Xue Feng felt his heart tremble. At this moment, Qing Yi withdrew the needle and stood up. He quickly stepped forward to ask, "Qing Yi, how is Your Highness?"
Qing Yi said with some annoyance, "It's all my fault for not having learned enough. Although the poison in His Highness's body has been removed, the poison of the Ten Thousand Poisons Toad is too potent. There is still a portion of the toxins inside the body, and His Highness the Crown Prince needs to expel it himself. Whether he can wake up also depends on His Highness's own efforts."
"Can he force it out with internal energy?" Xue Feng asked.
Qing Yi shook his head, "No, the poison of the Ten Thousand Poisons Toad is different from other poisons. If you forcibly expel it, I fear it will cause the toxicity to spread even faster."
"Then what should we do? In a few more days, it will be the day of His Highness's wedding to Princess Anning." Xue Feng was anxious. What could be done?
Qing Yi said, "I can only do my best to treat His Highness the Crown Prince. I hope he can wake up by then."
Xue Feng knew there was no other way and nodded, "Qing Yi, do your best!"
"Ah..."
Anning sat up in bed. The room suddenly lit up. Rong Cui rushed in from the outer chamber. Seeing Anning on the bed, she anxiously asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Anning shook her head, "I had a dream."
Rong Cui breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Highness, you scared me. I thought something had happened."
Anning looked up at Rong Cui and said, "Go and sleep. I want to sit by myself for a while."
Rong Cui curtsied and retreated.
Anning lowered her gaze. She had just dreamed of Xue Jingyun, dreamed of him surviving a near-death experience, and now lying on the bed, his life or death unknown.
Her heart ached. Just thinking of his current unknown fate caused a sharp pain in her chest.
But what did his life or death have to do with her? He was marrying her only for Xue Zining.
Mo Yuan had inquired. Xue Zining's body had been stored in the Poison King Valley. She knew a little about what kind of place Poison King Valley was, even if she didn't know much; besides using poison, they could also do things that went against the heavens.
She suspected that Xue Zining's body was there, waiting for something.
"Mo Yuan..." she whispered.
Soon, Mo Yuan appeared before her, kneeling on one knee, "Your Highness, Mo Yuan is here."
"Go and investigate what has happened recently in Huangze and Xue Country."
Mo Yuan received the order and left.
Anning tightly gripped the cup. Her fate was not dictated by heaven, but by herself.
Before dawn, Mo Yuan returned. Poison King Valley in Huangze had been annihilated overnight. Everyone had died in a great fire, and only one disciple under the Poison Master had narrowly escaped.
Anning trembled all over. "Everyone is dead? What about the body of the former Empress of Huangze?"
Mo Yuan said, "That disciple who escaped took the body and fled to Xue Country. The Crown Prince of Xue Country left one person and one coffin behind. Subsequently, the Crown Prince of Xue Country fought a great battle with pursuers, defeated them, but was also poisoned and his life or death is unknown."
"Good, I understand. You may withdraw!" Anning said.
Mo Yuan left. Anning felt she should be happy, but for some reason, she couldn't be happy at all.
The Crown Prince of Xue Country was poisoned, and the wedding might not be held as scheduled. She should be very happy, but hearing that he was poisoned, her heart ached again.
Suddenly, an arrow fiercely embedded itself into the head of her bed. If she hadn't been sitting up, the arrow would have pierced her brow, undoubtedly killing her.
After the lingering fear, she pulled out the arrow. It had only a few words on it, but they made her face turn deathly pale.
Rong Cui came in with water. Seeing her princess with a face as pale as paper, she rushed forward anxiously and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Hearing the call, Anning turned to look at Rong Cui, forcing a calm expression and shaking her head, "I'm fine, I just didn't sleep well."
She got up from the bed, went to the candlelight, and burned the note, saying lightly, "Help me wash up. I need to go out."
"Your Highness, I see you're not looking right. Why not go out tomorrow?" Rong Cui advised.
"I'm fine," Anning said.
She was going to Qianjin Tower. Because she had Wen Yuxi's token, she entered Qianjin Tower smoothly and went unimpeded all the way to Qianjin Pavilion.
Wen Yuxi was not there. She waited in the room.
She saw a painting on the table and walked over. She was slightly stunned. It was a painting of handsome men. Why she said that was because it was filled with handsome men. No, it also contained a girl surrounded by handsome men. The girl sat there, with handsome men around her, but she seemed unmoved, looking forward.
Xue Zining, that was the answer that sprang to her mind.
Here she saw Wen Yuxi, Xue Jingyun, and even the Crown Prince of Hua Country, Hua Yunjin.
"Princess Anning has arrived." A voice suddenly sounded from behind.
Anning turned around. Wen Yuxi was standing behind her, though she didn't know when he had arrived.
She nodded, "Yes, I've been waiting for you for a while."
Wen Yuxi said, "Please sit, Your Highness!"
"This painting..."
Wen Yuxi glanced at the painting and slowly said, "An experience from the past."
Seeing that he was unwilling to elaborate, Anning didn't ask further and said, "The Crown Prince of Xue Country was poisoned. Do you know?"
Wen Yuxi was slightly taken aback. How did Princess Anning know such a secret matter? However, thinking that Princess Anning was no ordinary person and must have her own sources, he no longer concealed it and nodded, "Yes, he has not woken up yet."
"Is the soul within my body Xue Zining's?"
Wen Yuxi trembled all over, looking at the young woman before him, and asked in shock, "You..."
Anning lowered her gaze and asked, "How did I find out?"
Wen Yuxi calmed himself down and after thinking for a moment, said, "Xue Changan."
"I don't know who that is, but someone delivered the message to me this morning."
"Princess Anning, things are not as you think..."
"However things are, Wen Yuxi, I hope you will tell me completely." Anning looked up at Wen Yuxi, her gaze exceptionally cold.
Wen Yuxi sighed, "It's somewhat cruel."
"It doesn't matter. I only want to know the truth. Otherwise, living in a muddle, I am not reconciled, not reconciled."
The young woman uttered "not reconciled" several times.
Wen Yuxi remained silent for a good while before finally speaking, "There is indeed Xue Zining's soul within your body, a very complete soul."
"So, how are you going to take the soul away?" Anning looked at Wen Yuxi and asked coldly, word by word.
"Soul transference," Wen Yuxi said.
Anning trembled all over, her expression tinged with sadness, "Will I die then?"
Wen Yuxi felt some reluctance, but he still uttered the word, "Yes."
Anning raised her head and looked into the distance, continuing to ask, "When will it be done? On the wedding day?"
"Yes," Wen Yuxi said.
"It's very unfair to me," Anning lowered her gaze.
"Yes, but there is no other way, because your body has a time limit. If the soul body is not transferred out before the body is damaged, it might be scattered into nothingness," Wen Yuxi said with some reluctance.