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Chapter 653 How long can I live?
After a pause, he continued: "My servant arranged for people to investigate the concubines again. The concubines said that Wen did not interact with others on weekdays, and the miscarriage was probably self-directed and staged, but the emperor was fascinated by her. I want to believe her side of the story.

Later, Wen passed away at the age of twenty. The late emperor was very sad and was buried in the late emperor's mausoleum. After that, Princess Jinyang had a close relationship with the criminal Li Beiwang. "

Li Beichen: "Is there anything else?"

Liang Xiaobao said tremblingly: "When Princess Jinyang died, the nun who was responsible for collecting the body said that a flesh-colored worm crawled out of her mouth, and the worm's belly was full of black seeds. Because she was afraid, she burned the worm to death."

Li Beichen's voice changed slightly: "Have you checked her princess mansion? What did you find?"

Jin Yiwei immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I have been inspecting the princess's mansion for several days. I found a secret room. There are various bottles and jars containing unknown objects in the room. Many jars have a squirming and hissing sound inside. I am worried about them. It contains evil things and has not yet been opened. In addition, this letter was also found in the secret room.”

In order to prevent fraud, Li Beichen ordered Liang Xiaobao: "Instruct people to open it outside and don't come close."

After a cup of tea, Liang Xiaobao reported back, "It says, no descendants, no descendants, blood debts must be paid with blood. In addition, the letter paper is poisoned. The two eunuchs who read the letter have been poisoned and died."

Apparently Princess Jinyang had foreseen this day in advance and specially reserved it for Li Beichen.

Li Beichen's face turned green and his heart felt cold. If he hadn't been careful, he would have been plotted against. He recalled the eight words left by Princess Jinyang and felt doubtful.

What kind of hatred means "cutting off descendants and paying for blood debts with blood"?
Could it be that Princess Wen, the mother of Princess Jinyang, did not enter the capital voluntarily, but was forced to do so by Tian Jin at the cost of her clan's life because of her beauty?

Or maybe Tian Jin promised the Wen family to keep their clan safe, but actually killed the entire clan. Or perhaps an individual committed a heinous crime against the Wen family?

"Where exactly is the Baili tribe now? Who is left?"

Jin Yiwei replied: "The Baili people are fierce and will fight to the death. At that time, General Tian Jin paid a high price to force the opponent to have no way out and had to sue for peace. I heard that these people moved from their original villages. They live scattered throughout Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou.”

Li Beichen, "Send people to search for these Baili people scattered in various places to see if there is any cure for the cold poison. Especially the place where they originally lived. Maybe someone has a deep love for their hometown and has returned to settle in the old place. Qian Be careful to investigate secretly and never use violence or conflict with them.”

After the Jin Yiwei left, Li Beichen told Liang Xiaobao, "Announce the appearance of the two Imperial Physicians Jiang."

After Jiang Yu and Jiang Xian arrived, Li Beichen did not tell them what they had just learned, but asked them about their research on cold poison.

The two brothers kneeling on the ground looked at each other with heavy expressions on their faces. As the director of the institute, Jiang Xian was about to speak, but his brother Jiang Yu interrupted him and said, "Your Majesty, I know more about the epidemic, so I will report it. Jiang Xian, don’t mess around.”

Li Beichen's heart sank, "Speak!"

Jiang Yu: "After investigation by the minister and two others, the reason why the cold poison is so powerful and incurable is because"

He was sweating profusely and couldn't speak. If he spoke, the emperor would say that he was deceiving the public with his evil words, so he would be dragged out and chopped. Before coming, he had already agreed with his brother that he would report and entrusted his affairs to his brother.

After Jiang Yu hesitated, Jiang Xian answered first:
"It's because cold poison is not poison, but a kind of poison. This kind of poison is first fed with eighty-one poisons that are extremely cold and extremely poisonous. Then it is stored in a glass jar and buried in a place covered with snow all year round. For ten years, they only feed the silver liquid secreted by venomous snakes during copulation. After mating, the eggs laid by one male and one female are soaked in the silver liquid.

Therefore, after being poisoned by cold, these eggs flow to all parts of the body with the blood, attach themselves to the gaps in the meridians and joints, and integrate with the body. That's why once it hatches, it will hurt to the bone marrow. At the same time, snakes are inherently lustful, so when cold poison attacks, the yang will be strong and it will be difficult to control it. "

In line with the attitude of seeking truth and truth, tell everything you know and tell everything.

Li Beichen looked at the two of them speechlessly. Is it useful for them to rush to take responsibility?
If you really want to behead, not all of them will be killed by the Nine Clan.

He said in a solemn voice: "I leave the matter of my family and my life to you two brothers, so I don't treat you as outsiders. If you have something to say, don't be timid. No matter what the facts are, I can bear it."

"Your Majesty?" Jiang Yu said in shock, raising his head suddenly, his throat was choked, and he was speechless.

The news was like a thunderbolt. There is no cure for infection with this poison. According to many interviews and ancient books, the longest life expectancy is two years.

Thinking of the night more than two months ago when the Queen Mother suffered from bone-eroding pain, the two of them shuddered.

Li Beichen glanced at the three people present and said in a low voice: "Yes, I was poisoned by cold poison on the night when the Queen Mother's coffin was moved to the palace. At present, only you three know about this matter."

So I've been infected for three months.

Jiang Yu asked anxiously and tremblingly: "Then, does the emperor feel anything strange?"

Only then did we understand why the emperor had reduced the use of ice in the room in the past half month. They all thought that the emperor was promoting frugality and observing filial piety for the queen mother. Who would have guessed that the emperor was suffering from cold poison and could not see the air conditioner.

Li Beichen: "I just feel cold at night, so I don't need ice during the day. You two, please come forward and check my pulse."

Jiang Yu and Jiang Xian checked Li Beichen's pulse fearfully, and their expressions changed instantly after doing so.

Li Beichen had already prepared for the worst and asked calmly: "How long can I live?"

Jiang Xian: "."

Jiang Yu: "."

Did the emperor ask so straightforwardly? The two brothers couldn't make up their minds for a while.

When Li Beichen saw that both of them were silent, he directly called his name: "Jiang Yu, you are an expert. You speak first."

Jiang Yu immediately knelt down, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "Your Majesty, I will forgive you."

Li Beichen pursed his thin lips tightly and said, "Jiang Xian, please tell me. You don't have to worry about anything. But it doesn't matter. I need an accurate letter to arrange the succession to the throne."

Jiang Xian had also been kneeling on the ground for a long time, not daring to express his anger.

This is also the most important reason why they dare not say nonsense. At present, no royal heir has been born. If the emperor dies suddenly and no one succeeds him, the country may fall into chaos again.

"If we take careful care, I'm afraid there are still seven or eight months left. But... it's just the last three months that I'm afraid I will be as painful as the Queen Mother, and may even become delirious."

That means he still has four or five months of sobriety at most. It's hard to say later. It is very possible that she could not endure the torture and chose to commit suicide in a dignified way like the Queen Mother.

Zhen Jieyu is now six months old and will definitely have given birth by then. If it is a boy, he can be the heir. Jiang Yuebai was seven or eight months old at that time. Daoyan predicted that there were four boys inside, one of whom would die in infancy. That way there would be three heirs to choose from.

If the eldest prince born to Zhen Jieyu wants to make Jiang Yuebai's son the crown prince, then he can only make him a direct descendant.

Li Beichen asked another question that concerned him the most: "Whether this kind of poison will be passed on to the next generation."

There were beads of sweat on Jiang Xian's head. This was what made him even more desperate. He stammered, "Press, press, press. According to the classics, there may be stillbirths, and there may be mutilations and deformities." "The mother's body." Woolen cloth?"

Jiang Xian replied fearfully: "The mother's body can also be infected."

The news was like a thunderclap above my head.

Li Beichen couldn't help but tremble all over at this time, holding the dragon chair tightly, Wen Shi was so vicious. This is a clear plan to cut off the royal family's descendants.

Fortunately, Zhen Jieyu and Jiang Yuebai were pregnant before being poisoned and were not infected by the bug.

Thinking of something, he said eagerly: "How can this kind of poison be transmitted to others?"

Jiang Xian answered bravely: "This insect enters the body when exposed to blood. It is mainly transmitted through wounds and mother-to-child transmission, and can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse between husband and wife."

Because couples will bleed during sexual intercourse.

Li Beichen said angrily: "Liang Xiaobao, pass on my will. After investigation, it was found that Princess Jinyang and the criminal Li Beiwang conspired to kill the emperor and kill the emperor's heirs. They were demoted to common people and sentenced to death, and were not allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum. The Baili people were suspected of participating in the seizure of heirs in the palace. The case of witchcraft and the murder of relatives of the emperor will be hunted down nationwide. Once discovered, they will be killed without mercy! "

The king was angry and blood flowed like a river.

Jiang Xian and Jiang Yu knelt down and shivered. Their family has been the royal physician for generations. I have heard many secrets from the previous dynasty, but they all kept it secret and did not participate in the harem battles. This is the tacit rule of the royal doctor.

When the late emperor was still alive, they had already speculated that Wen's repeated miscarriages were due to her unwillingness to get pregnant.

But the emperor loved and cherished her, and Wen was promoted to the throne every time she had a miscarriage. Moreover, Wen's trap was set by other concubines who were willing to take advantage of it. What can their doctors say? It's just a matter of holding your head and getting a salary.

It is said that tigers are poisonous but will not eat their seeds, and few have the heart to attack their own flesh and blood.

After learning the truth today, I deeply understand the darkness and cruelty of the harem.

After the two imperial doctors left, Li Beichen wrapped himself in a quilt and closed his eyes silently.

With all these disasters, is this life?
The author wrote him as the emperor to death early. Would it be logical for Jiao Jiao to become the queen mother and then successfully become the empress?
What if Zhen Jieyu gave birth to a son? If he made Meng Zhao or Xie Zhili his queen, would everything have the same ending?
He thought of his mother in his previous life, who would often say, this is fate. She also said that she had a good fortune. She was admitted to a prestigious school, married a rich, handsome and good husband, and gave birth to a good son who was both good in character and academics.

After he died, would his mother still think her life was good?

So in the real world, it’s actually a book? Has everyone already pre-set the main plot?
Those fortune tellers can predict the approximate trajectory. And those whose calculations are particularly accurate may be higher-dimensional creatures, and they just have the authority to search documents?

If so, would he be liberated if he died?

Will he return to the original world, or will he travel to another book, in another story, and live everything that happened to him as a real life?
Thinking about it later, he accepted the reality that he was about to die, and he didn't have too much fear.

After all, he has died once. It feels like a trip. Naturally, when you arrive at the terminal, you have to get off the bus, transfer, get on another car, and drive to another place to explore and experience a new world.

I just don’t know where to go next?
Will he still see his mother in his previous life and shout to her, "Mom, I'm back?"

Then he apologized to her and told her that he finally knew he was wrong.

After thinking for a long time, his body felt colder and colder, and he couldn't even cover himself with the quilt.

I hurried to Yonghe Palace in the night.

Jiang Yuebai was surprised to see him visiting late at night, but didn't say anything.

Two people sleep side by side on the bed. Jiang Yuebai was lying on her side because of her pregnancy, and Li Beichen was sleeping behind her, holding her gently. In front of her, the two of them intertwined their fingers.

The cold body gradually warmed up, and I rubbed the faint scent of jasmine in Jiang Yue's white hair. I felt very at ease in my heart and slept soundly.

He hasn't figured out how to tell Jiang Yuebai the truth.

Maybe it's like Pandora's box. Once you open it, you don't know what will pop out.

He cherishes the hard-won peace now.

The next day was the first day of July, the beginning of August in the Gregorian calendar, and the weather was even hotter.

On this day, everyone got on the long-awaited carriage and went to Jingren Palace where Concubine Xian was staying to pay her respects.

It's quite boring to stay in the palace without chatting or quarreling for a long time.

In addition to Jiang Yuebai and Zhen Jieyu, as well as Xiao Cai and Fan Changzai who were in confinement, everyone arrived.

Everyone was chatting, laughing, and asking for help, and seemed particularly friendly.

Now that I am six months pregnant, naturally the hottest topic is pregnancy. A bunch of people gathered around Concubine Xian asking this and that. Those who are not pregnant envy those who are pregnant, and those who are pregnant complain to each other and compare each other's belly size.

Concubine Tian smiled and looked at the place next to her, and asked sweetly: "Sister Concubine Xian, Concubine Jianing's leg injury hasn't healed yet? Why didn't you come today?"

An alarm bell rang in Concubine Xian's heart, but she replied with a smile on her face: "The imperial doctor said it will take at least half a year to recover. It's really hard on Sister Jianing."

Concubine Tian asked innocently: "I heard that there will be a concubine ceremony and a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in August. Sister Jianing will be okay by then?"

Concubine Xian still smiled calmly: "I didn't expect that Concubine Tian would know how to care for people at such a young age. It's really rare! There is still more than a month between now and mid-August. She should be much better by then."

Concubine Tian grimaced, "I really envy my sisters for being pregnant. The emperor will visit me often. Like me, the emperor has forgotten about me. He hasn't had lunch in my palace for a long time."

"It's probably because it's too hot at noon. Running back and forth can easily cause heatstroke." Meng Zhaoyi said subconsciously protecting her lower abdomen.

Fang Chang followed his wife and said, "It is indeed much cooler at night. There are pancakes on the ground at noon, and no one wants to go out."

Since she was tied to Meng Zhaoyi's boat, she had no choice but to speak for her.

Yucai Ren said leisurely: "Sister Fang, the emperor hasn't been to your side for a few days, right?"

(End of this chapter)