The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 884 The Demon Soul Leaves

Zeng Kui also looked grave. His granddaughter was always sickly, and today she was poisoned and had a high fever. Her frail body couldn't withstand the slightest push. So he followed behind Zeng Lingsong and asked anxiously, "What did the imperial physician say?"

"After Huang Tianshi cured Yaoyao's poison in the palace, Yaoyao developed a high fever. His Highness then summoned Imperial Physician Gao to diagnose Yaoyao. Imperial Physician Gao said that the poison was cured, but the source of the high fever could not be found. Later, Huang Tianshi tried to use magic to find the source of Yaoyao's illness, but he failed. So he asked His Highness to take Yaoyao back to the Meng Mansion, saying that he would ask Master Lan for help to see if he could bring down Yaoyao's high fever. His Highness granted his request and allowed Young Master Ji to personally escort Yaoyao back to the Meng Mansion. After that, Huang Tianshi went to the small inn to find Master Lan. By the time I came out of the Meng Mansion and returned to tell my grandfather and father about Yaoyao's illness, I still hadn't seen Huang Tianshi bring Master Lan back to the Meng Mansion!" Zeng Chongqi recounted the entire process he heard from the Meng Mansion in great detail, like pouring out beans.

He was able to know such details because he was a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and had excellent access to information.

Initially, not long after Li Shou was assassinated on the banks of the Kuangguang River, he heard about it and had to investigate. When he learned that Meng Shisan was also at the banquet, he pursued him relentlessly.

Finally, they arrived at the Meng residence. By then, Huang Jing had already gone to find Lan Zhijin. Shang Chun learned the whole story from Huang Jing and then told him about it.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Neither Master Huang nor Master Lan were there. The imperial physicians His Highness sent to the Meng residence, including Physician Yu, who had been treating Yaoyao, were also urgently summoned from His Highness's private residence. However! So many imperial physicians, including Physician Yu, were helpless against Yaoyao's high fever. It's been almost an hour and a half since Yaoyao developed the fever!"

After listening to Zeng Lingsong's words, two words kept echoing in his mind: "Spells? Spells... Could this be... Could this be... related to evil spirits again?"

When the word "evil spirit" was mentioned, he looked at his father.

My younger sister also met a tragic end because she became tainted by evil spirits.

Zeng Kui did not meet Zeng Lingsong's gaze. He only heard his eldest son utter the word "evil spirit," and his eyelids drooped heavily. His right hand trembled uncontrollably.

Then, they slowly pulled each other into their sleeves.

After noticing the unusual behavior of his grandfather and father, Zeng Chongqi belatedly realized that his father had mentioned to him that his aunt's illness before her death was ostensibly a delusion, but in reality, it was also related to evil spirits.

However, neither my father, grandfather, nor my grandmother, who passed away a few years after my aunt, knew the specifics.

Back then, the Meng family kept Aunt's illness a closely guarded secret. Outsiders only knew that the second wife of the Meng family, Madam Zeng, had delusions, and no one else was told a word.

With his shoes pointing to the left, he slowly walked to Zeng Lingsong's seat and sat down.

From the moment he entered the room until now, he has been speaking and acting in a great hurry. In the midst of this turbulent flow, he overlooked a fact—that his cousin Meng carries his aunt's blood!

And their ancestors had always had a legend about the blood of the Zeng family women.

Even today, let alone him, even his father and grandfather cannot say whether the rumor is true or false.

Before their aunt suddenly fell ill with delusions, became infected with evil spirits, and eventually died, they always thought that most of the rumors were false and never took them seriously. But in their aunt, they saw the truth!

Now... now my cousin Meng...

From the moment Huang Jing stepped out of the Meng residence, she went straight to the small inn, but she couldn't find Lan Zhijin there.

According to the waiter at the inn, Lan Zhijin left early this morning and hasn't returned yet. When asked where he went, the waiter just shakes his head.

Left with no other option, she had to leave the small inn to search. She found Zeng Chongqi, investigated the area, and entered the Meng residence. After leaving the Meng residence, she returned to the Zeng residence. Just as Zeng Chongqi had said, she still couldn't find Lan Zhijin, and naturally, she couldn't bring Lan Zhijin back to the Meng residence to save Meng Shisan.

While Huang Jing was frantically searching for Lan Zhijin outside, Meng Shisan's demonic soul was also getting restless in the bedroom of the Taichen Courtyard in the Meng family mansion.

Inside Meng Shisan's bedroom, Old Madam Meng, Madam Shang, and Madam Wu were all present. In the outer room, three or five imperial physicians had gathered, including Yu Minglu, who were enthusiastically discussing how to treat the illness.

Some imperial physicians believed it was a high fever and prescribed medicine specifically for it. Others thought that what appeared to be a high fever might not actually be, and prescribed medicine with extreme caution, lest a bowl of medicine not only fail to reduce the fever but also worsen the condition, which would be disastrous.

Meng Shisan nodded in agreement: "That makes sense."

Unfortunately, not only can no one see her demonic soul, but no one can hear her voice either.

From the time she was poisoned and then detoxified, then fell into a coma with a high fever, and finally woke up on her bed in her own room, she had been in this state for a full hour.

She went from the inner room to the outer room, and then from the outer room back to the inner room, going back and forth countless times. She wanted to leave the bedroom, but every time she tried, she failed.

I tried it more than ten or eight times.

The conclusion is—she can't leave this dormitory.

Meng Shisan sighed as he looked at the two doors: "Ever since I was passively put into Meng Liangchen's body, I have been hoping day and night to find the cause and a way to return to my original body, but there has been no progress. Even my demon soul cannot leave my human form. I never thought that my demon soul would leave my human form on its own. I thought I could finally return to my original body, regain my freedom, and be carefree again... but I never thought that my demon soul could not even leave this room."

It seems that although the demon soul has left the human body, it cannot stray too far from it.

At least for now, the distance is limited to this room; she can only wander around inside and cannot go outside to have fun.

"Miss, why are you out of your mind?" Camellia had just been moved from the outer courtyard to a high table by the wall inside the house. She was still in the shape of the Eighteen Scholars' potted plant, and she spoke human words that only Meng Shisan could hear.

Meng Shisan exclaimed in surprise, then approached Camellia and asked, "Did you teleport in here?"

The camellia flower nodded slightly: "I heard Miss's voice, so I came in to see."

"What are you looking at?"

"Does the young lady need my help?"

Meng Shisan said "Oh," and pondered how Camellia could help her: "You've seen my current situation. Do you know how to treat patients?"

"No," Camellia said, feeling ashamed.

Meng Shisan said "Oh" again: "Xiaoqing can't do it either, you can't either, Xiaoyin can't even transform into human form right now, let alone possibly, and Chang'an isn't here, so distant water can't quench a nearby fire... then we can only rely on A Jing to find Lan Zhijin."

"Miss Huang has been gone for a long time." Camellia knew when Huang Jing left the manor. According to her calculations, she should have returned long ago, but Huang Jing has not returned yet.