Chapter 25: Detoxification Yan Shu reached out and gently twisted the belt around Xiao Yu's waist...
As soon as these words were spoken, Empress Dowager Zhao Jing's face changed immediately. She was about to say something when Zhou Tong came in from outside the hall and walked quickly to Xiao Yu. He leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing this, Xiao Yu stood up and looked at the Queen Mother. He said calmly, "I have some government affairs to attend to today, so I will take my leave."
The words that were on the tip of Empress Dowager Zhaojing's tongue were instantly swallowed back. Although she was displeased in her heart, she still put on a look of understanding and said gently, "Since it is an urgent matter, I will not detain you any longer. Go and do it."
Xiao Yu nodded lightly and then left the inner hall.
After leaving Suning Palace, Zhou Tong respectfully said, "Your Majesty, Doctor Fang and the others are already waiting in Baohua Palace."
Yan Shu was still taking a nap on the cold jade couch when she heard Qingtao come to report that Doctor Fang and his cousin who was traveling had arrived at Baohua Palace. She was suddenly shocked and stood up in surprise and joy.
Now, more than a month has passed since that consultation, and she finally waited for someone to come.
After Qingtao had tidied Yan Shu's hair and clothes, she immediately called the two of them into the hall.
Doctor Fang was seen walking in front, followed by a woman in her fifties wearing Miao clothing.
"I pay my respects to Lady Yan, and I wish her the best of luck."
Doctor Fang knelt down and saluted, and the woman behind him also knelt down after hearing what he said.
Seeing this, Yan Shu led Qingtao forward and immediately helped the two of them up.
"Doctor Fang, there's no need to be so polite. The person next to you must be the cousin you mentioned earlier. How should I address her?" Yan Shu said, her eyes falling on the woman next to Doctor Fang.
Doctor Fang nodded and replied respectfully, "My cousin's name is Miao. She has cured countless poisons in the past. I'm sure she can find a cure for you today."
Upon hearing this, the Miao woman said, "I have been traveling as a doctor for many years and have seen many difficult and complicated cases. I heard from my cousin that the poison that the beauty has contracted is quite difficult to cure. Today, I am willing to give it a try."
Yan Shu had heard in the past that the Miao people were the best at making poisons. Now, seeing Doctor Fang's cousin dressed in Miao clothes, she felt a little more at ease.
So he sat back on the couch and let Miao Gu feel his pulse.
After feeling the pulse on Yan Shu's wrist, Miao Gu frowned slightly and said to the girl:
"I need to undress for you, my lady. Please send your attendants away."
Upon hearing this, Yan Shu ordered all the palace servants in the inner hall to leave, leaving Qingtao alone.
As a male emperor, it was naturally inconvenient for Doctor Fang to be present. So after hearing what Miao Gu said, he followed a group of palace servants and left the inner hall.
After everyone left, Miao Gu asked Yan Shu to take off her coat and expose her back.
Although Yan Shu didn't understand, she still took off her clothes as she was told, and then half-closed her clothes, revealing a hint of her snow-white shoulders.
Miao Gu also opened the small package she carried with her, took out a few silver needles, and after passing the needle tips through the wine and candlelight, she was about to pierce the girl's white jade back.
Seeing this, Yan Shu's face turned pale and she was a little panicked, and Qingtao was so scared that she immediately stepped forward, stretched out her hand to block her own princess and scolded her.
"Don't hurt the princess!"
Miao Gu was stunned for a moment, then began to explain, "This silver needle is used to induce the poison. If we don't use the needle, it will be impossible to find out the root cause of the poison in the beauty, and naturally there will be no way to dispel it."
Although Yan Shu was still afraid after hearing this, she looked a little calmer.
"It's okay, Qingtao. Let Doctor Miao treat me."
After hearing this, Qingtao put down her arms and stood aside, but her expression was still slightly worried.
The Miao girl also noticed the girl's suppressed panic, so she gently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, my beauty. This needle will not hurt you."
Yan Shu nodded. Although she was still frightened, she closed her eyes and pretended to be calm.
Fortunately, when several silver needles pierced my back, apart from the initial stinging pain, there was no additional pain afterwards.
After a quarter of an hour, Miao Gu took out the silver needle and looked at it carefully. Seeing the snow-white tip of the needle, her expression relaxed and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Beauty, this Hehuan Gu is nothing to be afraid of."
Yan Shu was just pulling her clothes up to her shoulders when she heard this. She was immediately delighted and looked at Miao Gu and asked, "Doctor Miao, do you mean there's a way to cure this poison?"
The Miao lady nodded and continued, "This Hehuan Gu was originally made by Miao girls to enhance the pleasure of their boudoirs. It has two properties: one is that it needs to be removed every mid-month, and the other is that once the girl becomes pregnant, the Gu will dissipate and cease to be a problem."
Yan Shu was stunned when she heard this.
"You mean that as long as I get pregnant, this poison will be cured?"
Miao Gu nodded.
"Apart from this method, is there no other way to get rid of the poison?" Yan Shu couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
Although she had tried to have a child to save her life before, she had been trying for several months without any results and had already begun to feel uneasy.
So, when Yan Shu heard Miao Gu's words, she felt even more exhausted. But she also resented Queen Yan's viciousness in casting the poison on her. It was obvious that her intention from the beginning was to make her win the favor of King Xiao Wei and eventually give birth to a child to consolidate her position in the Xiao Palace.
When Miao Gu heard Yan Shu ask if there were any other ways to remove the poison, her brows furrowed slightly and her face seemed a little embarrassed.
"Although this Hehuan Gu has a forced solution besides the natural solution of pregnancy, I advise you not to try it lightly."
When Yan Shu heard there was another way, she immediately replied, "Doctor Miao, please feel free to tell me."
Miao Gu sighed, shook her head, and slowly said, "It's said that drinking the heart blood of a loved one can also cure this Hehuan Gu."
Yan Shu stared in disbelief.
The heart's blood of her beloved? Where could she find her beloved? Moreover, if she really did have a beloved, how could she bear to let him take her heart's blood for her to drink?
"So this Hehuan Gu is mostly cured by natural methods, and the solution for the heart blood is just a rumor. The beauty is young now, and there will always be a time for her to give birth to children. There is no need to worry too much." Miao Gu knew the girl's doubts and continued to explain.
But Yan Shu’s worry lies in this offspring.
If she is really Xiao Yu's favorite concubine now, then she doesn't have to worry.
After all, if Xiao Yuruo really loved her, he would naturally help her remove the poison according to this method.
But the reality at this moment is that Xiao Yu hates her to the core. If he really knew that her Hehuan Gu needed a child to cure it, he would probably just take this opportunity to torture her severely.
Moreover, she had been serving the emperor for more than a month, and she had clearly acted according to the silk painting every time, but there was no news of pregnancy. She couldn't help but suspect that it was because of her body, so after hearing what Miao Gu said, Yan Shu couldn't help but ask Miao Gu.
Upon hearing this, Miao Gu took Yan Shu's pulse again.
"The beauty is in good health and has no fertility problems. If she doesn't deliberately use contraception, it should be easy for her to have children."
When Yan Shu heard what Miao Gu said, she looked puzzled.
"But I haven't used any contraceptives, so why can't I get pregnant?"
After hearing this, Miao Gu said, "Could you please let me check what the beauty uses on a daily basis?"
When Yan Shu heard this, she hurriedly asked Qingtao to bring all her daily food expenses. However, after Miao Gu checked them one by one, she did not find anything that could cause infertility in women.
"There's nothing wrong with the beauty." Miao Gu paused after saying this, as if to stop. "Perhaps the difficulty in getting pregnant is not due to the beauty herself."
Yan Shu's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and she immediately understood the deep meaning of her words.
Miao Gu’s meaning couldn’t be clearer.
If the problem was not with herself, then her infertility must be related to Xiao Yu.
Either he himself was infertile or he intentionally made her infertile.
There is only one result, that is, her way of having children and staying alive will probably be difficult to achieve in the future.
Thinking of this, Yan Shu's mind gradually darkened. She said to Miao Gu sternly, "I already know what happened today. If the king asks, Doctor Miao, just say that my poison will resolve itself over time. Don't tell me about the method of pregnancy."
Although Miao Gu didn't know the ins and outs of the palace, she knew from the words just now that the infertility of Lady Yan in front of her might be related to King Xiao. As for the reason, it was not something that an ordinary person like her could know.
So Miao Gu naturally agreed to all of Yan Shu's words.
When Miao Gu was packing up the acupuncture instruments, she heard the announcement from the monks outside the hall.
When Xiao Yu entered the hall, he saw Yan Shu coming to greet him, and Miao Gu also immediately bowed behind him.
Perhaps he had already received the explanation from Doctor Fang in the outer hall. After Xiao Yu's eyes fell on Miao Gu, he spoke lightly.
"Can you find a cure for her poison?"
"In reply to the king, the beauty's poison will be cured by itself over time, so there is no need to worry." Miao Gu naturally answered what Yan Shu had said.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him, as if to confirm.
"Is this Gu really harmless?"
Yan Shu nodded, pursed her lips at him, and looked very smiling.
"It's indeed alright. I feel much more at ease now."
After hearing what Yan Shu said, Xiao Yu's eyes regained some vitality.
After instructing Zhou Tong to take Miao Gu away to claim the reward, he sat on the couch and hugged the girl in his arms again.
Yan Shu was also used to Xiao Yu's constant intimacy, so she immediately leaned on his chest. She was still thinking about Miao Gu's words and the matter of the Hehuan Gu.
But when she smelled the familiar sandalwood scent on Xiao Yu's clothes, a trace of surprise suddenly flashed across the girl's beautiful eyes.
"Did the king just come from Suning Palace?"
Yan Shu reached out and gently twisted the belt around Xiao Yu's waist, then looked up and asked him.
Xiao Yu seemed slightly surprised, lowered his head, and his narrow eyes curved.
"How did Yanyan know? I did go to pay my respects to the Queen Mother today."
Yan Shu understood, thinking that Xiao Yu had indeed not paid his respects to Empress Dowager Zhao Jing for more than ten days after she returned to the palace, so it was only natural for him to go once.
"I can smell the scent of sandalwood on the king, and it's exactly the same as the one in the Queen Mother's palace."
The last time Yan Shu went to Suining Palace, she noticed that there was a lot of sandalwood burning in Empress Dowager Zhaojing's palace, and when she returned to the palace that day, her clothes were also stained with a lot of it.
So when I heard it today, I guessed that Xiao Yu had gone to Suining Palace.
After hearing what she said, Xiao Yu chuckled, and there seemed to be a hint of joy in his dark eyes.
"My Yanyan is really smart."
After saying that, he lifted the girl's fair little face with his slender big hand, and curled his thin lips slightly.
"Yanyan, do you know what the Queen Mother said to me today?"
Hearing Xiao Yu's question, Yan Shu was slightly stunned, then shook her head and answered truthfully: "Of course I don't know."
There seemed to be a dark glow in Xiao Yu's eyes, and his slender fingertips gently stroked the girl's small chin.
"The Queen Mother hopes to isolate the Chu girl and make her the Queen. What do you think, Yanyan?"
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