Lady Wan Guan

Jiang Wanning followed Gu Zhouting and Xiao Yan to the imperial study. Xiao Yan said that the emperor was in good spirits today and his heart no longer hurt.

Jiang Wan Ning wondered whether yesterday's illness was a reaction to being poisoned by a poison. Now that the poison was dormant, there would be no reaction without the order of the poison maker.

When they arrived at the Imperial Study Room, Eunuch Zhu stopped them, looking worried.

"Your Highness, Mr. Gu, Uncle Ning from Shu is inside!"

"Come to complain?" Xiao Yan frowned.

Eunuch Zhu nodded: "Mr. Fang of Honglu Temple is being scolded." As he spoke, Eunuch Zhu looked at Gu Zhou and said, "Mr. Gu had better not meet the emperor at this stall." Otherwise, a scolding will be inevitable.

Gu Zhouting didn't care. Was it enough to be reprimanded by the emperor?

The three of them waited for a long time before Uncle Ning and Lord Fang of Honglu Temple came out.

Uncle Ning Huang glared at Gu Zhouding. The eyes were not eyes, and the nose was not a nose.

Master Fang came to Gu Zhouting and said with a grimace: "I hope Master Gu will catch the thief as soon as possible, otherwise, I will... ah..."

Gu Zhouting said perfunctorily: "Absolutely."

After Uncle Ning left, Jiang Wanning came out from behind Mo Yu.

She was afraid that Uncle Ning would recognize her as the one who almost threw their mascot to death.

The three of them met with the emperor.

The emperor asked slowly: "Gu Aiqing, has there been any progress in the case?"

Gu Zhou stopped and said, "Back to the emperor, the thief has been found."

"Oh?" So fast? The emperor nodded with satisfaction, saying that among the younger generation of officials in the court, Gu Zhouting was the most capable.

"Who is it?"

"Back to the emperor, this thief... was sent by me."

The emperor stared, thinking that he was hallucinating: "You said you sent him?"

"He was sent by me."

The emperor gritted his teeth: "Gu Zhouting, Gu Zhouting, which song are you singing?"

"Father, Mr. Gu is here to investigate the case. Mr. Jiang, please tell me."

Jiang Wanning stepped forward and explained in detail the speculations after yesterday's diagnosis and the problems found today.

The emperor was stunned when he heard this and couldn't believe it at all: "Jiang Aiqing, are you mistaken? I rested for a day yesterday and I am completely recovered."

"Your Majesty, why did the Seventh Princess go to the palace to attend the banquet without a personal maid, but with a nanny who was not by her side at all, who lived in the most remote part of the post house and who lived alone. There were all kinds of poisonous insects hidden in this nanny's cabinet. There’s got to be something weird about it.”

"The minister's father and brother once went to Shu for business and heard a lot about voodoo. They also saw with their own eyes that someone accidentally offended a local woman with his words. He felt uncomfortable afterwards, but he was fine the next day. He didn't pay any attention to it. After more than ten days, he suddenly had a stomachache and was rolling all over the floor in pain. He called in several doctors but couldn't find anything wrong. It hurt him to death. After he died, small bugs came out of his seven orifices. After he kept crawling out, everyone knew he was bewitched."

This is not a story Jiang Wan Ning made up. It was indeed a story told to her by her eldest brother Jiang Qiao after he came back from Shu. Then she exaggerated it a bit.

Otherwise, how could it attract the emperor's attention?

After hearing these words, everyone in the royal study felt bad. They felt like there were thousands of bugs crawling in their bodies. Especially the emperor, who had completely taken it in. Thinking of bugs crawling out of his seven orifices after his death, Standing upside down with hair all over his body.

"Jiang...Jiang Aiqing, don't be alarmist."

"I don't dare. This voodoo technique is extremely mysterious. It has always been passed down from mother to daughter and will never be passed on to outsiders. Of course, they will not use voodoo to harm people easily. It is said that if it is not done well, it will backfire on the person who made the voodoo. The emperor suddenly fell ill and was inexplicable. The disease has recovered again, and the seventh princess’s unreasonable behavior seems suspicious, so I would like to ask the Emperor Rong Chen to make another diagnosis.”

Xiao Yan also said: "Father, it is related to your safety. No matter whether there is such a thing or not, we must pay attention to it."

The emperor was already frightened and said hurriedly: "Jiang Aiqing, take a good look at me, look carefully."

Eunuch Zhu was waiting outside the door, not allowing anyone to come near.

The emperor took off his clothes and lay on the couch. Jiang Wanning not only took his pulse this time, but also focused on examining the emperor's internal organs, touching every inch of his skin.

Xiao Yan and Gu Zhou stopped aside and looked at Jiang Wan Ning nervously, breathing softly for fear of disturbing her. After checking it again, I still can't find the problem. Maybe the voodoo has not grown up yet and is still in the state of eggs. However, the emperor suffered from angina yesterday, which means that the voodoo is causing trouble in the body. Maybe the voodoo has not received the poison that makes the voodoo. The order of the person is dormant.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to administer the acupuncture."

"Why?"

"Under stimulation."

"what?"

Jiang Wanning had already taken out the silver needle and inserted it into the acupuncture points corresponding to each organ.

Lungs, unresponsive.

Liver, not responding.

Stomach, no.

Spleen, still no.

Intestine, no movement.

All that's left is the heart.

Jiang Wanning closed her eyes. After such a long period of concentrated inspection, she was already very exhausted.

After taking a few deep breaths, Jiang Wanning opened her eyes and pricked the acupuncture point corresponding to her heart.

After a moment, the emperor showed a painful expression: "It hurts, my heart hurts."

Jiang Wan Ning said: "How does it hurt?"

"It's like something is drilling into the lonely heart."

She put her hand on the emperor's chest and closed her eyes again to feel it carefully.

After a while, Jiang Wanning opened her eyes with a solemn expression and quickly pulled out the silver needle.

Then he said: "I found it, and it was dormant in the emperor's heart. Just now the silver needle stimulated it, and it moved, so the emperor felt something drilling into his heart."

The emperor's face turned pale: "Is there really a worm in Gu's body?"

Jiang Wanning nodded solemnly.

Xiao Yan asked anxiously: "Is there any way to get it out?"

The emperor also looked at Jiang Wan Ning expectantly.

Jiang Wanning shook his head: "It's too close to my heart, I don't even dare to stimulate it too much."

Xiao Yan turned around and left, but Gu Zhou stopped and stopped him: "Your Highness is going to find the Seventh Princess?"

"Of course I have to go find her. If she doesn't get rid of this insect, I will chop her alive." Xiao Yan was very angry.

"Don't act rashly, listen to Jiang Aiqing." The emperor said.

Jiang Wanning said: "It is true that we cannot act rashly. Once they are forced into a hurry and send out the Gu insects in advance, the Emperor's life will not be saved. At that time, they can put all the blame on Aunt Song, saying that Aunt Song infiltrated the mission. They were completely unaware of the plot to kill the emperor, and if nothing else, even if the whole of Shu is buried with him, what's the use?"

"Master Jiang is right. The most important thing right now is the emperor's safety. Not only can we not settle accounts with them, but we can't alarm them either. We have to find another way." Gu Zhouting agreed.

"But what can be done? Master Jiang said there is nothing we can do." Xiao Yan was discouraged.

"I think there is someone who might be able to find a way." Jiang Wanning said.

"Who?" the three of them said in unison.

Jiang Wan Ning said: "I can't tell his name, but I know where to find him."

It's time to visit Master.