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Chapter 151.1: Elder Yu has ReturnedOriginal and most updated translations are on volare. If this is being found anywhere else, it has been stolen. Donโt support theft. ๐
โAre you alright?โ
Bai Feiyun was working on organizing the letters when he looked up and discovered that Tang Doudouโs face was flushed. Her ears were glowing red, as if they had been steamed. Worried that she was sick, he reached out and placed his hand on her forehead.
Tang Doudou quivered when his cool hand touched her burning hot face and hastily dodged it. โIโm fine, my head just feels a bit heavy.โ
โLet me see your hand.โ
Knowing that Bai Feiyun was going to check her pulse, Tang Doudou immediately extended her hand. She kept an eye on Bai Feiyunโs expression as she said, โItโs probably fine. Iโm probably just tired from running around too much these past few days. Iโll probably recover once I rest a little.โ
Upon hearing this, Bai Feiyun glanced at her mildly. โReap what one has sown.โ
Tang Doudou rolled her eyes. If she was given the chance to make the same choice again, there was no way sheโd run to Mist City, that damned place. If it hadnโt been for her good luck, she would have been sold.
โYou didnโt drink any alcohol earlier, right?โ His slender fingers gently took ahold of that slim wrist before pressing down slightly. Bai Feiyunโs gaze then deepened.
Tang Doudou shook her head. If she had drunk anything earlier, she would be snoring away on the bed right now, not here talking.
Bai Feiyun didnโt continue speaking after obtaining a negative answer and focused on observing her pulse. However, Tang Doudou felt extremely nervous seeing that his brows were slightly knitted.
โXiao Bai, is the Disseminating Tassel Fragrance flaring up again?โ
Bai Feiyun shook his head, helplessness flashing through his eyes. โI donโt know.โ
He didnโt wait for Tang Doudou to ask more questions and continued explaining, โThe poison in your body is becoming increasingly complex. Itโs already beyond my current level of medical expertise and abilities to diagnose whether the poison is flaring up or not.โ
Upon hearing this, Tang Doudou broke out in cold sweat. If it was becoming increasingly complex, didnโt that mean that she was about to die? If even Xiao Bai couldnโt diagnose it, would Baili Yuโs method of curing the poison still be effective?
โYou donโt need to worry. Though the poison is becoming increasingly complex, itโs also becoming very stable. If this development continues, itโs likely that the poison will disappear on its own.โ
Tang Doudou found his words unbelievable. โWhat? Poison can even disappear on its own?โ
โFrom the start Disseminating Tassel Fragrance is substantially different from normal poison. If that wasnโt the case it wouldnโt have stumped so many people. The poison had actually first appeared during the previous dynasty. The person who had been poisoned was Princess Yuyang(Jade Sun, likely a name/title bestowed on the princess by the Emperor), the princess that the previous dynasty Virtuous Emperor Xuan(virtuous is a posthumous title) heavily doted on. For the sake of curing his daughterโs poison, Virtuous Emperor Xuan called all the godly doctors into the palace to diagnose and treat the poison and put up a huge sum of money as a reward for the antidote. However, it was of no use. In the end, when Princess Yuyan was fifteen, the poison flared up and she ended up dying.โ
It was related to the previous dynasty again. Tang Doudou rubbed her chin as she deliberated, and discovered that her face wasnโt that hot anymore, so she asked, โThen what was going on earlier? Why did my head feel foggy and my face become so hot?โ
โIt might have been because this room is too confined and youโre not used to it. You should be fine after walking around outside for a bit.โ After Bai Feiyun finished speaking, he went back to organizing that pile of letters. These were urgent help requests from the sects that were being persecuted by the Demonic Sect. He needed to check which sects urgently needed help, then send people over.
There werenโt a lot of sects that relied on help from the Alliance Head Residence. Other than the few large sects in the Jianghu, the other small sects had pretty much all promised allegiance to the Demonic Sect after the threats and promises from the Demonic Sect. In addition, the large sects werenโt worried about the Demonic Sectโs attacks at all so the ones that didnโt like having Tang Doudou as the Alliance Head almost never came to the Alliance Head Residence.
For example, there was Xiao Yiyun who followed behind Elder Yuโs butt year round. This time she didnโt see him in the Alliance Head Residence, so he was probably with Elder Yu.
โXiao Bai, didnโt you say that you had something to talk to me about?โ Tang Doudou stood for a while, then felt that it was awkward to just be standing there watching so she walked over to help. However, she had just flipped through a few pages before her eyes rolled back. F*ck, how did she forget that she didnโt know how to read? So she could only weakly put the letters back down.
Earlier Bai Feiyun had said that he had something to tell her, but in the end when they got to the Alliance Head Residence, he started working on organizing the letters on his own.
โThereโs not much actually. I just wanted to tell you to hurry and send Yuner away before Elder Yu comes back. After you left, Elder Yu somehow became very close to the Second Prince. Leaving Yuner here will be very dangerous and youโll be implicated as well.โ
โSecond Prince? Who is he? How did Elder Yu get involved with someone from the imperial court? No wonder a lot of people had strange expressions when I brought him up. Could it be that Elder Yu doesnโt want to be the Alliance Head anymore?โ asked Tang Doudou.
โXi Qiuyi is Xi Qiulinโs son, the second prince of the Wind Spirit Imperial Household. His influence is second only to that of the current crown prince. Heโs extremely shrewd and many of the princes fear him greatly, the crown prince is not an exception either.โ Bai Feiyun lifted his head. A trace of a smile seemed to flashed through his eyes as if he had thought of something amusing.
โNaturally Elder Yu wants to be the Alliance Head. However, he also understands that as long as the City Lord is alive, heโll never be the Alliance Head.โ
Tang Doudou was still puzzled. โWhat does Su Yi have to do with him colluding with the prince?โ
Bai Feiyun laughed lightly. His voice contained a hint of a sneer as he said, โThe existence of Cloud City chokes the Imperial Household, their influence seems to be on equal grounds. What do you think?โ
โThey want to unite to defeat Cloud City?โ exclaimed Tang Doudou.
โDue to this matter, the City Lord has already returned to Cloud City. The Spring Offering Ceremony is almost here. Once this matter with the Demonic Sect is dealt with, letโs go back together,โ said Bai Feiyun mildly.
No wonder Su Yiโs facial color was so bad that day in Gu Residence. So it turned out that he had found out that people of the Imperial Household and Jianghu were teaming up to attack Cloud City.
โCloud City isnโt a young existence, it probably isnโt something that can be threatened that easily, right?โ Otherwise those Imperial Courts would have already taken control of it, how could it possibly have lasted until now?
Bai Feiyun sighed and said, โEver since that incident ten years ago, Cloud City hasnโt been as strong as before. All that can be relied on to get past this calamity is luck.โ
This matter was getting more and more complicated. Tang Doudou couldnโt make sense of it at all.
โYou donโt have to worry about these things for now. For the time being, you just need to guard the position of Alliance Head carefully and not drag the City Lord down.โ Bai Feiyun finally finished sorting through the mountain of letters. โAlso, Iโll remind you one more time to hurry and move Yuner away. Elder Yu has likely already reached the city by now.โ
โHuh? That fast?โ Tang Doudou hastily stood up. Without waiting for Bai Feiyun to urge her again, she turned around to find Wu Li and the others so that they could help her move Yuner to the neighboring courtyard. She only felt reassured after telling Wu Li and the others to stay in that courtyard, before returning to the Alliance Head Residence, only to run into Elder Yu who just happened to be walking in.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by snowgem
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