[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-phoenix-returns-to-rule-the-world":3,"chapter-the-phoenix-returns-to-rule-the-world-the-phoenix-returns-to-rule-the-world-chapter-14":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Phoenix Returns to Rule the World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2353138,4602,"Chapter 14: Aunt Wu's Visit","the-phoenix-returns-to-rule-the-world-chapter-14",14,"\u003Cp>Jun Zijin felt vaguely that the person arriving seemed somewhat familiar. Just then, Zhou Mama, who was standing to the side, spoke up at the perfect moment to resolve her confusion: \"Young Lady, that is Aunt Wu from the Prime Minister's residence, the younger sister of the First Lady.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Zijin finally remembered. This woman was called Wu Xiuyun, her aunt in name only. Back then, she had become pregnant out of wedlock and married into the Prime Minister's residence as a concubine. The two sisters were cut from the same cloth, and the original owner had suffered greatly at her hands. Her arrival today surely boded no good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Zijin had no intention of clashing with her, so she instructed her servants to step aside and let her pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jun Zijin yield so readily, Aunt Wu assumed she was still the same soft persimmon that could be pushed around as before, so she became even more arrogant. She walked straight up to Jun Zijin and said with a strange, mocking tone, \"Yo, isn't this Zijin? Why don't you offer a greeting when you see me? Could it be you've forgotten this aunt of yours?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Zijin sneered inwardly, but her expression remained calm. She curtsied slightly and said, \"Aunt, you jest. How could Zijin ever forget you? It is just that we haven't met for many years, and you have become even more radiant and moving, so Zijin did not recognize you for a moment. I hope you will forgive me, Aunt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Wu smiled triumphantly and said, \"Enough, enough.\" With that, she flicked her sleeves and left with her maidservants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xiuyun followed the First Lady, who had come out personally to welcome her, into the room and said disdainfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister, you were in such a rush to call me over just for that girl? A good-for-nothing, what kind of waves could she possibly stir up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in the capital didn't know that this timid, cowardly good-for-nothing couldn't handle a single thing, from zither and chess to calligraphy and painting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister, you don't know. That little slut is no longer the girl who could be manipulated at will back then! I fear that if you face her, you will be angered to the point of suffocation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, Sister. Let her be proud for a few more days,\" Wu Xiuyun said unhurriedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fifth of next month is the birthday of the Old Lady of the Prime Minister's residence. Watch how I deal with her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't just make her lose all face; I will make sure she never recovers for the rest of her life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could see that Wu Xiuyun's beautiful face was now filled with a sinister and ruthless expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I shall wait for your good news, Sister,\" the Lady of the house agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now the middle of the sixth month. There were only about twenty days left until the fifth of next month. She would just wait. The two sisters whispered to each other for a long while, and only after Wu Xiuyun took the stack of silver notes handed to her by the First Lady did she leave, satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Jun Zijin, she returned to her own courtyard with Hanxiao and Miaozhu, the two senior maidservants bestowed upon her by the Old Lady, along with Zhou Mama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maids and the mama went about their respective duties. Jun Zijin found the relevant medical books; thanks to her mother being born into a family of physicians, finding books today was much easier. She buried herself in her room. She remembered seeing this type of poison in an ancient book in her past life, but she still needed to flip through the pages to confirm it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten-Thousand-Year Demon Vine!\" Jun Zijin let out a long sigh, her heart tightening at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This book had only a few sparse sentences about the Ten-Thousand-Year Demon Vine: Once the Ten-Thousand-Year Demon Vine enters the human body, the toxins spread rapidly. Initially, the victim feels weakness in the limbs and sluggish movement, followed by severe symptoms such as difficulty breathing and loss of consciousness, ultimately leading to death with no hope of recovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Antidote method: Jack-in-the-pulpit, licorice, smilax, mung beans, and over ten other medicinal herbs, using golden needles to open the acupoints, with \"Phoenix Blood\" as the catalyst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Jun Zijin possessed the ability of photographic memory and had seen records of the Ten-Thousand-Year Demon Vine in her past life. This toxin mainly enters the human body through the respiratory and digestive tracts. The toxicity primarily acts by destroying nerve cells; in severe cases, it can even lead to stroke and paralysis. It also has an inhibitory effect on the immune system. People in continuous contact with the Ten-Thousand-Year Demon Vine will see their immune function gradually weaken, making them susceptible to various infectious diseases, eventually leading to the complete collapse of the immune system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the medical books of her past life recorded that this poison originated from the tropical rainforests of the Amazon River in South America. It was extremely rare, and its terrifying, evil nature made people tremble with fear. How the Lady of the house obtained this poison was unknown, but using such a poison to harm people meant she deserved to die ten thousand times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Zijin had found the root cause of the Old Lady's poisoning, but the poison was too evil and rare, and the method of detoxification stumped Jun Zijin. It required \"Phoenix Blood\" as a medicinal catalyst. The other herbs were easy to manage, and acupuncture was not a problem—thanks to her dual mastery of Chinese and Western medicine in her past life, she was proficient in acupoints and acupuncture. Crafting a set of golden needles was also not difficult; the difficulty lay in where to find this \"Phoenix Blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jun Zijin concluded that such an evil poison must have been administered to the Old Lady bit by bit, otherwise, the Old Lady could not have held on until now. Lacking the catalyst, she could only look for other methods. Currently, the most critical thing was to prevent the Old Lady from being poisoned again, to prepare a prescription to curb the continued spread of the toxin, and to regulate her nerves and treat the external injuries on her legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Jun Zijin formulated her plan, she spent the night hand-drawing a set of surgical instruments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, she had performed well over a thousand surgeries, large and small. In this life, this would likely be her bargaining chip for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a moment, she also drew a wheelchair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early the next morning, Jun Zijin learned the location of a century-old iron shop from Zhou Mama, then instructed the senior maid Miaozhu to watch the house, and took Xiaohe and Hanxiao out of the residence. Besides having a set of golden needles forged, she also needed to have a set of surgical instruments made. As for the wheelchair, she would have to find a skilled craftsman.\u003C\u002Fp>",1178,"2026-06-21T03:35:39.629Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","acbd1bb04165c8744433cd2fcdde5c9c8522106e84ea240aac172ad8594a8717","the-phoenix-returns-to-rule-the-world-chapter-15","the-phoenix-returns-to-rule-the-world-chapter-13",224,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-phoenix-returns-to-rule-the-world-cover.jpg"]