"saint!"
"His Majesty!"
Helian Jue was covered in dust and looked disheveled.
He galloped wildly on the imperial road, and wherever he went, the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards all knelt down to pay their respects.
Helian Jue didn't even look at them, and sped all the way to the palace gate.
He did not stop when passing through the palace gate, and continued riding his horse through the deep palace compound.
"saint!"
"The sage has returned!"
"Greetings, Your Majesty! May Your Majesty be well!"
With a whoosh, another group of palace maids and eunuchs knelt down.
Helian Jue headed straight for the Jiaofang Palace.
Finally, upon seeing the familiar palace, Helian Jue dismounted.
The moment he landed, he was already exhausted, and his body swayed noticeably.
"saint!"
Duoshou, the chief eunuch of Jiaofang Palace, rushed out to greet him upon hearing the news.
Seeing that Helian Jue almost fell, he rushed over and supported Helian Jue's arm.
Helian Jue forcefully pulled his hand away and lashed out at Duoshou with his whip: "You dog slave! You can't even serve the Empress properly, what use are you to me?"
Duoshou hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to beg for mercy, and only kowtowed forcefully.
Yes, he's really useless!
They couldn't even take good care of the Empress!
As Xie Yuan's most trusted eunuch, Duo Shou bears inescapable responsibility for Xie Yuan's poisoning.
If anything were to happen to Xie Yuan, the first person to be punished and forced to be buried alive with him would be Duo Shou.
He only received a whip from the emperor, which was already a mercy shown by the emperor because of his many years of service to the empress.
If it were anyone else, they would probably have been dragged away and flogged thirty times!
Duo Shou kowtowed forcefully, saying, "This slave deserves to die."
Helian Jue was almost unable to control his surging anger, but his remaining rationality reminded him: this lackey was the one A Yuan needed.
A Yuan was usually very kind and rarely punished or killed his servants.
If A-Yuan wakes up and learns that Duo-Shou has been severely punished, he will definitely be unhappy!
Taking a deep breath, Helian Jue threw the whip at Duoshou, saying, "For the sake of the Empress, I'll spare you for now!"
"Get up! Do you think kowtowing will wake the Empress?"
Hearing Helian Jue's cold rebuke, Duoshou dared not delay and quickly got up again.
In just a short while, Duoshou's forehead had already turned bruised and purple.
He didn't care at all, and hurriedly followed behind Helian Jue, bowing low.
"Your Majesty, yesterday at noon, Her Majesty vomited blood and fainted."
"Princess Xu promptly summoned the imperial physician, who used silver needles to expel the poison from Her Majesty's body!"
"However, the poison that the Empress suffered from was very complex. Even after forcing out the toxins and inducing vomiting according to Physician Feng's method, the Empress still did not wake up."
"...Her Majesty's pulse is very strange. It seems normal, but she remains unconscious!"
Duo Shou didn't just follow along blindly; he quickly recounted Xie Yuan's poisoning and subsequent treatment.
"His Highness Prince Yong was worried about the Empress, so he ordered that several highly accomplished Taoist masters from the capital be invited here."
When Duoshou spoke about this part, his voice noticeably lowered.
Because seeking divine intervention or consulting ghosts was taboo within the palace.
If things go wrong, it could get associated with witchcraft.
Duo Shou knew that although the Fourth Prince, the Prince of Yong, was unreliable, he had a very close relationship with the Emperor and Empress.
His decision to invite monks and Taoist priests was a desperate measure.
If medicine is ineffective, then one can only turn to spirits and deities.
When the emperor was in a coma, the empress did the same thing.
However, this time it happened in the capital, in the imperial city, and the fourth prince was somewhat suspected of overstepping his bounds.
"Did the fourth brother invite monks and Taoist priests?"
Hearing this, Helian Jue was not angry at all, but rather somewhat pleased: "You've been smart for once!"
This silly younger brother is a bit slow, but he's a decent person.
It can also play a role in critical moments.
"What did those monks and Taoist priests say?"
Originally, Helian Jue did not believe in ghosts and gods.
But ever since he met Li Xiaoxiao and heard her mention things like wandering souls and time travel, he realized that there really are mysterious things in this world.
Souls and other such things should also exist.
In the past, people only encountered charlatans and never truly enlightened individuals, which led them to believe that the charlatans were all frauds.
Before rushing back to the capital, Helian Jue interrogated Li Xiaoxiao again.
When the woman heard that Xie Yuan was poisoned and unconscious, she looked like she understood: "She's probably been poisoned, and her life is in great danger."
"If the body is damaged, the soul may leave the body."
"Perhaps, if we find a master to perform a soul-summoning ritual, she might wake up!"
"...Of course, there is another possibility: her soul traveled back in time."
"Haha, she's probably already home!"
"That's so great! I'm so envious of her! I want to go home too! Waaah, I want to go home!"
Helian Jue interrogated Li Xiaoxiao three times, and each time, Li Xiaoxiao broke down.
Her mental state is clearly abnormal.
Looking at the woman who was both crying and laughing, Helian Jue gave the order before leaving, "Dispose of her. Remember, no one is allowed to have contact with her, and she is not allowed to utter a single word!"
Originally, Helian Jue wanted to keep Li Xiaoxiao around so he could learn more about time travel and the future.
However, Xie Yuan was poisoned and remained unconscious.
She may have already "gone home," so Helian Jue didn't want to know anything more.
All he wanted was to stay by A Yuan's side and see her wake up.
He wouldn't care about anything else as long as she could wake up!
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