"Princess Wanling, take this pill, and the pain will subside soon," Gao Hongyuan said gently with a smile.
Perhaps seeing the smile on Gao Hongyuan's face, Wanling glanced at the Empress Dowager beside her, who smiled and nodded at her.
"I still have some candy here. Take your medicine, then have some candy," Gao Hongyuan continued, his voice carrying a hint of temptation.
Wanling didn't think much of it, took the pill and swallowed it. It was a bit bitter, but it was still a pill and she could accept it.
Then she took the candy from Gao Hongyuan's hand and put it in her mouth. The sweetness of the candy spread in her mouth, masking the bitterness of the pill.
Before Wanling could finish eating the candy, her eyes suddenly went blank, and she sat on the ground like a puppet, completely still.
The candy in his mouth fell out and stuck to the ground.
At that moment, a woman's cries for help came from outside the hall, "Please let me in, Wanling is inside, please let me in."
Empress Dowager Wu glanced at Granny Hui, who understood and went out.
Snap!
A loud slap rang out.
“Consort Liu, the Empress Dowager sent Wanling here because she thinks highly of her. How dare you come and cause trouble? If you keep causing trouble, you may never see Princess Wanling again in your life.”
"Granny Hui, please, give Wanling back to me, please."
"Guards, drag Consort Liu out."
"yes!"
"Empress Dowager, please return Wanling to me, Empress Dowager..."
Consort Liu's voice grew weaker and weaker. She was just a concubine of the late emperor. She became pregnant and gave birth to Princess Wanling after the late emperor's accidental favor. After the late emperor's death, she was made a concubine and was able to stay in the palace.
To Consort Liu, Wanling was like her lifeblood. Today, the Empress Dowager suddenly took Wanling away, which made her feel uneasy.
Empress Wu had never seen Wanling since she was born, and she had never paid any attention to Wanling or her mother. Why would she suddenly think of Wanling today?
Thinking of what Empress Dowager Wu had done, Consort Liu, though unaware of Empress Dowager Wu's intentions, knew it was unlikely to be anything good and hurried over.
But how could a mere concubine like her be a match for the Empress Dowager?
Wanling sat there blankly, as if she hadn't heard her mother calling her at all.
Gao Hongyuan lifted Wanling's wrist, took out a dagger and cut it. The wound was small, but blood flowed out and into the bowl that Gao Hongyuan had brought earlier.
After the blood entered the bowl, something seemed to be moving inside.
Gao Hongyuan then took out a ginseng slice and stuffed it into Wanling's mouth, and applied the medicine to Wanling's wrist to ensure that the wound would not heal.
"Rou'er, you all go out first, and don't let anyone in!"
"Yes, cousin!" Empress Wu knew the seriousness of the matter and dared not be careless.
She stood outside, pacing back and forth. It concerned Zhuo'er; how could she possibly feel at ease returning to Ningkang Palace?
Before long, the clear sky was suddenly filled with thunder, and even streaks of lightning flashed down.
Fu Linglong, who was teaching Su Ruojin how to read celestial phenomena, suddenly looked in the direction of Longxiao City and her expression changed drastically when she saw the streaks of lightning.
Su Ruojin also noticed that Fu Linglong was not right and hurriedly asked, "Master, is something wrong?"
Fu Linglong pointed in the direction of Longxiao City, "Gao Hongyuan actually dared to use the forbidden technique of the Star Gu Pavilion!"
The Heavenly Gang Star Array is one of the highest-level divination techniques of the Star Gu Pavilion, but it is also a forbidden technique.
This technique requires not only the practitioner's lifespan of ten years, but also the lives of one or even several other people.
How many people will die depends on how many days the spell needs to last. With the secret techniques of the Star Gu Pavilion, a person's blood can last for a maximum of ten days, and at most one hundred days.
"Xiao Jin, Gao Hongyuan is using forbidden techniques to find Yuan Hong!" Fu Linglong exclaimed anxiously.
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