"How could Your Majesty be poisoned?" Shen Xihe was stunned.
At that time, Emperor Youning and Xiao Huayong were both injured, but after the imperial physician diagnosed that Xiao Huayong was poisoned, other imperial physicians took turns to carefully check Emperor Youning's pulse and they all confirmed that Emperor Youning was not poisoned.
"There is no poison on the crossbow arrows. I took the opportunity to poison him when I went to save him..." Xiao Huayong laughed softly, "Rather than saying it's poison, it's better to say it's a Gu. The reason why the imperial physician hasn't diagnosed it yet is because the Gu hasn't hatched yet. It has just lurked in your majesty's body and hasn't caused any trouble yet. How could it be detected?"
"This Gu..." Shen Xihe frowned.
Witchcraft and sorcery have been one and the same since ancient times. Shen Xihe had never been exposed to this field. He had seen some basic information in casual books, but they were not detailed. However, Xiao Huayong was able to use these things with ease.
It's not that she is self-righteous, but Shen Xihe subconsciously doesn't want people close to her to have too much contact with this kind of thing. She always feels that it is easy to be bitten back at. Maybe it's because of ignorance, so she has an instinctive fear of unknown things.
"It was given to me by Prince Jiachen. This poisonous insect will enter the soil like a seed, absorb nutrients in the soil and grow." Xiao Huayong sensed Shen Xihe's rejection and hurriedly explained, explaining the function of the poison in a concise manner.
"He didn't even ask for His Majesty's quick death?" Shen Xihe was a little surprised.
"He won't live long." Xiao Huayong said suddenly.
"Huh?" Shen Xihe was puzzled.
"He has been suffering from illness since ten years ago. He doesn't want Your Majesty to die quickly." Xiao Huayong said, "He also doesn't want to help me take the throne easily."
After Emperor Youning passed away, Xiao Huayong succeeded to the throne naturally. Not only did Emperor Youning die without any pain, but Xiao Huayong was also able to inherit the throne smoothly. After learning that Xiao Huayong was not the son of Emperor Youning, Xiao Juesong just wanted to watch them kill each other. It was a pity that he couldn't see it. However, it didn't stop him from creating such a situation, so that even if he died, he would be happy with fewer regrets.
Therefore, he gave Emperor Youning a kind of poison. This poisonous insect would suck nutrients from the human body and coexist with Emperor Youning silently. Once Emperor Youning fell ill and insufficient nutrients were provided, the poisonous insect would begin to devour Emperor Youning's internal organs.
The doctors could not find the cause of the disease, nor could they detect its existence. At most, they could only feel that the five internal organs of Emperor Youning were out of balance. However, this poisonous insect was extremely small, and the amount it ate every day was limited. It would not be possible for it to take the life of Emperor Youning without ten or eight years.
It would have been impossible for Emperor Youning to realize it for another five or six years. By the time he realized it, it was already too late to save the situation. He had to spend the rest of his life taking medicine and struggling in excruciating pain every day.
Shen Xihe felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. She was not a good person, nor was she a kind-hearted person. She was always quick, cruel and accurate in her treatment of others. She did not like to torture others for fun. The reason was that she did not want to waste her energy, nor did she want to give others a chance to retaliate.
Therefore, she was somewhat displeased with this method of slowly torturing people to death. However, this was only her personal opinion, and she was just dissatisfied with this method. Shen Xihe did not dislike Xiao Huayong because of this.
"Are you sure he's going to die soon?"
Xiao Juesong has escaped now. If such a vicious person is still alive, not to mention Emperor Youning, even she would feel uneasy. Xiao Juesong is currently full of hatred towards Emperor Youning. Who knows if he will shift his target to others after he feels that Emperor Youning can no longer escape the killing trap he has set.