Su Luo looked exasperated, aware of her skewed thinking, not bothering to argue with her, and asked, "Where's the thing I asked you to prepare for me? Bring it here."
Qing Yi didn't understand but still held her nose and fetched the black, foul-smelling object.
She didn't know why her mistress had suddenly asked her to find this stuff. Luckily, it was the Duke's wedding day, with people bustling about, or else her actions would've been noticed!
Su Luo silently recalled the human meridian diagram in her father Marquis Huaiyuan's study, and after holding her nose, she pressed the stinky, sticky substance in small amounts onto Jiang Shu's acupoints.
"Help me," Su Luo ordered.
Qing Yi thought it strange, but she was obedient, so she held her nose and followed Su Luo's instructions.
What kind of peculiar method for treating illness was this?
It felt as if her lady was like a quack!
But shortly after, she heard an elated voice from Su Luo: "It actually worked!"
Qing Yi brought the brightly burning candle closer. The two bumped their heads into each other, staring at the tiny bug that resembled a silvery needle, which had wriggled out of Jiang Shu's body.
If there was one, there could be two. In a mere moment, even more tiny white worms started to squirm out continuously.
Qing Yi's scalp turned numb, and her hand shook, causing a drop of melted wax to fall onto Jiang Shu, burning a vast area of his skin. The unconscious man shook slightly from the pain.
She got scared and poured a few more drops of wax onto him: "Miss, did the young master contract the Poisonous Insect?"
"Yes, this is the life-consuming Gu worm. Those infected by this worm usually can't live beyond 20 years. Be quick, seize these worms. Otherwise, they will wriggle back inside!"
The mistress and servant worked together in a flurry, breaking into a sweat. They removed thirty-two Poisonous Insects from Jiang Shu's body, all of them white.
Su Luo wiped a bead of sweat off her forehead: "That's all we can do; we could only manage to remove so many, and some are still left inside him. Let's think of a solution when he wakes up!"
Looking at the pile of insects, Qing Yi's scalp tingled: "Miss, how did you know there were Gu worms inside the young master?"
"I am the Divine Doctor from Miaojiang!"
Qing Yi rolled her eyes, more like a quack!
Of course, Su Luo was not a Divine Doctor.
That day, when Bai Zi arrogantly arrived at the Cold Palace to announce Jiang Shu's death, laughing that the last person who would protect Su Luo had died now.
Only then did Su Luo realize that Jiang Shu was not weak from birth.
He had been infected with the Gu worm, and the method to remove it had been presented to the palace three years ago by someone from Miaojiang. But Wei Jin didn't plan to save Jiang Shu. How could he reveal the prescription?
Not only did he not share it, but he also silenced the Miao Doctor who could cure the poison!
Yet Wei Jin loved Bai Zi and didn't hide the prescription from her. Bai Zi flaunted it before Su Luo: "You probably can't imagine it, the antidote is so simple. Unfortunately, the person has died, it's too late now, hahaha..."
Su Luo closed her eyes, pushing this scene from her mind.
Her voice turned serious: "Clean up everything, leave no traces and clean him up too. Don't let him discover any clues!"
Better safe than sorry.
She saved him to use him for her own purposes. The life-saving method was her bargaining chip.
Just as they finished their hectic work, Jiang Yang's urgent voice came from outside: "Young Lady, the meal is ready, should I bring it in now?"
Qing Yi opened the door, letting several maidervants in to set the table.
Jiang Yang craned his neck to look and was taken aback.
The Princely Heir's clothes were tossed on the floor, his face was unusually flushed, his bare arm was lying outside the covers, and it was clear that he had just been tormented.
As for Su Luo and Qing Yi, they were both panting, drenched in sweat....