Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1514: Chapter 1515: If You Dare, You Must Bear the Cost

”Yes, Building Master!” The subordinate immediately accepted the order and asked, ”Building Master, when do we take action?”

”Tonight.”

”Yes, Building Master!”

After the subordinate left, Gong Juechen suddenly crushed the teacup in his hand, sneering inwardly, ”Dare to use poison to kill him, then you must bear the consequences.”

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That night, a Praying to Heaven Lantern slowly rose from outside the city. Although nothing was written on it, it was a signal; Gong Juechen’s men who had sneaked into the Imperial Palace acted immediately upon seeing the lantern, poisoning the Emperor of Chilin.

Xiao Changyi and his group noticed this Praying to Heaven Lantern, each of their nerves tense, highly vigilant, fearing that someone outside the city might be trying to assist the trapped Emperor of Chilin.

That night, the Emperor of Chilin slept soundly until dawn, completely unaware that he had been poisoned unconsciously. After breakfast, he discovered red spots all over his body and felt intense pain in his chest and abdomen, as if thousands of ants were gnawing inside him. He immediately summoned the Imperial Physicians to examine him, trying to determine what was wrong.

All of the Imperial Physicians arrived and almost everyone examined the Emperor of Chilin, but apart from saying that the Emperor of Chilin might be poisoned, they had no idea what to do.

”You claim I’m poisoned yet you don’t know how to cure me? What use are you!” The Emperor of Chilin immediately wanted to behead these Imperial Physicians.

Thankfully, Jiang Feisheng persuaded him otherwise, ”Emperor, with so many of us in the Imperial Palace, we cannot afford to be without doctors.”

Only then did the Emperor of Chilin refrain from beheading the Imperial Physicians.

However, he did behead all those who touched breakfast today, simply because he believed he was poisoned by eating breakfast.

”Is the Emperor’s poison life-threatening?” Jiang Feisheng asked the Imperial Physicians.

The Imperial Physicians could only forcefully reply, ”We don’t know. We’ve never encountered this kind of poison before.”

To prevent the Emperor of Chilin from getting angry and wanting to behead the Imperial Physicians again, Jiang Feisheng quickly ordered them to withdraw.

When Jiang Feisheng looked at the Emperor of Chilin again, he found that the red spots on the Emperor’s body rapidly turned into pustules, even rupturing, with pus oozing out, exceedingly grotesque.

Involuntarily, Jiang Feisheng stepped back a pace out of disgust, but with a concerned expression, asked, ”Emperor, how are you feeling?”

The pain in the Emperor of Chilin’s chest and abdomen was unbearable, his face contorted, as he rolled on the bed. Upon noticing the red spots on his body had turned into pustules with pus leaking out, he also found it extremely repulsive and was immensely afraid of dying like this.

He urgently called to Jiang Feisheng, ”Beloved Minister, quickly find someone to save me, hurry!”

”Rest assured, Emperor, this General will certainly find a skilled doctor to cure the Emperor’s poison.”

The most trusted person by the Emperor of Chilin was Jiang Feisheng, so upon hearing his words, he urged anxiously, ”Then hurry!”

”Yes, this General takes leave!” Jiang Feisheng swiftly descended the stone steps upon leaving the Emperor of Chilin’s chamber.

While descending the stone steps, he asked the Deputy General beside him, ”Do you know where high-skilled doctors are?”

The Deputy General replied, ”The Imperial Physicians here are the best doctors in Chilin.” After a pause, ”But, this General heard that in the Xiyun Army, there is a military doctor whose skills are particularly advanced and might be able to cure the Emperor’s poison.”

”Xiyun...” Jiang Feisheng’s steps halted.

The Deputy General hesitated for a moment, but still said, ”Great General, given the Emperor’s current condition, we can only risk everything to try and capture that military doctor to cure the Emperor.”