diskusbooks Chapter 249 The Great Changes in the Duke Cheng'en's Mansion
Chapter 249 The Great Changes in the Duke Cheng'en's Mansion
After Emperor Taihe vomited, his face became even uglier.
Seeing this, Wang Zhi quickly asked someone to bring clean water for him to rinse his mouth and clean up the dirt that Emperor Taihe had just vomited out.
After Emperor Taihe rinsed his mouth, it took him a long time to recover.
He asked Feng Xinyi anxiously, "I wore an insect repellent sachet, but I still fell victim to that vicious woman's trap. The insects that came out of her body are still chasing me. Does the Medicine God know what's going on?"
Feng Xinyi had already guessed that he would ask, so she had prepared an answer in advance.
Upon hearing this, she said, "Your Majesty, I believe that Empress Chen's sudden change in appearance is due to the backlash of the poison.
Because she had been exposed to too many poisons, the toxins in her body had already penetrated into her bone marrow. Because of these toxins, she was no longer able to have children.
These toxins accumulated in her body over time, which should have made her weak and sickly. However, she raised poisonous insects that fed on the toxins, creating a delicate balance in her body, making her look as healthy as an ordinary person.
However, this delicate balance is not a one-time thing. Once it is destroyed, it will cause a strong backlash.
Therefore, I suspect that the reason why Concubine Li was able to escape death this time was because the poisonous insect in Empress Chen's body had started to attack her back, and the sachets on Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine, the Queen Mother and Princess Zhihang stimulated the counterattack of the poisonous insect.
In order to survive, these poisonous insects likely drained the vitality from Empress Chen's body, which is why she suddenly aged, transforming from a middle-aged woman into a frail old woman in the blink of an eye."
After a pause, she added, "But these are just my guesses. I'm not a Gu Master, so I don't know if the Gu insect's backlash can cause people to age instantly. I can only make these guesses based on the records in the book.
Your Majesty, why not wait until Empress Chen wakes up and then ask her the reason. Since she is a Gu Master, she must be very clear about the reasons."
Emperor Taihe felt that her guess made sense, but he was still troubled and uneasy when he thought of the strange fragrance that suddenly appeared and then disappeared.
Why does that fragrance emanate from him?
Could it be because Chen Huan cast a spell on him?
Or was it that he was actually poisoned by Chen Huan?
He couldn't feel at ease, so he told everything directly and asked Feng Xinyi to treat him.
Feng Xinyi was particularly puzzled when she heard that Emperor Taihe had once emitted a strange fragrance that had attracted the insects from Empress Chen's body.
She once secretly asked Changming for information about the poisonous insect, but unfortunately Changming had lost his memory and didn't know much.
When she heard Emperor Taihe talk about the strange fragrance, she always felt that it was the "insect-attracting fragrance" that Changming had mentioned.
Unfortunately, Changming could only remember the name, but could not remember the specific recipe.
Feng Xinyi couldn't help but suspect that there was another Gu Master behind this incident.
But who is the other party?
How did he manipulate Emperor Taihe, ultimately causing the outbreak of the parasite in Empress Chen's body?
Feng Xinyi couldn't understand it at all.
How could she know that the one hiding in the dark was not the Gu Master, but Xie Ying and Xiangxiang.
Xiangxiang, a mutated rose in the apocalypse, can emit a unique fragrance to attract prey.
Previously in the secret prison, Xiangxiang shrunk her body and secretly hid in Emperor Taihe's clothes. When Empress Chen attacked Emperor Taihe, she killed the poisonous insects in his body, and then emitted fragrance to lure the insects in Empress Chen's body.
This kind of fragrance can even attract the mutated insects and animals in the apocalypse, let alone the poisonous insects raised by Queen Chen?
When they smelled the fragrance, they were like moths seeing sparks and hungry wolves seeing fresh meat. Naturally, they rushed out madly and pounced on Emperor Taihe, the great enemy.
When Emperor Taihe was fleeing in panic, Xiangxiang directly drilled into the crack and attracted all the poisonous insects in.
Then catch them all in one go.
As for Queen Chen?
She had suffered a backlash when Xiangxiang killed the poisonous insect in Emperor Taihe's body. Later, the poisonous insect rushed out madly, and she was seriously injured and fell into a coma.
Then she was quietly sucked into an old woman by Xiangxiang.
With the poisonous insect taking the blame, Xiangxiang sucked the poison extra hard this time, not worrying at all that Empress Chen's appearance would change drastically and arouse Emperor Taihe's suspicion.
Thus, the once youthful and beautiful Queen Chen suddenly became an old woman with little life left.
It also scared everyone and made them confused.
However, although Feng Xinyi suspected that there was another Gu Master hiding in the dark, he did not intend to tell Emperor Taihe.
She was worried that if she told this guess, it would scare Emperor Taihe and cause him to conduct a thorough investigation, implicating Luo Zheng and Xie Xiu.
Luo Zheng has been in the palace for many years and must have built up his own power.
If Emperor Taihe conducts a crazy and thorough investigation, he will inevitably find out about the people cultivated by Luo Zheng, and even make everyone in the palace feel insecure, and finally make random accusations.
The reason why Xie Xiu was able to defeat Chen Fang was because Chen Fang had cast a spell on him.
The box containing the poisonous insects remained in Xie Xiu's hands for a long time.
If Emperor Taihe knew that there was another Gu Master hiding in the dark, he would inevitably suspect Xie Xiu. He would rather kill the innocent than let him go, and would arrest Xie Xiu and Tu Jiaojiao and torture them severely.
Feng Xinyi didn't want to harm her own people, so she said, "Your Majesty's strange fragrance is probably due to the poison and insects in your body. The specific reason can only be known after Empress Chen wakes up."
Emperor Taihe thought the same thing, so he asked, "When will that vicious woman wake up?"
Feng Xinyi said cautiously, "Empress Chen suffered a sudden backlash and is extremely weak right now. If we force her to wake, she might not be able to hold on long enough to tell the whole truth."
Emperor Taihe suddenly felt a headache.
It was already very late. He had persisted until now and had experienced such a terrible experience. His dragon body was really exhausted.
Even if the Medicine God Doctor was forced to wake up Chen Huan, he probably wouldn't have the energy to listen to her tell the truth.
So he said, "Let's wait and see tomorrow."
As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help yawning.
Feng Xinyi lowered her head and pretended she saw nothing.
Emperor Taihe wanted to rest even more. He rubbed his swollen temples, asked Feng Xinyi for several packets of anthelmintic powder, and then asked someone to take her to rest.
Then he returned to his bedroom, hung all the anthelmintic medicine packets on the dragon bed, and then lay down to rest.
Before going to bed, he specifically instructed Wang Zhi to cancel the morning court session tomorrow.
He stayed up too late tonight and didn't want to get up early tomorrow morning to attend court, so he planned to have a good sleep.
Who would have thought that when he slept till dawn, not long after he opened his eyes, Wang Zhi brought him a shocking news:
Last night, there were fires in many places in the Cheng'en Mansion, and there were also gunpowder explosions, so no one dared to go in to put out the fire. Many parts of the Cheng'en Mansion were directly burned to ruins!
This includes the courtyard of Crown Prince Chen Shou.
Emperor Taihe sat on the dragon bed in a daze for a long time before he asked with a sullen face, "Is there anyone alive in Duke Cheng'en's mansion?"