Inside the Qianqing Palace.
"What is the Seven - Day Kylin Dream?" Dongfang Yi asked with a look of confusion. After all, she had never even heard of such a thing.
Ruyi nodded in agreement, also showing her confusion.
"The so - called Seven - Day Kylin Dream means that the poisoned person only has seven days left to live. Moreover, they won't wake up during these seven days. Finally, when they wake up, it means their end is near, and then they will die," Bai Juechen replied.
After hearing this, Dongfang Yi couldn't help but feel a jolt in her heart. Suddenly, she remembered that it was already the evening of the fifth day. If they still couldn't find Mr. Bai tomorrow, Helian Qi would truly be doomed.
Just thinking of this, her heart ached sharply. She blamed herself for what she had been doing these days.
"Then when will the poison on the emperor be completely detoxified? No, when will he wake up?" she then asked.
After hearing her question, Bai Juechen pondered for a while and then replied, "The poison can be detoxified in seven days. One dose of the detoxifying decoction per day. For now, I can use medicine to keep the emperor stable. He won't be in danger. However, when he will wake up depends on him."
After all, everyone's body is different. Some people are naturally less likely to have the poison enter their internal organs, so they may wake up on the first day of taking the medicine. But some people with weaker constitutions may need to recuperate for a few more days after the seven - day detoxification before they can wake up. That's why he didn't dare to draw a conclusion so quickly.
After hearing this, Dongfang Yi bit her lips hard and frowned. After all, as long as Helian Qi didn't open his eyes, she couldn't calm down.
Ruyi naturally saw her worry, so she comforted her, "Your Majesty, you don't need to be overly worried. Since Mr. Bai said he has a way, we should just believe him."
Dongfang Yi nodded at her. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she asked, "By the way, where is Donghua? Where has she gone?"
Only then did she realize that she hadn't seen Donghua for a long time, so she couldn't help but feel a bit worried.
Ruyi just smiled with pursed lips and then replied, "Donghua has returned to the Queen's Palace. She said she was worried about you. She should be in the Queen's Palace now."
On the other side, in the Queen's Palace.
As soon as Donghua arrived in front of the Queen's Palace, before she could enter, she felt something was wrong. Usually, even at night, the gate wouldn't be closed so tightly. Moreover, there was hardly any light in the palace. And according to their queen's personality, she would definitely not go to bed so early. That could only mean that something had happened to the queen.
Just thinking of this, she immediately climbed over the wall and got inside. Coincidentally, she saw Xiaolan pacing furtively. So she strode forward.
When Xiaolan heard the sound, she thought it was her own queen who had come back. So she immediately turned around and wanted to shout happily, but unexpectedly, she saw Donghua!
"Sister Donghua, why have you come back!" she shouted happily.
But then she realized that her voice was too loud, so she immediately covered her mouth. She pulled the woman in front of her to a hidden corner and asked again, "Sister, why have you come back!"
Donghua was still wondering why she was acting so furtively in her own palace. So she frowned and asked, "What are you doing so furtively? Where is the Queen?"
As soon as Xiaolan heard this question, her eyes turned red. Then she said aggrievedly, "The Queen has suffered a great deal..."
Before she could finish her words, her tears fell first.
Seeing her like this, Donghua knew that something must have happened to the queen. Originally, when she heard from Ruyi outside the palace that the queen had been imprisoned in the dungeon, she was already very worried. Now seeing her so aggrieved, did the queen experience something even more painful?
"Don't cry. What exactly happened to the queen? Hurry up and tell me!" she couldn't help but shout.
Then she listened as the woman in front of her told her all the things that had happened in the palace recently.
First, she said that the queen had been imprisoned in the dungeon, but fortunately, with the help of Prime Minister Dongfang, she hadn't suffered much. But later, Nangong Liuyun returned to the court. He joined forces with many ministers to expose the news that the emperor was ill. Then, the censor Li submitted a memorial asking the empress dowager to depose the queen...
"So this afternoon, the Queen was deposed from her position as the queen..." Xiaolan said with a sob, as if there was great sadness in her words.
Donghua never expected that in just five days, the harem seemed to have turned upside down. So many things had happened. And how much pressure had their queen been under!
"Where is the queen now?" she asked worriedly. She had already realized that Dongfang Yi wasn't in the palace.
"The queen just climbed over the wall and went to the Qianqing Palace. She said she wanted to take a look at the emperor," Xiaolan replied.
After hearing this, Donghua didn't stay for a moment. She directly climbed over the wall again and rushed in the direction of the Qianqing Palace, constantly telling herself that the queen would definitely be okay.
She also thought that Ruyi and the others must have already arrived at the Qianqing Palace. Maybe the queen would happen to meet them.
At this time, inside the Qianqing Palace.
Imperial Physician Li had also arrived. After all, even though Bai Juechen was highly skilled in medicine, he couldn't detoxify someone just by hand. He still needed the assistance of the Imperial Hospital. So Imperial Physician Li rushed over immediately.
"Mr. Bai, the emperor's poison is so strange. Do you really already have a way to detoxify it?" Imperial Physician Li asked with a look of suspicion.
After all, as the emperor's imperial physician, he had the right to be cautious about those who treated the emperor.
"Of course. I, Bai Juechen, never try to detoxify an incurable poison. So you can rest assured that I won't use your emperor as a guinea pig. Moreover, if the emperor dies, can I still live?" Bai Juechen replied with a smile.
He naturally knew that the imperial physician in front of him was suspicious of him. Because there were too many doctors who, when they saw a difficult and complicated disease, clearly couldn't treat it but still told others that they could. Then the patient would become their guinea pig.
If the treatment was successful, it would of course be a happy ending. But if it wasn't, not only would there be no better doctor, but the patient would also lose their life in vain.
Bai Juechen had encountered many difficult and complicated diseases so far, but none of them had completely stumped him. Moreover, he would never do what those unscrupulous doctors did. Since he had agreed, he would surely save the patient.
The Imperial Physician Li saw the determined look on the man in front of him and decided to believe him. After all, this was the only way now. If he had to blame someone, he could only blame himself for being so useless as the head of the Imperial Hospital that he couldn't even treat the emperor's illness.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Then he said to the man in front of him, "I'm willing to assist you. You must save the emperor!"