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Chapter 102: The Seed of Hate (Part 3)

“What does it matter to me?” Apparently Yue Sheng was not interested in the matter as he lightly touched the toad and gave her an expression as if he was reluctant to waste his energy to talk with her.

Qing Feng was silent for a moment before she slowly talked, “It doesn’t matter to you. But, if you are not willing to say, then I will not be willing to coordinate with you on the treatment. Then when my face is not cured after three months, the Emperor would definitely carry out his promise.”

Yue Sheng coldly scoffed and he still had that arrogant look on his face. Qing Feng had seemingly guessed that he would be like so and she took her time to say, “Your martial arts skills are really high and perhaps the Palace guards would not be able to capture you but the Emperor would definitely put up a nationwide alert to capture you. When that happen, the entire world will know that the Ghost Physician was unable to cure a single face and had to flee pathetically. Gaining a reputation by deception, it is definitely nothing special!”

The hand holding on the toad paused and a pair of cold eyes looked at Qing Feng as a calm voice said, “You are threatening me.”

“Yes.” Qing Feng replied back strongly.

“You are not afraid that I will kill you?”

Yue Sheng usually gave an air of arrogance but this time there was a murderous intent in his eyes which stunned Fu Ling so much that she unconsciously took two steps towards the door. It was still early in the morning and Ming Ze should not be on duty yet.

Qing Feng naturally felt the murderous intend but she did not retreat and only laughed miserably, “Nothing is more important than the cause of my son’s death.”

During the past few days, Yue Sheng had seen her looking tragically hopeless and suddenly felt that it was not interesting to scare her. Yue Sheng no longer look at her and continue to tease the small toad on his hand.

Feeling Qing Feng’s sight landed on him, a little impatience rose in Yue Sheng’s mind, “What can you do when you know?”

“Take revenge.”

The simple two words surprised Yue Sheng for a moment but he immediately laughed out, “Good. Very good!” He was obviously very satisfied with this answer. She said to take revenge and not justice or whatever which was to Yue Sheng’s taste. In this world, there was never any justice! With his mood elevated, Yue Sheng no longer made things difficult for her and magnanimously said, “Rong San Nuan Jade has a warm characteristics and is able to drive away cold and win. At the same time can also be easily contaminated with the poisonous air of the wearer. Fortunately it was able to purify by itself and the poisonous air will dispersed usually in one or two months.”

From when the child had left till not, it was almost two months. Qing Feng quickly said, “Is it possible to determine what kind of poison it was?”

Yue Sheng stretch his hand out and Qing Feng quickly handed the warm jade over. The toad who was lying lazily on his palm suddenly got energetic and his sesame large red eyes stared at the warm jade. Yue Sheng held the jade in one hand and gently lead forward to smell it. His brows immediately knitted together and his eyes turned cold. Yue Sheng kept quiet for a moment and put the warm jade in front of the toad. That toad got more excited and protruded his tongue to touch the warm jade a few times before Yue Sheng quickly took the warm jade back. After a short while, at the place where the toad licked, there were some hints of maroon.

“It’s Qu Ling San.” Yue Sheng returned the jade back to Qing Feng and his expression was not good at all. “Qu Ling San can actually be used to treat malicious cold, using poison to fight with poison it would be cured. But to take Qu Ling San by itself would dissipate the cold and die of the heat.” One overdose of Qu Ling San would let the body feel as it was burning thus that child was thought to have died of heat stroke. The person who poison most likely did it in small doses so that it would look like the child die from a fever.

Yue Sheng was naturally not a philanthropist and there were numerous of people that died under his hands but this kind people who had such an insidious plan to poison a newly born baby was indeed despised by him. At the same time he was somewhat curious, there were more people using Qu Ling San, who would it only appear in the Palace now?

Qing Feng looked at that warm jade that was gradually turning back to its white form and she silently memorised the three words, Qu Ling San, as her facial expression turn bad.

Fu Ling had been quietly standing by the side listening. Hearing that the Little Prince was poisoned, she also did not felt good. Thinking of what happen that day, Fu Ling softly asked, “Can it be that someone put it in the medicine…”

“Not possible.” Fu Ling had yet to finish her sentence when Yue Sheng interrupted her.

Fu Ling was puzzled, “Why not?”

“The essential nature of Qu Ling San is heat so it cannot be added with other herbs to be boiled and even if it was added into warm medicine concoction, it would be rendered useless.”

“It is not the medicine…” Since the beginning, Qing Feng thought that the problem came from the medicine but after hearing Yue Sheng’s words, she was also confused. “Other that drinking milk and taking medicine, that day the child did not consume anything else and he even did not drink much water. If it is not medicine, what could it be?”

Other than taking medicine, he drank milk… Listening to Qing Feng’s muttering, Fu Ling’s eyes suddenly widened as she quickly said, “Mistress, when this servant went to call Shen Yao, this servant seemed to see her… Wiping her chest with something. That time this servant thought that she was changing her clothes and was not bothered by it.”

Could it be that Shen Yao was putting the drug on… Because of this speculation, Qing Feng’s face turned pale and her voice warble as she said, “Go to Shen Yao’s former room to take a look.”

That room was packed up cleanly and all the clothing and daily essentials that were Shen Yao’s were sent away. Both of them rummage in the room and could not find anything. Fu Ling recalled in detailed of the entire scene that day and said, “That day, this servant also heard the sound something being knocked off.”