Xun Feng's eyes were filled with killing intent. "This subordinate will go capture her right now and have her come detoxify you, Master."
Ye Jinghua shook his head slightly. "If it were only the Gu, there might still be a chance.
But that day, in my desperation, I took a deadly poison in hopes of killing the Gu Worm inside me. The poison in my body has long since mutated. It won't be so easy to detoxify."
"Then what do we do? We can't keep dragging this out forever, can we? If we capture that woman, perhaps she has a way."
"Master, please let this subordinate give it a try."
If he couldn't cure him, he would kill that damned Empress.
Over the past three years, how much suffering had his master endured because of the poison in his body? How much pain had he borne?
"Let's wait a little longer."
He didn't feel at ease entrusting his life to someone who had harmed him.
He had no idea where that fellow Qing Feng had run off to, either.
He had said he was going to find a solution, but half a year had passed, and there still wasn't any word from him.
"Master, then what about this girl...?"
Xun Feng thought of the little girl sleeping soundly in the main hall and secretly sighed. This girl was truly unlucky to have gotten caught up in something like this.
Ye Jinghua pondered for a moment. "Send her back."
Xun Feng accepted the order and found a female hidden guard to send the sleeping Su Qiao back to her little courtyard.
Her three roast chickens were sent along as well.
*
By the time the banquet ended, the palace lanterns had already been lit.
At Chengqian Palace, Ye Beiyao dismissed the