Chapter 396 The Old Emperor is Poisoned by Gu, the Curse is Removed
Upon hearing Lin Luoxi's call, Xie Hanchuan and Xiao Jingchen quickly stepped forward to restrain the struggling old emperor.
"Yes, don't let him move around." The Heart-Eating Gu is about to reach the old emperor's throat, and at this critical moment, we must not allow any mishaps.
To prevent any accidents, Lin Luoxi used the bottle containing the water from her spatial ability to shake it faster and faster in front of the old emperor's nose.
The old emperor absorbed the spiritual water-like energy from the space, and his consciousness gradually returned.
The Heart-Eating Gu that had reached the emperor's throat seemed to sense the old emperor's lucidity and hesitated for a moment.
The question was whether to run back to the old emperor's heart and control him, or to go out and drink the life-giving spiritual water.
Lin Luoxi hesitated for a moment when she saw the Heart-Eating Gu, then immediately moved the bottle away from the old emperor's nose.
With the spiritual water of the space gone, the old emperor fell into a deep sleep again. The Heart-Eating Gu, realizing that the life-giving water outside was about to disappear, quickly crawled out of the old emperor's mouth.
Upon seeing this, Lin Luoxi immediately slapped the Heart-Eating Gu to the ground with her hand.
With a stomp of her foot, the Heart-Eating Gu was flattened by Lin Luoxi, splattering blood all over the ground.
It's probably because it just absorbed the old emperor's lifeblood that so much blood splattered out.
"Ah!" Fu Gonggong, who was walking beside him, screamed in fright when he saw a huge, fat Gu worm that crawled out of the emperor's mouth.
"Shut up!" Lin Ruoxi immediately shouted to stop him when she heard Eunuch Hu's scream.
The area outside is full of the Fifth Prince's men. If Eunuch Fu screams like that, won't it attract them inside?
Not long after Lin Luoxi finished speaking, a series of footsteps came from in front of the hall.
Seeing this, Lin Luoxi quickly stuffed a pill into the old emperor's hand, and then, pulling Xie Hanchuan along, flew up to the rooftop.
Xiao Jingchen knew that now was not the time to reminisce with the old emperor, so he flew to the crossbeam with Xie Hanchuan and the others, using the huge crossbeam to shield himself.
Seeing that Lin Luoxi, Xie Hanchuan, and Xiao Jingcheng had all flown onto the crossbeam, Eunuch Fu, who was inside the old emperor's bedroom, pretended to be calm and looked towards the palace gate.
The guards filed into the hall, their eyes scanning the surroundings. Finding nothing to tolerate, they then looked at Eunuch Fu with feigned concern.
"Deputy Chief Steward, what just happened here?"
"There was a cockroach here just now, it scared me to death!" Grandpa Fu patted his chest, pretending to be quite frightened.
"Oh, Eunuch Fu, you've served the old emperor for decades, you're an old man now, why are you still so loud and boisterous?"
After saying this, he waved his hand, dismissing the guards.
Inside the emperor's bedroom, only the old emperor and Eunuch Fu remained.
Once they were sure the guards had left and gone far away, Xiao Jingchen and his group flew down again.
"Your Highness, this servant deserves to die..." Upon seeing Xiao Jingchen come down, Eunuch Fu quickly stepped forward to apologize.
"It's nothing, Eunuch Fu..." Xiao Jingchen was preoccupied with the old emperor and waved his hand dismissively at Eunuch Fu.
"Luo Xi, my father..." The Gu worms have all come out, why hasn't his father woken up yet? Xiao Jingchen is starting to get anxious.
"Don't worry, your father has had too much of his life force drained by the Heart-Eating Gu, that's why he won't wake up so quickly. He'll need a while longer..."
What Lin Luoxi really wanted to say was that the old emperor was now on his last legs, his life force exhausted.
Whether they can survive depends on whether the old emperor himself has the will to live.
Lin Luoxi said this to make Xiao Jingchen prepare for the worst.
However, since Xiao Jingchen was so lucky to have her as a friend, and considering how much he trusted her medical skills, he wouldn't let the old emperor kick the bucket in front of him.
But the old emperor didn't know that he had just regained consciousness when he heard Lin Luoxi's words, which made him furious.
I wish I could jump up and behead his third son. He's really having a bad year!
"Chen'er..." The old emperor opened his eyes and immediately looked for Xiao Jingchen in the room.
"Father, I am here." Xiao Jingchen heard the old emperor's hoarse voice and walked over with heartache. He took the old emperor's hand in one hand and pressed it against his face.
Seeing Xiao Jingchen's dependence on him, the old emperor's heart softened, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.
"Father, please don't get agitated. You just had the Gu worms removed from your body, so you can't get too emotional."
"Chen'er, it's Consort Xiao, it's her..." The old emperor thought for a moment. After Consort Xiao brought him a bowl of nourishing soup that day, he fell into a coma. There must be something wrong with Consort Xiao.
"Father, please don't get agitated. If you want to punish her, wait until you're better..."
Seeing the old emperor so excited that the veins on his neck were bulging, and realizing that Xiao Jingcheng's struggle for power had caused him to die in a fit of excitement, they quickly tried to calm him down.
"Alright, Chen'er, they are..." While the old emperor was speaking to Xiao Jingchen, his gaze had already swept around the situation in his shop.
Seeing Xie Hanchuan and Lin Luoxi standing behind Xiao Jingchen, he was very curious about who these two people were.
“Father, he is Xie Hanchuan, a descendant of Marquis Xie Zhongyi, and also this year’s top scholar in the imperial examination.”
"She is Lin Luoxi, the granddaughter of War King Lin Lingtian, and also the divine healer who saved you..."
Lin Luoxi was asked to praise Xiao Jingchen's high emotional intelligence. When introducing Xie Hanchuan and Lin Luoxi, Xiao Jingchen would tell the old emperor about their backgrounds.
"Oh!" The old emperor felt that he had seen the face of the man behind Xiao Jingchen somewhere before. It turned out that he was the runaway top scholar. Thinking of this, his interest in Xie Hanchuan faded a lot.
His interest in Lin Luoxi intensified, after all, she was the savior who had saved his life.
"Chen'er, is Lin Luoxi really the granddaughter of the War King?" Wouldn't that make her a princess of the Xiao family? Would the Xiao family now have a princess with the title of divine physician?
"Yes, that's right." Xiao Jingchen didn't understand why the old emperor suddenly asked this question, but he still nodded truthfully.
"Do you like her?" The old emperor felt that Lin Luoxi's background and status, plus her status as a divine physician, were more than enough to match his son. He wanted to act as a matchmaker and arrange a marriage between the two children.
Xie Hanchuan, who was standing aside listening to the old emperor speak, was releasing a chilling aura.
"Father, Luo Xi has married Xie Hanchuan, and they already have a child..."
When his father said this, Xiao Jingchen quickly interrupted the old emperor.
"Oh!" The old emperor glanced at Lin Luoxi with regret. Such a capable woman couldn't become a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family.
He wasn't stupid; he could naturally see that his son had feelings for Lin Luoxi, but there was nothing he could do—they were already married.
"Miss Lin, you saved me, is there anything you want?" The old emperor stared intently at Lin Luoxi.
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