Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1387: Chapter 1389: The Greatness of a Mother’s Love_1

Bai Ruozhu took off the disguise and changed back into her own clothes, then took another look at Xiaohei, who was still healing, before going out again.

Just then, she heard footsteps not far away. Her heart suddenly filled with suspicion, and she hurriedly hid back inside the space.

Soon, several Holy Guards ran past. They seemed to be searching for something but were extremely cautious, as if they were afraid of being discovered. When they reached the vicinity of the Main Road where there were more people, they took a detour onto a side path, clearly not wanting their movements to be exposed.

Bai Ruozhu found it strange. Were they coming after her? But they shouldn’t be circling to this location. If they had been following her from the beginning, they should have chased into the Alley by now. She had been changing clothes inside the Space, keeping an eye on the outside through the big screen, and no one had appeared for quite some time.

Could they be chasing someone else?

Right, could it be Princess Yingtong?

If the Holy Guards were searching for someone, and that person had hidden near the Main Road leading to the royal palace, then it meant that they were either seeking protection from the sovereign or were connected to someone in the palace.

Her intuition told her it must be Princess Yingtong.

Seeing no activity outside, she cautiously left the Space, wanting to look around, but also worried she might be caught by the Holy Guards. After much thought, she decided to enter the Palace first to report to the sovereign, as her individual power was far too weak.

Just as she turned to leave, she suddenly heard an extremely faint groaning of a woman from afar. It seemed like the sound of someone unable to endure severe pain and losing control of their voice.

Her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Princess Yingtong was injured?

With this thought, she did not dare to leave. What if she was too late to administer treatment when she came back?

Moving her fingertip, she held Drug Powder in one hand and a silver needle in the other, stepping extremely lightly towards the direction of the sound.

No more sounds came, but she heard rapid breathing. She moved step by step towards its source.

It seemed to be a small yard, nothing remarkable about the place, and she didn’t know who lived inside.

Instead of pushing the door open, Bai Ruozhu leapt onto the wall and then gently landed inside the yard.

The breaths came from the direction of the kitchen. Unsure if it was Princess Yingtong, she did not dare to make a sound and stealthily circled to the back window of the kitchen. She poked a hole in the paper window and saw the situation inside.

Indeed, it was Princess Yingtong, but she was not alone. The missing Queen was with her!

The one injured wasn’t Princess Yingtong, but the Queen. Blood traces hung from her mouth, her face had turned black, and to avoid exposing their whereabouts, she bit her lips tightly, her face etched with pain.

The Queen had been poisoned with a Severe Poison, capable of destroying her internal organs and causing unbearable agony. The fact that she had not cried out in pain for so long was already more than remarkable.

Princess Yingtong’s face was deathly pale, which indicated that she too had suffered internal injuries. Tears hung on her face, and she tightly covered her mouth, silently crying over her mother.

She knew her mother couldn’t hold on much longer. But they had already escaped from the Holy Hall, so why couldn’t her mother be saved? If it weren’t for her own willfulness in leaving the Palace, she wouldn’t have been captured by the people of the Holy Hall, and her mother wouldn’t have been poisoned to save her, nor would she be enduring such torment!

At this moment, Princess Yingtong felt so regretful she wanted to kill herself, yet she couldn’t make a sound, not even dare to breathe too heavily.

The Queen shakily stretched out a hand, scribbling a few words on the ground: ”You must survive.”

Unable to hold back, Princess Yingtong made a very soft whimpering sound as her crying intensified.

The Queen struggled to cover her mouth, signalling that she mustn’t make a sound. They were waiting for the Holy Guard to leave, and also gambling on their luck, hoping that they wouldn’t be found by the Holy Guard.

But the Queen had been struck with severe poison, and without timely treatment, she would lose her life. Hiding here was merely watching in broad daylight as the Queen succumbed to the poison.

Bai Ruozhu saw the words the Queen had written on the ground, and she couldn’t help but be moved. She didn’t like the Queen, but she was touched by the Queen’s motherly love. How strong must the Queen’s willpower be to endure such agony without a sound? She knew she was dying, yet she persisted, sustained by her love for her daughter and the hope that her daughter would survive.

She was a mother too, so she could understand the Queen’s feelings at that moment and thus came to admire the Queen. The Queen was willing to do so much for her daughter. Regardless of other factors, she was certainly a good mother.

Bai Ruozhu gently opened the window, startling the two inside. She made a shushing gesture and then jumped into the kitchen.

Princess Yingtong’s face lit up with surprise; she hadn’t expected Bai Ruozhu to show up. She formed the words with her lips, asking Bai Ruozhu, ”Did my father send you? Are they nearby?”

Bai Ruozhu shook her head, responding in a silent mouthing, ”Don’t make a sound, I’m alone, let’s detoxify you first.”

Both Princess Yingtong and the Queen looked disappointed. With only Bai Ruozhu there, wasn’t that just adding another person to die? There was some distance to the royal palace from here; even if they stormed out, they wouldn’t be able to reach the palace in time.

Bai Ruozhu ignored the two and quickly fed the Queen a detoxifying pill. She took out a silver needle and began to perform acupuncture to draw out the poison, trying to localize it to prevent it from spreading.

The Queen showed some improvement after taking the detoxifying pill, but Bai Ruozhu also discovered that the Queen’s body was afflicted by not only a new poison but also by old, longstanding poison, as though she had been regularly ingesting poison.

It occurred to her that the Queen was serving the Holy Hall; it seemed she was being controlled with poison.

This type of poison required the consumption of a specific pill at regular intervals or intense abdominal pain would ensue, making the victim wish for death until they perished after three days and nights of agony. The Queen could only live by continuously consuming the poison provided by the Holy Hall, but doing so long-term would inevitably harm her physique and shorten her life span. Did she have a choice?

The newly ingested poison was potent, also causing abdominal pain but spreading at an extremely rapid pace, capable of causing one’s intestines to rupture and lead to death within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Fortunately, they encountered Bai Ruozhu.

Bai Ruozhu quickly fed the Queen a few more pills and then performed a set of acupuncture treatments. Soon, the Queen vomited a mouthful of black blood and her complexion was not as dark as before.

It was unclear whether the Queen was simply taking a chance or if she had full confidence in Bai Ruozhu’s medical skills, but she willingly ingested whatever Bai Ruozhu gave her and never resisted her acupuncture.

Bai Ruozhu breathed a sigh of relief and methodically collected the silver needles, mouthing to the two, ”You won’t die for now.”

The Queen’s body suddenly collapsed as if a taut string had suddenly been released, but her face was etched with excitement—the kind that comes from narrowly escaping death.

Princess Yingtong covered her mouth, crying, and suddenly from sitting, she knelt down and made a motion as if to kowtow to Bai Ruozhu.

Bai Ruozhu was startled; she still disliked others bowing or kowtowing to her. She quickly helped Princess Yingtong up and made a shushing gesture, and only then did the Princess stop her motion to kowtow, though she still remained kneeling and did not rise.