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Su Nuo was completely unconscious as she said excitedly, "Little Qian, no! Little Qian, no!"

Xue Rou tightly clenched her hands under her sleeves and forced a smile on her face: "Yes, Big Sister is right."

Su Nuo seemed to have thought of something and quickly said, "Little Qian, I'll apply the medicine for you. If you don't, you will be slandered." As he spoke, he went to look for medicine.

Xue Rou held down Su Nuo and said, "Elder sister, don't look for him anymore. I have a bottle of superior medicine. I'll go get it for elder sister right now."

Su Nuo said gratefully, "Xue Rou, thank you."

Xue Rou left with a smile. The moment she left, the smile on her face was gone, and only a cold smile remained on her face: "Su Nuo, just you wait. One day, I will let you —" The rest of the words that came after disappeared into the snake-like smile.

However, Xue Rou still sent the medicine over. She said that she remembered that there was something she hadn't done yet and left immediately.

Sino took the medicine and opened the lid, and then all was still. Little Qian looked at Su Nuo and asked, "Fu Jin, what's wrong?"

Su Nuo slowly raised her head. Her lifeless eyes met Little Qian's gaze. "My eyes can't see." He laughed bitterly, "I forgot that I can't see. I can't apply the medicine on Qian."

Xiao Qian's heart skipped a beat and he said, "It's okay, Fu Jin, you don't have to worry. The little Cui Li next to me is fine. She helped me with the medicine last night. It's okay, Fu Jin."

Su Nuo smiled faintly in response, but her smile was pale and powerless. Su Nuo gave the medicine to Little Qian, and instructed: "Then you must get Xiao Cui to help you tonight, don't forget."

Little Qian took it and was about to get up when Su Nuo said, "I want to sleep a little longer today. Just help me to the bed."

Little Qian was surprised. "Didn't Fu Jin just say that he wanted to go for a walk?"

Su Nuo shook her head. "I'm a bit sleepy and I want to sleep a little longer." Little Qian nodded and helped Su Nuo back onto the bed. He carefully covered her with the blanket and went down. She simply slept on the bed. Just as she was about to turn around and push the door open, she withdrew her hand halfway. She still understood the temperament of her family's Fu Jin, which seemed to be gentle, but once she decided on something, nine oxen would not be able to pull her back.

Little Qian tightly held the medicinal bottle in his hand and turned around to leave. She couldn't let Fu Jin worry. She had to get better as soon as possible.

Within the room.

Su Nuo's expression was very pale as she held her bandaged hands tightly. The pain seeped into her body, Little Qian was actually punished by her master, and she, a cripple who could not see anything, was actually implicating Little Qian. She was really, really useless.

Too useless.

No matter what, she was just a lowly slave. It didn't matter what, but she couldn't involve the people she cared about. Absolutely not.

At the border, a wave of yellow sand rose up and a slender figure walked over.

Yan Qingcheng instantly jumped down from the carriage, and her snow-white robes fluttered in the wind as she ran in the direction of the figure. "Your Highness, Your Highness."

The Duke of Beichen smiled at Yan Qingcheng from afar, appearing as unrestrained as before, as though nothing mattered to him at all. He was merely here to enjoy the show.

Yan Qingcheng walked in front of the Duke of Beichen, the color of her face slowly fading as she spoke in terror, "My prince, you're injured."

An arrow pierced directly into the shoulder of the Duke of Beichen, and the sharp arrow pierced through his body completely, leaving him outside. The Duke of Beichen pressed the weight of his body onto Yan Qingcheng's body, and continued to smile, "But I got the Jade Bead."

Yan Qingcheng quickly helped Duke Bei Chen into the carriage and leaned on him. Her beautiful face was covered with a large amount of blood, and her blue robe was stained with large amounts of blood. It had now turned into a dark red color, a shocking sight, as if she was an Asura of the underworld.

The Duke of Beichen slowly opened his mouth, "That wasn't my blood."

Yan Qingcheng's pale face did not change at all because of this sentence. She ordered the shadows outside to leave, and quickly cut her clothes open. When she saw that hideous wound, she stopped what she was doing and tears fell from her eyes.

He saw that the old wound on the sword which Bei Chen Han had stabbed at was also completely split open. The two wounds were bleeding profusely, and the horrifying look on the sword did not seem to be able to stop.

The Duke of Beichen wiped the tears off Yan Qingcheng's face, teasing, "Cheng'er won't look good when she cries. Cheng'er knows that, but I only love beauties."

Yan Qingcheng ignored him and dried her tears. She raised her head and said to Lord Beichen, "My prince, I am about to draw my sword. Bear with it."

The Duke of Beichen nodded his head indifferently. However, the moment Yan Qingcheng pulled the arrow out of the bow, his face paled.

Yan Qingcheng hurried to stop the bleeding for Duke Bei Chen. Her movements were abnormally fast and proficient. Viscount Beichen, who was already bandaged, ridiculed him, "Thank goodness there's a city here, otherwise, I would not have the chance to live like this."

Yan Qingcheng did not say anything. After a long silence, she asked, "Prince, is it a Shadow City — dead?" That was a question, but her tone was firm.

Lord Beichen acknowledged. Yan Qingcheng didn't even raise her head, only softly saying, "It's good that Your Highness is still alive."

However, everyone knew that every shadow was trained from a young age. Even if one was sacrificed, it would still be a great loss, let alone ten.

Only after a full six hours did the carriage enter the city. Lord Bei Chen said with his eyes closed, "Don't go back to the mansion, go to the courtyard."

Yan Qingcheng lifted the curtains as she obeyed Shadow's orders.

The horse carriage slowly drove into a remote suburb. It was the courtyard of an ordinary family, and there was nothing special about it. The horse carriage stopped, and Yan Qingcheng helped Duke Bei Chen into the house.

"Where is he?" Lord Beichen asked.

A shadow immediately carried a unconscious man from the secret compartment and walked over. Duke Bei Chen nodded and said to Yan Qingcheng: "lure the Gu out."

Yan Qingcheng held a blade and sliced open the man's wrist. Blood immediately flowed out, but the nearby crimson brown Jade Bead did not have any reaction.

The smile disappeared from Beichen's face, and he furrowed his brows, "What's going on?"

Yan Qingcheng answered truthfully, "When Cheng'er was investigating, the authorities said that the Gu would be drawn out with human blood. There was nothing else."

The Duke of Beichen looked at the fresh blood that was flowing down to the ground. He raised his head, and his eyes fell on the shadow beside him. The shadow cut his hand open without hesitation, and fresh red blood flowed out, but the Jade Descend Pearl remained motionless.

Lord Beichen said solemnly, "Go and invite Imperial Physician Zhang over. He's the one who suggested the Jade Bead of Fallen Jade. He must know."

The Umbra tore off a piece of cloth and wrapped the wound up. Just as it was about to turn around and leave, Lord Beichen said: "Don't let anyone know, I will not allow even the slightest bit of possibility to let other people know about this matter related to Little Nuo." "Absolutely not."

"Yes." He turned and left.

The shadow moved quickly. It returned a moment later with a gunny sack and opened it. The shadow tore off the strip of cloth in Imperial Physician Zhang's mouth and stood by the side.

The sudden brightness was unacceptable to Imperial Physician Zhang. He squinted his eyes, and when he slowly opened them and saw the Duke of Bei Chen standing in front of him, his panicked expression turned into shock.

Lord Beichen sat leaning against the wall, the smile still lingering on his face. "How are you, Imperial Physician Zhang?"

Imperial Physician Zhang jolted awake and sat up on his knees. "Third Marquis, Third Marquis —" He didn't know what to say after shouting for so long.

The Duke of Beichen sat up straighter, but as he moved, his changed robes started to have traces of blood on them, quickly spreading to his clothes. Imperial Physician Zhang hadn't expected that Beicheng would be injured, "Third Prince, you … you're injured." As he spoke, his tongue grew even bigger. "The Third Marquis needs me to see a doctor. He just needs to say it. No, I don't need such a big — —" He turned to Shadow, and his body involuntarily trembled.

"I, Imperial Physician Zhang, have misunderstood. I'm looking for you for the Jade Bead." After speaking, Yan Qingcheng placed the Jade Bead on the table.

This time, Imperial Physician Zhang was truly stupefied. He could only look on helplessly as Chu's national treasure appeared before his eyes. This was something that would shock anyone. Such a precious treasure was something that many people would never be able to see in their entire lives.

The smile on Duke Beichen's face slowly spread out as he stood up. Yan Qingcheng wanted to go forward and help, but he stopped her. Holding the Jade Bead, he walked up to Imperial Physician Zhang and said, "It was Imperial Physician Zhang who said he could use the Jade Bead to treat Xiao Nuo's eyes. Presumably, Imperial Physician Zhang also knows how to use the Jade Bead."

Imperial Physician Zhang opened his eyes wide, staring straight at the Duke of Northern Chen. "The Third Marquis took the Jade Bead, it was, it was to give – 2 – 2 – good fortune to the Third Marquis' eyes."

Beichen nodded with a smile, looking completely harmless.

No matter who it was, they knew that this Er Fujin was just a female slave. Although she had already married the Second Prince, this fact would never change in the eyes of those who knew about her. Furthermore, why was it that the Third Marquis was even more active than the Second Prince?

"Imperial Physician Zhang." Lord Beichen's voice was not loud, but it was slightly drawn out.

Imperial Physician Zhang immediately snapped out of his daze, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and forced out a flattering smile. "This Jade Bead is actually a Gu —"

Lord Beichen interrupted his words with a smile, "I know. As long as Imperial Physician Zhang can tell me what method I need to draw out the Gu."

Cold sweat was already beginning to form on her forehead. Imperial Physician Zhang didn't dare to wipe it off and hastily replied, "As long as you use human blood."

The Duke of Beichen's eyebrows creased, "I have already tried this, it's of no use."

Imperial Physician Zhang paused, as if thinking of something. "May I ask what kind of person's blood the Third Marquis used?"

"Men's blood."

When Imperial Physician Zhang heard this, he acted as if it was true. "Third Marquis, this person's blood isn't anything good."

The Duke of Beichen took a step forward, and even his voice was unconsciously lowered, "What do you mean?"