Could that piece of paper, which once held the powdered drug, still be inside the room?
Li Yu immediately looked around all over, wanting to find that piece of paper. However, other than dust, there’s no paper on the floor of this room currently.
Li Yu realized that this segment of memory may not have been right before Pu Liu had left. Plus, although the Emperor had sealed this room, it didn’t signify that everything within the room remained untouched. The paper that had fallen to the ground at that time was most likely cleared away a long time ago.
Li Yu grinded his teeth. He was already a Koi. he hoped that in this matter, he can also have a Koi’s good luck.
Li Yu calmed himself and sat back down. He started comparing everything to what he saw in the memory once again.
At the moment, he didn’t find any other leads.
Then Li Yu saw the needle and thread basket. Opening it and taking out everything inside without much hope, he found a cloth tiger under some pieces of fabric.
In the memory, Pu Liu made half of a tiger. The one here is mostly finished. It should be the same one. Li Yu had thought all this time that the one Pu Liu made back then was ripped apart by the kids already. Unexpectedly, she didn’t only make one cloth tiger for Jing-wang. This wasn’t too hard to understand. The kid’s toys broke often. That’s why they had a lot. The Baos were the same.
Li Yu held the cloth tiger in his hand, carefully examining it and then rubbing it.
When he squeezed, he suddenly felt a bit of a sharp edge on the stomach of the cloth tiger. The cloth tiger that the kids broke wasn’t like this.
Li Yu exchanged a look with Jing-wang and grabbed a pair of scissors, carefully cutting the cloth tiger open.
First it was the inner lining. The inner lining was embroidered with the name “Pu Liu”, which was the same as what Li Yu had seen before.
After the cloth tiger was taken apart, the corner of a piece of paper was exposed inside the cotton.
Li Yu paused briefly and then pulled the paper out. It was a well folded piece of paper. Because it was hidden inside the cloth tiger’s stomach, it avoided being covered by dust.
Li Yu carefully opened the paper and discovered a powder inside about the size of a pinky’s fingernail.
Could this be……
Li Yu recalled the paper that held the drug inside the memory. The color of that paper looked the same.
“TianChi!” Li Yu yelled excitedly.
Jing-wang nodded his head and handed Li yu a porcelain bottle. Li Yu refolded the paper and placed it into the porcelain bottle.
He still wasn’t sure what this powder was, but hopefully it was related to the poison. He needed to give it to the old imperial physician as soon as possible.
Li Yu swiftly left the room. Outside of the room, the palace servants knelt there, earnestly asking Li Yu if he needed assistance. Li Yu finally found a clue. How could he easily hand it over to other people? He held the porcelain bottle carefully in his hand and dragged Jing-wang off, rushing straight for the Imperial Physician’s courtyard.
The imperial physicians can usually figure out a medical prescription just by assessing the leftovers of the concoction. If there’s drug powder, they should be able to identify it, right?
Li Yu personally handed over the powder to the old imperial physician in charge of treating Jing-wang.
At first, the old imperial physician didn’t quite believe this could be the poison. However, with Jing-wang and Jing-wangfei present, the physician couldn’t really brush it off. He carefully took a whiff of that powder.
“Strange……” The old physician was somewhat incredulous. After obtaining Li Yu and Jing-wang’s permission, he took out a tiny amount and tasted it. Then he immediately spat it out.
“Your highness, wangfei, please give me some time……” The old imperial physician wiped his mouth, not even done talking and already running into the inner room excitedly.
Did this mean there’s finally a lead?
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Whenever Jing-wang wanted to make Li Yu happy, he always liked gifting him all sorts of different little gold fishes. The little gold fishes were filled with memories.
Li Yu fiddled with them for a while, still feeling very upset inside.
If they still couldn’t find anything like this, what should he do?
Continue searching! Even if he needed to dig three feet into the ground, it’s fine!
After the old imperial physician left, there was no news. It wasn’t until nightfall that he came out walking hastily, looking down and carrying a pile of heavy medical books. He didn’t even have any shoes or socks on.
“Imperial physician!” Li Yu swiftly called out to him.
The old imperial physician raised his head and finally noticed Li Yu and Jing-wang. He said in surprise: “Your highness, wangfei, why are you guys still here?”
The old imperial physician had completely forgotten that they were still waiting.
Li Yu didn’t even argue. Seeing the imperial physician holding a stack of medical books, he said brimming with hope: “Is there a new discovery?”
The old imperial physician nodded with a smile: “All thanks to you and his highness. Found it finally.”
Li Yu’s eyes lit up and hastily invited the old imperial physician to sit down and explain in detail.
So what the old imperial physician had discovered from the powder that Li Yu brought was that it was extremely similar to the body strengthening formula from before; however, it had the taste of an additional ingredient.
Traditional medicine was usually hit or miss anyways. With the addition of one more ingredient, the effect of the drug could be altered completely.
The old Imperial Physician went off to verify that additional taste just now.
After an investigation, he determined that it was Snow Crow.
Li Yu and Jing-wang had no knowledge of drug ingredients at all. The old imperial physician explained: “Snow Crow is a tree that grows at the top of a snowy mountain. It blooms and bears fruit every 60 years. The fruit is called Snow Crow. Snow Crow is hard to obtain and can be a very good health supplement. It’s not often seen in this dynasty. We don’t even have it here in the Imperial Physician’s courtyard. However, because I had the fortune to encounter Snow Crow once in my youth, I know about its drug effects.”
Li Yu was stunned: “This is a supplement?”
Then didn’t it mean it had nothing to do with the poison?
The old imperial physician nodded and said: “It is a supplement, however, when using Snow Crow, there’s a taboo. Snow Crow can’t be used at the same time as Ginseng. If it gets mixed with Ginseng, it actually becomes poisonous. In this powder, I tasted the Snow Crow, as well as Ginseng. In other words……”
“This powder is indeed poison.”
With a single declaration, the old physician verified half of Li Yu’s conjectures. Li Yu anxiously pinched his own palm.
“Then, is this the poison that’s affecting his highness?” Li Yu told the old imperial physician where this powder came from and also mentioned how the wet nurse, Pu Liu, had consumed this powder; that he suspected the poison was passed onto the infant Jing-wang through breast milk.
The old imperial physician’s eyes lit up: “This is extremely likely. I still have to research a few more medical books…… However, thanks to you, I’m finally no longer a headless fly.”
The old imperial physician stroked his beard in gratification: “It shouldn’t take more than half a month for me to verify.”
Li Yu could almost see the dawn of hope and said loudly that he would be waiting for the physician’s good news.
Although it hasn’t been confirmed completely, he still asked the old imperial physician to keep this a secret.
It’s been a long time since Jing-wang was poisoned. Li Yu had temporarily locked in on Pu Liu as the person who poisoned him. However, why would a mere little wet nurse want to harm the son of the Empress? And also that scene with Pu Liu arguing with that personal servant. From the memory, Pu Liu wasn’t willing to consume this poison at first. The existence of the personal servant signified that the plan of poisoning Jing-wang didn’t belong to Pu Liu solely.
Li Yu actually also searched for that personal servant before. However, the personal servant really looked very plain. Wang Xi said that this kind of personal servants were found everywhere inside the Imperial palace. Not to mention, in comparison to the personal servant, the wet nurse Pu Liu was clearly a better starting point. That’s why Li Yu focused all of his energy on Pu Liu.
Now that he thought about it, Pu Liu was sent out of the palace, but what about that personal servant? Could the forces that had harmed Jing-wang still be hiding within the imperial palace, so deep that even the Emperor hasn’t noticed?
This seemed like a possibility. However, it’s been over twenty years now. This meant that the other person might be someone of high importance, someone that they might not even imagine.
Being cautious was the best choice. It’s not appropriate to reveal this matter to others yet. What if the opposition attempted to harm Jing-wang again?
After Li Yu left the imperial physician, he ran straight to GanQing palace.
The Emperor was very happy that there were clues to Jing-wang’s poison now. Even though the old imperial physician still hasn’t confirmed it, just the knowledge that a piece of paper holding poisonous powder was found hidden inside a cloth tiger, was enough to make the Emperor feel like Pu Liu was definitely connected to all of this. Li Yu also suggested to the Emperor to keep quiet about this. The Emperor felt the same.
“This is all thanks to you.” The Emperor said warmly.
Before when the Emperor had given Li Yu the proper title of Jing wangfei and treated Li Yu pleasantly, it was mostly for the sake of Jing-wang and the kids. After this trip to the hunting grounds, they interacted much more. The Emperor had seen with his own eyes the affections between Jing-wang and Li Yu, not to mention the myriad of efforts Li Yu exhibited in order to search for clues for Jing-wang. Even though the Emperor didn’t say anything, he has become extremely trusting of Li Yu already. Right now, he felt like Jing-wang really had a good eye and made a good choice.
Li Yu said they needed to keep this a secret, the Emperor also approved. The Emperor, however, thought even deeper and further than Li Yu.
Pu Liu had even poisoned the infant Jing-wang. Then what about the other two princes that she had cared for, the 1st Prince and 4th Prince?
Sometimes when things are given careful thought, it becomes extremely terrifying. The 1st Prince and 4th Prince’s deaths were an unmentionable pain in the Emperor’s heart. Now, he needed to stand firm and investigate it.
If they were really human causes……
The Emperor stared at the brush in his hand for a long, long time. No matter who that person was, he would definitely break them into ten thousand pieces. Only like this can he justify himself before the deceased Empress Xiao Hui in the underworld.
On Li Yu’s side, after obtaining the old Imperial Physician’s promise of half a month, he very persistently went to probe the System again, letting out an nth number of questions from his soul.
Is the poison affecting Jing-wang related to Snow Crow?
Can Jing-wang’s mutism be treated?
After Jing-wang’s mutism is treated, can he still learn how to talk?
……
The fish, who had always been screwed over by the shtty system, finally stood up and started screwing over the system an nth number of times.
The shitty System gave a long series of silence, making the carp demon straighten his back with energy and confidence.
“There’s still half a month. After half a month, the result will be out!” Li Yu happily reminded Jing-wang.
Seeing Xiao Yu rush about for him, helping to find the powdered poison, Jing-wang no longer worried about the possibility of leaving first.
Here, Xiao Yu had saved him once again. Jing-wang thought with gentle eyes. He should also continue to occupy the carp demon and repay fish with his body.
“TianChi, if you could speak one day, what would you want to say?”
The disability and poison was related, but it still hasn’t been “verified” yet. Li Yu still couldn’t carelessly inform Jing-wang about this matter. But it shouldn’t be a problem if he just probed a little for future prospects, right.
If this day really happened…… Jing-wang actually thought about it before as well. With a smile he wrote: want to say father, want to say kids.
Most of all, I want……
His brush paused as he looked towards Li Yu.
I want to say your name the most. Jing-wang wrote.
Li Yu sniffled emotionally and imagined for a second. If he could really hear Jing-wang call his name, then he wouldn’t even be scared of turning into fish bones and fish ashes.
Finally, after an enthusiastic and anticipating wait from Li Yu, half a month passed by.
During this time, head manager Lu, who was sent out on an assignment to find Pu Liu, sent back a message. Apparently, after Pu Liu left the imperial palace, she died midway on her way back to her hometown.
Pu Liu’s death made this matter regarding Jing-wang’s poison even more confusing and complicated.
Although searching for Pu Liu’s whereabouts had hit a snag, on the old Imperial Physician’s side, there was a delightful celebratory reply.
In this half a month, the old physician consulted medical books nonstop and also tested drugs on himself to verify that Jing-wang’s poison was indeed caused by mixing Snow Crow and Ginseng. This was within Li Yu’s prediction, but how to detoxify this poison? The old imperial physician’s method was a little hard for Li Yu to accept.
The poison from Snow Crow was very hard to get rid of. The old imperial physician believed that they can only use poison to fight poison. However, this method was relatively dangerous. The battle between the two poisons would make Jing-wang’s body frail and weak. One slight carelessness would make Jing-wang face the danger of the second poison.
The only reason the old physician dared to suggest this was because the imperial physicians had the antidote for the second poison. In comparison to Snow Crow, this poison was much easier to deal with.
While Li Yu was still hesitating, Jing-wang had already nodded his head and agreed.
Xiao Yu did his best to open this road for him. How can he not walk down it seriously?
After Jing-wang consumed the poisonous medicine, he threw up even more black colored blood. The old physician knew from this that the method of fighting fire with fire was working. Jing-wang was in such agony that he rolled back and forth, sweating through all of his clothes. After he stopped throwing up black blood, the old physician finally let him take the antidote.
After taking the medication, Jing-wang fell into a deep sleep.
Li Yu guarded by the bedside the entire time, feeling extreme heartache for him. The Emperor also came to check up a few times and to help Jing-wang calm the kids. However, perhaps due to the fact that the other poison was too potent, even after taking the antidote, Jing-wang still showed no signs of waking up.
The Emperor was worried to death. The old physician also couldn’t figure out the reason. Although Jing-wang’s pulse felt weak, it wasn’t without vitality.
Li Yu was very afraid that Jing-wang would end up comatose. Everyday he spoke to Jing-wang nonstop, telling him some interesting stuff about their sons.
This day, Li Yu was just recounting how the Emperor took over and made the decision to send the Baos to the Imperial Study to be instructed by the Great Educator. The Great Educator, however, couldn’t do anything about these lively cute kids.
Bao#1 listened to the lessons extremely seriously. Only a year old, but he can already sit up straight properly. After schooling, he already realized his mistake regarding “rice”.
Bao#2 and Bao#3 had a very good relationship, good enough that when they had to listen to the Great Educator lecture, they took turns to study and play. The Great Educator didn’t know if he should laugh or cry.
Bao#4 spent the entire class sleeping. Who’s baby was this exactly?
Li Yu narrated vividly and expressively. During the time it took him to turn around and pour some water to drink, he suddenly heard a hoarse voice calling out inarticulately: “Xiao, Yu……”
For a second, he thought he misheard.
This voice was very hoarse and unpleasant sounding. The pronunciation wasn’t very correct. However, it was brimming with deep love that was very familiar to him.
Li Yu turned back and looked into Jing-wang’s whirlpool-like eyes. The teacup in his hands instantly fell to the floor.
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Oh my god why did a line as simple as “Xiao, Yu……” make me cry
Stop it, I’m fucking weeping 😭
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Rereading this for the fourth time and I still feel emotional when JW spoke LY’s name😭💕
I’m crying! I love this novel. 😍
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I’m not not crying…. 😭 Thanks for the update 😭❤️🐟
Jing wang finally speaks and the first word is his beloved fish’s name! Uwuuuu. Thank you for this chapter!! ✨
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I am begging nondisabled writers to stop f-ing healing disabled characters. We aren’t broken, you don’t need to fix us. I’m like actually so disappointed over this.