Chu Huaizhi's phoenix eyes that were like an endless abyss caught the palace maid's sight. The palace maid's breathing stagnated and her heart suddenly started beating wildly.

"His Royal Highness the Regent is asking you a question, why don't you tell the truth!"

The palace maid didn't hear a word of what Eunuch Zhu said later, and three words kept echoing in her mind.

Regent, Regent, the person in front of me is the Regent!

thump--

The sound of a body hitting the ground was heard, and in full view of everyone, the palace maid's eyes suddenly widened and she fell to the ground in a daze.

Eunuch Zhu frowned upon seeing this and waved his hand at the palace servants.

One of the palace servants walked up to the maid, squatted down, and put his finger in front of the maid's nose.

When the eunuch realized that the palace maid had died, his fingers trembled and he quickly knelt on the ground with his hands clasped.

"Your Majesty, the person is already dead."

"Dead?"

Eunuch Zhu widened his eyes in disbelief and went forward to check it out himself.

After confirming that the maid was no longer breathing, he murmured, "How could this happen?"

Before coming here, he had clearly had someone check the slave's body thoroughly to make sure she didn't have any weapons or poison on her. How could she suddenly die?

Imperial Doctor Xu, yes, Imperial Doctor Xu is still waiting in the Yangxin Palace!

Eunuch Zhu quickly called Doctor Xu to take the pulse of the palace maid who had died suddenly, and finally Doctor Xu came to a conclusion.

The deceased's heartbeat suddenly accelerated before his death, and then he suffered cardiac arrest due to shock.

In other words, she was frightened to death.

I was scared to death by the title of Regent.

Chu Huaizhi: "...Carry it away."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The farce ended with the suspect being frightened to death.

Chu Huaizhi stood up and walked into the hall. At that time, Nanny Zhou had already changed Jiang Li into clean clothes.

"Doctor Xu, please check on His Majesty."

At Chu Huaizhi's instruction, Doctor Xu came to the bedside and took Jiang Li's pulse again.

"Your Majesty, her pulse is stable and she is in good health."

Chu Huaizhi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Your Majesty, have you washed the robe you wore this morning?"

"Not yet, I'll get it right away!"

Nanny Zhou quickly took out the dragon robe that had not yet been taken down by the palace servants for cleaning and handed it to Chu Huaizhi.

Chu Huaizhi took the dragon robe that Jiang Li wore this morning and put it in front of his nose and sniffed it carefully, not missing any part.

Upon seeing this, Nanny Zhou and Doctor Xu looked at each other and stared at Chu Huaizhi's movements without blinking, fearing that he would find out anything unusual.

What others don't know is that Chu Huaizhi was born with an ability to use his sense of smell to identify odors that others cannot detect.

Because of this extraordinary ability, his master often asked him to identify various medicines when he was young.

Although Chu Huaizhi did not know medical skills, he could tell whether a herb was a life-saving herb or a life-killing poison just by smelling it.

Chu Huaizhi closed his eyes and carefully smelled the scent on Jiang Li's clothes. When he smelled a unique fragrance, he paused and slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, he was holding onto the piece of clothing on Jiang Li's chest...

Nanny Zhou and Doctor Xu immediately became alarmed upon seeing this. In order to prevent anyone from discovering the secret of Jiang Li's female body, Nanny Zhou secretly washed all the straps that bound her chest.

Nanny Zhou wasn't sure whether the soapberries used in the Shangyi Bureau had the same flavor.

Fortunately, Chu Huaizhi did not stay on the collar of Jiang Li's chest for too long, and continued to close his eyes to look for other smells.

Finally, I successfully smelled a strange odor around Jiang Li's waist.

And that was exactly the spot that the palace maid touched when she bumped into Jiang Li today.

"It's a bloodworm."

After smelling the peculiar smell on the clothes, Chu Huaizhi slowly opened his eyes and uttered three words with a confident look on his face.

"Blood Gu?"

Doctor Xu looked shocked, obviously he had heard of this name before.

Chu Huaizhi nodded slightly: "Yes, your Majesty has just been manipulated by the blood parasite and lost his mind."

"Your Majesty, is she in any danger?"

After hearing that Jiang Li's mind was being manipulated, Nanny Zhou panicked instantly and looked at Chu Huaizhi with an anxious look on her face.

"Once controlled by the blood parasite, the entire person will lose consciousness and fall into a nightmare cycle for a full twelve hours. Those with poor psychological endurance may even die in the nightmare cycle..."

"These six hours are crucial for Your Majesty. Whether Your Majesty can resist the nightmare cycle and wake up smoothly depends on whether Your Majesty can survive these six hours."

Doctor Xu spoke solemnly about his understanding of blood parasites, and the Yangxin Palace immediately fell into deathly silence.

Nanny Zhou's eyes turned red, and she shook her head dully: "Your Majesty will be fine, Your Majesty will be fine!"

As Nanny Zhou spoke, she staggered towards Jiang Li who was lying on the bed, grabbed her hand tightly and begged in a pitiful voice.

"Your Majesty, I beg you, please make it through tonight. Your Majesty said that when you have time, you will go to the Fo'an Temple with me to visit the queen. Please wake up and don't abandon me..."

By the end of her speech, Nanny Zhou was already sobbing. She held Jiang Li's hand tightly and begged in a sad voice with red eyes.

Chu Huaizhi handed the robe in his hand to Eunuch Zhu and said in a deep voice: "Everyone go down. I will guard here tonight."

"yes."

The palace maid responded and walked out of the inner hall with her head down.

Eunuch Zhu called to Nanny Zhou who was standing by the bed: "Nanny, please leave with us. With the prince here, I believe His Majesty will be safe."

Nanny Zhou is now completely satisfied with Jiang Li's comfort, so how can she listen to Eunuch Zhu's words?

Doctor Xu walked up to Nanny Zhou and advised, "Mammy, please leave first. Too many people in the palace will be disadvantageous to His Majesty. It is enough for the prince to stay alone."

Doctor Xu seemed to be comforting Nanny Zhou, but in fact he was secretly giving Nanny Zhou a wink where no one else could see.

Chu Huaizhi is a man of deep thoughts. He needs to be more careful at this time and not let him notice anything unusual.

Although His Royal Highness the Regent now follows the late emperor's order to support His Majesty, Nanny Zhou and Imperial Physician Xu dare not imagine what the consequences will be once His Majesty's identity as a daughter is exposed.

Nanny Zhou finally retreated with Doctor Xu and others, leaving only Jiang Li and Chu Huaizhi in the inner hall.

As the blood poison powder on her body took effect, Jiang Li's originally relaxed brows gradually twisted into a frown.

She clutched the quilt tightly with both hands, her face was pale, and a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

“No, don’t.”

Jiang Li kept twisting her body, as if she had dreamed of some terrible scene.

After hearing her voice, Chu Huaizhi walked to the bed and said, "Don't be afraid, Your Majesty. I am here."

Chu Huaizhi spoke in a low voice, trying to make his voice sound softer.

But Jiang Li was still struggling with a look of fear on her face and could not hear any sound from the outside world.

Chu Huaizhi pursed his lips upon seeing this, sat down in front of the bed and took Jiang Li's hand...