Lu Feiyan followed Su Xiao, the female healer, carrying a basin out of Wenhui Hall. Immediately afterward, a palace maid dressed in the same attire appeared from the adjacent side hall and walked silently behind Su Xiao.
He was holding a basin in his hand.
Lu Feiyan was lifted up and taken into the side hall next door.
An old eunuch glanced at her expressionlessly and led the way.
Lu Feiyan didn't say anything, and followed the old eunuch out through the other door.
Su Xiao quickly returned with the palace maid, carrying a basin filled with plain-colored silk for wiping.
The palace maid kept her head down and walked hurriedly. As she entered, Liuli called out with a smile, "Physician Su, didn't we spend half a day preparing these things? Aren't they all ready yet?"
The female physician Su smiled and said, "Prepare some more silk handkerchiefs. We cannot be careless about the affairs of the Grand Secretary's wife."
After confirming that the palace maid was not Lu Feiyan, Liuli smiled and returned to Empress Xie's side.
Lu Feiyan followed the old eunuch at a leisurely pace, but the path they took became increasingly erratic.
She put her hand inside her sleeve.
Around the corner, a familiar face suddenly appeared—Hanako Katsumi. Only then did she pull her hand, which was gripping the poison, back down.
She was skilled in both medicine and poison, and even a body search could not uncover the poisons hidden on her body.
Following Hanako Katsu through a maze of turns, they arrived at a secluded courtyard and entered an inconspicuous palace.
In the small room, besides Emperor Hui and Hua Zisheng, there was no one else. Of course, Lu Feiyan felt that there must be many more people hiding in the shadows.
Emperor Hui was curled up in a ball, his head covered in sweat, his hair ornament askew, and his white hair looked wet.
With a heavy nasal tone, Hua Zisheng said to Lu Feiyan, "Miss Lu, please take a look at His Majesty and tell me what's going on?"
Lu Feiyan could tell from Emperor Hui's appearance that he was poisoned, but she didn't say anything and instead reached out to take his pulse.
A moment later, Lu Feiyan said, "Your Majesty has been poisoned by two kinds of poisons. One is the Seven Star Soul-Severing Powder, which is weakening Your Majesty's body. No matter what tonics Your Majesty takes, it is useless. When it takes effect, the pain is so intense that you can't bear to die. The other is Di Ye Jia. Taking it will greatly reduce the pain, or even make it disappear, but it is addictive."
The Seven Star Soul-Severing Powder was a poison that no one knew what kind of poison it was, but Hua Zisheng knew it was bad just from hearing the name.
No wonder His Majesty, who is usually so strong, is in excruciating pain every day.
Diyejia's ingredients are the same as those of Hibiscus Cream and Panacea.
"Miss Lu, can you cure these poisons?"
Hua Zisheng looked at Lu Feiyan with longing, while Emperor Hui was also in pain, his withered hands gripping the bedsheets, veins bulging.
Lu Feiyan said, "I'll first relieve his pain and control Di Yejia's addiction. Oh, Madam, you asked me to bring my backpack. Have you brought it?"
Hua Zisheng hurriedly handed Lu Feiyan's bag to her: "Is this it? This is what Long Liu picked up himself, according to the address provided by the matriarch of the Grand Secretariat."
She even fought with Bei Chen. Bei Chen only stopped fighting Long Liu to the death because he saw Xie Zhaozhao's special instruction symbol.
Upon seeing her backpack, Lu Feiyan excitedly exclaimed, "Let's get to work!"
She took out a small jade bottle, about the size of a finger, from her bag, then took out gold needles. After soaking the gold needles in the liquid in the jade bottle, she said to Emperor Hui, "Your Majesty, I'm about to insert the needles?"
Emperor Hui was in excruciating pain and couldn't speak, so he made a gesture.
Agreed! Go ahead and stab me; I'm in so much pain I'll soon be seeing the late Emperor again.
She inserted needles into several acupoints on Emperor Hui's body. After inserting each needle, she would lightly flick it, and the needles would emit a faint buzzing sound in the extremely quiet room.
Emperor Hui quickly calmed down.
After being tormented for so long and utterly exhausted, he relaxed completely and fell into a deep sleep.
“Steward Hua, the Grand Secretary’s wife will cover for me, but I can only stay here for an hour or two. Di Yejia needs acupuncture for at least seven days to completely control and eliminate the addiction.”
Hua Zisheng said, "Our family will find a way to pick up Miss Lu every day through various opportunities."
"Alright, I'll start the acupuncture in a bit. You must keep him under control, even if you have to tie him up, don't let him touch the bottom again. As long as it's been three days, even if I stop acupuncture, he won't be in so much pain anymore."
Actually, three days is about right. For people with strong willpower, three days of acupuncture is enough.
The next four days were actually for consolidation.
Hua Zisheng knew what was going on, so he stayed with His Majesty through the three most difficult days.
Next, Lu Feiyan began to prepare the antidote for the Seven Star Soul-Severing Powder.
She specializes in poisons, so it wouldn't be difficult for her to find an antidote for this kind of poison.
After mixing, she divided the small pile of powder into three portions, wrapping each portion into a small packet with paper.
After removing the needle from Emperor Hui, she said to Hua Zisheng, "Watch how I administer the medicine. If I can come tomorrow, I will administer the medicine to Your Majesty. If I cannot come in time, you will administer the medicine to Your Majesty according to this method."
She took a sharp knife, made a small incision in His Majesty's arm, inserted a packet of powder into the wound with a small spoon, then closed the wound and bandaged it.
The moment the knife was used, Emperor Hui awoke.
He didn't say anything, just watched Lu Feiyan add the medicine.
"Ms. Lu, you've worked hard."
"It's no trouble at all. This was instructed by the Grand Secretary's wife to be done by me."
Hua Zisheng watched, tears streaming down his face.
Your Majesty, the suffering you have endured is too great. I don't know which bastard poisoned you, but his entire family must be exterminated.
Lu Feiyan pointed to the other two small packets and said, "If you really don't dare to use a knife, you can dissolve them in water and give them to His Majesty to drink. However, the effect is not as good as directly cutting an incision and putting the packets in."
"After 15 minutes, remember to give His Majesty plenty of water to drink; the poison will then be expelled from his body."
Detoxification won't cause you to vomit black blood or anything like that; it will simply be excreted through urine and feces.
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