The news terrified the concubines and servants who hurried to attend to the Emperor.
Everything that Emperor Yongning ingested was tested for poison with a silver needle and taste-tested by designated people before he consud it.
With such ticulous checks, how did the Emperor get poisoned?
It’s not easy to uncover the truth about this matter.
But clearly, this is not the ti to dwell on it; the priority is to detoxify Emperor Yongning.
Once he recovers, we can investigate the matter further.
But to detoxify him, we must first understand what poison he was afflicted with.
The Chief of the Imperial Hospital led a group of imperial physicians to examine the poison in the Emperor, and during their examination, they discovered sothing surprising.
After repeated confirmations, the Chief of the Imperial Hospital inford Jun Ning and the group of concubines led by the Imperial Concubine, "The Emperor’s sudden outbreak of poison is not entirely unfortunate."
If it weren’t for Emperor Yongning’s unusually heightened emotions today, which caused him to run a stretch in the Imperial Garden, accelerating the blood flow in his body, the poison might not have surfaced but remained dormant, making it hard for the imperial physicians to diagnose.
Consequently, it might have been treated as a common ailnt, missing the optimal ti for treatnt.
Until one day when the malignant poison thoroughly collapses Emperor Yongning’s health and suddenly breaks out.
By then, there would be no room for any redy at all.
There is still so leeway now.
As long as the antidote is prepared, the poison can be eliminated.
Upon hearing this, all the concubines breathed a sigh of relief.
But Jun Ning remained worried.
The Emperor should know his body best, yet he was so disappointed in his health that he prepared for the worst, indicating how dire his condition is.
Healing is not easy!
With the Empress gone, the Imperial Concubine currently holds the highest position in the harem.
After hearing the imperial physician’s words, the Imperial Concubine, who had been standing by Emperor Yongning’s bedside, holding his hand, lifted Jun Ning and said, "In that case, Princess Anle is a hero."
The Chief of the Imperial Hospital nodded, "You could say that."
"Then our Princess Anle truly is a little lucky star." Not only bringing fortune to her but also to the Emperor, the Imperial Concubine chuckled as she pinched Jun Ning’s cheek, "Once the Emperor recovers, I will definitely tell him to reward you handsoly."
If other princes or princesses heard such words, they would undoubtedly be unable to hide their pride.
But Jun Ning kept a tense face, eyes filled with lancholy, showing no hint of joy.
"Thank you, Imperial Concubine, for your kindness. Please let down."
Jun Ning struggled to get down from the Imperial Concubine’s arms, and seeing this, the Imperial Concubine had no choice but to release him.
She watched the little figure helplessly, thinking, "Why doesn’t this child warm up to ? If it weren’t for this child back then, I wouldn’t have managed to secure control over the harem."
The Imperial Concubine always wanted to find an opportunity to get along well with Jun Ning.
But it seems it won’t be easy!
After Jun Ning got down from the Imperial Concubine’s arms, she saw the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Consort entering from outside the Imperial Study Room. She hurried over, grabbing the Crown Prince’s sleeve, and said, "Brother Crown Prince, please save the Emperor."
The Crown Prince’s health had improved, and he returned to his forr gentle and refined deanor.
Looking at the little girl with swollen eyes like peaches, the Crown Prince didn’t say anything extra. He bent down and picked her up, heading towards Emperor Yongning’s bedside.
The Crown Prince was far more noble than these harem concubines, especially those who hadn’t borne a prince; they all had to bow and greet him.
After they saluted, the Crown Prince carefully inquired about the thod to detoxify the poison from the imperial physicians.
Detoxifying the poison is not difficult.
The Imperial Hospital has the most skilled physicians in the entire Eastern Chu Kingdom, with top-notch pharmacists to prepare the dicine. As long as the prescription is written and the dicines are gathered for preparation, there should be no issues.
But the difficulty lies with the dicinal ingredients.
So life-saving ingredients are priceless and difficult to obtain; even the palace’s dicine storeroom doesn’t have reserves.
It’s not that they don’t want to stockpile them, but rather that they can’t.
For so life-saving herbs, hefty bounties were offered across the land for many years but not even a single one was acquired.
This brought about the problem Jun Ning was worried about just now.
Indeed, whether poisoned or fallen ill, recovery is never easy!
But—
"The road is long and arduous, but if one proceeds, they will eventually reach their destination."
Jun Ning bit her lip, filled with determination. No matter how difficult it was, she was determined to procure the life-saving dicinal ingredients.
Man can overco!
She asked, "Imperial physician, what exactly are the life-saving dicinal ingredients, and how can they be obtained?"
"To report to Your Highness, the life-saving dicinal ingredients consist of three types. Their nas are complex and difficult to rember, so I will write them down for everyone shortly." The imperial physician said, "As for obtaining these dicines..."
The imperial physician paused for a long ti before continuing, "These dicinal ingredients do exist in the Imperial City, but they grow in dicine King Valley."
The na dicine King Valley imdiately made everyone understand the rarity of these life-saving dicinal ingredients.
dicine King Valley is located in a cold valley, with a climate suitable for cultivating various precious herbs. About three hundred years ago, a mysterious dical family occupied the land and began cultivating herbs.
However, they never sold their cultivated herbs, only keeping them for themselves to appreciate and play with. When in good mood, they might share a few life-saving herbs; when in a bad mood, they’d rather let the herbs wither and die than give them away.
Yet, even so, there were still many who ca seeking for the fad life-saving dicines.
However, the entrance to dicine King Valley is the Black Forest; to enter dicine King Valley, one must pass through it.
The Black Forest is filled with wild beasts that are extrely ferocious. Those who intended to seek dicines from dicine King Valley often couldn’t even get past the Black Forest and lost their lives before even reaching it, let alone acquiring dicines from it.
Even if soone is lucky or possesses high martial arts skills and can bypass the beasts to reach the depths of the Black Forest, it doesn’t necessarily an they can enter dicine King Valley, et its eccentric heir, and obtain the dicines from him.
The Crown Prince glanced at Emperor Yongning on the sickbed, hesitated for a mont, and finally said, "The Emperor’s poison must be detoxified; I will personally go with the National Guardian General to fetch the dicine."
In the entire court, the most skilled and strongest person without a doubt is the National Guardian General.
For the Crown Prince to navigate through the Black Forest and acquire the dicinal ingredients, he must go with the National Guardian General.
The National Guardian General is loyal to the monarch and loves his country. Plus, given that the Emperor is about to marry his beloved daughter to the General’s soon-to-be-born son, surely, the General will spare no effort to help obtain the dicine.
The Chief of the Imperial Hospital quickly wrote down the three dicinal ingredients on a piece of paper, handed it to the Crown Prince, and advised, "Your Highness must rember this: within ten days, you must find the life-saving ingredients listed on this prescription and present them to . Otherwise, if this ti is missed, even with the antidote, the Emperor’s poison would have penetrated his lungs deeply, and even dicines would be useless."
"Brother, I will go with you."
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