“She’s the one who is the most familiar with her own body, be it her ki meridians or her organs. So, she should be the one dispeling the frost personally. The problem is that she’s in no state to channel her ki at the moment, and her ki attribute is ice too. If she channels ice elemental ki into her body right now, it’ll only worsen the problem.
“But putting aside these technical problems, you do have the simplest way out to cure her, and that’s to undergo the amalgamation of yin and yang as the two of you did previously so as to expel the frost via heat. On top of that, you can channel the primordial ki toward her damaged ki meridians and organs to protect them. Through this, she should be able to recover fully in half a month to half a year’s time.”
Zu An asked in surprise, “Why does it take that long?”
There was a trace of mirth in Mi Li’s voice as she replied, “That’s a dumb question. Do you think that doing it seven times a night is the same as doing once a night for a week?”
“…” Zu An.
“But this treatment method is a little too unconventional.”
“Stop putting on that act. I know that you’re already celebrating this unexpected bliss,” remarked Mi Li coldly, seeing right through his righteous facade.
Zu An’s face heated up as he said, “I mean, it’s indeed something happy for me, but I’m not sure if Chuyan would be willing to do it.”
“Is that something you should be concerned about right now?” snapped Mi Li in irritation.
Regarding that, Zu An replied, “It’s easy to attain a person’s body, but winning a person’s heart is a different matter. I hope that she can accept me willingly in the future instead of having me to take advantage of her at times like this.”
He scorned himself a little for saying that. Honestly, it was because he already had her body once that he wanted more.
“What do you want her heart for?” replied Mi Li disdainfully. “As long as her body accustoms to yours, it’s just a matter of time before her heart becomes yours too. Youngsters like you really don’t understand how the human mind works. Love is something that’s bred over time.”
“…” Zu An.
Is that an innuendo?
“Big sis empress, you mentioned that that’s the simplest method, which means that there’s a not-so-simple method too. May I know what it is?” asked Zu An.
In the Tai’e Sword, Mi Li’s face turned livid as she said, “Hmph, I really don’t know whether you’re feigning dumb or not. You keep acting like a little pervert all the time, only to act righteously at times like this. Forget it! Listen well, the difficult method involves…”
…
Back to the room, Chu Huanzhao stopped the agitated Qin Wanru and said, “Mother, you’re being too much again. My big sister has already said earlier that this has nothing to do with brother-in-law!”
“Shut up! You only know how to side with outsiders! Who is he to you? Is he more important than your big sister? Is he more important than your mother?” bellowed Qin Wanru.
Chu Huanzhao pouted in displeasure. “That’s not what I mean.”
“Enough!” Chu Zhongtian finally lost his patience. He turned to Bao Youlu and asked, “Physician Bao, is there really no way out of this?”
Bao Youlu shook his head and replied, “Pardon my ignorance, but I really can’t figure out a way to treat her. Perhaps Divine Physician Ji might have an unconventional treatment to this, but I don’t think that the young miss’ condition looks too hopeful. On top of that, I heard that Divine Physician Ji left for the neighboring city a while ago.”
“I’ll find him back right now!” said Chu Zhongtian.
Qin Wanru quickly interjected, “I’ll go instead. You aren’t on good terms with him.”
“How can I do that?” exclaimed Chu Zhongtian.
Wouldn’t this be practically sending his beautiful wife into the mouth of a lecher? He still remembered clearly that Ji Dengtu was one of Qin Wanru’s suitors back then!
It was then that a voice sounded, “I do have an idea in mind.”
Bao Youlu turned around to take a look, only to be displeased when he saw that the one speaking was Zu An. It was just a moment ago that he said that he had no way out of this when Zu An suddenly said that he had an idea. Such an action put Bao Youlu in a spot.
Besides, he had never heard about the drafted son-in-law of the Chu clan being well-versed in medicine before.