Invisibly, the evil aura that enveloped the surroundings dispersed. At the same time, the spiritual energy gathered within the woman's body was also slowly sealed, and the heavens and earth returned to normal. The woman landed steadily.
When Ouyang Qinglin and Lu Zhu arrived, they only saw Gu Qianying lying on the ground, not knowing if she was unconscious or asleep.
The two of them hurried over, Ouyang Qinglin picked up Gu Qianying, and Lu Zhu followed behind.
After the two brought Gu Qianying back to the post house, they found that Gu Qianying had entered a state of deep unconsciousness. Ouyang Qinglin used his connections in the Xia Kingdom to find imperial physicians from the Xia Kingdom's Imperial Hospital to diagnose Gu Qianying.
The new Empress Chen, who was handling memorials in the palace, rushed over upon hearing that Gu Qianying was in trouble.
However, she didn't even get to see Gu Qianying's face before being driven back to the palace by Ouyang Qinglin. The reason given was that her presence would be useless, and it would be better to call more imperial physicians for treatment. Moreover, the palace was in great need of her to preside over the overall situation, and she should not leave the palace.
Therefore, after returning to the palace, Chen Shi summoned two more imperial physicians and a physician who understood a little about蛊術 (gu shu - witchcraft/sorcery) from the Imperial Hospital to diagnose Gu Qianying.
Although Chen Shi did not know what illness Gu Qianying had contracted or why she was unconscious, she felt that it was always right to find more physicians.
"What, the Symbiotic Gu?"
Ouyang Qinglin's evil brows furrowed, and he looked at Imperial Physician Wang, who had a pockmarked face and a slight understanding of蛊術, with a charming and sinister gaze.
Imperial Physician Wang knelt on the ground, not daring to look up, and only nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it is the Symbiotic Gu. Miss Gu has been afflicted with the Symbiotic Gu by someone else. Judging by the time of affliction, it has been a long time. The Symbiotic Gu requires both a man and a woman to be afflicted simultaneously. The Symbiotic Gu has a peculiar appearance. The mother Gu is about the size of a baby's fist, without facial features, shaped like a meatball, entirely pink, with a pair of tentacles on its chest.
The son Gu within the Symbiotic Gu is slightly smaller than the mother Gu and is transparent. The Symbiotic Gu needs to be placed near the hearts of the man and woman, surviving on their heart's blood. It can sense the emotions between the man and woman. When the mother Gu is in love, the Symbiotic Gu will exhibit its ability, sensing the existence of the son Gu, and also sensing its location, thus allowing the lovers to reunite. If either of them falls out of love, the other will also sense it, and the Symbiotic Gu will gnaw at the heart, causing unbearable pain.
This was originally a Gu that allowed men and women to love each other. However, when Miss Gu was afflicted with the Gu, she was also fed with the Grass of Severed Emotions. She was not allowed to fall in love. Once she fell in love, she would be in constant pain. This indirectly caused the man and woman afflicted with the Symbiotic Gu to be unable to love each other. The mother Gu (or son Gu) would consider them to have changed their hearts, and then both would experience chest pain.
If the pain is deep and lasts for a long time, it can also indirectly lead to amnesia. Naturally, the period of amnesia will also vary."
As he spoke, Imperial Physician Wang's eyes fixed on the teapot on the nearby table.
Well... he was a little thirsty!
Ouyang Qinglin glanced at him, and he quickly lowered his head, continuing to speak, not daring to make any requests.
Lu Zhu, who was also listening intently, saw this and poured a cup of tea for Imperial Physician Wang, handing it to him.
Imperial Physician Wang did not say anything superfluous, but his eyes were full of gratitude. He quickly drank the tea in the cup and then continued: "According to my observation, the purpose of the person who afflicted Miss Gu Qianying with the Symbiotic Gu was not to make this couple fall in love with each other. On the contrary, it was to make them hurt each other and never be together in this life."
What a cruel heart!
Imperial Physician Wang felt that Gu Qianying was very pitiful, suffering the pain of being backlashed by the Symbiotic Gu. However, at this moment, Ouyang Qinglin's attention was no longer on the same track as his: "The Symbiotic Gu requires both a man and a woman to be afflicted, which means that to this day, the man who was afflicted with the Gu along with her is still alive in this world?"
"Ah?"
Imperial Physician Wang suddenly looked up, his face filled with surprise as he looked at Ouyang Qinglin. He couldn't quite keep up with Ouyang Qinglin's train of thought.
"Hmm?"
Ouyang Qinglin gave Imperial Physician Wang a sinister and charming glance. Imperial Physician Wang quickly replied: "Reporting to Third Prince, yes. If one of them dies, then the Symbiotic Gu will automatically become invalid."
"Is there a way to remove it? When will our young lady wake up?"
Lu Zhu saw that Ouyang Qinglin had been delaying asking how to treat and remove it, so she asked herself.
At this moment, she was only worried about her young lady's health.
Imperial Physician Wang looked at Lu Zhu, then cautiously glanced at Ouyang Qinglin. Seeing that the Third Prince was not angry, he quickly responded in coordination: "There is a way, but it is very risky. I don't know if Third Prince agrees..."
Without the Third Prince's consent, he naturally did not dare to make any suggestions.
"Speak!"
Ouyang Qinglin also wanted to know what method could be used.
"By exchanging blood, the pain of being gnawed by the Symbiotic Gu can be transferred. Of course, the person who exchanges blood should not be too old or too young! After exchanging blood, this person may become a new couple with Miss Gu and will be permanently together with Miss Gu. However... the two people who exchange blood will have roughly the same life force, meaning they will have to live and die together. If one of them has an accident, the other will also be like this... But the only difference is that Miss Gu will no longer suffer the pain of being gnawed by the Symbiotic Gu, but the person who exchanged blood with her will often suffer the pain caused by the Symbiotic Gu.
Of course, after exchanging blood, the son Gu on the man who was originally afflicted with the Symbiotic Gu along with Miss Gu will crack and lose its effect with the mother Gu.
Imperial Physician Wang explained it very thoroughly.
After a moment of silence in the room, only Ouyang Qinglin's cold voice was heard as he looked at Imperial Physician Wang: "You will handle the blood exchange. Ensure it is foolproof."
Imperial Physician Wang knelt and replied: "Yes, Your Highness, but who will be the person to exchange blood?"
"I, this Prince!"