"Did Taoist Cheng send any news?" Upon hearing the news, the eldest prince stood up suddenly and spilled most of the medicine in the bowl.
"Yes, Your Highness, the Taoist priest said that he has recovered and will be able to return to the capital soon."
Taoist Cheng extracted the spiritual energy from Rong Chaoxi, and after being overwhelmed and swelling and leaking, he accidentally came to Wanfo Temple.
Seeing that the grass and trees there were as green as spring and the spiritual energy was abundant, he secretly sneaked into the back mountain of the Big Buddha Temple and recuperated there until now. He finally recovered 30% of his strength and sent a message to the eldest prince.
"Your Highness, good news...good news..." a eunuch came running over, shouting, "Empress Lan is getting better and can get out of bed."
"Really?" The eldest prince was overjoyed.
He made two wishes to the gods.
One is that Taoist Cheng returns as soon as possible to help him steal the emperor's luck.
Second, Concubine Lan was able to recover her health and walk again.
Now that both wishes had come true, he turned and went into the inner room, bowed to the portrait of the main god, and then entered the palace.
The emperor and the empress also rushed over after hearing the news.
"It's good that it's healed..." The Queen looked at the Imperial Physician and asked, "Have the toxins accumulated in Concubine Lan's body been cleared?"
"Your Majesty, although Concubine Lan's health has improved, the toxins are still in her body, and we still need to prepare an antidote as soon as possible." The imperial physician replied respectfully.
"Then you should do it as soon as possible and don't slow down the progress because of this," said the emperor.
The imperial physician agreed and left with the medicine box.
Seeing Concubine Lan’s rosy face, the eldest prince couldn’t help but have tears in his eyes.
"Mother, are you feeling unwell?" The eldest prince asked worriedly, "You should lie down on the bed."
"It's just a little pain in my limbs, it's nothing serious." Lan Fei replied with a smile.
She had been lying in bed for more than a month, unable to move anything except her head and hands.
Now that I can get out of bed, I can’t wait to run 800 meters along the palace road.
The emperor still had memorials to review, and the empress also had a lot of palace duties to attend to, so he comforted her with a few words and then left.
The eldest prince stayed until evening.
As night fell, Concubine Lan's expression gradually became solemn and distorted.
"My queen? My queen, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing this, the palace maids became terrified, fearing that they had failed to serve properly.
The eldest prince heard the sound and came out of the house.
I saw that Concubine Lan's face turned pale and thin beads of cold sweat kept coming out of her face.
"Mother, what's wrong with you?" the eldest prince asked anxiously.
"It hurts...it hurts so much..." Lan Fei pinched her arm, not even noticing her nails digging into the flesh.
All I can say is that the pain was far less than the pain she felt in her limbs at the moment.
"There are ants... there are ants biting my legs and hands..."
After the imperial physician's diagnosis, he could not tell the truth and could only guess that it was another symptom of poisoning.
After Lan Fei was given painkillers, she finally got rid of the pain and fell into a weak sleep.
After returning to the prince's mansion, the eldest prince urgently summoned the old man in black whom he had found in the martial arts world.
This person was a traveling doctor. On the first day of looking for a famous doctor for Concubine Lan, he took down the list.
Finding a pharmacist to test the medicine is detrimental to one's virtue, and the imperial physicians in the palace would never dare to do so.
Even if they wanted to do it, the emperor would certainly not agree.
But these people in the martial arts world don't have these concerns.
"Jiang Xinran ate the fruit. Was she poisoned?" the eldest prince asked anxiously.
The steward replied hesitantly, "I sent it to Miss Jiang, but she...didn't feel any discomfort."
In fact, her pulse was like a cow's, even stronger than Jiang Lingyu's.
In order to monitor Jiang Xinran's physical condition at all times, they have found countless excuses to check the health of the Jiang family over the past month.
It happened so frequently that Jiang Lingyu began to become suspicious.
"Did she really eat the fruit?" The eldest prince frowned, his face showing doubt.
"It was delivered to Miss Jiang. She should...should have eaten it..." The steward was not too sure, after all, he did not see her eat it with her own mouth.
"Should?" Upon hearing this, the eldest prince overturned the teacup on the table and said angrily, "Why don't you get out of here and investigate!"
"Yes, yes..." The eunuch in charge crawled out.
The red wild fruits were no longer in season. He searched for four or five days before finding a small box. If Miss Jiang threw it away, he would be dead this time.
The next morning, the secret guard came back to report that the fruit had been snatched away by Rong Huanyao.
"Bang—"
The eldest prince overturned the table and chairs in anger, "Why is Rong Huanyao everywhere?"
The steward huddled in the corner, not daring to speak.
The eldest prince closed his eyes and took several deep breaths to calm his anger.
"Send a portion of the Tianxin Lotus to Rong Huanyao." His expression was stern and serious as he said, "Let her use the whole plant."
A year ago, during the royal autumn hunt, Concubine Lan and Jiang Xinran accidentally ate a wild fruit together.
This fruit is not poisonous, but some of its elements will remain in the human body for a long time.
If a medicinal herb called Tianxinlian is consumed before the poison has completely dissipated, it will produce toxins that will make the person weak and powerless, paralyzed in bed, and then slowly lose life.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, someone presented a Tianxin Lotus to Concubine Lan.
This medicine is a tonic for replenishing qi and nourishing blood, and is very precious.
But coincidentally, the elements left in the body by the red wild fruit are incompatible with the Tianxin Lotus.
Lan Fei took half a tablet a day for more than a month. Not only did her skin become smoother and whiter, but her body became softer.
Until the end of winter, I was completely unable to get out of bed.
"Your Highness, if the process of toxin accumulation is different, the toxicity will also deviate, and the antidote may also be different..." the black-clothed doctor advised.
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