Chapter 126: An Impasse

Translator: Antonia

Mo Qianxue shivered momentarily, and her tears welled up. What should she do?

They hadn’t obtained the herb yet, and the strange doctor hadn’t come back yet.

In an eagerness, Mo Qianxue struggled to get up when the pain in her chest made her gasped heavily with a ‘hiss’.

Seeing her getting up, Chuyi hurriedly supported her, “Lady. Don’t move. Just let us do if there is anything. Be careful not to tear your wound.”

Mo Qianxue tried to get up and found that the wound was on the left side of her body. From the chest to the arm, they hurt badly as long as she used muscles. Hence, she pressed the wound with the right hand and took a glance at Chuyi, “Help me get up.”

Chuyi intended to dissuade her but was frozen by Mo Qianxue’s chilly eyes, “Yes.” Meanwhile, she supported Mo Qianxue with hands to stand up from the bed.

Shiwu blocked before her and asked with concern, “Where are you going, lady? Let me do that for you.”

“The study.” Mo Qianxue sounded upset.

Shiwu walked on the front to knock the door, saying lady was here, but the room remined silent.

She knocked again.

Ning Shaoqing was in the room, lips pale, trembling violently from coldness, and struggled to gesture Awu, his voice was weak as a mosquito, “Let...her go.”

She was hurt already. He didn’t want her to be anxious or worry about him.

“Lord.” Asan was sad but didn’t dare to violate Ning Shaoqing’s command, replying loudly, “Lady, lord is sleep now. Lady, take care and go to rest early.”

He didn’t know when the shadow guard could go back. The cold poison had been triggered. He was afraid lord couldn’t endure for a long time.

“Open the door.” Mo Qianxue stood in front of the door, her voice faint but with full momentum, “Ning Shaoqing, if you don’t open the door, I’ll let Chiyi and Shiwu break in.”

Ning Shaoqing trembled too fiercely to say a word. Asan was about to open the door when Shiwu had broken in.

Leaning on the couch, Ning Shaoqing looked up at the door. Mo Qianxue over there, hurriedly search for the figure in her heart. The two pairs of eyes collided in the air.

Distress flickered in Ning Shaoqing’s eyes when he saw Mo Qianxue’s pale face. One of her arm hung on the side, and the other pressed on the left chest. Obviously the injury wasn’t too heavy but must be very painful.

If he hadn’t made a timely reaction and managed to slightly turned away the sword and drew back the rushing momentum, he was afraid that the stabbing must be fatal.

His heart ached like being squeezed even when he thought about that possible result.

No one knew that the drawn-back internal strength that had flown back and broken through the cold poison that had been sealed up by him and the shadow guard previously. Otherwise, his poison wouldn’t have been triggered in advance.

This time the poison broke out more fiercely than ever. He even didn’t have the strength to stand up. If he hadn’t made the decision to take her back in one breath and if Asan and Awu hadn’t transferred authentic qi to him, probably, what she saw now was an ice sculpture.

Nevertheless, he didn’t regret.

If time went backwards, he would make the same decision to draw back the horrible momentum. He only regretted that he hadn’t been able to do that quicker and had hurt her anyhow.

At the sight of Ning Shaoqing’s pale lips, Mo Qianxue confirmed that the cold poison was truly triggered again!

On that night, she had overheard the conversation between him and the shadow guard. It still rang lively in her ear.

On that night, Ning Shaoqing had hugged her and kissed out her years. She didn’t ask because she didn’t dare to. She feared to hear any bad news coming out of his mouth.

Ning Shaoqing perfectly hid the distress in his eyes and pretended to hate her, saying in a cold voice, “Get out!”

Only when she was out of here would she not witness him shaking uncontrollably, would she not have to watch him suffering.

That would be too cruel...

He hoped that in her eyes, he was elegant and self-composed and perfect forever, even if he was angry or behaving in a punishing way.

Mo Qianxue ignored his deliberate disgust, sat on the couch, eyes red, looking in his eyes and choking, “I don’t go!”

The chill in his body attacked again. Ning Shaoqing gritted his teeth and summoned all his will power to make him not tremble, replying in scorn, “Now you’re the first noble lady and blocked the sword for another man. Why do you stay here? Why not return to the capital and enjoy your life as a lady...?”

This sounded heartless and humiliating, with one single purpose to force her away.

The herb the odd doctor picked had been destroyed. Although he had other arrangements, he hadn’t expected that his poison should be triggered so soon. If he couldn’t survive this night, it’d be better to let her forgive him.

“You asshole...” Mo Qianxue cursed him for the first time, in a voice so loud that the vibration pulled her wound to produce terrible pain. Asan, Awu, Chuyi and Shiwu were shocked. In their eyes, Mo Qianxue wasn’t a typical elegant lady, but she wasn’t the synonymous with vulgar either.

The four subordinates were put in between and didn’t know what to do.

Mo Qianxue, red-eyed, regarded Ning Shaoqing. Her gaze made his throat roll. Making up his mind, he turned away and refused to look at her. Yes, she was angry, at me. Then go back. Go back to the bedroom to lie in bed at least, or have a good sleep, although she might be a little upset.

Mo Qianxue truly was anger and did hate him.

He just let her go alone! What was she in his eyes? Didn’t she have heart? It turned out he regarded her in this way.

For a second, she was disheartened, but the next second, her stubbornness stimulated her.

No matter how he thought of her, she would only do what she’d like to. She wouldn’t go before her death!

No matter what was waiting them ahead, she would stay with him, either to laugh or cry, she would be by his side.

He couldn’t leave her alone! Never! Reconfirming her decision, Mo Qianxue calmed down, “I’m going to sit here. You can’t make me go, unless you kill me.”

Then, she smiled a little, “Isn’t it merely the breakout of cold poison? No big deal. At most, I hurt with you, and die with you!”

Her tone was light.

However, the other four people heard bitterness and almost cried.

Eyes red too, Asan comforted Mo Qianxue as well as explained for his lord, “Lord’s cold poison has broken out. Lady, please go back and have a rest. Awu and I will take care of lord.”

Chuyi stepped forward and began to persuade her gently, “Lady, let’s go back!”

Lord Ning’s lips sometimes purple and sometimes pale. At a glance, she knew that lord Ning was poisoned, deeply. Lady got injured too. If she stayed here, very likely her wound could be torn up when she got too emotional.

Shiwu was a simple girl and now crying her eyes out by the moving relationship.

Mo Qianxue shook off Chuyi’s supporting hand, cold eyes sweeping from Asan to Chuyi and then back to Asan.

The two shivered at once and unconsciously stepped back because they never saw her so angry.

As they stepped back, Mo Qianxue ordered, “Chuyi and Shiwu, you go out!” Asan and Awu were Ning Shaoqing’s people, but Chuyi and Shiwu were not.

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Mo Qianxue herself could stay here, but the two girls couldn’t.

Because there were scenes that could be witnessed by her, but not Chuyi and Shiwu absolutely. She knew what was in the mind of this proud man, with whom she had lived for so long.

Chuyi took a look at crying Shiwu and shook her head. Certainly she would worry lady if lady stayed here alone.

Shiwu received the hint, wiped her tears, and replied together, “Lady...”

Mo Qianxue interrupted their attempt to persuade her and scolded, “Go out! Shut the door.” The door bolt was smashed, but the door was intact.

In view that Mo Qianxue had made up her mind, Chuyi and Shiwu didn’t insist and, eyes red, left the room and shut the door, guarding outside.

The two girls went out, but Mo Qianxue insisted to stay here. The coldness attacked again in his body, and Ning Shaoqing squeezed the last bit of strength to stand up from the couch, “If you don’t leave, then I go.”

He couldn’t fake it anymore. He wouldn’t let her see his ugly-looking side.

The room was silent.

The suffocating silence made Mo Qianxue feel hard to breathe. Fighting back the pain in her chest, Mo Qianxue embraced Ning Shaoqing. Instantly, coldness sent to her body. The restricted distress for him finally turned into dropping tears.

Ning Shaoqing stayed still, not dare to move, partly because he didn’t have any strength, and partly because he feared to tear Mo Qianxue’s wound if he struggled while she insisted to hug him.

“Please...” Mo Qianxue sobbed, “Don’t be like this. I know everything. Could we fight against the hardship together please?”

“I don’t care about the vanity.” Thinking of the memories they shared, Mo Qianxue shed tears like rains, “If you became disable, I’ll take care of you; if you were broke, I’ll support our family. No matter what, let’s face it together, okay?

Tears also brimmedthe eyes of Asan and Awu, who turned around and began to understand why their lord loved lady so much.

If there was a woman who treated them like this, they were willing to die for her.

“If...you died, I’ll either go with you or spend the rest of my life avenging you...”

Ning Shaoqing’s eyes became redder than blood.

“But we make it clear now. If one day, you become rich and respected, don’t take concubines to make me angry...”

“No... I won’t...” How would he do that? She was already a treasure that heaven granted him. Besides her, he would accept nobody! He couldn’t love her more!

Ning Shaoqing finally faced her and hugged her, trembling uncontrollably.

Alright. If there was really a hell waiting ahead, then he just took her with him to break through! However, the high spirits mixed with coldness surged up at once. The next moment, before he became ugly, Ning Shaoqing had passed out gorgeously.

“Shaoqing...” The tight hug loosened, and Mo Qianxue’s heart plummeted further.

Hearing her calling, Asan and Awu turned back in a hurry. Asan reached out to feel his breath and sighed with relief, “Lord just passed out.”

Asan’s answer relaxed Mo Qianxue’s tense heart a little bit, “Get him a quilt.” At least, he could feel a little better.

“Yes.” Quickly, Awu flashed out of the study and flashed back with a quilt with which Mo Qianxue quickly wrapped Ning Shaoqing’s body.

Indeed, a human’s potential is infinite. At this moment, she didn’t have no time to mind her own wound and the pain. It couldn’t be more painful than her heart.

At this moment, she must remain calm! Mo Qianxue asked coldly, “Asan, where’s the strange doctor? Has he come back yet from picking the herb?”

“The herb...was destroyed. And...we lost track of him...” There was no point hiding from her anymore, “If the situation continues, I’m afraid...lord can’t survive tonight.”

Mo Qianxue saw a blow of black, and the blood in her chest rolled.

“Isn’t there any other way?”

“Unless we get the strange doctor now.”

“Then go and get him...”

“The hidden guards have set off.” Asan’s voice was powerless, “Even the shadow guard went out too...”

Without the unfinished words, Mo Qianxue understood what he meant. Were they in an impasse?

There hadn’t been any moment when she hated her inability so much. Mo Qianxue swore that as long as they went through this, she would no more think of living a peaceful life. She would try all means to guarantee a safe position for him and her.

No! He wasn’t a person sitting still and waiting for death.

Mo Qianxue looked right into the eyes of Asan, “Didn’t Shaoqing have other arrangements?”

“Lord said that as long as he survived tonight, there will be a favorable turn...” Asan answered nervously.

Heaven knew what the favorable turn might possibly be after the cold poison had come into play. It was hard for lord to survive an hour, let alone a whole night. It might be possible if the shadow guard was here because he had thick internal strength, but he had been sent out by lord a few days ago...

As long as he survived tonight? Mo Qiainxue brainstormed, when Chuyi’s voice rang from outide, “Lady, a person claimed to be lord Tong’s servant wants to meet you.”

Mo Qianxue was too annoyed to meet the man or take care of Tong Zijing, so without thinking much, she replied impatiently, “Turn him down.”

“He said there is something very important.”

“Get him out!” What could be more important than Ning Shaoqing’s life?

Outside the sound of rain and thunder got louder, which suddenly reminded Mo Qianxue. In gust and rain, why did Tong Zijing send a person here at this moment of time? Unless...

“Wait.” Chuyi was about to drive away the man when Mo Qianxue’s sound floated out again. She had heard Tong Zijing mentioned that there used to be a strange old man who always visited him.

At that time, she had guessed that it might be the strange doctor, so she had told Tong Zijing to tell her if the old man visited again. Now, Tong Zijing had regained the recognition of a normal person, so the man might be bringing news about the odd doctor.

A glimmer of hope rose in Mo Qianxue’s heart, “Ask him what it’s about. Report to me at once.”

“Yes.” Chuyi took the order and left.

Being enjoined by his lord seriously, Tong Zhan galloped all the way here.

To his surprise, soon after he went out of door, it rained and blew heavily. He didn’t dare to take a rest and, regardless of rain and gust, hurriedly arrived here. But then he was stopped by two hidden guards of the Ning’s and now anxiously paced back and forth at the gate.

Suddenly he spotted an unfamiliar servant girl and decided to shout to her anyhow and told her lord Tong’s words, so that Chuyi walked passed the news over.

Chuyi had been standing at the door outside the study. Although she couldn’t hear clearly, she knew that lord Ning was in urgent need of a doctor right now, so hearing Tong Zhan’s words, she wasted no time and quickly flew back to the study to report to Mo Qianxue.

Hearing the report, Mo Qianxue, heart shievering, pinched the corner of Ning Shaoqing’s quilt, and ordered Asan, “Send people to take Mr. Wang here.”

“We go to pick him up personally.” Upon finishing, Asan and Awu flew out of the house.

It was less meaningless to take more people to get the strange doctor than to guard here. Now the token that lord Lu had given him was in Asan’s hand. With this token, the strange doctor would definitely come with him.

As long as lord survived this night! As long as he survived today, there would be a favorable turn?!