Lady Moon snorted, her eyes turning as she actually seemed a bit gloating, and said, “I heard that the Left Prime Minister’s residence was robbed... A lot of thieves broke in overnight... The Left Prime Minister lost many, many precious things, and now he’s furious, raging in anger... Right now, the entire capital’s guard forces have been mobilized, all nine city gates are strictly closed, no one is allowed in or out, and the whole city is searching for the assassins, determined to catch them red-handed.”

The little girl actually covered her mouth and giggled, then, perhaps feeling it was a bit undignified and that it would damage her ‘majestic image’ in front of Ethan Brooks, she coughed lightly a few times and said in a very mature and steady tone, “Looks like the Left Prime Minister has suffered a heavy loss this time. Wanting to catch the culprits and recover the losses will be very difficult...”

Ethan Brooks’s eyes turned, and he asked, “Do you know exactly what the Left Prime Minister lost?”

“I don’t know, but it must be something very important, otherwise why would there be such a big commotion?!”

Moon shook her little head.

Ethan Brooks thought to himself: The thing I just got... I wonder if it’s related to the theft?

Thinking it over, he decided that he’d better make another sculpture like that with something else, just in case. What if one day William Foster comes looking for it? Better safe than sorry...

“I’m telling you, you’re not allowed to go to the auction the day after tomorrow. I’ve arranged to go with a few sisters, and if you go, you’ll definitely embarrass me! Also, you’re not allowed to go to the Wenhua Gathering in a few days... In short, you’re not allowed to go anywhere during this period, got it? Remember? Did you hear me?!”

The little girl threatened fiercely for a while, and only when she saw Ethan Brooks nodding repeatedly did she look satisfied, stood up, and prepared to leave.

Just as she was about to go out the door, she suddenly turned back, looked at Ethan Brooks with a hint of hidden grievance, and, for the first time ever, said softly, “Go back, don’t see me off...”

She then sighed, and in a barely audible voice said, “Sigh... You’re actually not that annoying... But if only you could be a bit more promising, change some of those bad habits... how nice that would be... sigh...”

As Ethan Brooks watched, Lady Moon got into her sedan chair and gradually disappeared into the night.

Vaguely, Ethan Brooks could sense a trace of helpless melancholy in the young lady’s heart...

The orders of parents, the words of matchmakers—how could a woman have the right to choose her own husband? Even though the little girl was born into a royal family, she still couldn’t decide her own marriage.

Since she had been promised to Ethan Brooks by her parents, sooner or later she would have to marry Ethan Brooks.

But, unfortunately, this fiancé of hers was such a good-for-nothing, leaving her with nothing but helplessness...

Still, it was clear that Moon was not entirely without feelings for the original Ethan Brooks. After all, they had grown up together... Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come to check on him and show concern at such a dangerous time...

The air still lingered with a faint, elegant fragrance, and Ethan Brooks couldn’t help but sigh. He vaguely felt a strange emotion in his heart, something he had never felt before...

...

Returning to his room and lying down, Ethan Brooks finally let his guard down and immediately felt utterly exhausted, as if his whole body had been emptied of strength; after the earlier outburst, his body had already been drained... and just now he had forced himself to deal with Moon. Now that he relaxed, he instantly felt he couldn’t hold on any longer.

The deadly poison inside him still hadn’t been expelled; it was like a sword hanging over his neck. However, the medicinal power of the Heavenly Crystal Spirit Marrow he had previously activated, though only lingering in his body for a short while, had managed to suppress the poison to a considerable degree. All that was left was to make one final push to expel all the poison from his body.

The sooner the hidden danger was removed, the better. Ethan Brooks calmed his mind and slowly guided the remaining spiritual energy within his body. Although the earlier outburst had used up ninety-nine percent of the spirit energy from the Heavenly Crystal Spirit Marrow powder, a tiny bit still lingered inside him. By a stroke of luck, this little bit of free spirit energy was now something Ethan Brooks could control and use at will.

Ethan Brooks guided the spirit energy, letting it slowly wrap around the poison in his meridians. The remaining medicinal power of the Heavenly Crystal Spirit Marrow gathered bit by bit, starting from Ethan Brooks’s dantian and gradually flowing through all his meridians. The stubborn poison of the ‘Qingming Fruit’ was completely wrapped up, and, following his meridians, began to dissipate outward.

This poison, which was considered incurable in the mortal world, was actually being expelled directly, wrapped in a thin layer of spirit energy! If the experts of this world saw this, their eyes would surely pop out in shock!

Finally, Ethan Brooks’s meridians throbbed with intense pain, and he opened his mouth—“Puh!”—spitting out a mouthful of thick, black blood with an indescribably foul stench onto the ground!

The entire floor instantly turned a large patch of dark blue-black.

At last, the poison of the Qingming Fruit was completely expelled!

For a moment, Ethan Brooks felt his whole body lighten. “This damned poison is finally gone.”

The relief at this moment was truly beyond words.

From now on, he could finally get a good night’s sleep... at least he no longer had to worry about being poisoned to death at any moment.

Ethan Brooks lay down, feeling completely relaxed, genuinely intending to get a good sleep and recover his strength...

However, in the very next moment, Ethan Brooks suddenly sat up in bed with a “swish.”