Zi'an knew that this statement was not made without reason, so she looked at her pretending not to understand, "What does the noble concubine mean?"
The noble concubine said coldly: "To tell you the truth, the emperor is about to die. If you still want to keep your power as the regent princess, you should make some careful plans."
Zi'an was secretly shocked. The emperor was about to die? But how did she know? The news of Xiwei Palace was kept secret. Even Murong Jie didn't know about this.
"That's impossible. Ajie never said that." Zi'an said.
"What does he know? If he had any brains, he should have used the power in his hands to do something for himself. But what he is doing now is just making wedding dresses for others. He is wasting his brain." The noble concubine said coldly.
Zi'an said nothing, pondering the truth of the noble concubine's words.
The noble concubine came to her today with a clear purpose, which was to ask her to persuade Murong Jie to seize the throne. But she always knew that Murong Jie had no intention of becoming the emperor, and she had always cultivated Prince Nan Huai. Why did she suddenly give up? Unless she knew that the chances of winning were not high, but why were they not high
Because the emperor is about to die, time is running out.
Zi'an had always wanted to know what disease the emperor had, and she had heard before that the noble concubine had asked Todd to curse the emperor. Of course, she did not believe that the emperor became ill because of the curse, but she could not see anyone and could not receive treatment, as this disease was not to be seen in public.
"What disease does the emperor have?" Zi'an asked tentatively.
The noble concubine snorted, "You know what I am thinking about."
You know it by thinking? She really couldn't figure it out. However, although the noble concubine looked like she understood it, she herself probably didn't know it.
But if she didn't know what was wrong with the emperor, why did she know that he was about to die
Now, apart from Xiwei Palace, the only person who knows the emperor's situation is the Empress Dowager. Could it be that there is a traitor around the Empress Dowager
It's not surprising that the noble concubine will definitely cultivate her own people in the palace.
If the emperor was about to die, Murong Jie would really have to take countermeasures immediately. Fortunately, Taifu Liang did not dare to be too obvious, the prince was under house arrest, and the queen was deposed, so there was no need to worry about that for the time being.
"If your majesty has nothing else to do, Zi'an will take his leave first."
The noble concubine said calmly: "Let's go!"
Zi'an turned around and opened the door. The noble concubine's voice came again in a sinister tone, "By the way, you are proficient in medicine, do you know what the same fate Gu is?"
Zi'an's heart skipped a beat. He turned back again, his eyes slightly colder. "I don't know, what does the noble concubine mean?"
The noble concubine smiled faintly, "Go back and check it out. After you know what the same fate Gu is, you will come back to find me."
Zian left quickly.
Mammy and Dao Lao Xiaosun caught up with him and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zi'an said in a deep voice: "Mammy, are there many medical books in the palace?"
"Yes, the Imperial Hospital has a special library that houses many medical books."
"I will go to the palace right away. Xiaodao, come with me. You all stay in the mansion. If the prince comes back and asks, just say I went out for something."
"Princess, what happened?" the nanny asked, pulling her arm.
Zi'an felt inexplicably panicked. She remembered that Nanny had been in the palace for many years and might have heard of the same fate Gu. She asked, "Mammy, do you know what the same fate Gu is?"
Mammy nodded, "I know a little."
"What is the same-life Gu? What symptoms will a person infected with it experience?" Zi'an asked.
The nanny replied, "As the name suggests, the same poison is present in two people, divided into mother and son. When the mother dies, the son will also die."
"If the son Gu dies, will the mother Gu also die?"
Mammy shook her head. "I don't know about that."
"What symptoms do those who are poisoned have?"
The nanny also shook her head. "I really don't know. Why don't you ask the judge? I heard that he is also quite knowledgeable about witchcraft."
"I'll go into the palace right now." Zi'an felt impatient and immediately took Boss Dao into the palace.
After entering the palace, Zi'an went straight to the judge and asked about the matter of the Tongming Gu.
The judge was shocked when he heard about the same fate Gu. "Princess, you asked this because you have met someone who has been infected with the same fate Gu?"
"I'm not sure. I don't know much about witchcraft, so I can't say for sure." Zi'an was still very panicked. He had noticed that Murong Jie's pulse and heart were a little unusual.
The judge led Zi'an into the library. The library was very large, with countless books on rows of bookshelves that stretched as far as the eye could see.
They are all medical books.
Zi'an was very shocked. She didn't expect that there were so many ancient medical books preserved in the palace. But she didn't quite understand, since there were so many medical books that were the crystallization of the wisdom of the predecessors, why the medical technology of this dynasty was still stagnant
She picked one up at random, opened it and took a look. It was just a book recording the pharmacology of herbs. There was no substantial theory and it was all very superficial.
I opened another one and it was of similar type.
I opened several books in a row, but there was nothing interesting to see. Even clinical cases were not written about them.
"Why are these medical books collected here?" Zi'an walked over and asked the judge who was looking for books.
"Most of these medical books are left over from previous dynasties. There are also many among the people in the Great Zhou Dynasty. They are all collected here and provided to the Huimin Bureau for teaching. There are also many reference books, but no one has taken care of them and they are very messy. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Occasionally, you can find a few good things."
Zi'an hummed. If that was the case, no wonder no one came to read books.
Even she wouldn't have the patience to look for one or two pearls in this sea of books.
The judge kept searching for about a quarter of an hour before he said in surprise, "Found it."
Zi'an walked over and saw that he was holding an incomplete book in his hand. There was no cover, and the first few pages were torn to the point where only a corner was left.
The judge flipped through the book quickly, from the beginning to the end, and finally saw the same-life Gu on the last page.
However, the last page was incomplete, only half a page.
Zi'an took it and looked at it in the dim light. It was a Gu with the same fate. The mother Gu and the child Gu had the same fate. The mother Gu could be cured, but the child Gu could not. If the mother Gu died, the child Gu would die immediately. If the child Gu died, the mother Gu would die after three days.
This page originally had a record of the same-life Gu worm, but it had been torn off.
Zi'an looked at the front and back and found that the last page that was torn was newly torn. Someone deliberately prevented her from seeing the information about the Tongming Gu worm.
"The mother Gu can be cured. That is to say, as long as the child Gu dies, the mother Gu can be cured within three days and the patient can survive." The judge explained it deliberately, as if he was afraid that she didn't understand.
Zi'an frowned, "What about the symptoms? Do you know the symptoms of being poisoned?"
The judge said, "I have never seen it, but I have heard Master talk about the same fate Gu before. People who are infected with it will experience heart discomfort and a slow or accelerated pulse for a few days a month. This is the reaction of the Gu poison in the body, but other than that, there are no major problems, and they are just like normal people."
"Then if the mother Gu doesn't die, will the person infected by the child Gu also be fine?"
"Yes, the insects in the offspring Gu act according to the insects in the mother Gu. For example, if the mother Gu is safe, the offspring Gu will naturally not cause trouble. They will quietly lurk in the human body, at most absorbing some nutrients without releasing toxicity or growing and reproducing."
(End of this chapter)