Empress Dowager Wu struggled to sit up, and Gao Hongyuan quickly sat down by the bedside to help her up.
Leaning against Gao Hongyuan's chest, Empress Wu felt much more at ease, and a smile appeared on her lips. "Cousin, it's good that you're here."
Empress Wu couldn't help but reminisce about the past.
When she married into the palace and became empress, she was unable to conceive for a long time. Seeing that other women in the palace were pregnant one after another, she would definitely take action to make the pregnant concubines die in the womb as long as the fetus was a boy.
As a result, the princess gave birth to one child after another, but her belly remained flat.
Eight years ago, she suddenly received a letter from her family saying that a cousin with supernatural abilities had come to visit and could help her conceive a dragon child.
She took the opportunity of visiting her family home to meet this cousin.
When Gao Hongyuan first met Empress Wu, he was dressed in a white robe with a light blue belt around his waist, looking every bit the elegant young gentleman.
At that time, Empress Wu was not moved by Gao Hongyuan's appearance at all.
She had seen many young masters from prominent families in Longxiao City, and there were countless men as handsome as Gao Hongyuan.
All she wanted to know was what method Gao Hongyuan could use to help her conceive a dragon child.
After kneeling and bowing, Gao Hongyuan said directly before Empress Wu could ask any questions: "Your Majesty, please forgive my boldness, but if Your Majesty wants to know how to conceive a prince, please extend your hand."
Empress Wu's first thought was that this so-called cousin might be a doctor who wanted to take her pulse, so she didn't hesitate and extended her hand.
But to everyone's surprise, Gao Hongyuan quickly grabbed her hand and wrapped it tightly around hers.
Empress Wu felt a stinging pain in her fingertips, and then Gao Hongyuan released her hand.
Empress Wu looked down and saw that her middle finger seemed to have been cut by something, with beads of blood still hanging from it. She was furious.
"You dare to injure me, Gao Hongyuan! Guards!"
Before the guards could rush in, Gao Hongyuan immediately knelt down and spoke first, "Your Majesty, you have been given a drug that will prevent you from having children. This humble subject can cure you of this poison and help you conceive."
Empress Wu was stunned upon hearing this. She never imagined that she, the empress of a nation, would be given a drug that would prevent her from having children.
Who dares?!
At this moment, the guards rushed in, drew their swords and pointed them at Gao Hongyuan, awaiting the Empress's orders.
Empress Wu, remembering Gao Hongyuan's words, waved her hand and said, "It's alright, you may leave."
After the guards had all left, the perceptive Granny Hui closed the door.
Empress Wu glanced at Gao Hongyuan kneeling on the ground. "Speak! What's going on? If you dare to spout nonsense, I'll have you beheaded!"
Gao Hongyuan didn't reply, but simply stretched out his hand and opened his palm.
Empress Wu noticed a small, green, beetle-like insect lying in Gao Hongyuan's palm and asked with a puzzled expression, "What is this?"
"Your Majesty, this thing is called the Poison Testing Gu. It was raised by me using thousands of poisonous herbs and plants. It is originally white, but after it sucks human blood, its body will show different colors. It can be used to identify whether someone has been poisoned and roughly what kind of poison it is."
Red indicates a deadly poison, blue indicates mild poisoning, yellow indicates a poison that causes unconsciousness, and green indicates poisons that can damage the functions of different organs, such as causing blindness or deafness.
Forgive my bluntness, but Your Majesty has not conceived in recent years, and the Gu worms are green, which suggests that Your Majesty's uterus is damaged.
"The only reason the Empress's uterus could be damaged is that someone gave her a drug that would prevent her from having children," Gao Hongyuan said earnestly.
"Infertility drugs" is a general term; any drug in the world that prevents a woman from getting pregnant is collectively referred to as an infertility drug.
Hearing Gao Hongyuan's words and seeing the green worm in his hand, Empress Wu's face paled slightly, but she still couldn't believe it.
"That's impossible. I am the Empress. Imperial physicians come to check my pulse every day. If there is anything wrong with my health, why can't the imperial physicians find out?"
"Your Majesty, what if the imperial physician is acting under someone's orders?" Gao Hongyuan reminded her.
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