Cui Changan understood the emperor's meaning: "Your Majesty, you are worried..."
The emperor nodded, looking serious.
After nightfall, a black carriage arrived at the back door of the Cui family mansion. After the carriage entered the mansion, a young man got out holding a three-year-old child.
The child was very docile and was carried into the room that had been prepared long ago without making a sound.
The room was brightly lit, but felt was hung on the windows to block out the light.
Xiao Wu and Cui Changan had been waiting inside for a long time.
When the two sides met, Cui Changan and Xiao Wu saluted first, and the young emperor waved his hand directly: "Don't worry about these empty formalities, look at the child first."
Xiao Wu didn't say anything more. She immediately stood up and took the eldest prince's pulse.
Then her expression became serious: "The eldest prince is suffering from chronic poisoning."
Even though he had expected this, the emperor still narrowed his eyes and asked, "What's going on?"
Xiao Wu took out a silver needle: "I want to take some blood for testing, is that okay?"
The emperor nodded.
Xiao Wu used a silver needle to prick Min'er's fingertips to draw blood. Min'er shrank his hand in pain, but gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Xiao Wu praised him, "Min'er, you are so brave!" and then handed him a small piece of candy.
Min'er's eyes lit up, and then he looked at the emperor.
The emperor hesitated for a second and nodded: "Eat it slowly, don't swallow it directly."
Only then did Min'er feel at ease putting the candy in her mouth, feeling the sweet taste in her mouth, and squinting her eyes comfortably.
Xiao Wu sensed from Min'er's expression: "You and the Queen don't usually give him candy, right?"
The emperor nodded: "The imperial physician said that it is not good for children to eat sweets. It will affect their appetite and weaken their spleen and stomach. So he is never allowed to eat sweets."
Xiao Wu nodded: "He particularly longs for candy, so he might be tempted. When others give him candy, he will eat it secretly."
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then looked at Min'er with stern eyes: "Is that so?"
The child was startled for a moment, then lowered his head in fear.
This expression clearly shows what was said.
The emperor wanted to lose his temper, but he didn't know what he thought of, so he sighed and stopped.
"Can Min'er's poison be cured?"
Xiao Wu signaled Cui Changan to take the child next door.
Cui Changan stepped forward, picked up Min'er and went to the next room. Xiao Wu then whispered to the emperor in front of her.
"Detoxification should not be difficult. The difficult part is how to avoid being poisoned again."
After all, it is impossible for the emperor and empress to do everything themselves when it comes to raising children.
There are so many people involved, who knows who will do it?
When and how to start?
The emperor's face darkened when he thought of this: "Help him detoxify first, I will check here immediately..."
The emperor left Min'er in the Cui family mansion, and also left a team of secret guards.
The people who took care of Min'er temporarily became the old scholar and his wife.
Min'er looked at the emperor eagerly, but did not dare to refuse, and did not even dare to cry.
Seeing that the emperor was about to leave, Xiao Wu suddenly stopped him: "Please wait a moment..."
The emperor paused: "What? Is there anything else?"
The suspicion in his eyes was too obvious. Xiao Wu knew that he was on guard against her asking for something, so she smiled nonchalantly, "You seem to have been poisoned too."
"What?"
Xiao Wu nodded: "Take the pulse?"
The young emperor hesitantly extended his hand.
After a moment, Xiao Wu nodded and said firmly: "You have been poisoned and you are no longer able to have children."
The emperor's face turned completely black: "Do you know what the consequences of deceiving the emperor are?"
"I ask people to check my pulse every day, and they all say that I am young and strong, and in good health!"
Xiao Wu was not angry either: "Is the person who took your pulse the same person who took the pulse of the eldest prince?"
The emperor was obviously stunned, and then he reacted.
Although the person who took his pulse was not the same person who took the pulse of the eldest prince, both of them were imperial physicians with top Chinese medicine skills.
If I was poisoned and lost my fertility, and Min'er was also poisoned, but neither of them could diagnose the cause, then it could only be that the imperial physician was bribed...
How many imperial doctors were bribed?
How many more people in the palace have been bribed?
The emperor was devastated: his own palace had become a sieve without him noticing?!
He couldn't believe it: "How can I believe that what you said is true?"
Xiao Wu did not refute, but just pressed an acupoint on his back.
The emperor cried out in pain: "Ouch!"
The pain was so severe that his eyes went dark and he broke out in a cold sweat.
When he recovered, he asked curiously, "Can I...can I still be cured?"
Xiao Wu nodded: "There should still be hope. Can I take some blood from you?"
"Or if you don't trust me, you can find someone you know and take blood in a way that you think is safe?"
"I need to test your blood to determine if it can be cured."
The emperor nodded decisively: "Of course."
Xiao Wu gave her brother a cotton ball and asked him to disinfect himself.
He took out the dagger he carried with him and poked his finger without hesitation.
Blood gushed out, Xiao Wu bared her teeth: Actually, it doesn't need such a big cut...
After the blood was drawn, Xiao Wu reminded him: "In the next period of time, you must make sure that you will not be poisoned again, so that I can completely detoxify you."
The emperor's face turned completely black: "I know."
Coming out of the Cui family mansion, the emperor ordered the secret guards with a dark face: "Go find the imperial physician Hou."
Hou Imperial Physician was the exclusive imperial physician of the late emperor. Due to his advanced age, he returned home to retire and lived in the capital.
The secret guard took the emperor to the house of the imperial physician Hou, woke up the sleeping old man, and took him directly to the study.
Imperial Physician Hou looked at the dark-faced emperor in the study and was so frightened that he bowed down and said, "Greetings..."
The emperor waved his hand and said, "No need to bow. Please check my pulse to see if there is anything wrong."
Imperial Physician Hou then realized: He was not here to punish me, but to seek medical treatment?
If the emperor needed anything, he only needed to call out and he would crawl into the palace even if he had to crawl. Why would he need to come out in person?
Besides, there are also capable imperial doctors in the palace...
After being immersed in the palace for many years, Imperial Physician Hou realized the seriousness of the matter and became completely sober.
He washed his hands and face, set out the pulse pillow, and then respectfully asked the emperor to take his pulse.
The emperor held out his hand, and the imperial physician took it. After a while, he changed hands and examined his tongue, asked him about his sexual life, his feelings, his sleep, and his diet...
After a full cup of tea, the imperial physician Hou finally stood up and knelt down: "Your Majesty, you were drugged and have no heirs."
The emperor sat there without moving or speaking.
Imperial Physician Hou didn't dare to move or stand up, and could only kneel down with his head held high.
After waiting for a long time, the emperor finally asked, "Is there any hope?"
Imperial Physician Hou shook his head: "Although your sexual intercourse is fine, your dragon essence has been wasted..."
After a bunch of random words, the final conclusion is: it won’t get better.
The emperor was silent for a while again: "How long has my body been childless?"
Hou Yuyi hesitated for a moment, then answered bravely, "It's been a year."
The emperor's face turned even darker: there were two concubines in the palace who were pregnant and about to give birth.
In other words, the children of these two concubines are not their own?
First, he made himself extinct, then made his concubines pregnant with bastards, and then killed himself...
When the two concubines give birth to sons, they will be the future emperor.
And the person behind the scenes will naturally become the regent...
What a great chess game!
Should we let them give birth?
Or shoot it down?
The imperial physician Hou waited for a long time, but only heard one sentence: "If anyone asks, just say that I asked you to come to the palace to check the pulse of the eldest prince. You are dizzy and can't treat illnesses..."
A cold sweat broke out on the back of Hou Imperial Physician. (End of this chapter)
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