In the main hall of Yuqing Palace, after the imperial physician finished taking the pulse of Empress You Xuewu, he faced You Lanfeng.
"Your Majesty, the Empress was merely frightened and suddenly fainted. She will wake up after a short rest. As for the Princess, she is suffering from poisoning, which has caused all her bones to become extremely fragile, a condition commonly known as 'bone-crushing poison.' However, we have only heard of this poison and have never seen it before, so the only way to find the person who poisoned her is to locate them."
You Xuewu glared angrily: "How is that possible? Your Imperial Hospital can't even cure this kind of poison. You're all useless."
Upon hearing the princess's words, the imperial physician was immediately angered, as he knew her temperament well. Therefore, he said to You Lanfeng, "Your Majesty, this old minister is old and powerless to treat the princess's poison. I beg Your Majesty to find a more skilled physician to detoxify her."
It means you look down on me, so I won't treat you anymore. You should find another expert. He doesn't believe anyone in the Imperial Hospital can cure this poison. Otherwise, I'll give him the head position of the Imperial Hospital.
You Lanfeng waved his hand, signaling the imperial physician to leave.
You Xuewu watched the imperial physician leave and wanted to go and pull him away, but suddenly remembered that she couldn't move and would be in great pain if she did. She could only look at You Lanfeng with a pitiful expression.
"Father, please save me! I'm in so much pain! I can't move! It must be Feng Qinghuang from the Azure Dragon Kingdom who poisoned me. Father, please send someone to capture her. If she can't cure me, I won't let her get away with it."
Upon hearing her words, You Lanfeng flew into a rage, slamming his hand on the table and shouting, "Shut up!"
The Emperor's loud shout caused everyone in the main hall to prostrate themselves on the ground again. It also jolted the Empress, who had just fainted, awake.
The Queen rubbed her head, looked at her surroundings, and suddenly remembered the scene she had seen before she fainted. She quickly turned to look at her daughter.
"Wu'er, are you alright? Tell your mother who dares to bully the princess like this. Your mother will stand up for you."
Just as You Xuewu was about to say something, You Lanfeng picked up a cup from the table and smashed it down, scaring You Xuewu into silence.
"Your Majesty, it would be best if you refrain from speaking for now."
The empress trembled in fright and dared not speak any further.
You Lanfeng turned to look at You Xuewu: "You said that the little princess of Qinglong Kingdom harmed you like this. Did you see it with your own eyes? Or did you do something that caused her to retaliate? Tell me, who in this palace saw her? And it was just her. How do you explain these corpses?"
"Why did that young princess target you of all others? Why did she choose to destroy your sect instead of everyone else's? How do you explain all of this?"
You Xuewu stammered, not daring to utter a sound. She couldn't very well say that she had asked her master to kill Feng Qinghuang, could she? In the end, her master failed to kill Feng Qinghuang, but was killed by Feng Qinghuang herself, who also wiped out her sect. It was truly despicable; why were so many people helping her?
Yu Xueming glanced at her younger sister, but ultimately couldn't bear it.
"Father, now is not the time to dwell on this matter. We must find a way to save Wu'er, otherwise her life will be ruined."
You Xueming was completely unaware that You Xuewu had asked her master to assassinate Feng Qinghuang. That's why she felt that if Feng Qinghuang really did poison Wu'er, it was truly going too far.
Hearing You Xueming's words, You Xuewu thought about the rest of her life, and large tears streamed down her face. She didn't want to spend the rest of her life lying in bed. She could no longer cultivate, so why did she have to suffer like this?
You Lanfeng snorted: "Not bothering about this? Who would bother to travel all this way just to poison her? She must have done something shameful for them to come knocking on her door."
"Father, I didn't, I really didn't. I just said it casually because I remembered that I had offended her in the past."
You Xuewu didn't want to admit it yet; she just wanted her father to find someone to cure her poison as soon as possible.
Just as You Lanfeng was about to issue an imperial edict ordering the entire country to search for capable individuals to see if they could cure the Bone-Shattering Poison, a eunuch announced that General You Bowu was requesting an audience. You Lanfeng waved for someone to bring him over.
You Xuewu's heart skipped a beat. Her cousin's arrival at this time couldn't be good. He was most likely here to exonerate Feng Qinghuang. Damn it, why did her cousin have to meddle? They were family! Why was he siding with an outsider? Why? Why?
You Xueming's heart tightened. With his cousin's arrival, the matter of Wu'er was now set in stone, with no room for maneuver. All the things Wu'er had done before would be exposed to the Emperor.
It seems there's no way to hide it anymore. Hopefully, her cousin will consider their shared clan and not add fuel to the fire. That's all You Xueming can hope for now.
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