The moment she fainted, Liujin was completely panicked.
He shoved Beize hard, shouting, “Y-you, what did you do?!”
How could delivering a gift end with her fainting?!
They were dead. Dead for sure!
If His Highness found out… just how heartbroken would he be?!
Beize was even more stunned. He reacted quickly and caught Qi Yuan just in time, keeping her from hitting the back of her head. Then, shaken, he turned to Old Zhao: “What’s going on?!”
From what he’d heard, Miss Qi was the kind of person who could walk out of a mountain of corpses without blinking, someone who could keep killing even with life-threatening injuries.
How did she faint just from receiving a tiger fang?!
Old Zhao didn’t know either!
He only knew one thing: they needed to immediately summon Qi Zhen and Old Marquis Qi.
Someone needed to come check on Miss Qi fast, if something really happened, there would be no redemption for them even in death.
Qi Zhen and Old Marquis Qi hadn’t arrived yet, but Lai Chenglong got there first.
Seeing Qi Yuan unconscious, he instinctively stepped forward to lift her.
But Beize didn’t show the slightest courtesy, he struck with one palm and sent Lai Chenglong flying.
Lai Chenglong furrowed his brows and hissed in a low voice: “There are eyes everywhere in this Feilai Temple. Who knows how many are watching Miss Qi. Do you really want everyone to know she fainted?!”
Beize immediately hesitated.
Although Lai Chenglong was His Highness’s love rival, he was indeed someone reliable.
He let go.
Lai Chenglong swiftly picked up Qi Yuan and carried her into the meditation hall. He ordered his trusted aide, Chunfeng, to notify the Qi family.
To Beize and the others, he snapped, “Guard Miss Qi well. If anything happens to her, I’ll personally make you pay!”
…Excuse me?
Who’s making who pay here?!?
Liujin was hopping mad, ready to chase after him, but Lai Chenglong moved fast and crashed right into the arriving Old Marquis Qi and Qi Zhen.
He told them: “I have urgent matters, must return to the city. Miss Qi has fainted. Please, Marquis, Old Marquis, take good care of her.”
As he said this, he shot them a meaningful look.
Goosebumps broke out across Old Marquis Qi’s entire body.
But what he cared about most was still Qi Yuan. He rushed into the meditation hall without a moment’s delay.
Liujin was about to cry.
At first, he thought Miss Qi had just fainted briefly and would wake up any second.
But she didn’t.
Qi Yuan had completely lost consciousness, no sign of waking up at all.
Old Marquis Qi, upon seeing her like this, swayed on his feet and nearly collapsed.
Luckily, Qi Zhen was steady this time, he gripped his father tightly and said in a firm voice: “Father, it’s okay. She’ll be fine. She has to be.”
Because it was Qi Yuan, she would be fine.
Because it was Qi Yuan, everything would work out!
Old Marquis Qi nodded anxiously.
Just then, Old Madam Qi arrived with Second Madam Qi. She went straight to Qi Yuan’s bedside and sat down.
The lines at the corners of her eyes had suddenly deepened.
Truthfully, ever since Qi Yuan came back, most things at home had turned out well.
Everyone who saw her had praise for her youth and vigor.
Old Madam Qi stroked Qi Yuan’s face, tears falling uncontrollably: “Yuanyuan, don’t scare your grandmother. You know your grandmother can’t take shocks. Wake up now… you still have so many things to do…”
She trailed off, unable to go on.
This had never happened before.
Qi Yuan had always been formidable. Even with one last breath, she’d use it to take down her final enemy.
Old Madam Qi quickly asked, “That tiger fang, could it be fake? Poisoned?!”
Otherwise, how could her good, strong granddaughter suddenly collapse like this?
As soon as she asked, Liujin grabbed Beize by the collar: “You little brat! Don’t tell me it got swapped and you didn’t notice?!”
His panic wasn’t without reason!
That was His Highness’s life jade, incredibly precious, it was practically his second life!
The fact that he gave it to Miss Qi said everything about how much he treasured her.
But now, that tiger fang had sent her into a coma!
If it really was swapped, then His Highness would be in grave danger!
Liujin was gritting his teeth in fury, then slapped himself across the face, hard.
Why did he have to run his mouth?
Why did he have to talk about that pink luminous pearl with His Highness?
If he hadn’t tried to show off, this wouldn’t have happened!
Beize was being shaken so hard he was nearly falling apart. Old Zhao rushed over and yanked Liujin off him, scolding, “Liujin, calm down! We don’t even know what’s going on yet, don’t lose your head!”
Beize immediately swore an oath: “From the moment I received the tiger fang, it has never left my sight! I swear it’s the real one!”
They were all Daoist guards from Longhu Mountain, personally assigned to Xiao Yunting, they were deeply familiar with his life talisman jade.
They wanted to take a closer look at the tiger fang.
But even in her unconscious state, Qi Yuan had her fingers locked tightly around the fang. They couldn’t get it out of her hand at all.
Everyone was starting to panic.
They had no idea what to do.
Thankfully, not long after, someone called from outside: “Lord Lai has returned!”
Lai Chenglong was back, with Imperial Physician Hu from the Imperial Medical Bureau in tow.
Physician Hu’s hair and beard were a total mess, he looked absolutely disheveled and in a foul mood.
He hated riding horses.
But Lai Chenglong had refused to let him ride in a sedan chair and had insisted on carrying him while riding.
Yes, carrying.
His hair and beard had been blown into total chaos.
From afar, he didn’t look like an imperial physician at all, but more like a beggar.
He was livid!
He jumped off the horse, immediately bent over, and started throwing up.
When he was done, he turned to leave.
Did they really think dragging him here like this would work?
He wasn’t going to accept this kind of coercion!
He was furious!
Lai Chenglong grabbed his arm: “Physician Hu, Miss Qi has eighteen-year-aged Shaoxing Daughter’s Red at her place. Are you sure you don’t want to take a look?”
At the mention of Shaoxing wine, Physician Hu’s eyes lit up.
Forget it, forget it, why bother with these bratty kids?
Lai Chenglong wasn’t that bad.
Back in the day, his father once smashed Sun Gongfeng’s head open in the street just because Sun Gongfeng wouldn’t treat his concubine.
Compared to that, Lai Chenglong seemed almost sweet.
With a snort, he threw back his sleeves and marched in.
Seeing him arrive, Old Marquis Qi was overjoyed. He quickly shot Lai Chenglong a grateful look and nodded.
He knew it had to be Lai Chenglong who brought the physician.
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