Consort Duan was also a formidable character. The moment she met the other person's eyes, she guessed what he was thinking. She immediately sneered, "You were hired by my Zheng family at great expense, but you took the money and failed to do a good job. How dare you resent me?"
"Don't think you can harm me and the Crown Prince just because you're skilled in poison. Let me tell you, this is the palace. If anything happens to me or the Crown Prince, you won't leave here alive either."
So what if he's a Poison Saint? The Imperial Hospital also has experts in detoxification. If all else fails, they can spend a lot of money to hire extraordinary people. It's not like he has to be a Poison Saint. Besides, he's not from Immortal Mist Island. How can he enter and leave the palace as if it were his own backyard?
The Poison Saint knew his current predicament and lowered his head, no longer daring to make a joke.
After instructing the palace servants to send the eldest prince back to his own palace, Consort Duan had no time to breathe a sigh of relief when suddenly her body trembled violently, and a ferocious look appeared on her face. She too had been poisoned, and she personally experienced the pain that the eldest prince had just gone through.
She managed to utter a trembling voice, "Call that old man over here, quickly."
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The Poison Saint prescribed medicine, which was brewed and made her drink. She finally managed to stop the pain, but she was also nearly dead. She lay on the bed for two days before she recovered.
"Mother, how are you feeling?" The eldest prince had recovered yesterday and was able to get out of bed and walk around today. He did not feel any discomfort, so he immediately came to visit the Consort.
Consort Duan was much better now. She was no longer as weak as she had been the previous two days, unable to get out of bed as if she were seriously ill. She asked her personal maid to help her sit up.
"Today I feel completely better, I don't feel any discomfort at all," the Imperial Concubine murmured softly.
"Your subject also feels completely healed, but when the poison flares up, it can cause excruciating pain that can kill a person. The Poison Saint also said that the poison in our bodies has only been temporarily suppressed and has not been eliminated. I'm afraid it will flare up again later."
The eldest prince's face was extremely gloomy. He didn't know how often the poison would flare up. If it flared up every ten days or half a month, it could kill him and his mother.
"Then the Japanese prince thought it was his imagination. It seems that someone really did throw something into our mouths that day. The other party's martial arts skills are extremely high, so that they could do it so flawlessly."
Consort Duan looked slightly dazed. There was no doubt that this was done by the people of Xianwu Island. Only they had such bizarre and terrifying methods to do it without anyone noticing.
"The most important thing right now is to get the Poison Master to develop the antidote. We don't know how long it will take for the poison to fully manifest. Once the deadline is reached, my son and I will lose our lives. The eldest princess's methods are truly ruthless." Consort Duan gritted her teeth in hatred, her eyes revealing deep resentment.
The eldest prince lowered his eyelids and said with difficulty, "The Poison Saint is currently helpless. Apart from helping to suppress it, he is also at a loss."
"Useless." Consort Duan couldn't help but curse again.
“Mother, please calm down. Don’t humiliate the Poison Saint in front of him again. The Poison Saint is always proud and arrogant. If we keep embarrassing him, I’m afraid he won’t put his heart into developing the antidote. Besides him, I’m afraid there’s no one else in the world who can cure this poison.” The eldest prince was unusually calm and rational at this moment.
"He dares?"
“We don’t know if he dares to do it. After all, we’re not good at poisons and antidotes. Even the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital might not be able to detect if there’s anything wrong with those medicines. The Poison Master is a master of poisons. He could easily cause us trouble with just a little trick.” The First Prince patiently advised.
"Mother knows, my son, you don't need to worry anymore. Mother isn't so confused as to joke about our lives. You may leave now, Mother wants to be alone." She didn't have the energy to think about how to harm others now; she had to protect herself first.
Consort Duan and her son are currently focused on detoxifying and saving their lives, so they naturally have no time to harm Xingxing. Xingxing doesn't need to be distracted by them every day. Right now, she just needs to take good care of the Emperor and wait for Zhu Chumo to return and heal him.
"Will that poison kill people? Or will that Poison Saint be able to find an antidote?" Xingxing whispered to the boy.
Zhu Lin casually remarked, "There is no antidote for the poison inflicted on Consort Duan and her son. Only I possess the antidote in this world. If they don't behave, they will suffer the consequences. This poison won't kill you; it will only cause endless torment, each time more unbearable than the last. How many times you can endure it depends on how strong your willpower is."
Of course, with the Miao Poison Master by their side to suppress the poison, Consort Duan and her son could hold out for a long time. However, this meant they would never be able to leave the Poison Master, and the excessive use of the poison-suppressing medicine would severely damage their health, eventually leading to their physical collapse.
"It's good that they have no choice. Now they'll have to beg us. We'll have to give them and their child a good thrashing then." Xingxing stroked her chin, pondering how to negotiate with Consort Duan.
The emperor had been in a coma for far too long this time. He fell into a coma at the beginning of the year and had not woken up until the snow was about to melt in the spring, a full two months.
During this time, a major event occurred. The people of the Great Bronze Kingdom somehow learned that Emperor Taikang had been in a coma and suddenly launched an attack on the northern border in mid-February. General Zhang and his son are currently leading their troops in a fierce resistance. The battle has reached a stalemate, and the situation is not optimistic.
When the ice and snow melted and spring arrived, Zhu Chumo finally returned to the capital. He did not go back to the Zhu residence, but went straight to the palace without even changing his clothes.
After taking the emperor's pulse, he began to give Emperor Taikang acupuncture. This acupuncture session took two hours to finish, and even though the fourth senior brother was skilled in martial arts, he was still exhausted.
"Fourth Senior Brother, you've traveled a long way and haven't had a moment's rest since you got back. Let's leave this place to the imperial physician for now, and you should go back and rest for the night." Although Xingxing was worried about her father, she couldn't bear to let her fourth senior brother work himself to death.
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