After my luck was stolen, I led my whole family to defy fate and change our destiny.

"Your Majesty, it is too early to discuss this matter. My two sons have some medical knowledge; perhaps we should have them examine His Majesty?"

"This……"

The Empress Dowager hesitated. Even the imperial physicians were helpless; how could a mere boy cure His Majesty?

"Your Majesty, isn't there a better way? What if His Majesty recovers? Your Majesty..."

"Grandmother, let him give it a try," Prince Qi and Chu Jingyan said as they came out of the room.

"Grandmother, it was Brother Liyao who cured my leg. Let him try."

Gu Liyao: "?"

It was his sister who healed him, not him. He dared not take credit for it. What if all the people who couldn't walk came looking for him?

The prince cured the ordinary people but not them. Is he trying to extort more money?

He'll be cursed to death!

"It wasn't me, it wasn't me. It was His Highness Prince Qi who was incredibly fortunate. The Imperial Medical Academy must have already treated him almost completely, and he just happened to get lucky."

King Qi patted Gu Liyao on the shoulder: "Brother Liyao, there's no need to belittle yourself. Do you think I don't know my own leg?"

Chu Jingyan chuckled to himself, thinking, "They're on the lift and won't be able to get down, will they?"

The Empress Dowager sighed softly. Her leg condition was different from the Emperor's. Although she knew it was useless, it was still a token of his affection: "Go."

Empress Dowager Xie

Gu Mingtang led Gu Liyao inside. A group of imperial physicians were kneeling in front of the dragon bed. At this moment, the imperial physician was taking the emperor's pulse, shaking his head as he did so.

How is His Majesty?

The physician turned his head and saw that Gu Mingtang had walked a little further away. He replied, "Your Excellency, His Majesty's illness has come on very suddenly, like poisoning, but no poison can be found. It's very strange. If it continues to spread so rapidly, I'm afraid..."

"You've worked hard," Gu Mingtang patted him on the shoulder.

"Second brother, go."

"Um"

To avoid arousing suspicion, Gu Liyao placed Gu Linglong directly on the footstool next to the dragon bed instead of on the dragon bed itself.

On the dragon bed, Chu Yuan's face was an unnaturally pale, sickly white, and there was also a dark aura surrounding him.

Some of the skin on his hands had even begun to ulcerate, which horrified Gu Liyao; this was no ordinary poison.

Seeing the emperor's distress, Gu Mingtang also regretted bringing his daughter along. He found her somewhat frightening; wouldn't his young daughter be even more frightened?

Gu Liyao placed a handkerchief on the emperor's wrist and carefully took his pulse.

A moment later, his brows furrowed deeply, and he pulled the emperor's sleeve up again, revealing more festering skin.

The ulcerated skin may even corrode downwards into the bone; if it does, then it will truly be beyond the cure of even a miracle.

No wonder the messenger said the emperor was dying; at this rate of decay, even if he wasn't poisoned, he would die from the pain.

Gu Linglong glared at Gu Liyao. "We're already here, why didn't you put it on the bed?"

Gu Linglong braced her small hands on the edge of the bed, struggling to climb up one leg.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

The bed was higher than his parents' bed. Sometimes when he couldn't sleep, he would quietly go to his parents' room, climb up, and sleep between them, startling them.

After being frightened twice, his parents locked their room at night.

We finally made it to the top, it was so tiring!

Gu Linglong placed her small hand on the handkerchief and took the emperor's pulse as well. She looked at the festering skin on the emperor's hand.

[Oh my god, this really is poison left by a black loach. Every animal carries its own toxins. To cultivate into a human, one must shed these toxins. However, some evil people collect these toxins to harm others.]

[It seems the Black Mudfish wants to drag someone down with him before he dies. Tsk tsk tsk, the emperor is truly pitiful, the most pitiful emperor I've ever seen. He used his own imperial blood to nourish his so-called good friend who could help him consolidate his power on the river, only to have his body taken away, and the empire wasn't even consolidated by him. In the end, he even wants to drag you down with him when he dies.]

Gu Linglong crawled up to the emperor, frowned, bit her finger, and dripped a drop of blood into the emperor's mouth.

Ouch, that hurts!

I am the king of beasts. The venom expelled by any animal fears my blood, and my blood contains the power of life. I'll let you off easy since you're the emperor.

Now that the emperor's poison has been removed and the infection will no longer fester, leave the rest to my second brother.

Chu Jingyan breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Linglong would not ignore her father's serious illness. If her father were to suddenly die before establishing a crown prince, countless people would lose their lives.

Linglong is the kindest.

Chu Jingyan tenderly picked up Gu Linglong and gently blew on her fingers, saying, "What kind of dust is that on your hands? Sixth Brother will blow it off for you."

Gu Linglong: "?"

Why did he blow on my middle finger when I bit my index finger?

Chu Jingyan: "..." He didn't see it. He didn't know which branch it bit. He was planning to blow on it one by one.

Chu Jingyan blew on his thumb and then his index finger without making a sound. He's really clever!

[Blow on it a few more times, it hurts!]

Gu Liyao took a deep breath. As long as the festering stopped, that was good. The toxins had been removed, and he knew what to do next.

Gu Liyao spread out the silver needles he had brought, and was about to insert them when he was stopped by the court judge.

"May I ask which clinic you practice at, young friend?"

Gu Liyao shook his head: "I am still learning and do not see patients full-time."

The judge's eyebrows shot up: "Aren't you just being ridiculous?"

"Young friend, it's one thing for you to take His Majesty's pulse, and I'll take that as concern for him. But you can't administer acupuncture. All of us old fellows here are helpless. What right do you have to administer acupuncture to His Majesty?"

[Why? Because my second brother has a healing-type spiritual root! Give him more opportunities to practice, and you guys really can't compare to him.]

Gu Liyao felt a warmth in his heart, and the discomfort of being doubted vanished. If his sister said he could do it, then he could do it.

"Your Majesty... can't you spare His Majesty from suffering given his current condition?"

Are they absolutely certain that the emperor will die?

"Your Honor, please believe me... I won't let His Majesty suffer any more."

"Are you saying that our entire Imperial Medical Academy is no match for a mere brat like you?"

"no……"

What are these old guys doing? Are they jealous? Chu Jingyan spoke up, "I was the one who sent Gu Liyao to the palace to treat my father. I will take full responsibility if anything goes wrong."

“That’s right, it was Brother Liyao who healed my leg; I can vouch for his medical skills.”

A flicker of amazement crossed the judge's eyes, but it was quickly suppressed: "Your Highness's leg condition is quite different from His Majesty's."

Even if the King of Qi's leg is bad, it can't be that bad. But the emperor is lying on this bed. If anything goes wrong, all the imperial physicians present will be buried with him.

"Your Highness, you can't join in this nonsense!"

Chu Jingyan frowned, looking at the court official blocking the emperor's way; he felt like hitting him.

"Get out of the way! You've delayed Father's treatment, and I won't forgive you!"