The Great Qin: Starting with marrying Jingni, I began my quest for immortality.

Ji Wuye wanted to appoint Jiang Chuan as the fourth fierce general of Nightfall, but he was worried that Jiang Chuan would be out of control.

Naturally, we must find a way to restrain Jiang Chuan.

Lady Mingzhu's Gu poison was probably one of the methods he came up with.

Having thought about this, Jiang Chuan finally made up his mind. He opened the bottle and poured a bright red pill into his hand.

Then, he swallowed it.

As Jiang Chuan swallowed the pill, he immediately felt something more inside his body.

Madam Mingzhu watched Jiang Chuan swallow the pill and smiled with satisfaction. "Very good. You are a smart man. You should know the principle that you must give before you can take."

"You have become the fourth fierce general of the night, and from now on you will have immense power, but you will also have to pay a price."

"The price is your life, your freedom."

"From now on, you will continue to serve the General obediently. If you harbor any disloyal intentions, the Gu worms within you will end your life immediately."

"Of course, if you listen to me, the antidote will naturally not be a problem."

Upon hearing Madam Mingzhu's words, Jiang Chuan's expression changed repeatedly, but in the end, he succumbed to reality.

"I know."

"Good to know." Madam Mingzhu turned around, preparing to leave, her back to Jiang Chuan. "Remember, don't forget about collecting beauties."

With that, she boarded the small boat again.

Then, the small boat sailed across the lake, and her figure disappeared.

With the disappearance of Madam Mingzhu, Jiang Chuan also keenly sensed that the obscure aura hidden in the surrounding woods had also vanished.

Clearly, those who had been secretly watching him had also left.

This is not surprising.

They would hide in the shadows because of Lady Mingzhu.

Madam Mingzhu is a wicked woman. Tonight, she cast a spell on Jiang Chuan. If Jiang Chuan rebels because of this, it proves that Jiang Chuan is not worthy of trust, and they will take action to eliminate him.

Since Jiang Chuan was so sensible, there was naturally no point in them taking action.

Midday on the moon.

Moonlight streamed down, filtering through the gaps in the woods and leaving dappled patterns on the ground.

Jiang Chuan stood alone in the woods.

A figure flashed to Jiang Chuan's side, "Husband..."

Ru Shuang looked at Jiang Chuan with some worry.

Jiang Chuan shook his head. "I'm fine."

"What she fed me before was a poisonous substance."

"Ji Wuye is quite cunning. He had the Tide Demon plant a Gu in me, using the Gu poison to control me. That way, even if I have any disloyal thoughts, I will have no choice but to work for him because of the Gu worms in my body."

"Husband, what should we do next?" Ru Shuang frowned when she heard that Jiang Chuan had been poisoned.

She had actually been hiding in the shadows all along.

They also knew that many assassins lurked in the woods under the cover of night.

She chose to remain hidden because Jiang Chuan didn't ask her to take action.

Because taking rash action could very well ruin Jiang Chuan's important plans.

“I’ve never been one to sit idly by and wait for death,” Jiang Chuan said in a deep voice. “I joined Nightfall just to find an opportunity; I don’t intend to waste my whole life in Nightfall.”

“Ji Wuye and his ilk may seem arrogant, but in reality, they are just grasshoppers in autumn. Under the circumstances, they won’t be able to jump around for long.”

"Since the Tide Demon has cast a spell on me, the next thing we need to do is find her and seek the antidote."

Jiang Chuan made a decision immediately.

Then, he and Ru Shuang looked at the lake in front of them.

This lake is located behind the Korean royal palace.

In the original novel, Bai Yifei entered the palace from this place to meet Lady Mingzhu. Wei Zhuang and the others also frequently entered the palace from here. Clearly, there is a path to the palace hidden here.

The night breeze blows.

After returning to her palace, Lady Mingzhu did not rush to sleep.

Instead, she found a box (quite impressive). She opened the box, and inside were many bottles and jars, all of which were the tools she used to make Gu poison.

She held an extraordinary position in the palace because she was an expert in incense making, so the King of Han entrusted her with the management of the Royal Incense Pavilion, which housed the incense.

Even so, making gu (poisonous insects) is different from making incense.

Ordinary people are extremely secretive about witchcraft and sorcery, and are filled with fear of it.

Even she, when making Gu poison in the palace, could only do so in the dead of night.

Just as Madam Mingzhu was preparing the poison.

Suddenly, a calm male voice rang out.

"Madam, you have such refined tastes. It's so late, why are you still working so diligently? Why don't you go and rest?"

Madam Mingzhu paused, and the poison in her hand was rendered useless due to her mistake.

This made her very angry.

She turned her head and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

As the moonlight shone down and the lamplight illuminated the palace, a handsome man appeared before her eyes.

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Illusion magic? It seems like no one can do it!

After seeing the man's appearance clearly, Madam Mingzhu was taken aback at first, then a strange smile appeared on her lips. She stood up, faced him, and slowly walked over.

Because she was in her own palace, Lady Mingzhu was not wearing any overly ornate clothing at the moment.

She was dressed in a black lace dress, the semi-transparent fabric highlighting her graceful figure. Her gait was elegant, and as she moved, the curtains hanging in the palace swayed gently in the night breeze.

A fragrant breeze wafted over and entered the visitor's nose.

Madam Mingzhu maintained a strange smile throughout. "I didn't expect that you wouldn't rest either, and actually found your way here."

"Are you still resentful? Do you want to get the antidote for the Gu poison from me?"

Madam Mingzhu's gaze sharpened and fell on the newcomer, Jiang Chuan.

Madam Mingzhu truly rarely saw someone like Jiang Chuan.

He appeared compliant and took the poison he had given himself.

When I turned around, I found myself there.

The key point is that he actually found the place and entered the palace.

If you wanted to resist, why didn't you resist before?

They came here only after ingesting the poison.

Madam Mingzhu couldn't understand what Jiang Chuan was thinking.

Jiang Chuan did not hide anything from Madam Mingzhu, "Yes."

"I am a free spirit who loves freedom and cannot tolerate being controlled by others. So, I wonder if you, madam, would be willing to give me the antidote?"

Hearing Jiang Chuan's words, Madam Mingzhu felt that the person in front of her was becoming more and more interesting.

"If you wanted the antidote, why didn't you speak up earlier? Or rather, you could have chosen to refuse to take that pill," Madam Mingzhu asked Jiang Chuan curiously.

A smile appeared on Jiang Chuan's lips. "Does Madam think I'm a fool?"

"There were so many people hiding in the shadows before. If I had refused immediately, they probably would have swarmed me and killed me."

"Now that it's just the lady alone, I naturally don't have as many concerns."

"You're quite an interesting person..." Madam Mingzhu suddenly sighed.

"So, you're treating me like a weak woman who can't even kill a chicken?"

"You think you can do whatever you want just because I'm the only one around?"

Lady Mingzhu's tone suddenly changed, and in the next instant, the wind in the palace suddenly became fierce, and purple mist rose up, surging out from behind Lady Mingzhu like an ocean, spreading towards Jiangchuan.

"Since you've dared to barge here and try to get the antidote, I'll take this opportunity to see who you really are."

The aroma filled Jiang Chuan's nostrils.

Jiang Chuan seemed to be lost in a drunken dream.

This is Lady Mingzhu's illusion.

She was skilled in incense making and learned Gu and illusion techniques from her cousin Bai Yifei. Then, she wondered if she could combine these techniques.

Finally, she succeeded.

A unique fragrance always lingered around her.