Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

"Why wouldn't I dare?"

Jiang sneered, and then raised her hand and slapped Old Duan again.

"My father is critically ill, and you old woman are causing trouble here with ill intentions. Even if I beat you, I, Jiang Yunshu, will have a say in the matter, even if you complain to the Empress or His Majesty!"

I was thinking of my father's illness; this is filial piety. What can you do about it?

"You, you—"

Old Madam Duan, bearing two bright red handprints, was so angry that her face turned deathly pale and her eyes bulged out. Granny Wang was also too angry to speak.

"Madam, Jiang is so unfilial that she dared to slap her mother-in-law. You are a first-rank imperial consort. By doing this, she is clearly slapping the face of the Empress."

Loyalty and filial piety, loyalty first, filial piety second—Jiang's actions are clearly disloyal!

Granny Wang said with a sinister expression.

Upon hearing this, Old Madam Duan immediately let out a cold laugh, "Fine, Jiang, you're disloyal to the Empress and to His Majesty! I'll report you to the palace right now and see how you explain yourself to the Empress..."

She just wanted to go in and see Hai Chaoyun's miserable state, but who would have thought that these people would dare to stop her!

"Old Duan, don't go too far. Father is on his deathbed, and you come to cause trouble. What are your intentions?"

Ye also spoke sternly.

Old Madam Duan looked at her and said, "Good, good, Madam Ye and Madam Jiang, you two daughters-in-law are disrespectful to your mothers-in-law. You are truly well-mannered."

"I am Hai Chaoyun's legal wife! How dare you stop me? I'd like to see how you explain this when it reaches the Empress!"

"Why is there such a commotion?"

An anxious voice suddenly rang out; it was Hai Qiongying.

"Oh, what is it? Hai Qiongying, look at your good wife, how dare she treat her mother-in-law like this..."

Old Madam Duan paused mid-sentence, then sneered, "So that's why you treat this old woman so lightly. It turns out you've invited His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Wang Mama said, "So what if it's His Highness the Crown Prince? Can he stop you from seeing the Master one last time?"

Even His Highness the Crown Prince has to address you as his maternal grandmother. Surely His Highness wouldn't disregard ethics and treat you rudely?

The Crown Prince's face was cold, and his eyes held a shattering emotion about to erupt. He didn't hear what Old Madam Duan was saying at all, or rather, at this moment, he couldn't hear anything else.

"Where is my maternal grandfather? How is he?"

He could never believe that Hai Taifu was in trouble, since she was perfectly fine during the day.

How could he suddenly be on his deathbed?

Hai Qiongyan came out and said, "Mingxu, come in quickly, your maternal grandfather is waiting for you!"

He pulled the prince along and quickly led him inside.

Seeing this, Old Madam Duan became even more dissatisfied. "Your Highness, do you still have any respect for me as your maternal grandmother? You don't even show me proper etiquette. Do you even respect the Empress?"

"If you do this, you are being unfilial and unworthy to be a..."

"And what about me? Should I also bow to you? If I don't bow, am I unworthy to be emperor?"

Emperor Cangxuan entered a step behind, his face cold and menacing as he stared at Old Duan.

How could someone like the old Duan family possibly look directly at the majesty of an emperor?

In an instant, Old Madam Duan and Granny Wang's knees buckled and they knelt on the ground.

Emperor Cangxuan ignored her and strode in.

He wanted to see Hai Taifu one last time.

"Grand Tutor..."

Emperor Cangxuan stepped forward and grasped Hai Chaoyun's hand, saying, "I've come to see you!"

"His Majesty……"

Hai Chaoyun's eyes were cloudy, his whole body was trembling in pain, and he was covered in cold sweat.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Tomorrow... Continue..."

"Rest assured, Grand Tutor, I will entrust the future of Beixuan to Mingxu. With Mingxu here, the Hai family will be safe."

"Thank you... Your Majesty..."

"Grandpa..."

The prince shed tears, overcome with grief.

"Mingxu, calm yourself down!"

Seeing that the Crown Prince's lips were turning purple, Emperor Cangxuan shouted angrily.

"Father, I'm alright."

The crown prince calmed himself down, making sure nothing happened to him.

Grand Tutor Hai seemed to sense something, and his trembling intensified: "Mingxu... don't be sad..."

Ying Yufu stood on the outer perimeter with Kong, talking to Xiao Dian: "Xiao Dian, is there any way to save Grand Tutor Hai?"

The crown prince suddenly paused, a glimmer of hope appearing in his eyes.

"Sister, it seems that Grand Tutor Hai is... under a spell? It seems..." Liao Kong's words were cut short when the system's voice rang in Ying Yu Fu's mind.

[Ding! The face-slapping mechanism has been triggered. Host, please save Hai Chaoyun's life and remove the Chi Fire Gu from him!]

"Liao Kong, quick! Remove the curse!"

The moment Ying Yufu heard the system's voice, she immediately spoke to Kong.

Liao Kong paused, before he could finish speaking.

But they still went forward immediately.

"If Liaokong can save Grand Tutor Hai, let Liaokong give it a try," Ying Yufu said.

The Crown Prince immediately said, "Everyone step back and make room."

Even Emperor Cangxuan stepped aside and looked at the void.

Kong took out the Thousand Gu Inducing Poison and shook it gently. Silent sound waves spread out and headed towards Hai Taifu.

"puff!"

Hai Taifu suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood. Liao Kong suddenly took out a dagger, the one that Yuheng Shizi had given him earlier. With one slash, black blood gushed from Hai Taifu's wrist.

He kept shaking the Thousand Gu Inducer, and saw something moving rapidly beneath the skin of Hai Taifu's arm.

Soon, a crimson-gold Gu worm slithered out from the cut.

It was like a golden thread, as thin as a spider's web. As soon as it appeared, it opened its mouth, revealing sharp fangs, and bit at the nearest empty space.

Suddenly, a black centipede leaped out and bit the head of the Gu worm.

The worm did not die immediately; instead, it twisted and struggled violently, fighting with the black centipede.

Fortunately, it was no match for the black centipede and was swallowed up by it in just a moment.

Liao Kong stared at Hai Taifu's wound, the black blood flowing out gradually turning red.

She then said, "Alright, you can apply the medicine and bandage now. The deadly poison has been neutralized!"

The physician was stunned. He stepped forward to apply medicine and bandage the wound, and then checked the pulse on Grand Tutor Hai's other wrist.

"oops!"

The physician exclaimed in surprise, "They really saved him!"

At this moment, Hai Taifu tried to open his eyes wide and look at Liao Kong, who had saved him, as if he wanted to speak, but in the end he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

"Forgive my poor eyesight, young brother, was that Gu worm just now the legendary Chi Fire Gu?"

"That's right, it's the Chi Fire Gu!" Liao Kong said.

He put away the black centipede and the Thousand Gu Inducing, and said, "The Chi Huo Gu afflicts once a month. Grand Tutor Hai was not afflicted with the Gu today, but rather before."

Looking at that Gu worm again, its entire body was crimson gold, clearly indicating that it had been nurtured inside the body for a long time, at least a dozen years.

The Chi Huo Gu is originally blue, gradually turning light red after three years of nurturing, and about reddish-brown after ten years. It takes more than ten years to cultivate it into a golden-red color.

At first, everyone was overjoyed that Grand Tutor Hai had been spared, but upon hearing Kong's words, their faces were filled with a mixture of shock and anger.

My father was afflicted with this Chi Huo Gu more than a decade ago.

Liao Kong glanced at them and said, "If you are afflicted with the Chi Huo Gu, you can suppress the Gu from taking effect if you take the antidote on time every month, and you will be no different from an ordinary person."

The fact that it happened today means that today was the day the antidote should have been taken, but it wasn't, which is why the attack occurred.