Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1406: Chapter 1408: Evil God Sacrifice_1

Bai Ruozhu, a modern person, is accustomed to learning Western Medicine in an open setting where lectures are publicly accessible and knowledge is recorded in textbooks for all students to learn. She thought this was nothing more than normal. However, watching the several grateful Imperial Doctors leaving with tears, she felt somewhat embarrassed.

She had also considered the possibility of the Medical Alliance being infiltrated by those with ulterior motives or villains intent on learning Medical Skills. Therefore, she only taught the Medical Alliance skills that were meant to save lives, absolutely refusing to impart anything that could be used to harm others.

Qingyan walked in from outside the hall and said with a smile, ”I just listened in for a while. I wonder if your Medical Alliance would accept a beginner like me?”

”Of course, we would accept you, but as a beginner, you might not be able to directly learn the more profound practices. Uncle Qingyan, you could also find a Teacher to learn from privately, starting with the basics,” Bai Ruozhu said with a smile.

”All right, I’ll find a Teacher soon. Though I’m getting on in years, it’s never too late to learn, and acquiring some medical knowledge can also help me understand how to take care of my body,” Qingyan replied cheerfully.

Knowing that she was about to leave, Bai Ruozhu felt a twinge of reluctance and asked, ”Uncle, we are going to start our journey in a few days. Are you going back to the Qi Family?”

Qingyan shook his head. ”I don’t want to go back. Now that the Qi Family is no longer oppressed by the great elder, they’ve escaped trouble and don’t need me. After all, I haven’t returned for many years, and everyone has their own life. I’d rather travel around and see the beautiful landscapes.”

Bai Ruozhu’s eyes brightened as she heard this, ”Then why not join us on our trip to Danliang Country and see the outside world?”

Qingyan laughed heartily, ”I’ve been waiting for you to invite me. If you didn’t, it wouldn’t have been proper for me to impose and follow along uninvited, right?”

”Haha, how could we not welcome you?” Bai Ruozhu also laughed.

Having few possessions, Qingyan naturally did not need to pack and could depart with them at any time. That left only Zhanna.

”Zhanna, we are returning to Danliang Country soon. You can choose to stay behind; the Sovereign will arrange some tasks for you, ensuring your livelihood. Or you can choose to leave with us, though it will be a long and hard journey. As for the prosthetics I mentioned, even if you decide to stay, I’ll have them made and sent to you,” Bai Ruozhu said.

Zhanna instantly became anxious, ”Madam, I want to go with you. I have no family left, and it was you who saved my life. Please let me stay with you. I can do handicrafts, and I won’t be a burden to you,” she pleaded.

Seeing her eagerness, Bai Ruozhu felt a wave of sympathy and said, ”It’ll be tough on you on the road. But as the weather gets hotter, if your wounds become inflamed from the exertion of travel, you will have to stay behind and recuperate properly, or it could be life-threatening. I will arrange for someone to take care of you, but that might mean being far from home without a single acquaintance around.”

Zhanna showed a look of determination, ”I’m not afraid and am willing to follow your arrangements, Madam.”

Bai Ruozhu nodded, and that settled the matter.

The next day, the Sovereign came to Bai Ruozhu hesitantly and asked about her departure time, then stammeringly said, ”Before you leave, please save the Queen.”

Before Bai Ruozhu could respond, the Sovereign quickly added, ”I have already drafted a decree to strip her of her title as Queen. After you cure her, let her leave the Palace to live a peaceful life.”

The royal family of the Western Regions did not have overly strict rules; even a deposed queen could leave the palace to live her life, as long as she never remarried to avoid embarrassing the sovereign.

Bai Ruozhu smiled, ”Your Majesty, when I said I wanted to leave, this was the matter that made you hesitant, wasn’t it? What’s so hard to speak of?”

The sovereign coughed awkwardly a few times, his face reddening slightly, ”Don’t laugh at me, she has not refrained from using the Holy Hall to harm me over the year, and many times I even had to live by her whims. Even Qingxuan’s death is somewhat related to her.”

Heavily sighing, he continued, ”But Yingtong has been pleading with me, after all these years as husband and wife, I just can’t bring myself to be ruthless, making you witness this joke.”

”Your Majesty’s words are too kind. It’s because you’re a person who values feelings and righteousness that we didn’t back the wrong person. I’ll take care of this matter, and I’ll go treat the queen right now.” Bai Ruozhu got up with a smile, picked up her medical box, and walked towards the exit. Seeing that the sovereign remained stationary, she turned back and said with a smile, ”If Your Majesty doesn’t lead the way, how will I find the place?”

”Oh, right, of course.” The sovereign himself also wanted to see the queen’s condition; after all, she was his first wife. Although he had harbored resentment, knowing that she was coerced, and remembering that she bore him children, he could not find it in his heart to be harsh.

In the subsequent two days, Bai Ruozhu administered preliminary detoxification to the queen and taught several imperial doctors the follow-up detoxification methods and medication use. The imperial doctors had fully learned the detoxification method for the sovereign too. Even if one of them couldn’t handle it, there were others, and if there were any concerns, they could consult together.

Having arranged everything, Bai Ruozhu made another trip to the Ao Family. Their affairs had gone so smoothly thanks in no small part to the help of the Ao Family and the Grand Princess.

In the midst of conversation, Bai Ruozhu voluntarily revealed her true identity, saying to Ao Qi, ”If Young Master Ao ever visits Capital City in Danliang Country again, you must come to my house for a visit. We might even have some business opportunities for collaboration.”

Ao Qi said with a laugh, ”I’ll definitely make a visit. The novel dishes at Yingke Lai were all your creations, so the food at your residence must be even more exquisite. I will make sure to try it if I have the chance.”

Hearing this, Bai Ruozhu laughed, but her heart was filled with thoughts of her family, wishing she could set off immediately and fly straight home.

The night before she was set to depart, when everything was ready, Bai Ruozhu had an extremely restless sleep. She woke up groggy a few times, thinking it was because she was too excited about going home. Even though she felt restless, she didn’t mention it to Jiang Yichun and tried to close her eyes again.

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Deep in the mountains far outside Gaochang City, a red figure danced with the wind, the surrounding flames illuminating her, making her appear incredibly seductive and mysterious, just like a spirit of the mountains.

She had lit eight piles of fire in a circle around her. If someone approached and looked closely at the ground, they would certainly see the blood-painted totems.

This was a strange sacrificial rite, and the person conducting it was Honglian, the escaped Saintess of the Holy Hall.

Not far away stood a tall man, his face filled with worry as he said, ”Honglian, you can’t keep doing this. If you sacrifice your entire being to the Evil God, you will no longer be yourself. Is it worth it to take vengeance on a woman? Even if I risk my life to capture her and let you deal with her, would that not suffice?”

The red figure paid no heed to the man’s persuasion, while on the other side, Jin Jing, dressed in black, watched Yuefeng with a mocking face. Every time she saw this pitiable man begging Honglian, she felt that she was not the most miserable one.