Gu Jiangli hurried towards Guangming Palace with a heart pounding in her chest.
She had experienced the scene of so many imperial physicians surrounding her bed before, so it was not unfamiliar to her.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress stood together, both holding handkerchiefs and silently shedding tears.
When the Empress Dowager saw her arrive, she immediately abandoned the Empress and came over to take her hand.
"Good child, come quickly and see the Emperor! The imperial physician says he's almost..."
The Empress Dowager choked up, and before she could finish speaking, she pulled Gu Jiangli to the bedside.
Gu Jiangli's every step toward the bedside was unusually stiff.
Does the Empress Dowager mean... that the Emperor is no longer capable?
How is that possible?!
Everything was fine when we met yesterday!
With disbelief, she approached the emperor step by step.
But when Gu Jiangli actually saw the emperor lying unconscious on the bed, her legs suddenly went weak.
The emperor's face was ashen, his lips were bloodless, his eye sockets were bluish, and his eyes were tightly closed.
"Your Majesty..." Gu Jiangli whispered in his ear.
The person on the bed didn't respond to her at all.
He was barely breathing; his life was nearing its end.
This was the first sentence that popped into Gu Jiangli's mind at that moment.
But before she could even make the emperor happy about her pregnancy, was he about to die?
This won't do!
She tried her best to suppress the unease and distress in her heart. As long as the emperor was still alive, she could not lose hope.
"What exactly happened?"
The Empress Dowager immediately said, "Today I came here to dine with the Emperor, and he suddenly collapsed after only eating half of the meal... We were eating the same food, but for some reason..."
"I have already issued an order to investigate, and I am certain that we will find the murderer who poisoned the Emperor." After saying this, the Empress Dowager began to cry again.
"So, His Majesty has been poisoned?" Gu Jiangli murmured as he asked.
Who would be so audacious as to poison the emperor?
Killing the emperor is a capital offense that could implicate nine generations of one's family.
She suddenly paused, then looked directly at the Empress.
The Empress had no interest in looking at her; she was still standing behind the Empress Dowager, weeping bitterly.
A royal physician knelt, his entire body pressed to the ground, and answered:
"Looking back at Your Majesty, it is indeed clear that Your Majesty has been poisoned, but we officials are truly unable to identify what kind of poison caused this..."
Gu Jiangli asked in a deep voice, "As imperial physicians, you are the most skilled doctors in the entire Great Jiang. Don't you have a way to save them?"
The imperial physicians were on high alert. "Your Highness, it's not that we are useless, but there are so many strange poisons in this world, and we, as doctors, know very little about them."
Another imperial physician hurriedly said, "To detoxify, we must at least know what kind of poison it is."
Gu Jiangli exhaled a breath of stale air. She really wanted to curse, but she held back and gritted her teeth, saying:
"So, you don't know what poison His Majesty has been poisoned with, and therefore you can't save him?"
The imperial physicians looked at each other in bewilderment.
They wanted to deny Consort Gu's words, but clearly, no one dared to say that they could save the emperor.
The Empress stepped forward, her face streaked with tears, and said:
"Consort Gu, I know you are also anxious for His Majesty, but we still need the imperial physicians to save him."
“We need to give them time. Perhaps the imperial physicians can find a solution. Don’t be impatient and push them too hard.”
The Empress was always gentle and generous, and her words warmed the hearts of the imperial physicians.
But Gu Jiangli turned around and closed her eyes.
She didn't want to listen to these people's useless words. Right now, there was only one person who could save the emperor.
"Zizai!!!" Gu Jiangli shouted the system in his mind with a strong voice.
[Sweetie! Zai Zai is here!]
"I'm in a real hurry. Do you have any medicine that can cure all poisons? I'll give you any points you need!"
【Hmm... Darling, I have everything here, including antidotes, but they might not work on the Emperor.】
"What do you mean? Can't the antidote cure the emperor's poison? Even you can't do anything about it?"
Was the emperor destined to meet his doom?
That's impossible.
As the protagonist of this world, the emperor will die, and it's impossible for Zizai not to remind her.
The fact that it did not warn itself in advance proves that it was not yet time for the emperor to die!
"Zizai, stop beating around the bush. If you want points or something else, just deduct them yourself!"
"How can we save him?"
Gu Jiangli seemed to hear Zizai, the customer service representative, let out a sigh.
"Alright, darling, since we've worked together for so long, I'll tell you. The antidote for all poisons won't save the emperor, because he wasn't poisoned at all."
"What? If he wasn't poisoned, why is he like this?"
He was afflicted with a curse.
"insanity?"
This did indeed surprise Gu Jiangli.
She had heard of this thing before, but had never seen it.
But now we see it in the emperor.
[My dear, if you look closely at the emperor's arm, you'll see bluish-purple lines moving as if they were alive—those are Gu worms.]
Gu Jiangli quickly opened his eyes, and amidst everyone's gasps, he swiftly lifted the emperor's bed sheet, revealing his arm.
"really..."
Everything was just as Zai Zai had said.
【Honey, things will be easier from here on out. There's medicine in the shop; I can arrange it for you. I'll deduct the points that should be deducted. After taking the medicine and having bloodletting done on your arm, the Emperor should wake up in a few days.】
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