Chapter 258 Detoxification
Ji Yunshu quickly asked, "What does that look like?"
The Queen Mother shook her head. "I can't really explain it. It's been decades. If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have even remembered it happening."
Ji Yunshu also knew that it was indeed difficult to ask the Queen Mother to recall a person from decades ago.
According to her and Zhao Shen's investigation, Changxing Hou handled the incident very cleanly and almost no one knew about it.
Even those who had served Zhao Shen's grandparents were unaware of this.
Ji Yunshu asked tentatively, "Does this count as deceiving the emperor? What do you think the emperor will do with the Marquis' Mansion?"
Seeing her nervousness, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "If this had been brought to light during the time of the previous emperor, or when the old marquis was still alive, it would have been a crime of deceiving the emperor. But now, the situation has changed. With the emperor's trust in Zhao Shen, as long as no one else knows, the emperor should be willing to play dumb."
Although Ji Yunshu also felt that the emperor would not punish Zhao Shen for what the old marquis had done, he was still a little nervous.
Now I feel relieved after hearing what the Queen Mother said: "The Emperor is wise, the Emperor is the best."
As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from outside: "What's wrong with me?"
Ji Yunshu watched the emperor walk in, feeling very glad that he had just spoken well of the emperor.
The Queen Mother also asked, "Why didn't you let anyone know that the Emperor was coming?"
Emperor Jingming laughed and said, "If I had informed you, wouldn't that mean I'd heard my cousin praising me behind my back?"
Ji Yunshu quickly said in a flattering tone, "It's fine even if I don't praise the emperor."
Emperor Jingming glanced at Zhao Shen behind him, smiled and said nothing.
Zhao Shen said to Ji Yunshu, "The Emperor doesn't have much time, let Qiyun come."
Ji Yunshu ordered someone to call Qiyun over.
It was only then that the Queen Mother learned that Ji Yunshu had actually brought a Miao girl into the palace.
He could not help but scold her: "You are too bold. You dare to bring anyone into the palace. What if it is someone with ulterior motives?"
The emperor quickly explained, "I asked her to bring them in. The Miao people are currently weak, and this girl is the daughter of the tribe leader. For the sake of her people, she dare not act rashly."
The Queen Mother was originally trying to protect Ji Yunshu, so after hearing what he said, she let it go: "It's good that the Emperor knows what's going on. Don't let Ah Shu mess around."
The emperor said, "Don't worry, mother. Ah Shu has become much more sensible now."
When Qiyun came in, the empress dowager asked a few questions and then believed Ji Yunshu's judgment.
This girl is so simple that you can see through her at a glance.
Just like the diagnosis she gave to Zhao Shen, Qiyun asked for a drop of the emperor's blood, tested it with her insect, and diagnosed that the emperor was indeed poisoned.
However, the emperor was poisoned for a short time, so she was able to detoxify him.
After hearing this conclusion, Ji Yunshu finally felt relieved.
It is really important to them that the emperor is well.
As long as the emperor is there, the court will not be in chaos, and Prince Yong will have no excuse to rebel.
In this situation, if he still wants to force the emperor to abdicate, the price he will pay will be much greater.
Now that Prince Yong has surfaced, dragging it out like this will do him more harm than good.
As one gains, the other loses, and their advantage becomes greater and greater.
Qiyun detoxified the emperor quickly and gave him a pill. However, within a short while, something like a worm began to wriggle on the emperor's arm and then moved to his fingertips.
Qiyun quickly pricked the emperor's fingertip with a needle and collected a few drops of black blood in a small bottle. A worm the size of a needle tip flowed out along with the blood.
Qiyun didn't stop the bleeding from the emperor's hand until the blood turned into normal red.
Ji Yunshu's scalp tingled as he watched: "Is that all? The Emperor won't lose his temper so easily, right?"
Qiyun sealed the bottle with a cork and put it away before saying, "This insect can affect a person's emotions. If they have desires, they will become unbearable. If they are even slightly annoyed, they will become furious. However, he has been poisoned for a short time, so everything should be under control. If he wants to lose his temper, it has nothing to do with the poison."
When she said this, Emperor Jingming glared at her and she had no choice but to shut up.
Ji Yunshu also understood that some of the emperor's previous actions might have been intentional.
Then he asked, "What's the point of giving the emperor such a poison?"
Qiyun thought for a moment and said, "The short-term impact won't be significant, but if the poison lasts for a long time, one will become paranoid, or even insane. Can the officials in your court accept that the emperor is a lunatic?"
Ji Yunshu was speechless. To force a good person to go crazy was truly an extremely vicious act.
At that time, perhaps the empress dowager or the queen could be blamed for poisoning the emperor.
Once there is chaos in the palace, there will naturally be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Seeing the emperor's face turn pale, she obviously thought of this as well, so she looked at Zhao Shen again.
Zhao Shen's face was expressionless. He simply said to Qiyun, "Thank you for your hard work, young lady. Thank you for detoxifying the emperor."
Qiyun was still a little afraid of him and said timidly, "This is what I should do. Sooner or later, you will come after us Miao people anyway."
After she finished speaking, she secretly glanced at the emperor and mustered her courage to say, "This poison was truly not administered by my people. In consideration of my help in detoxifying it, could the emperor please not vent his anger on my people?"
Emperor Jingming looked at Zhao Shen, who said, "You Miao people are the only ones who can poison people. If you want to avoid implicating innocent people, you must find the real person who poisoned them."
"this……"
Qiyun was in a very difficult situation. She had only been studying poison since she was a child and was not good at anything else.
If the high priest had not said that she was the most suitable person to come to the capital to retrieve the lost treasures of the clan, her father would never have let her out.
Who knew that things would be much more difficult than she imagined.
She was so scared of Zhao Shen that she didn't dare to expect him to return the ring to her.
Seeing Zhao Shen acting like a villain, Ji Yunshu frightened the little girl so much that she dared not say anything. She could only say, "The news that the emperor has been poisoned has been reported to Miaojiang. Someone from your tribe should be arriving soon. You can investigate together then."
Qiyun hesitated for a moment and asked, "Those Miao people imprisoned in the prison..."
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "Miss, can you guarantee that those people are definitely not the murderers?"
Qiyun naturally didn't dare to make a guarantee. She only knew that those people were Miao people, but she didn't know them. It was very likely that the person who poisoned the Emperor of Daxia was hiding among them.
So she shook her head honestly.
The emperor also saw that this girl was a bit of a fool, and said to Zhao Shen, "I will hand her over to you until the rest of the Miao people arrive in Beijing. I don't want to hear about anyone else in the capital being poisoned during this period."
Zhao Shen accepted the order and then said, "I still have something to tell the emperor."
Seeing that the emperor's poison had been cured, the Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "Go and do whatever you need. Let Ah Shu stay with me for a while longer."
Seeing the emperor about to leave, Qiyun couldn't help but add, "Although the emperor's poison has been cured, his body is still a little weak and needs to be well nourished. The best thing to do in the near future is... well, what do you people in Daxia say? Abstain from sex?"
"I understand."
Emperor Jingming took Zhao Shen away with a dark face.
Qiyun asked Ji Yunshu in confusion, "Did I say that? Did the emperor understand what I meant?"
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