After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Chapter 378: The Grand Commander Who Coaxed a Baby

Meng Qianqian did not expect that Madam Yan was actually the elder of Qianji Pavilion.

Qianji Pavilion sent its elder to serve undercover under Prime Minister Xun, which was really a big move.

But on second thought, if Madam Yan's identity was not so special, Prime Minister Xun would not have trusted her so much.

"Elder Yan, are you here to rescue us and take us back to Qianji Pavilion?"

Shang Wuyou asked.

Madam Yan had calmed down her shock and said slowly, "Young Pavilion Master, I came to the Governor's Mansion at the invitation of Madam Lu."

After that, she turned to look at Meng Qianqian, "I wonder what Madam Lu wants to talk to me about?"

Shang Wuyou frowned: "Do you know each other?"

Meng Qianqian stared at Lady Yan and said, "We are just casual acquaintances, not very familiar with each other."

Shang Wuyou didn't understand what the two were talking about, because no matter how you looked at it, they didn't seem to be close friends.

What's more, Elder Yan is well-known in Qianji Pavilion for her own way, and even her fellow disciples may not be able to persuade her.

Meng Qianqian pointed at Shang Changle on the bed and said, "Changle is sick. Wuyou doesn't believe me. I can only ask you, the elder of Qianji Pavilion, to treat Changle."

Madam Yan walked to the bed and looked at Shang Wuyou who was blocking her way: "Young Pavilion Master, please make way. I want to take Miss Changle's pulse."

Shang Wuyou asked cautiously: "What is your relationship with the Governor's Office?"

Madam Yan said calmly, "Saving people is the most important thing. Some things cannot be explained in a few words. Why don't you wait until I have treated Miss Changle and then slowly answer the Young Master's questions."

Shang Wuyou looked at Madam Yan, then at his sister whose breath was getting weaker and weaker. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gave way.

Meng Qianqian did not tell Madam Yan about her diagnosis.

Madam Yan also took the pulse first, and then looked at the pupils and tongue coating.

This was nothing strange, as other doctors probably followed the same procedure. However, Shang Wuyou keenly noticed that the two of them had some identical small details.

For example, when taking a pulse, one would press lightly three times to feel the pulse, and would use a silver spoon to press the tongue coating.

In the end, even the movements of tucking in the corners of the quilt were exactly the same.

It’s like... they learned from the same master.

Meng Qianqian asked Banxia to leave, and there were only four of them in the room.

Shang Wuyou glanced at Meng Qianqian warily and asked Madam Yan, "Elder Yan, how is my sister?"

Just as Lady Yan was about to speak, King Miao entered the room.

He noticed that the atmosphere in the room was not right, and with a turn of his eyes, he asked Meng Qianqian, "Granddaughter-in-law, am I here at the wrong time?"

Meng Qianqian looked at Madam Yan.

Madam Yan said, "I have no objection."

Shang Wuyou: "I have..."

"You have a fart!"

King Miao swaggered up to Meng Qianqian, put his hands on his hips and glared at Shang Wuyou, as if to say, "If you dare to be rude to my grandson's wife again, I'll smash your head off."

Shang Wuyou turned his face away with resentment.

Madam Yan was a little surprised when she saw Wuyou's reaction.

She had watched the brother and sister grow up, and knew her brother's temperament very well. He was more stubborn and arrogant than her sister, a child who would rather die than surrender. There were very few people who could make him obedient.

"Madam Yan, what happened to Changle girl?"

The Miao King asked.

Madam Yan sighed: "Her situation is a bit complicated."

"Then speak slowly."

King Miao pulled two chairs, one for himself and one for his grandson's wife, and the two people opposite were free to use whatever they wanted!

Madam Yan also found a stool and sat down.

Shang Wuyou almost suspected that they were a family.

Madam Yan said to Meng Qianqian, "You used the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles to reduce her fever just now, right?"

Meng Qianqian nodded.

Shang Wuyou frowned when he heard this: "Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles? That is a needle technique that has been lost in Qianji Pavilion for many years. Even Elder Yan has only learned half of it... Where did you steal it from?"

Meng Qianqian said calmly: "Guess."

Shang Wuyou: “…”

Madam Yan saw Shang Wuyou's rejection of Meng Qianqian. She paused and decided to ask Meng Qianqian first: "Did you ask someone to bring them back from Qianji Pavilion?"

She used the word "bring back" rather than "kidnap away".

Shang Wuyou frowned even more tightly.

Meng Qianqian admitted frankly: "Yes."

Madam Yan said coldly, "I really underestimated you. I told you to be careful of Qianji Pavilion finding you, but you went to their house to die, and took their young master and young lady away. Are you afraid that Qianji Pavilion doesn't know you exist?"

Meng Qianqian said calmly: "I said, they don't have to come to me, I will go to them."

Shang Wuyou was confused. This woman named Meng Qianqian seemed to have a grudge against Qianji Pavilion, but Elder Yan did not stand on the side of Qianji Pavilion.

He looked at Meng Qianqian coldly: "Who are you?"

Meng Qianqian met his sharp gaze and said, "Before I answer your question, I want to know how Qianji Pavilion arranged for General Shang's adopted son Shang Xu and Mrs. Shang to be in front of you and your sister."

Shang Wuyou frowned: "Are you talking about those two traitors?"

Meng Qianqian was puzzled: "Traitor?"

Shang Wuyou snorted coldly, "Shang Xu's real identity is the prince of Loulan. He was taken hostage in the general's mansion, and General Shang raised him up. But in the end, he teamed up with the King of Loulan and wiped out the Shang family. If he's not a traitor, what is he?"

Meng Qianqian said, "Where is General Shang's wife?"

Shang Wuyou said angrily, "She is a disciple of Qianji Pavilion. In terms of seniority, I should call her Uncle Master. The old Pavilion Master treated her with great kindness and even wanted to give her the position of heir. She abandoned her engagement with my father for a man and betrayed Qianji Pavilion. In the end, in order to obtain the complete Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles, she brutally killed the old Pavilion Master. Such a heartless and ungrateful disciple who killed her master, what else could she be but a traitor?"

Meng Qianqian nodded: "So, this is what Gongsun Yanming told you."

Shang Wuyou asked: "Chen Long is Shang Xu, right?"

"Yes."

He could see that Meng Qianqian was not surprised.

If my second uncle were still alive, he would be able to detect clues from the traces.

Shang Wuyou said sternly: "Now you understand why I can't trust you. You are colluding with the traitors of the Shang family. How can I trust you?"

Lady Yan shook her head and said, "Young Master, Shang Xu did not betray General Shang. When the King of Loulan went to take revenge on the Shang family, he intended to kill him as well. He was also one of the victims."

Shang Wuyou asked: "Then why was he the only one who survived?"

Madam Yan said earnestly, "If the person who survives is a traitor, then didn't your mother survive? Could it be that she is also a traitor?"

Shang Wuyou clenched his fist: "My mother is the wife of the Pavilion Master of Qianji Pavilion!"

Madam Yan said angrily, "Your mother is Madam Shang Er!"

Shang Wuyou pointed at Meng Qianqian and shouted angrily, "Elder Yan! Have you been bribed by her? Are you going to betray Qianji Pavilion too?"

Meng Qianqian took a sip of tea calmly.

Seeing how calm she was, Madam Yan felt that she really had some of the demeanor of General Shang in his past.

She asked Shang Wuyou in return: "If you and Changle are really the Pavilion Master's blood, why would he drug Changle?"

Shang Wuyou was startled: "Give me drugs?"

Madam Yan sneered, "You don't even know the means used by Qianji Pavilion to control its disciples, and you still think that you are a safe young Pavilion Master? Let me ask you, does your sister have to take a big tonic pill every month? Sometimes when it's serious, she has to take several pills in a month?"

Shang Wuyou opened his mouth and said, "This is not a secret. My sister and I are twins, a boy and a girl. My sister was very weak when she was born. She was born with this weakness. The Dabu Dan is a recipe that my father got from Yaowang Valley. If it weren't for this recipe, my sister would have died long ago."

Madam Yan said, "In Medicine King Valley, one life is exchanged for another. Whose life do you think your sister's prescription was exchanged for?"

Meng Qianqian frowned.

Qianji Pavilion exchanged Wuyou's life for Changle's!

She asked, "What will happen to Wuyou?"

Madam Yan said, "Whether he lives or dies depends on how lucky he is. Medicine King Valley exchanges one life for another. We don't kill people immediately, but use them as medicine men in Medicine King Valley. Otherwise, how do you think those strange medicines in Medicine King Valley are made? Being a medicine man is worse than death."

Having said that, she looked at Shang Wuyou and said, "If the Pavilion Master really went to Medicine King Valley to ask for medicine for your sister, then you should be worried about whether you will become a medicine man in Medicine King Valley in the near future."

"Moreover, your sister's illness was not acquired from her mother's womb. The Pavilion Master gave her medicine. She was too young to withstand the effects of the medicine and she almost died."

Shang Wuyou gritted his teeth: "Why am I okay?"

Madam Yan sighed, "You are much more important than your sister. Originally, I used your sister to test the medicine, and she almost died. How could I dare to use it on you? What if you die too? From this point of view, it must be true that the Pavilion Master went to Medicine King Valley to ask for medicine for your sister. As long as he controls your sister, he can control you tightly, so there is no need to waste any more medicine."

"you are lying!"

Shang Wuyou doesn’t accept it!

He glared at Meng Qianqian fiercely, "What benefit did she give you to bribe you, the elder of Qianji Pavilion?"

Madam Yan shook her head again: "I have no relationship with her, so there is no need for me to help her lie. But your mother, the Second Madam of the Shang family, has been kind to me. I am risking betraying Qianji Pavilion to tell you the truth today, just to repay her for her kindness."

Shang Wuyou fell into the chair.

King Miao suddenly felt a little sorry for this kid, so he decided to be gentler next time.

Just a little, no more.

Meng Qianqian said softly: "Grandpa, Master Yan, let's go out first and let him be alone."

"Ugh."

King Miao stood up and patted Shang Wuyou on the shoulder, "Okay, I won't beat you for the next three days."

Meng Qianqian escorted Madam Yan out of the house.

She knew that what Madam Yan said was not entirely true, at least the part about Second Aunt doing her a favor could not be true.

Madam Yan walked slowly in the snow and said calmly, "I do owe someone a favor, but it's not the Second Madam, but my senior sister, who is also the first lady of the Shang family."

Meng Qianqian wondered, "Are you my mother's junior sister?"

Madam Yan smiled coldly: "Do you really think you are Shang Jiu? You are so deeply immersed in the role, I hope you won't be able to come out after the performance is over."

Meng Qianqian said: "This is my business."

There is no need to argue about some things. Whether she believes that she is Shang Jiu or not, she has helped herself today anyway.

Meng Qianqian said again: "Thank you."

Madam Yan said, "They are my sister's blood relatives. I am not helping you."

Meng Qianqian brushed off a piece of snowflakes from her shoulder: "I mean the time when I sneaked into Wanhua Tower to rescue my younger sister."

Madam Yan didn't say anything.

The two walked for a while longer.

Meng Qianqian said, "Since Madam Shang has done you a favor, why did you participate in the extermination of the Shang family?"

Madam Yan still didn't answer.

Meng Qianqian said calmly: "If you don't want to say it, forget it."

Madam Yan said coldly: "You keep saying that you are Shang Jiu. When you see the former enemy who wiped out your family standing in front of you, why don't you take action?"

Meng Qianqian: "Guess?"

"Humph."

Madam Yan disdained to play such tricks on children.

She understood that Meng Qianqian wanted her to answer first.

Unfortunately, she wanted to keep this answer to herself for the rest of her life.

Before getting on the carriage, Lady Yan handed Meng Qianqian a medicine bottle and said, "The medicine that the Pavilion Master obtained from Medicine King Valley is only to prolong her life. She doesn't need to take it anymore after that. The tonic pills she takes every month are actually Linglong Pills from Qianji Pavilion. She is weak and will be more susceptible to attacks than ordinary people if she is not taken good care of. I only have three Linglong Pills, which can extend her life for three months at most. You can either send her back to Qianji Pavilion within three months, or completely cure the medicine Qianji Pavilion gave her within three months."

Lu Yuan returned from court.

Meng Qianqian told him about Shang Changle's illness and the visit of Madam Yan. In addition to the part about herself being Shang Jiu, she also mentioned that Madam Yan and Madam Shang were senior and junior sisters.

"The most urgent thing is Changle's illness and Wuyou's life. If Gongsun Yanming really went to Yaowang Valley to ask for medicine for Changle, then he must have exchanged it for Wuyou's life. I don't know when Yaowang Valley will come to settle accounts with Wuyou. Gongsun Yanming is really despicable!"

Lu Yuan pondered and said, "Since Qianji Pavilion wants to use Shang Wuyou, then his life should be safe before he loses his value. Let's find out Changle's illness."

Meng Qianqian said: "Changle was drugged. It should be a chronic poison. But I searched through Yinhu's notes and didn't find such poison. I tried Yinhu's prescription for all kinds of poisons, but it didn't work. If even Yinhu can't cure the poison, I'm afraid no one in the capital can."

In fact, not to mention the capital, I'm afraid no doctor in the entire Central Plains can solve it.

Lu Yuan said: "There is someone who may be able to save Changle."

Meng Qianqian asked hurriedly: "Who?"

Lu Yuan said calmly: "My grandmother controls the secret skills of Wushan. She may be able to cure the poison that Yinhu can't cure. But-"

Meng Qianqian grabbed his arm: "Just what?"

Lu Yuan glanced at her hand tightly grasping his, and said seriously: "Wushan has a rule that we cannot treat outsiders."

Meng Qianqian asked suspiciously, "Didn't my great aunt heal Yao Sheng back then?"

Lu Yuan sighed, "It is because of her that Wushan made this rule."

Meng Qianqian's eyes darkened: "Is there no other way?"

It's such a painful feeling to have hope shattered again just when I had it.

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Yes, there is, but——"

Meng Qianqian said excitedly: "Hurry up and tell me!"