Poison Genius Consort

body at stake, she’d make a choice without hesitation, but when faced with Gu Beiyue…she couldn’t bear to act ruthless.

“Give me some time!” Han Yunxi said as she strode out of the room.
She had to calm down.
Perhaps that would allow her to think up a better idea.
She didn’t stray far, but sat on the stone bench next to the door, her hands pressed against each other as they rested over her forehead to hide her anxious expression.
Her fingers hid her face, but threw the entire world around her into darkness as well.
There was none of the self-confidence or intellectual brilliance she’d displayed in former days.

Long Feiye watched from a distance.
Finally, a flicker of dissatisfaction appeared in his eyes.
He hated it when this woman grew gloomy and disappointed, especially when she was grieving for the sake of another man.
Despite that, he still remained cool-headed.
Some accounts could be settled later.
He’d spent a ton of effort on Gu Beiyue, so there was no way he’d let that work go to waste.
Gu Beiyue did know martial arts, even if Chu Xifeng couldn’t sense it from his pulse.
That was already proof enough that his martial arts levels were extremely high.
Moreover, he was able to restrain himself and not fight back even in the face of the recent chaos.
Not only did he refuse to dodge any attacks, he didn’t even make a move to save Han Yunxi or himself.
Here was clear evidence of how deeply he hid his heart!

If Long Feiye hadn’t managed to catch Gu Beiyue’s display of martial arts skills by luck, he might have kept overlooking the imperial physician.
But once he was certain the other had skills, he wouldn’t go easy on him.
He refused to allow such an ambiguous man to conceal himself so deeply in Tianning’s capital city, much less keep him so close to Han Yunxi’s side.
A fraction of the arrow had buried itself in Gu Beiyue’s dantian region.
With his current condition, the only way to expel it safely was to circulate his inner energy.
He’d like to see whether Gu Beiyue chose to die–or reveal his true colors!

Long Feiye’s icy eyes shifted away from Han Yunxi as he continued to wait.
Han Yunxi was deep in thought with her eyes shut, thinking and thinking.
The more she thought, the more agitated she felt.
There wasn’t much time left.
But..

She stood up, feeling thoroughly vexed.
But it was at this moment that she suddenly remembered something! Gu Beiyue had once been struck by Gu Qishao with a Plum Blossom Needle next to his heart.
Luckily, the needle had missed the heart itself.
She hadn’t dared to do surgery on him directly, but she had used poison to dissolve the needle within his body and save his life.

Heavens, how could I forget something so important?! I can use the same method this time!

Poison could be used to dissolve the arrowhead.
Then she’d detoxify the poison from within.
Why didn’t she remember she did this in the past? This was wonderful! Han Yunxi was so moved that she started jumping up and down in the courtyard, excited beyond words.
Even Long Feiye could feel her joy from a distance.
He narrowed his eyes so much that the guards beside him had to tremble involuntarily for esteemed wangfei’s sake!

Han Yunxi quickly entered the room.
“I have a solution, we don’t need to pull out the arrow!”

Everyone turned to look at her in disbelief.
Imperial Physician Huang was deeply moved.
“Esteemed wangfei, what’s your good idea?”

“The same old one!” Han Yunxi grinned mysteriously.

Gu Beiyue’s lips curled up into an imperceptible grin, as if he knew her solution already.

“All of you, get out.
Zhao mama, close the windows and shut the door.” Han Yunxi didn’t have time to explain herself, so she simply ordered the rest as she took out her poison, antidote, and other necessary tools.

Imperial Physician Huang couldn’t fathom what she was doing.
“Esteemed wangfei, you…”

“Imperial Physician Huang, it’ll be alright…don’t worry,” Gu Beiyue said weakly.

Han Yunxi was delighted.
“You remember it too?”

“Mm,” Gu Beiyue nodded with a smile.

Nobody understood the exchange between them.
Chu Xifeng’s mouth was twitching uncontrollably at the sight.
He was curious about Han Yunxi’s self-confidence, but conflicted as well.
How was he supposed to report this to his master waiting outside? For the sake of probing Gu Beiyue, Long Feiye had used no end of work to make everything happen.
To make it more realistic, he’d even sacrificed the lives of countless guards.
Even his long-distance arrow had consumed quite a bit of internal energy to strike Gu Beiyue in the right spot.
As Chu Xifeng moved to wait by the door, he could only pray to the gods for help in his heart: Please, have that equally intelligent and stupid woman fail!

Would Han Yunxi really fail? That was still undetermined.

Long Feiye had already stood up from his sitting position.
He could see the windows of the guesthouse being closed off, and a crowd of people gathering outside the door.
In other words, Han Yunxi and Gu Beiyue were now the only ones left inside.
Gu Beiyue had clearly been injured in his dantian region, which was located three inches below his navel.

How is that woman planning to save Gu Beiyue?

Long Feiye’s self-possession would never lose to Gu Beiyue’s calm, but he was teetering on the edge in a situation like this!

Suddenly, Zhao mama gave an exclamation.
“Not good!”

Everyone was startled by her outburst.
Imperial Physician Huang hastened to ask, “Zhao mama, what is it?”

Zhao mama suddenly remembered where the arrow had struck.
Everyone had been too alarmed and bewildered just then to figure out what was going on.
When esteemed wangfei first helped Imperial Physician Gu stop the bleeding on his stomach, all she did was sprinkle some medicinal powder around the location of the arrowhead.
Nobody had noticed anything amiss.
But after shutting all the doors and windows, Zhao mama realized that this was…a big disaster!