Chapter 796 Is feeling sleepy a medical condition?
Xie Shang used the excuse of changing clothes to lead Gongsun Ling away from the main hall, and asked in a cold voice, "What did you mean just now? What's wrong with the Empress's health?"
Gongsun Ling frowned, looking deep in thought. He touched his jawbone, lost in thought, and remained silent.
Xie Shang then said, "Gongsun Ling, I have a question for you."
Gongsun Ling quickly said, "There might be something wrong with the Guining Pill."
Xie Shang frowned even more deeply: "What's the problem? Explain yourself."
After a moment, Gongsun Ling said, "I only suspect, I'm not sure. Gui Ning Xiang is a kind of calming incense that Lan Lan developed. Later, she also developed Gui Ning Wan. You'll have to ask her about the specific problems. Lan Lan went to the snow mountain to find medicinal herbs. I'll send her a message when she returns and ask her to come to Shengjing."
Xie Shang got a headache whenever he heard him mention his sister. Gongsun Lan looked down on his Hidden Camp and refused to join, but she often wandered around the Hidden Camp. If she weren't Gongsun Ling's sister, she would have died hundreds of times over.
"Send her to Shengjing immediately. What kind of lousy medicine has she developed?" Xie Shang said coldly.
Gongsun Ling was also very troubled. "I only know that Lanlan went to the snow mountain, but I don't know her exact location, so I can't send a message! The Emperor also knows that Lanlan is away for a month, half a year, or even several years at a time."
"How would I know?" Xie Shang said anxiously. "Send people to find her immediately. If there is anything wrong with the Empress's health, I will have her buried with her."
Gongsun Ling was stunned. "It wasn't the medicine Lanlan gave to the Empress!"
"The last time I saw my sister was two years ago. She left in a hurry, only saying that she was going to the snow mountain to find precious medicinal herbs." He didn't want his sister to anger the emperor again.
Xie Shang said angrily, "That's you. If anything happens to the Empress, I'll make sure you lose your head."
Gongsun Ling immediately tensed up, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I never said there was no way to cure her! The Empress seems to be fine for now. I only noticed something slightly unusual when I took her pulse, but it's nothing serious." He needed to save his life first!
Last time, when Aoxue asked him for medicine, he gave it to her without his sister's permission, and he saw his sister use it to help others.
In fact, he and his sister developed Guining Incense together. He didn't know when his sister developed Guining Pills, only that they could make him forget his troubles. He was too busy to participate in many details.
"Can it be cured?" Xie Shang's voice softened.
“Give it a try,” Gongsun Ling said.
Xie Shang was so angry he felt like vomiting blood when he heard this. He remembered that Ruan Ruan died in her thirties in her previous life.
Gongsun Ling then asked, "Does the Empress often feel sleepy these days?"
"She hasn't slept for a day and a night, she must be sleepy. What's wrong with Guining Pill? You must give me an explanation, or I'll never forgive you." Xie Shang felt that Gongsun Ling had suddenly become a quack doctor. The medicine they produced had a problem and they couldn't find a solution.
"Is drowsiness a medical condition?" Xie Shang asked again.
“That’s not what I meant…” Gongsun Ling hesitated, “I still need to find an opportunity to examine the Empress’s pulse to find out whether it is a side effect of the Guining Pill, and whether there is a poison in the Guining Pill. The old saying is that every medicine has some poison in it.”
Xie Shang said coldly, "Will taking the antidote that Aoxue brought back cure the poison of Guining Pill?"
The mention of the antidote gave him renewed hope. If Ruan Ruan regained her memories, she might continue to hate him, but at least she wouldn't be in any danger.
Xie Shang was also conflicted.
Gongsun Ling said, "The antidote cannot be given to the Empress now. If there is a problem with the medicine, there will definitely be a problem with the antidote as well. I will find Lanlan's whereabouts and bring her back to discuss this before making a decision."
Xie Shang asked, "If the Empress really has health problems, what will happen to her in the end?"
Gongsun Ling added, "If there's a problem, Her Majesty the Empress might never wake up."
Xie Shang's heart was ice-cold.
When he saw Jiang Fenghua again, he found her searching through the palace where Granny Wang used to live, looking for things left behind by Granny Wang.
Although Kunning Palace underwent major renovations, the servants' quarters and side halls remained largely unchanged, as did the bedroom where Granny Wang lived. After returning to Kunning Palace, she moved back to this room, so Granny Wang ended up living in the same room no matter where she moved around.
He pulled Jiang Fenghua's arm: "Didn't I tell you to rest properly? Why are you running around again?"
Jiang Fenghua held a thin wooden box in her hand, a faint smile playing on her lips: "Found it. Granny Wang hid it in the wall inside the bed."
Xie Shang glanced at the box and said in a deep voice, "What's inside?"
"It hasn't been opened yet, so I don't know."
“Open it and take a look,” he said.
Jiang Fenghua couldn't help but cough, walked to the oil lamp, and gently pried open the box.
Seeing her flushed cheeks, Xie Shang touched her forehead and asked, "Why does it feel a little hot?"
"It's a letter left for me by Granny Wang." Jiang Fenghua's mind wasn't on her own body. "To be opened by the Empress herself, it's as if we've known each other for ages..."
Xie Shang followed the handwriting and read down. Granny Wang had left a farewell letter for Jiang Fenghua, talking about how she taught her manners at the Jiang residence and her days at the Heng Prince's residence. It was all trivial stuff, with nothing important to tell her. He thought Granny Wang would tell her something else, like her past life.
After reading the letter, Jiang Fenghua felt a mix of emotions. "Granny Wang was my teacher. She really taught me with all her heart. Am I really as smart as she said in her letter? That I can learn everything so quickly? She is such a smart person too!"
She felt that she didn't need to learn; she could do many things well with just a little exposure. For example, Granny Wang said she would teach her court etiquette and how not to make mistakes in the palace.
She said, "Granny Wang was able to become a lady-in-waiting for etiquette by the Empress Dowager's side, she must have been very young at that time!"
At this moment, Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua picked up the letter again and read it once more.
Xie Shang said, "Granny Wang was rigorously trained in palace etiquette before entering the palace, so she is telling you that she is indeed a spy."
There was also a brocade handkerchief in the box, embroidered with a crescent moon and whale pattern.
Jiang Fenghua said, "It's exactly the same as the one on the assassin."
They only found a handkerchief with a crescent moon whale pattern and no other clues. "If she was a spy, how did she communicate with other spies? This pattern might be the clue. To find other spies in the palace, we only need to know if they have this pattern on them. But Granny Wang cut off the pattern on her body a long time ago. She probably didn't want to be a spy anymore."
"Take these things back and let Gongsun Ling take a look..."
As the handkerchief was brought close to the oil lamp, a faint blue light seemed to flash across it. Jiang Fenghua held the handkerchief up to the lamp and saw a line of characters vaguely appear on it: "The Earthly Fiend Sect is located..."
Just then, a guard came to report: "Nightshade has been found."
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