Nangong Xing Yao said, "When I was young, I had a senior sister who oversaw the separation of the Shu Hall. "Once, when she went to Miao Village, she met a man from Miao Renlong. They fell in love at first sight, so senior sister decided to stay behind. However, for some reason, she lost contact with the branch hall."
"One year later, a spy snuck into the branch hall in Sichuan and worked with them from the inside to the outside. He exterminated more than 300 disciples in the branch hall and destroyed dozens of information trading bases. After learning of the matter, she vowed to avenge her fellow sect members and left Miao stronghold. When she took the head of the spy and the mastermind back to the main hall and begged Master to forgive her, Master made her swear an oath to cut off all ties with Miao Ren. Who knew that when she swore the oath, the Gu poison would act up and she died on the spot … "
Even if one had never seen the poison acting up before, anyone who thought about it would shudder in fear.
Jing Qi had seen how the Crown Prince's assassins were bitten back by Gu worms, so he was shocked just thinking about it.
"The scariest part of the Gu technique is that the Gu can hide within formless, colorless and tasteless, making it hard to guard against. Some people even die without knowing they've been infected with the Gu."
Listening to what A'Yao and Jing Qi said, Shen Ling Jue gritted his teeth, his gaze full of killing intent, the veins on his forehead popping out.
"Do you still remember when your senior sister's Gu poison flared up?" he asked suddenly.
Ah Yao couldn't help but shiver. He really couldn't bear to remember.
"Master made her swear that she was not willing at first, but in the end, she made her vow. "As soon as the oath was said, she suddenly covered her head and said, 'So hot, or so painful. I was hiding behind someone and couldn't hear it clearly."
Master will not be able to save her. Very quickly, she spat out mouthful after mouthful of black blood, and transparent Gu worms gushed out from her eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, instantly eating her until only her sparkling white bones remain. Many years later, Master told me that Senior Sister had been poisoned by Miao Ren's poison, and that the poison was called 'infatuation Gu'. "
Hearing this, Feng Ning Yan's scalp turned numb, and she immediately stood up.
Shen Ling Jue and Chu Zhao paled at the same time as they looked at Feng Ning Yan.
Jing Qi and Nangong Xingyao looked at the three of them with a baffled expression. They didn't know why they had suddenly become so excited.
Shen Ling Jue held onto Feng Ning Yan's hand and looked at her speechlessly.
Feng Ningyan also blankly stared at him. She felt that the warmth of his fingertips had penetrated her ice-cold fingertips. She suddenly felt as if her heart was on fire.
She quickly retracted her hand, turned around and walked to the window and suddenly pushed it open, gasping for breath.
Shen Ling Jue could tell that something was wrong with her, he clenched his fists tightly, both his hands were trembling.
Jing Zhan and Chu Zhao had never seen a prince lose control to the point that his hands were shaking, because he often said that a hand that wielded a sword couldn't shake. If the hand wasn't steady, then the move would be unstable, and the arrow would be unstable.
And the prince's hands had always been steady.
But at this moment, his hand was trembling so badly that even he couldn't control his teeth.
Chu Zhao knew that the reason why Shen Lingjue lost control like this was because his previous speculation had finally been confirmed. He already knew that the Du Family had not poisoned Feng Ning Yan with poison, but rather Gu, the love Gu.
It was no wonder that she couldn't find any poison in the wine cup. Even the blood soul candle that could cure the poison could only alleviate her pain and not remove her root of illness.
Feng Ningyan silently chanted the scripture in her heart and secretly circulated her inner breath, but she was unable to calm her heart down.
She finally understood that Shen Lingjue had suspected long ago that she was poisoned by a parasite, and this parasite was the cause of her emotions.
Therefore, the reason why he had kept his distance from her these past few days was because he suspected that every time she tried to poison him, it was because she found it difficult to control herself and purposely cold.
She thought that no one would know if her feelings were hidden in her heart, but this infatuated Gu had already caused her to be unable to face, unable to admit to herself, and it was impossible to hide from it …
She did not know when she had fallen in love with Shen Ling Jue.
Was it when he used his life and identity to guarantee that the Feng family did not have any thoughts of conspiring against him?
Was it when he was kowtowing and confessing his love to her in the Cloudsoaring Mountain?
Was it because he was willing to change his nature in order to protect him? Was it because he wanted to fight for the right to ascend the throne?
Was it when he was having a night feast with a hairpin and forcefully took her as his concubine? Or was it when he found out that she would be assassinated and came all the way to her side?
No, none of them...
Perhaps from the moment he was willing to admit his mistakes and go to the underworld with her in his previous life, he etched that smile that had no regrets into her heart …
Two streams of clear tears silently fell from Feng Ning Yan's face …
Noticing everyone's abnormal expressions, A Yao suddenly reacted.
"Esteemed wangfei, could it be that Chu Zhao said that you were poisoned because of the parasite? Could it be this kind of infatuated Gu? "
No one answered her, but it was an affirmative answer.
She panicked: "Who is so evil! This infatuated Gu had different effects on different people. It could make two people who originally had no love fall in love, and if one of them betrayed him, he would be devoured by the Gu worm. "It could also make someone who was originally in love …"
At this point, she could not help but bite her finger, not daring to speak further.
"How is it?" Feng Ning Yan turned her head and couldn't help but ask.
Ah Yao saw that everyone's gaze was focused on her. She also knew that her next words were very important, but how could she dare to say it out loud?
"If... A pair of lovers who have been afflicted with the love Gu will feel excruciating pain. Furthermore, the two of them are in cahoots with each other. In other words, the two of them must die … "
"I won't!" Shen Ling Jue pulled out his sword, splitting the table in front of him into two, and shouted hoarsely, "It's not the Love Gu!"
Why didn't he insist on going back to the room with Feng Ning Yan and let her drink the wine that had been infused with the poison?!
He looked sorrowful and regretful while deceiving himself, causing Feng Ningyan to not dare to look any further.
She turned around and started chanting. After a while, the fire in her heart finally began to die down, not causing her to have a headache.
Only when she was able to control her emotions did she turn around and walk in front of Shen Ling Jue, quietly staring at him.
"All of you can leave, I have something to talk to His Royal Highness about."
When they had retreated outside the door and closed it, Feng Ning Yan took a step closer. She raised her hand and caressed his face:
"Your Highness, I am glad that I sent you to another room that day. I am glad that you are safe and sound. "
Shen Ling Jue held her hand tightly. He only wanted to hug her close to his chest, but did not dare to do so.
"Ning Yan, if we drink that pot of wine together, I can accompany you in pain and be your catalyst …"
"He really is a fool …"
Feng Ning Yan turned her face away, trying to hold back her tears.
Turning back, she smiled easily.
"If not for this Gu, I would still be able to deceive myself … But now, you know everything, I … I feel so stupid... "I have to be infected by the Gu in order to understand my own heart …"
Before she could finish her words, Shen Ling Jue held her tightly, "Say no more! Don't think about it! I don't know anything! I want you to continue lying to yourself! "Feng Ningyan, I have never placed you in my heart. If you do not believe me, I will immediately write and leave you a letter, and I will sever all ties with you!"