After arriving in the capital, the witch doctor couldn't wait and proposed to "take a walk" in the capital, looking for the last few materials to dispel the Gu insects.
Cao Yuying glanced at her meaningfully, then arranged two guards under her control under the uneasy eyes of the witch doctor, and let her wander around the capital. And he and Bai Duan also hid their whereabouts and followed behind, so as to avoid accidents that the guards could not solve.
The witch doctor wanted to go out for a walk, of course, to confirm what Cao Yuying said about her daughter's identity as a demon concubine. Fortunately, Cao Yuying fooled the witch doctor a lot, but she was not half false on this point. No matter how the witch doctor inquired, she would never hear the second voice.
Sure enough, after spending a day in the capital, the witch doctor was exhausted physically and mentally, and he had to admit that his daughter had turned into a look he didn't recognize at all.
She quietly followed the two officials' children and listened to their worrying discussions about what happened to their sisters in the palace; In the restaurant in the restaurant, I heard the scholars talking loudly, lamenting the evil concubine's harm to the country and disordering the government; I was also in the teahouse, and I saw the storyteller slapped the gavel and talked about the secret history of the court and harem for a while, whether true or false.
When the sun went down, the witch doctor dragged his tired body back to Yushi's mansion, his eyes were bleak and his figure became more and more stooped.
Bai Duan and Cao Yuying have followed the witch doctor all day, and they have just returned home at this time. They are busy dealing with Bai Yushi, who is excited to see the two return and disappointed because Cao Yuying is not pregnant. After finally returning to the house, I heard the news that the witch doctor asked for an interview.
"Have you prepared everything you need?" Cao Yuying sat in front of the vanity mirror and asked casually while removing the makeup on her face.
"...It's all done." The witch doctor replied in a low voice.
"I have handed over the paperwork to the palace this morning, and got permission from the emperor to enter the palace. I will bring you into the palace after the court tomorrow morning." Seeing her heroic face restored in the mirror, Cao Yuying chose with satisfaction. Raising eyebrows, "You won't go back on your word, will you?"
"Of course." The witch doctor nodded slowly, "We Miao people have always been one-sided, so we are not as treacherous as you Han people. I also want you to promise that you will not go back on your previous promise."
"The Han people are also like a gentleman, and a horse is hard to follow." Cao Yuying snorted softly, turned her head to glance at the witch doctor, and smiled at Yanyan, "To be honest, the entire palace is under my control now, even if you want to do it tomorrow What a small move, I am not afraid of joining your daughter who is in the harem to cause trouble for me."
The witch doctor was startled. She didn't have such an idea in the first place, and now she doesn't dare to think about it at all. After a stern reply, he hurriedly left the room.
Bai Duan cast a sideways glance at his "wife" with a half-smile, and sneered: "Control the entire palace? You don't think the wind flashes your tongue, you dare to blow any cowhide!"
"What if it's not bragging?" Cao Yuying stood up with a smile, put her arms around her sarcastic son-in-law, and kissed him on the cheek, "Your 'wife' is very powerful!"
Bai Duan couldn't help laughing, and didn't take the "wife"'s wild words to heart at all, and played with him, both fell on the bed, and the slowly falling bed curtain covered the room full of spring.
The next day, Bai Duan and Cao Yuying got up early, and after getting ready, they waited at the gate of the palace, waiting for the emperor to finish his morning court and invite them into the palace. The witch doctor was still dressed in a strange black robe, which looked quite suspicious at first glance, but the guards at the palace gate turned a blind eye as if they had no suspicion at all, and put her into the palace quite easily.
The witch doctor didn't think there was anything strange about this, but Bai Duan, who had lived in the capital since he was a child, and whose father was an important minister in the court, showed surprise on his face, and asked in a low voice: "You told the Holy Majesty that you will bring a Miao witch doctor into the palace. ?”
"How is it possible." Cao Yuying raised her eyebrows, "Right now Father is still under the control of Gu insects, once he knows, what is the difference from the imperial concubine knowing?"
"Then... how did you manage to bring her into the palace so smoothly?" Bai Duan couldn't believe it.
"So, now you believe that I didn't lie last night, right?" Cao Yuying chuckled lightly.
Bai Duan twitched the corners of her mouth, but couldn't utter any rebuttal words. The witch doctor followed behind the two of them, also heard their low-pitched discussion, silently lowered his head, and was even more afraid to flout in front of Cao Yuying.
In this way, Cao Yuying relied on the hypnotic cover of her spiritual power, and together with Bai Duan, she brought the witch doctor to the door of the imperial study unimpeded, and ruthlessly pretended to be a coward in front of the little son-in-law and the "partner". The chief eunuch, the most trusted by the emperor, had also been imprinted with spiritual power by Cao Yuying early on, and his attitude towards him was naturally respectful, with a feeling of awe from the heart, which further confirmed his "outrageous words" last night.
Under the guidance of the chief eunuch, the three entered the imperial study. The only emperor who was strong-willed and not affected by Cao Yuying's mental power was obviously startled when he saw the witch doctor. His body subconsciously tensed up while sitting on the seat, and his face sank. Prince Consort, Emperor's Son, what do you mean by this?"
Cao Yuying and Bai Duan knelt on the ground, expressing in a humble gesture that they had no second thoughts, which made the emperor's face slightly calm. But at the next moment, Cao Yuying suddenly became violent, stepped in front of the imperial case in three or two steps, and when the emperor's face changed drastically and he was about to get up to avoid it, he put the anesthetizing Gu insect gas prepared by the witch doctor in advance under the emperor's nose.
The emperor didn't expect it, even if he held his breath in time, he still inhaled the gas. He was furious, and just about to call for someone to escort him, but Cao Yuying covered his mouth again, and he could only let out a short muffled groan.
"Father, please calm down. I will never harm you. There is a reason for doing this. Please listen to my explanation, and it will not be too late to punish my crime!" Cao Yuying's eyes were earnest, and there was a trace of eagerness Tears, really acted out the appearance of children who miss their parents.
Even the emperor, who was used to intrigue and sinister heart, could not see any falsehood in his eyes, and the anger of being offended was subsided a little, but his face was still ugly.
The emperor calmed down, motioned Cao Yuying to let go, and then said slowly, "Then, what do you want to say."
Cao Yuying didn't answer, but turned to look at the witch doctor. The witch doctor nodded quickly, obviously frightened out of his wits by the scene when the emperor was angry just now. She didn't dare to delay and hide it, and replied in the half-baked Chinese that she had learned while wandering in Han towns and picked up again along the way: "Enough, enough! It's the first time that Gu worms have come into contact with such gas, Although only a little bit is inhaled, it is enough to ensure that it loses its effect—it is only temporary, and it will wake up soon."
Both Cao Yuying and Bai Duan breathed a sigh of relief, while the emperor was in doubt: "Gu worm?"
Cao Yuying respectfully put the vial in her hand on the imperial case, then stepped back a few steps, knelt back on the ground again, and "originally" described how she was dressed as a woman and grew up in the palace with difficulty; In front of the imperial concubine, her temperament changed greatly and she became suspicious; how to marry out of the palace for self-protection; up.
The more the emperor listened, the more ugly his face became. He naturally knew that his... son hadn't told the truth completely, but at this moment he didn't pay attention to these "unimportant" issues, and all his mind was on the fact that he had been controlled by the imperial concubine for more than ten years.
After the Gu worms failed, the emperor finally stopped getting hotheaded and losing control of his emotions whenever he thought of the imperial concubine. Now that I am awake, I think about how the imperial concubine killed her own prince; how she used her own hands to abolish the empress, and sent her to the cold palace to die of illness in grief and anger; How...to change myself from a generation of wise and mighty overlord of the world to a fatuous emperor full of complaints from the court and the people...
Recalling all the past, the emperor trembled with anger, wishing to immediately pull the imperial concubine in front of him, cut her into pieces with his own hands, and ate her flesh raw.
However, the strong willpower still allowed him to maintain a sliver of rationality. The emperor took a deep breath, barely suppressed the monstrous anger, but his voice still gritted his teeth: "How to get rid of this Gu worm?!"
Hearing the emperor's question, Cao Yuying, who lowered her head, raised her mouth secretly, but when she raised her head again, she became a filial son who worried about her father. He carefully chose his words, explained the pros and cons of the two methods in detail, and then shook his head heavily: "Since neither of these two methods is a perfect solution, I dare not make decisions on my own, so I can only come up with such a method. Temporarily suppress the Gu worms, and then ask Father to make a decision."
The emperors of all dynasties cared most about three things: country, children and health. The actions of the imperial concubine Chu Ma'e really stepped on all three points of thunder. The emperor wished he could go back to the beginning of his acquaintance with Qin Ma'e, and immediately cut this temptress under the sword—fortunately, he was grateful for her life-saving grace, brought her into the palace, and loved her thousands of times!
The emperor has always been domineering, he has been educated by the emperor's harem since he was a child, and he doesn't feel that he has done anything wrong. At the same time, after personally experiencing the power of a handful of Miao Gu, the emperor was also very afraid of the Miao people, and wished he could immediately order to send iron cavalry to flatten the Miao border to completely eliminate this huge hidden danger.
However, seeing the trembling witch doctor kneeling in the hall, the emperor still endured it, after all, he still needed this person to relieve the Gu worms on his body. But when things are done...he is determined to use the blood of Chu Ma'e and the entire Miao people to calm his anger and wash away his shame!
Turning his eyes away from the witch doctor, he looked at his only surviving son again—he had completely ignored the other two princes with Miao blood—the emperor smiled coldly, his tone unpredictable: "Cao Yuying...you are really good, Pretty good."
Cao Yuying lowered her body and prostrated herself on the ground in an increasingly humble posture. Although the emperor said he was "not bad", he didn't feel that this sentence was pure praise at all.
"You are scheming, cunning, and forbearing, and you have the 'informality' that is due to such a big event..." The eyes wandered between Cao Yuying and Bai Duan, recalling the deep love between the two that spread throughout the capital, the emperor He almost laughed angrily, "It's a blessing for me to have a son like you, and I have a successor!"
Under the gaze of the emperor, Cao Yuying remained motionless: "I dare not."
"Why don't you dare? I think you are very brave!" The emperor sneered, "As a woman, you can inquire about these secrets, and even bring people into the palace without my permission. 'Imperial concubine' comes first, Huang'er, you are second, right? No, in other words, if the effect of the Gu insect is removed, even my 'loved concubine' can't match you!"
"My son is guilty." Cao Yuying replied in a deep voice.
"That's enough, I didn't say this to listen to your inappropriate confession!" The emperor pressed his hands on the imperial case, clenched his fists, and then let out a long breath, "Forget it, with a son like you , I can also receive treatment with 'peace of mind'." His eyes were deep, and he made a decisive decision without hesitating for long.
The dignity and pride of being an emperor made him unable to allow a small bug to live in his brain all the time, planting a deep hidden danger for himself, and he could not accept that he would gradually become stupid in the future because of the gas that anesthetized the Gu insect. The emperor's character has always been tough and decisive, he would rather take a gamble than just survive.
— What's more, he still has such an ambitious "good son". If something unexpected happens during the process of expelling the Gu worms, he doesn't have to worry about no one inheriting the throne, and if all goes well, he will only have the energy to fight this long-dormant son after his body fully recovers. Get back on the throne.
Picking up the vial of anesthetic gas left on the imperial case, the emperor said in a heavy tone with an unpredictable expression, "From today onwards, this witch doctor of the Miao nationality will stay in the palace and work together with my imperial doctor to solve the Gu insects." Get ready—I, let it get out of my mind!"