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Meng Shi turned around and nodded to the Gu Master behind him, "This concerns the princess's life, you must carefully identify it!"

"Yes!"

The Gu Master received Meng Shi's order and strode towards Lan Zheng.

In fact, from the first moment the Gu Master saw Lan Zheng, he had already determined that Lan Zheng was infected with the Puppet Gu.

However, the Gu Master knew very well that the princess of Nanzhao could die in an accident or in the conspiracy of the Jiuzhou people, but she could not die from being poisoned by Gu.

The Gu Master circled Lan Zheng a few times, pretending to do so. After pondering the matter in his heart, he reported to Murong Che and Meng Shi, "Your Majesty, General, according to my speculation, the Fourth Princess is not..."

Xue Youli interrupted calmly, "A qualified Gu Master must be able to identify at a glance which type of Gu worm has infected the host. General Meng, the Gu Master you brought with you has been observing Princess Lan Zheng for a long time and is still so ambiguous. She doesn't even have the basic skills. How can her examination results convince everyone here?"

Meng Shi was shocked. He didn't expect that the women in Murong Che's harem also knew about poison masters and poisonous insects.

However, he didn't show any emotion on his face. Instead, he snorted coldly and asked Murong Che, "Your Majesty, is there anyone in your harem who knows witchcraft?"

Xue Youli felt very unhappy when she heard his contemptuous look.

"Of course I understand Gu techniques. Not only do I know all the various poisonous insects in Nanzhao, I even know which concubine your Nanzhao King summons every night! Dare to question me? Believe it or not, I'll reveal some unknown secrets about General Meng's Mansion tomorrow."

[Originally, Meng Shi was sent here so that the Nanzhao people could witness with their own eyes the Nanzhao princess, after becoming the host of the Gu worm, harming people in the palace. If they wanted to stop Lan Zheng from harming anyone further, they had no choice but to destroy Lan Zheng's body on the spot.]

However, to save the Nanzhao Kingdom's reputation, Meng Shi not only tried to get away with it with lies, but also planned to use the Gu Master to blame Lan Zheng's madness on Empress Dowager Yin of the Cining Palace.

"If he dares to do this, I don't mind drawing out the poisonous insect from Lan Zheng's body! I'll teach those Nanzhao people a lesson!"

Murong Che listened to Xue Youli's angry voice, coughed lightly, and began to make up a lie. "General Meng, as you said, my Concubine Xue once went to Nanzhao when she was young. A Gu Master, seeing her extraordinary talent, wanted to take her in as an apprentice. After she refused, the Gu Master gave her a book. The book happened to record a method to draw out the Gu worms from the body of a person who has been poisoned. If the Gu Master you brought can't accurately determine whether Princess Lan Zheng has been poisoned, I can ask Concubine Xue to draw out the Gu worms."

Xue Youli glanced at the Gu Master and smiled faintly, "Your Majesty, General Meng can't possibly bring a useless Gu Master to Jiuzhou and embarrass himself. Let's first listen to the Gu Master's conclusion."

Gu Master, "..." It was this woman who interrupted him and stopped him from speaking just now, and it was also this woman who forced him to tell the result.

From the other party's words, it can be seen that this person really knows a lot about poisonous insects.

When she was young, her master also taught her how to remove the poisonous insects that parasitize the human body.

Master said that it is not easy to raise a Gu. There is a secret technique that can summon back the sub-Gu that is parasitic in the host's body.

Could it be that Concubine Xue is also proficient in this secret technique?

Seeing Xue Youli's confident demeanor, the Gu Master suddenly felt unsure.

If she insisted that Lan Zheng was not poisoned by the Gu, and Xue Youli used a secret technique to draw the Gu out of Lan Zheng's body in front of everyone, not only would she die, but even General Meng would be implicated by her.

But if she admitted that Princess Lan Zheng was poisoned, it would be difficult to resolve the incident of Princess Lan Zheng hurting others.

Just as the Gu Master was in a dilemma, Chu Xinyue raised her voice, "Princess Lan Zheng was lured out of the Cining Palace by a whistle just now. Everyone present here can testify to this. Although I have never been to Nanzhao, I know that the Nanzhao people use special whistles to control their young Gu. Sisters, did you hear any whistles in the Cining Palace just now?"

Yin Xuan'er was the first to nod and reply, "I heard it. The whistle sounded like a flute, but it wasn't quite. It was sharp and unpleasant. The sisters even laughed and asked where the Queen Mother found such a musician who couldn't even play the flute!"

"I heard it too! Everyone was joking about the flute sound, but I never thought someone was maliciously manipulating the Gu worm. It's truly terrifying!"

"This person dared to plant a Gu on the Nanzhao Princess. He must be someone very close to the Princess. General Meng, you must not let this person go!"

"Yes, General Meng, this man even dared to murder the princess. He is so audacious! If you don't find him quickly, you won't have peace even if you return to Nanzhao!"

On issues such as the country's stance, all concubines formed a united front and faced the outside world in unison.

Each of them spoke as if there was a spy hidden in the Nanzhao delegation, and if the spy was not eliminated, each of them would be at risk of being poisoned.

Seeing that Meng Shi's expression was becoming increasingly ugly, Murong Che glanced at all the concubines, signaling them not to say anything more.

So everyone kept their mouths shut tacitly.

At this point, Meng Shi knew that nothing would be done amicably unless they told the truth.

The emperor of Jiuzhou is not easy to fool!

And Concubine Xue beside the emperor is even more extraordinary.

Many Gu Masters in Nanzhao may not be as knowledgeable about Gu insects as she is.

Meng Shi thought it over again and again, not daring to risk the Gu Master lying. "Gu Master, is Princess Lan Zheng infected with the Puppet Gu?"

The Gu Master didn't dare to speak nonsense and quickly lowered his head and replied, "Yes, Princess Lan Zheng has not only been infected with the Puppet Gu, but the Gu has also devoured her brain..."

This is exactly what Xue Youli was waiting for.

She feigned surprise, her almond-shaped eyes widening. "What should we do then? Are we going to keep Princess Lan Zheng chained up forever? Is there any way you, Nanzhao, can save her?"

The Gu Master glanced at Meng Shi and only replied when he nodded, "Princess Lan Zheng's eyes are dull and lifeless. Even if a miracle doctor came, there would be nothing he could do to save her!"

Chu Xinyue also showed a shocked expression, "Ah? Impossible! Princess Lan Zheng is clearly still alive! Look, she's trying to break free from the chains!"

The Gu Master looked at the ferocious expression on Lan Zheng's face and sighed deeply, "Princess Lan Zheng's consciousness has long since vanished. All her actions are now controlled by the Gu worm. If we don't destroy her body quickly, once her body is exhausted, the Gu worm will crawl out of her brain and look for its next host among us!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.

They stared at Lan Zheng, who was still struggling to death, and hurriedly retreated, fearing that the poisonous insect would immediately crawl out of Lan Zheng's body and randomly choose someone as its new host.

Everyone just saw clearly how terrifying Lan Zheng looked when she was controlled by the poisonous insect, and no one wanted to be the next victim.

After listening to their conversation, Murong Che asked the most crucial question, "General Meng, how do you plan to destroy Princess Lan Zheng's body?"