Divine Doctor: Daughter of the First Wife (Yang Shi Liu) 601

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Miao Witchcraft

With these words, Wang Chuan also looked ahead. Looking carefully at that person, she then furrowed her brow and asked: “Noble Lady Li?”

Feng Yu Heng nodded. It was the sixth prince’s birthmother, Noble Lady Li, who had been demoted from the position of imperial concubine. At this moment, she stood roughly 20 paces in front of them. Facing Winter Moon Palace, who knew what she was doing. Feng Yu Heng stopped in her tracks and did not continue forward. Taking it in for a while, she saw that Noble Lady Li did not move. She just stood there while staring, thus an even stranger feeling appeared. She pulled Wang Chuan forward and deliberately moved quietly. After advancing another ten steps, the person ahead finally realized that there was someone behind her. Cautiously looking back, when she noticed Feng Yu Heng, she was clearly shocked. She then quickly fled and headed into the inner palace.

“Should we give chase?” Wang Chuan asked Feng Yu Heng, “That Noble Lady Li looks to have had bad intentions. It would be better to let this servant go and bring her back for a proper interrogation about what she was doing?”

Feng Yu Heng, however, shook her head, “No need. We still don’t have the power to interrogate the imperial concubines of the inner palace. Let’s see what she did first then talk about it.” As she spoke, she stepped forward until she reached the location that Noble Lady Li had been standing in. She then began to carefully search.

Wang Chuan was puzzled: “What is Young Miss looking for?”

She asked Wang Chuan: “Do you still remember the matter of Noble Lady Li using witchcraft on me at the hunting ground? Stabbing a little figure with needles is a kind of witchcraft, and it’s a very hateful thing. Although it’s unknown what sort of witchcraft was used, once things are set in motion, it’s really difficult to get rid of it.”

Wang Chuan was startled then asked: “Didn’t Young Miss say that you don’t believe in these things?”

“I don’t believe that Noble Lady Li knows the methods; however, I did not refute that there really is witchcraft in this world. But belief is just that. We can’t lower our guard. What if Noble Lady Li really knows how, and we neglected it? It’s very possible that even more people will be harmed by her. Quickly come and search with me. See if there’s anything nearby. We don’t know how long she stood here for, to say that she did not do anything, it’s clearly not too possible.”

Wang Chuan saw that she was speaking very seriously, thus she also took it to heart and quickly lowered her head to begin searching. She even ran into the yard nearby to search. But the two searched for a long time and did not find anything. Wang Chuan then said: “Perhaps we thought too much about it. It’s possible that Noble Lady Li only just arrived and did not have a chance to do anything before running into us. Is the witchcraft that Young Miss is talking about really that fierce? What would happen to the target? Would they die? Or would their body hurt? It’s really odd, would that not be the same as magic? If even this could cause harm to someone, what did we spend our time suffering through learning martial arts for? It would be better to just stab little figures.”

Feng Yu Heng smiled bitterly: “How could it be as easy as you make it sound? Stabbing little figures is not something that everyone knows how to do. Learning witchcraft is not as easy as you say. Although it’s much easier from a physical aspect, the mental torment that it causes is not something a normal person can handle. Because witchcraft has a high probability of rebounding on the caster when it fails, who knows just how many times they have been hurt through practicing from a young age. At best, they would have a body covered in injuries, but at worst, they might lose their lives.”

“It’s that serious?” This was something that Wang Chuan had not thought of, but she had also heard about some things related to witchcraft, thus she added: “Apparently, the majority of the people that practice witchcraft come from the Northwest. Of course, His Highness the ninth prince has once gone to the Northwest, and apparently, they are the Miao people.”