Chapter 1214: Chapter 1211: Gu Insect
Chapter 1214: Chapter 1211: Gu Insect
She breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt at ease to carry on the conversation with her companion.
After waiting for about two quarters of an hour,
some servants came from behind, and only after the Elder Princess received certain news did she stand up and take Ye Muyu to the Young Prince’s courtyard.
Inside the room, Lu Sangqi had already diagnosed the Young Prince’s pulse.
Upon seeing the Elder Princess come in, he hurriedly paid his respects to her.
The Elder Princess gestured that it was unnecessary and entered the side hall before asking, “Doctor Lu, how is it?”
This wasn’t Lu Sangqi’s first time at the Princess’ Mansion to diagnose the Young Prince, so he was fairly familiar with the case: “Replying to the Princess, the Young Prince’s poison, though carried from his mother’s womb, also requires a Medicine Primer to be completely eradicated.”
“Medicine Primer?” The Elder Princess frowned. “You have checked everything around the Young Prince, there is no trace of poison. Could there be some oversight?”
“No, I also find it peculiar that without a Medicine Primer, it’s impossible for the toxins to return every time the treatment is nearly successful, indicating that he must have come into contact with poison again,” Lu Sangqi said, although he had read many of the medical books provided by Ye Muyu, which covered a variety of rare and peculiar diseases, and he even had a copy of Hua Tuo’s “Qing Nang Shu.”
Speaking of which seemed almost unreal since this book had long been lost, its contents incomplete, and most of the books given by Ye Muyu were about surgery—a rumor that indeed existed in history, but whether it was just a rumor remains uncertain.
Nevertheless, Lu Sangqi was daring. Unable to operate on people, he found rats to experiment on and after several attempts, he gained some understanding. However, the toxins in the Young Prince’s case were evidently not something that could be resolved by surgery.
Hence, he could not fathom why the Young Prince’s condition kept fluctuating without resolution.
The Elder Princess’s complexion looked rather troubled: “Is there a way to treat him?”
“The poison in the Young Prince isn’t difficult to counteract, but, the root cause remains, and after treating a part of it, the toxins spread again,” Lu Sangqi pondered. “The priority is to clarify the reasons for these changes in the Young Prince’s body, so we can eradicate the problem at its source.”
“That is the only option then.” The Elder Princess thought for a moment and instructed, “Doctor Lu, these coming days, please eat and drink together with the Young Prince, so you can observe his condition closely.”
Lu Sangqi had no objections; after all, he was very curious about what exactly was ailing the Young Prince.
“Is it possible that the Young Prince did not come into contact with poison?” Ye Muyu suddenly spoke up, and when Lu Sangqi and the Elder Princess turned to her, she solemnly declared, “I read in a book that in Miaojiang, they once specialized in Gu Cultivation, and the Gu insect is also a type of poison.”
“Since the poison inside the Young Prince is of the growing kind, could it be that there is a Gu insect inside his body? In that case, it would explain everything.” After finishing her explanation, Ye Muyu looked puzzled: “However, according to the records of the current dynasty, Miaojiang was exterminated a hundred years ago, so Gu Poison should no longer appear.”
“Nevertheless, it’s still possible that someone might be cultivating Gu insects,” Ye Muyu added.
The Elder Princess’s expression turned extremely grim; upon closer inspection, one could notice her hand at her side clenched slightly, as if she was striving to control her wrath.
Meanwhile, Lu Sangqi was already inquiring about the Gu insect from Ye Muyu, and neither of them noticed her.
It was a while before Lu Sangqi finished his questions, knowing much more than from the books he had previously read.
Seeing his unquestioning faith, Ye Muyu quickly cautioned him, “I do not know the source of my information either, so do not just take my word for it. Better look into more books.”