The emperor originally had this intention, but now that Beauty Wang took the initiative to bring it up, he thought about it for a while and followed Beauty Wang's words and said, "Miss Tao family has superb medical skills. Please stay and discuss the solution with the imperial doctor."
The news of the poisonous poison in the palace quickly spread throughout the harem, and an hour later, the people of Kyoto City would also know about it. When they heard that Tao Yaoyao was left in the palace to discuss ways to eliminate the poison with the imperial doctor, they all began to praise her medical skills.
When Tao Shi'an returned home from the Yamen, he heard the comments of people on the street and had mixed feelings.
At this time, the Leng Palace was filled with imperial doctors. They all gathered around Tao Yaoyao and asked her how to cure the poison. Tao Yaoyao didn't think of a way, so she asked the imperial doctor to find some books about Miao territory and read them. See if there is a solution here.
Taiyuan Hospital was giving Xie Lan good medicine, and went to check the Queen's pulse. After confirming that she was fine for the time being, he came over here, "Okay, one by one, go find a book and read it. What are you doing here?" ?”
"Honor, we have almost torn through these books, but we don't have any clue." Doctor Wang sighed, "According to the pulse of the queen, the poison in the queen's body has been around for almost five years..."
"Shut up." Yuan Zheng interrupted him, "If you don't want to live, don't drag us along."
Of course Dr. Wang wanted to live, so he told the truth to Yuan Zheng. The emperor didn't know what it meant, but they knew it all. This kind of poison, if controlled and tamed by someone, would have no problem living in the host's body for more than ten or twenty years.
This can be seen from the queen's physical condition, but... to raise this kind of poison, the person who raises the poison needs to be by the host's side all the time, because the person who raises the poison has an aura that the poison likes.
In other words, the person who poisoned the Queen has been in the palace for the past few years.
Imagine that such a dangerous person has been in the harem for five years, and they can catch him at once?
The emperor also issued a death order. If the person who poisoned them could not be caught, they were not allowed to leave the palace. This...
"Okay, instead of thinking about the futility of these things, it's better to think about how to detoxify this voodoo." In addition to finding the person who raised the voodoo based on the smell, another way is to detoxify the queen's body.
Once the voodoo leaves the queen's body, the person who raised the voodoo will definitely suffer backlash. By then, even if they can't find this person, he can reveal his true form.
But at present, both of these methods are not easy to carry out.
At dusk, both Xiao Shuo and Zhang Jing were summoned to the palace by His Majesty. They were responsible for finding the person who raised the poison, while the people from Taiyi Hospital and Tao Yaoyao were responsible for detoxifying the poison.
For a time, everyone in the harem was in danger, and even the palace, which His Majesty rarely went to on weekdays, was much busier than before today.
Xu Cai and Wang Meiren from Yuhe Palace entered the palace together, but except for being favored once when she first entered the palace, His Majesty never summoned her again. More than ten years passed.
However, she has a docile temperament, and instead of having any discomfort in such days, she lives a carefree life. She goes out for a walk every morning, rests in the house in the afternoon, and likes to go fishing in the Royal Garden in the evening.
Tonight, as usual, she brought fishing things over when the time came, but as soon as she sat down, many royal guards came over.
Next, these people would pass by almost every cup of tea. Fishing requires silence. With them walking back and forth like this, when can she catch a fish?
After a few times, Xu Cairen frowned and called out to the right envoy of the Royal Forest Army, "Are you going to keep patrolling like this tonight?"
"Reporting to Xu Cairen, we will patrol like this not only tonight, but before we catch the person raising the poisonous insects." The right envoy is familiar with Xu Cairen, so this is to remind her that she doesn't need to come out in the near future. Night fishing.
Who knew that Xu Cairen was immediately unhappy, "Can you tell me what the characteristics of the person you are looking for are?"
The right envoy was stunned for a moment, and then said, "This person smells like a rotting corpse, but Miss Tao said that the person might also use other spices to cover up the smell on his body.
Miss Tao also said that the smell is difficult to cover up. If you want to cover it completely, you need to add spices. "
"In other words, this person will have a strong fragrance?"
"That's right."
Xu Cairen really thought of one person, "Mama Liu next to Concubine Li, she should have the strongest smell in the palace. Have you gone to find her?"
The right envoy nodded, "I have been there, but Aunt Liu is not in the palace for the time being."
Xu Cairen thought of a place, "Beekeeping Yard. I've seen Grandma Liu go there several times before."
The apiary is similar to the cold palace. Very few people go there on weekdays. One reason is that it is remote, and the other reason is that it is unlucky. It is said that those who go there will not end well in the end. Therefore, no one in the palace who knows this place will go there.
But Grandma Liu was different from others. Not only was she not afraid, she also went there often.
Xu Cairen also saw it because he often fished at night. However, she never likes to meddle in other people's business. If the Imperial Guard hadn't disturbed her night fishing tonight, she definitely wouldn't have said this.
After the right envoy got the news, he took people to the beekeeping yard. After the surroundings were finally quiet, Xu Cairen sat down and started fishing at night.
The masters of each palace got the news about the fact that the right envoy led people to patrol the palace, and everyone has been paying attention to his movements. When everyone heard that the right envoy went to the apiary, their first reaction was surprise, except for Grandma Liu. Grandma was panicked.
"Your Majesty, I suddenly feel a little unwell."
Aunt Liu is the old man next to her. Concubine Li trusts her very much and is extremely indulgent on weekdays. If others are not feeling well, she will definitely scold her, but if Aunt Liu is not feeling well, she will immediately send him to see Yu. medical.
After Grandma Liu came out of the palace smoothly, she walked straight to the beekeeping yard, but she was still a step too late.
At this time, the right envoy had already led the imperial guards to the beekeeping yard. As soon as he entered the yard, the right envoy noticed something was wrong. He saw two tables placed in the yard, and four candlesticks were placed on the table. The candlesticks were lit. Yes, there is an incense burner on the table, and incense is also lit inside.
When the right envoy came closer, he discovered that there was an extremely ugly insect placed at the very end of the table. At this time, the insect was coiled on a bloody finger and was eating happily.
The imperial guards had never seen such a situation before. Each one of them either ran to the side to vomit or felt unwell. The right commander was slightly better than them, but his face was still solemn.
There is a rule in the palace that no sacrifices can be made casually, but that person actually brazenly offered sacrifices to Gu insects in the apiary.
"Come here, surround this place. Find one of you to inform the director of Taiyuan Hospital."
"yes."
At dinner time, the queen woke up, Xie Lan ate something with her, and then she fell asleep. Xie Lan did not leave, but sat aside and talked to Yuan Zheng, but their voices were so low that Tao Yaoyao didn't hear a word.
She quickly read through the few books in her hand, and was about to check the Queen's pulse again when the Royal Forest Army ran in and said, "Your Majesty has found a place where Gu insects are raised."
Taiyuan Hospital glanced at Xie Lan, then got up and prepared to go there in person. Tao Yaoyao quickly followed.
"Master Mo, can I go with you?"
Yuan Zheng had a good impression of Tao Yaoyao, and he might need her help in this matter, so he immediately nodded and said, "Thank you, Miss Tao."
Xie Lan also followed them to the beekeeping yard. He met Zhang Jing on the way and he followed him. When the group came over, Grandma Liu hid in the dark and watched. After they entered, she hurried to the door to check inside. situation.
"Masters, look." The envoy on the right brought everyone to the table. It was the first time Tao Yaoyao saw such a bloody scene and she was so frightened that she swallowed her saliva. "This offering was mentioned in ancient Miao books. The method of the voodoo. It is said that the voodoo fed in this way will like her fingers very much after being sent to the host's body in the future."
Hearing this, several people frowned at the same time, "Do you mean to say, how do you feed them? Gu insects like that part of the human body?"
"good."
What about the Queen? How were the Gu worms in her body fed?
"The Gu worms in the Queen's body are obviously different from these Gu worms. Her Gu worms are meant to disturb people's thoughts and finally torture that person..."
Tao Yaoyao saw Xie Lan from the corner of her eye and immediately changed the subject, "Actually, these Gu insects are not scary. I'll put them away."
Tao Yaoyao found two empty porcelain bottles and put the Gu insects in them. The imperial guard quickly disposed of the fingers on the table.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Jing immediately called the guards and said, "Immediately send someone to search for anyone who has broken a finger in the palace. Once the news is found, immediately send someone to report."
"yes."
Tao Yaoyao felt that the person with the broken finger might be dead, but... without investigation and no right to speak, speculation could not be used as evidence, so she had better not say anything more.
"Why did you come here?"
This place is even more remote and deserted than the place where the queen lives. The Imperial Guards probably wouldn't notice such a place.
The right envoy explained, "Xu Cairen accidentally saw someone coming here, and she suggested that the official come and have a look."
Xu Cairen? Tao Yaoyao didn't know her, but he had to thank her for what happened today, otherwise, who knows how many people would have suffered.
"The Gu insects fed in this way need to be eaten once a day. If you don't discover this place now, I'm afraid someone will suffer another disaster tomorrow."
How could there be such cruelty in the world. And this kind of thing has been going on in the harem for five years, and no one has discovered it yet.
"If someone dies in the harem, won't anyone find out?"
Tao Yaoyao asked curiously.
The right envoy of the Royal Forest Army frowned, "Someone does go missing in the harem occasionally, but the body has not been found so far."
In five years, no matter what method that person used to raise Gu insects, he must have killed a lot of people. Where were those corpses? Disappeared into thin air?
In the past, the right envoy didn't know about this. He only thought that there were only a few people who might have been hidden by someone. Now that he had guessed something, the right envoy looked particularly ugly.
"I have been on duty in the palace for so long, but I have never seen a palace official with mutilated fingers, let alone such a corpse. Miss Tao, is there any way to make the corpse disappear without leaving any trace?"
Taiyuan Hospital and Tao Yaoyao thought of something at the same time.
"Corpse powder."
"But didn't this thing become extinct many years ago?" Yuan Zheng frowned. Everything that happened today made his hair stand on end. It seemed that he had to go find His Majesty.
"I'll leave you with the trouble here. I have to go to the imperial study room."
Not long after Yuan Zheng left, Zhang Jing also led people to search the palace. The right envoy led someone to deal with the things in the yard. Xie Lan came to her side with a frown and said, "Give me the things."
"What?" Tao Yaoyao didn't react at first. After she understood what he meant, she shook her head, "No, you don't know how to deal with this thing. What if you get hurt by it?"
"I will let others watch." Xie Lan insisted.
Tao Yaoyao thought of something and suddenly stepped forward with a smile, "Are you worried about me?"
Xie Lan said nothing. Tao Yaoyao pressed forward, "What are you afraid of? The entire palace is heavily guarded now. As long as that person doesn't want to die, he won't take action at this time."
"But you took his Gu." Xie Lan reminded her, "You have read the ancient Miao books and you should know how important this thing is to them. If that person knew that the thing was with you, he would risk his life." To get something back.”
Tao Yaoyao naturally knows this, but...
"Who is it?" Xie Lan grabbed her, and then flew her to hide behind a nearby tree. At this time, the Imperial Forest Army rushed out with people, and soon brought in a palace man from outside.
"Who are you? Why are you sneaking out?"
The envoy on the right stepped forward to ask. After seeing the person clearly, he became alert and asked, "Aunt Liu?"
After Tao Yaoyao and Xie Lan heard something was wrong, they stood still and didn't move.
"Sir, Mr. Pei, I heard that you are here, and I thought that the cat I raised here would be frightened by you, so I came over to have a look." Aunt Liu explained, "Sir, Mr. Pei, what are you doing?" What?"
The right envoy stared at Nanny Liu for a while, and after confirming that she was not lying, he told her directly, "There are no night cats here. If you have nothing else to do, go back first."
Nanny Liu turned back three times with each step. When she was about to reach the door, Tao Yaoyao stood up and called her.
"Aunt Liu, are you really here to see the cat?"
Aunt Liu nodded, "I am old and have no children. I usually like to keep cats, but my wife doesn't like them, so I kept the cats here.
Someone in the palace knows about this, if you don’t believe it..."
"Cats are very sensitive to smells. The scent of Grandma Liu's body will make night cats avoid her."
The right envoy felt something was wrong before, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. Now when he heard Tao Yaoyao's words, he instantly remembered what Xu Cairen had just said.
So he hurried over and said, "Since you raise cats here, why do you always come here sneakily in the middle of the night?"
