Chapter 458: On the table
Lianyi's words made everyone in the room change color. Wang Yaohui had already strode to the bedside, looking at Lianyi who had switched to using her other hand to feel Wang Kun's pulse.
In order to confirm her guess, Lianyi drew a stream of internal energy from the Su Nu Xuan Gong into Wang Kun's body. After it went through his meridians, she frowned. The situation was worse than she thought.
"ripple."
Wang Zhenzhen called softly.
Lianyi gently withdrew her hand, looked around, took the medicine bowl that Wang Yaozu was still holding, smelled it, and then said:
"The medicine is for the right symptoms, but it's just a drop in the bucket for my grandfather."
"Lianyi girl, what does this mean? Everyone is here, just take your time and tell me."
Mrs. Wu was sitting on the edge of the bed at this time, and said with a serious face.
Only the person involved, Wang Kun, was still a little unresponsive. However, seeing his wife, son and daughter were by his side, he finally felt relieved. He just felt his throat was very itchy, so he started coughing hard. After a while, his face turned purple, and then he let out a "wow" and spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Wang Yaozu, who was already taking care of the patient, had already developed a conditioned reflex and immediately took the spittoon beside the bed. After spitting out the black blood, Wang Kun's expression eased a little.
"Father, rinse your mouth first. I'll go call the doctor."
Wang Yaohui immediately took a cup of mouthwash and was about to call a doctor, but was stopped by Mrs. Wu.
"Yaohui, wait and see what Lianyi says."
Wang Yaohui knew that no matter how angry Mrs. Wu was, she would never joke about his father's health, so he stopped.
Lianyi gave Wu a faint smile, thanking her for her trust in her.
"The black blood that Grandfather vomited was the residue of the poison that blocked his meridians. Just now, in order to determine the severity of his poisoning, I introduced some internal energy into Grandfather's body. The internal energy cleared the meridians, and the human body instinctively expelled these impurities."
"Ripple, maybe an antidote?"
Wang Yaozu put down the smelly spittoon and asked nervously.
"I'm not sure, but the internal skills that Aunt Zhen and I have practiced can temporarily clear the blockage in the body caused by the poison and make Grandfather feel better. Then we can slowly work on finding a way to detoxify."
Lianyi had never seen this kind of poison before, so she couldn't guarantee it.
"Alright, this matter is limited to the people in the room. Even your confidants cannot reveal a single word. The master was poisoned, it must have been done by someone close to him. Even if it was not done personally, it must have been related."
Wu looked around deeply and spoke bluntly.
"Don't worry, mother. I understand! Some people can't stand seeing our Wang family doing well. They have already plotted against us once. I will definitely not do anything that will make my loved ones sad and my enemies happy."
Wang Yaohui was the first to express his opinion.
Although he is the head of the family now, he still lacks experience and cannot compare with his father who has been in the business world for a lifetime. The reason he can smoothly inherit the position of head of the family is, firstly, because of his father's support, and secondly, Mrs. Wu never made things difficult for him after Aunt Ling passed away, allowing him to inherit the family business as the legitimate son.
As a member of the Wang family, he knew very well that everyone prospers together and suffers together, so he was the least likely person to hurt his father. After all, he still needed his father's support.
"It's good that you know the answer. Look carefully at the people and things your father came into contact with before and after he was bedridden. At least find the source, so Lianyi can have a direction to detoxify."
Wu was experienced in dealing with people and immediately began to trace the source.
"Don't worry, mother. I'll check it out right away."
"Well, I won't stop you from checking, but you still have to be careful."
After Wang Kun got over the discomfort in his heart, he spoke.
"Father, just take good care of him, and we will take care of the rest."
Then Wang Yaohui turned around and said to Wu solemnly:
"Mother, please take care of the household affairs in the mansion during this period of time. Yu Qian is still inexperienced and I am afraid that this will give some people an opportunity to take advantage of it."
The Yu Qian that Wang Yaohui mentioned is his wife. They have been married for seven or eight years, but they have no children. Because of his father's experience, Wang Yaohui insisted that he would not take a concubine. He only said that he would consider taking a concubine if he was childless by the age of 40.
His wife Sun Yuqian was so moved that she always put him first in everything. However, since there were no messy things happening in the backyard, his methods were still a little lacking.
"Yu Qian has been doing a good job. If you rashly take away her housekeeping power, she might feel aggrieved. You can tell her about your father's health condition. She will still be in charge of the household affairs, and I will assist her from the side."
Mrs. Wu did not refuse, but chose a compromise.
"I always listen to my mother."
Wang Kun felt relieved to see that his wife was willing to help. He was a little overwhelmed, so he lay down with the help of his youngest son and fell asleep after a while.
"Father didn't sleep well at night, so it's a good thing that he's asleep now."
Wang Yaozu said softly.
"Yaohui, let's go to the study and talk."
Wu stood up with the help of her eldest daughter and gave instructions.
"Yes, mother!"
The group tiptoed out of Wang Kun's bedroom and went to the study where they usually held meetings. After the maid served tea, Wang Yaohui sent everyone away and asked Wang Yaozu to stand guard at the door. What he was going to say next was very important and must not be heard by the servants.
Wang Yaozu knew that he couldn't get a word in, and he hadn't yet recovered from the shock of knowing that Lianyi was his niece. He decided to stand outside the door to get some fresh air, which wouldn't affect his ability to listen to the discussion in the room anyway.
After Wu sat down in the main seat, Wang Yaohui and Wang Zhenzhen sat on her left and right, while Lianyi sat to the right of Wang Zhenzhen.
"Lianyi, there are no outsiders here now, please explain it to everyone in detail."
Wu said.
"Yes, Grandma!"
Lian Yi nodded, and then spoke:
"The poison my grandfather had is a chronic poison. Once it enters the human body and mixes with the blood, it will produce a lot of waste that will accumulate in the human meridians. Over time, it will completely block the meridians and cause organ failure and death.
The cleverness of this poison lies in that it does not take effect immediately, but rather has a slow accumulation process. Even if a doctor diagnoses it, he will only say that the grandfather is old and his organs have aged. This is a natural phenomenon that no one can reverse.
If I hadn’t discovered that my grandfather had taken the best medicine, he would have only lived for half a year at most, and then he would have passed away from heart disease. Even the imperial physician would have made the same diagnosis.”
"Humph! These people really took great pains to use such a rare poison in order not to arouse the Wang family's suspicion."
Wu sneered.
The people behind the scenes did this in order to let Wang Kun die naturally without alerting them.
"How long ago did grandpa's health problems occur?"
Ripple continued to ask.
She had only heard Wang Yaozu say that her grandfather was unwell, but she didn't know the exact time.
"It's been almost two months. It was caused by a cold. I didn't expect it to get worse. I changed several doctors and their diagnosis results were the same. So I never suspected that my father was poisoned."
(End of this chapter)
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