Chapter 313: Dream Tapir Poison
Seeing everyone's surprised gazes, Manluo's peach blossom eyes sparkled with cunning light:
"It's just a detoxification, at least I know a little bit about it."
Xie Zhan subconsciously grabbed her sleeve:
"How sure are you?"
Manluo rolled her eyes at him and said, "Have you forgotten that I am Qianmian Zisha?"
Xie Zhan slapped his forehead, hope lighting up his eyes: "Yes!"
Xiyan knew Manluo's poison skills best, and hurriedly pulled her to the Queen Mother and the Southern Emperor:
"Grandmother, Father, Manluo's master is Zhuyin, the Siming of Southern Xinjiang. She has studied poison techniques for many years and shares the same origin as Xiao Beicheng. Perhaps, she can really save our mother!"
Xie Zhen's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this:
"In that case, please give it a try, Miss Manluo. If you can awaken the Queen, I will reward you handsomely."
Manluo smiled carefreely:
"Xiyan is my good sister and will definitely try her best."
After saying that, she slowly walked to the bedside and placed her fingertips on the Queen's wrist pulse.
After a moment, he opened her eyelids to check her pupils, and carefully opened her lips to check her tongue coating.
The entire hall was silent, and everyone watched her every move with bated breath.
Xie Zhan couldn't help but ask:
"Manluo, how is Mother?"
Manluo frowned slightly, then suddenly raised her eyes and said:
"Get a bowl of water."
Although Xie Zhan didn't understand what was going on, he still gave the order.
After a while, Eunuch Sun brought a bowl of water and placed it on the table next to Manluo.
But Manluo took out a silver needle from her sleeve, lightly pricked Jiang Jingyue's fingertip, and squeezed a drop of bright red blood into the bowl.
Then she took out a small white porcelain bottle from her waist and shook off some snow-white powder.
Everyone was confused and stared at it closely.
At this moment, something incredible happened!
In an instant, the blood beads in the bowl changed suddenly when they met the powder - the red turned into dark blue, surging in the water like ink, and the strands of blood entangled into strange patterns.
Everyone in the hall exclaimed when they saw this. Xie Zhen stumbled half a step and held onto the table, his voice trembling:
"Miss Manluo, what kind of poison is this?"
Manluo gently placed Jiang Jingyue's arm back on the quilt, her expression solemn:
"This is a poison called the Dream Tapir Gu. Have you ever heard of it? The Classic of Mountains and Seas says that the Dream Tapir eats dreams. These insects, in the form of miniature tapirs, lodge in the brain and devour the mind, trapping the host in a perpetual dream, unable to wake up."
"Poison?" Xiyan's watery eyes gradually widened.
"This poison is colorless and odorless. During childbirth, the poison in the mother's body will be transmitted to the fetus through the umbilical cord blood. Therefore, after the Queen gave birth to Xiyan, Xiyan's body was completely blue and black. The poison in the mother's body was parasitic in the Queen's brain, suppressing her mind and causing her to fall into a long sleep."
Everyone's face was filled with panic, even Xi Yan's face turned pale:
"This Xiao Beicheng is far too vicious, treating a defenseless and weak woman like this. Manluo, do you have any idea how to break this trap?"
Manluo smiled slightly:
"Luckily, you brought me back with you this time when you came to Nanzhao. Aside from Xiao Beicheng, my master Zhu Yin, and that damned..., I'm the only one in the world who can cure this Dream Tapir Gu. After all, most of Xiao Beicheng's poisonous skills came from my master."
Xie Zhan was overjoyed when he heard this. He took a step forward and grabbed Manluo's hand.
"You really have a solution? That's great, Manluo!"
The warmth from her palm and the strange looks from all around made Manluo's cheeks flush. No matter how thick-skinned she was, this was a public place after all. She shook off his hand and said angrily:
"Hey, what are you doing!"
Xie Zhen coughed lightly, and Xie Zhan also realized that he had lost his composure, so he let go of his hand awkwardly, but the tips of his ears were bright red.
Xiyan was not surprised by this. What she was most concerned about right now was the poison in her mother's brain. She asked anxiously:
"How do we remove the poison?"
Manluo suppressed her smile and answered seriously:
"It's a three-step process: first, use the Awakening Herb decoction to stabilize the Gu worm in the brain, then use the Gu-inducing Incense to force the worm out through the Baihui acupoint and out through the ear."
She paused, her eyes sweeping over Jiang Jingyue's peaceful sleeping face:
"But this poison has been lingering in her brain for over a decade. Even if it is removed, the Empress's spirit will have been damaged for a long time. She will need to be nurtured with the Soul-Restoring Soup for half a year and stimulate her brain with golden needles every day before her spirit consciousness can be slowly awakened."
"Half a year?" Xie Zhen murmured, but hope ignited in his eyes.
"As long as I can wake up Jingyue, I can wait even ten years!"
Manluo took out a small wax-sealed bottle from her sleeve:
"This is the tranquilizing powder that Master left behind. It can temporarily suppress the insect's movements."
She turned to Xie Zhan:
"Tomorrow you will bring a team with you and accompany me to the Ten Thousand Snake Valley in Southern Xinjiang. The Awakening Spirit Grass only blooms when the moon rises, and it must be watered with the blood of a green spirit snake before it can be picked."
Xie Zhan agreed immediately. Xiyan was worried and insisted on going with him. Manluo knew that she was eager to save her mother and did not stop her.
The happiest person was none other than Xie Zhen.
He looked at his beloved wife sleeping on the couch, then turned to look at his daughter beside him, feeling a mixture of emotions.
He never imagined that he would have such good fortunes happen to him in his lifetime.
The daughter who had been missing for fifteen years was found again, and the queen who had been in a coma for many years finally had hope of waking up.
He stared at the beautiful woman in purple before him, his voice trembling slightly with excitement:
"Miss Manluo, if you can cure the Queen's poison, I will adopt you as my daughter! There are many young talents in Nanzhao, and I will find a good marriage for you in the future!"
Manluo's pair of peach blossom eyes are surprisingly bright:
"Is the Southern Emperor serious about this?"
She grew up in a poor family and was sold to a brothel by her father when she was young. She then lived on the edge of a knife for eight years. She never thought that she would have such an opportunity. She thought to herself: If I could be a princess, ordering slaves around and having someone serve me every day, it would be so comfortable.
"Absolutely not!"
Xie Zhan, on the other hand, was so anxious that he jumped up and down, his face flushed as he rushed to Xie Zhen, clenching his fists and stammering:
"Father, Father, this is unacceptable!"
Xie Zhen was stunned at first, then he saw his son's red ears and helpless look, and he immediately understood.
He couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh:
"Okay, okay, let's discuss this later!"
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