The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 878 Something is wrong

Meng Shisan and Li Shou both looked at her.

She carefully examined the poison in Meng Shisan's wound, pondering what kind of detoxification technique to use. She said truthfully, "I can only force the poison out. As for bandaging the remaining wound, just as His Highness the Crown Prince said, it is best to go to the Imperial Hospital and have an experienced imperial physician bandage it for you. That would be the best course of action."

She dared not act arrogantly in front of the Crown Prince.

Meng Shisan is particularly different from Li Shou. If she manages to force out the poison but fails to bandage the wound to the Crown Prince's liking, it would be fine if her merits and demerits cancel each other out. However, he fears that if the Crown Prince is displeased, he might hold a grudge against her.

Before she came to the capital, her father repeatedly warned her that under the emperor's nose, she must not disregard imperial power, otherwise, no matter how skilled she was, the royal family would have a hundred ways to make her die without knowing why.

She valued her life highly and didn't want to offend the future emperor of the Great Wei.

She hadn't yet explored all the landscapes of the Great Wei and other countries; she absolutely couldn't afford to perish in the capital.

“You’re out there every day, what storms haven’t you encountered? You must have been injured before, so why don’t you know how to bandage yourself?” Meng Shisan muttered. She really didn’t want to go to the Imperial Hospital.

For Li Shou's safety, it would be best to head straight for the palace gate.

But if her backer really gets stubborn, it's not good for her to force her way out of it.

Following her instructions, Huang Jing agreed, and the carriage headed straight for the palace gate. Li Shou returned to the palace safely, and then the imperial physician was summoned to the palace to treat her wound simply, without having to go to the Imperial Hospital in between.

Li Shou understood that Meng Shisan was unwilling to go to the Imperial Hospital for treatment.

“Of course I’ve been injured, but I just bandaged myself up.” Huang Jing thought of a suitable medical technique, released Meng Shisan’s right hand, and formed a complex hand seal with both hands. “But I can’t just bandage your wound like that.”

As she finished speaking, a soft light emanated from her hands and landed on Meng Shisan's wound.

This was the first time Li Shou had ever witnessed the Celestial Master performing magic. The soft light resembled moonlight or sunlight, its silvery glow tinged with a faint golden hue. It penetrated Meng Shisan's wound, turning the purplish edges of the wound back to red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He watched intently, his mind involuntarily recalling the night he was thirteen years old when he was lured to the well in Taiyong Hall and nearly drowned himself.

The wonder of magic and spells, conversely, reveals the terror of evil spirits.

Meng Shisan glanced at the silent Li Shou, then turned to Huang Jing and said seriously, "As long as the toxins are cleared, this inch-long wound is not serious. Just apply some hemostatic powder and bandage it with a few layers of white cloth."

Huang Jing also glanced at Li Shou discreetly, and seeing that he still didn't speak, she turned her gaze back to Meng Shisan's face: "What are you worried about?"

“An assassination attempt can’t be accomplished with just one arrow,” Meng Shisan stated bluntly.

Huang Jing agreed: "Then the person you should persuade... is not me."

"That requires your cooperation, doesn't it?" Meng Shisan muttered, then turned to Li Shou and said, "Your Highness, let's just go back to the palace. My injury is really nothing serious."

Li Shou looked at her: "I know you're worried about me, but I'm worried about you too..."

“Your Highness also knows that this is a critical moment. If Your Highness were to suffer any mishap, the chances of winning this battle would be slim,” Meng Shisan pointed out the key point of today’s assassination attempt. “I took this arrow for Your Highness and was poisoned. If A-Jing hadn’t happened to be at Kuang Guanghe today and hadn’t been able to expel the poison from me in time, even if I had managed to hold on until the Imperial Hospital, they might not have been able to diagnose the poison in time. And even if they had, it was uncertain whether they would have the antidote.” Li Shou’s face darkened. Not only was the arrowhead poisoned, but the entire shaft was also coated with poison. This was definitely going to kill him. The poison would certainly be difficult to diagnose, let alone cure.

Aside from this one arrow that had already been fired, he couldn't be sure whether there would be any more pursuers.

Everything his older cousin said was for his safety, but what he was worried about was not within the scope of his older cousin's concerns.

Huang Jing was still using her magic to clear the toxins from Meng Shisan's wounds when she heard this. She remembered what Meng Shisan had just told her a moment ago, and she felt that she should chime in now: "Although I don't know what kind of poison it is, I can tell that it is domineering and is definitely not an ordinary poison. If it is not ordinary, it must be uncommon. Uncommon means it is difficult to cure. If it is difficult to cure... there is at least an 80 or 90 percent chance that the Imperial Hospital does not have a ready-made antidote."

Meng Shisan was very satisfied with Huang Jing's words, and she continued to persuade him: "Your Highness, the first cold arrow came with such ferocity. It would be best if you could travel safely from here on out, but if... a wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall, Your Highness should still take care of yourself."

Li Shou looked intently at Meng Shisan, who was trying to persuade him to change his mind and return directly to the palace instead of going to the Imperial Hospital. After a moment, he slowly nodded.

"it is good."

"Your Highness is wise."

On their way back to the palace, Ji Kuan, Chen Changqing, and the others were deeply grateful to Meng Shisan for his efforts in persuading their prince to change his mind, which finally put their minds at ease.

At the same time, they realized something even more—Miss Meng truly held a very important place in their prince's heart.

When it comes to choosing the Crown Princess next year, His Highness will definitely choose Miss Meng, but His Majesty may not.

In this way, Your Highness and His Majesty, the father and son of the imperial family, will inevitably face another fierce battle, following the one between Your Highness and the Second Prince.

As if they were thinking the same thing and sharing the same worries, the three of them sighed one after the other.

After sighing, the three looked at each other and fell silent at the same time.

The road ahead for their prince, in every respect, seems exceptionally difficult.

Just as Meng Shisan herself had said and Huang Jing had determined, the poison in the wound on Meng Shisan's right palm was not only domineering and difficult to cure, but even though she had sealed more than 99% of the poison with her demonic energy in time, the small amount of poison that seeped into her body still caused her considerable damage, especially for a human body.

Even outside the palace gates, Huang Jing was still using his magic to treat her. She could feel the toxins decreasing, and she could also feel her body becoming noticeably weaker.

Before getting into the carriage, she was only supported by Li Shou. By the time the carriage entered the palace gate and drove to the outside of the East Palace, she was too weak to get out and could only be carried into the East Palace by Li Shou.

And to everyone's surprise, there were no more assassinations after that cold arrow.

Ji Kuan felt a little strange, but something just didn't seem right.

Tong Guang and Chang Qing also felt the same way.

Subsequently, Li Shou ordered the imperial physicians to be summoned to the palace.

Just as Huang Jing successfully forced all the toxins out of Meng Shisan's wounds, Imperial Physician Gao, who had jogged into the East Palace, arrived, panting heavily.