"Help me, I... I've been poisoned."

Gao Yuanbin bit his lip tightly and spoke with some difficulty.

He really didn't know how to tell his sister that he had been poisoned by the drug, and he didn't even dare to look at her, for fear that the drug in his body would turn him into a beast.

Upon hearing this, Su Liluo quickly reached out to take his pulse.

Upon learning that he had been drugged with aphrodisiacs, Su Liluo's face changed instantly.

If this were just a regular aphrodisiac, it wouldn't be so bad, but it's the strongest kind of aphrodisiac.

The spring water in her space can only neutralize minor poisons. For this aphrodisiac, the spring water can provide temporary relief, but to achieve a complete cure, she needs to prepare her own antidote.

"Brother, go inside and wait. I'll prepare the antidote for you right away."

Su Liluo led Gao Yuanbin into an empty side hall, then took out a cup of spring water from her spatial storage and gave it to him to drink, so that he could suppress the effects of the poison in his body.

She then hurried to the Imperial Hospital to obtain medicinal herbs in preparation for concocting an antidote for him.

Meanwhile, she asked Chu Yan to come over and treat the bloodstains and wounds on his body.

On the other side.

Gao Changhong's men followed the trail and found the palace.

"Why is he heading to the palace? Is he trying to find the imperial physician to cure his poison?"

Gao Changhong followed them to the outside of the palace, his mind filled with doubt.

He wondered if Gao Yuanbin didn't believe he would call a doctor to save him, so he personally came to the palace to find the imperial physician.

With that thought in mind, Gao Changhong immediately led his men towards the Imperial Hospital.

What are you doing?

In the Imperial Medical Academy, many imperial physicians were organizing medicinal herbs or busy prescribing and preparing medicines when they suddenly saw a group of guards rush in like the wind and then search the place indiscriminately without saying a word.

They immediately felt a sense of panic, thinking that something terrible had happened.

Only when Gao Changhong appeared did a royal physician run up to him and ask, "Regent, what are you doing? Has anyone in the Imperial Hospital committed a crime?"

It's like they're searching for a criminal!

"I have come to find my son. He has been poisoned. Has he come here seeking your antidote?"

Gao Changhong didn't intend to hide anything and asked directly.

"Your son? No, no one has come to the Imperial Hospital today with poisoning."

"Let alone your son, no one from the Imperial Hospital has come to see a doctor today!"

"That's right, we're all busy right now, I haven't heard of anyone going out to see a doctor today!"

The imperial physicians all shook their heads.

Indeed, no imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Academy went out to take pulses today.

However, Gao Changhong was very suspicious, and even though they said that, he still did not intend to let his men stop searching.

Su Liluo was inside gathering medicinal herbs when the search party broke in. She quickly realized that the Regent had come to arrest her.

However, she did not know that the Regent was worried about Go Won-bin, but thought that he wanted to take Go Won-bin back to consummate his marriage with someone else.

Like Gao Yuanbin, she believed that Gao Changhong had orchestrated everything.

Who are you? What are you doing here?

Just as Su Liluo was in a daze, a guard's voice suddenly came from beside her.

The guard looked at her suspiciously, because she was dressed as a palace maid and was picking medicine in front of the cabinet, which was obviously not normal.

Without waiting for Su Liluo's reply, the guards grabbed her and brought her to Gao Changhong.

"Your Highness, a suspicious person has been found here. She is not from the Imperial Medical Academy, but she is getting medicinal herbs inside."

The guard reported loudly.

Upon hearing this, Gao Changhong immediately looked at Su Liluo with suspicion, feeling a sense of familiarity in her eyes, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her before.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

"This servant is a maid in the Emperor's palace. I have been ordered by the Emperor to fetch some tonics for him to take back and improve his health."

Su Liluo lowered her eyes and pretended to be frightened as she explained.

She knew that if Gao Changhong took her to confront the Emperor, the Emperor would definitely help her, so she wasn't afraid of her lies being exposed.

However, she did not expect that Gao Changhong would not do that. Instead, he walked up to her, took the medicine from her basket, and handed it to another unfamiliar imperial physician.

"What kind of medicines does she have here? What illnesses do they treat?"

Gao Changhong asked the imperial physician.

He had already been suspicious of the Northern Desert Emperor's illness these past few days, so when he encountered his people coming here to collect medicinal herbs, he naturally wanted to investigate carefully.

Su Liluo was slightly nervous, wondering how skilled the imperial physician was and whether he could tell that this was a medicine to cure the herb "Hehuanchun".

The imperial physician took the medicinal herbs and began to examine them. He read out the names of the herbs one by one, but his brows furrowed more and more.

"What... what kind of bizarre prescriptions are these? Who gave the Emperor these medicines?"

Finally, the imperial physician, his face grim, uttered a curse.

Su Liluo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, thankfully, this imperial physician wasn't very skilled; he didn't recognize what kind of poison this was for.

"What's wrong with this recipe?"

Gao Changhong remained vigilant and continued to ask with a furrowed brow.

"Your Highness, these medicinal herbs combined are not a tonic at all; consuming them might even cause poisoning."

The imperial physician respectfully expressed his opinion.

Yes.

These medicinal herbs would naturally cause poisoning to healthy people, but for Gao Yuanbin, who was poisoned by the Hehuanchun, they were the antidote.

"Oh, in that case, let's put these medicines back!"

Gao Changhong sighed softly, then ordered someone to take the basket away.

Su Liluo's heart, which had just been at ease, was now on edge again.

This regent is a cunning old fox!

He took the medicine away, so what about her brother?

Immediately, her palms started sweating with anxiety.

Little did she know that her subtle expression had already been clearly captured by Gao Changhong, a seasoned cunning official who had been navigating the political arena for many years.

He didn't say it directly, but quietly observed her.

They even had Su Liluo released from the Imperial Hospital, and then ordered someone to secretly follow her.

Su Liluo stood at the entrance of the Imperial Hospital, unsure whether to leave or stay.

at the same time.

On the other side, after Chu Yan re-bandaged his wounds, Gao Yuanbin sat in the side hall waiting and waiting. He felt hot all over again, and sweat began to drip from his forehead.

He knew that the effects of the drug seemed to have returned, but Su Liluo had yet to send the antidote.

"Che Yi, are you alright?"

Chu Yan, who was standing to the side, saw that Gao Yuanbin's body was trembling slightly, and despite the golden autumn weather, large beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead.

She couldn't help but show her worry.

"No...it's nothing."

Gao Yuanbin tried his best to suppress himself, not daring to even look at Chu Yan, for fear that he would lose control.

Especially now, he feels a sense of impending collapse.

He tried his best not to look into Chu Yan's eyes, but just hearing her gentle concern made his body feel wild.