Chapter 887: Chapter 705: Placenta Pill Poison
This shout from Yue Xilou was like a thunderclap to everyone in the main hall. All eyes turned towards him, shocked and bewildered, as they looked at his ashen face, their hearts trembling slightly.
Yue Xilou had always been by Gu Changsheng’s side, and although he frequently clashed with Zhou Mu, he was indeed the only person besides Zhou Zongbao and those two mysterious old libertines who shared a bloodline with Zhou Mu!
He was Zhou Mu’s maternal uncle! This was beyond doubt!
Borjigin Nian turned her head to look at the enraged Yue Xilou, who was now so different from his usual aloof and unaffected demeanor. Borjigin Nian had seen Yue Xilou’s ethereal beauty turn into rage only once before, when Xiao Gu Ze was kidnapped to the Southern Border, and now she was witnessing it once more!
Xiao Gu Ze was Yue Xilou’s apprentice, while Zhou Mu was his biological nephew!
For a moment, Borjigin Nian also felt uneasy. Like everyone else in the hall, she focused on Yue Xilou’s questions, for they concerned her senior brother...
"Haha..." On the ground, Madam Zheng, the Wife of the Former Crown Prince, laughed maniacally under everyone’s gaze. Her laughter made everyone’s expression turn somber, instantly crushing their mood for watching a spectacle, leaving only the urge to tear her apart.
"There’s no need to ask, I think I already know what’s going on..."
After a while, Gu Changsheng slowly stood up from the Dragon and Phoenix Grand Chair, the red and gold Dragon and Phoenix Crown Attire trailing behind, appearing exceedingly dazzling but carrying a hint of chill beyond the allure.
The fallen Madam Zheng frowned deeply upon hearing this, looking in disbelief towards the figure descending slowly from the nine-layer high steps, her eyes shifting with surprise and uncertainty. The woman before her was too formidable; she genuinely worried that her reliance might be overthrown!
Legend had it that the emperor in hiding at Liuzhou City, Gu Changsheng, possessed unmatched medical skills that none could rival...
Thinking of this, Madam Zheng’s expression abruptly changed.
But Gu Changsheng had already arrived before Madam Zheng, her shoe inlaid with the Sky-facing Bead stopping by Madam Zheng’s cheek. She lowered her head and gazed down at Madam Zheng, who was prostrate on the ground, and spoke in a hollow voice, "I have never seen the Qianji Poison, yet I am confident in my extraordinary medical skills. There’s no poison I cannot concoct, nor antidote I cannot find! My late grandfather was skilled in using medicine for health, exhausting his medical expertise, even at the risk of death, to stabilize the Qianji Poison for Zhou Mu, nurturing his body. However, this Qianji Poison, once in my possession, has left me struggling, unable to completely eradicate it..."
Upon hearing this, Madam Zheng’s expression relaxed considerably, just as she had anticipated!
"Hehe..." Thinking of this, Madam Zheng suddenly laughed again, "So, Gu Changsheng, what does it matter if you are the Emperor of the Southern Country? Even if you have immense power, you are still merely a woman, as gentle as water, caring most for the beloved. That rebellious son, he usurped my consort Crown Prince’s position and set fire to the Eastern Palace, ending my consort’s life. Gu Changsheng, karma and retribution ensure you two will not have a happy ending together! I won’t let him have his way, nor will I let you achieve your desire! If you have the guts, kill me!"
"You vile woman!" Unable to bear more, Yue Xilou swung his folding fan towards Madam Zheng on the ground.
Gu Changsheng watched coldly, showing no reaction.
But on the other side, Borjigin Nian’s iron whip struck out, entangling Yue Xilou’s folding fan, "Yue Xilou, calm down. This vile woman dares to act like this, surely..."
"And you stop me! Zhou Mu, that boy is your senior brother! You dare just watch him be bullied by this vile woman!" Yue Xilou was furious, trying to retract the folding fan.
Borjigin Nian was more anxious, refusing to let go, "You usually remain composed and indifferent, why so impulsive today? Senior brother is your kin, and Gu Changsheng’s fiancé. Though Madam Zheng deserves death, if she could be killed, with Gu Changsheng’s disposition, could she refrain from acting? Where has your usual brilliance gone? Fed to the dogs?"
Typically appearing rebellious, Borjigin Nian’s wisdom was unmistakable at critical moments. Having been accepted as Mr. Di’s disciple and being a fellow disciple of Zhou Mu, Borjigin Nian’s rationality in critical moments was evident even during the Southern Border campaigns.
Hearing Borjigin Nian say this, Yue Xilou indeed frowned and glanced towards the silent Gu Changsheng.
At this moment, Gu Changsheng had already retracted her gaze from Madam Zheng on the ground, her attention wandering to some distant, void-like place in the hall.
After a while, she finally spoke haltingly, "Madam Zheng, Zhou Mu is your eldest son, yet you’ve been wary of him since the moment he was born. Even a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs. As a mother, how could you go this far? Why? What right do you have to be a mother?"
At last, Gu Changsheng couldn’t contain herself and began to shout, pulling Madam Zheng up from the ground, gripping her collar tightly, the veins in her hand bulging, obviously struggling to contain her anger.
Gu Changsheng considered herself not exactly a qualified mother, but she truly loved Little Gu Ze with all her heart. As a mother, her own mother died untimely deaths in both her past and present lives to ensure that her daughter could live well. Yet why? Why do the world’s mothers differ so vastly?
Although she’d never seen her mother in either life, she could imagine her kindness. Yet Zhou Mu’s mother was so viciously cruel!
"Blood ties, Placenta Pill Poison, mother and child linked by life, Madam Zheng, why? Why did you do this? He is your son! Your son born after ten months of hard pregnancy, and yet you’ve plotted against him since birth, finally resorting to such cruelty. What is your heart made of? Is it black?" Gu Changsheng grew more agitated as she spoke, her whole body trembling with indignation.
Everyone was shocked upon hearing this, their faces turning pale. Placenta Pill Poison? Although many hadn’t heard of it, the phrase ’mother and child linked by life’ was clear to them!
"Gu Changsheng! Calm down!" Yue Xilou was so frightened by Gu Changsheng’s words that he dared not move, while Borjigin Nian immediately stepped in, pulling Gu Changsheng away from Madam Zheng, afraid that her explosive temper might lead her to do something irreparable!
’Mother and child linked by life’ – just as the name implied, Borjigin Nian understood what it meant, and thus she wouldn’t allow Gu Changsheng to impulsively do something she would regret for the rest of her life!
"Hahaha... Truly worthy of being the Medicine God of the world, Gu Changsheng! You actually have heard of Placenta Pill Poison!" Madam Zheng, who had been tossed aside, awkwardly stood up, yet laughed wildly, "But what of it? Placenta Pill Poison, an ancient incurable poison. Gu Changsheng, no matter that you’re the Medicine God, or the Southern Emperor, can you change the fact that the child is of my own blood? You can’t change it, nor can you save him. If I die, he will accompany me in death! Hahaha..."
"Why? Why did you do it?" Gu Changsheng, who was being restrained by Borjigin Nian, was already somewhat hysterical. As a military doctor, she had spent the majority of both her past and present lives immersed in medical skills, and no one understood better than her what a poison made from placenta represented!
In modern times, some use placenta for beauty enhancement, but such things are both medicine and poison. In ancient recipes, it had been used to concoct poison to kill one’s own child!
That is the vilest, most ruthless poison, incurable! Incurable!
"Why? You ask me why I did it? Heh..." Madam Zheng stood up, ignored the crowd around her, flung her dirty palace sleeves, and pointed at Gu Changsheng, "You, born lowly, even if turning into a dragon amidst the storm, are still born lowly, unlike me! I was born into the noble family of the Zhengs, used to the filth of a marquis’s deep residence. Gu Changsheng, do you think I could marry into the Imperial Family, firmly sit as the Crown Princess Consort by sheer luck? Heh... You’re mistaken, the late Former Noble Consort Lady Du was born rough, not understanding the secret plotting and scheming of the palace. Without my help, do you think the late Crown Prince, my husband, could firmly sit on the throne of the crown prince? Gu Changsheng, in history, emperors have killed their mothers upon gaining power. The lessons of the past are vivid and clear. As the mistress of the Eastern Palace, I must guard against it, even if against my own child!"
"You!" Gu Changsheng’s chest heaved at Zheng’s words, pointing at her, wanting to speak, yet not knowing what to say. Never before had she been left so speechless!
"Yes! Indeed, it is Placenta Pill Poison. When I gave birth to that unfilial son, I ordered the placenta to be kept, rather than buried in a blessed place, to seek blessings. As a doctor, you should know this poison is incurable unless all the blood is drained and the person dies. So, Gu Changsheng, there’s nothing you can do against me. If you want your man to live well, you must worship me dearly, or I will promptly pull that unfilial son to accompany me in death! Hahaha..." Madam Zheng said, turning around and laughing wildly.
Her words struck hard in everyone’s hearts, causing those in the grand hall to hold their breath, widen their eyes in disbelief.
Unless all the blood is drained, incurable? Then their Imperial Husband...
Gu Changsheng was panting with fury, but was restrained by Borjigin Nian and the now-reactive Yue Xilou, unable to move.
"Ah! That’s right, merely worshipping me is not enough! Given the state I’m in today, how could I let a lowly person like you get off easily?" Suddenly ceasing her frenzied triumph, Madam Zheng turned to Gu Changsheng, speaking with a face full of smugness, "What if I were to immediately end my life before you, how about that?"
Mother and child linked by life; if she dies, Zhou Mu would accompany in death!
At this moment, who would dare let Madam Zheng end her own life?
Wouldn’t it be equivalent to killing Zhou Mu?
"How dare you!" Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately shouted coldly. Outraged, Gu Changsheng finally couldn’t contain herself any longer; with a wave of her Dragon and Phoenix Sleeves imbued with inner strength, she separated Borjigin Nian and Yue Xilou blocking her way, and rushed towards Madam Zheng...