Chapter 238: Palace Nightmare (2)

There were many eunuchs and palace maids coming and going in the large palace, but it was as quiet as if there were no one. Everyone had the same pace and the same expression, their heads always hanging low, not daring to make a sound. This palace was magnificent and wealthy, containing the world's most precious treasures and the most supreme power, but it was cold and inhuman, and the oppressive atmosphere made breathing difficult. Gu Yun was silent for a long time before finally nodding, "Alright. Let's do as you say."

She believed in law and justice, but she would never understand politics.

Gu Yun and Zhuo Qing went to see Qingfeng every three days. She was still the same, staring at the cradle for a whole day. However, her mind had gradually cleared, and sometimes she would say a word or two to them. Gu Yun didn't stimulate her anymore, but she privately questioned the eunuchs and palace maids of Qingfeng Hall.

The palace was indeed a terrible place. It made people cautious and careful. No matter what Gu Yun asked, the answer she got was almost always that the servants knew nothing.

In Lingyun Pavilion, Gu Yun was thinking about Qingfeng's matter, and her hand bandaging Su Ling's wound forgot its strength. Su Ling gasped. Was she changing the dressing or committing murder!

Gu Yun regained her senses and smiled apologetically, "I didn't mean to! But your wound is healing too fast." When he came back, he was still sickly, and it had been less than ten days, but the wound had already healed very well, and his complexion had returned to normal.

What kind of talk was this? Su Ling sneered, "Are you hoping my wound heals slower?" The wound this time was indeed healing faster than usual, and he didn't know what was going on himself.

Coughing lightly, Gu Yun denied it, "Of course not, I'm just envious."

"Miss Qing." The young general's voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Come in."

The young general entered the courtyard and said loudly, "A man outside is asking to see you. He said he is the person you are looking for."

The person she was looking for? Gu Yun was confused. Who was she looking for? Looking at Su Ling, Su Ling's face clearly wrote "How would I know."

"Please invite him in." Gu Yun was too lazy to guess; she would know what was going on when she saw the person.

After bandaging Su Ling's wound, Gu Yun walked out of the courtyard. The young general was leading a man in. Gu Yun secretly sized up the visitor—a man in his thirties, of medium build, with an extremely ordinary appearance, the kind that one would forget at a glance. If it weren't for the aura of arrogance that made people want to ignore him but couldn't, she would have thought he was just an inconspicuous passerby.

Gu Yun asked hesitantly, "Who are you?" She didn't remember knowing this person, nor did she know when she had looked for him.

While Gu Yun was sizing up the man, the man was also sizing up her. The difference was that Gu Yun looked implicitly, but the man was very arrogant, his eyes lingering on her face for a long time before asking coldly, "You're the one who wants to heal your face?"

Yue Sheng came to the General's Mansion so quickly entirely out of curiosity—curiosity about what kind of woman would make that cold boy beg him again and again. The woman in front of him looked very ordinary no matter how he looked at her; he didn't know what Ao Tian was thinking.

Heal her face? Gu Yun widened her eyes in surprise, "You are Ao Tian's master?" Impossible! He looked at most like Ao Tian's brother, not like a master at all! She heard that Ao Tian had been adopted by his master since he was a child, and she had always thought that such an otherworldly expert would have the image of a Taoist immortal like Su Qing. How could Ao Tian's master be like this? Thinking about it again, she heard that the Ghost Doctor's disguise skills were very superb, and Gu Yun guessed that he must have disguised himself. Her reaction just now was a bit excessive, and Gu Yun smiled apologetically, "Your disguise skills are truly superb."

Yue Sheng raised his cold brows, "Who told you I disguised myself?"

Not disguised? Gu Yun really wanted to ask, how did he maintain it? Although she had been complaining in her heart, she didn't say much, worried that she would accidentally anger this expert and drive him away.

"The wound isn't too deep, it will heal in a month." The scars on her face looked like she had scratched them herself, and she probably didn't have the heart to do it hard at the time. The two scars weren't difficult to treat.

Gu Yun smiled, "You misunderstood, I want to ask you to treat my sister."

Yue Sheng's face darkened suddenly when he heard her words, and he said coldly, "I only treat one person."

Yue Sheng emphasized it specifically, and Gu Yun was puzzled, replying, "I know." She didn't dare to hope he would treat several people, right?

"Except for me, no one in the world can heal such a wound."

What an arrogant person. Gu Yun couldn't stand it and echoed, "That's truly great."

After talking for a long time, she didn't seem to understand his meaning. Yue Sheng said unpleasantly, "If I treat her, your face will never be healed in your life. Even if that boy begs for you again, I won't take action."

Gu Yun was startled. It turned out he had been beating around the bush for so long just to say this. Gu Yun smiled generously, "You can rest assured, you only need to heal my sister, don't worry about my face."

Gu Yun had been talking outside for a long time, and Su Ling, worried about her, put on a cloak and walked out of the courtyard.

Yue Sheng glanced at Su Ling and suddenly glared, shouting at Gu Yun, "You actually gave him my medicine pill? You don't know how to cherish it!" That medicine took ten years to refine just a few pills, and she actually used it to treat that little skin injury! It was infuriating!

He only looked at Su Ling once and knew that she had given the medicine pill sent by Qian Jing to Su Ling. Sure enough, he was a divine doctor, living up to his reputation.

The more Yue Sheng thought about it, the angrier he got, and he said angrily, "Let's go quickly."

"Where to?" Heavens, the expert's thinking jump was too big.

"To heal the face." Healing it would allow him to leave early, otherwise, he would be angered to death by her.

Heal it now? Gu Yun's face stiffened. Healing the face was something she and Qing had been wishing for from beginning to end. She heard that it was Qingfeng's idea to scratch her face at the time, and she might not be willing to let people heal it. Besides, her mood was so bad now that she probably didn't have the heart to think about healing her face. Bringing someone over suddenly now, it was possible for Qingfeng to drive them out in a fit of anger. Gu Yun coughed lightly and smiled, "You've traveled a long way and must be tired, why not rest first, and it won't be too late to go in two days."

Gu Yun wanted to stabilize him first, but Yue Sheng didn't buy it and said impatiently, "Where do so many nonsense words come from! Either go now, or invite someone else. You choose."

Gu Yun said urgently, "Go now!" No matter what, she couldn't let him leave!

But she didn't have a token, how could she bring a man into the palace? Turning back, Gu Yun whispered to Su Ling, "I'll take him first, you ask Ming Shu to notify Qing Ling to meet me at the palace gate." Gu Yun suddenly thought of something and asked, "Is it okay to bring a man into the palace without Yan Hongtian's consent?"

Of course not. In the harem, men couldn't enter or leave at will, even if they were important officials of the imperial court, they could only enter when summoned. Su Ling thought for a while and sighed, "You go to the palace gate, I will go into the palace now and explain to the Emperor." The Emperor wanted the three Qing sisters back then, wasn't it for their peerless beauty and shocking talent! Now that there was a chance to recover, he shouldn't stop them from healing Qingfeng's face.

"Good."

Gu Yun and Zhuo Qing met at the palace gate, but because they brought Yue Sheng, they were stopped by the palace guards. After a stalemate for half an hour, a little eunuch ran out of the palace and whispered a few words to the guard, and the guard finally let them pass. When they arrived at Qingfeng Hall, it was already afternoon.

Qingfeng's spirit looked quite good today. Seeing them come in, she was about to talk to them, but seeing the man behind them, Qingfeng asked guardedly, "Who is he?"

Zhuo Qing was closer to Qingfeng, so Gu Yun signaled her to speak. Zhuo Qing walked to Qingfeng's side and said carefully, "He is a doctor."

Qingfeng's face changed instantly, and she said coldly, "I'm fine, I don't need any doctor, let him go."

Zhuo Qing looked at Gu Yun with a headache. The two were still thinking about how to persuade Qingfeng when Yue Sheng sneered, "Everyone's temper is quite stubborn. It's easy to let me go, but if I go, that pretty face of yours won't be saved."

What did he mean? Qingfeng looked at Zhuo Qing and the others suspiciously. Zhuo Qing explained softly, "We asked him to come to help you heal your face. Although it doesn't matter if there are scars on your face, but..."

They thought Qingfeng would definitely explode, but who knew she swept away the anger just now and asked seriously, "Can he really heal my face?"

Zhuo Qing nodded immediately, "Mm."

"Good, then heal it."

Qingfeng's readiness made Zhuo Qing and Gu Yun somewhat confused, and the gloomy look that flashed in Qingfeng's eyes for an instant didn't escape Yue Sheng's eyes. Interesting! Yue Sheng smiled, "Your face injury is more serious than theirs, and it will take some suffering to heal it." This woman was indeed more ruthless than her sisters. Two deep scars had erased seven or eight points of her peerless appearance. Now that she wanted to heal it, it was absolutely impossible just because she wanted a peerless face back.

Qingfeng replied expressionlessly, "As long as it can be healed, I can endure any suffering."

"Good!" He liked this kind of woman who could do anything to achieve her goal. He would not only heal her face but also make her even more beautiful than before!

"What kind of suffering?" The domineering male voice carried a bit of coldness and came from outside the courtyard.

"Long live the Emperor, long live, long live." The eunuchs and palace maids had already knelt on the ground when Yan Hongtian stepped into Qingfeng Courtyard. Qingfeng bowed, and Gu Yun and Zhuo Qing also awkwardly did the same. Yue Sheng stood aside, seemingly having no intention of bowing.

"You can heal her face?" The dark black eyes swept over Yue Sheng's ordinary face. Just this light, not heavy sentence already made people feel a sense of oppression.

Yan Hongtian was always moody, and Zhuo Qing and Gu Yun began to worry about Yue Sheng. Yue Sheng's expression remained unchanged, and he said coldly, "As long as I want to treat it, let alone this kind of small injury, even if the whole face is rotten, I can change her into a new one. However, within the three months I treat her face, except for me and her personal maid, she cannot see anyone. If this cannot be done, then there is no need to treat that face."

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