Chapter 25: The graceful and elegant Song Yanxuan, Song Yanxuan, Song Yanxuan. ...

Suddenly, the sound of a pin drop could be heard in the room. The court physicians at the back shrank back, not daring to breathe. The two leading court physicians in the front exchanged glances, then stepped forward in unison. One of them took the pulse and bowed, saying, "I'd like to hear more."

They were able to stay in the Song Mansion and be valued, which naturally meant that they had outstanding qualities. However, even if these people who had conquered many difficult and complicated diseases joined forces, they were helpless against this problem.

The braver court doctor looked up at Min Shian, waiting for her to explain.

Without waiting for Min Shian to speak, Song Chen hurriedly said, "Nonsense! Your Highness, the silver needles are already prepared, please treat the master first!"

Upon hearing this, the court doctor was startled and immediately knelt down, along with the other court doctors. He said, "Your Excellency is absolutely right. It was our negligence."

Min Shian had the same intention. He took the needle bag handed to him by Song Chen, lowered the curtain, and signaled Song Chen to ask everyone to leave.

The presence of so many people would disturb her acupuncture. The poison in Song Sheng's body was a chronic poison, made from a mixture of various rare medicinal herbs. Those who were poisoned by this poison would feel extremely strong at first, but would vomit blood occasionally afterwards, and would eventually decline.

From then on, the body of the poisoned person will quickly collapse. The fact that Song Sheng was able to hold on for so long was entirely due to his superb martial arts skills.

She held her breath and concentrated, her fingertips moving so fast that afterimages were left. Soon, Song Sheng's firm chest muscles were covered with silver needles.

About a quarter of an hour later, the person on the bed slowly opened his eyelids and forced a stiff smile. He said, "Your Highness, what's wrong with me?"

His memory still lingered at watching his father and mother leave for Suiyang in a carriage, and then he knew nothing.

My father has already decided to step down. My mother said that she had not seen the Jiang family for a long time and missed them very much. She wanted to take this opportunity to go back and visit them alone, but my father insisted on accompanying her.

Song Sheng's voice was so faint that Min Shi'an had to lean closer to him to barely understand. She whispered, "You've been poisoned by a poison called 'Zhilan Yushu'. I happened to read about it in an ancient book a few days ago, and I never thought it would come in handy."

She pulled out the silver needle, gathered his clothes, and wrapped the quilt tightly. Before Song Chen could step in to help, Min Shian had already withdrawn.

"This poison is extremely vicious. I wonder who could be so vicious."

Min Shian looked at Song Chen and said in a deep voice, "Song Yanxuan will be able to walk normally in half an hour. I will write a prescription for you later. Come back for acupuncture in three days."

"This matter will be kept secret. You should know what to do."

After saying that, Min Shian began to concentrate on writing the prescription.

Min Shi'an was not surprised that Song Chen asked her for help. Song Sheng had long known that she was an excellent doctor. This information must have been obtained by Song Chen, his confidant.

She thought that Yuntong and his group had also brought her closer to Song Sheng. As long as she could seize this precious opportunity, cure him while he was seriously ill, and give him meticulous care.

We will definitely be able to take down Song Sheng in one fell swoop!

Min Shian was full of fighting spirit. She imagined Song Sheng kneeling on the ground and surrendering in her mind. The corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise. She didn't pay any attention to what she wrote.

It wasn't until Song Chen couldn't help coughing lightly that Min Shian came back to her senses. She lowered her eyes to look at the "prescription", which read:

Song Yanxuan, Song Yanxuan, Song Yanxuan.

Min Shian's eyelids twitched slightly, and she calmly crumpled the cocoon paper into a ball, as if what had just happened had never happened, but her increasingly red face betrayed her.

"Song Chen, you should know what not to say!" Min Shian was so embarrassed that he didn't notice that there was a sick person standing behind him.

A pale hand passed by his ear and easily took the paper ball away. Min Shian, considering that he was still seriously ill, did not grab it and let him open it slowly.

Of the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best strategy. She didn't even write down the prescription and whispered to Song Chen, "I'll send someone to deliver the prescription later. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Song Sheng's chuckle came from behind her. She paused, then quickened her pace and fled in panic.

It was because the image of Song Sheng kneeling on the ground in her imagination was so charming that she wrote down his name.

Just poison him to death!

"The Five Stones Powder can't find the real culprit, there's no clue as to the poisoning, and no antidote can be made." The sickly paleness on Song Sheng's face made him look even more terrifying at the moment.

He continued word by word, "Song Chen, if the truth cannot be uncovered within a month, the commander of the Imperial Guards will be replaced."

Upon hearing this, Song Chen immediately knelt down to apologize. He had been Song Sheng's tutor since childhood. Although he was not very smart, he was efficient and effective. He had always been the sharpest knife in Song Sheng's hand, and was therefore deeply loved by Song Sheng.

I wonder what taboos I've broken recently? Why is everything so strange and bizarre, like a ghost wall?

Song Chen was puzzled, but he knew that if there was no further progress, not only would he not be able to become the leader, but he would also be skinned alive if he didn't die.

He immediately set about investigating the poisoning case. Of all things, his master's life was the most important.

Zhilan Yushu, this poison originated from the ancient forbidden technique in southern Xinjiang and has been lost for a long time. It is really troublesome to trace its origin.

After Song Chen left, Song Sheng took off the mutton-fat jade hairpin from his hair and played with it in his hand with his eyes lowered. The look in his eyes was dim and unclear. After a long time, he sighed softly, put the hairpin back in, and his eyes couldn't help but glance in the direction of the princess's mansion, as if he saw that person through the layers of buildings.

Min Shian was unsure, and she was not sure that she could completely cure Song Sheng.

The records in the ancient book were also incomplete. She reviewed the prescription she had written again, pondered for a long time, crossed out the last medicine, and then copied it again.

Chun Tao took it and whispered, "Hu Yue wants to see you."

"Bring her here."

"yes."

Hu Yue was covered in dust, and she was wearing the clothes of a low-ranking maid. She subconsciously looked around, and after realizing that this was the princess's residence, she said with relief, "I have already sent everyone away, my master, don't worry."

Min Shian frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Sent him away?"

Hu Yue shuddered and knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe. She answered tremblingly, "Yes, I felt sorry for their family, as they have old and young children, and it's less than a month before New Year's Eve. I couldn't bear it..."

“Tsk.”

Min Shian interrupted her with a sneer, stood up from the couch, and slowly walked over to Hu Yue. She leaned over and lifted Hu Yue's chin, her fox eyes full of murderous intent. She raised her tail tone and asked softly, "Who allowed you to act on your own, huh?"

She grabbed Hu Yue's chin and threw her to the side. Hu Yue fell to the ground immediately. Then she knelt down again in a hurry and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, please spare me. I know I was wrong. Please spare me!"

Min Shian gave Chuntao a look, and then Chuntao knocked Hu Yue unconscious with a knife and dragged him away.

A quarter of an hour later, Chun Tao entered the inner hall with a faint scent of flowers and blood. She bowed and reported, "Master, the person has been dealt with."

Min Shian looked worried. She didn't understand how someone could be so stupid as to be so kind-hearted and lose sight of the big picture at this critical moment.

She doesn't need a pawn who will act on his own.

Seeing this, Chun Tao continued, "Master, I have sent someone to take care of the funeral. Don't worry."

"Cut the grass at its roots." Min Shian couldn't help but remind him.

She straightened her clothes and suddenly realized that the palace was too quiet. Things happened one after another in this year, and before she knew it, it was already the end of the year.

"Tinglan..."

Min Shi'an's nose felt sore, and tears welled up in her eyes. At this time of year in previous years, Song Tinglan would have already brought people to decorate her house with lanterns and colorful decorations. Every time at this time, she would always say with a smile, "Shi'an, it's almost New Year's Eve, how wonderful."

Now that Song Tinglan has married far away in Beifeng and the border is unstable, it is still unknown whether she can return to Beijing to visit her relatives.

She quickly adjusted her mood. Now was not the time to be sad. Because Hu Yue released the person privately, Song Sheng still needed her to detoxify him, so she would be busy these days.

The next morning, Min Shian prepared a light and nutritious breakfast, put it into an exquisite food box, then combed his hair in front of the mirror before taking a sedan chair to the Song Mansion.

She arrived at the right time. Song Sheng had just finished washing up and was ready to eat. Min Shian brought out the steaming rice porridge and arranged the other supplements one by one.

Song Sheng was in very poor health, but he could endure it. Apart from coughing occasionally, Min Shian really couldn't see any signs that he was poisoned.

"Your Highness, what is this for?"

Min Shian smiled faintly as he poured him tea and replied casually, "Just think of it as an advance courtesy to the Minister of Records."

Song Sheng paused holding the chopsticks. [2] He laughed dumbly and said, "Your Highness is a dignified and graceful person. I will always be your subject. Why should Your Highness condescend to me?"

"I am also thinking about the people of the world. You need to recover soon so that we can catch all the traitors and rebels in one fell swoop." Min Shi'an supported his chin, his voice tender and gentle, but in his heart he was secretly cursing Song Sheng for his hypocritical behavior.

Upon hearing this, Song Sheng put down his chopsticks and, likewise, propped up his chin with one hand, looked at Min Shian, who was also acting hypocritically, with great interest, and said, "Your Highness, I am truly terrified by your behavior."

"Could it be that Your Highness poisoned my meal?"

Min Shian rolled his eyes and stretched out his arm as if to sweep the food to the ground, but Song Sheng stopped him in time. He said gently, "Your Highness, calm down."

"I know that Your Highness would certainly not do such a vicious thing as poisoning. I was just joking with Your Highness."

"I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

Min Shian retracted his arm, looked at the sky outside the window, and then said, "It's getting late, eat quickly, otherwise you will be late for the morning court."

She watched Song Sheng finish his breakfast, and after a moment's thought, she added, "If your Excellency is truly concerned, these leftovers can be handed over to the palace physician for examination."

After saying that, she didn't care about Song Sheng's reaction, waved her hand and strode out of the Song Mansion.

Not until the sedan chair was a hundred steps away from the Song Mansion did Min Shi'an breathe a sigh of relief, her heart beating suddenly. She carefully recalled Song Sheng's expression just now, and was not sure whether he had noticed anything.

She had painstakingly poisoned Song Sheng with Zhilan Yushu, and everything went according to her plan. If it weren't for Hu Yue, there would have been no mistakes.

This time, he lost the battle due to carelessness. Min Shi'an only hoped that Chuntao would act faster and kill all those people before Song Sheng.