Although Master had warned him time and time again not to cause trouble for Han Yunxi and Long Fei Ye, he had never been so resolute.
Jun Yi Xie looked at Bai Yanqing in disbelief, waiting for an answer. Why?
Bai Yanqing was completely focused on handling the small plates of poison on the table, as if he didn't hear Jun Yi Xie's question.
Jun Yi Xie waited for a long time. He wanted to ask again, but he didn't dare. He knew his Master's temper since he was young. It was useless to ask more. He lowered his head, bowed, and turned to leave.
However, Bai Yanqing opened his mouth and asked calmly, "Little Xie ah … Would Master harm you?"
Jun Yi Xie turned around abruptly and saw that his Master was still focused on handling the poison and didn't look at him. However, an indescribable feeling welled up in his heart. It had been so many years, and it was rare for his Master to call him by his nickname.
He stood there for a long time and looked at him for a long time. He didn't seem like the arrogant and merciless Duke of Kang at all. Instead, he seemed like a child who was easy to coax.
"This disciple obeys Master's orders!"
He bowed respectfully again and turned to leave. He had listened to his Master's words since he was young. Everything he had today was planned for him by his Master. Of course, his Master wouldn't harm him.
He would let Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi live happily for a while. He believed that when he had complete control of Northern Li, his Master would definitely take action.
Not long after Jun Yi Xie left, Bai Yuqiao climbed up from the grass and returned to Bai Yanqing's side.
She found that the poison that her Master had been playing with had all disappeared. In its place was a type of blood with a strange aura.
Bai Yuqiao knew that this blood was taken from her Senior Brother by her Master. Master had told Senior Brother long ago that there was nothing special about this blood. It was just the blood of a poisoned fish. However, during this period of time, she had seen her Master studying the poison in this blood more than once.
It was only after she came to Northern Li that she found out that her master had been hiding something from her senior brother.
Just as Bai Yuqiao was feeling suspicious, he inadvertently turned around and met Bai Yanqing's sharp eyes. Bai Yuqiao hurriedly retreated and knelt down. "Master, Bai Yuqiao didn't see anything!"
Although Bai Yuqiao was young, she was naturally intelligent and quick-witted. In addition, she had served Bai Yanqing for so many years, so she could understand any of Bai Yanqing's expressions.
Bai Yanqing just glanced at her and said nothing. It was precisely this kind of indifferent attitude that confused the smart Bai Yuqiao.
She stood up silently. Like Bai Yanqing, she acted as if nothing had happened and waited quietly by the side. Still, she couldn't help but pray silently in her heart. Master, ah, master. Senior brother treats you like a father and listens to your words. You mustn't harm him!
Northern Li's Duke of Kang had been removed from his position and expelled from the imperial clan. News of this set off a storm in the imperial court as people scrambled for power and profit, adding insult to injury. Betrayals in Jun Yi Xie's camp were a daily occurrence, but only the stupid would actually participate. The truly intelligent ones knew that the Northern Dynasties Emperors were only putting on a show for Medical and Medicine City. Jun Yi Xie still held Northern Li's most important assets in his hands: the horse farms and snow mountains.
Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi had taken over Medicine City and caused a storm in Northern Li's imperial court. All of Cloud Realm Continent's powers were talking about this with great relish. Even Tian An City and Western Liang City were paying close attention.
In Tian An City, Long Tianmo had wanted more than once to personally head south and invite the Duke of Qin to join forces against Western Liang and Western Zhou. Unfortunately, General Mu and Mu Qingwu both objected.
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Qin won't come," Mu Qingwu was certain.
"Even if he doesn't want to come, we have to find a way to make him come!" Long Tianmo was clearly irritable. "Now that he's even taken over Medicine City, all of Cloud Realm Continent's southern regions are under his control. If we don't invite him now, then when?"
General Mu finally broke into a cold laugh. "Your Majesty, if the Duke of Qin wanted to come, he would've done so long ago. Why wait until you invited him? As this old official sees it, Your Majesty should keep an eye on Western Liang instead of worrying about the Duke of Qin. I heard that Empress Chu's belly is already three months old. "
Using Chu Qingge's belly to deal with the Chu Clan was much easier than targeting the Duke of Qin. Hearing General Mu's reminder, Long Tianmo's restless heart finally calmed down.
Emperor Tianhui's illness had long been beyond cure. As long as Chu Qingge didn't give birth to a prince, the Chu Clan would have no chance at all. As for the adult princes in Western Liang, Long Tianmo didn't care about them at all.
Long Tianmo looked at General Mu seriously and murmured, "Zhen knows what to do!"
It was unclear what Long Tianmo was planning, but Emperor Tianhui's illness was getting worse by the day in Tianliang City. Meanwhile, Chu Qingge's baby was already three months old.
As soon as she found out she was pregnant, Chu Qingge's first thought was to kill the father, but Chu Tianyin stopped her.
No matter whether she was pregnant with a boy or a girl, the child would definitely be a boy. Chu Tianyin had already prepared everything. Even so, Emperor Tianhui couldn't die, because there were still four other imperial princes in Western Liang. All of them coveted the throne and wanted Emperor Tianhui's life even more than Chu Tianyin!
If Emperor Tianhui died before Chu Qingge's child was born, then there was no way the throne would fall to his unborn child. Thus, Chu Qingge not only had to think of ways to stabilize Emperor Tianhui's condition, but also guard against the four imperial princes' schemes.
Chu Qingge had been bitterly enduring this entire time, but when she heard that Han Yunxi had stolen all the limelight in Medicine City and that His Highness Duke of Qin, who hadn't been invited, had personally come to Medicine City to pick up Han Yunxi, her heart was filled with uncontrollable jealousy.
Why was she suffering in hell while Han Yunxi stayed by Long Fei Ye's side? She wasn't any worse than Han Yunxi to begin with. She'd been working hard all this time, but why couldn't she catch up to Han Yunxi?
She couldn't accept it! She believed that all she lacked was a bit of luck and opportunity.
Like a madwoman, she couldn't wait to take revenge.
Today, she took advantage of Chu Tianyin's absence and ignored the protests of her trusted aides to leave the palace and visit her father at the Chu Clan's estate in Western Liang.
As soon as she entered the study, Chu Qingge fell to her knees. "Father, please agree to daughter's request. Otherwise, daughter will never give birth to the child in my womb!"
Great General Chu was both surprised and angry. "Who allowed you to come?"
Unexpectedly, Chu Qingge took out a dagger from her sleeve and held it against her belly. "Father, please agree to daughter's request!"
Great General Chu was stunned. He knew that this daughter of his was proud and arrogant, but he never expected her to be so cruel as to threaten him with the child in her womb.
Seeing the ruthlessness in his daughter's eyes, Great General Chu's eyes flickered with worry. He was afraid that if he pushed this girl too far, everything the Chu Clan had painstakingly built up in Western Liang would be destroyed in a single day.
"Fine. What do you want father to agree to?" Great General Chu asked.
"Destroy … Han Yunxi!" Chu Qingge spoke word by word. She knew that her father and brother wanted to rule the world. Once the child in her womb ascended to the throne, they'd be the true rulers behind the curtains. Then she'd be nothing more than a puppet. Thus, she had to make things clear first.
A complicated look flickered past Great General Chu's eyes. He was more or less disappointed with Han Yunxi. After all, he'd been looking forward to her arrival!
"Father, please agree to my request!" Chu Qingge was moved beyond words.
"Han Yunxi is Long Fei Ye's wings. Don't you worry, when the Chu Clan truly becomes enemies with the Duke of Qin, we'll break his wings first!" Great General Chu was certain.
"I want everything related to Han Yunxi to be under my control!" Chu Qingge made her demands clear.
"You!" Great General Chu was furious. "You're simply making trouble!"
Chu Qingge didn't speak. Instead, her dagger pierced through her clothes. Alarmed, Great General Chu immediately rushed over, but Chu Qingge only grew more ruthless.
"I agree to your request!" Great General Chu practically roared, afraid that he'd be too late.
"Forgive daughter for being disrespectful, but daughter hopes father can swear an oath," Chu Qingge said seriously.
Great General Chu was about to suspect that his daughter had lost her mind, but he had no choice but to comply. The only thing he rejoiced in was that this damned girl hadn't asked him to swear not to kill Long Fei Ye. He had long known of her feelings for the Duke of Qin.
With her father's promise, Chu Qingge was finally satisfied. She walked out of the courtyard and looked up at the blue skies of West Liang, one hand stroking her slightly protruding belly. She told herself to endure a little longer. Seven more months and it'll all be over.
Far away in South Ning City, Han Yunxi had no idea that hatred was growing in the distance. She'd been busy at Pill Fiend Pharmacy dealing with medicinal ingredients and was in a good mood.
After fainting last time, she hadn't dared to rush into the poison storage space. Instead, she'd rested enough to enter two or three times to make sure everything was going smoothly. Finally, she set her sights on Lil Thing.
Today, Lil Thing was curled up like a cat sleeping by Gu Beiyue's side. Han Yunxi had to search for half a day before she found it.
She walked over and pretended to be careless as she picked up Lil Thing in her arms.
Lil Thing opened one eye and saw that it was Mama Yunxi. It immediately looked around with both eyes and saw that Baddie Long wasn't around. Finally, it relaxed and snuggled up in Mama Yunxi's arms for a while before curling up into a ball and falling asleep.
Han Yunxi gently patted Lil Thing and asked, "Doctor Gu, don't you take your afternoon nap?"
"I'm not used to it." Gu Beiyue smiled faintly. His smile was even warmer than the winter sun. He glanced at Lil Thing and added, "Take advantage of today's scorching sun to dry these ingredients in the sun."
"Just leave it to the servants. You're the head doctor, yet you're doing it yourself?" Han Yunxi smiled.
"These ingredients are precious, so I don't feel at ease," Gu Beiyue said seriously.
Han Yunxi was fretting over an excuse to leave, so she quickly said, "Then I won't disturb you any longer."
As soon as Han Yunxi left, Lil Thing immediately woke up. It stared at Gu Beiyue, its shifty eyes darting around. It was obvious that it didn't want to be separated from the gentleman.
Still, it didn't refuse Mama Yunxi's embrace. Ever since Papa Long and Mama Yunxi had gotten back together, it hadn't slept in her arms again.
Only when the gentleman's thin figure was out of sight did Lil Thing obediently go back to sleep.
Neither Lil Thing nor Han Yunxi knew that Gu Beiyue's figure had vanished into thin air as soon as they left.
By the time Gu Beiyue reappeared, he had followed Han Yunxi to the Duke of Qin's Leisurely Cloud Pavilion. He stood outside the window and took in everything inside, but Han Yunxi was completely oblivious to his presence …
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