eurekapd Chapter 128 Another Gu Poison!
Chapter 128 Another Gu Poison!
"Your Majesty, the Fourth Princess is not ill, but poisoned!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent.
The king, the princess, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the room all stared wide-eyed at Qin Yunzhu.
How could the Fourth Princess have been poisoned when she was perfectly fine?
"Your Majesty, is the prescription written by Jin Yi as follows?" Qin Yunzhu asked calmly, "Half a qian of pearl powder, half a qian of white perilla, one qian of angelica..."
Qin Yunzhu's voice wasn't loud, but it was very clear to the king's ears.
He compared the prescription Qin Yunzhu gave him with the one in his hand and found that they were exactly the same!
Qin Yunzhu was standing in a position where she couldn't see the prescription Jin Yi had written, yet she was able to recite it.
Jin Yi, standing to the side, was already sweating profusely, his lips pale.
This poison was not available to Da Yao at all. How did Qin Yunzhu know about it?
It seems they've done a lot of research on this poison, and even developed an antidote!
[Hehe, Jin Yi's really messed with me this time. Didn't expect my fourth brother to be so powerful, did he!]
"Your Majesty, this poison is called Soul-Destroying Grass, and it comes from Dongyuan. What I just mentioned is the formula for the antidote to Soul-Destroying Grass."
Jin Yi felt a chill in his heart. He hadn't expected Qin Yunzhu to actually know about the Soul-Sealing Grass.
Seeing that Qin Yunzhu spoke logically and looking at Jin Yi's pale face, the king already knew what was going on.
It must have been Jin Yi's accomplice who deliberately poisoned him and then had Jin Yi come to treat him, all for the purpose of profiting from it.
So who exactly are Jin Yi's accomplices?
The thought that such a person, hiding in the palace, could even poison the princess sent chills down the king's spine.
"Your Majesty, could you recall who suggested posting the imperial edict to invite skilled physicians from the common people to come and treat you?" Qin Wanying said.
The king suddenly realized that he hadn't thought of this point before.
This Qin Wanying is quite clever.
After careful consideration, the king concluded that it was a royal physician.
This imperial physician had just been transferred to the Imperial Medical Academy and was highly skilled, so the king assigned him to the fourth princess.
The princess is weak and has been taking medicinal diets. The recent medicinal diets were all prepared by this imperial physician.
Could there be something wrong with this medicinal diet?
The king asked Qin Yunzhu, "What are the characteristics of this bewitching herb?"
Qin Yunzhu replied, "The Soul-Sealing Grass is purplish-red, making it very easy to identify, and the plant emits a faint fragrance."
The king's face darkened, and he immediately ordered his men, "Search Liao's room to see if there is any of this bewitching herb!"
As soon as the king finished speaking, the princess on the couch widened her eyes.
That Physician Liao is a very nice person. Could it really be him who harmed her? The princess couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.
Jin Yi, standing next to him, trembled slightly.
In fact, he had no idea who had poisoned him.
The War King only said that the princess had been poisoned, and gave him the antidote, telling him to go and cure the princess.
He could only pray silently in his heart that this person was not the physician Liao.
After a while, a guard returned carrying a box and reported: "Your Majesty, we've found it! This should be it!"
The box in the guard's hand was opened, and inside lay half a purplish-red herb, emitting a faint, exotic fragrance, just as Qin Yunzhu had described.
This Soul-Sealing Herb is so precious that it seems the imperial physician couldn't bear to throw it away even after using half of it.
Furthermore, no one recognized this kind of soul-stirring herb. He was originally an imperial physician, so it wasn't surprising that he had herbs in his room. He left the herbs behind.
Jin Yi was completely dumbfounded this time.
Even the poison has been found.
Qin Yunzhu said to the king, "This kind of soul-capturing herb is so rare that even silver needles cannot detect it, which is why it was able to successfully poison Her Highness the princess."
"Your Majesty can have a guinea pig try it out and see if the symptoms are the same as the princess's after taking it," Qin Yunzhu continued. He knew that the Imperial Medical Academy of Ke Kingdom kept guinea pigs, all of whom were people who had committed serious crimes. They were made to serve as guinea pigs for the Imperial Medical Academy as punishment.
The king was furious; such a thing had happened right under his nose!
"Put that Physician Liao in jail, and lock up Jin Yi too, and interrogate him thoroughly!" the king shouted angrily.
Jin Yi's legs trembled like bamboo poles. It's over, it's all over now.
He had hoped for wealth and honor, but instead faced imprisonment.
Jin Yi was dragged away.
The king also gave the order that the medicine man should eat this soul-consuming herb.
If the two men can implicate the War King, then the War King can be convicted.
The king first arranged accommodations for the Qin siblings.
With the case still unresolved and the princess's illness not yet cured, they decided to stay in the palace for the time being.
That evening, Qin Wanying and her brother heard some news.
Jin Yi and Physician Liao died; they committed suicide.
Qin Wanying frowned.
Is this dead?
Because of their exceptional medical skills, the king ordered Qin Yunzhu and the other person to examine the corpses.
It was indeed suicide.
However, Qin Yunzhu's examination revealed a surprising fact.
Both of them had Gu poison in their bodies, the same Gu poison that had been in Shadow's body before.
It seems that Xiao Dongqian planted a Gu poison in the bodies of these two people in order to control them.
Fearing the poison would cause him unbearable suffering, he committed suicide.
Qin Wanying clenched her fists.
This Xiao Dongqian is indeed not one to easily trust others; anyone he dares to send out will definitely have methods to control them.
However, Jin Yi did say something!
The person who can cure the poison is right here!
Unfortunately, I couldn't see anything about Jin Yi and Xiao Dongqian. Jin Yi didn't mention that he was poisoned by Gu, and he committed suicide instead of exposing Xiao Dongqian.
I wonder how many people Xiao Dongqian controlled with this Gu poison.
I feel like there used to be many, but now that I've prepared the antidote, I guess there will be other restraining methods besides the Gu poison.
The trail went cold. Although Qin Wanying knew that Xiao Dongqian was responsible, she had no evidence and couldn't tell the King of Ke.
The results of the drug trial on human subjects are in, and the symptoms are indeed exactly the same as those of the princess.
After taking the antidote, the symptoms were relieved considerably.
Seeing that the person who had been given the medicine was alright, the king also gave the princess the antidote, and she recovered that same day.
The king was impressed by this young son of the Marquis of Dingbei.
They thought he didn't have any real skills, but unexpectedly he recognized the poison and exposed the conspiracy of Physician Liao and Jin Yi, eliminating a hidden danger for the royal family.
And then there's Qin Wanying, who, although she doesn't say much, is very intelligent.
The king summoned the two men, expressed his gratitude to them, and promised to bestow the rewards upon Qin Yunzhu as agreed.
Qin Yunzhu remained calm. He knew that his purpose in coming here was to discuss his third brother's matter.
Moreover, he is the son of the Marquis of Dingbei of Dayao, and he inherited a title in the Ke Kingdom. What kind of behavior is that?
Just as he was about to explain his purpose, a eunuch strode in from outside, looking somewhat flustered.
He walked up to the king's ear and whispered a few words in his ear, and the king's expression suddenly changed.
The Imperial Seal of the State has been lost.