The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

Seeing Xia Tongsheng's eagerness to fabricate a lie, he preferred to remain ignorant rather than let her lie to him again, and said in a deep voice, "This time it's fine! But don't let it happen again!"

What?! Not going to pursue the matter?! When did the prince become so magnanimous, not even punishing me!

Without time to think, she immediately curtsied, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Min Youan waved her hand, signaling her to leave. She had just stepped outside when she saw Yingling waiting there. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Miss!" Yingling cried out in distress when she saw her.

She quickly wiped away Yingling's tears, "Don't cry, don't cry, it's my fault. I promise I'll never leave without saying goodbye next time!"

Seeing that Yingling was still crying, Xia Tongsheng felt extremely guilty. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!"

"You're not allowed to scare me like that again! I was so worried!"

Xia Tongsheng held up three fingers and swore, "I promise, I will never do it again!"

After she left, Min Youan went to the study, where Cang Jue was waiting with a serious expression. He asked, "How's the investigation going?"

Cang Jue shook his head, "This subordinate is incompetent and has not been able to find out who poisoned him!"

He narrowed his eyes and frowned. "Even you didn't notice a single clue?"

"They must have received professional training! Otherwise, they wouldn't have left no clues at all!"

"How did the princess know she was afflicted with the chronic disease? Wasn't it something that even the doctors couldn't diagnose?" Min Youan, true to her meticulous nature, immediately grasped the crux of the matter.

"this......"

"Follow this line of investigation!" he said sternly.

"Yes!"

That evening, Cang Jue received a message and came to report, "Your Highness, we've found out! The Princess Consort knew she was under the influence of the Slowing Robe because a doctor at a clinic told her!"

Min You'an frowned. "A doctor from a medical clinic?"

"Yes, and this morning, someone saw the Princess go to that clinic again for treatment!"

"It seems this doctor is no ordinary person!" His brows relaxed as he figured out the intricacies of the matter.

Three days later, at dawn, Yingling held Xia Tongsheng's hand and exclaimed, "Miss, your hand!"

Xia Tongsheng was sleeping soundly when she was startled awake by her shout. She asked groggily, "What's wrong?"

Yingling lifted her hand and held it in front of her eyes, "Look!"

Xia Tongsheng focused her gaze on her hand, where a thin red line appeared. "It's nothing!"

“Miss, tell me the truth, are you beyond help? I've noticed that the Prince has been treating you very well lately! A few days ago you secretly ran away, and the Prince went to great lengths to find you. I originally thought that with the Prince's temper, he would definitely make you suffer! I didn't expect you to come out unharmed!”

"Um, I guess the prince got kicked in the head by the horse when he was looking for me that day and forgot to punish me!"

Yingling pointed to the red thread and asked, "Then what's the story behind this red thread?"

"Little girl, this red thread is a good omen! It means your young lady is about to recover!"

"Miss has suffered for so many days and is finally getting better. But I don't understand why you didn't tell the Prince about Consort Gu poisoning you? Wouldn't it have been much easier for the Prince to force Consort Xue to produce the antidote?"

“I also want to tell the prince, but I have no evidence. What if I tell the prince about this and Gu Xue says I framed her? Besides, the prince’s feelings for Gu Xue are not ordinary! So I can’t take the risk.”

"Sigh, this is so difficult!" Yingling shook her head and sighed, indicating that she was exhausted.

A week later, Xia Tongsheng's health improved significantly, and as Cao Tian had predicted, the red thread slowly extended from her wrist to her elbow, indicating that she could be detoxified.

Xia Tongsheng lied to Yingling that she was going out to see Lin Jiuyang and asked her to keep an eye on things at the mansion. Seeing that Xia Tongsheng's health was gradually recovering these days, Yingling was not too worried and let her go without worry.

When she arrived at the clinic, Cao Tian first looked at the red thread on her wrist. "Yuqian, go and close the shop. We have something important to do today!"

"Yes, master!"

Cao Tian led Xia Tongsheng to the backyard, where a large pot of medicinal herbs was placed in a room. Xia Tongsheng only recognized one of them, goji berries.

Cao Tian put the pot lid on, "Take off your coat, sit inside, and call me when you're all sweaty!"

Xia looked at the steaming room, which was like a modern sauna. The heat was so comfortable!

An hour later, Xia Tongsheng noticed that the pores all over her body were slowly opening up and beads of sweat were beginning to form. She shouted, "Dr. Cao, I'm sweating!"

"Wait!"

Cao Tian brought in the silver needles. Looking at the long needles and thinking about how they would soon be piercing her flesh, Xia Tongsheng was a little scared. "Dr. Cao, will these needles hurt?"

He was polishing the silver needles one by one when he heard her ask. He deliberately picked up the thickest needle, looked at the tip, and said, "It depends on my mood. If I'm in a good mood, it won't hurt; if I'm in a bad mood, it will hurt!"

"Are you in a good mood now?" Xia Tongsheng asked cautiously.

"Okay!"

Does it hurt or not?! Xia Tongsheng was going crazy!

Cao Tian checked the things he would need later and realized he had forgotten one. He called out to the door, "Yuqian, go get some peach blossoms!"

"Where can you find peach blossoms this season?" Xia Tongsheng remembered that peach blossoms bloom in March, but it's already late autumn now. Let alone peach blossoms, you can't even find peach leaves!

"I planted a few myself! The poison in your body must be cured with peach blossoms!"

"Peach Blossom?"

What?! Her illness doesn't require snow lotus or ginseng from the Tian Shan Mountains; it only needs peach blossoms, which are commonly seen, to cure it! Suddenly, this illness doesn't seem so aloof at all.

Seeing the disdain in Xia Tongsheng's eyes, Cao Tian couldn't help but say, "Don't underestimate this peach. Its medicinal value is extremely high. From the peach tree, leaves, flowers, and even the roots and stems, everything can be used to treat illnesses. You could say the whole thing is a treasure. Peach branches can treat sudden heart pain, and white peach blossoms can treat edema and fluid retention. Let me tell you, for someone like you with qi and blood deficiency, peaches would be very good. But I don't have any peaches here, so I can only make do with peach blossoms! But the effect should be the same!"

Xia Tongsheng couldn't help but feel speechless. "What do you mean by 'make do'? What do you mean by 'should be the same'?"

Cao Tian patted her shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm a reliable doctor, I won't kill you!"

Xia Tongsheng chuckled inwardly, "What do you mean by 'can't cure it to death'?"

The silver needles, quenched over a fire and dipped in peach blossom juice, were slowly inserted into Xia Tongsheng's body.

To be honest, Xia Tongsheng didn't experience the pain of being pricked by needles that she had expected. She just felt a swelling and some discomfort. With silver needles pressing on all the acupoints on her body, Xia Tongsheng sat obediently in place like a lotus-sitting Guanyin.

The clinic was closed today, and Cao Tian stayed by Xia Tongsheng's side the whole time. Five hours later, the skin where the steel needles were inserted slowly began to turn black. Only then did Cao Tian breathe a sigh of relief and slowly pull the silver needles out.

This time, Cao Tian asked her very seriously, "How are you feeling?"