"What a joke! Even doctors can't do it, so what method could she possibly have? Unless, she's the mastermind behind Lin Mama's poisoning!"
Mi Fen said with malice in her eyes.
"Don't talk nonsense. Are you afraid that our Mi family is living too well?" Mi Xiuyan glared at her fiercely.
"You'd better marry into the Zhang family right now. I think only by obediently getting married will you become sensible!"
Mi Fen's expression changed, and she turned away without saying a word.
Qiao held her hand reassuringly: "Alright, stop being angry here. Now that Mi Shan is a mistress, we have to take her words seriously. Let's go out and let her see what she has to say first."
Mi Xiuyan nodded, and the group all left.
A moment later.
The wooden door was pushed open again.
It was Mi Shan, dressed in white, ethereal and otherworldly, like a banished immortal untouched by the mortal world.
Seeing that she had gone inside, Xun'er, who was following behind, closed the door and stood guard outside.
Mi Shan came to the bedside, lifted the curtain, and saw Lin Mama's ashen face with pale lips.
This is poisoning.
Fortunately, she didn't drink that tea yesterday, otherwise she would probably be the one lying in bed looking like this right now.
Even now, thinking back on it, Mi Shan still feels a chill run down her spine.
Before she even entered the palace, someone wanted to kill her.
If we were to enter the palace, wouldn't we be surrounded by enemies on all sides?
While Mi Shan was pondering, she placed her hand on Lin Mama's wrist and neck, and then lifted her eyelids, finding that she was still breathing, but her pulse was weak and thready.
A thin, long worm was quietly released.
Insects crawled into Granny Lin's nostrils.
The scene looked terrifying.
The insect crawled to an unknown location, roamed around inside Granny Lin's body for a long time, and finally crawled out of her ear.
When it went in, it was only half the length of a finger; when it came out, it had grown to the length of an arm.
Mi Shan frowned slightly and clicked his tongue.
"This poison is extremely vicious."
"What grudge does Empress Ru hold against me that she would want to kill me?"
He glanced casually at the old woman on the bed.
Granny Lin slowly woke up, her squinted eyes opening a crack as she saw Mi Shan playing with a long worm, which then darted into her sleeve.
Startled, he suddenly sat up.
However, due to dizziness and weakness, she fell back onto the bed.
"I...I'm still alive?"
“Granny Lin, of course you are still alive. If it weren’t for me, you would probably be in the underworld by now.”
"Was it Consort Mi who saved me? Thank you so much, Consort Mi! This old servant will come down and kowtow to you right now!"
"No need. I don't care about these formalities." Mi Shan's tone was calm but threatening, her eyes suddenly flashing with sharpness. "I'll only ask you one question: who ordered you to poison me? Was it Consort Ru?"
She knew that in her previous life, Granny Lin had served Consort Ru.
After Consort Ru committed suicide, there was no further news of her; she was presumably dismissed from the palace.
Granny Lin's eyes darted around, and with great effort, she scrambled to her feet and knelt on the ground, saying, "This old servant doesn't know what you're talking about, young master..."
"Still playing dumb? Do you know that the poison you've been given is thallium powder? Just one gram is enough to kill you. You'll suffer excruciating pain before you die, and eventually your body will stiffen and you'll die."
"In this world, besides my secret technique, you'll probably find no other way to detoxify you. Even if you did, your master, fearing exposure, wouldn't allow you to receive treatment. If you want to live, you have no choice but to listen to me."
Mi Shan coldly analyzed, her red lips parting and closing, her aura cold and glamorous, unlike her usual gentle demeanor.
"If you don't believe me, look down at your fingernails. Do you see many more horizontal lines? I just detoxified you, so two of your fingernails have returned to normal."
As Lin Mama looked, her expression shifted repeatedly, indicating that what she said was true.
I was both shocked and frightened.
He slept heavily for several minutes.
"Princess Consort, save me! Save me! I had no choice but to know... It was indeed Consort Ru who asked me to poison you in order to prevent you from entering the palace."
After Lin Mama finished speaking, her eyes darted around, as if she was hiding something.
It really was her?
Mi Shan lowered her eyes coldly, a dark meaning flashing within them.
In any case, keeping this old woman around is still useful.
Lin Qin's life was in her hands, so she dared not make any rash moves for the time being.
"Granny Lin, you should rest and continue to recover. I saved you because I value your abilities. You should understand my intentions."
"To be honest, when you gave me that tea yesterday, I could smell something was off. Not to mention, in the middle of the night, I had Xun'er intercept the carrier pigeon you sent out."
"There are your own handwritings on that note."
"The matter has been taken care of, Your Majesty, please rest assured."
"If I present this note to His Majesty, saying that someone is plotting to harm me, do you think His Majesty will show me more pity, or believe you?"
As Lin Mama listened, she broke out in a cold sweat.
"This old servant promises you, young master, that I will report to you immediately if anything happens in the future, and I will never dare to do anything tampered with again. Please, please continue to treat my poison!"
"Remember, come see me once a month for five consecutive months. Only then will the poison in your body be completely cleared. I'm not afraid of you having any ulterior motives; this is all your own doing. If you dare to play any tricks again, no one can save you!"
After finishing speaking, Mi Shan coldly waved her sleeve, stood up, and left the room.
Beneath her long eyelashes, a pair of deep, elegant eyes exuded a cold and noble air.
He has the air of a master.
Xun'er greeted her respectfully at the door and left with her.
Granny Lin collapsed to the ground, breaking out in a cold sweat.
This was the first time in her life that she had ever stumbled.
He was defeated by a naive and inexperienced young master!
Mi Shan possessed this skill and was highly regarded by the emperor.
This is really going to change the political landscape of the harem...
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The news that Granny Lin had woken up reached Mi Xiuyan's ears.
He was both surprised and delighted, and the doctors all said it was a miracle.
Granny Lin dared not say more, only that she woke up after taking a nap. Perhaps it was the hot weather that caused her to suffer from heatstroke, and she had accidentally eaten something, which led to vomiting and diarrhea, and she felt unwell.
Fortunately, it was a close call.
Consort Mi will enter the palace tomorrow.
Having completed her task, she resigned and returned home.
Upon returning to the palace, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Consort Ru.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I failed in my duty and couldn't stop Consort Mi from entering the palace. She was extremely cautious, and I couldn't find an opportunity to act. In addition, I fell ill and suffered from heatstroke, remaining unconscious for most of the day..."
Empress Ru was sitting with her personal maid, smiling and embroidering.
Upon hearing this, his expression changed drastically.
He threw what he was holding at Granny Lin's face.
The embroidery needle pricked her face, making her wince in pain.
Blood flowed down in thin streams.
"Useless idiot! Why did you have to get heatstroke at such a crucial time of year?!"
"If Mi Shan enters the palace, will the Emperor still have any regard for anyone else?"
"Not to mention the talented Feng Cairen whom I have painstakingly cultivated!"
"Our success or failure hinged on this one move, and now it's all been for nothing!"
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