CHAPTER 722: CHAPTER 589: RECLAIMING HER BEAUTY

The snowstorm continued unabated, its howling winds thundering in Earth Venerate’s ears, and yet, she distinctly heard Ye Lingyue’s words.

She couldn’t help but grasp Ye Lingyue’s arm.

"What does Feng Lan’s amnesia have to do with you?"

Ye Lingyue had no choice but to steel herself and roughly explain how she discovered the Underground Li palace and woke Feng Lan.

Of course, she omitted the existence of Cauldron Breath, merely mentioning that she fortuitously received teachings from a renowned doctor and knew how to treat such comatose conditions.

"Earth Venerate, I am very sorry. I did not know that my good intentions would lead to such a grave mistake. And I do not know how to cure his amnesia. The doctor I know of cannot be found in short order."

The awakening of Feng Lan was tantamount to giving wings to a tiger for Emperor Beiqing; Feng Xun was forced to leave the Feng Residence—all of these were beyond Ye Lingyue’s expectations.

Earth Venerate didn’t react with immediate outrage upon hearing this, as Ye Lingyue had expected. She merely pondered, then swiftly urged the horses onward with the whip in her hand.

"You don’t need to apologize; on the contrary, I should thank you. At least I know he is still alive. Things aren’t as bad as you imagine. With Feng Lan awake, at the very least, Feng Xun can escape Emperor Beiqing’s covetous eyes. Besides, two tigers cannot share one mountain, and Kaijiang Prince Manor has grown in power over the years in Beiqing, with Chen Tuo being an ambitious man. Now that Feng Lan is awake, he is likely to be even more anxious than us."

Earth Venerate’s brief analysis caught Ye Lingyue by surprise.

The ability to adjust her emotions in such a short time and analyze the current situation proved that Earth Venerate truly was once the lady of the Feng Residence. It seems her past demeanor in the Beiqing Imperial Palace was all but a facade.

Gold will shine someday.

This is true for both Ye Lingyue and Princess Qingfeng.

On this cold and snowy night, Ye Lingyue and Earth Venerate had a lot to talk about. Despite the age difference, more than double, their conversation was remarkably congenial.

Halfway through the journey, Ye Lingyue suddenly asked.

"Earth Venerate, how did your appearance come to be like this?"

"When I fell off the cliff back then, although I survived the catastrophe, the child in my womb and the skin on my face were torn by rocks and thorns. Furthermore, the assassins who pursued me used poison on me. After my senior brother saved me, despite his best efforts to heal me, he could only save my life." Speaking of the past, Earth Venerate couldn’t help but touch her face.

She was just over thirty years old, yet her face was scarred, her hands as gnarled as dry wood.

She nearly confessed to Feng Lan right then and there that she was Qingfeng.

But with one glance, she saw Empress Qing Shuang.

As a child, Qing Feng knew she wasn’t as beautiful as her sister Qing Shuang.

But back then, Feng Lan would tell her that both sisters had their own spring and autumn.

Qing Shuang was the noble and elegant peony, and she was the ethereal and delicate red rose, each with its beauty.

But what about now? The peony remains, but the rose has long withered.

Qing Feng was a year younger than Qing Shuang, yet her youth had already faded.

On the other hand, the Empress had been meticulously maintaining herself over the years. Whether in figure or appearance, she was even more outstanding than in her maiden years.

In that moment, Earth Venerate truly didn’t want to admit that she was Qing Feng.

She even hoped Feng Lan’s memory of her would remain in her youthful days, even if he despised her. At least back then, she was beautiful.

For so many years, the Heavenly Venerate tried various ways to restore the Earth Venerate’s appearance but ultimately failed.

At that time, the Earth Venerate thought Feng Lan was already dead, so he didn’t take it to heart.

But now... Earth Venerate let out a bitter smile.

"Have you ever thought that to restore your appearance... Actually, as long as you restore your appearance and then stir Feng Lan, maybe he will regain his memory." Ye Lingyue dares not speak about other things, but she has some understanding when it comes to facial restoration.

Last time, due to the Corrosive Soul Chain, her face was burned beyond recognition, and it was also healed by the Nirvana Heart Lotus.

"Do you have a way?" Earth Venerate’s heart tightened suddenly, and his voice raised a few notches.

"I need to diagnose you first, to determine whether there are any residual toxins in your body, and also to find the Nirvana Heart Lotus." Ye Lingyue said it and did it; once she took Earth Venerate back to the Daxia Embassy, she arranged for him to stay and then diagnosed his pulse.

While pretending to check his pulse, Ye Lingyue used the Cauldron Breath to examine Earth Venerate’s body.

She discovered that Earth Venerate’s body indeed contained a kind of poison called Withered Wood Poison.

Withered Wood Poison is a chronic poison that after infecting a person, weakens their constitution day by day, causes skin aging, muscle relaxation, and induces miscarriage or even disfigurement.

From this poison, it was not hard to see how malicious Empress Qing Shuang’s mind was, to inflict such a heavy hand on her own sister.

Withered Wood Poison is much more troublesome than ordinary poisons.

Fortunately, in the Five Poison Treasure Record, there are records about this poison. However, in terms of detoxification, it requires a longer time, probably several months or even half a year to completely cure.

After ridding the poison, at least in terms of physical appearance, Earth Venerate could return to his original state.

But compared to Withered Wood Poison, the treatment of Earth Venerate’s severely damaged face was even more troublesome.

Because the Nirvana Heart Lotus necessary for Earth Venerate to change his skin and reshape his face, currently, only Dan Palace had it.

And the person in charge of guarding the Nirvana Heart Lotus was none other than Xue Pianran.

Speaking of Xue Pianran, she was still in the Beiqing Sky Prison at the moment.

This time Feng Xun really made up his mind to break away from the Feng Residence. He sent all the belongings of the Feng Residence back.

Housekeeper Mu from Feng Residence also went through an extreme rollercoaster of emotions overnight.

First, the former Prince Feng Feng Lan suddenly came back, but then, the young master Feng Xun ran away from home.

Not only that, but the young master also gave up the title of Prince Feng, claiming he would elope for love and return to his territory with Lady Ye.

Feng Lan was baffled by the Heavenly Venerate the night before and was half dead with anger; in the early morning, he saw Housekeeper Mu standing before his eyes, sighing and begging for Feng Lan to let the young master Feng Xun come back.

Housekeeper Mu recounted how the young master single-handedly upheld the Feng Residence over the years and how frail and sickly he was. When he mentioned the sad parts, Housekeeper Mu cried bitterly.

But Feng Lan, when recalling how "Feng Xun" scolded him an old man last night and said he didn’t deserve to be his father, clenched his teeth with resentment filled with rage.

Feng Lan couldn’t understand. How could the whole world have changed after he was in a coma for more than ten years?

The once petulant and wilful Qingfeng had become the Family Head praised by Housekeeper Mu and the servants; that rebellious and disrespectful wretch, in the words of Housekeeper Mu, had become a well-educated and extremely clever young master.

It infuriated Feng Lan. He, as a father, not only could not discipline his son, but was he also supposed to go and beg that little rascal?

"Do not beg that young man. Throw out all his belongings! Tell everyone in the Feng Residence, including all the shops, to stop all related business and finances connected to this young man. I want to see how long he can last without the Feng Residence!"