The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 193: Infected with a Strange Poison

Although it was already past midnight when they returned to the manor.

But even so, the time before dawn was still very long for Mu Rong.

Xu Rongrong slept very soundly, maintaining the same position as when she first fell asleep, without moving at all.

This was not the first time Mu Rong had seen her sick, but no matter which time, it was not as frightening as it was now.

Looking at her purple complexion and abnormal body temperature, Mu Rong's face was also covered with a layer of blue-gray color.

He held Xu Rongrong's hand tightly, feeling her unbalanced body temperature. No matter how hard he tried, the hand in his palm was still as cold as usual.

His lips were tightly pursed, and his face and hands were covered in bloodstains that had not yet dried. The sight was shocking in the dim light. Luo Shu couldn't bear to watch over it any longer and advised, "Miss, I and Wen Yao are here to guard you. Your Majesty should take care of your injuries first."

"No need." He didn't even raise his head, staring at the girl on the bed with a serious look, afraid of missing any of her movements.

Finally, there was a strange sound outside the door.

Mu Rong's eyes, which had been covered with a layer of gray, suddenly brightened up, and the next moment he appeared outside the room.

The darkness before dawn often brings people a sense of desperate loneliness.

Today, it is even worse.

A figure fell heavily into the yard. It was Mu Lu, and he was carrying someone on his back.

"Master, I have brought the palace doctor."

The bumpy ride from the capital to the mansion had left the palace doctor completely dazed. If Mu Lu hadn't held him steady, he would have collapsed. He looked up and saw Mu Rong standing before him, looking embarrassed. He immediately dismounted from Mu Lu's back and wiped his face with his sleeve. "Your humble servant..."

"No need to be polite, just go in and see her." Mu Rong interrupted him.

"Yes!" The palace doctor did not dare to delay.

In Xu Rongrong's room, three charcoal basins were glowing with red flames, but even so, they could not resist the faint chill that permeated the room.

"This..." The doctor in the palace felt that something was wrong and hurriedly sat down in front of Xu Rongrong's bed to feel her pulse.

However, Xu Rongrong's pulse was so complicated that the palace doctor had never seen it before. His fingers on Xu Rongrong's wrist were almost frozen.

As time goes by, the detection of pulse becomes weaker and weaker.

Beads of sweat formed on his forehead. He was a skilled doctor, and although he had not been employed by the Imperial Hospital, his reputation was well known to the nobles of the capital. He had examined the pulses of countless nobles in the capital, but Xu Rongrong struck him as different.

When they first met, her malnutrition and the experiences she had in the mansion made him feel sympathetic.

Later, she took advantage of Xu Liu's poisoning to completely eliminate her biggest threat in the Xu Mansion. Such "treasonous" courage made him sigh.

He had also heard about what she had done for the people of Yuzhou in Jiangnan.

This is the girl, now she looks like this...

And he was helpless!

"Please forgive my incompetence!" The palace doctor looked ashamed.

Upon hearing this, Mu Rong spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Master Hou!"

"Master!"

Everyone exclaimed, and the palace doctor rushed to examine him. Mu Rong raised his hand to stop him: "It's okay."

That night, Mu Rong's energy was greatly depleted. He had just used up most of his internal strength in order to cure Xu Rongrong's cold. Therefore, when he suddenly heard the news that Xu Rongrong had no doctor, he could not resist for a while and that's why he behaved like this.

Mu Ai understood his master's situation best, and he hurriedly consoled him:

"Don't worry, sir! Luo Chen is on his way back with Doctor Shu. He has great medical skills, so I think he will have a solution."

Mu Lu also nodded repeatedly: "He's a little slower than me, but he should be here soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shu Qing, accompanied by Luo Chen, quickly entering the yard.

The two of them were in the same miserable state as the palace doctor.

"How is the county lady?" Shu Qing's voice was hoarse when he spoke.

On the way here, Luo Chen had already described most of Xu Rongrong's symptoms. Shu Qing had never heard of such a situation before, so he asked Mu Rong, "Is your body still as cold as ice?"

Mu Rong nodded.

Shu Qing did not dare to delay and stepped forward immediately.

Seeing Xu Rongrong's expression, he knew why there was such a solemn atmosphere in the room.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down a little, and then placed his cold fingers on Xu Rongrong's equally cold wrist.

Gradually... an incredible expression appeared on his tired face.

When Luo Chen described it earlier, he just thought that these people were too concerned about Xu Rongrong and were making a fuss out of nothing.

After all, how could there be such a strange disease?

But now, he knew that what Luo Chen said was true...

He had never encountered such a strange pulse. If she was seriously ill, her pulse was extremely strong, no less than that of a young man; but if she was fine, why did she look so cold to the bone?

He closed his eyes, and his whole body seemed to sink into the pulse.

The palace physician also gathered around. When he had just examined the county lady's pulse, the cold had made it harder to feel her pulse. But how could this physician, before him, have persisted for so long?

After a long time, Shu Qing slowly opened his eyes.

"How is it?" Mu Rong looked at him, hope glittering in his eyes.

The person in front of him was Shu Qing, who was later hailed as one of the five best doctors in the capital.

If even he couldn't do it... he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Shu Qing said slowly: "The county lady is infected with a strange poison."

"Poisoned?" Mu Rong frowned. "Do you know what kind of poison it is?"

Shu Qing shook his head: "It is because I have never seen this kind of poison in my life that I call it a strange poison." "What harm will this poison do to Rongrong?" Mu Rong asked.

"Although it won't kill someone instantly, I'm afraid... if things continue like this, the county lady won't survive more than ten days."

"Ten days?" Mu Rong's pupils shrank. "Is there a solution?"

Shu Qing pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head: "If we want to detoxify, we need to find out what poison the county lady has."

"Rongrong's mount also died of poisoning. Can we learn anything from this?"

Shu Qing's eyes lit up: "Where is the mount?"

Mu Ai hurried forward: "It's in the backyard, I'll take you there."

At this time, the sky was already getting light, and when Shu Qing left, the palace doctor also followed him.

For doctors, the more skilled they are, the more they regard learning and exploration as their lifelong pursuit.

On the way to the backyard, the palace doctor asked, "The county lady's pulse is strong and powerful. How did you know she was poisoned?"

Shu Qing had always been aloof and arrogant. In the past, he would have certainly turned his back on strangers' questions. But now, when he turned around and saw the palace doctor's appearance, he knew that he had also rushed here overnight for Xu Rongrong, so he became more patient.

"It took me an incense stick of time to check the county lady's pulse just now. The pulse has strengthened a little bit during this incense stick. If it continues like this, within ten days, the county lady will die suddenly from the hyperactivity of the pulse. If this happens to an ordinary person, if it is not caused by poisoning, I can't think of any other explanation."

"I see, sir, you are very skilled!" The palace physician took a half step back. "My last name is Wang, and I am a palace physician in the residence of the Minister of Works. I would appreciate your guidance."

"Oh." Shu Qing replied muffledly, "My name is Shu Qing."