Chapter 520 Chronic Poison

Li Mingshu's gaze was somewhat vacant, and she could feel waves of pain coming from her back. Looking at her mother, whose tears were falling drop by drop, Li Mingshu seemed to want to comfort her.

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but suddenly realized that the voice seemed to be getting farther and farther away from her. Turning her head to look at her little daughter beside her, Li Mingshu silently reached out and touched Yue'er's face.

She said in a very soft, barely audible voice, "Mother is alright, Yue'er, don't be afraid."

Princess Chu felt a surge of anger rising within her. She coldly glanced at the guards pinned to the ground, then at the maid who lay on the ground, clearly dead.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with icy coldness as she looked coldly at the guards pinned to the ground: "The Prince of Xiang's residence, very well! This princess will remember this! Guards! Drag him away! Kill him without mercy!!!"

The guard, pinned to the ground, stared in horror at the lifeless maid before him. But when he saw the murderous glint in the Princess of Chu's eyes, he instantly understood.

She shouted at the top of her lungs, "Your Highness! This man is not one of my master's men! I have come here to seek peace with the Prince's Palace, not to assassinate him!"

The guard kowtowed frantically as he spoke: "Please, Your Highness, read the letter before making a decision. I will do anything, even die, but please do not misunderstand my master's intentions."

Princess Chu frowned, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, paused for a moment, and looked up at the guard who was shouting hoarsely.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Suppress the person first."

Seeing the royal physician rushing over, Princess Chu lost all interest in anything else and looked directly at him, saying, "Physician Liu, hurry!"

The royal physician had just heard that the princess and the county princess had been assassinated in the palace, and he was so frightened that he almost lost his mind. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the people being held down on the ground.

Without looking to the side, he walked straight up to the princess, reached out and took Li Mingshu's pulse. The moment he touched her pulse, the physician's expression changed instantly.

He knelt directly on the ground and said tremblingly to the Princess Consort of Chu, "Your Highness, it's poisoned! The weapon has been coated with poison!"

"What are you waiting for? Quickly detoxify and save her! If you can't save Shu'er, then all of you will be wiped out!"

Before the harsh words could even reach her lips, Princess Chu calmed herself down slightly and took a deep breath.

"I, the Princess, forgive your crimes, but please save the people first!!"

The physician, Liu, glanced up and saw that the princess seemed to have calmed down a bit. He quickly got up from the ground and directed the physicians beside him: "You two carry the princess to the nearest room first. You go and prepare the antidote pills. And you, go find the female physician and help the princess cut open her wounds to bleed her."

After saying that, he cupped his hands and looked at the princess: "Please let go, Your Highness, and let the princess move to a clean couch."

Princess Chu, who had just been completely disoriented, seemed to have come to her senses. She slowly let go of her daughter's hand and had several guards carry her into the inner room.

Just as she was about to get up, she saw her little granddaughter tugging at her clothes. She forced a smile, took Yue'er's hand, and followed her forward.

"Moon, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, your mother will be alright..."

Yue'er's big eyes were filled with tears. She held the Chu Princess's hand and trembled. She dared not cry loudly, and only a soft, restrained sob came from her throat.

"Grandmother, maternal grandmother, mother, mother..."

Princess Chu wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, turned around and picked up Yue'er, gently patting her back to comfort her.

"Your mother will be alright, she will be alright."

Princess Chu carried Yue'er as she walked forward, her eyes still showing signs of shock, but she tried her best to calm herself down.

She is now in charge of the Prince's Mansion. She cannot lose her backbone. She must be strong, support the mansion, and provide a safe haven for her daughter and granddaughter. At this critical juncture, the assassination attempt on her by the people sent by the Prince of Xiang's Mansion clearly indicates something fishy is going on.

She wasn't stupid. The prince had entrusted the rear to Commander Sun and her, so she had to protect her daughter, grandson, and the people of Taiyuan. The assassination attempt had to be put on hold for now; saving her daughter was the priority. Once her daughter was safe, she could slowly settle scores with these people.

A ruthless glint flashed in the eyes of the Princess of Chu. She held her granddaughter in her arms and gently coaxed her. She sat outside the inner room with her granddaughter in her arms, watching as the maids slowly carried out basins of bloody water.

She kept worrying about it, constantly reassuring herself that her husband had survived so many injuries on the battlefield, and that her eldest and second sons were the same; after each injury, they would recover quickly and be back to their energetic selves.

My daughter's injury probably won't be anything serious.

Thinking this, Princess Chu sat on the bench outside and slowly calmed down. After half a day, the female physician and the royal physician came out together.

Upon seeing the person emerge, the Princess of Chu stood up anxiously: "How is it?"

The physician from the Liu family, leading five or six physicians from the household, wiped the sweat from his brow and bowed to the Princess Consort of Chu: "Your Highness, the Princess is not in any great danger for the time being. The bleeding from the wound has stopped. Fortunately, the wound is not deep and has not damaged any internal organs, but..."

Princess Chu tightened her grip on Yue'er's arm: "But what?"

Physician Liu pursed his lips: "The hidden weapon was poisoned. The poison on the hidden weapon is easy to cure; it has already been cured, but..."

The Queen Consort of Chu was somewhat impatient: "I forgive you all, but what is it? Speak quickly."

Physician Liu sighed softly: "Years ago, when the princess was in the capital, she may have been given a slow-acting poison. Because the daily dose was small, there was no special reaction. Today, the princess was injured and lost a lot of blood. After the detoxification, I examined her again and found that there was another slow-acting poison in her body."

The Princess of Chu slammed a cup on the table next to her onto the ground: "What did you say?"

Seeing the furious Princess Consort of Chu, the Liu family physician and all the maids and guards beside him immediately knelt down and kowtowed, not daring to utter a sound.

Yue'er was startled by her grandmother's furious outburst and finally burst into tears.

"Grandmother... Mother? Mother!"

Looking at Yue'er, who was wailing in her arms, Princess Chu suppressed her anger and took a few breaths. After having the people around her stand up, she held Yue'er in her arms and gently comforted her.

"Moon, be good. Your mother will be alright. It's your grandmother's fault for scaring you."

As she spoke, Princess Chu patted Yue'er in her arms and gently coaxed her. The people around her stood trembling to the side, not daring to speak, for fear that they might say something wrong and offend Princess Chu.

Others might think that Princess Chu was kind and gentle, but those in the household knew that Princess Chu had always been a cunning and resourceful person, so no one dared to breathe loudly for fear of offending her.

After coaxing Yue'er for a while, Princess Chu also felt that this was not working. After talking with Yue'er for a while, she gestured to Yue'er's personal maid to take the person away.

"Moon, be good. Grandma will stay here and watch over your mother for a while. Why don't you go down and eat something first? Otherwise, your mother will be sad if she wakes up and sees that you haven't eaten."