Chapter 203: Superior One

So Furen knew about it too. Indeed when Master first returned to Long Ye, he was sent back to by others. At the beginning the doctors all said that they lacked the strength to reverse the situation and even Gentleman Gao was also helpless. However at the end Master went pass it. It was truly a miracle."

Shen Miao's eyes hang down, "There are a lot of people in Long Ye that wants him dead."

Tang Shu looked at Shen Miao somewhat surprised. After hesitating for a bit, he shook his head and sighed, "How would Great Liang's lands be guarded that easily? If it was so then at the beginning…" He suddenly stopped talking and said, "In short, Furen must take great care of one's body." After finishing, he went to instruct the kitchens to brew medication and withdraw.

Just as Tang Shu was about to withdraw, Shen Miao stopped him and asked, "Tang Shu, do you know of the matter that the Late Emperor's and His Highness's relationship is not good?"

Tang Shu stumbled and paused a while before saying slowly, "Not concealing from Furen, this servant is the Late Empress's attendant before marriage. It is just that if Furen wants to know these matters, it is better for His Highness to tell you personally. This old servant cannot speak of it." He then bowed and left the room

Shen Miao pressed her heart down. The secrets in Great Liang's Imperial family were not lesser than Ming Qi's so what kind of secrets did Xie Jing Xing have? What was with the relationship with the Late Emperor and the brotherhood between Emperor Yong Le? Xie Jing Xing did not tell her all these things and since she did not know the depth of it, she could not act rashly. At this time Shen Miao would rather that her personality was more impulsive and not so cautious. Perhaps she would know the truth accidentally.

Just as she was thinking, she saw Gu Yu running in with wide eyes and an incomprehensible look, "Furen… Furen…"

Shen Miao frowned. More so at such a time, rashness must be avoided as rashness would cause chaos. The residence of Prince Rui could not be exploited by others at such a time. She asked, "What had happened? Why this panicky?"

Before the voice land, one heard a familiar voice coming from outside, "Youngest Biao Sister."

Shen Miao was stunned as she saw a familiar figure behind Gu Yu. Who else was it other than Lou Tan? Luo Tan had a somewhat anxious appearance and when she saw Shen Miao, she walked quickly over and after seeing the unconscious Xie Jing Xing lying on the bed, she muttered, "He did not lie to me…"

Shen Miao stood up instantly and asked, "Why are you here?"

Her words were strict. She originally had a tolerance for Lou Tan like treating a younger generation and when she stood up coldly to speak, Luo Tan jumped in shock. Luo Tan could not help but shrink her neck and spoke softly, "It is a long story…"

After Luo Tan told Shen Miao of how she came here and the ongoing, Shen Miao could not help but gave a sigh of relieve and said in disagreement, "This is just too willful! The distance between Great Liang and Ming Qi is so far and you stayed alone on other's residence. If anything happened to you, what can JiuJiu and JiuMu do? Where do you put my parents?"

Luo Tan knew that she was in the wrong and said softly, "I know I am in the wrong. It is just that one's previous thought was to follow along with you." Afterwards her voice was even softer, "I also did not think that Gao Yang was a person from Long Ye. He previously lied to me and said he was only travelling in Long Ye and coincidently had a place here…"

Shen Miao glared at Luo Tan and did not know what else to say. Things had happened and it was not helpful to start blaming others. Moreover she was safe and sound now and nothing had happened. Even though Gao Yang was not as simple as he looked on the surface, he followed Xie Jing Xing so one thought that he would not do anything rude to Luo Tan. Even though Shen Miao was not clear why Gao Yang would be like this, but seeing Luo Tan's condition, Gao Yang should have been taking care of her very well.

Luo Tan feared that Shen Miao would bring up sending her back now and immediate changed the topic, "Gao Yang has went to the medical room to study the poison. I had thought that he was talking nonsense but now upon seeing MeiFu, one only knows that it is true." She looked at Shen Miao, "Youngest Biao Sister, is MeiFui's injuries really serious?"

Shen Miao did not planned to hide it from her and nodded her head, "An Ning's Gui Yuan Pill can only protect him for ten days. If ten days later, Gao Yang could not create an antidote then it would be dangerous."

Luo Tan was stunned, "Then there is no other way else?"

"I am still thinking." Shen Miao's eyes hung down, "The information has been passed to the ears of the Emperor and the Emperor is currently secretly recruiting miraculous doctors but… Distance water cannot quench a nearby thirst."

Luo Tan was silent for a while but her hands reached out to hold Shen Miao's hands and spoke firmly, "MeiFu is so talented so definitely everything will be alright. You will be together for a long time and I am waiting for you to give birth to a little nephew. Don't worry, I will accompany you."

Luo Tan was after all a family member. In a foreign country, be it Gao Yang or Ji Yu Shu, there would not be a layer of closeness. Even if Luo Tan unable to do anything, she would be able to make one feel better.

There must always be someone by Xie Jing Xing's side as one did not know if his injuries would flare up thus someone was needed to take care, thus Shen Miao personally looked after him. She would sit by Xie Jing Xing's bedside almost the entire day, feeding him water and when it was fine, she would read at the side. However what she was reading was all political and historical books of Great Liang.

She must quickly understand the country of Great Liang in order to have some countermeasures in the future. She really did not like to be in a passive situation.

Luo Tan accompanied by Shen Miao's side. Other than returning to the room to sleep, at other times she would be sitting with Shen Miao in the room. She had a restless personality and it was rare that she could stay there for so long even though most of the time she would be sitting there in a daze.

Three days quickly passed and in these three days, Xie Jing Xing did not wake up. Other than Gao Yang locked in the medical room to work on the medicine, Emperor Yong Le sent over the Imperial Physician with the highest skills to look after Xie Jing Xing. Because the old Imperial Physician was present, Xie Jing Xing's condition was still stable.

Everyone had placed their hopes on Gao Yang and only hoped that Gao Yang could come out with an antidote within ten days else it was really a situation where there was nowhere to turn for help.

Who knew that on the fourth day, Xie Jing Xing suddenly turned for the worse.

First, his pulse became extremely chaotic and unstable and his breathing was very rapid. His face became frighteningly white and he could not even drink any water. Pus started to fester around his wounds and it looked very dangerous.

When the old Imperial Physician came to check, he only shook his head and sighed saying that the poison in Xie Jing Xing's injuries was suppressed by Gao Yang by applying acupuncture but it only slowed it down. Currently the poison cannot be suppressed and began to spread. If there weren't the three Gui Yuan Pills, one feared that Xie Jing Xing would not be able to withstand it.

However even if now one was able to withstand it, or even withstand it for ten days, one would not be able to say anything of Gao Yang's side.

The sudden deterioration of Xie Jing Xing caused a lot of uneasiness with everyone's hearts, especially Shen Miao. Previously when Xie Jing Xing was injured but it was still considered stable which gave her a little comfort but now she was unable to deceive herself. The possibility of Xie Jing Xing unable to wake up again was placed clearly in front of her.

Tang Shu hesitated for a long time before asking Shen Miao, "Furen, at Ji Furen's end, is it necessary to send a word…" When these words were spoken, Tang Shu's tone was as if he was in great difficult, like it contained an enormous grief.

After Xie Jing Xing returned from the hunting grounds, Shen Miao had kept on hiding it from the Ji residence on the reason that she did not want to let Ji Furen worry and also to prevent from beating the grass and alerting the snakes. However Tang Shu's meaning was that if Xie Jing Xing really could not make it, Ji Furen had to come over to take a look…

"No need." Shen Miao firmly interrupted his words, "At the moment, no need."

Tang Shu was stunned and Tie Yi was somewhat surprised. Pei Lang, who had been silent, said, "No matter what, some things have to be considered."

What to consider? The funeral? Even though Shen Miao knew that what Pei Lang said was correct and at such a tense environment, grief was inevitable but the most important thing was the future and one had to plan for the future now. An unknown fire burst in Shen Miao's heart as se thought about after Wan Yun married, Pei Lang also said to her lightly, "Her Highness the Princess has already married, Your Ladyship have to think more about the future."

She looked coldly at Pei Lang and that gaze made Pei Lang stunned and his heart could not help but slowly sink.

Luo Tan could not sit any longer and returned to the Gao residence to look for Gao Yang but was informed that Gao Yang should not be disturbed when he was refining medication thus no one could enter.

Luo Tan became angry, "This cannot do, that cannot do. Could it be that one has to watch my MeiFu continue to be sick? Never mind about my MeiFu but my pitiful Youngest Biao Sister, just these short few days had been taxing on her that she had gotten thinner. She was only married when such a thing happened, and if something really happened, my Youngest Biao Sister would definitely not live on."

Luo Tan had read a lot of novel and also seen those lyrical theatre stuff. Thinking that even though Shen Miao looked calm on normal days, she was after all a young girl and just married someone, it was during the honeymoon period when her husband encountered such an accident. So how would Shen Miao take it if something happened? To let a young lady be widowed, it was just not possible.

The surrounding servants in the Gao residence looked at one another and dared not speak. This Young Lady of the Luo family did not have a simple background, she was the Di Older Biao Sister of Rui WangFei and she had a fiery personality that even their Gentleman had to give in normally, much less them servants.

Now that Gao Yang was not be disturbed when he was refining medication, them servants had fallen into misfortune and had to bear the anger of Young Lady Luo.

"Still say what famous doctor and have a pair of incredible hands under Heavens. Cannot even detoxify a poison. If ten days later the poison cannot be detoxify then what?" Luo Tan's eyes became red and her voice became hoarse. She felt that it was embarrassing to tear in front of everyone and turned around to run back to her room and slammed the doors close before shedding tears quietly on the bed.

The Luo family had been ingrain with a sense of justice and were kind to others. Especially so since Shen Miao was Luo Tan's relative. Luo Tan hated that she could not replace it with herself and watched Shen Miao be so upset but unable to help at all. Luo Tan felt that she was extremely useless. She felt that she could not face Shen Miao and could not face herself so she locked herself in the room and once locked it was an entire day. She did not even eat, seemingly by doing so, her heart would feel better. No matter how sad one was, one could not be as sad as Shen Miao.

As a result, Luo Tan's actions frightened everyone in the Gao residence. The servants of the Gao residence had followed Gao Yang since they were young and knew that Gao Yang would be gentle to female but would never bring a female to his residence. Moreover towards Luo Tan, he would like to tease her and his actions and behavior was very different from usual. If something was abnormal then it must be a demon. Gao Yang was intelligent so these servants were not stupid. The reason why they indulged Luo Tan was because the saw Luo Tan as the future mistress.

This future mistress's heart was currently not happy and refuses to eat. If a few days later, Gentleman come out and saw that Luo Tan was as such, he would definitely be heartache and once that happened, the ones who were in trouble were them servants.

The servants gathered together as they had to find someone to enter to persuade and comfort Young Lady Luo. At the end they pushed out an individual, a young lady by the name of Ben Yue.

Ben Yue was a poor man's daughter that Gao Yang saved from an evil tyrant and if Gao Yang did not save her then Ben Yue would have entered a pleasure house as a Young Lady. She entered the Gao residence and became a maid. When Ben Yue was young, she was kidnapped by traffickers and went around thus she had a wide experience and was very street smart and had a sliver tongue that if anyone in Gao residence were depressed, they would go to Ben Yue.

This time Luo Tan was unhappy so everyone pushed Ben Yue out to let her quickly console Luo Tan and let Luo Tan eat something.

Luo Tan was sitting in the room tearing quietly when she saw someone pushing the door open. The one coming in was a young female with hair tied in two plaits with red strings and she was holding a food basket in her hands. As she place the basket on the table, she opened it and took out some dishes.

The dishes were fragrant but how would Luo Tan eat it? She said, "Go out, I don't want to eat."

"Young Lady must not tire out one's body. No matter how big things it, one's health is most important. If a person does not eat, one would fall ill easily and if Young Lady fall ill then Rui WangFei would be more upset." Ben Yue said.

Luo Tan shook her head, "I can't eat."

"Young Lady, why take things so hard? Heavens helps the worthy like His Highness and this time even though it is dangerous, it would be fine at the end. Isn't it says that one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster? One thinks that in the ture there would be a flood of good fortune that files the Heavens." Ben Yue continued comforting.

Luo Tan smiled bitterly, "Everyone knows how to say beautiful words but it is not something that only requires words. If one can recover with a few auspicious words then why are doctors needed? No matter how good you say, what use would there be? It is better to do something practical for my MeiFu to get better sooner and let Youngest Biao Sister feel rest assure sooner."

Ben Ye was surprised. Luo Tan normally looked forthright, rash and loud and from a glance, looked like one that was easy to deceive and one did not think that she had such a perspective. When one was upset, one would hope that there would be someone to say comforting words but how useful it was depended on oneself. These words actually did not deceive Luo Tan at all and Luo Tan sighed, and even looked sadder.

Ben Ye said, "Young Lady, some words are better said than never. It is not wrong to wish for His Highness to recover."

"You are not wrong." Luo Tan said, "It is just that the situation is critical, thus I am unable to relax at all. It is better for you not to persuade me. I would not be able to listen and even if one listens, one's heart…" She pointed to her heart, "Would not be able to do so."

Ben Yue thought about it and for the first time exhausted one's limited abilities. She racked her brains for a long time and seemed to have thought of a way to comfort Luo Tan. She said, "Actually Prince Rui's matter is perhaps not that anxious as ten days has not arrived yet. Previously this servant has a sister who has a younger brother at home, who was only three when he was infected with a serious illness. Everyone said that he will not live more than three days and at that time Gentleman also saw him and said that the boy would definitely die after three days. Who knew that this servant's sister is lucky and met with a Superior One, saying that he was able to change the little boy's fate. The sister then brought her young brother to the Superior One and guess what happen after three days?"

This Ben Yue was a talent as she could speak like the storytellers in restaurants. Luo Tan could not help but be attracted to her words and asked Ben Yue, "What happened?"

Ben Yue clapped her hands, "That young boy not only live on but became healthier than before."

Luo Tan was startled but continued asking, "How could it be so?

Ben Yue said, "Us servants are also very curious. Even Gentleman could not understand the rational."

"Where are the siblings now?" Luo Tan asked.

"Because there were too many curious people, this servant's sister felt annoyed and afterwards she was at the age to be released from the residence, thus she left Long Ye with her younger brother and no one knew where she went." Ben Yue said, "Speaking of which, at the beginning she still drew the whereabouts of that Superior One for this servant. This servant even gave it to Gentleman. Gentleman brought people over but discovered that there was no house like what the sister had said and it was only and wasteland. One think that most likely that person had moved or it is that sister has remembered wrongly. Afterwards no one saw that Superior One at all."

Luo Tan muttered to herself for a moment before suddenly asking, "Do you have a map of the whereabouts of that Superior One?"

"There is." Ben Yue nodded her head, "Everyone in this residence has one. At that time there were many curious people and everyone wanted to search for that person to change one's own fate and see if one can have a rich future but at the end had to return without any achievements."

Luo Tan then said, "Bring it to me."

"Why do you want it?" Ben Yue suddenly thought about something and almost lost her voice, "It cannot be that you want to search for that Superior One? The matter of those siblings had been over many years and one do not know if that person is still alive. Moreover Gentleman was unable to find it in the beginning, you…" She said, "This servant do not want to let Young Lady think of ways to search for that Superior One." Ben Yue felt regret in her heart. She said these things to Luo Tan to make Luo Tan feel relief. Seeing that young little brother had been said unable to live fore more than three days but still survived, what more of Prince Rui? Who knew that this Luo Tan did not follow the usual path but wanted to search for that Superior One. How easy could a Superior One be found? Otherwise everyone would be able to find him and there would not be a need to work hard. Gao Yang would not need to personally creating medication.

Luo Tan shook her head, "You just bring it to let me see. I might not go and search for the Superior One and only feel that by sitting here and doing nothing, one's heart feels insufferable. No matter if one search or not, if one is able to find or not, at lease I have tried my best for MeiFu and Youngest Biao Sister and not a useless person. One heart would feel better."

Words had been said till as such thus Ben Yue had no reason to refuse. She quickly went out the doors and also quickly returned. She then handed over a map drawn on a handkerchief and said, "This servant does not draw well and is illiterate. As one embroidery is passable, one sew what younger sister had drawn. Young Lady, do see if you understand it."

Fortunately ever since Luo Tan arrived in Long Ye, she would wander around every day and would be very interested in remote places. She only came to Long Ye recently but was familiar with most of the roads thus upon seeing it she jumped up, "Isn't this Feng Tou Zhuang, south of the western part of the city?"

Ben Yue was stunned, "Young Lady knows of it?" She then said, "The young sister of this servant said at the beginning that after Feng Tou Zhuang, one kept on walking south and saw that house at the bottom of the mountain. But Gentleman had brought people long and afterwards there were some people who went ahead but there was no house or bottom of the mountain at the south of Feng Tou Zhuang and only a crumbling wall."

Luo Tan stared at that map and said, "Feng Tou Zhuang is not far from here. One can reach there in a day by horse."

Ben Yue, "Young Lady, you cannot…"

"I will look for Youngest Biao Sister." Luo Tan said, "You stay here."

Ben Yue was somewhat worried that Luo Tan would really look for this real or fake Superior One but her mind turned it around. Luo Tan was not reliable but Rui WangFei would definitely be reliable and not let Luo Tan create trouble. Thinking that Luo Tan could therefore feel better, her heart was reassured.

In the residence of Prince Rui, Shen Miao looked at the unconscious Xie Jing Xing and her brows became tightly knitted.

Xie Jing Xing's situation became even worse and could only withstand six more days. In the six days, other than Gao Yan being able to create an antidote, was there really no other ways?

Just as she was thinking, Luo Tan ran in from outside and did not say anything but asked SHen Miao, "Youngest Biao Sister, is the compass that I gifted you when you get married is still here? If it is, can you loan it to me?"

Shen Miao looked at her suspiciously, "Why do you want that?"

Luo Tan ducked Shen Miao's gaze and said, "Suddenly thought about it and ask to borrow it from you to play."

No matter how big hearted Luo Tan was, it was not possible for her to have the mood to play. Shen Miao said, "Don't hide it from me. Say what it is for." After pausing, she then continued, "If you don't tell me the truth then you will not have it."

Luo Tan was angry and anxious. In every big issue, she would be somewhat afraid of Shen Miao so she gritted her teeth and steel her hear to spill out what Ben Yue had said.

After finishing, Luo Tan observed Shen Miao's expression and said, "I want to search for that Superior One. Since he can change the fate of that servant's younger brother, then he might be able to change the fate of MeiFu. Now that there are no other methods, it is better to have someone to search for than no one."

Shen Miao thought about it and shook her head, "Gao Yang had went there once and compared to the current you, a doctor like him would definitely want to understand what was going on. Since Gao Yang could not find that place, how would you be able to find it?"

Luo Tan said, "Youngest Biao Sister, if it is about imaginary matter, how would I dare to delay your time at this juncture? I hav once heard ZhuFu speaking that when he was young, he had seen a type of mysterious concealing stratagem that from the outside, it would seem like nothing but each grass and tree had secrets. After a person enter, one would unconsciously be confused by the mirage in front and thought that one was walking a straight line but unknowingly, they were going in circles. No matter how one turns, one would not be able to get out. In the early times, some people thought that this is some demonic technique."

Shen Miao frowned, "Mysterious concealing stratagem?"

Luo Tan nodded her head, "ZhuFu had also mentioned it before. He had only saw it once when he was young and afterwards this craft slowly disappeared and one fear that no one had seen it now. I was thinking since that person has the ability to change one's fate then one might have this ability. Moreover it specifically targets people with martial arts. The higher one's martial arts skills are, the more one cannot enter and would at the end die in the stratagem alive."

"You are saying that the reason that they are unable to find the location of the house that the siblings mention was because someone had set up a mysterious concealing stratagem." Shen Miao shook her head, "Like you said, this is specifically targets people with martial arts but the Gao residence people went and still unable to find it."

Seeing Shen Miao as such, Luo Tan was somewhat discourage, "Saying this and that, you do not believe me. Do you not believe that someone can save MeiFu?"

"I believe." Shen Miao said.

Luo Tan was startled.

Shen Miao asked her, "That compass would not be influence by other things and would always point to the south. The Feng Tou Zhuang that you mentioned is at the south and other people's eyes can perhaps be affected by the mysterious concealing stratagem but the compass would not. That is a craftsman's work."

Luo Tan said, "That is exactly the reason why the army use it to point the direction in the seas. I only just thought that it would be perfect to use it at the mysterious concealing stratagem. But…" She looked at Shen Miao and asked unbelievably, "Youngest Biao Sister, you really believe me and let me look for that Superior One?"

"I trust you and also trust my own luck." Shen Miao said, "One cannot just sit and wait. An additional route to walk is better than guarding just one road. No matter what is the result, one will need to try else one cannot reconcile with it." She said, "I will go with you."

Luo Tan opened her mouth, "Together?"

"If there is really a Superior One, that Superior One would definitely hide one's whereabouts and there would be some eccentricity or reason. How would you be able to persuade the person alone? Since he is my husband and I am his wife, I have no reason to place it on another's hands."

Luo Tan seemed to have understood Shen Miao for the first time. Shen Miao had always analyse pros and cons rationally and she thought that she would never see Shen Miao gamble or believe in things that were not possible but this time Shen Miao did it.

Was it because of Prince Rui?

Shen Miao stood up and in a moment her expression changed and it was firmed as it this was her plan all along. She said, "You will go with me and bring along the compass." She then called out for Mo Qing and Chong Yang and said, "Both of you will follow me for a trip to Feng Tou Zhuang. Tie Yi, you take good care of Xie Jing Xing and wait for my return. Tie Yi will make the decision for whatever matters. If the Emperor asks, I will bear the responsibilities."

After speaking, she took the coat and headed out, "Prepare the carriage."

There was no doubt in her words and some hidden majesty was exposed.