"The poison has been temporarily stopped, but we still need to use medicine to cleanse the toxins from her body." Yun Beiming applied some crushed herbs to Jin Jinzhi's leg and then wrapped it with gauze.
After dealing with all of this, several eunuchs carried Jin Jinzhi into a side hall to rest.
"Ouch!" When Yun Duoduo stood up, she took a step back and suddenly felt that she had stepped on something. When she looked, she saw that it was Xue Deyi.
After everyone finished their work, they noticed that Xue Deyi's mouth was swollen like a sausage and his skin was starting to turn purple.
"Did this young man suck blood from his wound?"
Yun Beiming sighed, "This is useless; it will only poison you as well."
Yun Beiming took out several silver needles from his sleeve and inserted them into various acupoints on Xue Deyi.
"I will first force the poison out, and then give him some herbal soup to clear heat and detoxify him in the next few days."
Ah Xiang nodded and gave a few instructions to the palace maid beside her.
After a flurry of activity, Yun Duoduo was about to go and guard Jin Jinzhi when she turned to walk into the bedroom. A familiar voice came from behind her.
"Your Highness, I've caught all the snakes nearby. Do I need these snakes as a medicinal ingredient to make the antidote?"
Hearing the sound, the group looked in the direction of the sound and saw Xiao Jinyu standing to the side, holding several snakes in his hands.
"How can there be so many snakes?" Granny Liu said in a low voice. She was very puzzled. After so many years in the palace, why would there be so many snakes this spring?
Yun Duoduo heard Liu Mama's inner thoughts and was startled. Her eyes widened. [Could there be something fishy about this snake?!]
According to Granny Liu, there were no snakes in the palace in previous years, but this year there are an unusually large number of them.
If snakes have appeared in all the nearby palaces, then it's nothing. But if it's only in her Fu Shuang Palace that snakes have appeared, then this matter needs to be carefully considered...
The appearance of this snake is suspicious.
Yun Duoduo shook her little head. [Hopefully, she's overthinking it.]
Jin Zhuangzhuang leaned against the window, watching the writhing snake with great interest.
Yun Beiming examined the snake in Xiao Jinyu's hand. "Hmm, this venomous snake is indeed needed as a medicinal ingredient to make the antidote pills."
“But, young man, it’s too dangerous for you to hold the snake like that,” Yun Beiming said, pointing at the snake in Xiao Jinyu’s hand.
As he spoke, a eunuch brought over a wooden box and put the snake inside.
Yun Duoduo looked at the people present.
Xue Deyi, who was poisoned and unconscious, was lying on a soft couch in the side hall. Unexpectedly, Xue Deyi, who was always so arrogant and smug, would have such a loyal moment.
Such a self-righteous person would actually squat down, lie on someone's lap, and suck out their poisonous blood.
This was something she never expected.
She turned to look at Xiao Jinyu standing at the door. He, too, like her brother Jinzhi, always helped those around him quietly.
...
The news of the venomous snakes appearing in Fu Shuang Palace quickly spread throughout the palace.
"What?! Such a thing has actually happened?!"
Yun Beiye, who was reviewing memorials on a soft couch, threw down the memorials in his hand and hurriedly walked towards Fushuang Palace.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wait for this old servant! Please put on your shoes! The ground is cold!" Zhao Zhongquan sighed and called out, holding the dragon boots in his arms, and quickly followed behind Yun Beiye.
Yun Beiye turned around, snatched the boots from Zhao Zhongquan's hand, and quickly put on the bright yellow boots. "Go and summon all the imperial physicians for me!"
"Also, call all the people from the Imperial Pharmacy over here!"
"Yes, yes, this old servant will send someone to fetch him right away." Seeing the emperor's angry expression, Zhao Zhongquan dared not say anything more and could only instruct the people around him to fetch him, while he quickly followed the emperor's side.
Upon arriving at Fushuang Palace, Yun Beiye discovered that the Empress Dowager and Empress Zhaoyuan were already there.
Empress Zhaoyuan was scolding the palace staff, "I'm telling you all, it's springtime, the snakes are all active, how come you can't remember to apply the medicine?!"
"A bunch of useless idiots! If anything happens to the little princess, we're doomed!"
Yun Duoduo swallowed hard, listening to Empress Zhaoyuan's foul language, and didn't know how to respond.
"Duoduo, Duoduo is alright." Yun Duoduo said timidly. She didn't want everyone in the palace to be scolded by Empress Zhaoyuan because of her.
"Your Majesty, please don't be anxious. Have some hot tea to calm your nerves." Cui Ling, the head maid of Empress Zhaoyuan, handed her a cup of hot tea.
"Get out of the way! Don't interrupt!"
Normally, Cui Ling was very popular with Empress Zhao Yuan, so Empress Zhao Yuan must be furious about what happened today.
"If it weren't for you all being so lazy and irresponsible, not doing your jobs properly, not acting like servants at all, each and every one of you always trying to shirk your duties!" Empress Zhaoyuan's lips trembled slightly with anger (meaning being irresponsible and irresponsible).
Empress Zhaoyuan was from the Xiongnu and grew up in Nanyang. She was quick-tempered and had a fiery temper, and would start cursing at the slightest disagreement.
"Thankfully, the little princess is alright!"
"Alright, stop making such a racket, it's giving me a headache." The Empress Dowager, sitting on the bed, rubbed her temples and closed her eyes. Zhang Mama quickly handed her a cup of tea.
"Empress Dowager, oh dear, Empress Dowager, it was all my fault." Empress Zhaoyuan hurriedly changed her expression, looking extremely annoyed and ashamed.
"It's all because I didn't manage things well." Empress Zhaoyuan moved closer to the Empress Dowager, gently stroking her back to help her catch her breath.
"His Majesty has arrived!" Zhao Zhongquan shouted in a high-pitched voice.
...
On a small hill outside Nanyang, nestled in a dense forest, stands a wooden cabin covered in tender pink peach blossoms.
The wooden house was very large, with an exquisite construction. It was made of the finest ebony wood, and you probably couldn't find another house in the entire capital that used such precious wood.
Behind the wooden house, many small houses were arranged side by side.
Hanging on the eaves of the wooden house is a brownish-yellow nanmu plaque with the four large characters "Meihua Ange" (Plum Blossom Hidden Pavilion).
The budding flowers surrounding the wooden house signal the arrival of spring.
A variety of beautiful flowers, including anemones and forsythia, filled the courtyard.
Wearing a long purple dress and with a cold expression, Zheng Ningxiang knelt on the ground, reporting something like an old woman sitting in the head seat.
The elderly lady sitting in the main seat was dressed in a well-tailored light green blouse, and her hair was tied up with a square hairpin.
The hairpin was a silver hairpin, extremely simple in design. The top was a neat rectangle, with a bar dividing it into two sections. The old woman had worn this hairpin for many years, and it showed signs of wear.
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