"Your Majesty has wronged me. I am but a weak woman. What power do I have to make Your Majesty do this? You have wronged me."
Lin Yuxin blinked her innocent big eyes at him, and anyone could see that her face said: It wasn't me, it wasn't me!
Qiu Qiyi recalled her actions just now. He did not see any poison on her hands. The few times she touched him just now could not prove that she had poisoned him, especially since it happened right under his nose.
"It's best if it's not you. If I find out it's you, you might not live to see the Regent come to your rescue!"
Thinking of this, Qiu Qiyi looked directly at Lin Yuxin with a sinister gaze and warned her, then roared angrily towards the door:
"Someone! Summon the imperial physician!"
Hearing the commotion, the eunuchs at the door rushed in. One of the older eunuchs, seeing the emperor slumped to the ground, was immediately alarmed and hurried over, asking with concern:
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty, what's wrong? Let this servant help you up!"
Seeing this, the young eunuch, having received his order, hurriedly bowed and ran out to find the imperial physician.
The old eunuch panicked and reached out to help the emperor up, but he couldn't even lift Qiu Qiyi by himself. He hurriedly called two more people in to help him up, and they finally managed to get Qiu Qiyi up and take him to his bed in the inner room.
Lin Yuxin stood aside calmly watching this farce unfold, seemingly unconcerned!
After Qiu Qiyi was settled, the imperial physician arrived.
"Quickly, Physician Cui, take a look at the Emperor."
When the older eunuch saw the imperial physician arrive, he immediately urged him on.
Physician Cui walked to the bedside and bowed to Qiu Qiyi:
"This humble servant greets Your Majesty!"
"Alright, come here and let me take a look!"
Qiu Qiyi felt extremely weak, especially in his legs, and felt like he couldn't even stand up. He was in a very bad mood and spoke very rudely to Physician Cui.
"Your humble servant obeys!"
Upon hearing the Emperor's tone, Physician Cui's heart tightened. He quickly bowed his head and replied, then respectfully knelt by the bedside, placed a pulse pillow on it, and put the Emperor's hand on the pillow before beginning to take his pulse.
Physician Cui was focused, but he took the pulse for a quarter of an hour.
Lin Yuxin stood still the whole time, watching the imperial physician's actions, a slight smile playing on her lips. If this imperial physician could figure it out, he would be truly amazing!
She administered a colorless and odorless muscle-softening powder. Once administered, there is no antidote, but it will disappear after a certain period of time, and recovery usually takes three to five days.
However, three to five days should be enough for her.
"Your Majesty, your pulse is normal and your body is perfectly healthy. Please forgive my incompetence!"
After examining the emperor for a long time, Physician Cui found nothing wrong. The emperor's pulse was strong and powerful, not at all like someone who was ill. He withdrew his hand, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and knelt on the ground trembling as he answered.
"Useless! You can't even diagnose this? What use are you to me? Go, go and summon all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital!"
Upon hearing what Physician Cui said, Qiu Qiyi's already bad mood worsened, and he roared at Physician Cui.
He then grabbed the jade pillow from the bed and threw it at the doctor, hitting him squarely on the forehead. Blood immediately began to flow from the doctor's forehead, but he dared not move an inch, kneeling on the ground trembling.
They dared not provoke the emperor at this time.
Before long, all the imperial physicians arrived and examined Qiu Qiyi's pulse, but they found nothing. Qiu Qiyi's face grew increasingly gloomy, and getting angry became a regular occurrence. The entire afternoon was filled with Qiu Qiyi's roars.
Lin Yuxin picked at her ears. Finally, she got tired of listening and carefully walked step by step toward the corner of the wall.
When I got to the corner, I was like a boneless snake, limp and leaning against the wall.
This spot happened to be a blind spot, and Qiu Qiyi was in a fit of rage and had no time to pay attention to her.
This went on until nightfall, and in the end, Qiu Qiyi had no choice but to have him carried back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Qiu Qiyi didn't have time to pay attention to her at the moment, but there were still two doormen guarding the entrance.
Lin Yuxin glanced at the two door gods at the entrance, pursed her lips in disdain, and didn't care. However, when she saw the bed that madman Qiu Qiyi had slept in, the disgust in her eyes was impossible to hide.
He's already slept in it, how am I supposed to sleep? I really want to burn this bed down!
It seemed there was nowhere to sleep tonight. Lin Yuxin thought of the place Qiu Qiyi had touched earlier and suddenly felt uneasy. She quickly slipped away and went to take a shower in her spatial dimension.
She washed it several times until she felt better before stopping. After getting dressed and going back to her room, she noticed the pain in her neck and took out a mirror. Seeing the marks on her neck from being pinched, she immediately felt that giving Qiu Qiyi the muscle-relaxing powder earlier was too lenient on him.
They should have just left him paralyzed from the waist down.
While Lin Yuxin was resting in her private space, Qiu Qiyi was in a constant state of rage, neglecting even his daily morning court sessions and having no time to care about Lin Yuxin.
Originally, Qiu Jingfan was scheduled to return, and he brought Li Xiaochen with him. Qiu Qiyi planned to hold a banquet to make Qiu Jingfan realize reality, give him a warning, and incidentally, to intimidate Li Xiaochen.
Before the banquet even started, the person who was hosting it collapsed.
However, the emperor's fall caused a great deal of discussion in the harem.
"I heard the Emperor is ill?"
The palace maids, seeing everyone in the inner palace trembling with fear these past two days, couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
"It seems so. I heard he's quite ill."
The second palace maid continued her work, speaking uncertainly.
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