Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

370. Mental Stress (II)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Chapter 254 Mental Stress (II)

Shi suddenly said, “I think Xu You might be asked to go to the border with them.”

“What?” Fang and Xu turned to look at Shi. “What makes you think so, Brother Shi?”

Shi slowly shook his head. “It’s just an intuition. I just think that since Huhe Huangcheng is interested in Xu You, he will definitely do something. What can he do so that he’ll contact Xu You more? That is going to the border with Xu You, which will provide him with more opportunities.”

“Xu You is my wife. How could he be sent to the border?” Fang was very surprised.

Shi said calmly, “Under normal circumstances, that won’t happen.”

Both Fang and Xu felt confused. “Will there be any abnormal circumstances?”

“I’m not Huhe Huangcheng, so it’s hard to say. I just think he will figure out a way.”

After hearing the words, Long thought carefully and said, “Qingzhou is right. If Huhe Huangcheng’s target is Xu You and he wants to know more from him, he’ll surely do something. Xu You is a man and the relationship between you two may draw a lot of attention, so Xu You will definitely not go out often. Huhe Huangcheng needs to find opportunities to contact Xu You, but it is not a good idea to come to your mansion. After all, Xu You stays in the inner courtyard. So, he’ll surely think about other ways. But Huhe Huangcheng doesn’t have much time, because you’ll have to leave soon... Therefore...

maybe he’ll really figure out a way to make Xu You go with you...”

Hearing that, Fang gasped and looked very worried.

Long said softly, “But this is only our guess now. Don’t worry too much. We can only take measures according to the actual situation. So, let’s just wait and see.”

It seemed that it was the only choice for them at the moment.

Anyways, the words of Long and Shi had exerted some mental stress on Xu and Fang.

After the four people ended the discussion, Long and Shi went back to their room.

Xu looked bad. Although Fang was also upset, he still held Xu in his arms.

“Don’t worry, it’ll be fine. I’m here.”

Xu stared at Fang and nodded slowly. “Okay.”

After all, it wasn’t something that could be solved even if they were worried to death... They could just look carefully before taking each step.

Three days later, Long and Shi followed Fang and went to the secret room again with Huhe.

In the special secret room built by the royal family, Huhe and Fang still called each other brothers and talked happily.

Long and Shi followed Fang, working as guards dutifully.

After Long walked into the secret room, he felt... the part where the poisonous insect was staying in his body seemed be to beating. Long pursed his lips and thought of a possibility.

The poison had been sent to Liu, but the antidote wouldn’t be worked out in a short time, right?

In addition, last time at Songye city, the removing of the evil creatures had a lot to do with the poisonous insect.

At the moment, the insect was right there in his body!

What if the insect was needed for detoxification? It seemed that he couldn’t help if he stayed there...

While Long was thinking about this, Fang and Huhe were already checking the results over there.

Three days had passed and those who had drunk the poisonous water had symptoms of cold.

Emperor Zhou sent an imperial doctor there.

As long as there was no physical contact, the imperial doctor still could treat the patients. Moreover, even if he himself was poisoned, he could get the antidote from Huhe Huangcheng.

However, if it was in the army and a soldier caught a cold, he would definitely go to see the doctor, who would take many soldiers’ pulses every day. Then, more and more people would get infected.

Every soldier had his own companions and friends, and physical contact was inevitable.

Therefore, this kind of poison would be so horrible if it appeared in the army.

The imperial doctor made a careful diagnosis and finally came to the conclusion... The prisoner caught a cold!

He didn’t know that the patient had been poisoned and even prescribed some medicine.

According to Huhe, cold medicine was useless for the poison. Besides, a kind of herb in it would even aggravate the situation of the poisoned person! That was the point.

The imperial doctor took the pulses of all the poisoned people. After he got the conclusion that all of them got a cold, he took off the gloves.

That kind of thin leather gloves were only available in the palace of Eastern Darkness.

Although the imperial doctor didn’t know why he was asked to wear those gloves when he treated the patients, he would naturally not be disobedient.

After that, Fang and Huhe left.

Huhe mentioned Xu once, but only asked Fang to say hello to him, saying that they could hang out together next time.

Fang naturally agreed with a smile.

“Brother Huhe, how long will it take to see the results next?”

“It depends on how often they take the medicine. If they take it three times a day, then within three days they will lose strength.”

After a pause, Fang asked, “What if they don’t take the medicine?”

“Then it will be five to six days at the latest.”

Fang nodded. “Okay, then let’s just wait for five to six days.”

Huhe didn’t refuse and just said, “No problem. Brother Shuoyang, even you’re not anxious. I’ll just listen to you.”

Fang smiled.

After the two of them parted, Fang went directly to the palace.

Emperor Zhou had been waiting for him.

Fang told him about the situation in the secret room in detail.

After a while, Emperor Zhou said, “As for going to the border, there’s no rush. Just wait a few more days. You have been in contact with Huhe Huangcheng for a while. What do you think of him?”

After thinking about it carefully, Fang gave an answer, “He’s scheming.”

“Oh?” Emperor Zhou raised his eyebrows and took a look at Fang significantly. “I thought... you had a good relationship with him.”

Fang looked at Emperor Zhou in surprise. “How could it be? Although our two nations have been allied, our relationship is very unstable. Moreover, the true purpose of Northern Barbarians is still unknown. Even though they brought us the poison, maybe they just want to solve their own problems. Most of our forces in Heaven Dragon have been eliminated, but things are not good for them, either. They have asked Heaven Dragon for peace twice. What’s more, Shi Qingshan is guarding the border over there and Northern Barbarians just can’t win a single battle. So, the poison may be useful for us, but I think they want to make use of us in this way. Under such circumstances, how can I really make friends with him? It’s just a superficial relationship.”

Hearing Fang’s words, Emperor Zhou kept silent for a short time and then he laughed.

“Shuoyang, you’re right. It seems that I’ve worried too much.”

Fang smiled shyly. “Father, were you worried that I would fully trust Huhe Huangcheng? This is impossible. I doubted his motives at the very beginning, so I proposed testing his poison, didn’t I? By the way, father, may I ask if the antidote has been worked out?

“No.” Emperor Zhou shook his head. “Not so fast. That poison is very tricky. I asked many imperial doctors to study it day and night, but there’s still no progress.”

Fang was a little worried. “Although the poison is good, we’ll still be controlled by them without the antidote. If Huhe Huangcheng treats us as their enemy when necessary and poisons us with it, it will be difficult for us to fight back!”

Emperor Zhou nodded. “Yes, you’re right.”

“Father, do you think we can just...” Fang made a gesture of grabbing things.