The palace maids and eunuchs were the only ones who tested for poison. Fu Yu was the only one who had done so.
The Emperor's favorite thing was her. She often said that there were three thousand harem, and only her voice was sincere to me. Fu Zhirong lowered his head shyly and smiled gently, never showing any arrogance.
Speaking of the recent situation in the capital, the emperor brought up the topic of the court meeting. He would not talk about matters of state in the harem in the past, but he would occasionally mention them to Fu and Yu, and she would always listen quietly and never comment on them. She would only take it as a grudge against him because he had something on his mind.
He had thought that this time would be no exception, and so he just let it go. Who knew that Fu Baoguo would lower his head for a moment before raising his head and asking softly, "The King of Yan has lost face today. He's probably unhappy, isn't he?"
The emperor sneered. He knew that after leaving the imperial court, Xiao Yijin would pass a sign to the palace to request an audience with Imperial Concubine Lan.
In the end, Fu Gongyu said no more. The Emperor could not hold it in any longer and asked: "Why do you ask? "Jin'er is naturally unhappy, but he did wrong in the first place, could it be that I should give him some comfort?" As he thought about it, he felt a bit of anger. This useless plague had already exposed his inadequacy.
Fu Gongyu acknowledged and then said softly, "King Mo sure is suppressing everyone with his strength. The last time when the Scarlet Moon flood struck, everything was in order and the plague outbreak this time was handled appropriately. No wonder King Yan was unhappy."
The emperor was silent for a moment before he began to savor the flavor. Fu Gongyu could see through her thoughts. She was obviously on guard against Xiao Yi Xiu, but her words seemed to remind her that there was no need to be afraid of Xiao Yi Xiu. After all, Xiao Yi Jin was the one she cared more about.
She was hinting at him that these two brothers would naturally suppress each other. One of them had military merits, and the other had a mother race's influence. And if the Emperor were to refute King Yan at this moment, it would undoubtedly break the balance between the two.
The Emperor slowly nodded.
Compared to Xiao Yijin, the young emperor was more afraid of the increasingly prestigious Xiao Yixiu. If he was not suppressed, the unease in the Emperor's heart would grow, even to the point of fear.
The emperor was only over forty years old this year. Before the empress had poisoned him, he had been healthy and had never suffered from an ailment. Even if he didn't listen to the imperial physician, he felt that he could live for at least twenty to thirty years, but since Xiao Yi Xiu was twenty-two, how could he be willing to endure for twenty to thirty years? Even if he was willing, with his prestige rising, those courtiers and officials who supported him would be ready to take action.
These monarch skills were not something that could be seen only by Fu Fuyu, but they were definitely worth it.
The pestilence area that was sealed was quite peaceful. Other than a few patients in the shack and a few others who were suspected to have been infected, there was no sign of a spread.
Gu Qingli observed the effects of the prescription as she modified it. Finally, a few patients with mild illnesses seemed to have taken a turn for the better. After she finished her diagnosis, she told Feng Zi to take good care of them. A few of them seemed better, but they could also help take care of a slightly heavier patient.
Feng Zi agreed with a smile on her face. After her father had taken Gu Qing Li's medicine, his illness had unexpectedly been suppressed and he had started to improve. She felt gratitude and admiration for Gu Qing Li, who was initially a stranger to her.
Gu Qing Li went out for a walk. The number of soldiers in the army had increased a bit in the epidemic area, and the five hundred people in the Fire Hou Battalion were heavily lacking in manpower. In order to show how important Xiao Yi Jin was, he had to send more men.
Every day, there were more than ten people assigned to search around the forest, paying particular attention to the traces of various flying insects. All of a sudden, all of the flying insects in the forest were struck by bad luck. Although this method was a bit stupid, the conditions were limited, so it could only be this way. This forest was made up of century-old trees, and there were many towering trees, which were also places the people of the nearby villages relied on to survive. It was impossible to set a fire to burn.
Seeing Gu Qing Li walk over, one of the soldiers in the forest slowed down his steps and waited for the rest of them to leave. He left one person behind, and then handed over the insect corpses that he had previously wrapped in layers of cloth and paper.
Gu Qingli opened it and took a look. Just as she was about to raise her face to speak, that person left in a hurry. She was wearing black clothes, riding boots, and because she was protected against mosquitoes and insects, the black cloth covered her entire face, only revealing her eyes. She had no way of knowing who it was, so she only softly said, "Thank you."
The man didn't dare look back. She knew it wasn't safe, he was afraid of being seen.
Gu Qing Li returned to the grass hut, but this became the safest place. She spread out the oil paper to carefully study the corpse of the dead insect. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that this insect had grown up.
Suddenly, a slightly hoarse voice rang out from behind her, "This is … Poison Bee Gu. "
Gu Qingli turned around and saw Feng Zi's father, Ding An. He didn't know when he had dragged herself over to see her looking intently at what she was holding in her hand.
"Ding Lang, do you know this?"
Ding An City nodded, with a dazed look in his eyes: "How many years has it been …" I've seen this about a decade ago, but I've never seen it sting. I've seen people raise this thing, and I can control it and train it. "
Gu Qingli's eyes widened as her heartbeat quickened. "Have you really seen anyone raise such a thing before?"
"I've seen it before, it's bigger than this …" At that time, I thought it was a bee, and it was very common for country people to raise bees and get nectar, but I have never seen a bee that was so obedient.
"Where is it?"
Ding An City recalled carefully and then said with uncertainty, "Northern Frontier …" He said a place name, but Gu Qingli wasn't familiar with it.
"It's pretty cold there. It's even colder than the capital. This thing can withstand the cold. It's different from ordinary flying insects, which are usually cute and active in this kind of cold weather. During that time, I was gathering herbs in the mountains and taking various medicines. I gave him some medicine to fry when he was sick from raising the Gu, and only gradually recovered after that, we got along for a while, although it was not like we were meeting in heaven, but out of gratitude, he did not put up much defenses against me, so I asked a few questions about the curiosity, and he told me to call it the Poison Bee Gu. "
"What's that man's name?" "What does it look like?"
"He said his name was Fleur. Later I thought it might be a fake name."
Hibiscus … Gu Qingli suddenly felt that something wasn't right. "Is it a woman?"
"Yeah, she also said that those who raise and control Gu like them are all women."
Gu Qingli began to think, could it be that she had something to do with Ding Lang … A relationship? It wasn't until later that I realized it wasn't: "I later thought she was lying because she found out that she even had a fake face. Once, when I was climbing the mountain to gather herbs, I saw her washing her face with a special kind of grass at the foot of the mountain. The look on her face was somewhat different from before, and her skin had even turned white.
Ding Lang continued, "Perhaps it's inconvenient for a woman to travel in the martial arts world, so she didn't dare to tell others her real name and face. I think since she was wary of me, she went to another area to gather herbs and then rarely met her again."