Chapter 71.2

The guards at Zhaohui Hall were spaced three to five steps away from each other. The security was very tight.

Irrelevant people were not allowed to enter. People within the mansion were speculating about what had happened, but everyone was at a loss.

Inside, Doctor Liu paced back and forth, muttering, "It shouldn't be like this. It should be effective…"

Fucheng looked at him, about to go crazy. He stepped forward and pulled at his clothes. "What do you mean, it should be? You, imperial doctors, are all like this. Your words are never clear. Do you think you are still in the palace? Only when you hem and haw would you be happy!”

If it was before, Doctor Liu would definitely come up with a retort, but now he was not in the mood. He brought the medicine in high spirits, but after His Highness took it, he didn't get any better but got worse.

He dragged Fucheng to the side, pulling on his hair with his other hand without even noticing it. His gray and white hair was pulled by him so much that there wasn't a lot left. Normally, he styled his hair into a bun to cover the baldness. Now that he was pulling on his hair again, his bun fell apart and he looked like a lunatic.

"Impossible! It should be useful, but why is it not working…"

Fucheng paced around. His Highness secretly went to the Rongxi Courtyard last night, and by the time he came back, something was wrong with him. He asked him to tie him up, but he didn’t have the guts to. Later, when he saw that the situation was not good, together with An Shiyi, they tied His Highness to the bed.

It didn't take long for His Highness to go mad. This time it was a lot more serious than last time. Fucheng had never seen Jin Wang like this. In fear of something unexpected happening, he asked the guards to seal up the entire Zhaohui Hall.

Doctor Liu thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure out what went wrong. Was the medicine actually useless? ! He grabbed Fucheng and asked, "Tell me, how is His Highness in ‘that’ aspect recently?"

Fucheng was upset at the moment and didn't notice the shyness hidden behind Doctor Liu's old face. "What do you mean ‘that’ aspect?! "

"I meant having sex! " said Doctor Liu after clearing his throat.

"It’s pretty good!"

Hearing this, Doctor Liu frowned, and immediately asked, "How often does he do it and how long does each time last? How many times does he do it in a single night?"

Fucheng glanced at him. "Why are you asking this? Do you think I am one of those eunuchs who specializes in recording this type of thing? Not only listening in a corner but also writing everything down on a booklet?!"

"Of course I need this information for a reason! After His Highness was poisoned by this type of obscene drug, I already explained everything in detail. Those who are poisoned by this become more indulgent in lust towards the end. Only through the frequency of intercourse and the length of each time can we understand which stage the poison has reached."

Fucheng felt that what he said was quite reasonable. He pondered, "His Highness always rests in Rongxi Courtyard and I can't sit in the corner every day listening to this kind of matter. But there is a maid by Lady Su, who should know more specifics." Once he said this, he ordered people to go to Rongxi Courtyard to call Yuchan over.

Not long after, Yuchan arrived.

Doctor Liu asked many detailed questions. Even though Yuchan was blushing, she reported all that she knew truthfully.

After listening, Doctor Liu pondered for a while. He looked at Fucheng then at Yuchan and his eyes became weird.

"Girl, tell this old man honestly. Uh, have you seen some weird marks on your madam…" 

Now that he was asking such a private matter, Fucheng suddenly wanted to get up and stab the old man. 

Lady Su was the concubine of His Highness. For this old man to ask in such detail it was blasphemy! To blaspheme Lady Su is to have designs on His HIghness’s privacy. It was one thing to ask about the frequency and duration but it was another to ask about these specific details!

Fucheng's gaze towards Doctor Liu was extremely unkind. Doctor Liu repeatedly asked for forgiveness, his old face flushed. "You really treat me as an old disrespectful fogey? In the later stages, this poison will cause the victim to slowly lose their mind. It would be easy to do something that would hurt others. But when combined with strong desires, in this case, the woman will have to suffer a bit."

Seeing that they both looked at each other and did not speak, Doctor Liu became a bit agitated and angry. "So basically, when they have sex, the man tends to be violent, and the woman will get hurt!" 

Now not only did Fucheng understand, but Yuchan also understood.

She blushed. After a period of silence, she whispered, "This servant didn’t find any signs of what you said, but there were two times when Madam suffered some minor injuries."

Doctor Liu moved closer and eagerly asked for more details. Yuchan thought about it seriously and said the approximate time when it first happened. Yaoniang was still living in the small courtyard at the time and was not Jin Wang’s concubine. As for the more recent instance, it was the day when Jin Wang killed that man out of fury.

"Then ever since that first time, did the intercourse between His Highness and Madam slowly begin to decrease?"

This time, Yuchan thought about it longer than before. After a long while, she nodded hesitantly. A hint of shock and enlightenment flashed in his eyes.

"Alright, that’s enough. It seems that the relief was not enough, so the spread of the toxicity accelerated." Doctor Liu shook his head with a sigh. He looked at Yuchan and said: "Your madam is a lucky one." 

He didn’t say the rest but Yuchan understood his meaning.

Of course, Fucheng also understood, and his face became complicated.

"Then what do you want to do now?"

Doctor Liu stroked his beard. "It's best for it to be that one from Liuchun Pavilion. But if you want him to feel comfortable both physically and mentally…" He chuckled twice and his old face suddenly seemed a bit obscene. He stopped talking and left as he stroked his beard.

It wasn't until he was almost out the door that Fucheng reacted. "You old thing, is that enough?"

Doctor Liu walked out at a very fast speed. He shouted without looking back, "If the relief is done properly, nothing would happen for the time being. I will go back and continue to research the medicine…"