Chapter 261: Chapter 261

Yan Hengjin looked at the dagger, feeling a sense of familiarity, but couldn’t recall where he had seen it before.

Doctor Liu saw Yan Hengjin pondering, only feeling more fearful. This dagger was the one stabbed into Yan Hengjin’s chest. If he remembered, the lies Doctor Liu told would be exposed.

He was not the one who treated the Fifteenth Prince, Pei Shu’er was!

No, he couldn’t let this happen. Pei Shu’er didn’t deserve such a great favor from the Fifteenth Prince.

He didn’t want anything now but for Pei Shu’er to leave this place quickly and disappear from their sight.

The soldiers approached but did not reach out to seize Pei Shu’er.

They were people whom Pei Shu’er had treated and who were now cured. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ noᴠelfire.net

Despite Doctor Liu’s repeated urgings, the soldiers did not act; instead, they formed a protective stance around Pei Shu’er.

Doctor Liu’s face turned extremely grim as even these soldiers no longer obeyed him.

His hand trembled as he pointed at the soldiers, his beard quivering with rage.

"Men, drag these disobedient soldiers away!"

Tang Zan coldly said, "I dare anyone to try."

Pei Shu’er gazed mockingly at Yan Hengjin.

"Have you figured anything out yet?"

Yan Hengjin looked up awkwardly, his pupils slightly shaking, clearly beginning to doubt.

Pei Shu’er’s lips curled.

"So, have you remembered? I personally pulled this dagger out of your chest. Did you think I only saved you once?"

The Fifteenth Prince abruptly lifted his head, and after hearing such truth from Pei Shu’er, he had no choice but to believe it.

He had long harbored suspicions. Doctor Liu had medical skills, but they were nothing to boast about.

Even lesser than the Imperial Physicians in the palace, how could he have snatched him back from the hands of King Yan?

Pei Shu’er seemed to have such medical skills, but she had no motive to save him.

She approached Yan Hengjin with a smile, her lips raised, and the derision in her eyes became more apparent, though her words felt like a sigh.

"The one who saved you twice was me, but Doctor Liu only deceived and used you, Your Highness."

"I initially didn’t want to speak, thinking you might be sad if deceived. However, I couldn’t bear to see you fooled any longer. Doctor Liu treated Your Highness as a tool."

"Your Highness, this is a humiliating insult."

With every sentence Pei Shu’er spoke, Yan Hengjin’s expression darkened, and Doctor Liu’s face turned pale.

This dagger was given to Pei Shu’er by Yinxing when she returned this time. When she treated the Fifteenth Prince, she placed this dagger in a basket, thinking it might be useful.

Later, Yinxing took it back, and they only found it while packing recently. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have let Doctor Liu act unrestrained for so long.

Doctor Liu’s face was grim; he opened his mouth and quickly knelt at the Fifteenth Prince’s feet.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Mrs. Pei is spouting nonsense, don’t believe her."

"I am the one who saved Your Highness. This dagger was pulled out by me, and I treated Your Highness’s wound."

"And the Yama Powder poison, I was the one to detoxify it. Your Highness, do you not remember at all?"

Doctor Liu cried his old tears, no longer displaying his usual esteemed demeanor.

"This dagger was clearly stolen by Pei Shu’er!"

Yan Hengjin’s face was extremely grim; he stayed silent, not wanting to wrong a good person but also unwilling to let those who toyed with him off the hook.

Pei Shu’er raised her eyebrows with a smile, seemingly finding great amusement.

"Since Doctor Liu claims to have treated Your Highness, could you explain how you treated him, what method you used to suture the wound on his heart?"

Hearing this, Yan Hengjin felt a strong sense of wavering.

Doctor Liu said, "I used my many years of medical experience and secret family techniques to suture it. How could a criminal like you be allowed to witness it?"

Pei Shu’er smiled and nodded, "Alright, I won’t watch. Would you show Your Highness how you stitched it? I noticed your tall disciple looked quite capable."

Saying so, Pei Shu’er picked up a dagger and lunged towards the tall disciple, who immediately knelt on the ground in fear, trembling and unable to speak.

No longer arrogant like before.

Pei Shu’er chuckled, "You’re so frightened because your master actually can’t suture heart wounds, right?"

The tall disciple knelt on the ground begging for mercy, "He can’t, Master can’t, he doesn’t even dare to operate on human bodies, let alone suture heart wounds."

Pei Shu’er raised her eyebrows as she looked at Yan Hengjin, noticing his face had become exceedingly bad. Pei Shu’er found it amusing, seeing he still dared to provoke her.

Since he crossed her, she wouldn’t let Yan Hengjin off easily.

She intended to have him feel the full pain of being manipulated bit by bit.

Pei Shu’er smiled, "Alright, then let’s discuss the Yama Powder. Your Highness was poisoned by it. Do you have any?"

Saying this, Pei Shu’er placed the dagger against the short disciple, who tremblingly knelt and offered the Yama Powder.

Pei Shu’er smiled and nodded, "Very good."

She then grabbed the short disciple by the neck and fed him the poison.

The Yama Powder’s effects soon appeared.

Pei Shu’er smiled, "Your Highness, do you now believe it’s the Yama Powder?"

Yan Hengjin gritted his teeth, finding Pei Shu’er’s confident demeanor insufferable. Yet, he strongly desired to know the truth.

He didn’t want to be deceived any longer.

Pei Shu’er immediately took out a white porcelain bottle and poured the antidote into the short disciple’s mouth in the last second before he passed out. She quickly pierced several points on his fingers with needles and used a silver needle to prick several acupoints.

Black blood dripped from his fingers.

Soon, the poison in him gradually subsided, revealing his original complexion. He sat up, full of fear; his face paled due to the extensive bleeding.

Pei Shu’er smiled, "See, this is my detoxification process. Your Highness, do you remember the pinpricks on your fingers?"

Yan Hengjin’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot; he looked at Doctor Liu furiously, wishing he could kill him on the spot.

He savagely kicked Doctor Liu to the ground, knocking over Doctor Liu and his two disciples. The esteemed Doctor Liu thus fell from grace.

Then the soldiers dragged him away: "Give him thirty lashes and throw him into prison. I want to interrogate him personally."

He spoke through clenched teeth, having never been so humiliated before.

He had been deceived by a mere military doctor for so long!

Pei Shu’er had never found Doctor Liu difficult to deal with; the real challenge was Yan Hengjin.

After all, he had the title of a prince hanging over him.

Meanwhile, she was merely a criminal, a stark contrast.