Hearing what the princess said, Yi Qing's expression instantly turned icy cold. Even if she was the princess, she was courting death.
Xiao Jinghan was Yi Qing's Achilles' heel and also her reverse scale. For the princess to say such things was to cross Yi Qing's bottom line.
"Fine, I'll be waiting," Yi Qing said, looking at the princess. "But the princess had better be alive to raze the place then."
"How dare you threaten me!"
"What's there I dare not do?" Yi Qing took out her amnesty token. "The princess's life should be worth using this amnesty token."
"You..." The princess never expected Yi Qing to have an amnesty token.
How much the emperor trusted the general's mansion to give Yi Qing an amnesty token!
"I advise the princess to stay at home. Being ugly is not your fault, but scaring people is immoral," Yi Qing continued to mock.
"You, you..." In a fit of anger, the abscesses on the princess's face turned red. It was itchy and painful, and she couldn't help but scratch.
Yi Qing, who had administered the medicine, naturally knew its properties. The angrier the princess got, the worse it would be. She might even get so angry that she died.
"Ah! Ah!" The princess couldn't help but scratch.
"Your Highness, don't scratch!" The attendants on the side hurriedly tried to stop her.
The princess kicked them away. She knew she shouldn't scratch, but finally couldn't help covering her face and rolling on the ground. As a result, a bamboo slip fell out of the princess's body.
The slip was three inches long and very exquisitely made, which instantly made Yi Qing think of the fortune - telling bamboo slips mentioned by Gu Shuqing.
The princess was rolling on the ground, and no one dared to approach. After a moment's hesitation, Yi Qing pretended to go over to help the princess and casually picked up the slip.
"Your Highness, this is the result of going against fate to seek a relationship. As long as the princess cancels the marriage with the general's mansion, I guarantee that the princess and the two young ladies will be fine," Yi Qing said directly.
"So it was really you!"
"I'm a doctor. I just happen to know how to treat this illness. Whether you're willing or not depends on the princess," Yi Qing said.
"Humph, who would want to marry their daughter to a dying man? It's not that your general's mansion doesn't want to marry, it's that I don't want to marry my daughter here," the princess gritted her teeth and said.
Yi Qing stood up and flicked the non - existent dust on her hands. "That's for the best. As long as the princess asks the empress dowager to cancel the marriage contract with the general's mansion, I guarantee that the princess's face will be healed within three days. As for whether there will be scars, it depends on the princess."
"Give me the antidote first."
"I've already said there is no antidote. I'm just willing to treat the princess," Yi Qing said.
No matter what the princess said, Yi Qing insisted that she wouldn't treat the princess until the empress dowager canceled the marriage contract.
The princess originally thought that since Xiao Jinghan was dying, Yi Qing wouldn't dare to offend her. But she didn't expect Yi Qing to be so tough. In the end, the princess left dejectedly.
In the morning, Mrs. Di came again, bringing Bai Yutang with her. All the spies who had tried to assassinate Xiao Jinghan were dead, and no one knew how seriously injured Xiao Jinghan was.
"I've prayed for General Xiao's safety. This lucky charm is very effective," Bai Yutang offered it with both hands.
Yi Qing glanced at Bai Yutang. "The general may not be blessed to receive it." She intended to arrest Bai Yutang, but since Bai Yutang remained calm, Yi Qing pretended not to know.
Hearing what Yi Qing said, Bai Yutang almost cried.
Seeing Bai Yutang's appearance, Mrs. Di thought she was a sensible girl. "Yutang, don't worry. Aunt is here."
Yi Qing was so angry with her step - mother that she didn't want to say a word.
The two didn't stay at the Xiao mansion for long and left in a hurry. When they were leaving, they saw Deng Xiao entering. Deng Xiao saluted Mrs. Di, and Mrs. Di nodded slightly.
"Who is he?" Bai Yutang pretended not to know.
"He is Commander Deng of the imperial guards. He's probably here to investigate the assassin incident," Mrs. Di sighed.
Deng Xiao was originally one of Bai Yutang's options, but he was too difficult to approach and his intentions were too obvious, so she gave up on him.
"What's the hurry? What's the matter?" Deng Xiao sat down and gulped down a glass of water.
"How's the investigation on the address Gu Shuqing mentioned?"
"It's a small nunnery with a lot of pilgrims. I've already sent people to keep an eye on it." Deng Xiao had even been punished by the emperor because of this matter. Once he caught those people, he would surely skin them alive.
"Look what this is," Yi Qing took out a bamboo slip and gave it to Deng Xiao.
Deng Xiao was stunned for a moment. "Where did you get this? I think the divine patterns on the statue and the patterns on this slip are similar."
"The princess dropped it today when she came," Yi Qing said.
Deng Xiao frowned. He didn't expect this matter to involve the royal family.
"Don't you think the princess is too rich?" Yi Qing probed.
Deng Xiao knew that the princess had a lot of money for cosmetics and rewards, and she was a member of the royal family, so he had never thought about it.
"Maybe you should try using this slip," Yi Qing suggested.
"I understand," Deng Xiao put away the slip.
He felt that no matter what the matter was, as long as Yi Qing was involved, it wouldn't be that simple.
After Deng Xiao left, Yi Qing was looking through medical books in the pharmacy and also reading about the shamanic things from the Northern Di tribe.
In the evening, the empress dowager issued an imperial decree canceling the marriage contract between the princess's mansion and the Xiao mansion and bestowing a lot of treasures.
Canceling the marriage contract at this time and bestowing so many treasures, anyone could tell that it was the princess who had broken the engagement. In contrast, Yi Qing seemed even more commendable.
Yi Qing happily looked at the rewards. No wonder some people were willing to grovel just to be in a noble family. A single reward was the result of a commoner's lifetime of hard work.
Yi Qing gave a bottle to the secret guard. They just needed to put it in the food and drinks of the princess and her two daughters.
Fortunately, this matter was resolved before they were about to leave the capital. Otherwise, God knows how long it would have dragged on. Now, only the surgery for Miss Yuan remained.
When she arrived at the Yuan mansion, the whole Yuan family was waiting, including the heir of Duke Yuan, who hadn't shown up last time.
Gan Ermei carried a big box and looked very excited. She had only heard about these people from storytellers before and was seeing them in person for the first time.
"We'll have to trouble Mrs. Xiao about my daughter's matter," Yuan Wenqu bowed.
"I'll put it bluntly. The surgery is not 100% guaranteed to succeed," Yi Qing had always been very clear about this.
Yuan Wenqu nodded. He knew that if they continued to delay, his daughter would die anyway. It was better for her to die with dignity.
This time, Miss Yuan was awake. She thanked Yi Qing and then drank the anesthetic. After she fell into a coma, Yi Qing used silver needles to protect her heart meridian. To prevent excessive bleeding, they had to finish the surgery in the shortest possible time.
Gan Ermei opened a row of surgical instruments with a solemn expression. She only knew that knives could kill people, but had never thought that cutting open a person's abdomen with a knife could also save a life.
"Are you ready?" Yi Qing was still worried that Gan Ermei would get stage - fright, but unexpectedly, Gan Ermei was very calm.
"Ready," Gan Ermei nodded.
Yi Qing checked Miss Yuan's acupuncture points with silver needles again and then started the surgery.
The Yuan family was waiting anxiously outside. They trusted Mrs. Xiao, but still remembered what she had said about there being no absolute guarantee of success. For a moment, they were in great agony.