Chapter 357: Chapter 359: Drawing Out the Poison for Her
Dugu Wu had mobility issues; the assassin was not him.
As for Feng Bailing, since she was bathing with Dugu Wu and her complexion was normal, the assassin was not her either.
Then, who exactly was the assassin?
The Empress was puzzled.
“Empress, I will send someone to search immediately. As long as the assassin is still in the Imperial Palace, we will provide an explanation to Her Majesty.”
Dongfang Li really did not want to stay here any longer and hurriedly left with the guard.
The Empress looked at the vine thorns in her hand, a smile playing on her lips. She did not believe that the assassin could escape from the palace tonight.
In the room, Dugu Wu leaned on Feng Bailing’s shoulder.
Only after hearing the Empress’s footsteps fade away did Dugu Wu coldly speak,
“Did you know from the start that there was a sedative in the candle? Were you pretending to be unconscious?”
Feng Bailing glanced at the aromatherapy candle in the room, which had been extinguished and replaced with a new one burning nicely.
“If I didn’t pretend, how would I have known that you would come for a night visit to the Imperial Palace?”
He pushed Feng Bailing.
Actually, Feng Bailing was wearing clothes, but because her long hair was disheveled, neither the Empress nor Dongfang Li had noticed.
It was just because of the bathing; her clothes were soaked and clung to her body, outlining all her curves. Dugu Wu glanced at her and quickly looked away.
“It’s not that I don’t want to get up, I can’t. I’ve been poisoned.”
After cutting down the vine thorns with a Water Arrow, Feng Bailing had sprinted all the way here, her mind focused solely on getting back to Dugu Wu.
This man could hold up even if the sky were falling.
But she forgot that plants cultivated by the Wooden Holy Seal were no ordinary plants.
As she ran, the poison acted even faster.
By the time she returned to the room and jumped into the tub with Dugu Wu for this dramatic love bath, her poisoning had become severe.
Her feet were numb, completely unable to move.
Dugu Wu looked at Feng Bailing; her speech was weak.
He reached out and pulled Feng Bailing’s foot out of the water.
“Be gentle, that’s a foot, not a mallet. You’re about to break it.”
Feng Bailing was speechless.
Dugu Wu tore open Feng Bailing’s dress, his gaze falling onto her left ankle.
Several startling wounds entered his sight.
Even for someone as critical as Dugu Wu, he thought Feng Bailing’s legs were exceptionally beautiful.
Long and straight, the wounds were even more jarring.
The blood on the wounds had turned black.
Feng Bailing rummaged through for the first-aid kit.
At this moment, she needed to cut open the wound first to let out the poisoned blood.
Then she had to inject a tetanus shot and take the detoxification medicine.
But the effect of the poison made her speech unclear.
Dugu Wu squinted, staring at the wound, then suddenly bent down.
His soft, cold lips landed next on Feng Bailing’s ankle.
Feng Bailing trembled all over, panic flashing in her dark, clear eyes as her heartbeat sped up.
The man’s lips touched her wound, beginning to suck.
The Emperor’s aura surged into her.
Feng Bailing felt every pore in her body shiver as if she had been electrified.
Her face became flushed; for a moment, she even forgot about the poison.
She had asked him to help find the medicine, not to take liberties with her!
Although she had been through various major events in the 22nd century, and had rolled in the sheets with Dugu Wu, that was always under unavoidable circumstances.
Nothing like today’s intimacy, and they were even bathing together… Next moment, while Feng Bailing was lost in her thoughts, she felt her leg could move again.