nycdaug Chapter 173 The Beginning of Change
Chapter 173 The Beginning of Change
Beitang Yi had physical contact with a woman in public. No matter who the woman was, wouldn't she have to become Beitang Yi's mistress?
Beitang Yi not only has an extraordinary status and position, but also extraordinary martial arts, otherwise, this convenient trick would have been used on him long ago. But in fact, these are simply not feasible for him, and he is still single.
But now, a woman has picked up this big bargain.
This is more than just pie in the sky.
However, I can understand the grace of saving a life, but how can there be physical intimacy?
If Beitang Yi had a lover and a formal wife or concubine, then he and Mu Lianzhi...
For a moment, Ling Yuchi hoped that the two of them would break up, so that the shame that had been accumulating in his heart could be completely let go; but when he saw the obscure situation in front of him, he became a little panicked.
If the two of them really have no connection at all, what should he do if something goes wrong again, he gets caught or something?
Rubbing his hands nervously, Ling Yuchi did not notice that Eunuch Li glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally.
This young eunuch Li is indeed no ordinary man. He is one of the adopted sons of Li Defu, a eunuch close to the emperor, and a very prominent one. He knows some inside information, including Mu Lianzhi's identity that others don't know.
But how could someone who could show up in the palace be a gossiper?
"Okay, you don't want your brain anymore? Don't listen to what you shouldn't listen to, let alone ask about it. Why don't you go to work?"
Eunuch Li sent the two men away with a snap of the fingers and a scolding. After waiting in vain, Ling Yuchi raised his eyes and saw that there was someone he knew among the patrolling guards. He turned around and went to meet them.
……
In the side room, the emperor saw Beitang Yi unconscious with obvious red tree branch marks on his neck. His face turned green.
The emperor clenched his hands behind his back and sat down on the side. Seeing this, Eunuch Defu understood what he meant and found excuses to send out all the people who shouldn't be in the room.
Imperial Physician Zhang gave Beitang Yi some detoxifying pills that he had brought with him, and gave him a few injections. He then took his pulse, his brows furrowed and sweat broke out on his forehead.
After taking out the needle, he re-examined him and checked the changes in the marks on his neck before he came out to pay his respects to the emperor.
"How is it? Is Lord Beitang seriously injured?"
"here……"
The imperial physician paused and couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his forehead again. Could he say that he couldn't find anything abnormal?
There are more than ten imperial doctors in the palace. Imperial Doctor Zhang is not among the emperor's trusted confidants, so he is not aware of the poison in Beitang Yi's body. The only reason he is accompanying him today is because he is on duty.
He had never encountered such a situation in his more than ten years of medical practice. Suddenly, he was really a little panicked.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you still hesitating?"
When the emperor urged him, Doctor Zhang also bowed his head to the ground:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am a humble official with limited knowledge and I cannot tell where Lord Beitang was injured."
"According to what I have learned, a woman blocked a poison arrow for Lord Beitang, and Lord Beitang fell into a coma after sucking poisonous blood to save people. However, according to the results of my examination, Lord's breathing was stable and there were no signs of poisoning in his body. However, Lord was unconscious and the blood on the corner of his lips was indeed poisonous. For a moment, I did not know why."
"Your Excellency's neck suddenly showed red bloodstains. It is common sense that only the good in the body will appear on the surface, but I have done very little research on poisons, and I have never heard of any poison that takes this form. For now, I can only take the detoxification pill and wait and see."
"This, this situation is really strange. If the master had not been poisoned, he should not have been unconscious. If the master had been poisoned, his condition should have been similar to that of the woman. However, the woman showed obvious signs of being poisoned, but there were no bloody lines on her neck..."
The imperial physician couldn't figure out what was going on.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes and Beitang Yi couldn't wake him up even with acupuncture, he would really have suspected whether he was pretending.
"Your Majesty, please give me some more time. I will study it carefully and will do my best to wake up Master Beitang."
This is what Ling Yuchi heard when he followed Guard Qu to the door.
A flash of inspiration suddenly came to his mind, and a bold idea popped into his brain. Could it be that Beitang Yi had been poisoned, and the two poisons conflicted with each other, leading to this result?
He had encountered this situation before on the battlefield.
At that time, a poisoned soldier was brought back to life by a doctor in this way. It was a case of using poison to fight poison. The soldier later fell into a coma for three days before waking up.
If they didn't know Beitang Yi was poisoned in advance, wouldn't this situation be reasonable?
Ling Yuchi's eyes lit up as he intuited the discovery of a huge secret.
"..."
Upon hearing this, the emperor actually had an idea in his mind. He roughly guessed that the poison that Beitang Yi had touched the ground must have affected the dormant Gu King in his body, causing him to be poisoned. Naturally, those who were controlled by the Gu King and infected with the lower-grade Gu also showed reactions.
Who wanted to kill him and treat him so cruelly?
Is he coming here to target Beitang Yi or does he know something and is actually coming here to target him?
Fortunately, someone blocked it for him.
If only some traces of the Gu King were revealed and some mistakes were made, he could barely cover it up. But if the person was gone and people found out that he used this method to control his subordinates and use people around him to test the medicine, how could he, as the emperor, convince the people?
It almost all fell through.
Who is so bold in broad daylight?
He actually chose the most dangerous time to successfully take advantage of the loophole——
He is thoughtful and decisive, and should not be underestimated.
We need to check it carefully!
I should have asked the imperial master to come along.
The emperor did not speak during his contemplation, nor did he call the imperial physician to his feet. At this moment, a voice came from outside the door:
"Your Majesty, Guard Qu and Commander Lin are here to report."
Suddenly coming back to his senses, the emperor glanced outside the door, raised his hand to signal them to come in, and at the same time raised his other hand on the table. Imperial Physician Zhang, who was kneeling on the ground, also said "thank you" and stood up to one side.
Because they were in the wing of the Taoist temple, unlike the imperial palace, various aspects were not so strict and particular. The two of them walked in and moved forward tentatively. Seeing that no one was trying to stop them, Ling Yuchi followed them in as if possessed.
"Greetings to His Majesty, long live His Majesty..."
"okay."
Waving his hands impatiently, the emperor rubbed his brows in an obviously unhappy mood:
"Tell me, what's going on?"
After looking at each other, Commander Qu, who went up the mountain with Yingfeng, was the first to speak and described the situation in detail:
"That's roughly what happened. According to my subordinates, the assassin was probably a deadly warrior with poison hidden in his teeth. There should be a crossbowman on a tree in the distance cooperating with him. The two of them had a clear target and should have come here in advance to specifically target you, my Lord."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a note and handed it over.