Chapter 457: Chapter 318: A Fateful Benefactor
Empress Min had always been in good health, never known to have any ailnts.
Yesterday, Li Shao ca to the banquet for no apparent reason, and then Empress Min suddenly fell to the ground, unable to get up.
Looking at Empress Min, it was clear she was poisoned. However, all the Imperial Physicians from the entire Imperial Hospital of Tang Yuan were mobilized, taking turns without being able to figure out the cause.
Li Shao pushed away Crown Prince Li Cheng’s hand, speaking with visible displeasure.
"Li Cheng, what nonsense are you talking about? Which set of eyes saw
poisoning? Moreover, that evening, both you and two esteed guests from Dihong City were present, sharing the sa drinks and food. Nobody else got poisoned, only the Empress was affected; what makes you qualified to accuse
of poisoning?" Li Shao was also surprised when he saw Empress Min collapse yesterday.
Although Empress Min is the Empress, she’s not favored, so why would Li Shao bother killing her?
"Crown Prince, you must not talk nonsense. Plotting against the Empress is a capital offence. Besides, why would Shao’er conspire against the Empress?" Empress Su frowned as she watched from the side.
She and Empress Min had been fighting for years, with no clear advantage gained by either side.
She’s not foolish; what benefit would there be in plotting against Empress Min at this ti?
"If I really intended to harm the Empress, why would I have invited a Mage from the Magic Temple?" Li Shao smoothed his collar with a look of disdain.
Only then did everyone notice that, indeed, a Mage dressed in fine clothes followed behind Li Shao.
The man was wearing a Mage’s Magic Robe from the Magic Temple.
Li Shao had good relations with the Magic Temple, and as soon as Empress Min had her incident, he imdiately commanded soone to invite a Mage from the Magic Temple.
"Is this Xia Wenxu, Si Ming from the Magic Temple?" Unable to find fault with Li Shao, the Crown Prince could only glower hatefully at him.
It’s been years since the Senior Si Ming from the Magic Temple personally took action to treat soone. In recent years, if an important mber of the Royal Family was injured, Xia Wenxu was the one who mostly stepped in.
His position as Crown Prince was greatly owed to Empress Min, but over the years, her maternal family’s influence had been continuously weakened, and Li Shao had been closely associated with people from the Magic Temple, increasingly intensifying his sense of crisis.
He was unwilling to ask for assistance from the Magic Temple, but with the Imperial Physicians at their wits’ end, Light Magic from the Magic Temple was the only option left to try.
"Si Ming Xia is in ditation recently and cannot co; I am his senior brother Ru Yi," said the Mage who was about the Crown Prince’s age, handso, gentle, and courteous – the typical deanor of soone from the Magic Temple.
Not Si Ming Xia?
Li Cheng felt slightly disappointed, but the man was still a junior brother of Xia Wenxu, so he expected his prowess in Light Magic to be exceptional as well.
Li Cheng quickly stepped aside to let Ru Yi enter.
A group of people began waiting outside.
In the Magic Temple, Xia Wenxu sat quietly in front of the Heavenly Destiny Mirror.
Ever since his return from Great Zhou, Chang Siming, who was not known for losing his temper, severely rebuked him.
Facing the accusation, Xia Wenxu didn’t offer many explanations.
This infuriated Ji Yu even more, who directly punished Xia Wenxu to reflect behind closed doors for a month, without permission, he must not leave the Magic Temple.
So this ti, when Empress Min had an accident, Xia Wenxu couldn’t go.
Regarding the punishnt, Xia Wenxu did not show any resentnt. He remained silent, simply contemplating in front of the Heavenly Destiny Mirror.
Fissures occasionally appeared on the Heavenly Destiny Mirror, and Xia Wenxu noticed them as well.
He sighed.
Last ti, he must take so responsibility for the incident at Yun Bahe.
Knowing his master would be furious, he still did it.
This was also the first ti he defied his master’s wishes.
He still rembered the day when his master exploded in anger, questioning: "Why, exactly? Do you realize that your actions this ti have revealed the Heavenly Secret? The Heavenly Destiny Mirror is damaged, the fortunes of the Magic Temple will be impaired, and your own luck will take a major hit."
He knew all of this.
Yet he still did it.
The reason he acted wasn’t related to the state nor about luck.
He simply wanted to help Yun Sheng.
Just that and nothing more.
"Junior Fate," Yu Ji appeared quietly behind him, and seeing Junior Fate staring blankly at the Heavenly Destiny Mirror, he couldn’t help but sigh as well.
After returning ho, Si Ming had been in a dazed state, claiming he was reflecting behind closed doors, but he seed to just be staring blankly day after day.
Xia Wenxu did not turn around.
He knew what it was about.
Tang Yuan and Li Shao ca to the Magic Temple in the morning, saying that Empress Min was poisoned out of the blue yesterday, and Crown Prince Li Cheng suspected it was his doing. To clear his na from suspicion, he ca personally to the Magic Temple.
Li Shao was from the Mainland Magic Elite Camp, and his ntor had connections with Ji Yu, so Ji Yu couldn’t dismiss Li Shao’s dignity. However, considering that Xia Wenxu was still in reflection, he sent Ru Yi there instead.
"Ru Yi’s ssage said that Empress Min was poisoned, and he could not find the specific cause, nor could Light Magic heal her," Yu Ji handed over a note.
Ru Yi was a rare master of Light Magic in the Magic Temple, and even he had no way to cure her. The poison that Empress Min suffered this ti was no small matter.
Xia Wenxu looked at the note and was slightly moved.
"What did the master say?"
"Chang Siming perford a divination and said that this ti Empress Min would have a close shave with danger," implying that it should be as it will, Xia Wenxu need not intervene, and should continue his reflection.
It seed that indeed, his ntor was infuriated, Xia Wenxu could not help but wryly smile.
He took out the divination tokens and cast a divination.
As soon as the divination revealed itself, it was as Chang Siming Ji Yu said: Empress Min’s reading was ominous yet with a hint of luck, a noble person would co to her aid following a perilous situation.
But Xia Wenxu was secretly amazed. Who could possibly heal soone that even Brother Ru Yi could not?
The divination for Empress Min was very special, indeed carrying luck amidst the ominous.
It seed as if after this poisoning incident, the fate of Empress Min and the fate of Tang Yuan would undergo significant changes.
Xia Wenxu looked contemplatively at the Heavenly Destiny Mirror, when suddenly an auspicious light flashed across it.
The light flickered by at great speed, yet Xia Wenxu still managed to catch it.
Since the last ti the Heavenly Destiny Mirror suddenly showed an on of disaster over Yun Bahe, there had been no signs for a long ti.
Xia Wenxu couldn’t help but ponder; that streak of auspicious light seed to co from the west. Could it be that the noble person who would turn Empress Min’s misfortune into fortune might hail from the west as well...
And to the west of the continent was Great Zhou...
Great Zhou... could it be her?
Xia Wenxu couldn’t help but smile wryly at his own thoughts. How could Yun Sheng co to Tang Yuan? He truly had lost his mind to be thinking about her at such a ti.
The significance of the auspicious light was unpredictable; perhaps it was just a harbinger. Since the master did not want him to intervene, he would stay out of it then.
"Tell Brother Ru Yi to stay at the Imperial Palace for now. Empress Min will have her noble person to assist her," Xia Wenxu dusted off his hands and once again settled into a ditation state.
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