Gu Bailu looked at the doctor who was still on the floor. “Tell me, except for those in the royal palace, is there any doctor better than you in Three Lives Capital?”
The doctor shook his head. “The baby is already dead even if the miscarriage hasn’t happened yet. It can’t be saved.”
“It still has a pulse. Tell me where I can find a doctor.” Gu Bailu wouldn’t give up.
The doctor shook his head. He was full of despair as well. After being brought to the crown prince’s residence to save a child that was certain to die, he knew that he would be killed.
“Think carefully. You’ll only survive if the baby survives. This is also for yourself,” said Gu Bailu firmly.
The doctor thought for a moment before he suddenly opened his eyes. “No regular doctor is better than I am, but there’s a witch doctor who’s good at witchcraft. She might be able to help you.”
Gu Bailu asked quickly, “Where can I find her?”
“In Five Poisons Forest at the most western point of Three Lives Capital… However, her medical skills are very bizarre, and you may lose more than you gain.”
Nobody would turn to that witch doctor if they had any other choice.
This doctor had also had patients before who looked for the witch doctor when all else failed, but they had all returned without results.
To save one person, they had to pay with the lives of several more. Nobody would do such a stupid thing.
“Take me there.” Gu Bailu had no time to care about that for now. She had to find the witch doctor first.
The doctor staggered to his feet. “Can… Can I leave?”
This was the crown prince’s residence. The crown prince hadn’t said that he could go. Could he really leave?
“Yes, let’s go.”
Gu Bailu left the room first, and the doctor followed behind her cautiously. Surprisingly, they were able to leave the crown prince’s residence without a hitch.
A carriage had even been thoughtfully arranged for them. Gu Bailu and the doctor got in.
She knew very well that while Lu Fenying had let her go to figure out a solution herself, he had sent men to watch over her so that she didn’t run off.
After more than an hour, the carriage entered the wilderness. There was increasingly less vegetation on the ground, until it slowly turned into a barren landscape.
Up ahead was a purple mist; a stretch of purple plants grew wild. They were roughly as tall as a grown man and packed densely together.
The plants grew in purple water, and the mist was rising up from the water surface.
“This is Five Poisons Forest?” Gu Bailu asked the doctor.
The doctor nodded. “Yes… This is the place. Don’t touch the water, it’s extremely poisonous.”
The carriage stopped outside a shabby cottage which looked like it had been carelessly put together.
Gu Bailu got out and smelled an extremely pungent odor that was a little similar to hospital disinfectant.
There was an old-sounding voice from the cottage. “Who’s here? What do you want?”
The door was shut tight, but the voice inside gave off an inexplicable pressure, which was a sign of the witch doctor’s immense spiritual power.
“We’re here to ask you to treat my disciple. She’s pregnant and has severe bleeding. We wonder if you could help save the baby.”
The door suddenly opened. “Come in.”
Gu Bailu glanced at the doctor. “You stay outside.”
The doctor seemed quite scared, and she didn’t want to make things harder for him.
Gu Bailu walked into the cottage. It was as shabby as she had expected. There wasn’t even any kitchen equipment, but only a bed, a long bench, and a furnace.
A fire was burning fiercely in the furnace as it boiled the herbs above it. The smell of disinfectant was coming from the pot of herbs.
Next to the furnace was a silver-haired old lady who was nothing more than a bag of bones.