~ SELF-DEFEATING ~
Mu Yunyao was in the middle of studying a medical textbook when she suddenly heard a commotion. She couldn’t help but furrow her brows. “Jin Lan, what’s going on outside?”
“This servant will immediately go take a look.” Before Jin Lan could even reach the door, she saw a palace maid hurriedly run in and kneel in front of Mu Yunyao with a thump.
“Princess, please save our Prince!” After the palace maid finished speaking, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and before long, a bruise appeared on her forehead.
Mu Yunyao’s expression was indifferent as she looked coldly at the kowtowing palace maid. She felt an unexplainable annoyance in her heart. All the women in the Imperial Harem always had nothing but fighting in their hearts. Even now, they didn’t forget to give her an eyewinker first: “I don’t know who that Prince is that you are referring to?”
“Reporting to the Princess, it’s the Third Prince, His Royal Highness Jin Wang.”
“You said you wanted me to save people, but all you did was keep kowtowing and didn’t say anything about the current situation of His Royal Highness Jin Wang. Are you here to ask for help, or are you here to frame me for not saving people?”
The palace maid’s face immediately turned pale. “The servant was flustered for a while and didn’t clarify the matter. His Royal Highness Jin Wang was poisoned, and the Imperial Physicians are currently helping to treat him.”
“Jin Lan, take the medicine box. Let’s go take a look.”
“Yes.”
When Mu Yunyao arrived at Chonghua Palace, the Imperial Physicians were already busy, and the Emperor had already arrived. He was currently holding the hand of grieving and crying Imperial Concubine Zhen.
“Greetings, Your Majesty …”
“Princess, I’ve heard that your medical skills are amazing. You’ll be able to keep Junjin safe, won’t you?” When Imperial Concubine Zhen saw Mu Yunyao, she hurriedly came forward and held her hand.
Mu Yunyao couldn’t help but twitch her forehead and sweep through her fingers. “Imperial Concubine Zhen, let me take a look at His Royal Highness Jin Wang’s condition first.”
“Yes, you should go and take a look.”
At this moment, Jin Wang’s face was blue, with blood stains on his lips. His lips were dark and purple, and his entire body was ice-cold. From time to time, he would even twitch, making him look extremely serious.
Mu Yunyao’s eyes flashed as she hurriedly looked at the Imperial Physician at the side. “Did you induce vomiting?”
“I have already induced vomiting, but unfortunately, the effect is not obvious.”
“Induce vomiting again. It doesn’t look like ordinary poison to me.”
“Alright.”
The Imperial Physicians had Jin Wang induce vomiting once more and then feed a detoxification decoction, but the effect was still unclear.
Imperial Concubine Zhen was trembling in panic. She asked people to find aconite poison, and the amount was not too large. Logically speaking, just a bit of vomiting should be enough to alleviate it, so why was it that now it seemed to be getting more and more out of hand?
Mu Yunyao pricked Jin Wang with a needle, then consulted with the Imperial Physicians. Her expression was especially solemn as she said, “Your Majesty, the poison in His Royal Highness Jin Wang’s body is extremely rare. The Imperial Physicians and I have never seen it before, so we can only help him alleviate his symptoms and not expel the poison. Do you remember that poisonous lady I informed you about before, Your Majesty? She has researched medicine and poison, so I want someone to invite her in.”
“Alright, immediately send someone to invite her.”
Imperial Concubine Zhen was a little dumbfounded. The aconite’s poison wasn’t too rare, so how could neither Mu Yunyao nor the Imperial Physicians diagnose it?
“Princess Wenxian, can you identify the poison in Junjin’s body?”
“Yes, the poison is rare, and ordinary detoxification methods are ineffective.”
Imperial Concubine Zhen opened her mouth in a daze as if hesitating to speak.
When Mu Yunyao saw her strange expression, she couldn’t help but slightly retract her gaze. Her face was not quite right, and there was a bit of disbelief in her panic, as if she didn’t believe what she had just said.
The imperial guards went to Changde Medical Hall to ask for the poisonous lady and could not return for a short while. Fortunately, Jin Wang’s condition didn’t worsen, so Imperial Concubine Zhen could hold on.
After nearly an hour, the poisonous lady with her face concealed walked in with the guards.
Seeing the poisonous lady didn’t reveal her appearance, the Emperor couldn’t help but frown slightly. Mu Yunyao hurriedly explained from the side, “The Han family ruined the poisonous lady’s face, so she wears a veil all day, Your Majesty. It’s not that she is disrespectful to Your Majesty, but because she’s afraid of scaring others with her appearance.”
“Alright,” The Emperor didn’t pursue the matter further, saying, “Poisonous lady, there’s no need to be so courteous. Come forward and help Jin Wang treat his illness.”
“Yes.”
The poisonous lady stepped forward to help Jin Wang diagnose the pulse. Her brows frowned slightly, and then she turned to look at Mu Yunyao. “Could I ask Princess Wenxian to come forward and help? The silver needles used by the Princess are excellent. The poison in Jin Wang’s body is Baifeng Powder. This kind of poison is rare in the martial arts world and was developed by Poison King Valley. The poisoned person will be unconscious at first, gradually damaging his mind. The longer the poisoning, the more toxic it is.”
Imperial Concubine Zhen’s eyes widened, and her body swayed, almost fainting on the ground: “How... how was this possible? No, no...”
The palace maid on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help her: “Madam, let the Princess come forward to help save people.”
Imperial Concubine Zhen, close to telling the truth, suddenly regained her senses. She clenched her teeth and managed to calm her expression, saying, “Yunyao, I beg you, please save Jin Wang.”
Mu Yunyao’s eyes moved as she immediately replied, “Please rest assured, Imperial Concubine Zhen. I’ll do my best.”
The Imperial Physician had already brought over all the silver needles. The wicked woman carefully chose a set and said, “Princess, Baifeng Powder, just like its name, the Hundred Spirits Powder. The poison enters the body through hundreds of acupuncture points, which must lock with silver needles before drinking the antidote and expelling the poison outside the body. All of the acupoints must not be wrong. Once the silver needles are in the wrong position, the toxicity of this acupuncture point will remain, and the residual poison will cause the body to become disabled.”
Mu Yunyao raised her gaze to meet the poisonous lady’s slightly shining eyes. She lightly nodded and said, “Just point out the acupuncture points, and I will not make a mistake.”
“Alright.”
The poisonous lady turned to look at the Imperial Physicians. “There’s no way to treat His Royal Highness Jin Wang through his clothes. You guys should’ve stripped him of all his clothes.”
The Imperial Physicians hesitated as they hurried to ask the Emperor for instructions.
“Saving someone is more important. Do as the poisonous lady says.”
“Yes.”
Jin Wang only wore his underpants, and the poisonous lady distributed the silver needles. While pinpointing the acupuncture points and administering the silver needles, she directed Mu Yunyao: “Baihui, Renying, Tanzhong...”
Mu Yunyao dropped the silver needle quickly, without any mistakes or omissions.
The Imperial Physicians’ eyes were shining brightly. It turned out that the
The Nine-Meridians Golden Needle Technique from the Jin family had refreshed them. It was a pity that the descendants of the Jin family were missing. Even if they studied them, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t figure it out. Now that they had witnessed the poisonous lady’s acupuncture techniques, they were shocked beyond belief. They didn’t expect Princess Wenxian to be so proficient in acupuncture and moxibustion.
As Mu Yunyao dropped the silver needles, she listened to what the poisonous lady told her to do, but her mind kept wandering.
When she was in Jin Wang’s palace, she was suppressed by his concubine, Lady Wang, and had even been secretly poisoned by her. At that time, the poisonous lady had coincidentally taught her the art of acupuncture with golden needles, so she had secretly drugged and tied up Lady Wang just like she treated Jin Wang and pierced her acupuncture points all over her body.
“Alright.” Mu Yunyao stopped her movements as soon as the poisonous lady finished speaking. She had been striking her spirit for a long time, so now that she had relaxed, she suddenly felt a little dizzy.
The poisonous lady hurriedly supported her. “Princess, are you alright?”
“I’m fine. I need to rest for a while.”
“The Princess has helped a lot. If it weren’t for you, His Royal Highness Jin Wang wouldn’t have been able to survive.” The poisonous lady gave all the credit to Mu Yunyao before instructing the Imperial Physician to boil the medicine.
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