Then the Princess gifted her many other valuable presents as well.
Chloe Zhu tried to refuse, but she had no choice but to accept them.
Ms. Rachel Zhang was watching from the side, so furious that she felt dizzy and almost fainted.
How could this happen?
Chloe Zhu actually managed to cure Prince Charles Chang?
And now she's become the Changyang Princess's goddaughter?
She's only been in Four Symbols City for a few days!
And now she's rubbing elbows with the powerful!
All because of her...
She'd worked so hard just to get an audience with Prince Charles Chang.
She actually ended up paving the way for Chloe!
Chloe glanced at Ms. Rachel Zhang, then said to the Changyang Princess, "Mother, I know Ms. Zhang well. That wine in the tea must've gotten there by accident—she definitely didn't do it on purpose. Please, since the prince is already cured, let's just let it go."
The Changyang Princess shot Ms. Zhang a cold look, then pulled Chloe aside and whispered, "You need to be careful! If she did it on purpose, she's out to get you!"
Chloe squeezed her hand and said, "Mother, I know what I'm doing. But getting the Spirit Alliance involved in a lawsuit won't help the Changyang Royal Mansion. Just leave it to me!"
The Changyang Princess nodded and dropped the matter, personally seeing them out.
Once outside, Ms. Rachel Zhang returned to her usual self and asked Chloe, "What on earth happened today? I'm still totally confused!"
"Here's the deal," Chloe said. "Prince Charles Chang brought me back to the mansion, and I discovered he'd been hexed. It's called the Corpsewine Hex."
"Corpsewine Hex? What's that? I've never even heard of it!"
"It's a pretty rare type of hex," Chloe explained. "If you're infected, you can't touch alcohol at all. If you do, the Corpsewine Hex takes over—you lose your mind and become bloodthirsty and obsessed with drinking."
She realized he'd been hexed when the prince pinned her down on that huge bed.
She shouted to the guards that she could cure the prince's strange illness.
The guards were sent by the Princess.
Whenever he had an episode, he'd either hurt others or himself.
Of course, the Princess couldn't let him harm himself, so she sent guards to watch over him.
Sure, it wasn't fair to the victims, but... well, the prince is her own son, after all.
The guards listened to Chloe and reported to the Princess. She stopped the prince and let Chloe try to cure him...
Ms. Rachel Zhang smiled and said, "You sure know a lot. If the prince had such a weird illness, I'm sure plenty of Spirit Alchemists were called in. No one else could cure him, but you did. You must be something special."
"You're too kind," Chloe replied. "My master loves studying rare diseases. He taught me everything I know."
"Oh? Who's your master?"
Her master is... Lu Qi.
It's recorded in the Ten Wilds Herbal Codex.
"Just a no-name country doctor," Chloe said. "I'm sure you've never heard of him."
Well, you sure are lucky!
Ms. Rachel Zhang took a deep breath. "As long as you're fine, go home and get some rest!"
Chloe nodded and asked, "Is your head okay?"
"I'm fine."
"Then I'll head back," Chloe said with a smile. "See you tomorrow."
...
Back in her room, Chloe sat on her bed, lost in thought.
"Miss Chloe, why are you home so late? Aren't you going to sleep?" Claire asked.
Chloe glanced at her and said, "Go call Tenner for me."
"Okay," Claire replied.