Chapter 260 The one who used the Gu poison was the Emperor.
"Don't you want to see what the Prince looks like?" Jiang Wan Ning said softly. "I thought my mother-in-law hadn't seen the Prince for so many years."
"I'll be very happy and eager to know what Your Highness looks like, which is why I can't wait to tell you."
"It seems I misunderstood."
The Duchess of England paused for a moment.
After a long while, he managed a forced smile. "Chuan'er must look a lot like his father. I don't want to see him because I'm afraid I won't be able to stop thinking about his father."
"Over the years, whenever I'm quiet, I think of the Duke, and if I see Chuan'er..."
“Mother-in-law, actually the Prince and the Duke are not similar at all,” Jiang Wan Ning said softly.
For some reason, when Jiang Wan Ning heard the Duchess of England say this, she felt that the Duchess of England was hiding something. It was as if this person was shrouded in a secret, making her unfathomable and unclear.
If it were anyone else, they would be overjoyed, let alone seeing their son after so many years, or even just hearing that they could regain their sight.
Furthermore, even if Pei Yanchuan looks like the Duke of Ying, wouldn't that be a good thing for the Duchess of Ying?
Being able to see and touch a familiar face from your memory is a blessing; even if you can't see it, you'll still think of it and feel even worse.
The Duchess of England paused for a moment, unsure how to respond, and finally could only say, "When Chuan'er was little, he looked exactly like his father. I thought he would look more and more like him."
"It seems that not only girls change a lot as they grow up, but boys do too."
“In the early years when I was in the cold palace, I thought of Chuan’er and his father every day. They were all I could think about. Even after I went blind, my memories of them were still very deep.”
"In the end, as things gradually became more and more blurred, I actually felt a little better."
"So I'm really scared, scared that Fuming will be unable to resist looking at the Duke's portrait, scared that seeing Chuan'er will remind him of the Duke."
"The feeling of being separated by life and death and unable to meet is too painful."
"Mother-in-law, I'm sorry, I didn't think that much about it." Jiang Wan Ning quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "I thought you would be happy, Mother-in-law."
The Duchess of England gently shook her head, holding Jiang Wan Ning's arm. "Silly child, I don't blame you. You were only doing it for my own good."
"I'm just a little scared and conflicted. I don't want to see him, but I also desperately want to see him."
Jiang Wanning said in a calm tone, "Mother-in-law may not know, but the Prince originally looked a lot like the Duke."
"In order to avoid the enemies hiding in the shadows, the prince made a slight change to his appearance. Although the change was not significant, no one who saw him would immediately recognize him as the Duke's son."
"Does Mother-in-law know what kind of pain a person has to endure to change their appearance?" Jiang Wan Ning didn't know why she added this sentence.
Perhaps it was because she saw the suppressed disappointment and sadness in Pei Yanchuan's eyes.
Although the Duchess of England's words made a lot of sense, each of them seemed somewhat selfish and not something a mother would say.
"The prince... has been struggling to live, and even though he is now second only to the emperor, he still could not escape the fate of being poisoned."
As the Duchess of England listened, her eyes suddenly reddened and swelled, and her hands clenched into fists as if she were trying her best to restrain herself.
"Mother-in-law, are you alright?"
Seeing that something was wrong, Jiang Wanning asked softly.
The Duchess of England frowned deeply. "Chuan'er, I'm not feeling well. You should go back now and come see me another day."
"Let Ningning take a look for you," Pei Yanchuan said calmly.
Although he hadn't seen the Duchess of England for many years, he clearly remembered every moment from before. The Duchess of England's behavior was definitely not because of what Ningning had just said that made her sad and unable to bear it.
On the contrary, it really felt like I wasn't feeling well.
The Duchess of England waved her hands repeatedly, "No need, you all go first, I'll rest for a while."
As she spoke, she stumbled into the house, and fearing that Pei Yanchuan and Jiang Wanning would follow, she quickly closed the door.
"Chuan'er, you should go quickly. I'm not feeling well today and just want to rest. I don't want you to worry."
Pei Yanchuan wanted to say something more, but Jiang Wanning tugged at him, and the two left the courtyard. Jiang Wanning said, "I casually flipped through this book on the way here."
"It says that if someone is infected with the Golden Silkworm Gu, the mother Gu will approach the offspring Gu, and the offspring Gu will become extremely agitated in the host's body, causing the host to feel extremely uncomfortable."
"You mean, I have a mother Gu inside me?"
Jiang Wan Ning shook her head. "I don't know yet, but the symptoms are very similar. However, my mother-in-law didn't seem to be in this much pain when I saw her before."
"If this curse is on me, then why haven't I had any problems all these years?"
"The mother Gu will only affect the child Gu, but the host of the mother Gu itself will not feel anything." Jiang Wan Ning flipped through the book.
“There are records here. The symptoms are very similar to those of my mother-in-law. It also says that if the mother gu attracts the child gu, the host of the mother gu will die along with the gu worm.”
Jiang Wan Ning spoke the last word very softly. She was already quite certain that Pei Yan Chuan had the mother Gu in his body. Although the Duchess of Yingguo was fine before, she seemed very nervous and her eyes were also very uncomfortable.
It just wasn't as serious as this time.
"Are there any other methods mentioned above?" Pei Yanchuan asked casually.
Jiang Wan Ning turned another page and read it softly to Pei Yan Chuan, "If the mother Gu host wants to live, unless..."
"Unless what?"
Jiang Wan Ning frowned. "This book must be quite old and somewhat incomplete. It just so happens that this half-page is missing."
"If we find the person who cast the curse, we might be able to figure out how to remove it."
Very few people could simultaneously cast a spell on Pei Yanchuan and the Duchess of Yingguo.
The Duchess of Ying went blind while she was in the Cold Palace, which means that Pei Yanchuan was secretly poisoned when he was closest to her in the palace.
"If I remember correctly, His Majesty has a Miao person by his side who knows how to raise Gu poison." Pei Yanchuan's voice was very calm, as if he were talking about someone else's affairs. He wasn't the one who was poisoned.
"You mean the person who cast the curse was His Majesty?" Jiang Wan Ning asked softly.
Upon careful consideration, it becomes clear that His Majesty is indeed the most suspicious person, as this is the only way to completely control Pei Yanchuan and use him for one's own purposes.
Pei Yanchuan shook his head. "If Xiao Yu wanted to control me in this way, he wouldn't have planned to prevent my illness from getting better in the first place."
"It seems that someone deliberately misled us into suspecting Xiao Yu."
“I also feel that something is strange about this. I feel like we are being controlled by someone, and every step we take seems to be stepping on a path that someone else has designed.” Jiang Wan Ning frowned.
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