Chapter 166 Your Majesty, Please Listen to My Explanation!
Sometimes Jian Yue really wondered if the subjects chosen by the system for tasks had been calculated somewhere before. They all seemed a bit crazy.
Of course.
If the audience knew what he was thinking, they would just shout that this is really unfair, and everyone else is so much more normal compared to you!
Jian Yue fanned the stove with a fan and said earnestly, "Listen to me, the thing is, although I am... a eunuch, strictly speaking I am still a man. Do you understand? A man is a man, and a man cannot be a concubine. What I mean is that if I am discovered, I will go in with a white board and come out with a red board."
Concubine Liu comforted him and said, "Don't worry. Since I dare to say it, I have a way. Fortunately, the people in the dynasty we traveled through don't need to shave their heads. You eunuchs also have hair. I will find a chance to comb your hair into a bun and put on your makeup. Besides, everyone who enters now needs to wear a protective veil. If you wear my clothes, basically no one can tell."
Jian Yue's mouth twitched: "You also said it was basic."
He is indeed greedy for money, but he is not so greedy that he doesn't even want his own life.
Lady Liu said, "If you don't learn the art of war, how can you become an emperor? Little prince, are you the kind of person who would back down because of this little difficulty?"
Jian Yue: “…”
Yes he is!!!
Concubine Liu couldn't care less. She said, "Don't hesitate. Think about it. After you see the emperor, we still need to find the right time. We may even have to prepare medicine. There is no time. If you hesitate any longer, once the hero dies, the world will be over!"
Jian Yue said: "Wait a moment!"
Lady Liu: "What's wrong?"
She thought he was unwilling again.
Jian Yue pointed at the stove and said, "The water is about to boil. Please protect the fire safety."
Lady Liu: "...Okay."
After the two of them finished making tea, Concubine Liu performed a supporting role in which she accidentally spilled tea on herself and needed to change clothes. Jian Yue, who was from the Clothing Bureau, led people there.
Concubine Liu could not return to her tent because she was taking care of the emperor. Fortunately, there was a temporary tent guarded by her palace maids. Concubine Liu took advantage of the time when no one else was paying attention to let Jian Yue come in to change clothes.
Jian Yue said: "What if the emperor wakes up halfway and finds out that I'm not his beloved concubine?"
Concubine Liu said firmly, "Don't worry, I bet the emperor will never recognize me. He has only been to my palace twice, and each time he didn't even look at me. I suspect that all the women in the harem are like wood in his eyes."
Jian Yue went behind the screen to change clothes while saying, "This is an ancient story. The emperor must only take one scoop out of three thousand. If he loves them all, what's the point of the heroine?"
Lady Liu sighed and said, "I really can't imagine who Huangfu Chengyu could really fall in love with. You don't know, when I traveled through time, I heard you palace maids secretly saying that he personally killed the nurse who had taken care of him for more than ten years. He was extremely cruel."
Jian Yue was also shocked when he heard this. He put on his clothes and said, "But these are just rumors spread by the palace servants. We didn't see it with our own eyes, so we can't just believe one side of the story."
While working as a forensic pathologist, he had seen many crime scenes and many criminal testimonies.
Many things have two sides. What you hear may not be true. Even what you see with your own eyes may not be true. The real truth needs to be judged by people personally. Therefore, for Jian Yue, a lot of information can only be regarded as a reference. He will not disbelieve it, nor will he believe it completely. He prefers to judge it himself.
The two of them chatted idly.
Jian Yue came out. Concubine Liu was talking, but when she turned around, all the words were stuck in her throat. She looked at the person who came out in amazement.
Jian Yue took off the robes that the eunuchs wore. He was wearing a milky white brocade robe. The tasseled skirt swayed with his movements. The waist-hugging design made his waist slender and stylish, and it looked like it could be held in one hand. Although his chest was a little flat, it added a sense of weakness and fragility. His hair was tied up with a simple wooden hairpin, and his long black hair was scattered, which made his skin look white like jade, especially his pair of black and bright eyes. When you look into their eyes, your heart will tremble unconsciously.
Concubine Liu stood up and said, "Damn! If you were a girl, you would be a great candidate to enter the palace!"
Jian Yue: "...I am a man and I have entered the palace."
Concubine Liu coughed lightly and said, "That's different."
The audience in the live broadcast room originally watched it for fun, but they were actually a little shocked when they saw it:
“It’s actually really good?”
"I think the little prince still has his charm!"
"It seems that this heroine is not incapable..."
"But men can't be concubines. Oh, he's not a man now!"
The audience had been very serious in watching the guide the past two days, but after staying in Jian Yue's live broadcast room for two days, Jian Yue was being abstract all day long, and slowly the audience was distracted. At such a serious moment, everyone was in the mood to make jokes.
The system even directly reported to Jian Yue: "There are currently 5,200 viewers online in the live broadcast room. The anchor is currently the most popular anchor in this instance, ranked 187th on the hourly list, and has received 1,290 reward points!"
Jian Yue was slightly startled: "Why is there still a live broadcast room? Why are there so many people? Do they also like to watch women's clothing?"
I just questioned it, and then heard about the reward points.
Jian Yue's expression changed, and he immediately said, "And there are still reward points? Just watch it, the boss is God, I don't allow you to call my good brothers the audience!"
system:"……"
The noble lady Liu in front of him was also admiring Jian Yue's outfit. She said, "Little Prince, I think you look good in this outfit. Who can doubt that you are not the emperor's man?"
Jian Yue was too lazy to argue whether it was better to be the emperor's man or the emperor's woman. He said, "Hurry up and do it. If you delay for too long, people will suspect you."
Concubine Liu immediately took action, her technique was really amazing, she told Jian Yue that she used to be a makeup artist, and was very good at all kinds of makeup, her card ability was also to change clothes, but for now she could only change herself and not others, so she could only do it this way for now.
Jian Yue didn't care. He planned to go and see the emperor's condition and then come back.
After seeing his attire, Lady Liu sighed and said, "It's a pity for you to be a eunuch in this state."
Jian Yue thought to himself that it was as if he wanted to be a eunuch. If given the chance, who wouldn't want to be a man who could become an emperor!
Concubine Liu had no idea of the lofty ambitions in Jian Yue's heart. She was explaining to Jian Yue what was going on in the tent. Fortunately, Jian Yue had a good memory and could memorize things quickly, so he could basically remember everything Concubine Liu said.
"I'll use this card to bless you." Lady Liu said, "Although my card can't change other people's appearance, it can change other people's voices. You should fight quickly and make a quick decision!"
Jian Yue nodded: "Don't worry."
He has given so much to help men and women get married!
It was the first time for Jian Yue to wear women's clothes, and such thick clothes at that, so he felt a little uncomfortable. In order to conceal his identity, Concubine Liu gave him two steamed buns to put in his arms. This caused Jian Yue to walk carefully, fearing that the buns would slip away.
The emperor's procession was right in front of us not far away.
Jian Yue walked over. The guards glanced at him but did not stop him. It was already bright in the sky and the temperature around him was slowly rising. The sunlight was so blinding that the pearl hairpin on his head swayed, making it even more difficult for people to look directly at him.
I went in and sure enough, no one stopped me.
As soon as Jian Yue entered, he could smell the obvious smell of medicine floating in the hall. When he entered, he could also hear a voice coming from behind the screen. It was a deep male voice: "Master Imperial Master, how is His Majesty's condition now?"
National Master?
Jian Yue's spirits lifted.
This is his primary focus of observation!
After a while, a voice with a slight sigh came from inside, saying: "Your Majesty may have been invaded by evil spirits. The country is in turmoil now, and Your Majesty is like this because of these influences."
Another person asked: "Does the Imperial Master have any method of treatment?"
The Imperial Master said, "Since I am the Imperial Master and hold this position, I will naturally try my best to consider the country's foundation. All you need is for the Prime Minister to prepare the herbs and things needed for the blessing and exorcism ceremony, and I will definitely do my best to protect Your Majesty!"
The Prime Minister said: "As long as your Majesty can be saved, this old minister has nothing to say, but whether your Majesty's illness will damage the root..."
The Imperial Master said, "The Prime Minister should be familiar with this disease. This curse from heaven has deprived countless people of their lives. If it weren't for the heavenly punishment caused by what the Xue family did back then, our Daqian would not have suffered this disaster."
Xue family?
Is the Xue family related to this cursed disease?
Jian Yue's ears moved as he listened outside. His guess caused the system panel to pop up: "The progress of the main quest [The truth about the Xue family] is 3%."
Finally there is some progress.
If nothing happens, as a worker who sees no end or hope, sooner or later one of him and the progress bar will go crazy.
The Prime Minister wanted to say more.
The Imperial Master looked outside and asked, "Who is it?"
Jian Yue knew that he must have been discovered. He could only lower his head and walk out. He spoke in a crisp and unfamiliar female voice: "It's me."
Both of them looked at Jian Yue.
All that could be seen was a concubine who was dressed very beautifully and delicately walking over. She came in from the door. From the distance she was at, a normal person would definitely not be able to hear the sound. It was precisely because of this incident that the Imperial Master would always come here to talk with others and would never avoid this person.
The Prime Minister said: "This is..."
The Imperial Master also glanced at Jian Yue. He was of course not very familiar with the concubines, but after just one look at the clothes on Jian Yue, he guessed that it was probably some unfavored concubine in the palace who was pushed here to do this kind of work.
After Jian Yue entered, he bowed slightly, following the etiquette taught to him by Concubine Liu.
The Imperial Master and the Prime Minister also said, "Greetings to you, Your Excellency. Thank you for your hard work."
Jian Yue also bowed and said, "I am here to take care of Your Majesty by order. This is what I should do."
The Imperial Master said, "In that case, we will not disturb His Majesty's rest. His Majesty's illness is somewhat serious, and you must take good care of him. The subsequent medicinal materials will arrive, and the decoction will be delivered naturally after it is ready."
Jian Yue nodded: "Thank you, sir."
The two men left.
Jian Yue was left standing alone in the palace. They were not on guard against the concubines. Perhaps they simply thought that the concubines had no one to rely on in the palace, so they did not need to pay much attention to them.
When most people in the hall had left, Jian Yue walked in.
There is a large bed at the innermost part.
The bed curtains were lowered on both sides. Jian Yue walked closer and was finally able to see the person lying innermost through the layers of curtains. He didn't know until he saw it that he was really shocked.
Huangfu Chengyu is seriously ill.
The black texture was winding along his arms and blood vessels, and even spread all over his body. He could see that there were faint black textures winding and climbing on his neck, like the branches of a flower growing on a person's body. There was a strange beauty to it. No wonder people here said it was a curse. After all, it did look scary.
Jian Yue was shocked when he first saw it.
But when he was a forensic doctor, he had seen a lot of different symptoms, so he was still able to accept it.
Jian Yue approached and whispered, "Don't blame me, don't blame me. Your Majesty, I am doing this to save you. Don't blame me for letting me take a look..."
While speaking.
Jian Yue sat down next to the bed curtain, getting closer to Huangfu Chengyu.
Now that he was closer, he could finally see the texture clearly. To be precise, the distribution of this black, curse-like texture was very strange, yet unusually coordinated, like a vine with intertwined roots.
Jian Yue suddenly thought of a case that happened many years ago. He had seen something similar at that time. The person involved was a doctor of medicine. When his team was developing a new type of drug, there were mistakes in the laboratory. At that time, many drug solutions were contaminated. Until now, Jian Yue had seen similar textures appearing on the skin.
The Imperial Master and the others said it was a curse?
Jian Yue felt that this was more like a poison.
He raised his eyes and looked at the man lying on the bed. Huangfu Chengyu had a cold and majestic face. When his eyes were open, he gave people a sense of oppression and it was difficult to see his emotions. But when they were tightly closed, he looked calmer and more fragile. Even in a coma, his brows were slightly wrinkled and he was not sleeping well.
Jian Yue tried his forehead and found he had a fever.
Why didn’t the imperial physician come?
Jian Yue shouted outside: "Someone come."
From a distance, a young eunuch ran over and lowered his head and asked, "What do you want, my lord?"
"Your Majesty has a fever." Jian Yue said, "Has the imperial physician come to see him?"
The young eunuch lowered his head to the ground without even raising it and said, "To reply to your Excellency, the imperial physician has come to see you. The Imperial Master said that your Majesty's condition is caused by the curse, and the fever is burning the foul air in your body."
Jian Yue: “…”
Feudal superstition is unacceptable!!
Isn't this going to confuse people?
But if he were to say this, the Imperial Master would probably have to kill himself first, oh no, Concubine Liu.
Jian Yue said, "In that case, please fetch me some water so I can help Your Majesty wipe his body."
The young eunuch then agreed.
Jian Yue mainly wanted to take this opportunity to check if there were any other patterns on the emperor's body. Cold water could help cool the body down. Wouldn't he get sick if he continued to burn like this?
After a while.
The young eunuch brought in the basin of water, which was steaming. It was worth mentioning that he was very careful when he carried it in, and placed the basin on the table farthest from Jian Yue and the emperor. He looked as if he was afraid of touching them. After placing it, he immediately said, "I'll take my leave."
It was as if they were a scourge and no one dared to approach them.
Jian Yue: “…”
But it’s good this way, it makes it easier for me to move around.
Jian Yue did not use water immediately. He was thinking about the cases he had seen in the past. Generally speaking, this kind of poisoning symptom is best treated with dialysis and blood exchange, but there was definitely no such advanced equipment in ancient times. How could he save the emperor? What method did the heroine of the original novel use?
He suddenly thought of the acupuncture needles on Concubine Liu's desk.
This should be something the original owner would carry with him at all times, and Concubine Liu was just used to leaving it like this.
Could it be the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine?
Jian Yue's mind was full of thoughts, but even if he used a needle, he had to know where to insert the needle, and he had to be sure whether it was poison or not. The only way was to let some blood out first to see, the blood of a poisoned person would definitely be different in color and state.
But where to find the needle?
The system panel popped up: "Taskers can use their points to redeem temporary items in the mall, which is convenient and quick."
Jian Yue was shocked. He said, "Fuck, how do you know what I'm thinking? Also, why didn't you tell me earlier that you had this kind of prop for sale? You didn't tell me when I first came here. Did you just skip the novice tutorial for me?"
The system was silent.
The audience in the live broadcast room were all happy:
"Ahahahaha, the novice tutorial has already been taught."
"It's just that you don't remember it."
"I'm still a newbie after returning from several dungeons."
"System, have you ever gotten to this day? You created the rules yourself and now you are defeated!"
Jian Yue said: "I can complain to you about this kind of mistake of not having a tutorial for beginners. In this way, if you give me cheaper points for exchanging props, I won't complain. How about that?"
The system endured it and said: "This system does not support bargaining."
Jian Yue said: "Then can you put it on Lady Liu's account for me? I'm just helping her with her heroine mission!"
The system had a blank expression on its face: "The tasker has accepted the heroine's commission, and the task currently being carried out is the heroine's task. This system has determined that it does not support cross-system deductions."
Jian Yue: “…”
No, how did it really become his mission?
Can your system be so casual? Is there anyone in charge?
After thinking about it, he could only swallow his anger for the time being. Besides, Concubine Liu also said that she would reward him after the task was completed, so he should just get busy now.
The man lying on the bed still had his eyes closed. He was not sleeping well and looked quite painful. Seeing him in so much pain, Jian Yue suddenly felt some strange feelings in his heart. He didn't like seeing him in pain.
Jian Yue stood up from the bed, walked to the basin, opened the window slightly, and let the heat from the water dissipate as quickly as possible. When the water was not so hot anymore, he used a towel to wipe Huangfu Chengyu's body to cool him down.
Too bad there was no ice.
He could only wait until the water was completely cold, and he kept using a towel to cool him down.
Jian Yue could only wipe his arms and face, and he didn't dare to touch other places. After all, this was the male protagonist, and the female protagonist had never touched the male protagonist's body. He, a cannon fodder, was the first to see it. How could this be?
After wiping it several times, Jian Yue tested the temperature again and found it was slightly less hot.
Although the black lines on his body did not fade, Huangfu Chengyu did not look as painful in his sleep. He should be in a state of coma due to poisoning.
The next step is to draw blood.
Jian Yue has been a forensic doctor for so long that he can quickly make a simple judgment if the blood is really poisoned.
After looking around and seeing that there was no one outside, Jian Yue let down the bed curtain and gently picked up the emperor's hand. The emperor's hand was white and slender, with distinct joints. He looked very gentle, but there was a thin layer of calluses on his palms and knuckles, which were common to people who practiced martial arts and held swords all year round. It seemed that the emperor was not as simple as he looked.
But that’s not the point right now.
Jian Yue slowly squatted down, took out the silver needle he had exchanged in the system mall, and gently pricked a small hole on the emperor's fingertip. The system guaranteed that no trace would be left.
After the injection, bright red blood slowly came out from the emperor's fingertips.
Black.
The color of the blood was wrong. Jian Yue hesitated and wanted to smell it. He moved closer, but before he could carefully wipe the blood with his hand to smell it, footsteps were heard outside.
Someone is coming in!
Jian Yue panicked and immediately tried to put the needle away. Just as he was about to wipe the blood off the emperor's fingertips with a handkerchief, the emperor, who had been unconscious, suddenly moved his hand!
The Emperor is about to wake up!! He is about to open his eyes!!
There was totally not enough time for Jian Yue to take the handkerchief. If the capricious emperor opened his eyes and saw his concubine taking his blood with a handkerchief, wouldn't she almost end up like the noble lady in the imperial garden?
Seeing the emperor's eyelids move slightly, Jian Yue's heart hardened. He opened his mouth and moved his lips and tongue slightly, and licked the blood on the emperor's fingertips. He licked it clean and swallowed it without any hesitation!
This series of actions had almost just ended.
The man on the bed woke up. He had a pair of sharp dark eyes. Even though he woke up from a coma, there was no confusion or weakness in his eyes. The moment he opened his eyes, he was defensive and cold.
It only took a moment.
The emperor was sure that there was someone beside him, and he lowered his eyes.
Eyes met.
The two men looked at each other. Jian Yue had not yet completely adjusted his posture, so in the emperor's sight, he saw a person wearing a crescent-shaped brocade robe with long hair lying beside his bed, holding his arm and licking his fingers like a pervert. After he woke up and was caught, he showed a guilty expression.
Jian Yue met his gaze, her brain went blank for a moment, and she forced a smile: "Hi..."
After reacting.
Jian Yue smiled guiltily and called out twice: "Your Majesty, is Your Majesty awake?"
Huangfu Chengyu didn't say anything, and Jian Yue subconsciously wanted to run: "I'll go call the imperial physician."
He ran out quickly, but forgot that he was right next to Huangfu Chengyu's hand. As soon as he moved, he was grabbed by someone with one hand.
The seemingly weak patient was actually very strong. Jian Yue was held down by him almost effortlessly. He was completely unable to move and he instantly collapsed on the edge of the bed!
This is not the scariest thing.
Jian Yue's body froze. The most horrible thing was that after falling, the steamed bun that Concubine Liu stuffed into his mouth seemed to have fallen off!!!
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