General, you should rest now; the lady is even more ruthless.

Jiang Qiqi was chatting casually with Gong Ting when suddenly her temples started throbbing uncontrollably.

She rubbed her temples, but the bad feeling grew stronger.

"Your Highness, I am very sorry to have disturbed your mood, but I have important matters to attend to later and I am afraid I cannot chat any longer."

Jiang Qiqi made up an excuse to end the conversation.

It's funny to say, but Jiang Qiqi, as a top modern spy, uses the country's most advanced technology products, but in reality, she is quite superstitious and believes in all sorts of things.

If you feel inexplicably unwell, something bad is definitely going to happen.

......

When Jiang Qiqi rushed back, the General's Mansion was in chaos because Shen Luo's poison had relapsed.

She looked around and saw that only Twelve was there.

"Twelve," Jiang Qiqi asked, pointing to the servants running back and forth in the mansion, "what's going on here?"

Twelve was so anxious that she kept biting her fingernails. Seeing Jiang Qiqi at this moment was like seeing a savior.

"Madam, you're back. My master was talking to me peacefully when he suddenly fainted."

Jiang Qiqi frowned: "Where is the doctor?"

"The doctor just arrived and is already inside taking my pulse."

At the same time, Nineteen received the news and rushed back, his face showing undisguised worry.

"How is Master? Why did he faint outside?"

Twelve briefly described the scene at that time:

"My master and I hid in the distance and watched the two hidden guards enter the back gate of the Jiang residence. My master instructed me to keep an eye on things and not to alert them. Then... then I just fainted."

Nineteen, in a fit of rage, spat, "What nonsense are you spouting! I just fainted!"

Twelve: "Yes!" He also quickly said "Pui pui pui".

For the past two years, it has been Nineteen who has been taking care of Shen Luo's poison. It can be said that he understands Shen Luo's body better than Shen Luo himself.

The usual interval between poisoning episodes is three months, but it has been less than two months since the master's last attack. Even if the poison has deepened, it shouldn't have happened so early.

After a moment's thought, Nineteen asked, "Did Master use his internal energy?"

Twelve nodded guiltily: "The hidden guards are highly skilled in martial arts. If Master doesn't use his internal energy to hold his breath, he won't be able to hide."

Nineteen pointed at his nose: "You, you, you! Didn't I tell you all to never let Master use his internal energy?!"

Twelve also felt wronged: "We've investigated everywhere for so long, and we finally got a lead..."

"Which is more important, the clues or the master?" Nineteen said angrily.

Twelve lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Alright," Jiang Qiqi said. "Instead of discussing this pointless issue, let's think of a truly permanent solution."

The last time Shen Luo mentioned this poison to her, he only mentioned it briefly, but judging from today's situation, it's clear that Shen Luo intentionally concealed it from her.

The fact that he fainted after even slightly activating his internal energy indicates that his poisoning was already quite severe, perhaps even...

Now that Shen Luo wasn't here, Jiang Qiqi said to Nineteen and the others:

“Using internal energy isn’t the key; the poison is. Even if Twelve prevents him from using internal energy this time, he might encounter other situations next time. As long as the poison in Shen Luo’s body isn’t cured, he could faint at any time like today.”

With a determined look in her eyes, she said, word by word, "We must find a way to detoxify, even if it means searching for the most famous doctors in the world."

"This..." Nineteen said helplessly, "Madam, it's not that we don't want to do the detoxification, but it is indeed fraught with difficulties."

Firstly, the poison was personally fed to Shen Luo by the previous Grand Preceptor of Northern Ming before his death, and it was said to be an improved version of the most potent poison in Northern Ming. However, that Grand Preceptor was very mysterious and usually only contacted the ruler of Northern Ming alone. Now that he is dead, all clues about the antidote have become impossible to find.

Secondly, Shen Luo's identity is special, and countless people, both openly and secretly, are watching him. His poisoning cannot be made public, otherwise the border between the two countries will be thrown into chaos. However, the search in secret is extremely slow. For the past two years, they have been searching tirelessly, but after layers of screening, they have only found two or three doctors who have researched Northern Ming poisons.

"And finally..." Nineteen stammered, "...Master, he..."

Jiang Qiqi coughed.

Nineteen had no choice but to say, "The master himself doesn't want to get rid of the poison."

His voice was deep and dull, seemingly carrying a lot of emotions.

Twelve, standing to the side, also fell silent, as if this was already a consensus among them.

Jiang Qiqi was puzzled: "Why don't you want to get rid of the poison?"

Her heart was pounding, and she inexplicably felt that it might be related to Shen Luo's previous attitude towards her.

He clearly liked her a lot, but he kept it to himself and refused to tell her.

Despite his early success, he was often shrouded in gloom.

......

Jiang Qiqi didn't ask any further questions, and Twelve and Nineteen both lowered their heads and didn't say anything more.

They are all waiting.