The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Lin Yao arrived at the yamen, and just started to deal with the official duties at hand, when someone from the palace came to invite her.

"Lord Lin, the emperor invites you."

Colleagues cast envious glances at Lin Yao, just a few days after the seal was opened, the emperor summoned Lin Yao again.

If they didn't know the details of Lin Yao's family background, they would have suspected that Lin Yao was the emperor's illegitimate child.

Lin Yao ignored these gazes, left the matter at hand to the people under her, and entered the palace.

When they arrived at the imperial study, the eunuch who led the way stopped, "Master Lin, please come in."

Lin Yao nodded slightly, then walked into the imperial study.

As soon as she entered, she heard a violent coughing sound, Lin Yao paused, hesitated, and went in anyway.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the emperor raised his head and saw Lin Yao, with a slight smile on his pale face, "Ai Qing is here, sit down."

Lin Yao was startled when she saw the emperor's pale and haggard face, "Your Majesty."

"Scared you?" The emperor coughed twice again, "After the year, I have a cold and my complexion is not very good, but it's okay, Ai Qing, sit down."

Lin Yao frowned, "The imperial doctor said that the emperor just had a cold?"

"That's what the imperial doctor said." The emperor seemed a little puzzled, seeing Lin Yao's serious expression, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with Aiqing?"

"My minister has the guts to wonder which imperial physician is treating His Majesty?"

After all, the emperor is the emperor, Lin Yao's attitude is obviously wrong, the emperor's expression is serious, "Ai Qing may wish to speak directly."

Lin Yao lifted up her robe and knelt down, "In my early years, I got a holy scripture that included all kinds of poisons in the world. Because I was murdered with strange poisons when I was young, I have studied this scripture quite a lot. If the minister is not mistaken, His Majesty is not suffering from a cold, but a strange poison."

He didn't expect that after so many years, he would still use this holy book of medicine and poison.

Because of the emperor's partiality, the emperor was not suspicious of Lin Yao's words, but when he suddenly learned that someone had poisoned him, and the imperial doctor in the imperial hospital suspected that he was helping this secret person to murder him, the emperor was really unhappy.

"Ai Qing, get up."

Lin Yao didn't insist either, and stood up upon hearing the words, "Your Majesty, do you have a trustworthy imperial doctor in the imperial hospital?"

The one who sees the emperor on weekdays is naturally the imperial physician trusted by the emperor, but this imperial physician asserts that the emperor has a cold...

Seeing the emperor's gloomy expression, Lin Yao understood something, "The emperor..."

"I heard from my uncle in the early years that Aiqing has a detoxification pill to cure strange poisons." The emperor said.

Lin Yao was startled when she heard the words, and immediately said, "Yes, this detoxification pill is not a panacea, and it may not be able to treat the symptoms."

"Aiqing can do her best, if she can't solve it, I don't blame you."

Lin Yao was startled again, "I will do my best."

He stepped forward to diagnose the emperor's pulse.

After a while, Lin Yao's expression became serious.

This pulse...

"Ai Qing?"

Lin Yao withdrew her hand, her expression was ugly, "This pulse looks like a cold, but it is actually poisoned. This poisonous official has seen it in the holy book of medicine and poison. It is called red cloud pomegranate. It is a rare poisonous fruit. , looks similar to a pomegranate, but its pulp is poisonous..."

"Pomegranate?" The emperor's face was a little ugly, and Lin Yao was interrupted.

Lin Yao was interrupted, and when she heard the emperor talking about pomegranate, she was taken aback, "What's wrong with pomegranate?"

Immediately remembering what he said just now, he couldn't help frowning.

Could it be that the emperor was poisoned by eating pomegranates?

But it's not right either.

Now that the fruit period of pomegranates has passed, there are no pomegranates to eat at this time.

"At the New Year's Eve banquet, King Yu offered a catty of pomegranate, saying that he found it from the Western Regions. He didn't dare to enjoy it alone, so he offered the pomegranate to me." The emperor took a few deep breaths. , "Zhen, I also rewarded these pomegranates to the queen, the crown prince, and the king of Qi."

Lin Yao's complexion changed drastically.

King Qi?

King Qi is his brother-in-law, and he has a very good relationship with Daiyu after marriage. Daiyu is the first thing that comes to mind when there is something to eat and play.

In the cold winter, there was no pomegranate to eat, but now that there is this rare thing, how could King Qi miss Daiyu?

Does King Yu know that there is something wrong with this pomegranate?

If he does not know, he is being used by others.

If he knew, he wanted to wipe out the emperor, the prince and others all at once.

So vicious!

Lin Yao's face was gloomy, after thinking for a while, she still felt that King Yu knew there was something wrong with the pomegranate.

Last year, King Yu was reprimanded by the emperor, and he was beaten in the royal study, his head was broken and bleeding.

Since then, Prince Yu has been silent, and he never competed with the crown prince, it seems that he has given up.

But at that time, Lin Yao bumped into Yu Wang outside the imperial study room, and Yu Wang was very angry at that time, and he didn't seem to give up at all.

"Lin Yao, you can go to the East Palace in a while and see... have a look at the prince." If the prince is also poisoned, then there is no need to go to the queen and the king of Qi. Anyone who has eaten pomegranate will definitely be poisoned. the poison.

"The minister obeys the order."

"Lin Yao, tell me, is there a cure for this poison?"

"Yes!" Lin Yao said seriously, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I must have cured this poison."

"Don't publicize this matter."

"Yes."

After leaving the imperial study, Lin Yao went to the East Palace.

Hearing that Lin Yao met, the prince was a little surprised, but he had a good impression of Lin Yao, and his younger brother married Lin Yao's younger sister, so Lin Yao could be regarded as one of his own.

"Master Lin, looking for Gu for something?"

Lin Yao was invited into the East Palace, and when she saw the prince, she stared at the prince's face.

The crown prince looked a little puzzled, "Lord Lin, this is..."

Lin Yao withdrew her gaze and said with a smile, "I'm rude, please don't blame your Highness."

The prince was puzzled, but he didn't care, "It's okay, Master Lin is here this time, is there something important?"

Lin Yao said casually, "The emperor ordered the humble minister to visit His Highness. I heard that His Highness occasionally feels cold. I wonder if it's better?"

The prince heard the words and said, "The weather has been cold recently, maybe it's because of the wind that I caught a cold, but it made my father worry. The imperial doctor has already prescribed medicine, and it will be fine after a few days."

Lin Yao greeted a few more words, then got up to leave.

After leaving the East Palace, Lin Yao went to meet the emperor.

"how"

"His Royal Highness has also been poisoned."

The emperor closed his eyes, "I treat him well, but he is so ambitious..."

"emperor……"

"Go back and think about how to detoxify." The emperor waved his hand wearily.

Lin Yao swallowed the words that came to her lips.

After coming out of the palace, Lin Yao didn't go back to the official department, but went directly to Prince Qi's mansion.

At this time, King Qi was waiting for Daiyu to drink the medicine. Hearing that Lin Yao was coming, he hurriedly called someone to greet her.

"It seems that I know Ma'am that you are sick." Qi Wang was a little worried, "My brother-in-law won't beat me up because I didn't take good care of you, Ma'am?"

"Brother is not so vicious, don't say such strange things." Daiyu said angrily.

He coughed twice, rubbed his forehead, and sighed, "I haven't caught a cold for many years, and it's not very cold this year, why did I fall ill?"

"Actually, I also caught a little cold, but I can still bear it, so it doesn't matter." Qi Wang's face was also a little pale, but it was much better than Daiyu's.

Daiyu frowned, always feeling a little uneasy.

At this time, Lin Yao had already been invited in.

As soon as he arrived at Prince Qi's mansion, he heard that Daiyu had a cold when he entered the door, and he was very anxious.

After entering the main courtyard and being taken to the back room, he saw King Qi sitting on the side of the couch and Daiyu sitting on the head of the bed, her face was pale, when she saw Lin Yao, she smiled and looked very painful, "Brother, why is this so The time has come? Is my brother going to the Yamen today?"

Lin Yao stepped forward quickly, grasping Daiyu's wrist to feel her pulse, with a solemn expression.

"Brother?" King Qi was taken aback by Lin Yao's actions, but seeing Lin Yao's expression was wrong, he didn't dare to stop her.

Daiyu was also taken aback by Lin Yao, but she knew her brother's temper and would never do something inexplicable.

Looks like something went wrong?

After taking the pulse, Lin Yao hated King Yu extremely in her heart.

Lin Yao took out the detoxification pill she had prepared on the way from her sleeve, and poured out one to feed Daiyu.

"Hey wait, brother, what are you doing? What's in this bottle?" Seeing that Lin Yao was going to feed Daiyu, King Qi couldn't help but stop him, and even grabbed Lin Yao's hand.

Lin Yao stuffed the bottle into King Qi's hand, "You can take the antidote too."

King Qi's face changed drastically, and he almost lost his grip on the bottle in his hand, "Detoxification? What do you mean? Daiyu was poisoned? I eat it too? I was poisoned too? When did you get poisoned, and who gave it?"

"Where are there so many problems, take this medicine first, and see if it can detoxify, and don't try other methods." Lin Yao looked at King Qi angrily and shouted.

Daiyu's complexion was much worse than King Qi's, presumably most of the 'pomegranate' entered Daiyu's stomach, so Daiyu was poisoned more deeply.

King Qi was yelled at, a little sleepy.

"Oh."

King Qi ate one, and then remembered something, "How did the elder brother know that we were poisoned?"

After Lin Yao came in just now, she directly took Daiyu's pulse. Obviously, she knew that Daiyu might be poisoned early in the morning, but here, she didn't even have a pulse, so she directly asked him to take the detoxification pill.

Why is Lin Yao so sure that they are all poisoned?

"I just came out of the palace." Lin Yao watched Daiyu swallow the detoxification pill, her face was extremely ugly.

King Qi was born in the royal family, and his face changed when he heard it, "Who was poisoned? My father? Or the emperor?"

"The emperor and the prince are both poisoned." After a pause, thinking that the pomegranate was also given to the queen, "Maybe the empress is also poisoned."

"Who did it!"

King Qi's face was livid.

Lin Yao recounted the events after he was called into the palace today.

"King Yu? Is he crazy?" King Qi was stunned, and immediately thought that Daiyu had eaten most of the poisonous pomegranate, and was startled and frightened, "Yu'er ate a lot of pomegranates, will everything be fine?"

"If you can detoxify, you will be fine. If you can't detoxify, you will become desperate couples."

"Brother, you are still in the mood to joke, it seems that this poison can be cured." King Qi heaved a sigh of relief.

Lin Yao rolled his eyes at him.

After a while, her complexion did not improve, and Lin Yao felt Daiyu's pulse again.

The pulse condition did not change.

Lin Yao didn't care too much, "I'll go back and get my things, and I'll be back soon."