984 Fate (4)
Luo Tan shouted, “Prince Rui!” She did not call him “brother-in-law” anymore.
Xie Jingxing glanced at her. He was frustrated that Shen Miao was not awake, and he had no patience for others.
However, Luo Tan had a reckless personality. Once her temper flared up, she was not afraid at all. She said aggressively, “Little Cousin refused to let me tell you this before. Now that she’s lying on the sick bed, if she doesn’t tell you, I’ll tell you. I don’t have any scruples.”
Uncle Tang, Tie Yi, and the others, who had rushed over after hearing the news, were also standing at the side. When they heard this, they looked at Luo Tan in surprise.
“Those madams all said that when you were bedridden, my little cousin didn’t go to see you much. You felt neglected and that my little cousin was a heartless person, so you were unhappy and angry with her, right?” Luo Tan stared at him and said, “But you don’t know that she didn’t go to see you those days not because she didn’t want to, but because she went out of the city to find a herb for you.”
Hearing that, Xie Jingxing turned to look at Tie Yi. Tie Yi lowered his head and did not dare to look Xie Jingxing in the eyes.
At first, Shen Miao asked them to hide it. Later, after she returned, she started to have a cold war with Xie Jingxing. Once Xie Jingxing was in a bad mood, no one around him would dare to add fuel to the flame. They wanted to wait a few days, but they did not expect this to happen.
“Make yourself clear!” Xie Jingxing took a step forward.
Luo Tan said, “You don’t know, right? It’s said that there’s an expert in Phoenix Head Village who can change one’s fate.” She glanced at Gao Yang. “At that time, Gao Yang was making the antidote for you. Little Cousin gave you all three Guiyuan Pills, but they can only keep you alive for a moment. If the antidote couldn’t be made within ten days, your life would be in danger. However, on the fourth day, your situation suddenly worsened. The imperial physician said that you wouldn’t be able to live past the seventh day. When my little cousin heard the legend of that expert in Phoenix Head Village, she brought me and a few guards to seek that expert.”
Xie Jingxing’s eyes widened.
What kind of person was Shen Miao? She was rational and would not believe in supernatural things. If not for the fact she was really desperate, she wouldn’t have taken this journey to seek that expert.
“The Phoenix Head Village is not far from Long Ye, but the place where that expert lives is extremely difficult to find. That day, we rushed over overnight and almost lost our way in the forest. There was also the wolf pack lurking around. Little Cousin was not afraid at all and insisted on going deeper into the forest, afraid that we would not be able to make it in time to come back and save you.”
“The next day, we found that expert. He brought only me and my little cousin, who don’t have any martial arts, into the valley. He said that there’s a spirit herb that can cure all poisons, but he wanted my little cousin to pay the price. The price is actually not difficult. He doesn’t want money. He only wants her to pick out the insects one by one on the flowers and fertilize them.”
Gao Yang and Ji Yushu both looked surprised, and Uncle Tang and Tie Yi were even more shocked.
Uncle Tang was enlightened. No wonder Shen Miao was in such a sorry state on the day she returned to the mansion. At that time, he did not know the reason, but now that he heard the ins and outs, he understood. It turned out that Shen Miao did not sleep that night. Instead, she was busy getting the herb for Xie Jingxing.
