The Poisonous Consort, the Regent's Beloved

Chapter 119 Poisoning

"Grandmother, we don't know how the Minister is doing right now. You're not feeling well, so would you like Ying'er to go in and check on him first?"

Su Fuying gently pulled back the old lady who wanted to follow her inside.

She was aware of Su Chengde's situation and worried that the old lady would be too shocked to bear seeing him.

Upon hearing this, the old lady looked at Su Fuying, and the confidence emanating from the woman's eyes reassured her.

Despite her repeated worries, she listened to Su Fuying's words and couldn't help but add, "Ying'er, he is the only bloodline of my Su family."

Su Fuying blinked, but still gave the old lady a reassuring look.

The tightly closed door was pushed open, and a pungent stench wafted out, causing everyone present to frown.

Su Fuying didn't care. She knew where the stench came from. It was because Su Chengde's wounds had begun to fester, which was why they emitted such an unpleasant smell.

The leading imperial physician paused only slightly before continuing to walk forward.

Upon entering the inner room, the imperial physicians in front of them all paused, secretly wondering, "What's going on?"

Another imperial physician couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, his tone filled with doubt and shock: "Head Physician He, have you ever seen such a condition before?"

The person walking at the front was none other than Chief Physician He. He had been practicing medicine for decades and was very experienced, but even he couldn't help but frown at the sight before him, and said with a troubled expression, "I have never encountered such a strange illness before."

All eyes fell on the middle-aged man lying on the bed. His body was as thin as a sheet of paper, and his face was as pale as paper, without any color. He looked like a lifeless shell.

A foul, pungent odor permeated the room, seemingly emanating from the wound on the middle-aged man's forehead. Upon closer inspection, the festering, bruised wound was a horrifying sight, appearing to have penetrated deep into the bone marrow and become utterly rotten.

The imperial physicians dared not delay and hurriedly reached out to take Su Chengde's pulse.

Time passed slowly, and after a while, the first imperial physician slowly opened his eyes, his face showing a blank and confused expression.

The second imperial physician stepped forward immediately, repeated the same action, and also showed a puzzled expression: "Head Physician, the Minister's illness is really too strange."

Chief Physician He also put down his medicine box, sat down to the side, and placed his fingers on the Minister's wrist to begin taking his pulse and diagnosing his condition.

Time passed by, and Su Fuying stood by the bed watching the two imperial physicians. With nothing else to do, she went to the window and opened all the windows.

"Princess, you mustn't!" One of the imperial physicians immediately stopped Su Fuying when he saw her actions.

Another imperial physician quickly followed, echoing, "We still can't be sure what illness the Minister has. His wife must have her reasons for closing all these windows. We shouldn't do anything wrong with good intentions."

Su Fuying remained calm and composed, continuing to open the last window. Then, she slowly turned to the two imperial physicians and said, "If we don't open the window today, he won't live past tonight."

Upon hearing this, the imperial physician flew into a rage and shouted, "How dare this ignorant child spout such nonsense!"

At this moment, the two imperial physicians couldn't even figure out the Minister's illness, but seeing Su Fuying's confidence, they couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

"Listen to Princess Yongle's words." Physician He, who had been taking the Minister's pulse, withdrew his hand and turned to look at Su Fuying, his eyes filled with doubt and curiosity.

"Princess, do you already know the cause of the Minister's illness?" Physician He asked softly.

"whispering sound."

"How could she know these things? She's just a country bumpkin who's never seen anything like this before."

A royal physician with a goatee scoffed disdainfully, giving the woman a disdainful once-over.

"You've seen the world, so tell me, what illness does the Minister have?"

Su Fuying's expression was indifferent, her gaze fixed on the man with a hint of mockery.

"you......"

The man choked, his face flushed red, and he couldn't utter a single word.

"okay!"

Physician He rebuked the man impatiently, then turned and spoke in a more amiable tone, "Princess, don't listen to his nonsense."

"Do you have any ideas?"

Physician He slapped his forehead in frustration. How could he have thought that Su Fuying could diagnose the Minister's illness? He realized he had really been grasping at straws in his desperation.

"It seems to me that the Minister's illness is caused by some kind of rare poison. As for what kind of poison it is, we need to investigate further."

Upon hearing Physician He's question, the other person immediately voiced their thoughts.

Upon hearing his guess, the man with the goatee quickly chimed in, "Yes, it must be poisoning."

"No, not really."

A glint of light flashed in Physician He's eyes as he stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

"If it were poisoning, I have already verified it with silver needles; it cannot be poisoning."

Physician He quickly recalled the medical books he had read, feeling that something was about to emerge, but he couldn't remember it no matter what he tried.

"It's a Gu."

The woman's gentle voice rang in his ears, and Physician He was startled, his face showing some excitement.

"Yes, yes, it's Gu!"

"Don't listen to her nonsense, Chief Physician. She doesn't know anything about medicine; she's just spouting nonsense." The man with the goatee was taken aback by this result, and then immediately retorted. In his mind, how could a woman know these things?

"This poison is from the Miao region. Not to mention that the Miao region has been in seclusion for decades, could it be that the Minister was poisoned by the poison more than ten years ago?"

However, Physician He firmly stated, "This is Gu. I once read about it in a book. The Minister's current symptoms are exactly what happens after being poisoned by Gu."

After saying that, he immediately ordered, "Go and boil a duck egg."

Su Fuying was somewhat surprised to hear this, not expecting that Physician He knew these things.

After the group had been sitting in the room for about half an incense stick's time, a servant immediately brought over some duck eggs.

Physician He inserted a silver needle into it, and then put the duck egg into Su Chengde's mouth.

"Will it work? I've never seen this kind of drug testing method before?"

The man with the goatee raised a question from the side.

"This was taught to me by my master when he was alive. I never thought I would be able to use it one day."

When Physician He mentioned his master, he raised his chin with a hint of pride.