The woman was like a willow swaying in the breeze, her smile as fresh as newly blossoming flowers; her steps were graceful and her dance full of charm.
As if she hadn't seen anyone, she walked straight up to Emperor Yuanwu and gave a deep bow.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager! May Your Majesty live a thousand years!"
"Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"
Emperor Yuanwu stared at her scrutinizingly for a few seconds: "Who are you?"
"Your Majesty, I am Qingyan, one of the five beauties sent by Ning Kingdom," Qingyan said softly.
A beautiful woman from Ningguo.
Emperor Yuanwu suddenly realized that he had almost forgotten about these five people.
"Get up." Emperor Yuanwu's gaze dimmed considerably as he looked at her again.
Qingyan did not get up, but bowed deeply to Emperor Yuanwu again: "Your Majesty, the person on the ground is not possessed by a ghost, but has been cursed."
"Using poison?" Emperor Yuanwu repeated her words.
“Yes, Your Majesty,” Qingyan murmured. “Prince Ning is cruel by nature and cannot win people over with virtue, so he uses witchcraft to manipulate his soldiers in order to satisfy his own ambitions.”
"These worms were stirring inside his soldiers' bodies, causing excruciating pain in their bones and a feeling of thousands of ants gnawing at their bones. No matter how desperately they scratched or cut their flesh, they could not find any relief."
Without an antidote, once it takes effect, it relentlessly gnaws at the soldiers' bodies every minute, every second, every day and every night, tearing at their will and making them feel as if they are in hell, wishing they were dead.
Such pain cannot be endured by simply refusing to go away; it will last for several days, or even longer.
The soldiers, cursed by the poison, had no choice but to submit to him in exchange for the antidote.
"You seem to know a lot?" Emperor Yuanwu smiled sullenly.
"Your Majesty, my brother died from these Gu worms." Qingyan's expression was calm, revealing no emotion. "Your Majesty, I have an antidote here that can temporarily relieve his pain. Whether or not to give it to him is entirely up to Your Majesty."
After Qingyan finished speaking, she stood up and handed the antidote to Emperor Yuanwu.
"Give it to me, give it to me now..." The man in black had sunken eyes, and at this moment he looked more like a vengeful ghost whose life force had been drained.
He seemed to be unable to see anything, wildly clawing at the air as if he were trying to reach out and grab at something.
Emperor Yuanwu waved his hand at the guards: "Take them away and interrogate them thoroughly!"
Standing behind Emperor Yuanwu, Imperial Physician Li wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead.
He thought he would never see the sun rise again.
Yesterday afternoon.
He was dispensing medicine at the Imperial Medical Academy.
The Empress Dowager stormed into the Imperial Hospital, shouting, "Guards, arrest this Physician Li!"
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. This humble servant truly does not know what crime I have committed to anger Your Majesty so much!" Physician Li knelt on the ground, his legs trembling.
"Imperial Physician Li, you have quite the audacity to slander Princess Chang'an! I think you're tired of being in the Imperial Hospital and want to spend some time in jail." The Empress Dowager slammed her hand on the table. "Guards, take Imperial Physician Li to jail!"
"Your Majesty, this old minister is innocent!" Imperial Physician Li knelt on the ground and pleaded bitterly.
He knew that nothing he said now would make a difference.
Regardless of whether Princess Chang'an actually miscarried.
Moreover, Princess Chang'an was indeed pregnant.
The royal family wants to erase the scandal completely.
Then whoever knows about this must die.
And he... is doomed to die.
With a doctor's heart full of compassion, he never imagined that after practicing medicine for so many years, he would end up like this.
Following the Empress Dowager's instructions, two eunuchs supported Physician Li with both hands and led him out of the Imperial Hospital.
At that very moment.
"His Majesty has arrived!"
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