Your Highness, Please Love Me Tender

99. I Want to See the Sharp Sword

Translator: Flying Lines

“For you. Bite down on it.” Because he was afraid of Su Jie biting his tongue, Zhou Zaiyue quickly handed him a towel.

At this time, the water inside the bathtub started to turn muddy. Soaked in the medicine, Su Jie’s body trembled slightly. The expression on the young man’s face was one that showed he was holding back his emotions. His forehead was covered with beads of water, but it was unclear whether that was due to pain or because of the hot bath.

“Someone come here quick. Help me remove him from the bathtub.” Zhou Zaiyue was so frantic that his forehead was covered in sweat. He directed a hasty command to the outside of the room and added some more new medicine into the tub.

Hearing Zhou Zaiyue’s voice, Xiao Shengnian immediately rushed into the room. Not caring whether his robe would get wet and dirty, he hurriedly pulled Su Jie from the tub and then carried him to the bed.

It was difficult for Su Jie to bear with the pain. His vision had already started to blur, and he vaguely smelled a familiar scent near him. So, subconsciously, Su Jie reached out to clutch at that person’s robe. His hands were held in a tight fist as if this could lessen the pain he felt.

Feeling a pang to his heart, Xiao Shengnian helped Su Jie wipe off the sweat that beaded at his forehead. The anger towards Prince Qin intensified an extra degree.

Bastard, he actually used such a poisonous Gu on my little slave!

“Hold him still. I’m going to perform acupuncture on him.” Zhou Zaiyue said anxiously to Xiao Shengnian when he saw Su Jie’s body, covered with an unusual redness, trembling uncontrollably.

“Sure.” Xiao Shengnian nodded. The rope beside the bed was prepared by Zhou Zaiyue beforehand. Because Su Jie didn’t have the energy to resist at this moment, Xiao Shengnian was able to tie his four limbs together very quickly.

Zhou Zaiyue inserted a few needles into Su Jie’s body, starting from his abdomen. Up until he inserted the very last needle, Zhou Zaiyue breathed a sigh of relief. From beside him, he picked up a scalpel that was already prepared for him and used it to let out some blood from Su Jie’s fingers of his left hand. Fresh red blood oozed out and Zhou Zaiyue made a cut on Su Jie’s palm.

The blood that flowed out of Su Jie’s palm had an unusual black-green color. And, from the wound on his palm, a black insect crawled out with some difficulty.

Zhou Zaiyue swiftly threw the Death Gu into a medicine bottle, and Su Jie’s breathing gradually smoothed.

Xiao Shengnian untied the ropes around Su Jie. At this time, Su Jie had already sweated a lot. His expression was somewhat exhausted as he lightly breathed out two words, “Thank you.”

“Thanks for what?” Xiao Shengnian used a clean towel to wipe down Su Jie’s body. Su Jie was too lazy to move. He now felt as if all the energy in his body was sucked out of him. He couldn’t even be bothered to lift a finger.

The Death Gu, which was contained inside the medicine bottle, became restless because it lost the nourishment of warm, fresh blood. It rolled around in the medicine bottle, struggling to get out. Yet, Zhou Zaiyue poured a light green medical solution into the medicine bottle. Then, he sealed the bottle.

“The Death Gu is removed.”

Zhou Zaiyue felt utterly relieved, as if a huge stone was lifted from his heart. Now he didn’t need to worry about His Highness’s life being controlled by other people.

At the same time, at Prince Qin’s residence.

The Guqin Master was just having a nap. During these past few days, he felt somewhat tired. It was right at this moment that he suddenly felt a stabbing pain. Instantly, all thoughts of sleep vanished.

“The mother Gu is restless?” There was also a Gu insect inside the Guqin Master’s body. However, the insect inside his body was the Death Gu’s mother. Under normal circumstances, the mother Gu would quietly lie inside the Guqin Master’s body, but if her offsprings met an unusual death, the mother Gu would be able to sense it.

“Perhaps the Gu insect has been removed from someone’s body?” The Guqin Master’s gaze turned fierce as he felt the insect’s anxiousness. He hurriedly fished out a pill from his pockets and ate it. Only then, did the pain in his body subside. He pondered for a moment, and then called for Xiao Luoxuan.

“Uncle, what is the matter?”

“The reason for my calling you is related to the Sharp Sword.”

“The Sharp Sword?” Xiao Luoxuan’s heart clenched, and then he asked hastily, “What happened to him?”

“I think that someone may have removed the Death Gu from his body.”

Xiao Luoxuan first breathed a sigh of relief and then followed with another question, “How do you know this?”

“The Death Gu inside the Sharp Sword’s body should be quite tenacious. Also, only that Gu inside him can cause such a strong reaction from the mother Gu inside my body.”

“It’ll be fine, uncle. The Sharp Sword is extremely loyal. Even if the poison inside him is undone, I still believe he will remain loyal to me.” Xiao Luoxuan said with certainty.

“You’re quite optimistic…” the Guqin Master sighed. He wasn’t scared of the Sharp Sword’s betrayal because, after so many years, the Guqin Master had a very in-depth understanding of the Sharp Sword. On the other hand, what made the Guqin Master uneasy was the fact that there was someone who knew how to remove the Death Gu. And that the person approached the Sharp Sword? Was there something he didn’t know about?

“I’m going to have someone send a message to notify the Sharp Sword to come to see me.” Xiao Luoxuan said.