Chu Chenyi pulled Feng Jin to his side, stopping her from speaking such nonsense. Damaging His Majesty's dragon body would be a grave offense. If she succeeded in treating His Majesty, it would be a great merit.
If she failed, Feng Jin, along with the entire Ling family, would be in immense trouble. He had promised Ling Mo Han that he would never let Feng Jin get into trouble, and he absolutely could not let Feng Jin act rashly in such a dangerous matter. If anything were to happen, he would not be able to face Ling Mo Han.
The Empress Dowager looked at Feng Jin with suspicion. She had never heard of such a thing before and was also worried that if she failed, Feng Jin would not be able to shake off the charges.
"This matter is no small thing. Are you truly completely confident?"
Feng Jin regretted what she had said earlier. Analyzed by the Empress Dowager and Chu Chenyi like this, she felt she had stumbled into a major predicament, as if a sharp sword were hanging over her head. For a moment, she felt at a loss as to what to do.
Was it too late to go back on her word now...
"Grand Empress Dowager is asking you a question. What are you dazed for? If you've truly gone silly, hurry up and reply."
Chu Chenyi urged Feng Jin to reply quickly. He didn't know whether to persuade Feng Jin to quickly retract her words and say she couldn't treat His Majesty, or to let Feng Jin take the risk.
After a moment of hesitation, Feng Jin replied with determination, "This concubine is willing to do her best to try."
The Empress Dowager stood up, walked to the window, and gazed outside. After a moment of contemplation, she turned back to Feng Jin, reached out, and helped her up. "If you truly have confidence, then do your best to try. Whether it succeeds or not, I will not blame you."
With the Empress Dowager's assurance, Feng Jin slowly relaxed. To be honest, in this environment, she did not have complete confidence in whether she could succeed.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Feng Jin responded in a low voice and then walked to Emperor Xuanwen's side, took out a silver needle, and pricked his middle finger to draw blood.
"Your Majesty, the blood has been drawn. This concubine needs a quiet place to conduct the analysis."
"Good. Madam Qin, have someone tidy up the side hall and let the young madam conduct her analysis there. Order that no one is to approach the side hall."
"This old servant obeys your command." Madam Qin immediately agreed, her gaze shifting to Feng Jin. "Young madam, please follow this old servant."
Feng Jin followed Madam Qin's steps forward.
"Young madam, this is the side hall. If you need anything, just tell this old servant."
After a moment of thought, Feng Jin slowly said, "Could Prince Jing assist? I truly cannot manage alone."
Chu Chenyi heard her voice and turned to look at Feng Jin. After a moment of daze, he finally came to his senses and quickly agreed, "This Prince will help you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly followed Feng Jin into the side hall.
"I trouble you, Madam, to have people guard outside and ensure no idle individuals enter."
Feng Jin said respectfully to Madam Qin, then immediately closed the door.
"You asked me to come in. What can I help with?"
She didn't know what Feng Jin was up to this time, being so mysterious and insisting he come in. What help could a man provide? Wouldn't it all be a wasted effort in the end?
"Since I asked you to come in, it's naturally because you can be of use. Otherwise, why would I have you come in? To keep me company and relieve my boredom?"
Feng Jin glanced coldly at Chu Chenyi, thinking that perhaps his brain was faulty. Such a simple and clear matter, yet he still insisted on asking her again. Since she had called him in, it was naturally to have him help.
"Stop the nonsense and get to work. Time waits for no one. If we delay any longer, His Majesty will truly be on his last breath, and you can inherit your father's business more quickly."
"What do you mean? How is Father Emperor's condition? Is it very serious? Didn't you say earlier that you couldn't tell what illness it was?"
Chu Chenyi immediately realized something was amiss and anxiously grabbed Feng Jin, bombarding her with questions, determined to get to the bottom of it.
He hadn't been able to tell what illness it was earlier, so how had it suddenly become a matter of life and death?
What was Feng Jin playing at? He was becoming increasingly unable to figure out what Feng Jin intended to do.
"Because His Majesty is not ill at all, but poisoned."
"Poisoned? You mean someone poisoned Father Emperor? How is that possible? Who in the imperial palace has such audacity to poison Father Emperor? Do they not want to live!"
Chu Chenyi was shocked, and more so, enraged. He couldn't believe that someone in the palace would dare to poison his Father Emperor. Who would dare do such a thing? It was utterly treasonous.
"I don't know about that. That is your business. The urgent matter now is to quickly prepare an antidote. If we delay any longer, His Majesty will truly lose his life."
From the moment she took his pulse, she had realized that Emperor Xuanwen was not ill but had been poisoned.
As for the type of poison, she couldn't tell at first. Only by taking blood for analysis could she better prepare an antidote. The urgent matter now was to quickly prepare the antidote and save him. The more she delayed, the greater the danger to Emperor Xuanwen.
"Tell me what I need to do?"
Chu Chenyi asked anxiously. His mind was in a chaotic mess, and he had no idea what to do. He had to follow Feng Jin's instructions.
"Go and boil some hot water."
She needed to analyze Emperor Xuanwen's blood. Without distilled water for separation, she had to make do with hot water for now. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"Alright, I'll go now." Chu Chenyi nodded and immediately acted according to Feng Jin's instructions.
Feng Jin worked until dark before she finally stopped.
"How is it? Have you prepared an antidote?"
Chu Chenyi watched Feng Jin's every move intently. Seeing her stop, he hurried to her side and anxiously inquired about the situation.
"Although I have prepared it, I cannot yet confirm its efficacy. I need to find someone to test it before I dare administer it to His Majesty."
The main reason was that this poison was too peculiar, and she had never encountered it before. The antidote she had prepared had also not undergone any testing.
After all, Emperor Xuanwen's identity was not ordinary, and she dared not rashly give the medicine to him directly.
"You mean find someone to test the medicine?"
Chu Chenyi immediately understood Feng Jin's meaning. After a pause, he said, "Why don't I test it?"
"No. If something were to happen to His Majesty, you would still need to lead the overall situation. Absolutely no mistakes can be made. We must find someone to test the medicine now."