Poison Genius Consort (Web Novel)
chapter-471

ed man. He was about to retort the figure simply flickered out of sight. It was true that the white-robed man could help with many, many things, but the duty of the Shadow Clan was simply to protect, nothing more. Actually, the very reason that the female orphan of West Qin had escaped the Nether Clan’s watch all those years ago was because the Shadow Clan was helping them in secret. The members of the clan had always known that the royal bloodline ended up in Medicine City’s Mu Clan, but lost their trail after Mu Xin’s relations with that Poison Sect member. The white-robed man hadn’t even been born then, so it was his father who had lost track of the trail.

It was only after Han Yunxi unlocked the Xuan gold door in the Skypit with her blood that he’d been certain she was the daughter of Mu Xin and the Poison Sect’s young clan head. Only the blood from the daughters of the Poison Sect could open the Xuan gold door, and its scent was the only smell that could make the poison rats submit. If it wasn’t for Chu Tianyin’s letter and Han Yunxi’s mysterious poison skills, he wouldn’t have suspected her at all. He could guess that while he was a child, his grandfather would’ve never guessed that the Lady Tianxin he met once was simply Mu Xin after she changed her appearance.

He couldn’t verify something as intimate as the winged phoenix birthmark, but he at least settled the trial with the Xuan gold door. Director Xi Yubo, who oversaw the case with Long Tianmo’s chronic ailment flaring up, had come to Tianning precisely on his orders. Long Tianmo’s illness was also the impetus that lured Han Yunxi to Medical City in the first place. He had never mentioned any of this to the Nether Clan, nor would he ever. His only regret was failing to foresee all the people they bumped into at the Skypit that day. Nor did he expect both Long Feiye and Jun Yixie to recognize his Shadow Clan’s shadow arts! He’d long assumed that anything information about his clan had been buried in the annals of history with the fall of the West Qin imperial clan.

He wasn’t sure how many people would buy the excuse that he was simply there for the poison beast. But after the incident in the Skypit, he began paying more attention to the movements of people like Jun Yixie as well as other descendents of the original Seven Nobles. For now, leaving Han Yunxi by Long Feiye’s side seemed like the best course of action, because anyone who tried to touch her would have to pass by the Duke of Qin first.

The Duke of Qin was a man who would certainly control the world one day by dominating all of Cloud Realm Continent. He was simply a lone, sickly noble. No matter how fast he could move, he would probably never escape death’s grasp. As the wind picked up, the man strode slowly through the streets while his white robes fluttered about him. In the end, there was nothing left of him but a burst of heartrending coughs…

There were plenty of people still awake on this quiet evening.

In the palace, Chu Qingge had been losing sleep for successive nights. She had heard a certain piece of info from Eunuch Luo, simply that Emperor Tianhui had asked Imperial Physician Gu how long he needed to wait before engaging in those kinds of activities again. She had been in the palace for about two months now, but Emperor Tianhui had yet to visit her chambers. She certainly didn’t lack favor, but he had simply been ill until now. Multiple imperial physicians had advised him against the deed, or else…well, alright, she couldn’t imagine the consequences, nor did she want to. Although the physicians said that Emperor Tianhui was still under observation for now, thus sparing her temporarily, she still knew that her eventual fate was inescapable.

Sometimes, she had the urge to poison Emperor Tianhui to death. But without a son to her name, the emperor’s death would only benefit the crown prince instead. Mothers leaned on the power of their sons to survive. No matter how much Emperor Tianhui admired her, she wouldn’t get any foothold in the palace without a male offspring! And if she wanted a change at that, she needed Emperor Tianhui to favor her. Although she had vowed in front of her father to endure any humiliation until she captured the spot as empress, she still spent countless late nights in tears.

At times like these, only her hatred for Han Yunxi fueled her to keep going. If it wasn’t for Han Yunxi, I never would have played the zither at the banquet and attracted Emperor Tianhui’s attention, much less enter to palace to investigate Noble Consort Yun’s poisoning case. She had already attempted to invite Han Yunxi into the palace with her status three times, but the woman hadn’t come once.

Chu Qingge tossed and turned restlesssly on her before finally summoning one of her personal mamas. The two of them had just started discussing ways to force Han Yunxi into the palace when a secret missive arrived from Chu Tianyin…