AWB Chapter 445: Evil Poison
Chapter 445: Evil Poison
"Your Majesty, something happened to Concubine Yu." Zhang Deli glanced at Qin Zhi nervously.
Qin Zhi's fingers holding the imperial brush tightened slightly, and the tip of the brush left a small stain of ink on the rice paper.
He slowly put down the imperial pen, narrowed his eyes, and looked straight at Zhang Deli.
"Empress Yu has been having nosebleeds and there are bruises on her body." A faint line appeared between Zhang Deli's eyebrows and his hands unconsciously rubbed the corner of his clothes.
Qin Zhi's eyes darkened, and he asked coldly, "What did the imperial physician say?"
"The imperial doctors said that Concubine Yu seemed to have been invaded by an evil poison and had a strange disease, so I brought Envoy Liu here." Zhang Deli bent over and glanced at Qin Zhi's face from time to time.
Evil poison is not poison, and strange disease does not look like disease. He does not understand this.
"Call Liu Ruogu in." Qin Zhi's fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest.
Liu Ruogu, the director of the Imperial Hospital, walked into the palace trembling with fear, knelt down with a plop, and touched his forehead to the ground: "Your Majesty, I am terrified."
"The pulse of Concubine Yu is disordered, weak and stagnant, with signs of Qi and blood flowing backwards and meridians being blocked. It must be that evil toxins have entered the body and are wandering freely in the meridians and blood vessels, blocking the flow of Qi and blood, causing the internal organs to lose nourishment."
"This disease is bizarre, like..." Liu Ruogu looked at Qin Zhi hesitantly.
"Like what? Hesitating and stuttering?" Qin Zhi chuckled, then his face turned cold and his eyes became sharp.
The air in the hall was condensed, and a dull and oppressive atmosphere filled the air.
Liu Ruogu's body trembled, and he prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to move: "It looks like, it looks like a strange stone that appeared in the previous dynasty and symbolizes divine punishment."
"When I came here, I read the ancient secret books and found that: 'The strange stones are bright in color and evil. Those who touch them will not feel anything at first, but will become weak after a long time. Doctors cannot cure them. They all think it is a punishment from heaven, but it is actually a man-made disaster.'"
"This strange stone was presented by someone in the previous dynasty as a shining gem. Emperor Hui of the previous dynasty divided the gem into ten parts and ordered craftsmen to make hairpins, bracelets and bracelets, and gave them to favored concubines and the wives and mothers of important officials. As a result..."
Everyone knows it.
Liu Ruogu secretly glanced at Qin Zhi's face.
The harem of Emperor Hui of the previous dynasty was completely destroyed, the emperor was moved, and the harm of the strange stones was discovered. Emperor Shizong of the previous dynasty took back the jewelry made of the strange stones that Emperor Hui had given, dug out the strange stones, ground them into powder, and destroyed them in a centralized manner.
"Are you saying that Concubine Yu's illness was caused by the strange stone?" Qin Zhi raised his eyebrows.
"Yes." Liu Ruogu said stiffly.
"Similar?" Qin Zhi smiled.
"Your Majesty, unless you are pregnant, ordinary people who become ill due to the strange stone will need to wear it for many years, and their bodies will gradually become weaker."
"Your Majesty and the ladies have all taken Ping'an's pulse regularly. If there is any abnormality in the body or unexplained weakness, it will definitely be noticed by the imperial physician."
Liu Ruogu pulled his beard and frowned.
"The reason why I say it's like that is because I took Madam Yu's pulse a few days ago. At that time, I didn't find any symptoms of poison entering her body. It seems that her body has suddenly collapsed in the past two days."
"I used acupuncture to stop the bleeding of the Majesty, but this only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. I heard from the palace servants who helped the Majesty bathe and change clothes that many unexplained bruises appeared on her body. I also found this when I took her pulse. The cause of these bruises is unknown. Any reckless treatment will only make the condition worse. I really have no other options."
"This symptom is very similar to the poison from the strange stone, but the timing doesn't match. I am very worried."
"Zhang Deli, is Concubine Yu's daily routine different from usual?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, I have asked the palace servants in Hanzhang Palace and they said that Your Majesty was in a bad mood these days, so she soaked in the hot springs more often. Apart from that, there is nothing else wrong."
"The medicine that the Imperial Hospital prepared for Concubine Yu was not tampered with, right? Would it be more serious if the stone powder was taken orally? Or is there any other way to accelerate the onset of the stone poison?"