A moment later, Leng Ruo Li arrived at Jun Mo Han’s study. Jun Mo Han was already lying on the small bed in the study.
“Consort, His Highness is spitting blood and has fainted,” Yin Chen said anxiously as he saw Leng Ruo Li enter.
“Wasn’t he fine just now? How did he end up like this in such a short time?” Leng Ruo Li asked speechlessly.
Could it be that he was angered to the point of illness?
This man was too petty.
She, Leng Ruo Li, wasn’t even angry with him, yet he went and made himself sick like this.
Leng Ruo Li muttered to herself as she walked to Jun Mo Han’s bedside. She glanced at the pale-faced Jun Mo Han, her brows furrowed. She immediately felt his pulse carefully. Immediately, her brow tightened. This fellow’s physical condition had worsened since yesterday. If the wolf toxin in his body wasn’t removed, he probably wouldn’t have much time left.
“Yin Chen, go and invite Divine Doctor Chu to the study,” Leng Ruo Li said, looking up at Yin Chen who was standing by her side.
“Yes, Consort!”
Yin Chen turned and left the study, rushing towards Chu Ming Xuan’s courtyard.
After Yin Chen left, Leng Ruo Li looked at Jun Mo Han on the bed and sighed. She took out a set of silver needles from her sleeve and helped him unblock his acupoints to expel the stagnant qi from his body and restore normal blood circulation.
It seemed she had to go out in advance to find the Fire Lingzhi and Snow Root Orchid to help Jun Mo Han detoxify the wolf poison. However, she still had many things to handle.
For example, would Hei Pao, Liu Ruo Yi, and the Empress try to harm her father after she left the capital? This was her biggest concern.
But looking at Jun Mo Han’s current physical condition, if the wolf poison in his body wasn't removed, he wouldn't live past a year.
As she was contemplating, Chu Ming Xuan entered.
“Consort, how is His Highness’s condition?”
“You can see for yourself!”
Chu Ming Xuan nodded gently. Seeing the Consort’s grave expression, he had already guessed Jun Mo Han’s physical condition.
He went to Jun Mo Han’s bedside and immediately felt his pulse carefully. His expression was grave.
“Consort, His Highness’s condition…”
“Alas—”
Chu Ming Xuan trailed off, letting out a sigh, not daring to finish his sentence.
“Consort, Divine Doctor Chu, what is His Highness’s condition? Say something!” Yin Chen asked anxiously.
“If the antidote for the wolf toxin in your Highness’s body cannot be developed, he likely doesn’t have much time left,” Leng Ruo Li said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Yin Chen, the guards outside the study, and the hidden guards all had red eyes.
“Divine Doctor Chu, is what Consort says true?” Yin Chen asked with a complex expression, wanting to confirm again, desperately hoping he had misheard.
“Consort is correct. Based on His Highness’s current physical condition, His Highness might not even live for another year. If His Highness suffers another attack of the wolf toxin, I estimate he… he won’t live for more than three months.”
Chu Ming Xuan felt these words were incredibly cruel.
“Then let’s hurry and help His Highness develop the antidote!” Yin Chen said, his emotions somewhat breaking down.
“I… I have no way to develop the antidote for the wolf toxin. I can’t find the medicinal herbs to counteract the wolf toxin’s onset. I am useless, I have failed His Highness!”
“Wuwu…”
Chu Ming Xuan’s tears began to flow uncontrollably as he spoke.
Ever since he had met Jun Mo Han that year, Jun Mo Han had treated him like a brother.
Chu Ming Xuan was originally the eldest young master of the renowned Chu family in Jiangcheng. He had a younger sister, loving parents, and a harmonious family. His family had been in the medical profession for generations. However, in one night, they were massacred. His parents, sister, and household servants were all brutally murdered. Only he narrowly escaped and drifted on the streets for several months.
Fortunately, he met the Second Prince Jun Mo Han, who was seeking medical help. Jun Mo Han took him in, treated him like his own brother, and brought him along to seek medical advice from the Ghost Valley. It was also at that time that the Valley Master of Ghost Valley discovered Chu Ming Xuan’s talent for medicine and immediately accepted him as a disciple, making him overjoyed. In the end, it turned out his master was a profoundly harmful evil doctor.
From then on, he followed his master, focusing on studying medicine. Sometimes, he would often come to the capital with his master to treat Jun Mo Han, staying for ten days to half a month. Naturally, he and Jun Mo Han became more familiar with each other.
Therefore, he was very concerned about the wolf toxin in Jun Mo Han’s body. When he learned that Jun Mo Han didn’t have much time left, he felt truly distressed.
“Consort, do you have a way to resolve His Highness’s wolf toxin?” Yin Chen asked Leng Ruo Li, who was standing by the side with a furrowed brow and remaining silent.
Leng Ruo Li was silent for a moment before saying, “Yes, but two rare medicinal herbs are missing.”
Her words instantly reignited hope in everyone.
“Consort, what exactly are these medicinal herbs? Even if we have to go through mountains of knives and seas of fire, we will find these two herbs,” Yin Chen and the guards asked excitedly.
Today, apart from Ye Ying who had taken a few brothers to monitor those women, the guards outside the study were all loyal to Jun Mo Han.
“If you don’t have the fate to find these two medicinal herbs, you won’t necessarily find them even if you go through mountains of knives and seas of fire,” Leng Ruo Li said, pouring a basin of cold water on everyone, extinguishing the newly ignited hope.
“Consort, just tell us the two medicinal herbs. Perhaps His Highness is the fated one,” Chu Ming Xuan said with great anticipation.
“Do you know where Fire Lingzhi and Snow Root Orchid can be found? As long as these two medicinal herbs are found, I can develop the antidote for the wolf toxin and help your Highness detoxify,” Leng Ruo Li said calmly to everyone.
Chu Ming Xuan shook his head after hearing this.
“I have seen Fire Lingzhi in an ancient book. According to the book, it grows outside volcanoes in hot climates, but no one has seen its appearance. As for Snow Root Orchid, I haven’t even heard its name. Consort, do you think Snow Root Orchid really exists in this world?” Chu Ming Xuan asked with a deep frown.
At this moment, Jun Mo Han’s voice came from behind them.
“Fire Lingzhi, I know where to find it.”
Jun Mo Han’s voice was weak, parched, and hoarse as he spoke, attempting to struggle into a sitting position.
Upon hearing this, several people rushed to Jun Mo Han’s side, helped him up, and propped him against a soft cushion.
“Li’er, about the Fire Lingzhi you just mentioned, I know where there is one. It’s on the Flaming Mountain at the border between Southern Zhao and the Western Regions. When I was campaigning in Southern Zhao, I passed by Flaming Mountain and saw it by chance. It was very small then, and I felt there was no use in picking it, so I didn’t touch it. It is probably still growing there,” Jun Mo Han said with difficulty.
“Since you know where Fire Lingzhi is, let’s not delay. After we deal with those people, we will go and gather Fire Lingzhi together. Then, we will go to Tianyun Mountain and try our luck looking for Snow Root Orchid.”
“Okay, thank you, Li’er. You make the arrangements for this matter,” Jun Mo Han said with a face full of relief. In his opinion, Leng Ruo Li still cared about him.