The old doctor said that it would take some time to determine what poison King Jing had been poisoned with. Li Yu remembered that he had just completed a branch quest to help Liang. The reward for the branch quest was an ancient prescription. When they were confronting the Sixth Prince, he was reminded that the task was completed. He should be able to get this reward soon.
Why did the system reward an ancient prescription? Li Yu didn't understand at the time. Now he naturally thought, could it be related to the poison King Jing had been poisoned with?
He wished it was an antidote, but in front of the emperor and the imperial physician, he couldn't enter the system immediately to get it, because once he entered the system, his body would temporarily lose consciousness, which might cause panic.
Another point, because of Liang, he and King Jing were busy for nearly a night, and the deadline for transformation was about to come.
King Jing also thought of this, and kept looking at the silver hourglass, reminding Li Yu with his eyes.
Li Yu smiled at him, pinched King Jing's palm, and then cleverly reported to the emperor that he needed to go to the bathroom. The emperor was talking to the imperial physician, and waved his hand to let Li Yu go, and Li Yu quietly slipped into the tent next to him.
There was no one in the tent, and the countdown for the transformation had not yet appeared. Li Yu was the first to enter the system and received the reward for the branch "Compassion".
After getting the prescription, Li Yu read it himself first. He didn't know medicine, so he couldn't understand it.
Li Yu put the prescription away and asked the system: What is the use of this prescription?
The pit fish system was silent again, and Li Yu guessed it.
However, there was an imperial physician outside, so Li Yu didn't insist on the system's answer. As long as the imperial physician took a look, the purpose of the prescription would be known.
In addition to getting rewards, he entered the system for another purpose.
Li Yu asked tentatively: System, is there any hidden story behind King Jing's muteness? System
: "..."
The system was still aloof and did not answer, but Li Yu also found a pattern from the system's series of non-answers. Usually, the system would answer questions that it was very sure of. However,
the original book spent a lot of time and effort to write that King Jing had been speechless since he was a child, and was abandoned by the emperor early because of his muteness. He was even ridiculed by other princes. If the muteness was really congenital and there was no hidden story, it should be an obvious setting. Why couldn't the system answer it?
Not answering at this time meant that there was already another answer.
Li Yu was greatly encouraged and asked more bluntly, is King Jing's muteness congenital?
System: "..."
The system was silent for the third time, but Li Yu was about to jump for joy!
System, Li Yu finally asked, can King Jing recover?
System: “…………”
It didn’t say “can’t”, it just means there is a “possibility”!
Haha, I know it even if you don’t tell me, Li Yu happily threw a kiss to the system and exited happily.
As soon as he exited the system, he heard the countdown. Li Yu is now very experienced in transformation, because the transformation time limit is twelve hours. Every time he is forced to change back to his original form, he can almost use the transformation skill again. Li Yu waited without panic.
The time is up. In a moment, he has turned into a koi with silver and gold inside, and he didn’t forget to flick his tail in mid-air. The next moment, he used his skill again and became the elegant and dignified Princess Fish.
Because he slipped out under the pretext of changing clothes, Li Yu deliberately changed his clothes and then returned to King Jing’s tent.
"Father, I remember seeing an ancient recipe in a book before. I wonder if it can help the poison that Your Highness has been poisoned with. I would like to ask the imperial physician to take a look."
Li Yu took out the prescription. The most important thing at the moment was to detoxify King Jing. Whether it was useful or not, he had to give it a try.
The emperor knew that he was too worried. The old doctor hadn't even determined what kind of poison King Jing had been poisoned with, but he was anxious to present the prescription. However, the emperor was still quite moved by the kindness of Princess Jing, and motioned the old doctor to take it and take a look.
After reading it, the old doctor smiled and said, "This is a prescription for strengthening the body and nourishing the vital energy. It has no effect on removing poison."
"Can it really not detoxify?" Li Yu was disappointed.
"No." Seeing Li Yu's depressed look, the old doctor continued, although he felt sorry for her, "The princess's prescription can be used to strengthen the body, but if you want to detoxify, you have to first find out what poison your highness has been poisoned with."
Li Yu nodded. The doctor's words made sense. You have to know what kind of poison it is before you can diagnose and treat it.
Li Yu asked, "How long will it take to confirm it?"
The old doctor stroked his beard and was a little embarrassed. Sometimes you have to look at your luck when reading medical books. It's really impossible to give a specific date. If you are lucky, it may take a few days or months. If you are unlucky, it may take a few years.
The old doctor told the truth. Although the emperor was dissatisfied, he also knew that this was the fact. The emperor planned to let the Imperial Hospital do its best to treat the patient on the one hand, and on the other hand, post an imperial edict to summon famous doctors from all over the world. Maybe the imperial doctors in the palace don't know, but there are doctors outside who know it?
Li Yu heard the old doctor's reply and gritted his teeth secretly. He had almost confirmed from the system that King Jing's muteness was related to poisoning. He suspected that it was Pu Liu who did it. He had to confirm it no matter what.
Summoning a doctor was one way. He could also take a shortcut through the system!
The system showed him the secret of Pu Liu. If Pu Liu was the one who poisoned him, Li Yu thought that maybe he could find clues in Pu Liu's former residence!
After the old doctor left the room, Li Yu knelt down and begged the emperor to allow him to take a look at the closed room in Changchun Palace.
Because Pu Liu was the one who made the mistake before Empress Xiaohui passed away, and the palace was sealed by the emperor himself, the emperor was deeply impressed by this person and remembered him all of a sudden, and asked in surprise: "How do you know Pu Liu?"
Li Yu was well prepared, and started with the story of the children breaking the cloth tiger, saying that he just felt that Pu Liu's mistake was very suspicious, and there was no evidence.
"I think that the imperial physician's diagnosis is one way. If I can find the poison that Your Highness was poisoned with, or a clue, maybe it can help."
The emperor's imagination was not as big as Li Yu, and he did not think about King Jing's muteness, but when he dealt with Pu Liu, Empress Xiaohui was already very unwell, and the emperor was anxious and angry. Looking back, there were indeed many things that he had not thought about carefully. After Li Yu's reminder, the emperor also felt that Pu Liu was suspicious.
After all, as a nurse who had taken care of two princes, it was unusual for her to make such a low-level mistake.
Moreover, Li Yu wanted to help King Jing and wanted to confirm it with his own eyes. This enthusiasm made the emperor reluctant to refuse.
The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Go if you want to. Since Pu Liu is suspicious, I will also ask Luo to check where Pu Liu is now. I remember that she was expelled from the palace that year, so she should be able to be found."
Li Yu thanked him repeatedly. He knew that Pu Liu had returned to her hometown. Luo had helped to check Pu Liu's address before, which could be put to use immediately!
But there was no need to explain these to the emperor in detail.
The emperor told Li Yu to take good care of King Jing and then left. King Jing knew that Li Yu had inquired about Pu Liu before, and now he mentioned it in front of the emperor. It was definitely not as simple as a snap of the fingers.
You suspect that she harmed me? King Jing asked.
Li Yu couldn't tell King Jing what the system saw, wiped his face and pleaded: "Tianchi, I can't tell you yet, but I will do my best to investigate and help you detoxify."
King Jing nodded, and the words of the imperial physician just now also touched King Jing himself.
He was only in his twenties, with a sweetheart by his side and a beautiful child. He was very proud and would never consider what would happen after his death without any reason. But today, he suddenly found out that he had been poisoned by an unknown poison for decades. Although the imperial physician promised to do his best to treat him and Xiaoyu also said that he would definitely find clues for him, King Jing still inevitably made the worst plan.
He was afraid that Xiaoyu would leave him after the tribulation, and never thought that he would leave Xiaoyu in this way...
Even if he could not ascend to the throne in the end, he would not have too many regrets for being able to reach this point now. It was just a pity that he could not grow old with Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu was a carp spirit. If he died, there would definitely be other circumstances. No matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice. He could not keep Xiaoyu in his short life. He should have no regrets that he could have Xiaoyu stay with him in this life.
However, it was hard for him to accept it emotionally.
King Jing pinched his knuckles until they turned white, and his painful and passionate eyes were fixed on Li Yu, wanting to remember the appearance of this fish forever.
After he left, Wang Xi would take good care of the children. King Jing was very confident in Wang Xi, and also in the four children who were growing up day by day.
The only thing he couldn't let go of in his life was this fish. He hoped that he could still protect the little fish as long as he could, and he also hoped that this fish would remember him forever.
King Jing suppressed the severe pain in his heart, rang the jade bell, and summoned all his confidants.
I'll leave all these to you, and I'll be at your disposal in the future.
King Jing patted Li Yu's hand and wrote in the palm of Li Yu's hand.
Li Yu initially thought that these were the helpers that King Jing had sent to him, but later even some guards who were usually very hidden showed up. Li Yu was secretly shocked. What exactly was King Jing talking about?
Could it be that he was entrusting him with his last wishes?
Li Yu's chest felt as if it had been cut by a knife, and the pain was unbearable. He desperately squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying, trying to distort the other party's meaning.
"That's good. Lend me your people for two days, and I will find clues soon..."
"Don't forget that I am a carp spirit. There is nothing I can't do. I haven't given up, and you can't back down without authorization!"
Li Yu turned his back, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and boasted without hesitation.
In fact, he was not completely sure that he could detoxify. The only
thing he could rely on was one sentence: the system had said before that King Jing had the aura of a male protagonist and would definitely ascend the throne, so even if he was poisoned, King Jing would not be in danger of his life. As for what happened after death, they both must have prepared for it a long time ago!
King Jing was stunned for a moment, and realized that this was Xiaoyu's feelings for him. King Jing no longer thought about it, and held Li Yu's hand tightly, nodding heavily. King
Jing was found to be poisoned, and the emperor set off in a hurry, and soon returned to the palace.
Li Yu immediately followed the previous report and rushed to Changchun Palace without stopping, and also brought a personal pendant with him - a pendant for King Jing.
There was no other way. The tyrant knew that Li Yu was going to enter the palace, so he had to follow him no matter what. Although all the people were at Li Yu's disposal, the poisoned King Jing was very domineering and didn't care about reason at all. He squeezed himself into the few accompanying personnel.
Li Yu tried to persuade him, but fortunately the old doctor said that the poison had been with King Jing for a long time and it should not suddenly affect King Jing's current life. Li Yu was still worried and had to check on King Jing who was inseparable from him from time to time.
Don't worry, let's get started. King Jing glanced at Li Yu.
Li Yu no longer hesitated and came to the house where the wet nurse Pu Liu lived. He ordered the palace servants to remove the seal, and the palace that had been sealed for many years was exposed to the light of day again.
It is said that this palace still maintains the same appearance as before Pu Liu left, but because no one has cleaned it for too long, there are cobwebs everywhere.
Li Yu was a little scared. The palace maids asked for permission to clean it, but Li Yu refused. If there are really clues in this room, it is better not to let others touch it and try to keep it as it is.
Li Yu took a dry handkerchief and wanted to remove the cobwebs that blocked his vision. But King Jing stopped him first, pushed him out of the door, and grabbed the dry handkerchief himself.
Li Yu was blocked at the door and thought helplessly, who was poisoned between him and him?
King Jing always did this and was reluctant to let Li Yu work hard.
After roughly clearing away some of the cobwebs and dust, Li Yu was allowed to enter and take a look around the room.
The bed was no longer in its original state, the sewing basket was still on the table, and the chair was overturned on the floor.
"Tianchi, do you still remember?"
Li Yu tried to ask King Jing, trying to evoke King Jing's memory.
King Jing still shook his head.
The answer Li Yu got was still the no he expected.
Li Yu picked up the chair and sat in the position where Pu Liu had sat. After informing King Jing, he began to enter the system.
If he remembered correctly, he had kept several of King Jing's secrets when he was doing the mission before. The system had allowed him to review the secrets of this palace according to his wishes, and now it was just the right time to continue the change!
He didn't believe that he would not find any clues in the same room!
Li Yu was not in a hurry to replace all the stored rewards, but cautiously replaced one first.
He once again entered the illusion where the secret was, watching Pu Liu from waiting for someone, to having a conflict with the eunuch, and swallowing the medicine powder, not wanting to miss any details. He
really wished that he could stop after reading a little bit of this secret, and continue reading after he had studied it thoroughly.
This was not the first time he had checked this secret. Last time he thought he had seen it very clearly, but he still had new gains.
Li Yu did not have time to identify them one by one, so he wrote them all down so that he could check them with the real environment after exiting the system.
Finally, just before the end, he saw Pu Liu swallow the medicine powder, and the piece of paper that originally wrapped the medicine powder and was used as a medicine bag slowly fell under the table.
This piece of paper...