After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 213 Poisoning Again
Cui Jingcheng had no choice but to shut his mouth, but he was still unwilling in his heart.

He even felt a bit curious about the matter, knowing that his father was always a vengeful person, and this was the first time he had been so timid and hesitant.

He wants to find an opportunity to thoroughly investigate this matter.

Where should I begin? Cui Jingcheng had a flash of inspiration and thought of the poison in his father's body. Since it was so difficult to cure, it must also be extremely rare.

Tomorrow he will go and ask Doctor Luo what kind of poison this is.

After drinking the medicine, Lord Cui felt the pain return, but this time he was able to endure it.

"Alright, you've all had a long day, go back and rest early."

Lord Cui urged Cui Jingcheng to leave.

Uncle Zhao also came over at this moment and said, "Yes! Young master, you should go back first. I'll take care of things here with the Marquis."

Cui Jingcheng did feel a bit tired. "Alright, then Father, I'll go back and rest first."

As Cui Jingcheng left Lord Cui's room and was about to head to his own, he suddenly felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

"By the way! I haven't seen Wanqing all day."

Cui Jingcheng jogged towards the main courtyard and, seeing that the study light was still on, peered through the window.

Bai Wanqing was seen fiddling with a pile of medicinal herbs, her expression extremely serious.

"Wanqing!" Cui Jingcheng called from the window.

Bai Wanqing continued fiddling with the medicine in her hand, without even looking up.

Cui Jingcheng frowned, walked past the window, and went straight in through the door.

"Wanqing!" he called again, and this time Bai Wanqing finally stopped.

It was only then that Cui Jingcheng noticed that Bai Wanqing's hand was red and swollen, and not only that, but her expression also seemed a bit off.

Cui Jingcheng immediately stepped forward and grabbed Bai Wanqing, asking, "Are you alright?"

Bai Wanqing stared blankly at Cui Jingcheng for a moment, without saying a word.

Cui Jingcheng was terrified. He tried to pull Bai Wanqing to Luo Shenyi's courtyard, but despite using a lot of strength, he couldn't get her up.

"Wanqing, you..."

"I'm fine." Bai Wanqing said these words slowly and deliberately.

It was clearly very strenuous.

"You call this nothing? Stop fiddling with these medicinal herbs."

As Cui Jingcheng spoke, he tried to snatch the medicinal herbs from Bai Wanqing's hand, but Bai Wanqing shoved him away.

Caught off guard, Cui Jingcheng stumbled from the impact.

"Why are you doing this?!" Cui Jingcheng almost roared out these words.

Bai Wanqing ignored him and continued to fiddle with the medicinal herbs. Cui Jingcheng stood up and, this time without trying to persuade her, struck Bai Wanqing on the neck with a chop to the neck.

Bai Wanqing then fainted.

"Ruixin! Ruixin!" Cui Jingcheng called out as he helped Bai Wanqing, who had fallen to the ground.

When Ruixin heard someone calling her, she was startled at the late hour. After a moment, she immediately ran towards the study.

"What happened?" Ruixin asked as soon as she entered the room, seeing the lady lying on the floor.

"Good heavens! What's wrong with Madam?"

Cui Jingcheng said with a grave expression, "I'm afraid they've been poisoned."

"Quick! Go and call Doctor Luo!"

Cui Jingcheng said as he picked up Bai Wanqing.

Ruixin exclaimed in surprise as she watched Cui Jingcheng holding the madam, "This...this is against the rules! What if Master sees this?"

Cui Jingcheng suddenly felt his feet sink, and he sighed as he looked at the person who had gone limp in his arms.

"We can't worry about that now, you should go and call for help."

Ruixin stomped her feet and ran out, while Cui Jingcheng put Bai Wanqing back on her bed.

Doctor Luo arrived shortly afterward.

He could tell at a glance that Bai Wanqing had been poisoned.

"Go! Bring me my other set of gold needles!" Doctor Luo said without the slightest hesitation.

Ruixin responded and ran out again.

Once the gold needles were brought, Doctor Luo began to administer acupuncture to Bai Wanqing. Fortunately, Bai Wanqing slowly woke up after only a short while.

"Hiss!" Bai Wanqing felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck.

"What's wrong! Where does it hurt?" Cui Jingcheng looked at Bai Wanqing with concern.

Bai Wanqing looked around and realized that she had returned to her room.

"Medicine! Oh no! Medicine!" Bai Wanqing said, trying to get out of bed, but was stopped by Master Luo.

"Medicine?! Any later and you'd be dead."

It was rare for Master Luo to be so strict with Bai Wanqing.

Bai Wanqing suddenly felt an itch on her hand.

She tried to scratch, but Master Luo grabbed her, saying, "You can't scratch."

Bai Wanqing had no choice but to withdraw her hand. The presence of so many people in Bai Wanqing's courtyard so late startled Lin Yunche, who had just returned.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Lin Yunche's expression changed as soon as he entered the room and saw Bai Wanqing lying on the bed with gold needles stuck all over her body.

"Wanqing, what's wrong?"

Lin Yunche pushed through the crowd and walked to Bai Wanqing's bedside.

"I'm fine! Everyone's making a fuss over nothing!" Bai Wanqing said with a light laugh.

Cui Jingcheng was furious. "You call this nothing?"

"Didn't you hear what the miracle doctor said? If it had been discovered any later, you would have been dead."

"I really don't understand you. Why do you bother with those medicines when you have nothing to do?"

"Those drugs that look extremely toxic."

After Cui Jingcheng finished speaking, he didn't forget to give Lin Yunche a disapproving look. Lin Yunche immediately understood what was going on.

"Wanqing, you."

Bai Wanqing reached out and tugged at Lin Yunche's sleeve, telling him to stop talking.

"I'm really okay, really!"

Lin Yunche remained silent, his eyes fixed on the person on the bed.

That idiot actually used himself as a test subject for the drug! He was the one who made the request, so he should be the one testing the drug!

Doctor Luo seemed to have sensed something, but he didn't ask anything.

After removing the needles from Bai Wanqing, Doctor Luo returned home.

Cui Jingcheng was still sitting there; he had no intention of leaving just like that. Ruixin was naturally worried about her mistress. She had been with her mistress for so long and had never seen her like this before.

"What exactly do you need those drugs for?" Cui Jingcheng asked.

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly, "I just suddenly saw a prescription, so I decided to give it a try."

"I didn't expect the toxicity to be so much greater than I imagined; it was my oversight."

"You must never do such dangerous things again."

"If you want to try any other prescriptions, just tell me and I'll find someone to try them for you. Please don't try them on your own again."

Cui Jingcheng spoke with great earnestness, and it seemed he was genuinely worried.

Seeing Cui Jingcheng showing such concern for Bai Wanqing, Lin Yunche felt a little uneasy.

"Young Master Cui, my wife is fine now. Why don't you go back first?" This was the first time Lin Yunche had ever dismissed someone so seriously.

Cui Jingcheng wasn't tactless; he stood up, snorted coldly, and then walked out.

Ruixin glanced at Bai Wanqing, who nodded slightly, and Ruixin followed her out.

"Sigh!" Ruixin sighed heavily as soon as she stepped out the door.

Cui Jingcheng, who hadn't gone far, couldn't help but ask, "Why do you, a little girl, seem to have so many worries?"

Ruixin's expression was not good. "My young lady has already done enough."

"Why does God have to torment her like this?"

"This time, my young lady didn't say anything and went straight to researching some new medicine formula. She must have encountered some difficulties."

"You know, even when Miss was kicked out of the Meng family, she never fought this hard."

After Ruixin finished speaking, she realized she had said too much and immediately fell silent.

But the speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart. Cui Jingcheng turned around abruptly and asked incredulously, "What did you just say?"

"Who did you say kicked Wanqing out?"

Ruixin naturally wouldn't say anything more, immediately shaking her head, "No! No!"

But Cui Jingcheng wasn't about to let it go so easily. "You mean Lin Yunche?"

"He actually dared to kick Wanqing out?"

Cui Jingcheng was furious and was about to rush back to his room to get to the bottom of things.

Ruixin was so frightened that she quickly ran over and grabbed Cui Jingcheng.

"Young Master! Young Master Cui!"

"Don't go! This has nothing to do with the master!" Ruixin shouted anxiously.

"Then who exactly were you talking about?" Cui Jingcheng asked persistently.

Having no other choice, Ruixin secretly told Cui Jingcheng about what had happened at the Meng family before.

Although these matters were no longer a secret, Ruixin did not want to bring them up mainly because she was afraid of upsetting her wife.

Cui Jingcheng didn't expect that Bai Wanqing had been divorced before.

Someone actually wanted to divorce her for the sake of an official position.

“Meng Zhan? The Meng family!” Cui Jingcheng muttered to himself as he returned to his room, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

Looking at Cui Jingcheng's rather pale face, Ruixin felt a little scared. Why did she feel that the young master was so angry after hearing about this?

Ruixin thought to herself, hoping that nothing would go wrong.

The noise outside was barely audible inside the room; Lin Yunche's mind was completely occupied by Bai Wanqing.

"Wanqing, is it because of my medicine?" Lin Yunche asked with a guilty expression.

After asking the question, he laughed. He actually dared to ask. If it weren't for his medicine, why would Wanqing personally test it?

All I need is a disease that looks extremely serious.

He recalled the demands he had made and felt like a demon at that moment.

It was because of one sentence from him that Wanqing was willing to test the medicine on herself.

Seeing Lin Yunche wallowing in self-blame, Bai Wanqing patted his face.

"Not for you."

Lin Yunche smiled incredulously, "If you say that, I'm even less likely to believe you."

Bai Wanqing didn't refute anymore, she just smiled gently.

"If you don't believe me, then don't believe me!"

"However, I have already prepared the medicine for you."

Lin Yunche looked at Bai Wanqing's still slightly swollen hand, felt a pang of guilt, held it in his hand, and kissed it. "Thank you! Wanqing, thank you."

"But please promise me one thing."

Bai Wanqing thought Lin Yunche might need her help in some way, so she immediately asked, "What is it? Just tell me."

"From now on, no matter who it is, including me, you are not allowed to do anything that would hurt you. Promise me!" Lin Yunche said with tenderness in his eyes but with a stubborn look in them.

Bai Wanqing smiled calmly as before, "Okay!"

"I promise you."

(End of this chapter)