Princess and the General

What Poison Is It Exactly? (Part Five)

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“Imperial Physician Sun, please come in.”

Outside the Western Wing, Qi Zhou led imperial physician Sun inside, “Lord Marquis has been here with the young miss since this morning.
Since you frequently visit the manor, why not just perform the examination here in the young miss’ courtyard?”

“Well put, well put.”

Imperial physician Sun walked in while chuckling.
He could be considered a common guest in the Western Wing, and he was familiar with the path.

In the past, whenever Yu Fu caught a cold or had a nosebleed, Marquis Gu’s Manor would bring him in to treat her.
Later on, Yu Fu’s body grew much stronger, so his visits were much less frequent, and he found this to be a pity.

If he could meet with Yu Fu more often, he would be able to hear more and more about the situation in Immortals Valley, especially things like the Deity of Medicine’s prescriptions.
That would be of great benefit to him.

Qi Zhou also knew that imperial physician Sun liked Yu Fu.
He had even brazenly asked Gu HuaiJiang something immensely stupid: To allow Yu Fu to be raised in his manor.
With nothing else to say, he just led him forward.

Lian Bi came out from the room to receive him, bowing in a salute, “Imperial physician Sun, Steward Qi, Lord Marquis and young miss are in the back corridor.”

Saying this, she led the two of them inside.
Imperial physician Sun walked at the front.
Upon setting foot in the back corridor, a silver light flashed past.

He immediately stopped moving and stood in place, not daring to move.

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Gu HuaiJiang burst out laughing.

Yu Fu covered her mouth, “Sister Lian Bi, you didn’t even give imperial physician Sun a warning.
What if he had gotten hurt?”

Lian Bi was also quite helpless, “Imperial physician Sun was too anxious, and this servant did not get a chance to warn him before he stepped out.”

Imperial physician Sun settled his nerves and took a look.
At the far end of the corridor, there was a target that had been riddled with silver needles.

He happily walked up to take a look, wanting to reach out and touch but not daring to do so, “These are young miss Yu Fu’s poison needles, right? This lowly official previously heard about them, but this is my first time seeing them.
I heard that when young miss Yu Fu went to save the eldest young sir, you threw them like this and defeated a large group of assassins.
Isn’t that right?”

Gu HuaiJiang said: “How does imperial physician Sun know about this?”

Imperial physician Sun chuckled: “When this lowly official heard that young miss Yu Fu saved the eldest young sir, I was extremely worried, having assumed that young miss Yu Fu would need this lowly official once she returned.
That’s why I asked around a great deal.
I never thought…”

He rubbed his nose with a bit of a guilty conscience.

He could not just say in front of Gu HuaiJiang that he was actually extremely disappointed that Yu Fu was not hurt, right?

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He did not say it, but Gu HuaiJiang was able to figure out the words that remained unspoken.

Yu Fu said: “Head general, since imperial physician Sun has come, let’s take care of the examination first.
Though your illness is not serious, it would not be good to drag things out.”

Everyone then returned from the back corridor to the front, and imperial physician Sun checked Gu HuaiJiang’s pulse.
His brow suddenly furrowed.

“Strange, how truly strange.”

“What’s strange?”

Imperial physician Sun lowered his wrist, “Has Lord Marquis truly been taking the medicine that this lowly official prescribed? Why is it that the illness has not gotten better but has actually gotten worse?”

Qi Zhou had been standing outside the door but immediately entered to respond upon hearing this, “This servant personally watched the preparations of Lord Marquis’ medicine.
There isn’t the slightest deviation from what imperial physician prescribed.
Lord Marquis also downs the medicine in one gulp every time.
Imperial physician Sun, please be at ease.”

Imperial physician Sun shook his head, “Lord Marquis is someone with a military background and has a sturdy physique.
A minor cold and a cough should not be a problem.
This lowly official originally figured that Lord Marquis would have fully recovered after taking the medicine for three days, but it has already been seven or eight days! This should not be the case!”

With him saying it like this, Yu Fu also felt that something was off.

Imperial physician Sun moved to the side, “Young miss Yu Fu, how about you come and take a look?”

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Yu Fu looked at Gu HuaiJiang and modestly said: “The greatest taboo in medicine is seeking too many opinions.
Since imperial physician Sun has always been the one checking head general’s pulse, how could I get in the way?”

Before Gu HuaiJiang could say anything, imperial physician Sun had already responded: “It’s fine, it’s fine.
I do not mind.
Young miss Yu Fu has studied in Immortals Valley, and I am all too eager to learn a bit from you!”

Now that he was being so open about it, she now felt a little embarrassed.

Imperial physician Sun was given a fright by her expression, and Gu HuaiJiang also became stern.

He knew that any time Yu Fu had this expression, it would not be a minor issue.

Yu Fu said: “Imperial physician Sun, the prescription that you gave to head general, what was it?”

Imperial physician Sun explained the medicines that he prescribed, and Yu Fu listened, “These are the symptoms of some pathogen entering the body and causing problems at the throat.”

“That’s right.
Could it be that you have a different opinion?”

Yu Fu took a deep breath.

“It’s poison.
Head general was poisoned.”

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Imperial physician Sun was extremely shocked.
Even Qi Zhou, Lian Bi, Lian Zhu, and the others standing off to the side were shocked.

Lord Marquis was poisoned?

Who would dare to try and poison him?

Yu Fu said: “When it comes to treating illness and saving people, I do not have as much experience as imperial physician Sun, but when it comes to poisons, I am a little more familiar.
This poison is very covert and concealed itself beneath the blood vessels.
First, it assaults the throat, but I fear that it will slowly spread to the internal organs.
Imperial physician Sun, you should know that a pathogen getting into the body won’t result in the throat turning purple.”

She motioned for Gu HuaiJiang to lifted his chin, and imperial physician Sun came over to take a careful look.
Below his Adam’s apple, there was a patch of purple.

It was so faint that it was almost invisible.
Yu Fu was a little shorter than an adult and was the perfect height to see that spot.

Imperial physician Sun seemed to come to a sudden realization, and a cold sweat soaked his brow, “It’s fortunate that it was discovered by young miss Yu Fu; otherwise, even if this poison managed to spread to the internal organs, this lowly official might not have noticed! If anything happened to Lord Maquis, wouldn’t this lowly official have been condemned for the rest of Eastern Ling’s history?”

Gu HuaiJiang looked at Yu Fu, “What poison is it exactly?”

Yu Fu fell silent for a while and said with difficulty: “That… truthfully, I do not know.”