After Zhou Qingyun had completely consumed the drug, Yu Xiuming quickly arranged for his men to fake their deaths and leave the palace. He then gave them new identities and hid them on an island. Even if Zhou Qingyun searched the entire country, he would never find the person who drugged them. Even if Zhou Qingyun suspected him, he couldn't pin the blame on him.

Afterwards, Yu Xiuming meticulously planned and ordered people to spread rumors: "The Queen died from being poisoned by the previous dynasty's secret medicine, Anyou Qiluoxiang, which the Emperor happened to possess. Since the Emperor possessed this poison, he must also have the antidote..."

All of a sudden, all sorts of rumors spread like a tidal wave throughout Jinling City. These rumors were like sharp swords, piercing Zhou Qingyun's heart mercilessly. He was trembling with anger, and his seven orifices were fuming. But faced with these overwhelming rumors, he couldn't even refute a single word!

He knew very well in his heart that the situation could not be reversed now, and no matter how he explained, it would only be regarded as quibbling or covering up.

Moreover, if he tried to stop the spread of these rumors, it would probably cause a bigger disturbance and make things worse. After all, the censors and imperial censors in the court were not easy to deal with. If they knew about this, they would definitely seize the opportunity to make a big fuss and cause unrest.

Before Zhou Qingyun could deal with these rumors, a bigger bombshell appeared. When he asked the imperial physician to take the emperor's pulse in the middle of the month, he was scared half to death. The emperor's pulse seemed to be in trouble.

"Your Majesty... you've been poisoned by the sterilization powder, and it's already penetrated your bones. Have you taken any medication recently?"

Everyone present was frightened like quails and dared not speak at all. Even the imperial doctors who wanted to say something shut their mouths. This was a big deal. The king of a country was drugged and became extinct. This was more terrifying than the collapse of the sky.

Zhou Qingyun, who had been leaning nonchalantly, sat up straight upon hearing this. He stared at the imperial physician, his eyes filled with disbelief and shock. You know, being able to have a baby and not being able to have one are two different things.

"How is that possible? I haven't taken any medicine during this period of time. Even my daily meals are tested by special poison testers before I eat them. How could it be Chinese medicine?" Zhou Qingyun asked with his eyes wide open and a trembling voice.

He couldn't believe this fact, because he had always been very cautious and careful, and had strict control and management over his diet and living environment. Now he was told that he had been poisoned by the sterilization powder, which made him feel extremely angry and terrified.

Zhou Qingyun's face turned pale as paper. He clutched the armrests of the throne tightly, trying to suppress his inner panic. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down and think of a way to deal with it.

Although Zhou Qingyun didn't mind the tricks used by the people in the harem, he absolutely couldn't use them on himself. So he quickly arranged for the spies in the harem to take action.

Not long after, they found out the truth: it turned out that someone had spread news about him in the harem, and after learning that he had taken contraceptive pills, they all came with antidotes.

If my guess is correct, someone must have secretly added the antidote to the formula, and the amount used each time was so small that it was difficult to detect. Zhou Qingyun was extremely angry and threw all the items on the dragon table to the ground, even the jade seal was not spared and was smashed to the ground.

Fortunately, the room was covered with thick carpets, which saved the imperial seal from being broken. This sudden move frightened the eunuchs and palace maids below and they all knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Investigate for me and find out from whose hands this stuff came. If you find out, I will beat you to death."

The eunuch was trembling with fear. Anyone who was able to bring soup to the imperial study some time ago must have someone behind him, and the person behind him must be very powerful.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please calm down. Today is only the middle of the month. It wouldn't be too late to take action until the middle of next month after checking the pulses of those ladies. Just in case..."

When the emperor has no heir, those favored concubines will be his only child. If one of them is lucky enough, she will get pregnant. In the past, when the emperor did not take contraceptive pills, there were many pregnancies in the harem. Unfortunately, the empress was too cruel and aborted all of their babies. If these things had not happened at that time, the emperor would probably have had an heir long ago.

Unfortunately, it was useless to say anything now. Zhou Qingyun forced himself to swallow the anger in his heart and directly arranged people to guard the palaces in the harem, so that they could only enter but not leave. Even the people who delivered food were the emperor's secret guards, ensuring that no one in the harem would have any contact with the former dynasty.

As soon as the queen died, the emperor began to enjoy the favor of beauties. If this were to get out, the emperor's reputation would probably be ruined. Zhou Qingyun could only pray that the fifteen concubines could give birth to a son, otherwise he would really vomit to death.

After Yu Xiuming knew about it, he just sneered. Evildoers will be punished by their own evil. In order to prevent his physical condition from being spread, the emperor even imprisoned the imperial physician who diagnosed his pulse. Yu Xiuming naturally would not interfere and even hoped that the emperor could succeed in sowing seeds.

Zhou Qingyun is now so busy taking care of himself that he has no time to plot against Yu Xiuming. Yu Xiuming has directly and smoothly taken over the power, money and shops of those aristocratic families, which has instantly brought the Yu family to a higher level.

Yu Xiuming also knew that everything that goes up must come down, so he separated out the former power of the Yu family, and moved the things that were built later directly into the dark. He had to make three preparations, because it was impossible for the building to collapse and he would need to crawl out of the coffin to help.

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