"What?"
Imperial Physician Wang and the others were shocked. Even Lu Zhu, who served Gu Qianying closely, looked at Ouyang Qinglin in disbelief. But in her eyes, besides shock, there was also some worry.
She knew who her young lady had in her heart. If the "body-swapping blood treatment" were to be performed now, wouldn't her young lady be... But thinking that her young lady's beloved was already dead, handing her young lady over to the National Preceptor Ouyang to take care of might also be a good choice.
Moreover, nothing else mattered at the moment, as long as her young lady could wake up.
"Third Prince, this is absolutely not allowed..." Imperial Physician Wang tried to stop him, but under the gaze of Ouyang Qinglin's devilishly charming eyes, he obediently shut his mouth.
At the same moment,
In the main hall of the first floor of the post station, two old men in white robes supported a man wearing a straw hat and entered.
"Waiter, find us a superior room." Old Man Wu casually tossed a small pouch of silver from his waist into the waiter's hand.
"Certainly, honored guests, please come upstairs."
The waiter led Old Man Wu and the other two to a superior room on the second floor and servilely brought them delicious food and wine. Afterward, the two old men chased the waiter out and closed the door.
The moment Guo Laotou closed the door, he suddenly sensed the presence of spiritual energy around them. Moreover, this high-quality spiritual power seemed very strong and very close to them. However, at that moment, Guo Laotou was worried about their Lotus Emperor's heart palpitations and did not have time to consider anything else.
The man lying on the bed, after the two old men had spent a full day using their own spiritual power to heal him, finally woke up in the middle of the night.
"Where am I?"
Nangong Mo was unfamiliar with his surroundings after waking up.
"Master, we are resting at an inconspicuous post station now. There are no evil spirits around. Master, please rest assured."
Guo Laotou served Nangong Mo some food and brought it over.
Nangong Mo did not eat, only replying with a cold "En!"
"Master, why did your heart palpitations occur earlier?" Guo Laotou took the opportunity to check Nangong Mo's pulse by the bedside while serving food. "Master, it's the Symbiotic Gu! The Symbiotic Gu effect in your body has failed? How is this possible? Could it be... that little Zi, that girl, is dead?"
Guo Laotou was shocked. They had known that their Lotus Emperor had been afflicted with the Symbiotic Gu five hundred years ago. The Symbiotic Gu was incurable, and they also knew that the other little girl who had been afflicted with the Symbiotic Gu along with their Lotus Emperor was the young Princess Zi Ling at that time.
The ending of their love-hate relationship was already predetermined, so even knowing what would happen, they naturally wouldn't care that much. Moreover, that girl Zi, in the end, was raised by their Lotus Emperor himself. That little girl should have lived and died with their Lotus Emperor.
However... now, the effect of the Symbiotic Gu had suddenly disappeared, so... could it be that Princess Zi Ling was dead?
Worried in his heart, Guo Laotou hurried to Old Man Wu and nudged him with his elbow. "Quickly calculate and see if Princess Zi Ling is really dead!"
Old Man Wu glanced at Guo Laotou. Although they were usually not serious, they were very solemn when it came to important matters.
Old Man Wu opened the window and looked at the sky. The starry sky was vast, and although the moonlight was dim, there was no chilling, turbid energy around.
He extended his fingers and performed a calculation. He turned to Guo Laotou and said, "She is still alive."
Seeing this, Guo Laotou sat down on a chair, patted his chest, and gasped for air. "Fortunately, fortunately, she is still alive." Otherwise, his master would have been beyond saving.
However, what Guo Laotou couldn't understand was that since Princess Zi Ling was not dead, why had the Symbiotic Gu lost its effect?
"Since you calculated that she is still alive, do you know where she is now?"
Guo Laotou felt that it was necessary to find Princess Zi Ling quickly to avoid any further complications.
"En... evil spirits appeared, disrupting the spiritual energy recovery of all things between heaven and earth. I, this old man, cannot detect Princess Zi Ling's exact location. We will have to think of other ways."
Old Man Wu said this without daring to look Guo Laotou in the eye, casually uttering these words.
"That's true. But fortunately, we know she is still in the Xia Kingdom. We can accompany Master to find her slowly."
With that said, Guo Laotou brought Nangong Mo a cup of hot tea with a nourishing pill in it. "Master, your body is weak, you need to replenish your strength."
Nangong Mo glanced at him and casually waved his palm over his own face. The human skin mask was removed, revealing his exquisitely beautiful face.
Ordinary human skin masks would reveal flaws after being fumbled with on the face. However, the human skin mask he personally made with seven parts spiritual power and special spiritual medicine had no flaws whatsoever.
Suddenly, at this moment, he remembered the bold girl who had touched him.
The girl's fingers were slender and long, and her appearance was beautiful. She was actually Princess Zi Ling, whom he had been searching for for many days.
The heart palpitations had to be cured with the flesh from Princess Zi Ling's chest as a medicinal guide. He had always remembered this.
But for some reason, when he saw that girl, he felt a different kind of stir in his heart.
He did not know why he felt this way!
Let him just think of it as wanting the girl's heart flesh.
With a raised palm, another brand-new face appeared. He sat up, got out of bed, and commanded Old Man Wu and Guo Laotou, "Go find some dissolute men."
Guo Laotou and Old Man Wu looked bewildered: "..." Find what?
Nangong Mo swept them with a cold glance, and the two old men quickly complied. When they were driven out of the room, leaving only three dissolute men alone with their Lotus Emperor, the two old men were in a daze. Outside the door, they looked at each other.
"Could it be that our master has been stimulated by something, so... he's started to like men?"
Old Man Wu stroked the beard on his chin and after thinking for a moment, he said.
Guo Laotou also couldn't understand the reason, but he couldn't believe that their master would suddenly change like this.
The two old men were also troubled. Therefore, after deciding, they sent several beautiful women into the room after the three men had left.
"..."
A moment later,
All the women in the room were driven out.
Old Man Wu and Guo Laotou rushed into the private room. The room was already empty.
Two days later,
On the road back to the Eastern Victory Kingdom,
Three carriages drove side by side. At the city gate outside the city, they were stopped by the guards.
"People inside the carriages, come out for routine inspection."
The leading soldier shouted coldly and led his men to surround the three carriages.
Lu Zhu, who was driving the carriages, jumped down and glared sharply at the soldiers. Before she could speak,
The awnings of the three carriages were simultaneously lifted...
The appearance of the people inside fell into the soldiers' sight...