235: King Yi asks for

The banquet continued, with everyone exchanging toasts and clinking glasses.

Naturally, the crowd followed the trend, surrounding White Gaze tightly.

White Gaze had learned his lesson; this time, he feigned accepting everyone's toasts, while actually secretly stowing all the alcohol into his Yu Beast Space.

Amidst the praise for his great capacity for liquor and ability to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, he nodded and smiled.

Gu Xiaoyue ate a few mouthfuls of food casually, but still couldn't summon any interest.

Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui seemed to want to come over to toast her, but they were temporarily held back by others.

She frowned, went to the restroom, and then returned to her room while invisible.

Although Gu Xiaoyue did not yet know that these two brothers from the Bai family both had the intention of making her a secondary consort, she knew that on the night of Yan Xinnan's birthday banquet, Bai Shengrui had definitely drugged both her and White Gaze.

Both brothers were birds of a feather; it was best to stay away from them.

After the banquet ended, Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi returned to his bedchamber, took the necklace that White Gaze had gifted him, and entered the secret chamber.

The locked-up woman still lacked spirit, sitting on the couch in a daze with dull eyes.

"Zheng Jie, look what I brought for you?"

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi presented the attribute necklace before Zheng Jie as if it were a treasure.

Her golden eyes flickered, and she replied mechanically like a puppet.

"It's pretty."

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi was somewhat disappointed by Zheng Jie's reaction, but he still patiently explained it to her.

"This is a birthday gift presented to me by White Gaze. Let me put it on for you!"

After saying this, he put it around Zheng Jie's neck.

The purple crystal set off Zheng Jie's currently fair skin and golden eyes, making her look almost ethereal.

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi's eyes were full of tenderness, but no, this feeling wasn't right—

Where exactly was it missing something?!

Zheng Jie reached out and gently stroked the necklace; the trembling of her fingertips revealed the excitement in her heart.

White Gaze was becoming more and more capable; could he save her one day?

Heaven knows how much she wanted to escape this cage!

Tears fell involuntarily, but she was already pulled into Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi's embrace.

The chains on her wrists rattled and clanked, sounding throughout the night—

Gu Xiaoyue had originally thought she was free from worldly disputes, but all sorts of matters kept finding her.

Two days after Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi's birthday celebration ended, Gu Xiaoyue was accompanying White Gaze in training.

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi found her and bowed before he even spoke.

"Master Gu, I apologize for the disturbance!"

Gu Xiaoyue was a bit puzzled by his behavior; after all, she had been staying at Prince Yi's residence for over three months, and this was the first time he had been so respectful to her.

She returned the bow to Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi and asked him why he was looking for her.

"My father has had some accidents since six months ago, and his health has been poor ever since. To this day, he suffers from illness every day."

"Master Gu, you possess special abilities and are incredibly powerful. I hope you can step in to treat him."

"I do not ask for a full recovery, only that you alleviate the pain for the old gentleman!"

After Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi finished speaking, he bowed deeply again, leaving Gu Xiaoyue in an awkward position.

The fact that she possessed Water Therapy should only be known to White Gaze in Damon.

But he was even more of a homebody than she was, so it definitely wasn't him who leaked the information.

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi maintained his bowing posture; it looked like he was trying to force Gu Xiaoyue to agree.

"Your Highness Prince Yi, I don't know where you heard that I have the ability to treat the King, but I cannot do it."

Gu Xiaoyue refused, but Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi still didn't move, insisting.

"I do not ask for my father to fully recover, but Master Gu, please, you must make this trip!"

Gu Xiaoyue's face was all scrunched up; what on earth was going on?

She reached out to help Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi up. "Prince Yi, what is the reason for this? I really do not have this ability. Deceiving the monarch is a capital offense—"

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi sighed and then spoke slowly.

"To tell you the truth, Prince Duan somehow got news that Master Gu has great supernatural powers and can treat my father."

"My father knows that you are my retainer, which is why he specifically asked me to invite you."

"As long as you are willing to make this trip, I can step in to protect you. But if you refuse, I fear I will also be implicated."

"So I have no choice but to beg for your help to alleviate my father's pain!"

Gu Xiaoyue rubbed her throbbing temples. She had considered herself law-abiding, yet she was still dragged into the chess game!

Since that was the case, she had no choice but to reluctantly agree for now.

"I can only do my best; I cannot guarantee anything!"

Seeing that Gu Xiaoyue had agreed, Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi was overjoyed and bowed several more times before leaving.

Gu Xiaoyue was a bit annoyed. If an imperial decree were issued to force her into the palace to treat the King, she couldn't disobey, but there would be too many eyes and ears.

They wouldn't easily dispose of her; at most, they would frame her, and Prince Yi could use his connections to bail her out.

But being arranged to enter the palace like this, she feared she might be disposed of silently without anyone knowing.

She wasn't worried about her own safety; she could retreat unscathed at any time.

It was just that White Gaze would be left without support here, but then again—

A glint flashed in Gu Xiaoyue's eyes. This was also an opportunity. As the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger; you have to gamble to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!

White Gaze was right beside her. Just now, while his father was talking to his sister, he hadn't stopped his training.

Only now that his father had left did he come over.

"Sister, just now Father—"

White Gaze blinked his long eyelashes, his pair of heterochromatic deer-like eyes looking even more innocent.

Gu Xiaoyue explained the situation to him, and to her surprise, White Gaze immediately became nervous.

"Sister, but if there's an accident in the middle, and if he... then what will you do?"

Gu Xiaoyue felt as if she had been choked; that's right, why hadn't she thought of that!

She had only been thinking about what to do if her Water Therapy was exposed or if the treatment for the Damon King was ineffective, but she hadn't truly thought that someone might set a trap for her—to kill the Damon King and then frame her!

In that case, not even ten Prince Yis could protect her!

But now she had already agreed—no, that wasn't right—she had no right to refuse in the first place.

Once Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi reported back to the Damon King, people from the palace would soon come to pick her up!

Gu Xiaoyue took a deep breath, but instead, she revealed a smile.

The younger brother she had been looking after seemed to have grown up without her realizing it!

Since that was the case, she would have to use her true abilities to save the old King's life, and even more importantly, her own life!

After White Gaze had clarified this, she went to find Bai Rongxuan.

"The scarred man who attacked us that day, has the eldest young master managed to find out his background?"

Several days had passed, and Gu Xiaoyue did not believe that with Bai Rongxuan's ability and status, he would have gained nothing.

"Ever since he had an arm severed by you, Master, there has been no news of him. We only found out that... he is most likely Prince Duan's man."

Gu Xiaoyue nodded slightly, having a plan in mind.

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi also said that it was Prince Duan who suggested it to the King, but it was so abrupt, why would the old King believe him?

Was it really a case of clutching at straws in desperation?

But there were risks to this treatment; would he really treat a dead horse as a living one and use his own body for an experiment?

Although she was full of doubts, she still had to get into the carriage sent by the people from the palace to pick her up.