Chapter 223: The Unusual Eyes Can See Her

Without waiting for him to say anything, Ah Bao had already skipped out of the room on her short legs.

Luo Zifeng couldn’t help but laugh. “Ah Bao, you might not know, but what I fear most now isn’t the gouging out of my eyes, but closing them.”

Every time he closed his eyes, the nightmares would return.

In the dreams, someone whose face he couldn’t see would keep crying at him, yet the person had no eyes and no tears!

The voice kept pointing at him: the unusual eyes can see her; only the unusual eyes can see her.

Who was she? Who?

And whose was the sinister voice that endlessly looped in his mind?

“Ah Bao, why did you come out so quickly? What secret conversation did you have with Feng’er?” Yun Ci, seeing Ah Bao come out in a huff, was surprised. “Did little Ah Bao get angry?”

“How did Aunt Yun know?”

“Look, your little tummy is all puffed up. I didn’t see you eating meat, so it must be from being angry.” Yun Ci pinched her little nose and picked her up.

Ah Bao puffed out her cheeks. [Yes, I’m angry! So angry! Luo Zifeng, that big fool, wants to gouge out his own eyes, and those unusual eyes—those are innate!]

[Only those with divine status would naturally have unusual eyes.]

[Luo Zifeng, an ordinary mortal, having unusual eyes from birth, is a sign of great future achievements. It’s such rare fortune, and he wants me to gouge them out! Ah, so infuriating!]

She felt heartbroken for the unusual eyes she wanted to protect, and now Luo Zifeng didn’t want them. She felt pity for him.

Concubine De’s expression changed; she hadn’t expected Luo Zifeng to discuss such a matter with Ah Bao.

Ah Bao likely hadn’t agreed in the end, right?

“Brother Luo is a big fool. I’m leaving now.” Ah Bao reached out for Concubine De to hug her.

This left Yun Ci baffled. “It must be that Feng’er angered Ah Bao. I’ll give him a good beating.”

Ah Bao’s temple twitched. [Oh, dear! Aunt Yun was just worried about Luo Zifeng’s well-being earlier.]

“Aunt Yun, please leave the door open for me tonight.” Ah Bao leaned on Concubine De’s shoulder and waved her little hand at Yun Ci.

Yun Ci was puzzled. “Tonight? Leave the door open? For what?”

……

“Xuan’er, why are your hands so cold?” Concubine Hui, leaving the Luo residence, held Di Xuan’s hand.

The small Di Xuan followed behind her, head down, silent.

“Xuan’er, is something troubling you? I’ve never seen you so afraid before.” Concubine Hui, having only Di Xuan as her son, had come to rely almost entirely on him.

Although Di Xuan had been blind since birth, Concubine Hui had never given up. She had sought out divine doctors far and wide, even privately consulting many local remedies and using witchcraft.

She knew well that in a few years, when she grew old and passed away, a blind prince like Xuan’er would be unable to establish himself in the royal family.

The royal family was full of strife, and even survival would be a luxury.

Indeed, Di Rongjing’s fate was better than Di Xuan’s.

Although Di Rongjing couldn’t speak, at least he had all five senses.

“Mother, after we return to the palace, can I still play with Ah Bao?” Di Xuan asked carefully, as he rarely left the palace due to his blindness.

He had no playmates or friends.

Worse than Di Rongjing.

Concubine Hui’s face darkened. “Why would you want to play with Ah Bao?”

Di Xuan lowered his head. “Mother, she is my sister.”

She was the sister who could hear his thoughts.

Like a single ray of light in years of darkness.

Seeing her son so dejected, Concubine Hui couldn’t bear it. “Xuan’er, I’ve told you many times. No siblings in the royal family are reliable. In the future, you will have to rely on yourself.”

Di Xuan’s head drooped even lower. “Mother, actually, my brothers are very good to me. They always give me gifts when they see me. It’s just that… I’m afraid to leave the palace. I don’t want to trouble my brothers.”

Concubine Hui felt a pang in her heart. Her foolish son, so innocent, didn’t realize that those in the royal family were always ruthless.

His kindness today to avoid troubling his brothers would one day lead those brothers to try and destroy him for the throne!

Her Xuan’er, her only hope in this life, she would not let him remain blind forever!

She would find a way to cure Di Xuan’s eyes.

“Aunt Hui.” A delicate voice suddenly called out from the side of the road.

Concubine Hui jolted, coming back to her senses. She was holding Di Xuan and saw a young girl in a white veil standing by the roadside.

Concubine Hui was confused. Who was this person?

The voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Di Hongluan lifted the edge of her veil and waved at Concubine Hui.

“What the! Where did this ugly person come from?” Concubine Hui searched her mind but couldn’t figure out who the person in front of her was.

Di Hongluan was so angry she almost wanted to rush over and loudly tell Concubine Hui, “I’m Di Hongluan! Not some ugly monster!”

But her face was swollen, her features distorted, and even her voice was hoarse; she looked like a completely different person.

“Aunt Hui, it’s me, Di Hongluan.”

Did she really have to be so blunt about it?

“Huh? How did you get beaten up like this? Why aren’t you staying in the Prince Han’s residence? Why are you out on the street?”

Di Hongluan rolled her eyes, though her swollen eyes barely allowed her to do so. “I came to find Aunt Hui about something.”

Concubine Hui furrowed her brows. “What is it?”

She was closer to the Princess Han, and their relationship was good, while her connection to Di Hongluan was from another generation.

“The Eighth Prince’s eye disease.”

Concubine Hui’s heart skipped a beat!

Di Hongluan looked at her calmly. “I have a way to cure the Eighth Prince’s eyes.”

Concubine Hui tensed up with anxiety. The Eighth Prince’s eye condition was her greatest wound, almost an obsession.

Looking at Di Hongluan’s swollen face, Concubine Hui had to suppress her nausea. “How do you plan to treat it?”

“It’s not appropriate to discuss this on the street.”

Concubine Hui found a tavern, and after entrusting Di Xuan to a maid named Cui Liu, she and Di Hongluan were alone in a private room.

“Young Miss, do you have a method to cure Xuan’er’s eyes?”

Di Hongluan took out a yellowed book from her waist and handed it to Concubine Hui.

This was a prop book Di Hongluan had found to make her act more convincing.

Concubine Hui flipped through a few pages, and her expression changed abruptly!

The content was brief, but the illustrations were clear.

“Change… Change eyes?” Concubine Hui had never heard of such a thing.

She had heard of treating eye diseases, but never of changing eyes until she saw this book, which shattered her imagination.

Di Hongluan smiled with a sense of pride. “Aunt Hui, you must have heard from my mother that I have a reclusive master.”

“She taught me the Five Elements techniques, how to practice medicine and save people, and also the mysterious arts of Qimen Dunjia. In this world, I am the only one who knows the technique of changing eyes. Apart from me, you won’t find a second person.”