Poison Genius Consort

ly gobbled up all the poisons in sight until her memories turned blurry.

It was difficult to describe certain types of pain without experiencing them personally.
She knew that any further explanation would be useless, because other people would only accuse her of being quarrelsome and contentious.

“Have you forgotten? The fate of the Baili Clan is to obey without question!” General Baili roared.
Though he felt distress for his daughter’s sake, the duties of the clan were paramount.

Baili Mingxiang raised her head, her gaze steady.
“Daughter knows her wrongs, may father punish me.”

General Baili exhaled.
“Stop running off with flights of fancy.
Just take care of your body until you recover.
I’ll get you a servant girl and mama to wait on you afterwards.”

The corner of Baili Mingxiang’s eyes stung before she quickly lowered her head.
After all these years, this was the first time father had spoken such words.
General Baili rose and prepared to leave, but stopped to add, “Mingxiang, since you’ve managed to preserve your life, it’s about time father arranged for your marriage affairs as well.”

No daughter of a large clan ever had a say in who to marry.
Each wedding was an investment, because marrying a girl was equal to gaining the strength of her clan.
The logic applied to the family marrying out their daughter as well.
General Baili’s other daughters had all married off to powerful families, expanding their sphere of influence.
Baili Mingxiang was the Baili Clan’s youngest daughter but also the one in most demand.
If she was willing to marry, she’d definitely draw powerful forces to their side as allies.

Baili Mingxiang hung her head and didn’t reply.
Marriage was more than the talk of a few days, so General Baili’s words were only a reminder for now.
He left as soon as he finished.

Meanwhile, Long Feiye summoned Gu Beiyue as soon as he arrived at the Duke of Qin’s estate.
Although he held reservations against the man, he trusted his medical skills above all other doctors in Tianning’s capital city.
Gu Beiyue’s skill was such that he could tell what was wrong with Han Yunxi without even taking a pulse.
Naturally, he made a show of doing it anyways in addition to a simple examination.
Only then did he announce the diagnosis to be overexhaustion.

He creased his brows and said, “Your Highness, esteemed wangfei lost consciousness due to being tired out.
She’s too exhausted.”

“When can she wake up?” Long Feiye asked coldly.

“That’s hard to say!” Gu Beiyue grew serious.
“Your Highness, in typical cases the patient only sleeps for one to two days.
But in severe cases…”

“Well?” Long Feiye was obviously getting anxious.

Gu Beiyue retreated with a bow, his hand clasped before his chest.
“In severe cases, the patient might never wake up!”

SLAM!

That was the sound of Long Feiye’s fist slamming against the table, splitting the ebony tea stand into pieces on the floor.
Zhao mama and Su Xiaoyu both had a fright as they stood on the side, too afraid to come forward and clean up the mess.

“What’s her case?” Long Feiye asked angrily.

“Your Highness, please restrain your anger.
Esteemed wangfei’s case can’t be counted as severe.
It’s impossible for this official to give you an exact time, but I estimate that she’ll wake up within three days.
I ask that Your Highness remember to remind esteemed wangfei not to overwork herself in the future.
This official will write her a prescription.
When esteemed wangfei wakes up, she can take the medicine often,” Gu Beiyue replied in a rush.

Long Feiye finally exhaled in relief, the sound especially loud in the quiet room.
Zhao mama couldn’t resist stealing a peek at her master.
This was the first time his emotions had been written so clearly on his face! Gu Beiyue penned his prescription, which was filled with nothing but rare and precious ingredients.
Many of them couldn’t even be found at the Imperial Physician Courtyard, but had to be ordered from speciality stores in Medicine City.
Some ingredients were the only one of their kind in the world.

For example, there was the Thousand Year Snow Lotus, Two-Thousand Year Ganoderma, and three-year old dangshen.
Most people who possessed these ingredients kept them in storage rather than eat them! Still, Gu Beiyue was confident that Long Feiye would find the ingredients for Han Yunxi as long as he wrote them on the prescription.
In truth, he knew exactly when the woman would wake up, but exaggerated the situation on purpose so Han Yunxi could have more time to rest.

Who else can keep this woman at bay, besides Long Feiye himself? Han Yunxi, does it count as protecting you if I find someone more capable than myself to stay by your side?

As Gu Beiyue looked at Han Yunxi’s white face, he felt a twinge of pained reluctance in his heart.
But in the end, he bid farewell.
Long Feiye glanced at the prescription before handing it over to Chu Xifeng.
“Hurry and track down these ingredients.
Your lordship wants three of each item on the list to start!”

Chu Xifeng was utterly dejected.
It was going to nigh impossible to find even one of some of the things listed, but His Highness wanted three of each.
And this was only ‘to start!’ Sobsob, he only wished that esteemed wangfei would get well soon!

“Your Highness, drink some water.
Don’t exhaust yourself,” Zhao mama carefully handed over a cup of warm water.

Long Feiye accepted the offering before indicating they should withdraw.
As soon as Zhao mama and Su Xiaoyu left, Long Feiye’s icy expression gradually softened.
He looked at Han Yunxi with eyes filled with distress as his hand gently brushed past her face.

In a helpless tone, he said, “As soon as your lordship got careless, this happened.”

In the past, he’d been used to looking after himself and never showed interest in others.
But now he realized that he had to look after this woman as well.
His fingers rested softly against Han Yunxi’s lips before Long Feiye drank a mouthful of warm water and leaned in.
He prepared to feed her the liquid mouth-to-mouth, only for…