The Scumbag favors his concubine and eliminates his wife? The tyrant invites me to indulge in an affair.

Summary

Song Cheng He brings Song Yao Zhi back to the Goddess Courtyard, where Aoi and Song Lu express concern over their drenched state. Aoi prepares hot water and ginger tea for Song Yao Zhi, who worries about her mother’s potential distress if she visits. After Song Cheng He leaves, Aoi helps Song Yao Zhi change out of her wet clothes, but she soon develops a high fever. Despite attempts to cool her down, her condition worsens, prompting Aoi to seek strong liquor. Song Lu encounters the Prince of Rui and brings him and a doctor back to help. The doctor, initially displeased, examines Song Yao Zhi and discovers she has been poisoned. Shang Jue Yi explains that she had been cursed, and although she survived due to a medicinal worm, the residual poison remains in her body. He reveals that the worm must have died within the last three months, complicating her health further.

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