Chapter 40: The Method of Treatment (A Fat Chapter!)

The method of treatment is also very simple, just refine Yuan Niang's demon pill into an incense, and then light it in front of the infected person.

Then the Mayfly Silk parasitizing the human body will be attracted by the fragrance and crawl out from the eye sockets of the host.

Once the Mayfly Silk leaves the host, its vitality will be greatly reduced, and it will die automatically after an hour.

And the host will clearly remember everything that happened when they were parasitized.

For example, Qi Zhaodi.

He didn't eat raw fish, but drank the peach blossom wine filialized by the Heir of Rui Wang, and then watched himself like a marionette, dealing with government affairs, meeting ministers, and even favoring concubines.

Of course, the Emperor being parasitized is really damaging to the dragon's face. Lin Qingyue only told Xie Shouzheng, and Xie Shouzheng blocked the news, not even telling Dami.

When inducing the Mayfly Silk, Xie Shouzheng didn't explain it directly, claiming that he had discovered a unique spice to relieve the Emperor's fatigue.

After getting permission to light the incense, Xie Shouzheng quietly retreated.

Not long after, there were exclamations from the eunuchs inside, as well as some messy sounds.

After Xie Shouzheng stood outside the door for a while, he was invited in again.

The Emperor was leaning on the dragon chair with a tired face.

The eunuch handed a tea bowl to Xie Shouzheng with trembling hands.

Xie Shouzheng knew that the real Emperor had returned.

He cleverly didn't take the initiative to mention the matter of the Emperor being parasitized, but wrote down the cause and effect of the matter, as well as the number of infected people, etc., in the memorial.

After Qi Zhaodi finished reading, he burned the memorial and said lightly: "Your Xuanjing Division handled this matter well. The remaining matters need to be handled properly. Do not cause too much influence among the people, stability is the priority. Do you understand?"

Xie Shouzheng responded respectfully: "This official understands!"

In the next ten days or so, the Xuanjing Division was busy helping the victims remove the Mayfly Silk.

In order to reduce the psychological shadow of the victims afterward, Xie Shouzheng specifically drugged people first, and then induced the incense to draw out the Mayfly Silk.

Before the other party woke up, they would collect the Mayfly Silk.

Although the victims didn't see the Mayfly Silk with their own eyes after waking up.

But the feelings when they were parasitized still existed, and it was inevitable that they would ask various questions.

The answers from the Xuanjing Division were all kinds of fooling and covering up:

"Oh, you might have had hysteria, you'll be fine after a good rest."

"What, you feel like you were possessed by a ghost for those few days? Yes, yes, get more sun!"

"Something crawled out of your eyes? You stayed up late, right? You saw it wrong, right? That's just ordinary red blood, not a worm!"

"..."

Fortunately, this matter was discovered early, the number of infected people was limited, and the time was not long. Plus the fooling of the Xuanjing Division, it was quickly resolved.

The Heir of Rui Wang was relatively unlucky, because of him, Qi Zhaodi was infected, so he was sent to a small county on the edge of the southwest by an imperial decree.

When he left, he still didn't understand why.

Dongfang Yan was the last infected person to receive treatment.

After being locked in the Prince's mansion for a full half month, Lin Qingyue arrived late with the last half of the incense.

The incense was lit, and the blue smoke curled up.

Dongfang Yan's eyes suddenly felt stinging, and he could clearly feel something crawling out of his eyes.

"Plop," a blood-red thing as thin as hair crawled out of his eye socket, fell to the ground, and twisted painfully.

Once the Mayfly Silk was out, Dongfang Yan could finally control his body.

His face was pale, his steps were floating, and he looked at Lin Qingyue with complex feelings.

After a while, he finally lowered his arrogant head and said: "This time... thank you for saving this Prince."

Lin Qingyue just glanced at him lightly and asked: "Now, do you still think the people of the Xuanjing Division are not presentable?"

If it weren't for those mobs, what would you noble people count for?

Dongfang Yan pondered for a moment and said: "This Prince will no longer interfere with your joining the Xuanjing Division."

Lin Qingyue: "Hehe~"

It sounds like if he wanted to interfere, he could interfere.

Just at this time, someone reported from below: "The eldest son of the Changning Hou Mansion and his wife, Lady Liu, come to see Princess Jin."

Lin Rufeng and Liu Wanqing? Why did they come suddenly?

It was Lin Xiao who sent them over.

Since returning home that day, Lin Xiao hadn't seen Lin Qingyue again.

Later, he also sent people to inquire about Lin Qingyue's situation, wanting to know how this eldest daughter was doing in the Prince's mansion. Was she completely abandoned by Prince Jin, or something else.

As a result, Dongfang Yan was infected with Mayfly Silk and claimed to be ill and did not go out. And Lin Qingyue had been busy with Mayfly Silk affairs and had no time to go out.

Lin Xiao couldn't find any news, so he simply let Lin Rufeng come to the mansion in person.

One is to thank Lin Qingyue for her rescue without holding grudges that day.

Two is to send some items to represent the care of the mother's family.

Three is to test Prince Jin's attitude.

Dongfang Yan had just removed the Mayfly Silk, and his body was actually very weak, and he was preparing to rest.

Hearing that the Lin family had come, he thought about it and said to Lin Qingyue: "Since your mother's family is here, this Prince should accompany you to receive them."

This was taking the initiative to show favor to Lin Qingyue.

When they arrived at the front hall, they saw that Lin Ruzhen had also come.

Her clothing, facial makeup, and hair bun were all carefully designed, and even the veil she wore on her face was carefully selected, finally choosing this semi-transparent one, which half-hidden her beautiful facial features, making her even more charming.

When she walked over to salute, her figure was like a weak willow in the wind, pitiful and moving.

Lin Rufeng politely exchanged greetings with Prince Jin, and then said to Lin Qingyue: "Mother originally wanted to come in person, but she was seriously injured that day and is not suitable for the wind for the time being. Mother asked me to bring a message to the Princess, hoping that the Princess will go home to see more when she has time, she misses you, this daughter, very much."

Lin Qingyue knew that since Zhou Shi was chilled by Lin Ruzhen that night, she recognized many things, so she took the initiative to show favor to her.

Unfortunately, everything was too late. Her biological daughter would never come back.

Lin Qingyue nodded lightly to show she knew, and then set her eyes on Liu Wanqing: "Your complexion is much better."

Liu Wanqing smiled: "Thanks to the Princess's blessing, my husband treats me very well now, and even refused the soup medicine from my mother-in-law for me."

At first, she didn't know why the current Lin Rufeng was completely different from before.

She only knew that he no longer hit people, and when she was bullied by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, he would take the initiative to stand up and support her.

Later, the relationship between the two gradually became intimate, often chatting about poetry and painting, talking about the past and the present.

Once the two chatted until the middle of the night and were still full of interest, without any sleepiness.

It seemed that they were confidants who had known each other for a long time—this feeling made Liu Wanqing think of the person who had communicated with her in writing before she was married.

She thought of it for a moment and handed him a pen to write a poem for her.

He looked at her, held her hand, and wrote a poem he had written a few years ago stroke by stroke on the mica raft.

At that moment, her tears fell, staining the familiar handwriting.

She murmured softly: "So it was you..."

Shortly after marrying over, she knew that the real Lin Rufeng was incompetent, and also knew from his proud words that the person who had been communicating with her in writing was named Shen Mo, who had already been murdered.

Fortunately, after stumbling, everything returned to the right track.

In front of Dongfang Yan, Liu Wanqing didn't say much, just chatted about family matters and urged Lin Qingyue to pay more attention to her health.

Lin Ruzhen wanted to interrupt several times, but couldn't get in, so she could only look at Dongfang Yan repeatedly.

But today's Dongfang Yan was very strange, actually accompanying Lin Qingyue quietly, occasionally saying a few polite words to Lin Rufeng.

Later, Dongfang Yan felt weak, so he excused himself in advance and let the attendant help him down to rest.

As soon as he left, Lin Ruzhen naturally couldn't sit still, and left with the excuse of going to the toilet.

Liu Wanqing looked at Lin Ruzhen deeply, and after taking back her gaze, said to Lin Qingyue:

"We didn't want to bring her, but Father wanted to know if she still had a position in Prince Jin's heart, so he insisted that we bring her. However, I see that Prince Jin's attitude towards her is not as enthusiastic as before, this is a good thing."

"Sister, you must not be soft-hearted, don't let Lin Ruzhen continue to hook up with Prince Jin."

Lin Qingyue said: "Flies don't bite seamless eggs, let them go!"

Since she said so, Liu Wanqing knew she must have a plan, so she stopped worrying about it.

The couple looked at each other, stood up together, and bowed solemnly to Lin Qingyue.

Lin Rufeng, or Shen Mo, said: "Shen Mo is grateful for the Princess's kindness of rebirth! Although I am lowly, I dare not promise too much. But since I am now the eldest son of the Lin family, I will definitely clear the door for the Princess and make the Hou Mansion your true mother's family!"

Lin Qingyue calmly accepted their salute, and then said faintly: "Shen Mo is dead, this name should not be mentioned again in the future. However, Lin Rufeng is not so easy to be, he has a disease, and is destined to have no offspring. His reputation is already ruined, and there is no hope for his official career. This is also determined by his fate, which is difficult to reverse."

Lin Rufeng said: "Since I have enjoyed his life, the evil consequences he did in the past will inevitably backfire on me. It doesn't matter."

"It's good that you can think it through."

Shen Mo's character was indeed good, knowing how to repay kindness, and not overly greedy. Lin Qingyue was very satisfied with this.

Liu Wanqing looked outside the door, and then asked cautiously: "The original Lin Rufeng... will he come back?"

This is also what Liu Wanqing is most afraid of.

In fact, on the first night of the snake demon incident, Lin Ruzhen died, and only Shen Mo returned.

After the snake demon incident was resolved, Lin Rufeng's lonely ghost actually came to find Lin Qingyue.

At that time, he was confused and didn't know how he died. He only remembered his thoughts before he died, which was to make decisions for Lin Ruzhen and settle accounts with Lin Qingyue.

When he came to Lin Qingyue to make trouble with his teeth and claws, Lin Qingyue caught him directly, and then... swallowed him.

The soul of a ghost is actually very nourishing and can help cultivation.

Originally, she lived a new life and didn't want to be a tyrannical and bloodthirsty demon cultivator like in her previous life.

But the evil ghost insisted on sending himself to the door, so there was no need to pretend to be compassionate.

So, when Liu Wanqing asked about Lin Rufeng, Lin Qingyue answered firmly: "He won't come back."

The soul is gone, and he won't come back in the next life.

Hearing her say this, Liu Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Shen Mo for the first time.

Shen Mo didn't say anything, just held her hand.

"Oh right!" Liu Wanqing thought of something and hurriedly said, "Sister Qingyue, I brought you the snacks you like today."

Shen Mo took out a food box from the items he brought very tacitly.

"Wanqing said, you liked the white cloud cake she made when you were at home before. Early this morning, she went to the kitchen to make cake."

When Shen Mo mentioned his wife, he would always affectionately call her nickname.

And the original Lin Rufeng, or other members of the Lin family, when mentioning Liu Wanqing, called her "Lady Liu," only treating her as a tool for childbirth.

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At this moment, a delicate call came from behind Dongfang Yan: "Prince Jin!"

Lin Ruzhen ran over with small steps, her eyes revealing a bit of grievance.

For these ten days or so, Dongfang Yan knew that she was suffering from mouth sores, but he didn't ask about her, and didn't even send an imperial physician to treat her.

This made Lin Ruzhen have a deep sense of crisis.

She naturally couldn't sit still, so she followed Liu Wanqing to Prince Jin's mansion today.

Just now, seeing Dongfang Yan leave after sitting for a while, she thought this was a private meeting, so she followed.

Who knew that as soon as she came out, she saw Dongfang Yan had gone far away, she ran all the way, and finally caught up.

Dongfang Yan turned his head and asked strangely: "Why did you come out?"

Lin Ruzhen: "..."

If it were someone else, it would be inevitable to feel embarrassed, but unfortunately Lin Ruzhen wouldn't.

She looked at Dongfang Yan with teary eyes: "Does the Prince not want to see Zhen'er anymore? Ten days have passed, and Zhen'er has never forgotten the Prince for a day. But the Prince, you don't even want to say a word to me, could it be that everything in the past was fake?"

If it were before, such a resentful tone and aggrieved eyes would definitely make Dongfang Yan feel guilty, and then comfort her well.

But he had been trapped by Mayfly Silk for these ten days, living like a walking corpse. He was even hijacked by A Heng and suffered all kinds of humiliation.

At this moment, the Mayfly Silk had just been induced, his body was weak, and he was accompanied by bursts of headaches. Even without looking in the mirror, he knew his face must not be very good.

But Lin Ruzhen—this gentle woman he had always thought was sensible in the past, didn't have a word of concern.

She only knew how to complain, only knew how to talk about those romantic things, weak everywhere, needing people to take care of her.

No matter how beautiful such a woman is, after a long time, it will always make people feel tired.

In contrast, although Lin Qingyue is unreasonable and speaks a bit harshly.

But she can always bring him a different feeling.

When Dongfang Yan's life was threatened, it was Lin Qingyue who found the antidote to the Mayfly Silk and saved him from desperation.

Oh no, she not only saved Dongfang Yan. She also saved the whole city, saved the entire Da Qi Kingdom!

If it weren't for the Emperor's physical discomfort during this time, he would definitely summon Lin Qingyue to give her an award.

Thinking of these, Dongfang Yan's eyes softened unknowingly.

"Zhen'er, this Prince is now your brother-in-law, it is really not suitable to meet privately anymore. Do you understand?"

Lin Ruzhen was stunned, a little unbelievable that these words were actually spoken by Prince Jin himself.

"A few days ago, didn't the Prince come to see me privately?"

"A few days ago was... was..." Dongfang Yan was a little embarrassed, "Don't mention the previous things."

"Your Highness, what do you mean by don't mention it?"

Dongfang Yan explained patiently: "Since your sister is already Princess Jin, this Prince should give her the decency and respect that a Princess should have."

"You... fell in love with her?" Lin Ruzhen asked with some panic.

Dongfang Yan didn't answer, just remained silent for a while before saying: "In the past few days, this Prince had some accidents, fortunately saved by her. Because of this, this Prince saw through many things and doesn't want to be a heartless person."

"Your Highness..." Lin Ruzhen staggered back a few steps, the whole person struck by lightning.

She couldn't understand how in just ten days, Prince Jin's attitude towards her had undergone such a earth-shaking change.

What kind of fox-charming means did Lin Qingyue use to confuse Prince Jin? ===== CHAPTER 41 =====