C133 (1/2)
Under Xie Jingxi's repeated questioning, Fang Dai finally managed to explain to her what had happened.
Of course, Xie Jingxi blamed her for thinking that she was taking the risk, but she couldn't bear to say it. She endured her stomach full of anger, and carefully checked on the wounds on Fang Dai's wrist.
”Madam, I, I shouldn't have run away and taken the risk alone, but I think that Gu Qing was probably there to scare me, so I didn't tell you, I …”
Xie Jingxi didn't dare to look at her, her head drooping. She took a deep breath, ”Don't mention the ones at the side, just tell me how he poisoned you.”
After that, I didn't feel anything anymore. Madam, I'm fine, I can't leave this place before the eldest young master comes back, Fourth Young Master won't really want to kill me. ”
Gu Qing would definitely not kill her, but he must have an even more important reason. Xie Jingxi thought about it, and felt that it was very possible that it was related to the Old Man Ji, he had poisoned Fang Dai, and now, the only thing that Xie Jingxi could seek help from was the Old Man Ji.
”Madam, please don't take the risk for me. If you really can't do it, I'll have to trouble Imperial Physician Pei to come take a look.”
Xie Jingxi was in a dilemma in her heart, regarding the identity of the Old Man Ji, there were not many people who knew about it, even Fang Dai did not know the background, if Gu Qing did all this just to lure the Old Man Ji out, then asking the Old Man Ji to cure Fang Dai's poison would be taking a huge risk, if Gu Qing were to find out, the Old Man Ji would definitely be exposed, if Gu Yun was not there, if she did not protect the Old Man Ji, it would bring about trouble.
However, if he did not find the Old Man Ji, what would happen to Fang Dai? Whether Pei Zixi could cure the poison or not was unknown.
Right now, he could only invite Pei Zixi to take a look. If he really couldn't, then he could only take the risk to find the Old Man Ji.
”Ming Yu, go and invite the Imperial Physician Pei over personally. Tell them that Niu Niu is suffering from an emergency and don't say anything else.” Xie Jingxi instructed.
”I'll go, girl!”
After Ming Yu left, Fang Dai said: ”Madam, I've received news from Zhao Zhang. Eldest Young Master has already returned home, there should be more than a month left, as long as we can hold on for this period of time, we won't need to be afraid.”
Xie Jingxi stared at her, ”Don't think too much about it, even if the young master doesn't come back, Gu Qing wouldn't dare to do anything, his goal isn't us, it would be even more dangerous if the young master comes back, and now that you are also in Gu Qing's way, it would be better to just let him take precautions, just focus on detoxifying yourself, he has me as his target.”
Fang Dai lowered her head in silence, feeling extremely guilty.
Pei Zixi thought that Niu Niu came back with an emergency ailment after he left, so he anxiously asked, ”Young Mistress, what's the emergency?”
Xie Jingxi said apologetically: ”I won't hide it from Imperial Physician Pei, it's not an emergency, it's just that the person in my room is poisoned, I'd like to invite you to take a look.”
”Poisoned?” Pei Zixi frowned, then became serious.
Xie Jingxi explained the process of Fang Dai's poison to him, causing Pei Zixi's face to immediately change, ”This is a method used in the martial arts world to poison others, the poison itself is not difficult to cure, but the poison used to detoxify is not easy to obtain, and the poison was injected through one's meridians, it requires the use of acupuncture and there is also the need for inner breathing. As for the other things, I am not able to do anything about it, it will not be fatal in the short term, but when it comes out it is very painful, so you will have to suffer.”
So it was like that. Xie Jingxi's heart sank, if she wanted to find the antidote, she still had to find the Old Man Ji. Not giving up, she asked again, ”I wonder where can she get the antidote that Imperial Physician Pei has mentioned?”
Pei Zixi said apologetically, ”To be honest, although I have some insights into the way of medicine, it is not that I do not know much about it, but I cannot afford to, I am obsessed with fame and fortune and am trapped within the borders of the world, which is not something a book can do. As for the toxicity of the herbs, I have to personally test them and find out, but there is only one person that I know of, and it is unknown whether or not he is still alive, so I can probably not help much, but I can use other methods to alleviate the pain when I have an attack, and can use other herbs as well, but the results will be decided by fate.”
Madam, as long as this poison isn't fatal, I can endure it.
Xie Jingxi did not hesitate too much, ”Then I will have to trouble Imperial Physician Pei, but I still need to ask Imperial Physician Pei to write down the medicinal herbs used, as for whether I can find it, it will depend on heaven's will, but at least I will have to try.”
”There's no problem with all of this. The most important thing for Grand Mistress to do is to prepare a room for this lady. I'll go back and prepare some things, I'll come back later tonight.”
If the Imperial Physician Pei was willing to help, then things would be much easier. Xie Jingxi looked at the medicine on the slip of paper and thought about how she should go to the Old Man Ji to get it. However, since Gu Qing was going to use Fang Dai to lure her to the Old Man Ji, he would definitely keep an eye on her.
Xie Jingxi suddenly remembered that five days later was the birthday of the Imperial Noble Consort Shen. The Prince Jin's Wife should be back from the south and should be entering the palace, so she might as well ask the King Jin's men to go visit the palace instead. It was just that with Old Man Ji's temper, she did not know if she was willing to admit it or not.
From the looks of it, there seemed to be only one way to deceive people, it was just that in the next five days, Fang Dai would probably have to suffer.