Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife – o

Who knew the Great Elder would shake his head, his oversized cloak swaying along with the motion.

"I can only tell they’re not dead, but I don’t have the ability to wake them. Based on my many years of experience, they should be poisoned."

"Poisoned?!" The Old Prince was shocked. To be able to poison members of the Blood Clan, how powerful must the other side be?

"Then what should we do? If even the Great Elder has no way, aren’t these people doomed?"

The Great Elder fell silent, Joyce’s face was full of worry, and Bali’s brows were tightly furrowed. The hall was deathly quiet, the air thick with heaviness.

No one knew how much time had passed when footsteps sounded. Eddie, seeing the Old Prince hadn’t returned for a long time, couldn’t help coming out to look for him.

"What’s wrong with you guys? Huh? What’s up with them?" Eddie asked in surprise.

The Old Prince had no mind to answer. Bali glanced at Eddie. "They’ve been poisoned and can’t wake up. Even the Great Elder can’t rouse them. We’re trying to think of a solution."

"Think of a solution?" Eddie blinked, looking totally confused. "What’s there to think about? Xiao Qing is right here, just let her take a look!"

Everyone was stunned. The Old Prince and Bali looked at each other. Right, the Divine Doctor was in their own house; what were they still racking their brains for?

"But, Miss An is human after all. When it comes to poison for the Blood Clan..." Bali was a bit worried.

"So what if she’s human? Didn’t she cure my legs?" Eddie was speechless.

The Old Prince’s eyes lit up. How could he have forgotten that?

"Eddie is right. I’ll personally go invite Xiao Qing Beauty over!" As he spoke, he was about to step out when the Great Elder called him back.

"Bruch, wait a moment." The Great Elder walked over slowly. "Who is this Xiao Qing Eddie mentioned?"

"Oh, it’s like this." Old Prince Bruch briefly introduced An Yiqing’s identity and his relationship with her to the Great Elder. After listening, the Great Elder fell silent for a moment, then nodded. "If she’s as capable as you say, she might really be able to wake them. Go invite her over."

Old Prince Bruch nodded repeatedly and quickly left the side hall. Not long after, An Yiqing followed him back here. Xia Hau and Ruan Xue had come along as well.

"Honorable Mr. Xia, hello." The Great Elder, seeing Xia Hau, immediately leaned on his cane and walked forward, bending to salute.

Xia Hau quickly supported him. "Great Elder, there’s no need for such formality."

At this time, led by Old Prince Bruch, An Yiqing walked over to the stretchers. She crouched down to check the complexion of each person, then pried open their eyelids to look.

Everyone held their breath and watched An Yiqing’s every move, their eyes full of intense expectation.

After a long while, An Yiqing finished examining the last person, stood up, and nodded. "They are poisoned, and they can be saved, but it’ll probably take a few days."

Old Prince Bruch was overjoyed. "Xiao Qing Beauty, you really can wake them?!" He could hardly believe it. An Yiqing’s Medical Arts had already reached such a profound level?!

"Of course!" An Yiqing answered without even thinking, nodding confidently. "This poison doesn’t really count as some super rare toxin to me; I can wake them. But Old Prince Bruch, I heard these people went to attend the Blood Clan’s wedding feast—how did they end up with poison from The Church?"

The Old Prince froze. Poison from The Church? What did that mean?

Seeing his expression, An Yiqing immediately understood the Old Prince was still in the dark, so she explained, "This poison contains the aura of light. Under heaven, only people connected to The Church would refine something like that. The poison is colorless and tasteless; it was probably mixed into the wine and food. Those who are poisoned won’t show symptoms right away; it takes some time before it flares up. After it does, all their bodily functions shut down, and they look just like dead people. If the Great Elder hadn’t checked, you’d probably have treated them as corpses and buried or burned them, right? If that happened, they would truly never wake up again."

Everyone looked at each other, seeing shock mirrored in one another’s eyes. Poison from The Church? Members of The Church had actually slipped into the Blood Clan’s wedding? Wasn’t that way too outrageous?

Old Prince Bruch’s expression turned grim. Having spies from The Church within the Blood Clan was like sleeping with a blade hanging over your head—you could die at any moment at the hands of your own people.

"Don’t spread word of this yet. I’ll investigate it in private." He said.

An Yiqing gave him a meaningful look but stayed silent. She turned her head and, without drawing attention, swept her gaze over Eddie’s heavy expression, then lowered her eyes without a word.

Since An Yiqing could cure this poison, the matter was naturally handed over to her. For convenience, she stayed that very night at the Bruch Family estate. Ruan Xue was over the moon, repeatedly saying she wanted to share a room with An Yiqing tonight, but was hauled away—literally carried off—by Xia Hau.