Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor-Chapter 925 - 77: A Melodramatic Scene Unfolds

It is common among doctors to have a flaw; the more advanced their medical skills, the worse their temper.

Dugu Xiu had witnessed Yun Sheng’s medical skill firsthand, and now with Dugu Sheng looking as if he might meet King Yan any moment, if Yun Sheng decided not to intervene, it could truly mean the end for Dugu Sheng.

As the Crown Prince, Dugu Xiu had never been so despised, yet he couldn’t retort, only able to send people to gather medicinal herbs with a face full of frustration.

"Before the medicinal herbs are collected, you stay here with me in the side hall to observe the Emperor’s condition at all times. Everyone else, leave. The Emperor needs quiet," Dugu Xiu ordered, even Empress Qing was asked to leave.

"Oh dear," the old man’s voice cried out right on cue, prompting Yun Sheng to rush forward to examine him.

"The old man’s condition has worsened. I need to temporarily treat his injuries first," Yun Sheng did not miss the slight smile at Ye Beiming’s lips.

"It’s truly troublesome. Someone, prepare a clean room," Dugu Xiu thought the old man was born to be his nemesis.

No matter how he looked at him, he found him disagreeable.

If it weren’t for the need to treat the Emperor’s poison, he would’ve slapped that old man dead.

Yun Sheng and Ye Beiming were sent into a room where Yun Sheng closed the door.

The "old man" lying on the sickbed suddenly sat up with a groan.

"Shall we go find Second Uncle and the others now?" Yun Sheng glanced outside and saw two guards stationed there.

"No hurry. We’re short-handed; we must act separately," Ye Beiming said with a bit of seriousness.

Now that Yun Sheng had recovered her magic power, yet Dugu Xiu still dared let her freely move alone.

Besides Yun Sheng being under Soul Dreaming and unable to act alone for long, there’s another reason—Dugu Xiu still held Yun Canglang and others hostage,

Ye Beiming had followed Yun Sheng into the Imperial Palace to help her rescue them and alleviate his worries.

He took out a map of the Hou Qin Imperial Palace.

Ye Beiming had made ample preparations, marking three areas he suspected could hold Yun Canglang and Donghuang Lingling.

The first was the Heavenly Prison, the second the Crown Prince Mansion, and the third the Imperial Palace Trial Ground.

The Heavenly Prison was the usual place for imprisoning criminals and originally the most likely holding place.

But after Yun Sheng used Elf Fire to burn down the palace, the Heavenly Prison was half damaged, reducing its potential for holding prisoners dramatically.

The second place was the Crown Prince Mansion.

The Crown Prince Mansion, though experiencing a fire, was relatively less damaged and had a few mechanisms within that only Dugu Xiu knew about.

The last place was the Trial Ground, the Emperor’s training area for Princes, where Director Song had once taught martial arts to them.

Yun Sheng had to admire Ye Beiming’s methods; she spent almost a month in the Crown Prince Mansion, yet found fewer clues than he did in just a few days of entering Yangdu.

"You stay here first. I see Dugu Xiu is overly suspicious and will definitely come back for you soon. It would be more convenient for me to act alone," Ye Beiming said, then pushed open the window.

"You, be careful," Yun Sheng reminded him.

Detecting the care in Little Wildcat’s words, Ye Beiming’s lips curled slightly as he spoke in a deep voice: "If I manage to rescue Second Uncle and Donghuang Lingling, you owe me a big favor. Little Wildcat, how would you repay me by giving yourself to me?"

"Repay you, the big-headed ghost," Yun Sheng stomped her foot in anger.

Yet Ye Beiming had already slipped out with a crouch.

"If you can return safely... giving myself to you... would..." Yun Sheng’s heart was in turmoil as she watched him leave.

"Miss Yun, the Crown Prince sent word that there is a change in the Emperor’s condition, asking you to go over quickly," a palace maid knocked on the door.

Yun Sheng opened the door, feeling puzzled. Dugu Sheng’s poison, serious but not too severe, was unlikely to deteriorate. Where did this change come from? It seemed more like Dugu Xiu’s trickery.

To avoid arousing Dugu Xiu’s suspicion, Yun Sheng had to walk towards the Emperor Palace.

Reaching the Emperor Palace, Yun Sheng, upon entering, suddenly frowned, sensing something amiss.

In the palace halls, not a single person in sight.

On the sickbed, Dugu Sheng’s face was already deathly pale.

Yun Sheng stepped forward to see a dagger inserted into Dugu Sheng’s chest.

It was at this moment, Empress Qing charged in angrily with a team.

Upon seeing Yun Sheng standing by the bed and Dugu Sheng dead on it, she nearly fainted, "You, you killed the Emperor."

"Mother," Dugu Xiu and Director Song rushed in. Seeing Dugu Sheng already passed away on the bed, then looking at Yun Sheng whose expression remained unchanged.

"I did not kill him," Yun Sheng understood that she was being framed.

Apparently, someone had falsely relayed Dugu Xiu’s orders to lure her here.

"It was her. At that time, the Emperor Palace only had her alone. I heard from the palace maid that, Xiu’er, you and Director Song went to check on the Heavenly Prison, worried about the Emperor being unattended. Who knew, when I arrived, I saw that woman standing by the bed, the Emperor already gasping his last," Empress Qing clutched her heart, looking heartbroken.

"If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t need to do it myself, just not treating him would suffice. Why waste such effort? When I came in, Dugu Sheng was already dead. If I killed him, I’d surely admit, but if not, I won’t take this blame," Yun Sheng’s calmness left Dugu Xiu silent.

"Master, you temporarily oversee guarding her. Mother, Xiu has something to discuss with you," Dugu Xiu exchanged a look with Director Song.

The latter understood, escorting Yun Sheng away.

After Yun Sheng and Director Song left, Dugu Xiu dismissed the palace maids and guards.

The Emperor of Post Qin Dugu Sheng still lay on the bed, his chest blood-dried, the dagger particularly glaring.

"Mother, actually, you didn’t need to rush," Dugu Xiu looked at Empress Qing.

Empress Qing, feeling guilty under his gaze, stammered: "Xiu’er, what are you saying, Mother doesn’t understand."

"You killed him, didn’t you? Earlier I heard you ordered palace maids to execute Princess Consort Zi," Dugu Xiu knew his mother well.

While Dugu Sheng was alive, she couldn’t tolerate those young, beautiful favored concubines within the palace.

Especially Princess Consort Zi, whom Empress Qing always wanted to eliminate quickly.

But Dugu Sheng always protected her so Empress Qing never found the right chance.

Seizing the opportunity of the Emperor of Post Qin Dugu Sheng’s coma, and very coincidentally, the palace’s Imperial Physician discovered Princess Consort Zi’s pregnancy, Empress Qing decided she would give Zi a death sentence to solve it all.

Unexpectedly, Princess Consort Zi resisted desperately, with the help of an old nanny under her, escaped to the Emperor Palace.

Princess Consort Zi cried before Dugu Sheng’s sickbed.

Empress Qing, furious, came to capture her, not expecting Dugu Sheng to suddenly wake up.