Although he hadn't slept all night, Mu Rong still went out early.

The reason was simple, it was just that he didn't know how to face Xu Rongrong.

Her two questions were still echoing in his ears. Although he gave some answers without changing his expression, he knew that she was not completely convinced.

As the two looked at each other, his breathing became more disordered.

If he continued to stay, he would probably be exposed soon.

He left in a hurry, using the excuse of finishing some loose ends.

He turned around and stepped into Shu Qing's clinic.

But... Shu Qing is not in the clinic right now. He went to treat Wai's injuries.

Mu Rong did not disturb anyone, walked straight into the inner room, and began to meditate and regulate his breathing.

The blood that was constantly surging suddenly turned cold the next moment, and surged again under the drive of his inner breath - and then continued to become cold.

This continued until Mu Rong's face gradually turned crimson purple.

……

It was past noon when Shu Qing returned to the clinic. He was hungry and wanted to go into the inner room to rest for a while, but he was so frightened by the scene in front of him that his face changed drastically as soon as he entered the room!

"Marquis... Marquis?!" The sudden coldness in the room made Shu Qing unable to speak clearly for a moment.

He walked up to him in two or three steps, reached out to feel his pulse, and his heart sank suddenly.

Time was running out, so he randomly took out winter quilts from the closet, covered Mu Rong with one and wrapped himself with the other.

After calming down, he was about to give Mu Rong acupuncture, but heard the voice of the medicine boy coming from outside the door:

"Sir, lunch is ready. I'll bring it in for you now."

"No need!" Shu Qing said hurriedly.

"Didn't you just say, sir, that you had just returned from a patient consultation and had not yet eaten, so you must be hungry?" The medicine boy was puzzled.

"I'm too tired from seeing patients today. I want to sleep for a while... You can take the lunch away and I can eat it when I wake up." Shu Qing finished speaking, and then added, "The doctor is sitting in front, you can go and serve him... There's no need to disturb you if you have nothing to do."

"Yes." The medicine boy did not doubt him and left with the lunch.

Silence returned outside the door, and Shu Qing breathed a sigh of relief - as long as this door was opened, Mu Rong's secret would no longer be hidden.

During these days, Shu Qing has been giving acupuncture to death row prisoners who were poisoned by the cold ice that sealed their acupoints, and his technique has become perfect.

Although three people have died from the poison, Mu Rong recovered very quickly today.

Just a cup of tea after the silver needle was pulled out, the coldness in Mu Rong's body gradually dissipated and he opened his eyes.

"Thank you." Mu Rong said in a hoarse voice.

Shu Qing shook off the quilt on his body, sat aside with his hands folded, and watched Mu Rong regulate his internal breath.

With Shu Qing's help, Mu Rong quickly returned to normal.

"After all, she has a good foundation." Shu Qing said with emotion, "The female prisoner didn't hold on a few days ago. The cold poison blocked her heart meridians and she died in less than half an hour."

Mu Rong stood up, walked to the table and poured a glass of water.

The water was cold, but it refreshed my thirsty throat.

"She's suspicious." Mu Rong put down the water cup and said calmly.

"Who?" Shu Qing's thoughts were a little confused for a moment, but Mu Rong's expression immediately made him understand, "Why did the county lady become suspicious?"

"The female corpse I took away from you yesterday looked too much like the 'medicine man'." Mu Rong sighed.

Hearing this, Shu Qing couldn't help but laugh: "It seems that the corpse can do both good and bad things to the Marquis..."

Before the Qixi Festival, Mu Rong came to Shu Qing and asked if there was a way to make a corpse look like a "medicine man" that had been cultivated for many years. He planned to use it to exchange for Wai, who was imprisoned in the palace, but no matter how skilled Shu Qing was in medicine, it would be difficult to create such a corpse in one or two days...

Just when Mu Rong was about to steal a female corpse from the morgue to disguise, a female death row prisoner who was locked up in the medical clinic for research on the poison of ice-sealed acupoints suddenly died of the cold poison! For several months, Shu Qing used a lot of precious medicinal materials to prepare medicinal baths to expel poison for them in order to study the detoxification method, not to mention how many rare and precious medicines were fed to them. Although they were not "medicine people", their blood had long been infiltrated by medicinal materials, and it was easy to deceive the imperial doctors in the palace!

Moreover, the dead female prisoner was also brought from southern Xinjiang. Her figure and skin color were almost the same as Wai's. When Wai was abducted and imprisoned by the queen, she would definitely not be changed for clothing. Mu Rong then found out the attire that Wai wore in front of the palace gate on the day she disappeared, and found an identical set of clothes to change the female corpse into.

Shu Qing witnessed the entire process of the birth of this female corpse, and couldn't help but sigh that this matter was really God's help to him, and it must be perfect.

However, unexpectedly, after just one day, Xu Rongrong noticed something was wrong.

How should he explain this to the clever county lady? If it was a lie, she would definitely not believe it; but if it was half true and half false...if he was not careful, she would definitely find the flaws and eventually discover the secret that Weiyuan Hou had always wanted to keep!

Shu Qing scratched his head: "The county lady has become suspicious more than once. In my opinion, the Marquis might as well tell her directly... After all, everything the Marquis did was for her."

After all, if it wasn't for the purpose of detoxifying her, Mu Rong would not have been poisoned. Telling the county lady about the life-for-life deal would surely move her and make her change her cold attitude towards the marquis. Wouldn't this be a perfect opportunity for the marquis to win the heart of the beautiful woman?

"No! Before the antidote is developed, I will never tell her about this. I'll have to trouble Mr. Shu to take care of the antidote."

"You! You guys..." Shu Qing pointed at Mu Rong and stamped his feet in anger, "You don't want to make her sad, but you want me to suffer! You only care about your friendship, who cares about my life or death!"

……

Mu Rong left the clinic and on his way back home, he discovered that what happened last night had become a hot topic.

"I never thought... the current queen would actually do such a thing! Imprisoning an innocent girl just to make a secret medicine to keep her young forever. No wonder His Majesty still favors her alone even though he is over 40 years old. It turns out that he used such a despicable method!

"Yes, the Crown Prince was deposed and moved out of Anzhou. She was a concubine in the harem, but she still enjoyed the Emperor's favor without anyone to rely on. It turns out that she was so despicable behind the scenes..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... I also heard that the queen actually goes to the secret room every day to drink a bowl of human blood, and when she's in a good mood she even takes a bath in human blood!"

"vomit……"

"I heard that the reason why the Fourth Prince's wife's previous scars were able to heal quickly was because of the secret medicine made by the Queen using human blood."

"Ah? So... the Fourth Prince is actually on the Queen's side?"

"Of course, since Prince An has lost hope, the Queen will naturally try to win over someone else."

"..."

Everyone kept talking, and Mu Rong couldn't help but curl his lips as he listened.

This matter could spread quickly in the capital, so his girl must have put a lot of thought into it. The people trained by Luo Chen must have been running around for the past half day.

Although the rumors are exaggerated, people love to hear them.

Only if you love to listen can it spread quickly!

As for whether this matter would be discovered to be manipulated by Weiyuan Marquis Mansion? Haha... There were hundreds of people attending the banquet in Zhengyang Palace last night, and anyone could leak the news!

While Mu Rong was thinking, he suddenly heard someone in the crowd say, "I wonder how the emperor will deal with this matter. I heard that a noblewoman in the capital is planning to follow the queen's example and use human blood to maintain her beauty... If this matter is not severely punished, I am afraid that not only the capital, but also the entire Zhou Dynasty will be corrupted!"

Mu Rong looked back and saw that the man who had spoken had disappeared into the crowd, drowned out by the voices of the people condemning the queen.

Mu Rong smiled slightly.

His little girl is just smart!

Once such rumors spread, the emperor had no choice.

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