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On the third day, Sheng Luan and Zhao Zhang could barely get off the ground, but Gu Yun still had not woken up.

"This is wrong." Pei Zixi frowned his eyebrows and thought, "Logically speaking, in a situation like Lord Gu, if I don't wake up with fever, I have been practicing medicine for many years, I am confident in my abilities."

Xie Jingxi thought back to last time when Gu Yun was injured, but did not seem to have a fever. Normally, with this degree of trauma, a fever would occur, but Gu Yun's body temperature seemed to always be lower than the people around him, and he had never seen him overheat.

Xie Jingxi asked: "Imperial Physician Pei, is it abnormal not to get hot under these circumstances?"

"There is also a possibility of him not getting hot. Firstly, it depends on the method of handling and timing, and secondly, it is related to one's physical body. It seems like the General Sheng's injuries are also very severe, so there is no fever.

Pei Zixi said as he carefully touched Gu Yun's pulse. After a long while, he said: "Usually, I don't understand Lord Gu's body, but looking at his appearance, the cold energy in his body is extremely strong, if it wasn't brought out from his mother's womb, or gathered together due to illness the day after tomorrow, then he must have been poisoned, and if it was treated by Senior Yin, then even if he couldn't completely cure the poison, the final method would be suppression."

The more Xie Jingxi listened, the more she frowned. According to what Imperial Physician Pei said, combined with Gu Yun's normal situation and Old Man Ji's reaction, it was possible that he had been poisoned by some kind of incomprehensible poison.

Pei Zixi continued, "There are many suppressing situations, but the most effective method is to use another poison to forcefully suppress it. If old senior Gui is unable to remove all of the poison after so many years, then it is very possible that Lord Gu's body's poison isn't one of them, I don't mean that you were struck by multiple poisons at the same time, but was instead suppressed later on. Normally, one type of medicine can be extremely toxic to humans, but there is a possibility that you could have coincidentally suppressed another type of poison.

The trouble was here, even Zhao Zhang reminded her not to go find Old Man Ji, then Gu Yun must have guessed Gu Qing's plan. If the Old Man Ji was here, then everything would be easy to settle.

"Lord Gu must be afraid of the cold weather, if it's not winter now, there is a high possibility of causing an old disease, so I thought that we should temporarily add more brazier water inside the house, and take the other things one step at a time, and allow Pei to take some time, or perhaps find a way to temporarily suppress it."

was really a knowledgeable person, and knew that Old Man Ji's identity was sensitive. Thus, he did not mention where he was, when Xie Jingxi suddenly remembered that last time at the King Jin Palace, Old Man Ji gave Gu Yun a bath for him, and she occasionally saw him at the side. From the smell and the medicinal dregs, she could roughly recognize fifty to sixty percent of the baths, and later on, he stayed with Old Man Ji for a few months and got to know a lot of rare herbs that she had never seen before.

Therefore, Xie Jingxi told Pei Zixi about this thought, "Imperial Physician Pei, I can remember about 80 to 90% of the medicinal bath that Xuanchen bathed in previously, would that be feasible?"

Pei Zixi was pleasantly surprised: "Eighty to ninety percent is already very precious, I, Grand Mistress, will remember this. I, Pei Zi Yun, might be able to see just what kind of poison Lord Gu is suffering from."

had also thought about whether or not he should use the same method from last time to ask Old Man Ji for medicinal ingredients, but for safety reasons, it was best not to use the same method twice. If he really exposed King Jin, then it would be even more troublesome, so he could only rely on Pei Zixi.

Xie Jingxi's prescription could be said to have been of great help. In the past few days, Pei Zixi practically stayed the entire night at the Marquis Mansion, and spent the entire night researching it before finally concocting a prescription that he could use. However, in these three days, Gu Yun's condition was not very good.

The first three days were unusually peaceful for Gu Yun, but on the night of the fourth day, his entire body suddenly started to twitch. At that time, there were many hot furnaces in the house, causing ordinary people to be unable to sit still, but Gu Yun's entire body was ice-cold, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

After Pei Zixi gave him the acupuncture, he no longer twitched, but Xie Jingxi was still worried. She stayed the whole night, and in the morning, she suddenly discovered that there was a thin layer of frost on the fingernails of his hands. Xie Jingxi was completely shocked, and kept clenching his hands tightly, but not long after, even her hands had become ice-cold, and Gu Yun was still the same.

"We can't delay any longer. We have to quickly get the Lord Gu to soak in the medicinal bath." Pei Zixi immediately decided to place a huge barrel inside the house, and immediately brought Gu Yun, who was about to freeze over, inside, "Grand Mistress, the injuries on Lord Gu's body have not healed yet, so you can't stay in the water for a long period of time. You have to be mentally prepared, my abilities are limited, if it doesn't work in the end, I will have to ask the old senior Gui to personally do it."

Imperial Physician Pei has already helped a lot. You should go to the house at the side to rest.

Pei Zixi had not closed his eyes for a few days, and did not try to force it, he told Xie Jingxi about some of the things he should take note of, "Grand Mistress, you also need to rest, if you fall, no one will be able to take care of Lord Gu."

Xie Jingxi nodded her head in agreement, but right now, all she could think about was how to recuperate, she wasn't in the mood to sleep at all.

"Madam?" The sound of Zhao Zhang knocking on the door woke his up. She quickly got up to open the door, but Zhao Zhang was still not fast enough.

Xie Jingxi nodded, "Usually you follow him, have you ever encountered such a situation?"

"I came for this matter. Eldest Young Master has always kept a medicine bottle hidden in the secret compartment of his study and usually has one with him, but the one he brought was already taken when he was at Jing Prefecture Manor. It was concocted by Old Man Ji and he told Eldest Young Master to take one when he was sick."

The secret compartment in Gu Yun's study? He didn't seem to know where it was. Xie Jingxi went in to look for it for half a day before she finally found it. It was just that the interior of the secret compartment was a simple trap.

Xie Jingxi thought to herself, as long as she hid it well, if she could not open it, could it be that she was going to tear down the wall? The more Xie Jingxi was panicking, the more she was flustered and flustered, and after messing around for a long time, she still could not open it.

She had seen this kind of delicate hidden compartment before, but she had never played with it before. It required a special set of activating methods and it would take a lot of time just to rely on her to explore it, but when Xie Jingxi thought about Gu Yun's fingers that were covered in ice and frost, an indescribable fury filled her heart, supporting her and allowing her to endure the anger that had been gathering for a long time to resolve this hidden compartment.

After being crippled for more than two hours, Xie Jingxi finally opened up the third level outside, but luckily there was the medicine bottle that Zhao Zhang had mentioned on the third level. She was finally relieved, and just as she was about to close the secret compartment, she suddenly saw an even deeper compartment.

Xie Jingxi knew that this wasn't the time to be curious, but she couldn't help but want to find out what happened. After giving the medicine to Gu Yun to consume, she once again arrived in front of the secret compartment.

Finally, with a "pa" sound, Xie Jingxi let out a sigh of relief. Originally, she had thought that she did not know of something even more dangerous, but after seeing a ball of burnt black paint, she could not help but be stunned. What kind of thing was Gu Yun hiding?

Xie Jingxi did not take it, but went closer to take a look, it looked like a tablet, only it was burnt to the point that it looked completely different, and she could not even tell who it was, even some burnt wood scraps were inside. She suddenly thought of something, such a precious tablet like Gu Yun should belong to his mother, Lady Ji.

But why was he burned to this state?

Could it be that the conflict between Gu Yun and the Marquis Mansion originated from here? Was it the Marquis or someone else? Could it be that Gu Yun was not valued in the Marquis Mansion since he was young?

Thinking about how a young Gu Yun would feel while holding his own mother's memorial tablet, his heart couldn't help but ache. To be able to keep the burnt memorial tablet until today showed just how unforgettable this matter was to his bones. It was the same as the medicine he didn't want others to know about;

"Madam, Eldest Young Master is awake!"

Pei Zixi suddenly shouted outside. Xie Jingxi was overjoyed, and quickly rushed over after closing the secret compartment. Pei Zixi had already come over early, and together with the attendant, he lifted Gu Yun onto the bed. Gu Yun was not completely awake yet, and according to Pei Zixi, the medicine he had just taken should have worked on him.

Xie Jingxi walked over and held his hand. Seeing that the frost on her fingernails were gradually receding, she felt a little relieved, but he seemed to have gotten a sense of comfort, and used her fingers to squeeze her hand with difficulty, her mouth moving yet she couldn't hear what he was saying. Xie Jingxi went over to listen carefully, and only after a long time did she understand what he was saying clearly.

He said, "Xi, I'm back."