The guards stepped forward to escort Zuo Yan away.
Zuo Yan's face was pale.
He hadn't moved at all.
"Wait!"
"Today's matter has nothing to do with the divine doctor, why are you targeting him? Does the Emperor truly show no filial piety towards me? You were raised in my palace since you were young, and I treated you like my own son, yet you have such little faith in the person I brought! You truly break my heart!" the Empress Dowager said sternly.
Zhan Tianhong heard the Empress Dowager using this reason to stop him again, and any residual filial affection he had for her vanished.
He spoke coldly, "This person attempted to murder me, and must be executed immediately! Drag him out and execute him! Mother, do not believe the villain!"
Zuo Yan began to panic. He glanced at Jiang Luoxi and, in his haste, quickly said, "I did not attempt to murder His Majesty!"
"His Majesty's actions are truly chilling. I never thought that one day, His Majesty would be so reckless with human lives!" Zhan Ming sneered.
Indeed, Zhan Tianhong, whom they had previously considered a lamb, had now transformed into a wolf intent on tearing them apart.
He was unyielding!
He refused to back down, relying on Zhan Tianye's presence.
Zhan Tianye remained silent.
Yun Shu also lowered her eyes, looking at the pill in her hand.
Jiang Luoxi was also silent.
Zhan Tianhong's expression remained unchanged. "Drag him away!"
The guards dared not disobey the imperial decree and immediately began to drag Zuo Yan.
After being dragged a few steps, Zuo Yan immediately turned back to Zhan Tianhong and said, "The medicine I gave His Majesty can prolong life and benefit health! If His Majesty executes me, it will be an unforgivable act against Heaven!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
Yun Shu walked up to Zuo Yan and placed the pill between her fingers, displaying it before him.
Zuo Yan's complexion changed uncontrollably.
The Empress Dowager and Zhan Ming stared intently at the medicine in Yun Shu's hand.
Their eyes burned with rage, wishing they could kill Yun Shu at that very moment!
"This medicine can prolong life and benefit health?" Yun Shu asked with a half-smile.
Zuo Yan's heart trembled. Impossible, absolutely impossible! Someone who had only learned medicine midway would definitely not be able to discern the secret within this medicine!
They absolutely could not figure it out!
Even if the imperial physicians in the palace gathered to analyze this pill, they wouldn't be able to discover anything.
Therefore, there was nothing to worry about.
Zuo Yan's state of mind instantly calmed. "It is indeed so."
Jiang Luoxi frowned slightly, watching Yun Shu calmly.
"Who do you think would dare to endanger their own life by attempting to murder His Majesty in front of me and the Regent? Even thinking about it is impossible!" the Empress Dowager said coldly.
Zhan Ming stepped behind Yun Shu.
Just as he was about to reach out and touch Yun Shu's shoulder.
Suddenly, Qiu Lu blocked the space between them.
Qiu Lu looked at Zhan Ming expressionlessly. Hmph! The Regent wanted to touch the Consort? Don't even think about it!
Zhan Ming looked at Qiu Lu blocking his path, his anger surging. He clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking. "Qiu Lu, how dare you block my way?"
"Those are my orders," Zhan Tianye said in a deep voice.
Zhan Tianhong immediately looked at Zhan Tianye.
His dark eyes flickered with a hint of sadness. His fifth brother was already fond of Yun Shu; he would even directly confront their sixth uncle to protect her.
Zhan Ming was almost driven mad by Zhan Tianye. He took a deep breath to calm his rage, but his next words were spoken through gritted teeth. "Fine! Fine! Prince Ye, you have done well!"
The atmosphere in the imperial study grew even colder, reaching the freezing point.
But Yun Shu seemed oblivious. After glancing at Zhan Ming and the Empress Dowager, she walked towards Jiang Luoxi, who had been quietly standing to the side.
At this moment, Jiang Luoxi, standing before her, possessed a delicate beauty, a clear and ethereal presence, and a subtle air of mystery.
Despite her seemingly ordinary background, she exuded an extraordinary aura.
Jiang Luoxi was slightly surprised when Yun Shu approached her, looking at Yun Shu with a hint of bewilderment. "Miss Yun Er?"
"Miss Jiang's complexion appears somewhat pale, and it seems you often suffer from disharmony of qi and blood. If this medicine can truly prolong life and benefit health, as the divine doctor claims, then it would be excellent for regulating Miss Jiang's qi and blood. Please take this medicine, Miss Jiang, to verify the divine doctor's words and also to reassure the Empress Dowager and His Majesty." Yun Shu held the pill out to Jiang Luoxi, speaking those formal words simultaneously.
She wasn't accustomed to saying such things before, but now, she found it rather addictive.
The drama of palace infighting was interesting.
Jiang Luoxi's expression darkened abruptly, but she did not rashly refuse Yun Shu, nor did she betray any excess emotion.
She was not in a hurry.
The Empress Dowager was anxious. "Absolutely not! Miss Jiang has only just returned to the palace with me and is still adjusting; how can she be made to take medicine arbitrarily?"
Zuo Yan's face turned even paler than before.
"Let me take this medicine. Since it is my medicine, I will take it to prove my innocence." Zuo Yan forcefully broke free from the two guards restraining him and hobbled towards Yun Shu and the others.
He attempted to snatch the pill from Yun Shu's hand.
Yun Shu observed how both the Empress Dowager and Zuo Yan were fiercely protective of Jiang Luoxi, and her suspicions grew clearer.
Jiang Luoxi, in front of them, was not as simple as she seemed.
Zhan Tianye no longer wished to continue bickering with the Empress Dowager and the others.
He cast a cold gaze at the Empress Dowager and said in a deep voice, "Miss Jiang will take the medicine."
Upon hearing this.
Jiang Luoxi immediately looked at Zhan Tianye again.
Did he not know that if it were poison, she might die? Such an unwavering command was truly heartless and indifferent!
The Empress Dowager began to panic.
But Zuo Yan was even more flustered.
For a moment, it seemed no one could stop it.
"Miss Jiang, take it! If you don't even trust the divine doctor brought by Mother, do you think I will?" Zhan Tianhong said coldly.
He was no longer the child of a few years ago, who could be manipulated and slaughtered at will!
Jiang Luoxi looked down at the pill before her. Her peripheral vision caught Zuo Yan's tightly pursed lips, and she knew that if she took it, she would surely be poisoned.
However…
She knew this was not a medicine that would take effect immediately.
Besides, she had nothing to fear.
She then took the pill from Yun Shu and, without any hesitation, placed it in her mouth.
Immediately, her lips and teeth were filled with the taste of the medicine.
Yun Shu watched Jiang Luoxi's reaction.
Meanwhile, Jiang Luoxi's expression remained calm.
"See! Miss Jiang is unharmed! Your Majesty should believe me now, shouldn't you?" the Empress Dowager said to Zhan Tianhong, seeing that Jiang Luoxi was fine.
Zhan Tianhong's face was extremely grim, and a fire flickered uncontrollably in his eyes. He was truly unable to punish Zuo Yan, who had tried to harm him!
Jiang Luoxi smiled. "At this moment, this humble one truly feels a surge of strength in her body, confirming that it is a medicine that can heal and nourish."
Clap, clap, clap!
Zhan Ming clapped his hands forcefully.
Then, he looked down at Zhan Tianhong from above. "His Majesty now has no charge to punish the divine doctor."
Yun Shu frowned slightly and looked at Zhan Tianye.
Zhan Tianye simply shook his head slightly.
"Release the divine doctor and let him go!" the Empress Dowager quickly said.