"I have a prescription for detoxification here. Give it to Lord Shen first. It may suppress the toxicity!" Doctor Li wrote a few words on the paper.

Chunxue quickly took it and made medicine.

"I have to go back to the palace to report to His Majesty. I'll leave a doctor here. Once the medicine is ready, give it to Lord Shen immediately!"

Che Mingyuan hurriedly sent the imperial physician out.

The Shen family arrived shortly afterwards, and Shen Yuanjing looked at the person lying on the bed, wailing and crying.

The crying sounds from the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion never stopped throughout the entire night.

After hearing the report from the imperial physician, Emperor Renxiao suffered from a severe headache and could not sleep the whole night.

"How did you get poisoned?"

Wang Bao: "Your Majesty, could it be that Shen Lanxi was implicated in the Wei Family Army case and was retaliated against?"

Emperor Renxiao's eyes flashed, and instantly became sinister.

"Investigate, find out who poisoned me!"

The news of Shen Lanxi's poisoning spread like wildfire. In less than one night, the entire capital, from civil and military officials to peddlers, was talking about it.

"Why is he poisoned?"

"Who knows? Wasn't Shen Lanxi confined to the mansion and guarded by the Imperial Guards? How could such a mistake happen?"

"First he was dismissed from office, then he was framed, and then he broke off the engagement and was poisoned. It's clear that someone is targeting the Shen family..."

Overnight, the news of Shen Lanxi's poisoning spread all over the city. There was even a small group of people discussing that Shen Lanxi's achievements were so great that they frightened the emperor. As a woman, she had made great military achievements, which was unacceptable to the current emperor!

This news reached the ears of Emperor Renxiao, who was so angry that he smashed a whole set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone in the imperial study.

"Go check who is talking about this. Once you find out, pry their mouths open for me. I must dig out the person who spread the rumors behind the scenes!"

Emperor Renxiao seemed to have aged ten years overnight.

Even with the thousand-year-old ginseng offered by Shen Lanxi, it could not be replenished.

Emperor Renxiao was so angry that he was about to go crazy.

"Has the imperial physician who went to treat Shen Lanxi returned yet?" Emperor Renxiao asked almost roaring.

Wang Bao hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"Your Majesty, I was just about to tell you this. The imperial physician just came back and found out that it is a poison that came from the Western Regions, called..." Wang Bao stammered, and faced with the murderous gaze of Emperor Renxiao, he was so scared that he quickly spat out the words.

"Call me Green Silkworm!"

Emperor Renxiao was shocked in disbelief.

"How could it be the green silkworm? Isn't this poison extinct?"

Wang Bao was at a loss for words and quickly put the blame on the imperial physician.

"I'll call the doctor in right away!"

When Emperor Renxiao met the imperial physician, Zhou Ruyuan brought the physician and tonic medicines to the Marquis Zhenbei's mansion.

"How is Lan Xi?"

The presumptuous address startled everyone, followed by embarrassment.

Old Madam Shen has been guarding the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. Zhou Ruyuan is here on behalf of the emperor, so she should come out to greet him.

"Lan Xi has felt better after taking the medicine. The black and blue marks on her lips and nails have faded a little, but she is still unconscious. The imperial physician said that we must find an antidote as soon as possible!" After saying this, Old Lady Shen wiped away the tears from her eyes with a handkerchief.

"The Shen family has just been rehabilitated, and good days are just beginning. My poor granddaughter... I really wish it was me who was poisoned..." Old Lady Shen was unwilling to accept the fact that she burst into tears before she could finish a few words.

Zhou Ruyuan winked at the imperial physician, who went in to treat Shen Lanxi. He then helped old Madam Shen, who was crying so hard that she could no longer stand, to sit down.

"Madam, please don't be too sad, otherwise she will blame herself when Lan Xi wakes up." Zhou Ruyuan comforted her with a concerned look on her face.

Old Madam Shen wiped her tears. This time she really cried, and her handkerchief was wet.

"I just hope that Lan Xi will get better soon!"

Zhou Ruyuan looked at the Shen family members who kept praying for Shen Lanxi, especially the younger generation of the Shen family. Each of them held Buddhist beads in their hands and chanted Buddhist scriptures. They were more pious than the monks in the temple.

"You should take care of yourself too!"

Shen Yuanjing said as if making a vow: "As long as Big Sister doesn't wake up, we won't stop!"

Zhou Ruyuan took a deep breath. He wanted to remind Shen Yuanjing that his father had already ordered Shen Yuanjing to go to the northwest in the Golden Palace. Could it be that the safety of the northwest was not as important as Shen Lanxi?

"Lan Xi will definitely be blessed by God!" Zhou Ruyuan also hoped that she would get better.

This time he came not only to visit the patient, but his father also gave him the task of finding the person who poisoned him.

After exchanging greetings with the Shen family, Zhou Ruyuan went to track down the person who poisoned the food.

After a while, all the servants, maids, old women and guards of the Shen family were gathered in the open space at the entrance.

Zhou Ruyuan interrogated them one by one.

Six imperial physicians came one after another to take Shen Lanxi's pulse and consider prescriptions.

They knew they were poisoned by the green silkworm, but they didn't dare tell anyone around Shen Lanxi. Whenever someone asked, they would say they didn't know what kind of poison they were.

It has now been confirmed that Shen Lanxi was really poisoned by Green Silkworm. One of the imperial doctors immediately returned to the palace to report.

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"Your Majesty, it has been confirmed that the patient was poisoned by the green silkworm." The imperial physician replied.

Emperor Renxiao had a mysterious look in his eyes, and even the people who served him every day could not guess what he was thinking.

"How long can she live?"

The imperial physician estimated a number: "If he is well taken care of, he can live for more than a month." This is on the premise that he takes detoxifying medicine. If he does not take the detoxifying medicine, he will not live for more than seven days.

The imperial physician dared not bring bad luck upon himself, as the former queen had died from this poison. At that time, His Majesty was frantic in looking for an antidote, and for this purpose he even slaughtered all the members of the Wan Du Sect and let all the people in Kunning Palace be buried with the queen.

This poison, until the end, had no antidote and was taboo in the palace.

Emperor Renxiao silently counted the last days of Shen Lanxi's life. The imperial physician did not dare to disturb him or leave. No one knew how much time had passed. Finally, when the imperial physician's legs became weak and he could not stand anymore, Emperor Renxiao waved his hand and asked him to leave.

Shen Lanxi is not the only one who can guard the northwest.

But, she is the only woman.

At the morning court session, Wu Tianen, the Junior Minister of Rites, wrote a petition listing more than fifty crimes, openly attacking Shen Lanxi.

"Shen Lanxi killed a good person and took credit for it..."

"Not cultivating women's virtues and talking back to elders..."

"Shen Lanxi is a man of bloodthirsty nature, causing widespread suffering in the northwest..."

"He imposed heavy taxes and imposed arbitrary and tyrannical laws..."

The charges against him were enough to wipe out the entire Shen family fifty times over.

Emperor Renxiao looked coldly at Wu Tianen and the court officials who joined him in the crusade against Shen Lanxi.

These people usually remain silent in the court, so why do they all show up now?

It's like a vulture, a hungry wolf, or a maned dog smelling something fishy.

"I beg Your Majesty to severely punish Shen Lanxi!" Six or seven court officials petitioned together.

Emperor Renxiao said expressionlessly: "The Dali Temple and the Ministry of Personnel will investigate the above charges one by one. If they are found to be true, I will not tolerate them!"

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