lcionline Chapter 175 It seems they are suspicious of the old woman
Chapter 175 It seems they are suspicious of the old woman
Su Rou frowned, thinking that they were suspecting the old woman.
First, she had never offended the old woman, and second, the old woman had no reason to harm her father.
Su Rou believed the old woman.
Su Rou said, "You should provide evidence before you speak. Since you suspect my friend, you should at least provide evidence, right?"
The leader stepped forward to explain, "If Captain Su insists that we produce evidence, then please ask your friend to come over, and we will examine General Su's medicinal residue one by one."
Su Rou said, "Okay, but before that, is there any way to cure my father's poison?"
The imperial physicians nodded in agreement, "Of course we do. After all, we were carefully selected by the Emperor to join the Imperial Hospital."
Su Rou said, "You guys detoxify."
She looked at the guards in the yard behind her, "Go tell my third brother to take his men to surround the general's mansion. Not a single bird in the yard can fly out until my father wakes up completely."
The guard bowed respectfully and retreated.
Su Rou frowned and slowly glanced around the room.
Simply surrounding the General's Mansion isn't enough...
Su Rou said, "Send some more people over here and watch them detoxify my father. Don't let these doctors leave their sight."
The imperial physician soon noticed something was wrong.
"What does Captain Su mean?"
Su Rou folded her arms, leaning against the door frame, and smiled playfully, "I'll go get my friends over right away, but if any of you try to do anything while I'm gone, someone has to keep an eye on you, right? If my father doesn't wake up today, none of you doctors can leave."
When she left early in the morning, her father was still fine. Although her father should be given medical treatment first when he was in trouble, she always felt that there was something strange about it.
Su Rou rode her horse to the outskirts of the city. When she kicked the door open, she happened to see Andre and the old woman working harmoniously in the house.
Su Rou said, "Come with me to the General's Mansion. The people at the Imperial Hospital insisted that there was something wrong with the prescription you prescribed."
Before the old woman could come to her senses, she was dragged and thrown onto the horse.
Su Rou said to Andre, "Stay in the room and don't come out. If there is anyone around, hide and wait for us to come back."
Su Rou said this and rode away on her horse.
The old woman hurriedly supported her waist and asked, "Girl, why are you so anxious?"
Su Rou said, "My father has been poisoned. I don't know what the poison is, but the imperial doctors said they can cure it. They also said that the prescription you wrote for my father a few days ago was problematic, so I came here to bring you over."
The old woman said, "But aren't you afraid that the Northern Barbarian King will run away if no one is watching?"
Su Rou said, "He won't run away. He has seen our sincerity. He has been staying by your side these past few days. If anyone had any intentions to harm him, he would have found a chance to escape long ago. He is the Lord of the Northern Desert. Otherwise, do you think an old woman like you can suppress him in a real showdown of brute force?"
The old woman responded, and when they were about to reach the general's mansion, the old woman took out a veil from her sleeve and put it on herself.
A circle of soldiers has surrounded the mansion.
When the soldiers saw Su Rou coming back, they all nodded and greeted her, "Miss, the orders you gave have been carried out."
Su Rou said, "Okay, but don't leave your post without permission."
The old woman followed her in.
Su Rou said, "The imperial doctors knew about you helping the Crown Prince remove the poison. You can use this as a trump card. You are their savior to the current Emperor and the Crown Prince, so don't worry about what they say later. Just continue to maintain your appearance as a hermit."
Su Rou suddenly felt someone pulling her sleeve.
She turned her head and found that the old woman was looking at her eagerly, and her anxious steps stopped for a moment.
The courtyard was quiet and deserted.
"Miss, I have a question. I wonder if I should ask it or not?"
Su Rou grabbed the old woman's hand and said, "Let's talk while we walk."
The old woman was held in her arms, and the two continued walking forward.
The old woman said, "Young lady, have you ever doubted me like those imperial doctors? What if I am the evil and vicious woman those officers and soldiers say I am? What if I am pretending to be harmless in front of you? What if I have a personal grudge against General Su and have been deliberately approaching you, looking for an opportunity to poison him?"
The more Su Rou listened, the tighter her brows knitted together...
"Then let me ask you, was it you who poisoned my father?"
The old woman shook her head and said, "I didn't do anything like that..."
Su Rou said, "If you had done it, I would have killed you myself, but you said you didn't do it, and I believe you. Besides, I'm not a good person. If your hatred for the emperor really spread, you would have taken action against me, the daughter of General Su, long ago."
As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together."
There was a reason why she could get along so well with the old woman.
The old woman was about to speak when they had already arrived at the gate of Su Wan's yard.
Su Wan's yard was heavily guarded, with soldiers inside and outside.
Su Rou said, "I've brought my friend here. How's the detoxification of my father going?"
The imperial doctors were instantly panicked, "Captain Su is back so soon..."
Su Rou raised her eyebrows, "What? Don't tell me you haven't started yet."
One of them said, "It's started. General Su has just been given medicine. He will wake up in a few moments."
Su Rou pointed to the bowls of medicine placed beside the imperial physicians and said, "You said you wanted to discuss each one of them one by one, so why not start with the formula you solved? Are there any dregs in the pot of decoction? Have someone bring some over."
The old woman stepped forward and said, "No need. General Su, just drink the empty bowl of medicine."
What can you tell just by looking at a bowl?
Su Rou was stunned. The old woman was so powerful.
The old woman held the bowl of medicine in front of her and sniffed it. "Girl, the smell of this antidote tells me what poison General Su was poisoned with."
Someone snorted coldly and muttered quietly, "Didn't she get scared by the poison? She must know that she poisoned me, so she's just pretending."
The maid brought a chair for her, and Su Rou sat down with her legs crossed.
"If you don't want your tongue anymore, I'll pluck it out for you. How much do you want to pay me?"
The man shrank his neck and didn't dare to say anything more.
The old woman said, "This poison is commonly used in the Northern Palace. It has nothing to do with the desert witch doctor technique that I'm good at. They framed me, and this is the best relationship."
Su Rou said, "You don't know the poisons of the Northern Kingdom?"
The old woman placed the empty bowl on the table. "It's not that I can't, but this poison is only available in the Northern Kingdom's palace. Years ago, when the previous emperor was still in power, an incident occurred in the palace. There was a minister's daughter in the harem. Because of her beautiful face, the emperor named her Consort Shu. She entered the palace at the age of sixteen and stayed there for forty years. At the age of forty-six, her face was still as white as cream and her skin was as white as snow, just like when she first entered the palace at the age of sixteen."
The face remains unchanged for forty years?
Is it really not some thousand-year-old demon that sucked human essence and transformed into a human being and became immortal for a thousand years?
The old woman continued, "The previous emperor grew old and his looks faded, but Concubine Shu's beauty remained unchanged. This quickly sparked rumors within the harem and among the people. The truth is, Concubine Shu was poisoned by a skin-nourishing poison. Regular consumption can keep one's youthful appearance forever, but if someone is seriously injured or extremely weak, they will develop symptoms of poisoning."
"The previous emperor, believing rumors that Concubine Shu was a demon, ordered her execution. After her body lay untouched overnight, her once fair and tender face had transformed into that of an old, withered woman. The emperor searched her room and finally found this poison. After a group of doctors from the Imperial Hospital examined it and analyzed its composition, they reported it to the emperor. The emperor realized he had wronged Concubine Shu and has lived with guilt ever since. From then on, he dreamed of her every night. To prevent the poison from spreading among the people and preventing anyone from becoming like Concubine Shu, he sent people to search for it, burn it, and destroy it."
Su Rou looked indifferently at the imperial doctors standing in front of Su Wan's bed.
"Then can I assume that among them there are descendants of the imperial physician who analyzed the poison back then, and that they used this method to kill my father?"