What an Audacious and Sly Servant!

Chapter 75 – Set Out, Return to the Capital

There was a physician among Chu Xun’s shadow bodyguards. As someone who could help the Emperor to check illness, her medical skills were surely not too lacking.

Zhao Mo Ran as the Martial Arts Alliance Leader’s son, released an order to hastily summon every wandering physicians nearby Qi Yang City. Among them, one or two of them were famous physicians in jianghu.

Several people lined up beside Mei Qian Deng’s bed to check her pulse and her injury. Some went to check female warrior Mei’s closed eyelids. There were even those with bigger guts to actually try push aside the quilt yet they were stopped by Chu Xun’s roar, “Wei, what are you doing?!”

“This lowly one, this lowly one want to see if this young miss’s body have any……”

Chu Xun wasn’t that familiar with medical skills. He was worried about Mei Qian Deng’s poison. He actually wasn’t sure. That physician was a man. To pull the quilt to see a patient’s body in broad daylight, normally it was not a problem. However, Chu Xun was uncomfortable. He just didn’t want to let other men touch Mei Qian Deng, even if that person was a physician.

You guys say, why is this Emperor so petty?

Hence, Chu Xun looked at his own shadow bodyguard. She was a young girl with an icy, smart look. She said, “I already protect her heart and vessels with silver needles. There is nothing to see on Young Miss Mei’s body. For now, there is no fatal problem. The important part is to find out what poison is used on the dagger. Only then we can treat her.”

The ingredients used to poison the Emperor, they must had some distinctive characteristics.

Chu Xun helped covered Mei Qian Deng with the quilt. With a cold face he asked, “Is there anyone who know the poison?”

Everyone looked at each other. In the end, the oldest one among them said, “Laofu have wandered around jianghu for so many years yet laofu had never see this poison.” To say this poison violent, other than making the person unconscious for a long time, there was no other symptoms and the pulse was very stable. To say this poison mild, the poison couldn’t be removed at all as if it had blended with the blood. Even the dark black colour originally on the wound had faded, making others bewildered where to start.

Zhao Mo Ran who had been silent suddenly talked, “The poison is originally aimed at Your Majesty. If they easily killed the Emperor, the imperial court will be in great chaos. Prince Chen have the crime of rebelling. It’s hard for him to deal with Your Majesty’s loyal subjects. Sparing Your Majesty’s life while Your Majesty remains unconscious, the imperial court will lost its master. Empress Dowager can only preside over the whole situation. Then, he will recover his losses one by one. By then, this plan had perfected.”

Chu Xun naturally understood the underlying meaning behind his words. Since these group of physicians had no way to treat, Chu Xun waved his sleeves and decreed, “Prepare the carriage. We’ll return to the palace!”

Whoever that used that poison would be who he had to meet to cure her.

Chu Xun looked around and asked, “Where is Sixth Brother Mei?”

Earlier, Sixth Mei was standing beside Zhao Mo Ran with an anxious look. When he looked at Chu Xun, his eyes really were about to shred the Emperor into thousand pieces. Yet, in a flash, he had disappeared?

Zhao Mo Ran replied, “Sixth Young Master said he’s going to search for Young Miss Tao.”

Since Mei Qian Deng brought Chu Xun over the wall to find Sixth Mei, Sixth Mei had asked Tao Xiao Xian’s whereabouts. This brother usually would avoid the girl but during dangerous time he felt she was quite his friend. He knew full well Tao Xiao Xian’s out of place temper. Her martial arts were only at a three-legged cat[1] level. If she came across the assassin, she surely wouldn’t be able to deal with it.

But both the houses had been checked. All the assassins’ body and the dead bodyguards had been inspected yet there was no sign of Tao Xiao Xian. ‘Xiao Jing Zi’ who tried to assassinate Chu Xun was disguised by someone. The real Jing gonggong currently was still missing.

Two hours later, everyone had gotten ready. Chu Xun prepared to set out. They had to rush throughout the night to arrive at the capital city as soon as possible. Although Mei Qian Deng currently was not in danger, only heaven knew what type the poison was. If it broke out…… Chu Xun didn’t dare to think of it. He hated unable to grow a pair of wings. Hugging Mei Qian Deng they would be able to fly back to the capital city.

Sixth Mei was heavily sweating when he returned. He had confirmed a matter.

“Xiao Xian had disappeared.” His complexion didn’t look so good, his aura at its lowest.

“Sixth Brother.” Chu Xun approached him, trying to console Mei Qing Ping.

He received a murderous glare from Sixth Young Master Mei instead, “Who is your Sixth Brother?!”

Chu Xun insisted being shameless, “Sixth Brother, don’t worry. Young Miss Tao is zhen’s friend too. Zhen will surely send people to find her.”

Sixth Mei still wanted to explode when he immediately remembered the person in front of him was the monarch of a nation, the emperor of the world! He held back his temper and ambiguously complained, “These people’s ability are not too weak. Where will you go to search for her?”

“They are Imperial Uncle’s people. Taking Young Miss Tao away is only to threaten zhen. Zhen will now return to the palace to discuss with Imperial Uncle.”

Sixth Mei nodded. He still disliked Chu Xun in his heart. If not for this emperor leaving the palace, Tao Xiao Xian wouldn’t become a pond fish caught in a disaster[2]. Also, his little sister. His little sister since born was fooled by her father and sold out by her mother. To disguise as a man for so many years and even had to play the leading role to serve the Crown Prince. In the end, she did a hard but thankless job that even the ancestral graves at Mei Zi River Islet nearly got removed by the imperial family.

The more Sixth Mei thought, the angrier he got. Yet he couldn’t win against the Emperor.

Chu Xun was innocent. He didn’t know Sixth Mei’s intestines were twisting about while sulking. Chu Xun glanced at Mei Qian Deng on the bed. He licked his lips, “Sixth Brother, zhen have to bring back Qian Deng to the palace. Only then we can cure her poison right away. Sixth Brother doesn’t have any opinion right? Sixth Brother, do you want to go to the capital city with us?”

“I don’t even know medical skills. Going there, I will only be a hinder. You all will return to the capital city. I will go send a pigeon letter to Eldest Brother and Eldest Sister-in-Law, asking her to enter the palace to take care of Qian Deng. They probably will arrive the same time as your group.” Sixth Mei’s aura fell further to icy.

“Being able to bring over Divine Physician Sister-in-Law is the best. Then, where is Sixth Brother planning to go?”

Sixth Mei looked at Zhao Mo Ran, “I’m going to find Xiao Xian.”

Young Master Zhao was a smart person. He instantly understood the meaning behind Sixth Mei’s look. “If Sixth Young Master wants to get any information, you can go to any Qian family’s inns. This is an authentication token. This one too will send some underlings to help searching.” Zhao Mo Ran passed to Sixth Mei an exquisite authority token. A scarlet bush lily[3] was carved on it.

Chu Xun silently watched Zhao Mo Ran and Sixth Mei’s exchange. Sixth Mei took the highest level virtuous command which equivalent to all upright sects in jianghu would help Sixth Mei to search for Tao Xiao Xian. After all, the Martial Arts Alliance Leader in jianghu was an almost equivalent existence to an Emperor.

“Qian Deng will be under Your Majesty’s care for now. I will take my leave first.”

“Sixth Brother……”

Sixth Mei stride out of the doorstep. He then turned his head around and added, “If Qian Deng wakes up, Your Majesty please let her choose by herself whether to go or stay.”

In the end, Mei Qian Deng’s Sixth Brother who was closest to her since small, the Sixth Brother who made an uproar how his sister had a hard life, in the situation where his little sister and the person wooing him ‘fell into the water’ at the same time[4], he found a pompous excuse. He resolutely tossed aside the shackles of family love. He didn’t think about the safety of his sister who had lost combat ability and fell into the hands of the scheming Emperor. Instead he went for the other girl, leaving without stopping the horse.

Later when female warrior Mei woke up, although she said nothing on the surface, she had remembered this debt clearly in her heart.

Chu Xun let someone to arrange the carriage while he personally carried Mei Qian Deng out. Three layers of soft and cosy cotton pads were laid inside the carriage. A golden bedsheet for Emperor’s use was spread over them. There was also a silk quilt. The space was limited. After Chu Xun placed Mei Qian Deng well, he could only glue himself to the inner wall of the carriage while sitting on his legs. The remaining space were filled with bottles and jars of medicines.

Mo Biao, “Your Majesty, why don’t you change to another carriage?” An eight chi[5] man shrinking at the side, with his legs couldn’t even stretch straight. Seeing it really made others felt uncanny……felt it was very uncalled-for.

“No need. Zhen will stay beside her. Hasten up.”

“Yes.”

Zi time[6] had passed, the moon setting down.

Qi Yang City was still quiet. In the future, the exceptional Young Master Song Long wouldn’t be inside the Qian Lai Inn drinking free tea again.

[1] An idiom. Similar to a jack of all trades but master of none. Basically, Tao Xiao Xian only has a basic level martial art.

[2] An idiom. Means, an innocent person suffers because of others.

[3]

Scientific name: Clivia miniata. Other names: natal lily, Kaffir lily.

[4] Referring to the dramatizing scene where a man will be asked who he will save first if his wife and his mother fell into the water at the same time.

[5] Either this is an aggrandisation or the raw I got is wrong or this is like those in anime and manga world where the height can be anything. Eight chi is equals to 8.75 foot or 2.66 metres.

[6] Between 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.