Chapter 68 How to Prove It's a Gu Poisoning

"I...I'm just worried about the Emperor's safety. Princess Cheng even dared to harm her own father. What if she goes crazy again and hurts the Emperor?"

Consort Liu glared at Su Liluo with displeasure.

This woman is determined to keep hounding her!

At the same time, Su Liluo's words made others look at Consort Liu with suspicion, and even Emperor Wenjian glanced at Consort Liu suspiciously.

The kneeling King Cheng and his men seemed to be awakened by Su Liluo's words.

He then pleaded, "Father, the Crown Princess is right. Let the imperial physician examine Rong'er's body first. If she is indeed being controlled, then she will be wrongly accused."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I implore you to summon the imperial physician to examine Princess Cheng. If she was not controlled but did this willingly, then I will say no more."

Seeing that they had all knelt down to plead, Emperor Wenjian, in order to ensure fairness, summoned the imperial physician.

The imperial physician focused intently on taking Princess Cheng's pulse, and only spoke slowly after a moment.

"Your Majesty, Princess Cheng's pulse is sometimes normal and sometimes strange, but there are no signs of poisoning in her body."

"Your Majesty, look, Princess Cheng is indeed not poisoned."

Consort Liu breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Su Liluo with a hint of smugness.

Su Liluo was not in a hurry and calmly said, "Your Highness, the imperial physician only said that Princess Cheng was not poisoned, but that does not mean she was not affected by the Gu. He did say that Princess Cheng's pulse was somewhat strange. May I ask the imperial physician, how is Princess Cheng's pulse strange?"

The imperial physician glanced at Su Liluo and nodded: "What the Crown Princess says is true. Although Princess Cheng is not poisoned, her pulse is somewhat different from that of a normal person. As for whether she has been poisoned by Gu, I am not knowledgeable enough about Gu worms, so I cannot draw a conclusion. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Gu poison does not exist in Daliang, so they have basically never seen Gu. He could only detect that the pulse was different, but he dared not make a conclusion as to whether it was Gu.

"Father, Rong'er's pulse is strange. Someone must have put something on her body to control her. She is innocent. Please investigate thoroughly, Father!"

Upon hearing this, King Cheng grasped at a straw.

If Princess Cheng were convicted, it would damage his own reputation, and he didn't want to lose the support of the Imperial Censor's family.

"Even the imperial physicians cannot prove whether Princess Cheng has been poisoned by a curse. How can I investigate this matter thoroughly? Prince Cheng, can you find anyone to prove that Princess Cheng has been poisoned by a curse?"

Emperor Wenjian remained silent for a moment, then spoke with slight anger.

In fact, he had a vague feeling that this matter might be somewhat related to the Imperial Concubine.

If the investigation continues, the result may not be what I want to see.

But to his surprise, Su Liluo confidently stepped forward at this moment.

“Father, your daughter-in-law can prove that Princess Cheng was indeed bewitched.”

"you?"

Emperor Wenjian looked at Su Liluo with a puzzled expression.

“My daughter-in-law was fortunate enough to meet a legendary doctor from the martial arts world, and learned some medical skills from him. She has some understanding of Gu Weiwei.”

Su Liluo explained it in detail.

But before she could finish speaking, Su Wanshi suddenly shouted excitedly, "You're talking nonsense! You've grown up in the Su family mansion since you were a child, you've never had the chance to meet any so-called miracle doctor!"

Su Wanshi observed for a while and could see that Consort Liu was feeling guilty. She was not stupid, and at this moment she could roughly guess that the matter was somewhat related to Consort Liu.

Consort Liu didn't like me to begin with, so if I defended her and stood on her side at this time, I might be able to gain some favor with her.

That's why Su Wanshi dared to speak up.

Su Liluo turned to look at Su Wanshi, a playful smile in her eyes, followed by a mocking smirk at the corner of her mouth.

"Are you watching me every single hour of the day? Do I have to report to you every single person I meet? You can please Princess Changning so that she doesn't care that you're a woman with a tarnished reputation and can bring you to the palace banquet regardless of etiquette, so why can't I have the chance to meet the divine physician?"

"How...how could you talk such nonsense?"

Su Wanshi lowered her head guiltily.

She didn't expect Su Liluo to bring up her damaged reputation at this time. She had finally managed to spend money to shut some people up, and since she hadn't gone out much in a long time, people had almost forgotten about her.

But when Su Liluo mentioned it, many people immediately remembered it.

"Yes, isn't that Miss Su? I heard she was held captive by bandits for a night a while ago, and one of them even said he saw something on her body..."

"I've heard about this from others too. Apparently, Miss Su even went to jail. How did she get out?"

"No way, a young lady who's been to prison can actually attend the royal banquet? This..."

"Didn't you know when you arrived? The Crown Princess originally wanted to kick her out, but she said that Princess Changning brought her in, and Princess Cheng spoke up for her, so they didn't kick her out!"

The whispers of many women reached Emperor Wenjian's ears, and he looked sternly at Princess Changning.

Changning shrank back in fear and anger, then glared at Su Liluo.

"Uncle Emperor, Changning knows she was wrong. Changning brought Miss Su to the palace banquet to thank her for introducing me to the divine doctor who cured my face. Please forgive me, Uncle Emperor!"

Changning quickly knelt down and apologized.

There are clear regulations for royal banquets: the families of officials below the fourth rank are not eligible to attend state banquets unless they have made a great contribution.

Moreover, it would be a disgrace to have a woman like Su Wanshi, whose reputation is already tarnished, attend a state banquet.

Changning originally thought that with so many people at the state banquet, not many would pay attention to this, and since Su Wanshi was a woman, the emperor and the others wouldn't ask her what rank she was.

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