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Chapter 710

Jiang Yuebai whispered, "I understand."

Of course she understood Li Beichen's contradictory psychology.

Li Beichen hugged Jiang Yuebai and swore secretly that no matter what, he would cherish Jiang Yuebai in the future, and as long as he lived in this world, he would not let her suffer any grievances.

When Jiang Xian heard that there was a way to remove the poison, his face was full of smiles and he was as excited as a child, but tears also flowed down his face.

These tears are shed for the Emperor, but even more so for Concubine Yi and Concubine Zhen.

It was already late at night, and Li Beichen was worried about Jiang Yuebai's safety, so he let her stay overnight in the Qinzheng Hall.

The two of them hugged each other quietly, waking and sleeping at times. This was the most torturous night for them.

Finally made it to noon the next day.

It was a nice, sunny day, with no clouds in the sky. It was early autumn, and the breeze was very refreshing.

In addition to Liang Xiaobao, Lichun and a group of guards, Jiang Xian and Jiang Yu were also accompanying them.

But they were all asked to wait at a distance and not approach, leaving only Jiang Yuebai aside.

Yuan Diqi was wearing a crescent-colored Taoist robe today, and he looked as graceful as an orchid or jade tree, like a rare gem.

He hadn't noticed it before, but because the lighting was good today, Li Beichen noticed that there was a teardrop mole under Yuan Diqi's left eye.

There was another middle-aged man in a Taoist robe helping out. Li Beichen remembered that he had seen this man before. He was from the same clan as Yuan Diqi, much older than Yuan Diqi, but not as senior as Yuan Diqi.

Just like a patient meeting a handsome chief physician in his twenties, Li Beichen couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "Can such a young pretty boy be trusted?"

In an open space in the yard, Yuan Diqi first let Li Beichen lie naked on a wooden bed.

He selected a dozen kinds of herbs and minerals, as well as living centipedes and scorpions, from the medicine box he carried with him, put them in a special container, and boiled a decoction.

A huge crystal was hanging above the medicine soup, like a huge magnifying glass, condensing the sunlight to form a bright spot of light that fell into the soup.

The middle-aged man was in charge of boiling the medicine, while Yuan Diqi circled around the utensils, mumbling incantations in a rhythmic manner.

At this moment, Yuan Diqi seemed like a different person, professional, serious and stern.

After Yuan Diqi finished chanting the incantation, he asked Jiang Yuebai to let blood from his left palm fill a small cup.

He was surprised to find that the imperial concubine casually pulled out a shiny dagger from under the wheelchair cushion, and then slashed it across her palm without hesitation and without even blinking.

She didn't look delicate like other women, nor did she look overbearing and domineering.

As calm and composed as flowing clouds and water.

The emperor actually allowed his close concubine to carry a dagger with her! Aren't you afraid that something might happen in the middle of the night?
Yuan Diqi's eyes were instantly filled with admiration and curiosity when he looked at Jiang Yuebai. He secretly glanced at the emperor from the corner of his eye and found that the emperor was looking at the imperial concubine affectionately, and he obviously didn't look surprised.

What on earth did Concubine Ning do to gain the emperor's trust in her?

After Yuan Diqi served the medicine, he served the emperor to drink it while it was hot.

After drinking the medicine, Li Beichen continued to lie on the bed. At this time, a horrifying scene appeared. Yuan Diqi placed a fresh pig heart above and below him. Then he poured Jiang Yuebai's bright red blood on the pig heart.

Then Yuan Diqi lit the mugwort, chanted a spell quickly, and repeatedly fumigated the acupuncture points on Li Beichen's back according to the direction of the meridians.

Li Beichen felt not only ashamed but also nauseous. He muttered to himself, can this thing cure the poison? If he had to suffer so much in vain, he would definitely cut Yuan Diqi into pieces.

However, something that shocked him happened: a bunch of tiny insects crawled out of his mouth and nose and crawled into the pig's heart. The same happened to the holes below.

The numbness, nausea and even pain from the bugs crawling on his skin drove him crazy. It was simply unbearable.

But he still used his willpower to hold on. The scene before him made him believe that Yuan Diqi was really capable and could help him cure the poison.

"Your Majesty, please follow me and recite the Purification Mantra in your heart. You must remain calm and not get emotional. Otherwise, it will be easy to fail." Yuan Diqi said in a solemn voice.

Li Beichen closed his eyes to indicate that he understood.

Yuan Diqi recited the "Purification Mantra" with abundant emotion and a peculiar sense of rhythm that could be heard far away in the empty yard.

Li Beichen didn't know how many times he had silently recited the Purification Mantra, he could even memorize it. He could clearly feel that the number of insects crawling out was decreasing.

This made his belief more firm. He did whatever Yuan Diqi asked him to do.

Yuan Diqi asked Jiang Yuebai to bleed again, and then asked Li Beichen to take a pill that he had prepared in advance.

A large number of insects began to crawl out again.

This made Li Beichen dumbfounded. Is this going to end?

As if seeing his confusion, Yuan Diqi explained, "Now we need to expel the protozoa. That is, the parasite that first entered the emperor's body. These little worms are its offspring."

After hearing this, Li Beichen felt so nauseous that he vomited several times, vomiting out a bunch of stuff.

Yuan Diqi smiled and said, "Okay."

As he said this, he took out a raw egg, inserted the embroidery needle from the big end, and stuffed it into the egg's belly. Then he blew three breaths into the small hole of the egg. Then he used the egg to roll around Li Beichen.

After boiling, it is thrown into the pot and cooked. When the egg shell is peeled, the traces of gnawing can be clearly seen on the egg.

Then he took out another raw egg and did it again according to the previous method, rolling it while chanting the spell. After rolling it a few times, he blew three times into the hole on the egg and then placed it in front of Li Beichen's head.

He lit the wormwood again and walked through the acupuncture points on Li Beichen's back. After walking through it once, Li Beichen felt warm all over, so warm that he felt tired and wanted to sleep. This was the first time he felt "warm" in the past few months.

"Your Majesty, you cannot sleep now. You must hold on for a while. Continue to recite the Purification Mantra with me."

Li Beichen obediently resisted the overwhelming sleepiness and insisted on reciting the spell with Yuan Diqi. He became more and more confident in curing the poison.

After a long time, Yuan Diqi said "OK", and then threw the two pig hearts into the water, and after making sure they were fully cooked, he put them into the fire to roast until they were completely roasted into a ball of charcoal. Then he took a little bit of the ash, put it in the water, and let Li Beichen take it.

I thought this was the end. But it wasn't.

Yuan Diqi cooked a kind of herbal medicine with a peculiar taste, took a cup of it and gave it to Li Beichen to drink. Li Beichen immediately felt stomach cramps and excreted many strange things.

Yuan Diqi disinfected all places that might have been contaminated by the poisonous insects.

"Your Majesty, I have cleared the poison from your body. In the days ahead, you should cultivate your body and mind and rest for a month. Go to bed early and get up early, refrain from sexual intercourse and food, and only take the pills I prepared for you every day, recite the Purification Mantra and the Tao Te Ching ten times each, expel the remaining toxins in your body, and you will be cured."

Li Beichen was already dying, but he felt much better and said happily, "Good. Very good. Thank you for your hard work."

He felt that the weather was particularly good today, the sky was particularly blue, and everything around him was beautiful and pleasing.

Jiang Yuebai watched from the side, nervous and anxious throughout the whole process, and his heart was always hanging in the air, fearing that Li Beichen would not be able to hold on and give up halfway. Now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She secretly wondered, if Yuan Diqi asked Li Beichen to remove the poison from the concubine in this way, would he agree?

After all, they are completely naked and still have physical contact.

Li Beichen thought of the concubines in the harem and asked Yuan Diqi who was waiting beside him, "Sir Yuan, can you remove the poison for my concubines as well?"

Yuan Diqi spoke slowly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, everyone has their own destiny in life. Everything has its cause and effect, and every effect has its cause. What is happening now is the result of the previous emperor slaughtering the Baili people and forcibly seizing the Baili priestess. Only in this way can the hatred in the hearts of the Baili people be quelled."

Li Beichen gave Yuan Diqi an expressionless look and asked coldly, "The theory of cause and effect is not only found in Buddhism, but also in Taoism?"

Yuan Diqi's face showed a seriousness that was not in line with his age, "Our Taoism's cause and effect is different from Buddhism.

The cause and effect we are talking about is the law of heaven and earth, the law of the operation of all things, that is, the way of heaven. Every choice, word and deed of people will have corresponding consequences. And Buddhism believes that every thought and action will have retribution.

Our starting point is the cause and effect of people's current words and deeds, and we believe that "God will bear the consequences". However, Buddhism's starting point is reincarnation. The good and evil of the previous life leads to the fate of this life, and the good and evil of this life determines the fate of the next life.

For example, I am now able to serve as the Supervisor. We in Taoism believe that this is because I worshipped the Heavenly Master as my master, who was highly respected and trusted by the royal family in the past, so I was able to inherit the position. It is also because I studied hard since I was young that I was able to master astronomy and numbers better than ordinary people, and was appreciated by my master. This is the cause and effect that Taoism believes in.

If it is Buddhism, then they would believe that I was a practitioner in my previous life, accumulated merits and had good fortune, so I can continue to practice in this life, and even enter the palace to serve."

Li Beichen's eyes flashed with annoyance, and he asked again, "If that's the case, why should I and my concubines and descendants bear the consequences of what the late emperor did?"

Yuan Diqi continued, "Your Majesty, this is 'Heaven's will', which means that the ancestors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade. The ancestors accumulated virtues and the descendants enjoyed happiness; the ancestors accumulated evils and the descendants suffered. The late emperor himself suffered the consequences, such as illness, the loss of his son in his old age, the loss of his beloved, and the failure to obtain what he wanted in his life. However, the resentment of the Baili people for the Ming Dynasty's failure to keep its promise, cruelly exterminating their clan, killing their pregnant women and young children, and blaspheming their holy gods has not been eliminated. The energy is still not balanced."

Jiang Yuebai couldn't help but defend himself, "But the women in the harem are innocent. They didn't do anything, but they have to endure such pain. Many of them are kind people."

Yuan Diqi's eyes were very bright. "Your Majesty is right. So we should do more good and less evil. We should think twice before doing anything. The resentment caused by the evil consequences we have caused to others may affect the innocent people around us, even our loved ones."

Li Beichen and Jiang Yuebai felt mixed emotions when they heard this. They somewhat understood the truth, but emotionally, they couldn't bear to watch innocent people suffer.

Jiang Yuebai felt even sadder when he thought of the kind-hearted, gentle and tolerant Concubine Yi.

"Sir Yuan, I still don't understand why the emperor's poison can be cured, but the poisons of other concubines cannot be cured? Is there no other way?" Jiang Yuebai asked in a pleading tone. She was unwilling to accept this fatalistic arrangement.

Yuan Diqi shook his head helplessly, "The emperor's poison can be cured because Master knew about this and left a bag of antidote. I have studied it and found that it contains extremely rare medicinal materials, such as real dragon bones and thousand-year-old dragon pearls. I am afraid that such medicinal materials will never be found again."

Jiang Yuebai heard this, but still didn't give up and asked, "Since the herbs are so precious, it would be a pity to waste them. Then, Lord Yuan, can you boil the herbs again and give them to the concubines to drink? Maybe it will be useful. We should give it a try."

"Although the laws of nature cannot be violated, the heart of a benevolent person is also a gift from heaven. Your Majesty is kind and compassionate, and is truly a blessing to the world. Your Majesty is a person of great fortune, so you can give it a try, and there may be a chance of recovery. I can teach you the moxibustion method and the last herbal prescription. Your Majesty and your Majesty can also accumulate good karma, give alms and do good deeds. Heaven has the virtue of loving life, and perhaps there will be a glimmer of hope."

Afterwards, Liang Xiaobao helped Li Beichen change his clothes, and Yuan Diqi taught Jiang Xian, Jiang Yu, and Lichun the techniques of moxibustion and herbal prescriptions.

Li Beichen sweated profusely several times. His internal organs were damaged due to the excretion of poisonous insects and his body was weak, but his mental state was very good and his face was full of smiles.

He stared at Jiang Yuebai for a long time, his eyes full of tenderness, his heart was filled with happiness and gratitude, almost roaring out.

"Bright."

These two words alone express infinite affection.

Jiang Yuebai asked with a smile, "Is the emperor going to drag Master Yuan down to bury him?"

Li Beichen smiled, "What do you think?"

When Lord Yuan heard the conversation between the two, he was stunned for a moment and looked at Jiang Yuebai.

"If I were to say, Lord Yuan has made great contributions and should be rewarded handsomely."

Li Beichen nodded, "Reward!"

After thinking for a while, he instructed Liang Xiaobao, "Choose a sword from the storehouse and send it to Lord Yuan. When you are sure that the poison is completely gone, then you can officially award him the prize."

Just when he was talking about this, he asked Yuan Diqi, "Master Yuan, how do you know if the poison has been completely cleared?"

Yuan Diqi was stunned. "Your Majesty, you only need to take a raw egg and put it in an embroidery needle and roll it all over your body every day to check whether the egg white is intact. When the egg white is intact and there is no mark at all, the poisonous insects are all gone. And the egg, place it at the head of the bed tonight. I will come again tomorrow morning."

Li Beichen was delighted after hearing this, "If you can really cure the poison for me, I will reward you handsomely."

The method of using an egg embroidery needle to absorb the poison is real. You can chat with the author privately for details. There are still people being poisoned by the poison. I hope you will never have to use it in your life.