Mo Lingxi stood before Tao Lengshuang, staring directly at her with a blank expression.
The gaze made Tao Lengshuang’s skin crawl, and she couldn’t help but step back. "What do you want?"
"I'm telling you, even if you use your power to force me to treat your nephew, I won't do it."
Xiao Feng and Zi Cheng also mistakenly thought Mo Lingxi was going to force Tao Lengshuang with brute force. Just as they were about to persuade him, their eyes widened in surprise.
They saw Mo Lingxi bow to Tao Lengshuang, his attitude extremely sincere, "I was wrong. Please forgive me and do not involve innocent people."
Tao Lengshuang was so startled that she almost fell off her stool. "...Did you eat something wrong?"
Suddenly, this person was giving her such a deep bow.
If her composure wasn't strong enough, she would be sitting on the ground trembling right now.
Mo Lingxi looked at her with some confusion as to why she asked that, but he shook his head and said no. "Please, I ask you to treat Zi Cheng."
"I should apologize, and I will correct my mistakes."
Tao Lengshuang understood. She glanced at Zi Cheng, who was standing at the doorway, and her eyes darkened slightly.
Composing herself, she smiled faintly. "If I cure your nephew and then you turn around and deal with me, who will I cry to?"
It wasn't that she lacked the compassion of a healer, but when her own life was at stake, no amount of healer's compassion could exist.
Mo Lingxi swore that as long as Tao Lengshuang did not harm the Eastern Jin Dynasty or harm him and Xiao Feng, he would never do anything to harm her.
Hearing this, Tao Lengshuang couldn't help but let out a cold laugh. "As expected, a dog of a man!"
Mo Lingxi didn't understand why Tao Lengshuang was scolding him, but Zi Cheng did.
Zi Cheng sighed and felt too weary to comment. As expected, his uncle truly had no capacity for romance, and would likely die alone.
"Doctor, please take a look at me."
To prevent the situation from escalating, Zi Cheng pulled Xiao Feng into the room and cast a meaningful glance at his uncle.
Mo Lingxi: "?" Why was he looking at him like that?
Zi Cheng suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and extended his right hand. Forget it, he really couldn't help his uncle.
Now, he only hoped his uncle wouldn't do anything wrong again that would get him kicked out by the doctor.
Tao Lengshuang carefully took Zi Cheng's pulse and asked about his recent condition. "Have the things I asked for been prepared?"
"They have been prepared."
Zi Cheng clapped his hands twice, and a hidden guard brought the items Tao Lengshuang needed.
Seeing the legendary hidden guards for the first time, Tao Lengshuang couldn't help but look at them a few more times. They looked a bit like assassins, but they had a more killing aura than assassins, and their attire was better.
"What are you looking at?" Mo Lingxi said in a cold,幽幽 tone.
Tao Lengshuang sneered. "Much better looking than a certain scoundrel."
Mo Lingxi: "..." A hidden guard whose face couldn't even be seen clearly, how could he be better looking than him? Tao Lengshuang truly had poor taste.
Tao Lengshuang couldn't be bothered to talk to him anymore and carefully examined the items brought by the hidden guard.
After confirming there were no mistakes or issues, she smiled at Zi Cheng. "Regarding what I said earlier, how do you plan to choose?"
On this matter, Zi Cheng had already made up his mind. "I want to take a gamble."
Tao Lengshuang raised an eyebrow, looking at him with a bit more respect. "You need to be clear, it will be very painful then, and you might not be able to bear the pain and want to commit suicide."
Zi Cheng smiled calmly. "Doctor, I have thought all of this through."
"Compared to being constantly harmed, I'd rather teach them a lesson. Besides, I've already endured greater pain."
Tao Lengshuang didn't ask further, only saying that it was fine as long as he had thought it through. Some things were better for her to know less about.
"Do you mind if Xiao Feng observes?"
Zi Cheng patted Xiao Feng's head and indicated he didn't mind. "If Xiao Feng can learn well, he can help his cousin in the future, okay?"
Xiao Feng happily agreed with a smile. "When I become very, very strong, I can help my cousin fight off bad guys."
Zi Cheng applauded and smiled. "Then I'll be waiting for Xiao Feng to help me fight off bad guys."
Xiao Feng waved his fists a few times, saying he would quickly help his cousin fight off bad guys.
"Alright, anyone who is not involved, please leave," Tao Lengshuang said coldly.
Before Mo Lingxi could react, Xiao Feng pushed him out. "Daddy, Mother said that anyone who is not involved should leave."
Mo Lingxi: "..." How did he become someone not involved? He was Zi Cheng's uncle.
The answer he received was the closed door.
Seeing this, Tao Lengshuang gave her son a thumbs-up. "My dear, you did wonderfully. Keep up the good work!"
As expected of her dear son, he understood her intentions.
Xiao Feng proudly raised his head. "I'm on Mother's side."
Tao Lengshuang hugged him and gestured for Zi Cheng to take off his clothes. "It's best to have your attendant tie you up to prevent you from harming yourself when you lose control."
Zi Cheng nodded in understanding and instructed his attendant to tie him to the kang. "Doctor, can the蛊 be removed today?"
Tao Lengshuang sat beside him and skillfully began to administer acupuncture. "Removing the蛊 is not a problem. The problem is the follow-up."
"You've kept the蛊 worms for so long, your internal organs have been damaged, and there are residual蛊 poisons. You must recuperate well, otherwise, it will leave lingering issues."
Zi Cheng asked how long the follow-up recuperation would take.
Tao Lengshuang said it varied from person to person, as everyone's recovery ability was different; some were fast, some were slow.
"Your situation is suitable for slow and steady recuperation."
Zi Cheng's eyelashes trembled, and he smiled self-deprecatingly. "Yes, as soon as I get a little better, those people become unhappy."
"If it weren't for my uncle protecting me all these years, I wouldn't have lived to this day."
Tao Lengshuang was not interested in understanding these things and changed the subject. "Later, I will make you a sachet... no, a packet of medicine. You should keep it in a sachet you carry with you."
"If the sachet emits a strange fragrance, it means there is poison or蛊 worms."
Zi Cheng thanked her and asked, "Doctor, could you perhaps make two more? I'm afraid of losing one."
Tao Lengshuang agreed and then told Zi Cheng to concentrate. "I'm going to stimulate the蛊 worms. The pain will gradually intensify."
"If you truly cannot bear it, have your attendant knock you unconscious."
But he would wake up from the pain.
Zi Cheng took a deep breath and indicated he was ready to begin.
Hearing this, Tao Lengshuang quickly inserted a needle.
At the very moment she inserted the needle, in a courtyard in Dongdu, a man spat out a large mouthful of blood without warning and fell forward stiffly.
"Damn it, who touched that蛊 worm!"
Tao Lengshuang, who was manipulating the蛊 worm, sensed the agitation of the蛊 worm in Zi Cheng's body through his pulse and had him inhale the prepared medicinal powder.
At this instant, Zi Cheng clearly felt something fiercely biting his internal organs, causing him to contort his face in pain.
Is this the蛊 worm?
This pain...