"No, this is impossible, there’s a problem with these rabbits themselves, my Immortal Pill cannot be the issue."
Uk Sang looked at the rabbit that died in front of him, completely dumbfounded, he stumbled and scrambled over to the Empress Dowager, then tightly clung to her legs, begging for rcy.
"Empress Dowager, it’s not like this, my Immortal Pill has no problems, it must be him framing , you must see clearly."
The Empress Dowager stared at the dead rabbit, her eyes reddening, just monts ago it was still hopping around, and now it was truly gone.
The sudden death of the rabbit, bleeding from all orifices, also plunged the Empress Dowager into silence, she could not help but suspect there was an issue with the Immortal Pill.
At this mont, Lin Yi stepped forward, picked up the remaining ten-plus Immortal Pills from the ground, and handed them to Uk Sang.
"You said your Immortal Pill has no issues and can extend life, then why don’t you eat all of the remaining ones in one go?"
As soon as these words ca out, Uk Sang was montarily speechless, his face contorted as if he had swallowed manure.
"Ah?" The Empress Dowager also thought this was a good idea.
"Uk Sang, I also suspect there’s an issue with your Immortal Pills, to prove your innocence,
I order you to eat all the remaining ten pills."
When the Empress Dowager’s imposing voice rang out, Uk Sang imdiately shivered all over.
Ten dicine pills at once, that’s the dose of half a bottle of deadly poison, isn’t this killing him?
"Empress, dicine always has so toxicity, eating them all at once might not be good," Uk Sang trembled.
"Heh."
Lin Yi let out a cold laugh, slowly saying.
"dicine always has so toxicity, indeed, but your dicine is the Life Extending Immortal Pill, a greatly nourishing dicine, why would taking it all at once be bad?"
"It seems to that you don’t have confidence in your own concoction, and yet you dare to give it to the Empress Dowager, you are very bold!"
With just a few words, Lin Yi turned the tables and left Uk Sang speechless.
Seeing that Uk Sang dared not consu the Life Extending Immortal Pill, the Empress Dowager beca angry and directly ordered people to force-feed him.
"Ah, no—"
Uk Sang struggled repeatedly, but under the eunuchs’ combined efforts, over ten Life Extending Immortal Pills were forcibly fed into his stomach.
Uk Sang cried in pain, desperately trying to claw the pills out with his hands.
Lin Yi stepped up and forced Uk Sang to drink water mixed with a sufficient amount of deadly poison.
"There’s no door to spit them out now!"
Inevitably, monts later, Uk Sang began to lose consciousness and spoke nonsense, then his face turned pale, and he collapsed on the ground, convulsing continuously.
Watching this scene, the Empress Dowager was so angry that she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Very well, the one who wanted to harm was right beside all along, how foolish I was! Soone drag him out, rip him to pieces!"
Upon the Empress Dowager’s command, the Imperial Guards who were hit in the knees by darts looked embarrassingly at the Empress Dowager, unable to stand up.
At this ti, the Empress Dowager turned to look at Lin Yi.
"Who are you, why do you save , do you have a grudge against Uk Sang?"
Lin Yi helped the unconscious Uk Sang up, explaining: "I am Lin Yi from You Country, I have no grievances with this Uk Sang."
"But Eunuch Wei intends to put to death, and I ca to se求 the Empress Dowager’s protection. I just happened to stumble upon this scene and took the opportunity to expose the harmful Life Extending Immortal Pill prepared by Uk Sang for you."
Then, Lin Yi presented the prepared dicine that he intended to offer to the Empress Dowager.
Empress Dowager suddenly thought of sothing and tightly grabbed Lin Yi’s hand to ask, "Are you the Lin Yi who dug out the priceless Yellow Dragon Jade in Lingyun City and Wushan City? Are you also the Lin Yi who secluded himself for ten years due to Hua Wudao?"
Lin Yi was caught off guard as he hadn’t expected these minor matters to reach the Empress Dowager’s ears.
"Hehe, indeed, it is I."
"According to rumors, they call you Divine Doctor Lin. Her Majesty now orders you to check her pulse."
As she spoke, the Empress Dowager extended her right hand to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi felt displeased being ordered around; aside from the Emperor, no one had dared speak to him like this.
’It can’t be helped, under soone’s roof, one must bow their head.’
The Empress Dowager’s pulse was sowhat weak, but it was due to long-term poisoning by chronic poison; as long as the dication is stopped and she rests for a while, living another ten or eight years wouldn’t be a problem.
"Empress Dowager, you have been taking these Immortal Pills for a year, and it has gradually drained your vitality. You just need to slowly replenish it."
"There is a faint scent of night-blooming jasmine on you. You must not have spared it in your bedroom; inhaling too much of this flower can cause headaches, insomnia, and poor ntal health."
The Empress Dowager was startled, and in her tension, she knocked over a cup on the table.
"Her Majesty just ntioned why she has always been sleeping poorly, and Eunuch Wei even specially prepared night-blooming jasmine for Her Majesty, claiming it soothes the nerves and aids sleep."
Lin Yi finally realized what was clear—Eunuch Wei intended to monopolize power.
"Empress Dowager, if I’m not mistaken, this bushel-back plant was also highly recomnded by Eunuch Wei."
Following that, Lin Yi brought over a basin of cold water to wake up the bushel-back man, held a knife to his neck, and made him reveal Eunuch Wei’s series of plots, including how to secretly endanger the Empress Dowager’s life.
"Sigh!"
The Empress Dowager sighed deeply, blaming herself: "I have been governing behind the curtains for over forty years, weathered many storms, yet to think in the end I’d fall at the hands of a eunuch."
"Thank you. Divine Doctor Lin, ask for anything you desire."
Though the Empress Dowager was straightforward, Lin Yi felt sowhat embarrassed, as he couldn’t just ask for the jade of Nan Zhao Country as a reward for saving her life.
The bargaining chip was clearly not enough.
After hesitating for a mont, Lin Yi slowly said, "Empress Dowager, you just coughed up blood twice, your body must be very weak. If you trust , Lin Yi, please take these two bottles of dicine first."
Without another word, the Empress Dowager obediently drank the dicine.
Strangely enough, just as the two bottles of dicine went down her throat, the Empress Dowager felt a refreshing breath sweep through her body, followed by an unprecedented sense of freshness and relief.
It was as if the impurities in her body were being expelled bit by bit.
The Empress Dowager could clearly feel her spirits and energy returning. She was extrely impressed by Lin Yi’s dical skills and earnestly requested that Lin Yi beco her personal Imperial Physician.
"Absolutely not, Empress Dowager, you are a person of great fortune, there’s no need to overly consu such health supplents, otherwise, it might backfire."
The phrase "a person of great fortune" made the Empress Dowager bloom with joy, but thinking of Eunuch Wei and others still lurking to harm her, her mood grew heavy again.
"What Divine Doctor Lin said is very true. Once I have dealt with that castrated man Wei, I shall reward you with a few cities."
Then, Lin Yi leaned closer to the Empress Dowager’s ear and proposed a plan.
"Good, we’ll do as you say."
The Empress Dowager dismissed all the servants, keeping only a few Palace Maids by her side, holding a half-eaten Life Extending Immortal Pill while Lin Yi crouched behind the table beside her.
A Palace Maid pretended to be distraught and rushed out.
"Oh no, oh no, the Empress Dowager has fainted!"
...End of Chapter...
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