Queen Gu was helpless. She sighed, "Anle, you shouldn't be impulsive."
The Imperial Guards rushed to Tao Yuwei, lifted her arms, and were about to leave. She shouted unwillingly, "Imperial Physician Cao, the poison is colorless and odorless. You can't smell anything."
It was her reminder that gave Cao Youliang an epiphany.
He took the medicine residue without hesitation and put it in his mouth. After tasting a little, his face turned pale.
"Empress Dowager, the medicine residue has a faint smell of blood money. Blood money is a chronic poison. The person who takes it will not have obvious symptoms at first. As the time of taking the medicine increases, the person will feel tired. Finally, the whole body will become stiff, breathing will be difficult, and paralysis will occur and death will occur."
"This poison is abundant in the Northern Barbarians. Although it is colorless and odorless, it actually has a slight smell. If you give it to most doctors, it is difficult to detect it.
I was able to make this judgment because when I was young, I followed my master to the northern border area.
There, the master discovered the blood money and even let me taste a little of it. After all these years, I never thought it would appear in the palace."
Everyone present was stunned by Cao Youliang's words.
As everyone knows, Cao Youliang's master is the famous Chinese doctor Shi Kangnan. This medical master had an accident when he went to the mountains to collect herbs decades ago. He encountered a mudslide and was buried alive.
"Quickly arrest this little eunuch."
Queen Gu immediately ordered the Imperial Guards to arrest the man.
Tao Yuwei was even more rude at this moment, "If you don't let me go, you will be punished when His Majesty wakes up."
The royal guards quickly released her and took down the young eunuch who was kneeling behind the queen and was in charge of boiling medicine.
Empress Dowager Guo interrogated him on the spot with a stern face.
The young eunuch finally explained that the bowl of medicine was not made by him, but by a middle-aged eunuch who was responsible for cleaning the outside of Wenying Palace. Seeing him rushing back from the Imperial Hospital sweating profusely, he enthusiastically helped.
The eunuch was in charge of boiling the medicine. The young eunuch was too hot at the time, so he went to the room where the man kept the ice basin to rest. After the medicine was boiled, the young eunuch was responsible for bringing it into the Wenying Hall.
Empress Dowager Guo was furious. "Come here, seal off the entire palace and arrest the eunuch who harbored evil intentions. This little eunuch, as a servant in the Wenying Palace, did not consider the interests of Your Majesty and created an opportunity for the traitor to assassinate Your Majesty. He has seriously neglected his duty. Take him away and chop off his head."
The young eunuch in charge of boiling the medicine was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.
The person was quickly pulled down.
The matter was of great importance, so Empress Dowager Guo specially ordered Xiao Lichen, commander of the Xiaoyu Guard, to lead people to capture the person behind the poisoning.
Tao Yuwei came to Emperor Jianchang and saw that he had opened his eyes. Her depressed mood suddenly improved.
"Uncle Emperor, you're finally awake. If you don't wake up, I'll stick a needle in your head again."
Emperor Jianchang sat up and saw that everyone was there. He greeted everyone with a smile.
"Is this scaring you? I'm dizzy, it's just an old problem. It's not a big deal. Let's stop guarding here and go back."
Emperor Jianchang got out of bed and began to comfort Empress Dowager Guo, "It is my son who is unfilial and has disturbed you, my Queen Mother."
Empress Dowager Guo said a few words to Emperor Jianchang, asking him to take care of his health, and then she left with her men.
"Okay, the Queen Mother has left, you can leave now."
Tao Yuwei saw the considerate behavior of Emperor Jianchang and felt that the emperor was very considerate of others.
Let them go first, no need to guard him. Seeing that the Queen Mother was there, he knew that if the Queen Mother didn't leave, it would be difficult for everyone to leave, so he kindly sent the Queen Mother away first.
"Uncle Emperor, I have something to tell you."
Tao Yuwei felt that for the sake of His Majesty's safety, if she discovered anything unusual and reported it as soon as possible, she would also be able to help His Majesty eliminate those who were trying to subvert the foundation of the court.
Emperor Jianchang laughed heartily. "Anle, you are more filial than any of my princes and princesses. Thanks to you, I didn't take the poisoned medicine."
His face was rosy and he looked much more energetic. Tao Yuwei said with confidence, "Uncle Emperor is usually very kind to me. I am just doing my best to help him."
Seeing that she really had something to say to him, Emperor Jianchang ordered all the palace maids and eunuchs to leave, leaving only Empress Gu and Imperial Physician Cao.
With no one else around, Tao Yuwei boldly expressed her doubts.
"Uncle Emperor, the person who poisoned the medicine was extremely sinister. Not only did they poison the medicine, but in order to avoid being discovered, they also nearly killed Imperial Physician Cao."
After hearing this, Cao Youliang thought of his experience and his heart trembled.
Seeing his strange expression, Emperor Jianchang asked, "Cao Youliang, what exactly happened?"
Cao Youliang bowed and said with lingering fear, "After your Majesty's first acupuncture treatment, I wrote a prescription and went back to the Imperial Hospital with your eunuch to get the medicine. After the eunuch left, I sorted out some herbs and planned to return to Wenying Palace. As we were passing the artificial lake, I lost my balance and fell into the water."
"Thanks to a patrolling guard's rescue, I was saved from drowning in the lake."
After hearing this, Emperor Jianchang understood that the people targeting him tonight had used a series of tricks.
Poison him first to prevent Cao Youliang from diagnosing him and killing him.
After hearing the follow-up, Tao Yuwei was quite shocked.
Fortunately, she thought of this possibility, so she asked Xiao Lichen to help and sent people to protect Cao Youliang.
She also became more and more interested in the people behind the scenes.
Before, she made her judgment based on the plots she had watched.
Now, many things have changed, and she cannot be 100% sure that the people who did it are still the same people.
Queen Gu was also frightened and her face turned ugly.
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