My Lady Always Lacks Ambition

Chapter 1264 - 1192: The Fire Spreads to the Entire Taoist Sect

Qin Liuxi said she would treat the injury, and she started immediately. Emperor Kangwu initially wanted to say something, but suddenly, he became numb, as if the elixir she had fed him had lost its effect. Fatigue, weakness, and pain surged towards him like a tide.

Emperor Kangwu finally showed panic on his face. Now, he was truly even less capable than a woman with no strength to bind a chicken or a weak scholar. He was like a half-dead fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others.

The feeling of being out of control and subject to restraint was truly terrible.

"Chief Imperial Doctor..." Emperor Kangwu instinctively called out to the Chief Imperial Doctor, who was still prostrated on the floor. He had a strong feeling that the Chief Imperial Doctor was more trustworthy than the State Preceptor.

"I am here." The Chief Imperial Doctor quickly responded, got up from the floor, but because he had knelt too long, his knees were cold and numb, and he almost stumbled onto the dragon bed.

Emperor Kangwu: "..."

Suddenly, he felt that this old thing was not very reliable anymore.

Qin Liuxi looked at the Chief Imperial Doctor and said, "I will give you a prescription, will you write it down? It’s for Bone Healing Ointment, to be applied to the wound."

Changsheng Hall has a better Strong Tendon Bone Healing Ointment, but this ungrateful old Emperor doesn’t deserve it. He deserves to use inferior goods, the kind that won’t heal for a long time.

"Ah, oh." The Chief Imperial Doctor agreed.

Qin Liuxi spoke quickly and soon recited a prescription for Bone Strengthening and Healing Ointment, along with the method of preparation.

The Chief Imperial Doctor received the prescription and subconsciously pondered over it. If it weren’t for the inappropriate situation, he would have pulled the State Preceptor to debate this prescription, it was too effective.

Seeing this, Emperor Kangwu asked, "Chief Imperial Doctor, is there anything wrong with this prescription?"

"Ah, there is... nothing wrong. This prescription is excellent for strengthening muscles and bones; it’s a rare good prescription. I did not expect the State Preceptor to have such a deep medical skills." The Chief Imperial Doctor looked at Qin Liuxi with some newfound respect.

Previously, he thought the State Preceptor was just a God Stick, dabbling with mystical stuff, rubbing two Elixir Pills together, waving a horsetail whisk, pretending to be an Immortal, and making the Saint elevate him to a guest of honor, making those who truly knew medicine extremely dissatisfied.

But now, with a Bone Healing Ointment prescription before him, he realized that the State Preceptor was not just relying on deception; there was indeed some substance there.

Even if he wrote a prescription, he wouldn’t have been able to come up with such a good ointment recipe.

Emperor Kangwu let out a sigh of relief and looked at Qin Liuxi once more. Qin Liuxi was looking at him too, with a seemingly mocking expression, making him feel somewhat guilty.

How strange. He used to trust the State Preceptor tremendously, which is why he always heeded his requests. So why had he gradually relegated the State Preceptor to ’Cold Palace’?

Was it because of the voice he heard during the nightmares in the middle of the night?

"Why does the Saint doubt me, what did I do to cause such concern?" Qin Liuxi asked calmly, "The Saint need not be so guarded. In Taoism, we speak of fate. Since our fate is over, it’s time for me to leave."

Emperor Kangwu was extremely embarrassed and forced a smile, "What is the State Preceptor saying? I did not mean that."

Qin Liuxi didn’t care if he was embarrassed or not, just asked Shun to turn him over and said, "I’ll set your bones."

Before Emperor Kangwu could say anything, the State Preceptor was at it.

There it was, starting it.

Qin Liuxi set Emperor Kangwu’s bones, but she wasn’t gentle like she was with Mrs. Wang, who didn’t feel any pain due to the spell and was given great elixirs. Mrs. Wang barely suffered before it was over.

And as for Emperor Kangwu?

Not hitting him hard was her biggest kindness, definitely not out of fear of a heavenly punishment.

Emperor Kangwu’s screams echoed throughout the entire chamber, making all the Imperial Physicians and ten or so secret ministers waiting outside shudder.

How terrifying.

Emperor Kangwu could swear to the heavens that he had never suffered such agony in his life. The pain penetrated his heart, making life worse than death until he fainted completely from the pain.

While he was being violently subjected to bone setting and suffering excruciatingly by Qin Liuxi, the disaster relief over at the Holy Altar was in full swing.

Because of the earth-shaking tremors in Shengjing during the sacrificial rituals, many believed it was due to the Saint’s lack of piety, causing discontent in Heaven and thus, successive disasters. Consequently, the call for the Saint to issue an edict of self-admonition rose again, and it got increasingly uncontrollable.

This year had indeed been plagued with one disaster after another.

Some claimed that it was due to the Saint’s misplaced trust in the so-called State Preceptor, constructing the Longevity Palace and engaging in Alchemy, leading to a negligent governance and summoning Heavenly Punishment.

We must know that the State Preceptor had, in the past, wasted labor and wealth for Alchemy, crimes that fill what bamboo slips could record, truly a Demon Path.

Therefore, besides asking the Saint to issue an edict of self-admonition, there were also calls to execute the Demon Path to avoid following in the footsteps of the Great Ancestor.

The call to execute the Demon Path and purify the Emperor’s court was led by the scholars, with some even fashioning themselves as eloquent, splendidly writing Chapters on the evils of the Demon Path, citing historical records from the Great Ancestor’s reign, bluntly stating that as long as the Demon Path is not eliminated, the nation will not be safe.

And so, the fire of cleansing the Emperor’s side spread from the State Preceptor to the entire Taoist community. Some even directed malice towards legitimate Daoist Temples, using it as a pretext to rob and vandalize the temples and besiege the Taoists.

Not only that, even the Buddhist Sect was subjected to the same treatment and influence, for a laughable reason, as the monks were generally plump, leading the ignorant people to believe they were thriving on the incense offerings of the people.

For a while, amidst the successive natural disasters, the numbed ordinary people seemed to be unanimously ignited with vicious energy, becoming irritable, credulous, and blind, causing rampant chaos, echoing a situation where any slight sound could cause panic.

Qin Liuxi, still in the Imperial Palace, had no idea that the fire had already reached her, the Fake National Master, nor did she know she had become a Demon Path, but Feng Xiu, upon receiving her transmission, had no choice but to rush back to Changsheng Hall, and before the Dragon Guard arrived, he quickly collected valuable Spirit Pills and rare herbs.

The damned emperor thought he could confiscate just like that, did he think he could fool an old fox like him?

He merely aimed at Changsheng Hall’s herbal repository, thinking to take it for his own use for future Alchemy.

Bah, the damned emperor was dreaming!

He gathered everything valuable, leaving only the common, worthless goods. Dream on if he thought he could take them for free!

After securing the herbs, he went to find the doctor named Yan Dong.

But when he found the person, he had already become a corpse, and a dried one at that, with blood and flesh long gone, just a layer of skin over bones, as though he’d been drained dry.

After a careful probe, he found that Yan Dong’s Divine Mansion had a different Soul Consciousness, indicating that someone had forcibly taken over his body, erasing even his blood and flesh.

Feng Xiu was profoundly angered; someone dared to act under his nose and targeted his people; who was so bold, and who had such capability to fool the little demon of Changsheng Hall that was helping collect herbs?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. This matter, once known, would make Little Evil God laugh at him for a lifetime!