The newlyweds were replaced with new wives, and the medical concubine entered the palace and killed

Tang Zhenhong also became troubled and looked gloomy.

"Has the emperor received the news?" he asked.

"The person who delivered the message returned to the palace first and is probably already in the palace."

"Then I will go to the palace to hear what the emperor means." After saying that, Tang Zhenhong turned and left.

"I understand." Gu Lingyue responded to Wang An after watching her grandfather leave. Then she glanced at Tang Wenle beside her and said, "Take my fourth brother to take a bath, and then have someone bring two buckets of hot water to my room."

After saying that, he thought of something and asked, "Have Yunjin and the others returned?"

"Not yet." Wang An said respectfully.

"Send them a message and ask them to come back."

"Yes."

"Where is Yingying?"

"Originally, they were in her old courtyard, but Miss Yingying woke up and kept making a fuss, so Yunshu took Miss Yingying back to her room."

After Gu Lingyue nodded and left, Tang Wenle raised his arm and smelled himself, which almost made him vomit.

He really did smell like a corpse.

Tang Wenle frowned in disgust, "Thank you, Uncle Wang."

Wang An smiled and said, "You are too polite, young master. Please follow me."

……

Gu Lingyue did not return to her room, but came to Yunshu's room.

At this moment, Yun Shu looked at Wei Yingying, who was leaning against the wall with her legs hugged, with a helpless look on her face.

At first she was making a fuss, but now she huddled in the corner and wouldn't let anyone get close to her. She refused to eat or drink, and she didn't know what to do.

At this moment, Gu Lingyue pushed the door open.

Seeing Gu Lingyue, Yun Shu was overjoyed as if she had seen a savior and said, "Princess, you are finally back! Please go and see Yingying. I have no idea what to do."

After she came back, she kept making a fuss when she woke up. Eventually, she stopped making a fuss, but she also didn't speak, and wouldn't let the servants get close to her. She just sat there like that."

Gu Lingyue walked around Yun Shu and came to Wei Yingying's side.

At this time, Yun Shu had changed her clothes and washed her face while she was unconscious. Although she still had a smell on her body, it was much better than when she was first found.

Gu Lingyue squatted down and said softly, "Yingying, I'm Sister Yue! Can you take a look at me?"

Wei Yingying still didn't say anything, nor did she look up. She just lowered her head and hugged her legs, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Sister Yue will take you to wash now, okay?"

Wei Yingying still didn't move.

Seeing this, Gu Lingyue reached out and carefully grasped Wei Yingying's hand. Seeing that she didn't reject her, she picked Wei Yingying up and walked outside. She said to Yun Shu who followed behind, "Go find some clothes for Yingying."

"Yes."

After returning to Zizhuxuan, the servants had already prepared the bath water and Qiutong was preparing clothes for Gu Lingyue.

Seeing her carrying Wei Yingying in, Qiu Tong quickly said, "Princess, let me come."

Just as Qiu Tong was reaching out to pick up Wei Yingying, she suddenly shouted loudly: "Ah——"

Qiu Tong was so scared that she quickly moved away from Gu Lingyue, and only then did Wei Yingying stop shouting.

"Princess, this servant of yours..." Qiu Tong looked aggrieved.

She heard that Yun Shu brought Wei Yingying back and that she was sick, but she didn't expect that she would start screaming before she even touched her.

"It has nothing to do with you. I don't need you to serve me here. Go and prepare some food."

"Slave, go now."

After Qiu Tong went downstairs, Gu Lingyue took off her clothes and Wei Yingying's clothes and started to bathe them both.

At this time, in the imperial study of the palace.

Emperor Tianqi also learned about the situation in Youzhou, and he summoned all the ministers overnight to discuss the matter.

Looking at the ministers below, he said solemnly, "My dear ministers, please share your insights."

The ministers sitting there had just experienced a life-and-death crisis, and now something like this happened again. For a moment, no one dared to speak first.

Seeing this, Emperor Tianqi roared, "What's the point of me raising you?"

The ministers quickly knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"

Emperor Tianqi laughed in anger, "I want to calm down? I do want to calm down! Now the Western Shu army is at the gates of the city, and you are just asking me to calm down."

The atmosphere in the imperial study became extremely oppressive. Finally, Tang Zhenhong stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the most important thing right now is to stabilize the situation in Youzhou and prevent the zombie soldiers from attacking the city. However, this will make Youzhou's food supply a huge problem. If the food supply is insufficient, Youzhou will fall sooner or later."

At this time, the Minister of Revenue stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this year's drought has caused many crops to die in the fields. The people are suffering terribly. Judging by this situation, by the autumn harvest, our grain production will be at least halved. If we mobilize grain and fodder now, the people will surely starve. Please reconsider your decision."

Tang Zhenhong snorted coldly and said, "Lord Zhao, Western Shu has already sent troops to Tianqi and brought out so many corpse soldiers. If we don't stop them, once the corpse soldiers from Western Shu enter Youzhou, the people will be slaughtered. The consequences will be unimaginable. By then, let alone food, it's hard to say whether we will survive."

Everyone was speechless for a moment, and finally the Minister of Rites stood up and said, "I second the words of the Marquis of Zhenbei."

Once there was one, there were two. Several ministers stood up and said, "I second the motion."

"Alright!" Emperor Tianqi made his final decision. "Let's do as Minister Tang says. Order the Ministry of Revenue to immediately gather grain and ship it to Youzhou. We must ensure there is no shortage of food. Order Major General Tang to lead his troops back to Youzhou early tomorrow morning. The Imperial Medical Bureau will send five doctors to accompany the army to Youzhou."

After receiving the order, the ministers retreated one after another.

After everyone left, Emperor Tianqi rubbed his forehead.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late. It's time to go to bed." Gao Ming said when he saw that Emperor Tianqi looked tired.

Emperor Tianqi waved his hand and said, "You go down first. I will review a few more memorials."

After hearing this, Gao Ming sighed and quietly left the imperial study.

At this time in Prince Jing's Mansion.

After Gu Lingyue took Wei Yingying to take a bath, she ate something before coaxing her to sleep, and then she entered the space herself.

At this time, the man in black was still standing there blankly, with empty eyes, as if he had no soul.

Gu Lingyue took his pulse, but couldn't feel any.

She took him for a full body check-up, which shocked Gu Lingyue.

She found that there were many worms wriggling in his body, and his internal organs had been bitten by the worms and were badly damaged. The blood she took away from the cave with a cotton swab last time turned out to be from this person.

She made an antidote at that time, but the man had been poisoned for too long and his physical condition was too bad. Even if he was injected with the antidote, he would not live long.

Gu Lingyue didn't know who this person was, but she thought he must know something, so she injected him with the antidote.