Song Yue took out a bottle from her bosom, inside which was a fat, white worm. She placed the worm on the wound, and the white worm wriggled as if it had discovered something, twisting rapidly and making humming noises.
Soon the white insect turned completely red, and its body grew several times larger.
"Ugh!" Princess Jia Hua's body went limp and she fainted.
"Cousin!" the Emperor of Northern Chu exclaimed in alarm.
Song Yue said, "Your Majesty, please do not move. This Gu worm was raised by me. It can absorb all kinds of poisons. Fortunately, my mother was poisoned and was treated in time."
Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Emperor of Northern Chu dared not move. He swallowed nervously, "What kind of poison is this?"
"It's the Heartbreak Powder."
The Heartbreak Powder was a poison personally concocted by the master, who named it Heartbreak Powder: "Those poisoned will gradually lose their senses, sight, smell, and taste. Each layer that is lost is like being skinned alive, and those who cannot endure it usually commit suicide."
The Northern Chu Emperor's face was tense: "A-Yue, what about your mother..."
"Mother's body has been almost completely drained of the poison. She will be unconscious for a few days and then she will recover completely."
Song Yue was grateful that she had raised a feeding gu in her spare time over the past three years; without this gu, her mother would have surely died.
What she couldn't understand was why her master would be involved with assassins.
"Treat her as your mother while she stays in the palace these days. I will take good care of her," said the Emperor of Northern Chu.
Song Yue nodded.
They put the worm back into the bottle.
The Heartless Powder is inside the Gu worm's belly. As long as the Gu worm dies suddenly, the poison of the Heartless Powder will remain. She is determined to make the person behind the scenes taste the Heartless Powder for themselves.
The carriage swayed and bumped its way to the palace.
Princess Jiahua was staying in Yikun Palace. Several imperial physicians were detained and not allowed to enter or leave. The Imperial Guards surrounded Yikun Palace tightly, and no unauthorized personnel were allowed to approach.
Song Yue decided to stay behind just in case.
During this period, the Emperor of Northern Chu rigorously investigated assassins, bringing back and interrogating anyone who had acted strangely in the imperial tombs, from weapons to poisons.
The Shenxing Division was immediately filled with people, and the Emperor of Northern Chu personally witnessed the interrogation.
That day, countless people were carried out of the Imperial Prison.
Blood and qi surged to the sky.
People are filled with anxiety.
Empress Dowager Xu from Ning'an Palace came to visit, but was sent away before even seeing her face. Empress Dowager Xu was not angry.
The Northern Chu Emperor is like a madman whenever he gets involved with Princess Jia Hua.
Princess Jiahua was injured while shielding the Emperor of Northern Chu this time, so her guilt must be even deeper. Empress Dowager Xu pretended to be very anxious and went to the Censorate to try to persuade the Emperor of Northern Chu.
Before they even got close, screams pierced the sky.
The air was thick with the stench of blood, so strong it was nauseating.
The Imperial Guards pushed the corpses out on carts. The bodies were missing arms and legs, covered in torture and bloodstains, and were so badly injured that they were unrecognizable as human beings.
"This!" Empress Dowager Xu took a few steps back in shock, gripping the palace maid's hand tightly: "How many people have died in the past few days?"
The palace maid said, "There are probably over a hundred. The Emperor also confiscated the property of Lord Wen."
Why?
"Lord Wen's family had a relative who guarded the imperial mausoleum. The day before the incident, the person went missing. It was later confirmed that the person had absconded with the gold and silver treasures from the underground palace."
"They're just relatives, it's not like Lord Wen did anything wrong."
"Lord Wen secretly sent people to investigate the assassin, but the Emperor discovered it."
Empress Dowager Xu's face grew paler and paler, and a chill ran from the soles of her feet to her heart. Just because she secretly sent people to investigate the assassin, her home was confiscated?
"His Majesty has also ordered that Lord Wen be executed at noon tomorrow!"
"What?" Empress Dowager Xu's vision went black, and her fingertips suddenly trembled violently.
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