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Ling Haoran sneered, "General Tuoba, why are you pretending to be ignorant? Why don't you taste the taste of the heart-eating poison yourself?"

Hearing the words "heart-eating poison", Tuoba Lie's pupils shrank noticeably, but he quickly regained his composure:

"I do not know what you're talking about."

Jia Yu pulled out a porcelain bottle from his bosom and said, "This was found in your deputy's room. The powder inside is the same as the poison that Your Highness was poisoned with."

Tuoba Lie's expression finally changed: "You...you actually captured our deputy envoy!"

"Where is the antidote?" Ling Haoran pressed on.

Tuoba Lie suddenly burst into laughter: "Antidote? There is no antidote for the heart-eating poison!"

"Also, the poison your prince was poisoned with has nothing to do with me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly swung his knife and rushed towards Ling Haoran.

In a flash, Jia Yu's flying knife had pierced Tuoba Lie's wrist holding the knife.

"Ah!" The scimitar fell to the ground and Tuoba Lie was pinned to the ground by several yamen runners.

Ling Haoran squatted down and grabbed Tuoba Lie by the collar: "You'd better think it over carefully. If anything happens to His Highness, I will make sure that everyone in your Barbarian Royal Court will be killed!"

Tuoba Lie's face turned pale, and he said while suppressing the pain: "I told you, the poison was not ours!"

"Besides, this is the royal poison. How could I possibly have an antidote?"

Jia Yu suddenly interrupted him: "That's not right. If there really was no antidote, you wouldn't be carrying this with you."

He took out a small golden box from Tuoba Lie's waist.

Tuoba Lie's face changed instantly.

Ling Haoran snatched the golden box, opened it and saw a few red pills inside.

"Take it back and let Dr. Sun examine it."

Ling Haoran stood up and ordered, "Everyone else, continue searching the posthouse. Don't let anyone go!"

At dawn, the Imperial Hospital was brightly lit.

The white-haired Sun Simiao carefully examined the red pill, sometimes frowning, sometimes nodding.

"How?" Ling Haoran asked nervously.

Sun Simiao breathed a sigh of relief: "It is indeed the antidote to the Heart-Eating Poison. This poison is very strong and the antidote needs to be taken in a special way. I will go and treat Your Highness right away."

Ling Haoran and Jia Yu looked at each other and saw the relief in each other's eyes.

When I walked out of the Imperial Hospital, the sky in the east was already turning pale.

Jia Yu suddenly said, "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."

Ling Haoran nodded: "Although Tuoba Lie is a barbarian general, he is able to carry the royal secret poison. There must be someone from the royal family behind this."

"The barbarians are going to declare war on our Great Chu." Jia Yu sneered.

Ling Haoran looked towards the gradually brightening sky and said, "When Your Highness recovers, we will slowly settle this account."

Inside the East Palace, candlelight was dim and the hall was filled with solemnity.

Sun Simiao, holding a scarlet pill, walked quickly through the corridor, followed by several imperial doctors and palace maids.

Although he is over sixty years old, he walks steadily and his eyes are solemn.

Shen Wanying was guarding Chu Ning's bed. When she saw Sun Simiao come in, she immediately stood up to greet him, her eyes full of anxiety.

"Doctor Sun, have you confirmed the antidote is correct?" Shen Wanying's voice trembled slightly, her fingertips tightly grasping her sleeves.

Sun Simiao nodded and said in a deep voice, "Replying to the Crown Princess, this medicine is indeed the antidote to the heart-eating poison. I have tested it repeatedly and there is no mistake."

After he finished speaking, he walked to the bedside and saw that Chu Ning's face was pale, his lips were blue, and his breathing was weak. It was obvious that the poison had penetrated deep into his lungs.

Sun Simiao did not dare to delay and immediately took out the pills, dissolved them with warm water, then dipped a silver needle in the medicine juice and inserted it into several acupuncture points on Chu Ning's wrist, using the power of the medicine to guide the toxins out.

"The heart-eating poison is extremely powerful. If you take the antidote directly, it will trigger a backlash."

As Sun Simiao performed the acupuncture, he explained, "It needs to be slowly neutralized with the medicinal power, and then supplemented with the method of acupuncture with golden needles, in order to completely remove it."

Shen Wanying stood aside, staring at Chu Ning closely, afraid of missing any change.

Sun Simiao's technique was very skillful, and the silver needles shuttled through his fingers like a dragon. Chu Ning's brows gradually relaxed, and his originally pale face gradually regained a hint of color.

About half an hour later, Sun Simiaoyu finally withdrew the needle, breathed a sigh of relief, and said:

"Most of the poison has been neutralized. Once the prince takes the remaining medicine, he should be fine."

Shen Wanying personally helped Chu Ning up and carefully fed him the medicine.

The medicine was bitter and hard to swallow. Although Chu Ning was unconscious, he frowned instinctively.

After the medicine entered his stomach, Sun Simiao checked his pulse again and finally showed a look of relief:

"The pulse is stable. His Royal Highness is safe."

Shen Wanying's eyes were slightly red, and her heart finally settled down.

After a while, Chu Ning's fingers moved slightly, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

"Your Highness!" Shen Wanying called out in surprise and hurried forward to support him.

Chu Ning's eyes were a little dazed, but he soon regained his clarity.

He looked around and saw that he was lying in the bedroom of the East Palace, with Sun Simiao and Shen Wanying beside him. He realized that he had been unconscious for a long time.

He tried to move his arm and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he propped himself up and sat up.

"Your Highness, you have just been detoxified, so you should not move around!" Shen Wanying hurriedly dissuaded him.

Chu Ning shook his head and said, "It's okay, I don't feel unwell."

After saying that, he actually got off the couch, stood steadily, and even walked a few steps freely.

Seeing this, Shen Wanying finally felt relieved, but she still couldn't help but scold, "Your Highness just woke up, how can you be so stubborn?"

Chu Ning smiled slightly, reached out and stroked her hair, and said, "I'm sorry to have made you worried, but I do feel fine."

Then, he turned to Sun Simiao, his expression serious, and asked, "Divine Doctor Sun, why did I suddenly fall into a coma? Where did this poison come from?"

He still doesn't understand why he fell into a coma. He only remembers that he fainted after vomiting blood.

Now that I’ve woken up, of course I have to ask the reason.

Sun Simiao bowed and said, "Your Highness, you have been infected with the Barbarian Royal Family's Heart-Eating Poison. This poison is extremely vicious. Without an antidote, you will surely die within seven days."

Chu Ning frowned: "Barbarians?"

Sun Simiaoyu nodded and continued, "However, there was already residual blood spider poison in your body. This poisoning is actually a blessing in disguise."

"Oh? A blessing in disguise?" Chu Ning raised his eyebrows slightly.

Sun Simiao nodded and explained, "The blood spider poison and the heart-eating poison counteract each other. The two toxins check and balance each other in your highness's body, and eventually they eliminate each other."

"Now that the heart-eating poison has been cured, the blood spider poison has also been completely eliminated. Your Highness will no longer be troubled by it in the future."

Chu Ning heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he sneered: "I didn't expect that the barbarians' poisoning would actually help me a lot."

Shen Wanying was still frightened and whispered, "Your Highness is fine, but this matter cannot be forgiven lightly. You should be more careful in the future."

Chu Ning's eyes gradually turned colder, and he slowly said, "Of course, but the barbarians who dared to attack me will have to pay the price."

He looked outside the palace, a cold light flashing in his eyes, and then he said in a deep voice: "Let Ling Haoran and Jia Yu come to see me!"