Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1366: Chapter 1368: A Key Figure Appears_1

The group returned to the royal palace that day and recounted their search for Master Hao Feng. Chu Hai mentioned that his master had left a secret message, saying that he would go to the agreed-upon place.

Upon hearing this, the monarch of Danliang Country let out a sigh of relief and said, ”Master Hao Feng’s meaning is that he will come to the royal palace, his message indicated that he received our letter and will proceed according to our arrangement. She must be safe for now.”

Bai Ruozhu was half in doubt, thinking perhaps the monarch was overly optimistic? Thus, three days passed without any word from Master Hao Feng, and Bai Ruozhu’s skepticism towards the monarch’s guess only grew.

Unexpectedly, on the night of the third day, a dark figure slipped into the royal palace and met privately with the monarch.

”Master Hao Feng, I’m so relieved you’re unharmed!” The monarch struggled with sleep and would typically get extremely irate if someone woke him from his slumber, but upon seeing that it was Master Hao Feng standing beside his bed, his anger dissipated immediately, his face breaking into a wide smile.

”I’m fine, the great elder and his people couldn’t kill me,” Master Hao Feng said blandly.

The monarch’s countenance shifted as he then noticed that Master Hao Feng’s complexion was quite pale, her voice hoarse and lacking strength, suggesting she had incurred a serious internal injury.

”These injuries are severe? I shall arrange for you to stay and recuperate right away,” the monarch said as he got up to call for attendants.

But Hao Feng firmly said, ”Do not let those around you know that I have come. There are spies among them. I will go find Chu Hai myself.”

The monarch, feeling a deep sense of guilt when he thought of Master Hao Feng being ambushed, looked upon Master Hao Feng’s current expression and realized she was angry.

Seeing that Master Hao Feng was about to leave, the monarch became a bit anxious and hastily got up, reaching out to grab her arm.

”Master, it is my fault for being ineffectual and allowing the Holy Hall to exploit a loophole. But I truly never wished to see you attacked by the Holy Hall. You are my benefactor,” said the monarch with evident agitation.

Master Hao Feng stopped abruptly, her hand swiftly retracting as she hoarsely replied, ”It’s fine, I don’t blame you.”

After she spoke, she pulled away from the monarch’s grasp and quickly left. The monarch stood there, dazed and unable to stop her, nor did he see the suspicious flush that appeared on her cheeks.

Only after she left did Master Hao Feng realize she hadn’t asked the monarch where Chu Hai was staying. She hid in a dark corner, took several deep breaths, and tried to calm her feelings of guilt.

Though every generation of saintesses at the Holy Hall could marry, none had ever become a palace concubine. Neither the Holy Hall nor the Royal Family allowed it.

In Master Hao Feng’s heart lived a person she yearned for but could not have, becoming a demon of sorts. Therefore, she never married and later treated her disciple Fen Wan as her own daughter.

When the monarch saw Master Hao Feng return, he was taken aback. But after hearing her inquire about Chu Hai’s whereabouts, a smile played on his lips, and his gaze toward Master Hao Feng lost some of its reverence, colored more with an ordinary light, as he realized that even Master Hao Feng could forget things.

Seeing him like this, Master Hao Feng felt much better. She didn’t enjoy being worshipped by the monarch as a saint or master; she would rather just be his friend.

Before long, Master Hao Feng entered Qingyou Hall to find Chu Hai. She was pale as she drifted into Chu Hai’s room, startling him into thinking he had seen a ghost.

”Hai, what’s wrong with your body?” Master Hao Feng immediately noticed something was off with Chu Hai and quickly reached out to check his pulse. Chu Hai attempted to dodge, but it was already too late.

”Have you gone mad? You’ve invoked reincarnation on yourself? Your mother hasn’t been saved yet, and you’re already thinking about dying?” Master Hao Feng’s tone grew harsher as she spoke.

Chu Hai showed a look of shame and said, ”Master, I was reckless. But the poison has been thoroughly cleansed, so please don’t worry too much.”

He noticed that Master Hao Feng was injured and hurriedly asked what had happened. Master Hao Feng sighed, about to speak, when suddenly a figure charged in.

”Let go of Chu Hai!” Jianqi’s voice rang out, cold and stern.

Bai Ruozhu followed behind, having already instructed Furball to be ready to strike.

”Ruozhu, this is my Master,” Chu Hai quickly said.

Bai Ruozhu and Jianqi both looked surprised and delighted; Master Hao Feng had actually come in the middle of the night. They had discovered someone sneaking in and had thought it was someone from the Holy Hall sent to harm Chu Hai.

Master Hao Feng looked at Bai Ruozhu and the others with displeasure and said to Chu Hai, ”I don’t trust these foreigners. Tell them to leave. We haven’t seen each other in a long time, and I have many questions for you.”

”Master, Ruozhu and the others are here to help. The Reincarnation Poison in my body was resolved by her,” Chu Hai said hurriedly, seeing that his Master was about to lose temper.

Surprise flashed in Master Hao Feng’s eyes, and she even gave Bai Ruozhu an extra glance, but still she spoke with an irritated tone, ”Even so, I still cannot trust those from Danliang. All of you, get out, or don’t blame me for getting angry.”

Bai Ruozhu, thinking of how Fen Wan was schemed against years ago, spending a night with the Former Emperor, which later resulted in the birth of Diao Yao, and given Fen Wan was poisoned later, both teacher and student believed it was the doing of the current Empress Dowager of Danliang Country, naturally had a very bad impression of Danliang people.

”Chu Hai, you should catch up with your Master first; we won’t disturb you,” Bai Ruozhu said, and after paying respects to Master Hao Feng, she led Jianqi and the others out.

Master Hao Feng just watched coldly, accepting the gesture of respect without any acknowledgment, her attitude extremely unwelcoming.

Bai Ruozhu returned to her room and said to Jiang Yichun, who she had forbidden to leave the room, ”It was Master Hao Feng who came, but she is very adverse towards us. Let’s wait and let Chu Hai talk to her first.”

Jiang Yichun wrapped his arms around her waist, ”It’s good that we found Master Hao Feng. Now we can proceed with the matters step by step.”

Bai Ruozhu responded somewhat absentmindedly. In truth, she was most apprehensive about finding the antidote for Fen Wan, not confident at heart, yet she had no other choice.

Chu Hai had initially used Fen Wan’s blood tainted with Reincarnation Poison for testing, which had taken her a long time to treat. How much more difficult would the actual Reincarnation Poison be?

Who was it that insisted on using such a harsh poison against a woman? Was it the Holy Hall, or some dark faction within Danliang Country, or perhaps Chiyou and his followers?

She took some herbal medicine and began grinding it, with Jiang Yichun looking on at her worried appearance, his own heart tightening.

”Don’t worry, everything is going to be alright,” he went over and patted her head.

Suddenly, Bai Ruozhu sniffled and looked up at him, ”I miss our son.”

Jiang Yichun felt a pang in his heart, her words making her seem so pitiable, and it stirred feelings within him, reminding him of their dearly loved plump son.

She leaned against his chest for a while without speaking, then pushed him away and said, ”You go and cultivate your Qi. I need to prepare the antidote for the sovereign.”

In the past few days, she had taken the opportunity to visit the sovereign’s Medicine Storage and the Ao Family’s Medicine Storage, taking quite a few benefits; she wasn’t someone who took advantage without giving back, so she needed to quickly prepare the sovereign’s antidote.

Heeding her words, Jiang Yichun returned to his Qi cultivation. The couple busied themselves with their own tasks, only occasionally looking at each other, an image of harmonious partnership.