Adoption brings disaster

Prince Gong's show of force caught me off guard. It wasn't that the death of two servants made it difficult for me, but it was the first time I felt so directly the world's indifference to human life.

In my original world, I was a corporate slave who was not even as good as these two slaves. I was probably only comparable to the waiters in a small restaurant. So for a while, I felt very sad and grief-stricken.

Although I was sad, the ones who died were just two insignificant slaves. I couldn't show too much sadness, lest some people saw it and added to the trouble.

Therefore, he could only pretend to be indifferent, explain everything clearly, and let everyone take orders and go to handle it.

Speaking of dealing with things, it is extremely time-consuming. Not many things have been arranged and it is already getting dark.

I felt uncomfortable and naturally had no appetite. Thinking that the Seventh Prince should be back soon, I didn't order any food. I just thought it would be better to wait for the Seventh Prince to come back and eat together.

It is said that the Seventh Prince has been very busy lately. When he returned to Qianqiu Pavilion, it was already dark.

As soon as he came back, he hugged me tightly and refused to let go. Although I felt sad, I absolutely could not pass on such negative energy to a child, so I pretended to be happy and had dinner with His Majesty the Seventh Prince.

I looked at the table full of delicious dishes, but I didn't have much appetite. However, the steamed fish tasted quite refreshing, so I took a few more chopsticks. Seeing this, the Seventh Prince asked Ah Er to take the best part of the fish and coaxed me to eat half a bowl of rice.

I'm over 20 years old and still need a child to coax me to eat. It's really embarrassing. The thought of this makes me feel so embarrassed that the fish I eat feels like a knife cutting my stomach.

I rubbed my stomach with my hands to make it feel better, but it didn't work. In fact, the more I rubbed, the more uncomfortable I felt.

I think it's just that too many things happened in the past two days, which caused me to have some stress reaction. I just need to rest for two more days and relax my mind.

So she didn't say anything, just rubbed her stomach slowly, and watched Chongguang eat with a smile.

Seeing that I was rubbing my belly and frowning from time to time, Chongguang asked with some concern: "Qianqiu, what's wrong with you?"

Chongguang's question made my stomach ache a little, but I didn't care, so I endured the pain and said with a smile: "I think I ate too much at noon, and now I feel a little bloated and my stomach is a little uncomfortable."

After hearing this, Chongguang glanced at Ada and others who were serving him. I knew he was just blaming them for not serving me well.

I was afraid they would be punished, so I was about to explain a few words, but then I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and I fell to the ground.

When the Seventh Prince saw me rolling on the ground in pain, he didn't care that my body was covered with greasy food from rolling around, and he just picked me up and carried me to the bed, using his inner Qi to make me feel better.

After I felt a little better, everyone helped me lie down. Chongguang also asked Ada to call the imperial physician. At this time, I let out a long, stinky fart, and the stomachache immediately stopped.

This situation was so embarrassing that I could only smile and say, "Maybe it was gas blocking my intestines. Now that the gas is out, it doesn't hurt anymore."

I didn't feel any stomach discomfort at all, so I quickly asked A'er to go and get A'da back. However, the Seventh Prince disagreed, saying that he had to see the imperial physician before he could feel at ease.

What the Seventh Prince said made sense. Besides, I was feeling so much pain that I felt a little weak, so I didn't argue with him. I just asked them to call the imperial physician.

Even if it was the Seventh Prince who invited him, that imperial physician would not dare to waste even a moment, and besides, it was Ah Da who went in person. Not long after, Ah Da rushed into Qianqiu Pavilion carrying the imperial physician on his back.

It is said that Ada was worried about my health, so he ran for his life. The wind blew the doctor's clothes into disarray and his hair and face became dirty. At first glance, he looked like a beggar on the street. I couldn't help laughing.

The old doctor didn't dare to get angry when he heard me making fun of him. He just straightened his clothes and hair before coming to take my pulse.

As the old doctor was taking my pulse, her expression changed from fear at first to joy, then to suspicion, and finally she took out a tattered medical book from her bosom and began to flip through it in front of me with a frown on her face.

My mood also changed along with the old doctor's expression, from indifference at the beginning to nervousness and now to preparing to make a will.

The old doctor looked at the medical book for a long time, and the more he read, the more furrowed his brows. I was about to cry, and said anxiously: "Doctor, what's wrong with me? Please tell me something."

The Seventh Prince became angry when he saw the imperial physician's expression, and he stood up to kick the old physician. I didn't want to become a medical troublemaker, so I quickly stopped the Seventh Prince.

This obstruction didn't matter, my stomach hurt again, as if there were many worms biting it.

I rolled around on the bed in pain. The Seventh Prince kicked the old doctor over and hugged me, saying viciously, "If you can't cure Qian Qiuqing, your whole family will be buried with you."

The old doctor was terrified to see Chongguang angry, but for the sake of the whole family, he could only force himself to say, "Don't worry, Your Highness the Seventh Prince. Your Highness Qianqiu will be relieved of the pain soon."

The old doctor was quite capable. As soon as he finished speaking, the pain went away and I let out a long fart.

Seeing that he was so accurate, I knew what was wrong with me. Naturally, I spoke very politely and said warmly, "Old doctor, you are very skilled. Please tell me what is wrong with me?"

Seeing that he was right, the old doctor felt even bolder and said, "I wasn't sure at first, but the pain your Highness was in just now has confirmed my thoughts. Qian Qiuqing must have been poisoned."

As soon as the imperial physician said this, the servants were so frightened that they immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

The Seventh Prince's face turned stern, and he glanced at everyone with murderous intent in his eyes. It was obvious that he would rather kill the wrong person than let him go.

Seeing this, I was also afraid that the Seventh Prince would really kill all these servants, so I had to hold Chongguang back and constantly comfort him in my mind. His face looked a little better, and he ignored the servants on the ground and just said to the doctor: "Since you know it's a poison, then treat it quickly."

Upon hearing this, the old doctor's face turned bitter, and he said timidly, "Your Highness, you don't know that Qian Qiuqing was infected with the Thousand Silk Gu."

"Thousand Silk Gu?"

"Yes, it is the Thousand Silk Gu. This Gu is extremely strange. To those who have never practiced martial arts, its toxicity is even worse than a bowl of rotten rice. However, to those who practice martial arts, especially peerless masters like Qian Qiuqing, this poison is invincible."

The old doctor looked at the Seventh Prince, thought about his nine clans, and changed his words: "This poison is extremely difficult to cure, and with the cultivation level of His Highness Qianqiu, I'm afraid he will only have less than a hundred days to live."

After hearing this, the Seventh Prince's temper became extremely low, and he looked like he was going to kill someone. The old doctor was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly, lost his balance, and fell down.

I saw that the old doctor was too old to withstand such a shock and such a fall, so I asked Chunyu to help him up.

He said to the imperial physician with a pleasant expression, "Life and death are determined by fate. There is no need to force it. Old imperial physician, just tell me how to remove the poison. If Tian Zhen wants to kill me, His Highness the Seventh Prince and I will never blame you."

Chongguang refused to acknowledge this and sneered, saying, "If I can't cure Qianqiu Qing, I will bury the entire Imperial Hospital with me."

I patted the Seventh Prince heavily and said weakly, "You're disobedient again."

The Seventh Prince did not argue with me, but just clenched his fists tightly, as if he was about to kill someone.

The old doctor knew that the serious Gu was more than just a joke, and naturally felt distressed, but he didn't dare show it. He could only say, "The Thousand-Thread Gu is a rare Gu in the world. The person who is poisoned must eat fish within a day for the poison to be effective. However, the person who is poisoned will have thousands of threads planted in their meridians, absorbing the person's true energy and slowly growing. The stronger the person's cultivation, the more true energy they have in their body, and the faster the thousands of threads grow. Moreover, the person who is poisoned will die in extreme pain, and the thousands of threads will rip through the body."

"Shut up your crow mouth. Your Highness Qianqiu is blessed by fate. If you say such unlucky words again, I will tear you apart alive right now."

Chongguang already had a bad reputation and was a master of martial arts. Now he was cursing with hatred. How could the old doctor bear it?

The old doctor was so frightened that his soul left his body. If it weren't for the bond of the nine clans, he would probably have been frightened to death.

But he was still scared to death, and even his voice was trembling. He couldn't say a word for a long time. I comforted him for a long time, and finally I managed to explain clearly that he understood the method of Gu.

The method of removing the poison is not difficult, because Qiansi only absorbs the true qi of the poisoned person. If it absorbs the true qi of other people, it will wither and die. You just need to find a person with stronger cultivation to let the true qi flow through the meridians of the poisoned person dozens of times, and the poison can be removed.

This matter is neither easy nor difficult. Not to mention how dangerous it is to let other people's true energy wander in your body, even when the thousand threads wither and die, the unbearable pain that the person who is poisoned will suffer makes many people stay away from it.

Although I acted calm, I was still very afraid of death in my heart, especially now that I was living a comfortable life. I didn't want to die like this. I looked at the Seventh Prince pitifully, and the Seventh Prince also held my hand to comfort me.

When the Seventh Prince saw that the poison could be cured, his expression improved a lot, but he still said coldly, "Old Doctor, can I cure the poison for His Highness Qianqiu?"

"Of course it's possible. Taoist Tianshu is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also proficient in medicine. If Taoist Tianshu is willing to help, the poison that His Highness Qianqiu has been infected with will be nothing more than a trivial matter."

"Didn't you say you don't understand martial arts? How do you know that Taoist Tianshu has profound cultivation?"

The old doctor didn't understand the meaning behind the Seventh Prince's words and continued, "Master Tianshu has profound cultivation skills. Everyone in the world knows him."

The old doctor wanted to speak, but the Seventh Prince didn't give him a chance and just said coldly, "Get out."

It was the time for Ada and Aer to show their loyalty, but when they heard Chongguang's order, one of them grabbed the old doctor's arm and kicked him out.

The old doctor was so frightened by the murderous look in the eyes of the Seventh Prince that he almost lost two of his souls. Not to mention struggling, he dared not even move. He was like a dead dog, letting Ada and the others hold him without moving.

"Everyone get out."

Everyone knew what Chongguang meant by this, so they naturally crawled out, fearing that if they ran too slowly, His Majesty the Seventh Prince would blame them if anything happened to me in the future.

Everyone left, but the Taoist priest didn't move. He frowned and advised, "Seventh Prince, your skills are too violent and unsuitable for detoxifying Prince Qianqiu."

Chongguang didn't want to pay attention to the Taoist priest. He just glanced at him and shouted, "Get out."

The Taoist priest wanted to say something, but I coughed heavily and pretended to be weak, saying, "Master, please go out. His Highness the Seventh Prince and I often practice dual cultivation together. It's okay. Besides, we need someone to protect us outside. I can only feel at ease if you protect me."

This method of removing poison is no different from the dual cultivation method, but although I don’t feel comfortable when practicing dual cultivation, I don’t feel uncomfortable either.

This method of detoxification is different. The moment His Majesty the Seventh Prince's true energy entered my tendons, I felt like someone was tearing my flesh, and I screamed in pain. However, His Majesty the Seventh Prince had sealed my acupoints early on, so I could only scream.

Chongguang's true energy traveled through my meridians. I went from screaming at the beginning, to crying bitterly, and now to a dull look in my eyes.

My true energy flowed into the body of His Highness the Seventh Prince. As time went by, the pain gradually became less intense, and my mind gradually became clearer.

I said with difficulty, "If I continue, I don't know if I will die immediately, but I will definitely go crazy. Let's try again tomorrow."

The Seventh Prince wanted to walk around again, but when he saw me, as if I had been fished out of the water, with my clothes soaked and my face pale, he softened his heart all of a sudden.

The first time I was detoxified, I don’t know how to describe it, but I was in a trance, I flew up and saw my body.

I lay in bed for a whole day and night, unable to eat anything. In the end, I had no choice but to use the root of a three-thousand-year-old ginseng to make ginseng tea to stay alive.

When I tried to remove the poison for the second time, I didn't want to do it anymore. It was so painful that I might as well die.

But His Highness the Seventh Prince did not give me the chance to refuse and directly sealed my acupuncture points to force me to remove the poison.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m used to the pain or if there are fewer threads in the meridians, but it didn’t hurt as much this time.

But after the poison was removed, I was still very weak and could only lie in bed.

Chunyu served him half a bowl of porridge, and most of it spilled out and spilled onto the bed.

After about half a month, the pain during the detoxification process was not as severe, and I could walk in the yard for a while every day.

Another half a month passed, and he was still no different from an ordinary person. He did not feel any discomfort when removing the poison. Even his skills improved by leaps and bounds. I am afraid that it will not be long before he can surpass Liu Shuiqing.

The Thousand-Thread Gu seemed to be almost cured, so I asked the old doctor to take my pulse again. Sure enough, the Thousand-Thread Gu had been cured.

After the poison was removed, everyone in Qianqiu Pavilion was overjoyed. Chunyu arranged for everyone to clean up and send away the plague god. Ada suggested going to a famous temple outside the city to burn incense, firstly to ask for Buddha's blessing, and secondly to relax. There have been several light snowfalls in the capital in the past few days, and the snow scene outside the city is still worth seeing.

Only the Taoist priest was nowhere to be seen every day. I don’t know if it was because the weather was cold or what, but he was never seen on the roof. I was afraid that he would do something annoying again, so I tried every way to stop him.

I don’t know if the Taoist priest was avoiding me or what. I tried to catch him several times but failed. In the end, I had to pretend to be sick to trick him out.

When I saw the Taoist priest, I asked directly, "Are you avoiding me?"

The Taoist priest looked ashamed and said hesitantly, "Qianqiu's current disaster is all caused by me. I really can't face Your Highness."

"The Taoist priest is obsessed with appearances. Everything is due to one's own fate. Don't blame others." I said in a profound manner.

The Taoist priest listened thoughtfully, then nodded in understanding, but his face was still ashamed. I knew that the Taoist priest was a very upright person, so he would not be easily influenced by a few words. So he said, "In the future, you should listen to more advice when doing things."

What I was thinking in my heart was, you idiot, don’t cause trouble all the time. Not only will your father have to find ways to save you, but he will also have to suffer such a terrible punishment.

Of course, such words should not be said out loud, but fortunately the Taoist priest was simple and easy to fool, and after a few more words he was convinced.

I sighed in my heart that this matter was finally over, but something happened to His Highness the Seventh Prince again.

To know what will happen to Chongguang again, please wait for the next episode.