usatvline Chapter 517 The Crown Princess who can’t carry her clearly
Chapter 517 The Crown Princess who can’t carry her clearly
After Gu Jianchu finished speaking, he handed the teacup to his maid and said, "Go and get a cup of hot tea. This one is cold."
Su Tang is a smart man, he will probably understand it immediately.
She has no way to direct the murderer to the Crown Princess now, so she can only try to direct it to Prime Minister Zhu, and Prime Minister Zhu is not innocent either.
Without waiting for Prime Minister Zhu to explain, Su Tang's sharp gaze fell on Prime Minister Zhu. Her hands holding the handle kept tightening. Before, she did not think that there was anything suspicious about Prime Minister Zhu. After all, it was understandable that he did not allow strangers to get close to the prince for the sake of the prince. But the problem was that Prime Minister Zhu made too many excuses.
After Prime Minister Zhu felt Su Tang's gaze, he weakly explained, "This humble official is only concerned about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and has absolutely no ill intentions. They must be trying to sow discord between us, the monarch and his subjects."
Gu Jianchu did not explain this accusation, but instead quickly changed the subject, "The Prime Minister's idea is not completely unreasonable. The rest of the matter will be left to you to decide. If you don't trust our female doctor, I will take them back now."
Gu Jianchu was about to stand up when she finished speaking. The moment she stood up, Su Tang raised her hand to stop her. Without even glancing at the Prime Minister, she gently said to Gu Jianchu, "I trust your country's female doctor. Please ask her to help the prince check if he has been poisoned."
The Prime Minister seems to be neutral, but he may not really be neutral.
Although Su Yu is the crown prince and has her support behind him, the second prince is not bad either. Behind him are the queen and her entire maternal family. Now the queen's maternal family is also in its heyday and controls the resources of one of the tribes. She sees it clearly. The reason why the emperor is willing to give her military power, in addition to trust, is that his main purpose is to let her use the military power to check and balance the queen's maternal family. After all, checks and balances to balance the power of all parties is the long-term solution.
Good birds choose good trees to roost in, so it is not surprising that the prime minister chose the second prince.
After getting Su Tang's consent, Gu Jianchu asked Doctor Lin to bring Doctor Zhou to help treat the prince.
Lin Wen stepped forward to help lift the curtain on the prince's bed, revealing a part of his wrist.
Doctor Zhou did not rush to take the prince's pulse, but first looked at the prince's complexion and the vomit he had at the time, and then took his pulse.
Everyone looked at Doctor Zhou nervously, especially the Crown Princess and Prime Minister Zhu beside her.
After Doctor Zhou finished taking the patient's pulse, Lin Wen asked, "Miss Zhou, how is the Crown Prince doing?"
Doctor Zhou respectfully approached the crowd and bowed, saying, "His Royal Highness has indeed been poisoned by a Gu, the most venomous Heart-Eating Gu. This Gu entered the Crown Prince's body through food and drink. Initially, it only causes stomach cramps and vomiting, followed by a coma, with no other symptoms being detected."
"After a person falls unconscious, the parasite will pass through the bloodstream and crawl towards the heart and lungs. As it passes through the bloodstream, the person will experience mild convulsions. Once it reaches the heart, the person is basically doomed because the parasite will gnaw at the heart until it is completely eaten clean. The person and the parasite will die together. If you don't perform an autopsy, you won't know how the person died. You might suspect that the death was caused by acute heart disease. The most poisonous thing about this parasite is that the time from its onset to death is very short. If it is not discovered and treated in time, the person will die quickly. Fortunately, His Royal Highness discovered it early, and the parasite has not yet entered the heart, but is only in the blood vessels."
"However, judging by the movement of the Gu worm, we can infer that it entered the Crown Prince's body between last night and this morning. If he survives tonight, even a god would be unable to save him."
"What kind of poisonous insect is so powerful? You, a female doctor, are probably exaggerating on purpose." Prime Minister Zhu couldn't help but retort.
As soon as Prime Minister Zhu finished speaking, Su Tang gave him a sharp look, accompanied by the sound of angrily slamming the table, "Shut up."
Su Tang was given a lot of power by the old emperor, including the power of life and death. If he said too much, it would easily arouse Su Tang's suspicion, but he was afraid that if he didn't say anything, Su Tang would suspect the Crown Princess.
[Tsk tsk tsk, Prime Minister Zhu is really trying too hard to protect the woman he loves.]
[It looks like he's protecting her, but it's just a foolish act of self-admiration. If he truly loves the Crown Princess, or truly wants to protect her, he should have stopped the Second Prince from using her and prevented her from getting involved in these power struggles. That would be true protection.]
This man wants both the Crown Princess and the power he holds. He pitied the Second Prince for exploiting her, and then allowed her to steal information from him and do dangerous things. He's no different from a bitch who wants it all. A scoundrel like this isn't worthy of a woman's lifelong trust.
[The most pitiful person is the Crown Princess. The person she likes is taking advantage of her, and the person who likes her is also taking advantage of her.]
[However, there must be something hateful about this pitiful person. The ending she has now is all her own choice, she has walked out of it herself. There is clearly a better path to take, but she chose a wrong path instead. With His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, they could reach a high position together and hold power tightly in their hands. Sometimes, power is far more powerful than love.]
[It's okay when you're affectionate, but being ruthless is far less real than holding on to power.]
[It is important for a person to know himself and think clearly. If a person cannot think clearly, even a god cannot save him.]
Gu Jianchu looked at the Crown Princess as if she were an idiot and shook his head.
No one can save a fool who is willing to walk towards his own death.
Su Tang also asked at this time, "Excuse me, do you have any way to save the prince? Don't worry, if only you can cure the prince, I will reward you with ten thousand taels of gold. Whatever you want, I will do my best to satisfy you."
Zhou glanced at Gu Jianchu, and after receiving his nod, she spoke, "Your Highness, as a doctor, it is my duty to treat illnesses and save lives. I am not seeking your money. The poison that the Crown Prince has been infected with is still young and has not yet affected his heart meridians. He can still be saved."
As Zhou spoke, she opened the medicine box she carried with her and took out a black object that looked like a stone.
This medicine box was left to her by her father. After her father was wrongly accused of death by a beast, she had kept it in her care and never gave it to the beast. Until recently, when the Empress asked her to resume her medical practice, she dug it out again. In fact, the preciousness of her father's medicine box was not the medicine box itself, but the many precious medicinal herbs inside, many of which were rare species.
The method of detoxifying this insect poison was researched by my father at that time, and later recorded in a booklet, which is still kept at home.