Sure enough, Prince Matthew still had a guard up.
However, Jiang Yi didn't care. If Prince Matthew trusted him completely, it would have been strange.
Prince Matthew spoke to Tracy, "Take her down first. After a few days, once it's confirmed to be effective for my skin condition, then I'll use this medicine!"
"Yes!"
Tracy responded and prepared to lead the woman away.
"No need to wait a few days. The medicine will take effect in five minutes. This medicine can heal all scars!"
Jiang Yi said.
Hearing this, everyone was stunned. In their eyes, Jiang Yi was clearly boasting.
In their experience, no matter how potent a medicine was, it couldn't show results within minutes.
No one present believed Jiang Yi's words.
They all thought Jiang Yi was just trying to attract attention and show off.
Even Lord Barre had a look of helplessness on his face, thinking that the consequences of boasting so grandly in front of Prince Matthew were very serious.
Lord Barre had intended to stop Jiang Yi earlier, but he couldn't. Jiang Yi had already blurted it out.
"Jiang Yi, what you say must be accounted for. If there's no effect after five minutes, I won't let you off easily!"
Prince Matthew said to Jiang Yi calmly.
"There's no need for me to lie to you. I know the efficacy of the medicine I developed myself!"
Jiang Yi smiled slightly. "If there's no effect after five minutes, I'm willing to bear all the consequences."
Jiang Yi never did things he wasn't confident about.
Moreover, Jiang Yi's medical skills were astonishing. Developing such a miraculous medicine was not surprising at all.
He could even develop more miraculous medicines than this; this was nothing.
"Prince Matthew, how could this brat possibly develop such a medicine? He's clearly talking nonsense and deliberately deceiving you, Prince Matthew. Such people must not be indulged; they must be severely punished!"
"If he's not severely punished, how can your prestige as Prince Matthew be maintained!"
A fat noble said angrily.
The other nobles began to chime in.
Jiang Yi's gaze fell on the fat noble. This fellow had troubled him more than once. It was also he who had instigated Prince Matthew to want to kill him before.
Jiang Yi had already been displeased then!
"How about we make a bet?"
Jiang Yi looked at the fat noble and smiled slightly.
"If my medicine heals this lady's scars within five minutes, I win. If it's not healed after five minutes, then I lose."
"Alright, no problem. But I'm curious, what do you want to bet? How about this, we bet ten million Eagle Coins?"
The fat noble said confidently, believing he would definitely win.
Jiang Yi sneered at this.
"What are you laughing at?"
The fat noble asked sternly.
"Betting with money is too boring. I have no interest!"
Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow.
"Then what do you want to bet?"
The fat noble frowned, not understanding what Jiang Yi was trying to do.
"Bet our lives!"
Jiang Yi smiled slightly. "Whoever loses dies. If I lose, you can take my life. If you lose, you have to give up yours."
Hearing this, everyone present became restless!
They hadn't expected Jiang Yi to be so ruthless, to bet their lives. This was simply playing with death.
The fat noble's brows were deeply furrowed, and he began to feel a little scared, as this was no joke.
"What? Are you scared?"
"If you're a coward, we won't bet. But you have to apologize to me in front of everyone."
Jiang Yi said with a cold laugh.
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding nobles were instantly enraged. These nobles valued face more than anything.
Once the fat noble apologized to Jiang Yi, in their eyes, it would not only be the fat noble losing face but also the entire Eagle Country nobility losing face.
"What are you afraid of? He wants to bet, so bet with him. We cannot lose this face!"
"That's right, even if you bet with him, you definitely won't lose!"
"To uphold the dignity of our Eagle Country nobles, even sacrificing our lives is worth it. Even if we die, it will be glorious. You are fighting for the dignity of our Eagle Country nobles!"
...
The nobles spoke to the fat noble in a torrent of words. Their words were so passionate that even they were moved.
The fat noble cursed them inwardly, thinking, "You bastards, it's easy for you to say. It's not your lives on the line against Jiang Yi. What good are all these words? If you have the guts, put your own lives on the line as stakes too..."
Now, the fat noble was in a predicament. He couldn't back down without betting. At this point, there was no turning back.
However, the fat noble soon thought of Prince Matthew.
If Prince Matthew stopped it now, he wouldn't have to bet his life.
The fat noble looked towards Prince Matthew, but Prince Matthew completely ignored him, closing his eyes as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
Finally, the fat noble looked at Prince Barre. Prince Barre also ignored him.
Now, only two words remained in the fat noble's heart: despair.
The fat noble's current situation was like walking to the edge of a cliff. He knew there was an abyss below, but he could only brace himself and jump.
The hall was silent.
Suddenly, a cold smile appeared on the fat noble's face. He had calmed down and felt that this was no big deal.
This was because he still believed that Jiang Yi's medicine could not be so miraculous, and even if he bet his life, he would not lose.
Since he wouldn't lose, there was nothing to fear.
"You want to bet your life? Fine, I'll accompany you to the end!"
The fat noble said disdainfully.
The fat noble was now full of confidence, no longer showing his previous timidity. He even looked at Jiang Yi as if he were already dead.
"Five minutes have passed now!"
The fat noble directly called two maids to bring towels and basins filled with water, preparing to wipe the woman's face dry.
Because the woman's face was covered with the medicine developed by Jiang Yi, it was impossible to tell if the scars had been healed. Only after cleaning it could it be seen.
"You're dead!"
The fat noble said triumphantly to Jiang Yi.
"You're speaking too soon!"
Jiang Yi smiled slightly.
"Even now you refuse to admit defeat? Fine, after cleaning it, let's see what you have to say!"
The fat noble's face was full of schadenfreude.
Soon, the fat noble felt something was wrong. The maid who was helping the woman clean her face froze, as if she had been frightened by something.