Xuanming Fairy noticed the emperor's hesitation and stepped forward, saying, "Ever since your majesty began feeling unwell, the doctors at the Imperial Hospital have been examining you. They've racked their brains to find your ailment, but to no avail. Ultimately, they attribute it to excessive sexual indulgence. Yet, your majesty has followed the doctors' advice and ignored the harem, yet your symptoms haven't improved..."
Shen Ci interrupted Xuanming Fairy in a bad tone, "The one who is sick is your Majesty. If the imperial doctors refuse to see your Majesty, what should we do?"
A strange curve appeared on Xuanming Fairy's lips, and her unfocused silver eyes seemed to tremble slightly. "The reason why your Majesty's illness has not been cured is because the symptoms are not in your body at all. Your Majesty has no illness, and the imperial doctors cannot create an illness out of thin air."
The emperor's pupils suddenly shrank, and her voice unconsciously rose, "What exactly do you want to say?"
Xuan Ming Fairy said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please order the experts at the Imperial Hospital to give Shen Fanghua a thorough examination. The problem lies with him. As long as he is solved, Your Majesty's illness will naturally be cured without medication."
Chen Hefeng looked around and saw that everyone in the room was staring at him. He felt his hair stand on end. "Xuan Ming Fairy, please don't lie. What can be wrong with me?"
The emperor said in a deep voice, "Envoy Liu, follow the instructions of the fairy lady and take a good look at Shen Fanghua. Tell me, what is wrong with him?"
The attendant pulled Shen Hefeng up from the ground. Although he had no idea what Xuanming Fairy was up to, he realized there must be something fishy going on. He didn't want to have Dean Liu take his pulse, but if he avoided it, it would be like admitting he had something to hide. Shen Hefeng was extremely anxious, but he had no choice but to put his wrist on the pulse checker.
Envoy Liu's expression was originally very normal, but when her fingertips pressed on Shen He's pulse, her expression suddenly changed.
The emperor's voice became even colder. "What on earth is going on?"
Court Envoy Liu's knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground. "Your Majesty, Master Fanghua's pulse is very strange. In my humble opinion, his body has long shown signs of poisoning, and the toxin should have spread to his bloodstream by now. Logically speaking, he should be very weak now, not so radiant."
Chen Hefeng's eyes widened as he asked in disbelief, "Envoy Liu, what are you talking about? Are you saying that I'm deeply poisoned and the poison has spread to my blood? But I feel fine now, and I don't feel any discomfort."
The left judge of the Imperial Hospital also stepped forward to feel Shen Hefeng's pulse. After carefully pressing for a long time, she knelt beside Liu Yuanshi.
The emperor waited for the left judge to give his diagnosis, but the left judge just knelt there, hesitating to speak.
The emperor's brows were furrowed so tightly that they almost pinched a fly to death. She asked, "What disease did Shen Fanghua have? Tell me. Are you mute?"
The Left Court Judge lowered his forehead to the ground, his voice filled with lingering fear. "Shen Fanghua's pulse is strange, and I am truly horrified. Your Majesty should still remember that around April or May of this year, the blood of Pei Jiusheng, the son of the guilty minister Pei Guanqing, was contaminated with toxins."
Now, Master Fanghua's situation is almost identical to Pei Jiusheng's. The Tianxian Baigu Powder that Jiusheng took only harmed his own body. But Master Fanghua is healthy, which means that the toxins in his body are harming someone else.
Envoy Liu continued, "Shen Fanghua's pulse is very stable, but the toxins in his body cannot disappear out of thin air. There is only one way for these toxins to escape. That is, when he and Your Majesty had sex, the toxins were transferred into Your Majesty's body. This also explains why Your Majesty became seriously ill."
The emperor raised his hand and slapped Shen Hefeng, shaking with anger. "I love you so much, but you are such a vicious man. You actually... actually used such means to harm me."
"To harm others through sex"—the emperor simply couldn't bring himself to say such a thing. How could such a thing be spoken openly? It was simply immoral and absurd.
Shen Hefeng didn't even have time to care about the swollen half of his cheek. He grabbed the emperor's trouser legs with both hands and cried sadly, "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I have absolutely no intention of harming you..."
Seeing that the emperor was so angry that he could hardly stand, Ling Shumo hurried forward to support the emperor, with a look of concern on her face, "Queen Mother, calm down. Don't get yourself hurt by anger."
The Queen said, "Your Majesty, since Shen Hefeng carries toxins in his body, he must need to take medicine regularly, just like Pei Jiusheng did back then. Even if he doesn't carry the extremely poisonous drugs with him, they must be hidden in his palace. We only need to search inside and outside to find out whether he is innocent or not."
The welcoming official beside the Queen had been waiting for her to say this. He said to Lady Yang, "I will take my men to search the palace where Shen Fanghua lives. I'll trouble you to search Shen Fanghua and his attendants."
Lady Yang nodded, and immediately an attendant came forward and held Shen Hefeng down.
Before Yingxi and her group had even stepped out of the inner room of the Yangxin Palace, they heard the sound of a porcelain bottle falling to the ground. The porcelain bottle had fallen out of Shen Hefeng's sleeve.
Female official Yang picked up the red porcelain bottle that had fallen to the ground and handed it to Envoy Liu with both hands.
Court Envoy Liu uncorked the bottle and took out a few pills. He examined them carefully before crushing them into powder with his fingertips and sniffing them. Then, he said with certainty, "Shen Fanghua must have been taking this medicine for a long time, which is why she carries toxins in her body."
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