My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 94 - 46: Demonic Qi Reappears
Lv He evidently still held onto a fluke hope, completely denying the poisoning was her doing.
"Ha!" The Emperor sneered coldly, "Even if you don’t confess, I can investigate it myself. Just one thing, to conspire against the Emperor warrants the execution of nine families. I wonder if your parents and brothers can withstand that!"
Lv He’s body trembled, but she still denied it.
The Emperor’s face showed a trace of impatience, "Is the person behind this Noble Princess Consort Yi? The Thousand Day Intoxication poison, only she from the Poisonous Insect Family would know, others won’t find such poison!"
When he first learned what poison he had been afflicted with, the Emperor already had a suspicion.
Noble Princess Consort Yi’s mother came from the Poisonous Insect Family, but to be with Noble Princess Consort Yi’s father, she was disowned by the family, so outsiders don’t know about her lineage. But the Emperor knows, only Noble Princess Consort Yi’s mother died early, and he assumed that Noble Princess Consort Yi hadn’t learned the art of poisoning from her. He hadn’t expected his carelessness, which made him even consider the Empress’s death.
The Empress was said to have died of illness at the time, but it was actually poisoning, except doctors couldn’t diagnose what poison had afflicted her, which ended in the Empress dying from the poison!
Thinking back now, maybe Noble Princess Consort Yi was involved after all, since the only person who could act so silently is probably her!
Upon hearing Noble Princess Consort Yi’s name, Lv He couldn’t help but lift her head in shock to look at the Emperor, but by the time she realized it was too late.
"Alright, take her away, as I said, execute her nine families!" The Emperor glanced at Lv He, waved his hand, and naturally someone stepped forward to take Lv He away.
Once it was quiet in the hall, the Emperor sat on the chair for a while before suddenly waking up.
"Liang Shen, come grind ink for me, I need to write an imperial edict." He picked up a pen from the table and instructed Liang Shen.
Liang Shen instantly stood beside him, grinding ink for the Emperor. When he saw the contents of the edict, his eyes widened, evidently quite shocked.
"You go announce the edict, return after witnessing the execution!" The Emperor coughed up the edict and threw it onto Liang Shen, speaking weakly yet mercilessly.
"Yes, I shall go immediately." Liang Shen carefully stored the edict, not daring to delay, hurriedly left.
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When Li Xiuting and Xiang Yunkai found the manor where Gu Qingqing and company were staying, Gu Qingqing and they were also preparing to go out, surprised to see Xiang Yunkai and Li Xiuting.
"Yunkai, Crown Prince, why have you come here?" Zhuo Tingqiu looked at Xiang Yunkai and asked in confusion.
"Tingqiu, the Crown Prince heard that you have an exceptionally skilled physician by your side and wishes to come and pay respects." Xiang Yunkai, familiar with Zhuo Tingqiu, spoke without much reservation and directly stated their purpose.
Zhuo Tingqiu paused, just as he was about to ask Xiang Yunkai how he found out, he suddenly realized that Zhuo Shiyu and Xiang Yunkai had a good relationship, if Zhuo Shiyu told Xiang Yunkai, it wasn’t impossible.
"Is the Crown Prince here for the Emperor’s poison?" News of the Emperor being poisoned was already no secret, Zhuo Tingqiu didn’t need to guess to know the Crown Prince’s purpose.
Only he was a bit surprised by the Crown Prince’s care for the Emperor, the matter of the Emperor wanting to pass the throne to the Crown Prince was already known to them, if the Emperor’s health improved, the Crown Prince would have a huge burden over him. With the average lifespan of Xuantian Continent’s people, and the Emperor’s high cultivation, this burden wouldn’t disappear for over a century. If it were someone else, they certainly wouldn’t seek treatment for the Emperor.
One should know that the Zhuo Family and the Imperial Family’s status were similar, for the Crown Prince to request his people to help treat the Emperor, the price wouldn’t be small, yet the Crown Prince still came, only proving that the Crown Prince’s affection for the Emperor was truly deep!
"Indeed, please Zhuo Young Master introduce me to the esteemed physician." Li Xiuyan at this moment restrained all his sharpness, willingly bowing his head, rather than request, it was a plea.
"If the Emperor’s life can be saved, what is the Crown Prince willing to offer in return?" Mu Chen suddenly spoke beside them.
Li Xiuyan looked at Mu Chen in confusion.
"This is the physician the Crown Prince seeks, Mr. Mu." Zhuo Tingqiu timely introduced Mu Chen’s identity to the Crown Prince.
Upon hearing this, both Li Xiuyan and Xiang Yunkai looked at Mu Chen in surprise, for Mu Chen looked too young to be associated with a skilled physician.
But they knew that with Zhuo Tingqiu’s status, he wouldn’t speak without basis, the two exchanged a glance, Xiang Yunkai nodded imperceptibly.
"Can you truly cure my father’s poison?" Li Xiuyan couldn’t help but confirm again.
"Of course, it’s just the Thousand Day Intoxication." Mu Chen slightly raised his chin, extremely confident.
Only a few know of the Emperor being afflicted with Thousand Day Intoxication, outsiders only know the Emperor is poisoned but unclear of the specific poison, and Mu Chen could bluntly state the Emperor’s poison name, proving he truly possesses skill.
"If you can cure my father’s poison, the Royal Treasure Vault’s contents are yours to choose." Li Xiuyan took a deep breath, said solemnly.
He knew someone like Mu Chen, young yet possessing medical skills surpassing Doctor Ge, wouldn’t be impressed by ordinary items, likely only the treasures of the Imperial Family’s Vault would sway him!
Mu Chen looked at Li Xiuyan in surprise, didn’t expect Li Xiuyan to make such a great offer.
Considering the Great Tang Royal Family’s thousand years history, Xuantian Continent wasn’t as barren as it is now back then, surely there were plenty of good items, and for Li Xiuyan to allow him access to the Royal Treasure Vault to treat the Emperor, truly demonstrated his sincerity.
"Deal." Mu Chen glanced at Gu Qingqing, nodded.
Those treasures he might not necessarily need, but they could be given to Qingqing to play with, for girls, having more things at hand is always right!
Thus, the group immediately changed course towards the Imperial Palace.
Halfway there, new information from the palace came, the Emperor issued an edict depose Noble Consort Yi’s title and bestowed poisoned wine, also publicizing Noble Consort Yi’s crime to the world. Within this day, the Imperial Palace kept delivering shocking news, leaving the people of Shangjing City numb.
Li Xiuyan also felt somewhat surprised by this result but thought that in the palace, the only person who dared to do so and stood to benefit the most was Noble Consort Yi.
At this moment, in his heart, the most important was the Emperor’s poison, everything else had to be set aside!
With the Crown Prince present, they entered the Imperial Palace without any hindrance and quickly arrived outside the Emperor’s bedchamber.
Due to the matter concerning Noble Princess Consort Yi, Li Xiuting and Li Sisi were both kneeling outside the bedchamber, hoping the Emperor would revoke his orders. Unfortunately, the Emperor had no intention of seeing them. Instead, Li Xiuyan was summoned in as soon as he arrived.
Li Xiuting and Li Sisi knelt on the ground, their expressions grim as they watched Li Xiuyan’s retreating figure.
The look in Li Sisi’s eyes at Li Xiuyan was filled with resentment and a trace of confusion. She hadn’t expected that in just one morning, everything had changed. Her mother, the once high-ranking Noble Consort, had become a criminal woman accused of poisoning the Emperor and would soon be granted a cup of poison to sentence her to death. She and her brother, who once had promising futures, would henceforth become invisible figures in the Imperial Palace because of this incident!
This was something Li Sisi could not accept. She used to look down on princesses who weren’t as privileged as she was, thinking they were pitiable. But now, thinking that she would have to be like them, or even treated worse, was unbearable!
In a place where no one could see, black lines emerged from her eyes, gradually merging together. Her pupils turned increasingly black, as dark as a black hole.
Li Xiuting was no better off than Li Sisi. After his father had been poisoned yesterday, he was plotting how to take down the Crown Prince and seize the position for himself. Who knew that in the morning, the news would spread that the Emperor had passed the throne to the Crown Prince. He had not yet recovered from the shock when he received the news of his mother’s execution by poisoned wine. It was only his strong psychological resilience that kept him from breaking down completely.
But in reality, his situation was not far from collapse!
Inside the Emperor’s bedchamber, upon hearing Li Xiuyan’s intentions, the Emperor was quite surprised. His gaze fell sharply on Mu Chen.
Mu Chen seemed not to notice the Emperor’s gaze, playing with his fingers with an air of indifference.
"Can this Mr. Mu really cure my poison?" Although Mu Chen withstood his gaze, the Emperor still found it hard to believe.
"On this Xuantian Continent, no one but me can cure your poison!" Mu Chen finally turned his gaze to the Emperor, his tone calm yet filled with arrogance and confidence.
The Emperor paused, glanced at Li Xiuyan, and then nodded.
"Mr. Mu, please." Li Xiuyan stepped up to Mu Chen and personally invited him over.
Mu Chen followed Li Xiuyan to the dragon bed, placed his hand on the Emperor’s wrist, circulated his Spiritual Power through the Emperor’s body, and quickly withdrew his hand.
"This poison has been in you for over two years. If not for your high cultivation, you would have died long ago." Even when facing the Emperor, Mu Chen spoke without restraint, "But fortunately, it can still be saved."
After speaking, he asked the Emperor to lie prone and instructed Li Xiuyan to help remove the Emperor’s shirt, exposing his back. Then, with a flip of his hand, a needle pouch appeared in his hand.
"I will use Silver Needles to detoxify you. No matter what happens, Your Highness the Crown Prince must not intervene, or suffer the consequences!" After a brief instruction, Mu Chen opened the needle pouch.
The needles in the pouch were called Silver Needles, but they were actually made of special materials, specially refined by Si Lin for Mu Chen. Each needle was almost at the Immortal Artifact Level.
His hand brushed over the needles, stopping at one about fifteen centimeters long. He drew it out, held it in one hand, and with the other, slid it over the Emperor’s back. Finding an acupuncture point, he inserted the needle without a blink.
He then applied a similar method to quickly insert another eight needles into the Emperor’s back.
A total of nine needles formed a special pattern. He raised his right hand, white light emerging from his fingertips, then manipulated the needles with a unique technique, channeling the white light into the Emperor’s body through the needles.
The Emperor’s body twitched, his expression contorted in pain, seemingly enduring great suffering, but he was immobilized and could only endure passively.
When Mu Chen’s hand passed over the last needle for the second time, the Emperor suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.
The blood splattered on the floor, immediately corroding a hole, indicating it was poison-laden blood.
Li Xiuyan had been intently observing the Emperor’s condition. When he saw the Emperor vomiting blood, he immediately wanted to rush over but was stopped by Zhuo Tingqiu beside him. Once he realized it was poisonous blood, he calmed down, but kept his eyes locked on the Emperor.
After the Emperor vomited a mouthful of poisonous blood, Mu Chen’s technique changed, forming another pattern indecipherable to others. Again, on the second pass over the final Silver Needle, the Emperor spat out a mouthful of blood, this time the blood’s color returned to a more normal shade.
Then Mu Chen changed his technique again, and each change resulted in the Emperor spitting out a mouthful of blood. As time passed, the color of the blood became increasingly similar to normal blood, and Li Xiuyan and Xiang Yunkai, watching closely, both breathed a sigh of relief.
After about fifteen minutes, Mu Chen extracted the nine Silver Needles one by one, placed them back in the needle pouch, and stood up, turning to Li Xiuyan.
"The Emperor’s poison has been eliminated. Now, he only needs to consume some Elixirs that strengthen the foundation, and in seven days, he will be fully recovered." Mu Chen’s tone remained calm, with no expression on his face, as if detoxifying the Emperor was a simple matter for him.
Indeed, from his previous actions, it was quite simple. He hadn’t even broken a sweat, handling it all with ease.
Li Xiuyan stepped forward to cover the Emperor with a blanket. The Emperor had already passed out. Seeing his father’s face, previously purple from the poison, now restored to normal, Li Xiuyan let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Mr. Mu. Once Father wakes up, I can take Mr. Mu to the Royal Treasure Vault to select a treasure." Resolving the Thousand Day Intoxication, a problem the Imperial Physicians couldn’t solve, so effortlessly proved Mu Chen’s great ability. Naturally, he deserved respect, and Li Xiuyan’s attitude became more reverent.
Mu Chen glanced at the Emperor, wanting to say he could wake him now, but felt it might be too cruel. He just nodded.
With the issue resolved, Mu Chen and his companions had no intention of staying longer in the Imperial Palace. After bidding farewell to Li Xiuyan, they were escorted out by Liang Shen.
Li Xiuting and Li Sisi were still kneeling outside. Seeing Liang Shen personally escort Gu Qingqing and the others out with a highly respectful demeanor, they were surprised, while Si Lin and Yue Zhao, passing by Li Sisi, were both taken aback.
Once they left the Imperial Palace and returned to the carriage, Yue Zhao and Si Lin exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat grave.
"The aura of the Third Princess seemed off." Si Lin said, frowning and in a low voice.
"There’s Demonic Qi." Yue Zhao paused, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"What? Where did the Demonic Qi come from?" Rong Ye had not sensed anything wrong at first and was quite shocked by their conversation.
"It seems the Heavenly Dao of the Xuantian Continent is indeed on the verge of vanishing. It may not be long before the Demon Clan descends upon the Xuantian Continent!"
