Chapter 201: Poisoned

"Your Majesty, I bow to you and wish you the best of luck and happiness."

"Your humble servant pays homage to Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine. May Her Majesty be in good health."

Yan Shixu raised his hand and said, "Miss Ziyun, please stand up."

Wen Li'er still looked at the girl with stars in her eyes.

Ziyun? So her name is Ziyun.

This name is really appropriate for her appearance, which is as beautiful as the clouds hanging high in the sky.

Nangong Ziyun looked at Yan Shixu and asked, "I wonder why the emperor summoned me?"

Yan Shixu looked at Minister Su and Madam Su.

The two men understood and immediately waved their hands to dismiss the servants in the main hall, and asked the attendants to guard the entrance to prevent anyone from approaching.

Yan Shixu then spoke, "I think you all know about the matter of the palace maid Qiulu. I suspect Qiulu poisoned the Imperial Concubine, but the poison is extremely strong, even the imperial physician cannot cure it. Therefore, I will take the Imperial Concubine out of the palace. Please ask Miss Ziyun to take her pulse."

When he finished speaking, everyone was shocked. Even Su Muyang, who was kneeling in the corner, stood up and walked over.

Minister Su and Madam Su no longer had time to scold him, and both looked at Wen Li'er nervously.

The Imperial Concubine is pregnant with the heir to the throne, so no mistakes can be made...

Wen Li'er was also confused. She looked at the emperor blankly.

Huh? Was she poisoned? She didn't feel anything?

Yan Shixu soothed her, "Don't be afraid, Li'er. Miss Ziyun is the heir of the Nangong family's medicine department. No poison in this world can escape her eyes."

"What?!"

Wen Li'er stood up suddenly.

Because she was too excited and shocked, she knocked the cups on the coffee table to the ground and broke them into pieces.

"Pear?"

Yan Shixu also hurriedly stood up, held one of her hands, and checked if she was scratched.

But Wen Li'er suddenly grabbed Nangong Ziyun's wrist with her other hand and excitedly confirmed with her: "You...are you really the heir of the Nangong family?"

Nangong Ziyun looked at her in confusion and nodded.

"That's right, your servant."

"Then your aunt..."

When Wen Li'er said this, she realized what was happening and suddenly shut her mouth.

But everyone in the main hall was already looking at him.

Yan Shixu looked at Zhang Sicheng and asked him to guard outside to make sure no one could get close to here.

Wen Li'er bit her lip when she saw everyone looking at her.

She was so excited that she didn't even care about the occasion.

It won’t cause any trouble to Miss Ziyun, right?

Yan Shixu gently pulled Wen Li'er around and looked down into her eyes.

"Li'er knows Miss Ziyun?"

Wen Li'er winked at Yan Shixu, reminding him that there were other people in the main hall.

Yan Shixu shook his head and said seriously, "Li'er, tell me everything you know. The Su family adopted Miss Ziyun and have been helping to investigate the cause of the Nangong family's annihilation and the murderer behind it for years, but unfortunately, there has been no result."

Wen Li'er breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

She said seriously, "I don't know Miss Ziyun, but my father should know Miss Ziyun's aunt, Nangong Mu. He has been looking for them for years, but he has never found them."

When Nangong Ziyun heard this, an extremely strong color burst out from his cold eyes.

She held Wen Li'er's wrist back, a little anxiously.

"Everyone knows that our Nangong family was exterminated, and all 187 of us died tragically. How did your father know that my aunt and I were still alive?"

Wen Li'er shook her head and said, "I only know that it was my grandmother who saved you and your aunt. I don't know the details."

She turned and looked at Yan Shixu: "Your Majesty, you can ask my father to come over. He knows much more than I do."

Yan Shixu clapped his hands, and a secret guard landed silently in front of Yan Shixu.

He ordered, "Go and invite Minister Wen to come to the Su Mansion."

"Yes." The secret guard slipped away.

While waiting, Wen Li'er found that everyone was very calm, except her who was the most anxious.

She couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. It seemed that her parents were right not to tell her everything. Otherwise, if she was so impatient, she might bring disaster to Miss Ziyun and her aunt.

Nangong Ziyun and Wen Li'er bowed and said, "Please, Your Majesty, extend your hand. I will feel your pulse now."

Wen Li'er was really full of admiration.

At this time, he still had the mind to take her pulse.

She looked at the emperor and obediently placed her hands on the coffee table.

"Excuse me Miss Ziyun."

Nangong Ziyun nodded and reached out to feel Wen Lier's pulse.

However, her hand did not leave and her brows became more and more furrowed.

Wen Li'er's heart skipped a beat.

No way, is she really poisoned? Is her child in danger?

Yan Shixu also asked anxiously: "Miss Ziyun, what poison did Li'er get?"

Nangong Ziyun's eyes were solemn as he shook his head: "He wasn't poisoned, but... poisoned."

Wen Li'er's body trembled. Gu?

Yan Shixu hurriedly pulled her up from the chair and held her in his arms.

"Don't be afraid, Li'er. I'm here."

He looked at Nangong Ziyun and asked, "What kind of poison is this? Is there a cure?"

Nangong Ziyun glanced at Wen Li'er, whose face was pale in his arms, and opened his mouth, not knowing whether to say it in front of her.

Wen Li'er stepped out of Yan Shixu's arms, took a deep breath, and said, "Miss Ziyun, please tell me the truth."

Nangong Ziyun finally spoke, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this Gu is called: Mother Strangler. The worm is as long as a grain of rice, as thin as a hair, off-white, almost transparent, and almost invisible to the naked eye. It can be planted through skin contact. Once planted in the mother's body, it feeds on the flesh and blood of the child in her belly, and will continue to grow larger and larger. When the child is born, the worm will starve to death in the mother's womb after three days because it has no child's flesh and blood to feed on. As its corpse decomposes, it will transform into venom that invades the mother's internal organs, driving her mad. The child will be born deformed because the worm has devoured its flesh and blood."

Wen Li'er's body swayed and she almost fainted.

Yan Shixu hugged her tightly, and his body felt cold.

He asked, “Is there a solution?”

Nangong Ziyun said apologetically, "My grandfather and father had both found a way to cure this poison and recorded the solution in the Nangong family's secret book. Unfortunately, after the Nangong family was exterminated, the book was destroyed in the fire, and neither my aunt nor I have ever seen it. The only solution now is to abort the Imperial Concubine's pregnancy. Once the poisonous insect dies, I have a way to remove the poison from the corpse of the poisonous insect in the Imperial Concubine's body."

Yan Shixu's face was gloomy and so ugly that ink seemed to drip out of it.

Wen Li'er's shaking body suddenly stopped. She raised her head from Yan Shixu's arms and looked at Nangong Ziyun, her face full of expectation and asked:

"Your family's secret book is called 'Medical Questions'? Eighty-one volumes..."

Nangong Ziyun's usually cold face was a little chapped. She pushed Yan Shixu away, grabbed Wen Li'er's shoulders with both hands and shook her, her voice breaking with excitement.

"Have you seen it?"

Wen Li'er nodded weakly: "...at my house."