The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 288: First Time in Life

Chapter 288: First Time in Life

Who would have known that Ye Chengyan would come over quickly, intending to snatch the sour plum soup away from Emperor Muwu. Emperor Muwu, who had finally managed to get a sip of something cold, naturally didn’t want to give it up. In the struggle between the two, the bowl of sour plum soup spilled all over, with only a little left.

"You... you disobedient son!" Emperor Muwu was so angry that his chest hurt. "I am your father, you should have personally served me the food, but now you dared to snatch it away. You are truly unfilial!"

Ye Chengyan felt a bit wronged. "Father, I am extremely filial. That’s why I wanted to stop you from drinking these cold things, to avoid harming your body and making you uncomfortable."

He put down the empty bowl. His hands and cuffs were stained with sour plum soup. Fushun handed him a towel, and Ye Chengyan wiped his hands on and off.

Emperor Muwu sat down, supporting his head. "I am extremely uncomfortable now."

Ye Chengyan couldn’t help but laugh and cry. The older his father got, the more he resembled a child.

He waved his hand, intending for Fushun to remove both the sour plum soup and the ice cubes. But at that moment, he felt a tingling sensation in his hands, as if ants were gnawing at them. He looked down and saw that the back of his hand, which had been wiped clean, was bright red, as if it had been burnt.

"Your Highness, what’s wrong with your hand?" Fushun exclaimed.

Ye Chengyan was also puzzled. But when Emperor Muwu came over to take a look, he immediately ordered someone to summon the imperial physician. In a short period of time, the burns on the back of his hand worsened, as if they were about to rot.

The pain intensified, and Ye Chengyan’s face turned pale.

Emperor Muwu’s hands also had the same condition, but it wasn’t as severe as Ye Chengyan’s.

"Could it be some dirty bug?" Fushun was terrified. If the palace hadn’t been cleaned properly, they palace attendants would be punished.

Although Emperor Muwu’s health was declining, his mind was still sharp. He squinted his eyes and looked at the empty bowl of sour plum soup, his face freezing cold. "Issue an order to detain everyone in the imperial kitchen!"

Ye Chengyan suddenly realized, "Father, is there something wrong with the sour plum soup?"

Emperor Muwu’s expression darkened. "Otherwise, why would our hands be like this?"

"But the eunuch has already tasted it, and there was no problem," Fushun quivered.

He was the one who brought the sour plum soup from the imperial kitchen, so he couldn’t escape from this investigation either.

Emperor Muwu looked at the poison-tasting eunuch, who was still standing calmly, with some confusion.

But at this moment, the imperial physician arrived.

"Let’s first take a look at the Crown Prince."

"First look at His Majesty’s hands."

The words of Emperor Muwu and Ye Chengyan were spoken one after the other.

The imperial physician quickly glanced and said, "The Crown Prince’s injury is too severe. Let me treat you first."

Ye Chengyan nodded, feeling a bit scared. The back of his hand was burnt and rotten, and in just a moment, it looked horrifying.

This was his right hand.

What if it was crippled? What would happen then?

The imperial physician examined the wound and felt the pulse. His expression slightly eased. "It’s just a burn on the back of the hand, and it hasn’t affected the tendons and veins much. It’s not a big problem."

Then, he began to scrape away the rotten flesh from the poisoned area on the Crown Prince’s hand and prescribed acupuncture and medicine to expel the poison. This treatment plan sounded simple, but Ye Chengyan was about to faint.

Scraping flesh? How painful would that be!

Tears welled up in Ye Chengyan’s eyes. "Imperial Physician, is there any other treatment?"

The imperial physician shook his head gently. "Crown Prince, please bear with it."

After saying that, he asked someone to bring a small stick for Ye Chengyan to bite on to avoid biting his tongue later.

Ye Chengyan closed his eyes resignedly.

Just as the imperial physician was about to start, they heard Empress Xie’s shouting from outside the hall. The imperial physician’s mind was distracted, so he had to stop.

Empress Xie hurriedly arrived, her face and lips pale with worry. "The Crown Prince has been poisoned? How is he now?"

Behind her were Xie Beihan and Fan Yunxi. They happened to accompany their wives to the palace to pay respects to Empress Xie today, but they unexpectedly stumbled upon the incident of Ye Chengyan being poisoned.

Xie Beihan’s grief over his father’s death had eased slightly, and he had regained some of his previous temperament. He said, "Aunt, rest assured, the Crown Prince’s face isn’t blue and his lips aren’t black, so he must be saved."

With that, he led Fan Yunxi to bow to Emperor Muwu.

Empress Xie wanted to come closer to take a look, but Emperor Muwu was feeling irritable. "Although the poison hasn’t invaded the Crown Prince’s tendons and veins, his hand has been burnt and corrupted by the poison. It needs to be scraped, so you should step aside and let the imperial physician focus on treatment instead of getting flustered."

Empress Xie couldn’t calm her mind at this news. She stumbled, and Fan Yunxi quickly supported her.

The imperial physician was about to proceed, but then Xie Beihan approached, frowning and grinning, "Cousin, how could you be so careless?"

"Imperial Physician, if you scrape the Crown Prince’s flesh, it will take at least a year or more to heal, and it will leave large scars. This method isn’t good."

As the saying goes, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." Ye Chengyan had been disturbed twice in a row, and his mindset had collapsed.

He angrily put down the wooden stick he had been biting. "Why do you talk so much? You don’t know medicine, so why are you causing trouble here?"

The imperial physician was almost applauding Ye Chengyan from the side. That’s right, whether the flesh is scraped or not, will the poison be expelled or not?!

Xie Beihan pushed aside the imperial physician. "I may not know medicine, but that doesn’t mean I can’t do anything."

Emperor Muwu became somewhat annoyed. "Beihan, stop making trouble. The Crown Prince’s hand has been poisoned, and there’s no time to waste! Make way and let the treatment proceed!"

Xie Beihan was unfazed. "Your Majesty, don’t worry. I really have a way."

With that, he took out a bag containing a stack of talismans.

Emperor Muwu wasn’t in a hurry anymore because he knew that these talismans were given to Xie Beihan by Princess Liu. He didn’t trust Xie Beihan, but he trusted Princess Liu.

"Is this it?" Emperor Muwu asked.

"This is a detoxification talisman," Xie Beihan said. "Princess Liu said that drawing this talisman was quite difficult, and I had to persuade her quite a bit to get her to draw one for me."

"Stop chatting, and hurry up and use it for the Crown Prince!" Emperor Muwu scolded him.

Xie Beihan shrugged. "Your Majesty, being impatient is bad for your health. That’s why I’m here."

He asked Fushun to pour a glass of water and placed the talisman beside the glass. Then he stood in front of the glass, assuming a horse stance.

"Beihan, what else are you going to do?" Empress Xie asked in confusion.

Hurry up and use the talisman!

"Aunt, wait a moment. This talisman is extremely exquisite and powerful, so I have to perform a set of actions before using it." Xie Beihan explained.

Then he began to form hand seals.

Everyone watched in confusion, feeling almost ridiculous and barely able to contain their laughter.

It wasn’t that they wanted to laugh, but watching Nanli form hand seals was fast and smooth, which was amazing.

But Xie Beihan’s fingers seemed to be cramping, twisting and turning strangely.

He suddenly stopped.

Everyone thought he was done and that he could finally use the talisman, but unexpectedly, he smiled awkwardly. "I made a mistake in the hand seal. Let me do it again.

Everyone: ...

Ye Chengyan, whose hand was in pain, felt like vomiting fragrant flowers for the first time in his life.

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