Fortunate Young Gentleman

After recovering from this shocking news, Tang Ning looked at the Fourth Elder again and asked, "Are you sure you didn't smell it wrong? Do you want to smell it again?"

The Eighth Elder came over and said, "Xin Yi's nickname is Poison Woman. If she said it was a calming incense, it must be a calming incense."

It was rare that the Eighth Elder was willing to speak for the Fourth Elder. It seemed that the Fourth Elder's attainments in poison techniques were indeed very deep.

Tang Ning knew that Emperor Chen had been troubled by insomnia for many years, but he was not sure whether Emperor Chen used a large amount of calming incense to help him sleep because he himself did not know that an overdose of this substance was poisonous rather than medicine, or was deliberately poisoned.

If it was the former, then he was probably the most tragic emperor in the history of the Chen Kingdom.

Other emperors either died of old age or died of illness, only he was killed by his own actions.

But for now, it is not important why he was poisoned. What is important is whether this poison can be cured.

Tang Ning looked at the fourth elder and asked anxiously, "Can the poison of the tranquilizing incense be cured?"

"That depends on how serious the poisoning is." The fourth elder said, "The tranquilizing incense is originally a medicine, not a poison, but medicine is three-point poisonous. Any kind of medicine can be fatal if taken in excess. If the poisoning is not serious, no treatment is needed and it can heal on its own. If the poisoning lasts too long and the poison penetrates into the bone marrow, even if the antidote is taken, it is difficult to recover to the state before the poisoning..."

Tang Ning thought for a while and said, "Poisoned for half a year, during this half year, I used tranquilizing incense day and night?"

The fourth elder looked at Tang Ning and said: "Then he should have died a long time ago."

Tang Ning said, "Not dead yet, but soon."

The fourth elder said, "In half a year, the calming incense can kill people even with the smallest effective dose every day. He hasn't died yet. Either he has stopped using it before, or other miscellaneous things have been mixed into the calming incense..."

Chen Huang has relied on this kind of incense to fall asleep for a long time, and it is unlikely to be interrupted. So the calming incense he used was not pure. I didn't expect that buying a fake one would have such a benefit. Otherwise, I'm afraid Chen Huang would not last until the day Tang Ning came back.

Tang Ning looked at the fourth elder again and asked, "I just want to ask one question, can he be saved?"

"Yes." The fourth elder nodded and said, "As long as he is not dead, he can be saved."

The calming incense was originally configured by the fourth elder, and naturally no one knew it better than her. Tang Ning learned from the fourth elder that as long as he stopped using the calming incense, Chen Huang's health would not continue to deteriorate. As long as he took good care of himself, his body would slowly recover.

However, he had been poisoned for too long, and all his functions had been greatly damaged. It was impossible for him to recover to the lively state before the poisoning.

But who was Emperor Chen? He was the king of a country. The doctors around him were all experts in health preservation. With all kinds of methods, it was not a problem to help him prolong his life for ten or eight years.

Of course, the premise was that Emperor Chen was willing to put down the affairs of the court. If he worked hard to manage the government as he did before, he would really die in a few months with his current physical condition.

The antidote should be prepared as soon as possible, and Emperor Chen should be notified as soon as possible to stop using the tranquilizing incense.

Tang Ning was about to enter the palace again when Qing'er ran in from outside and handed a letter to Tang Ning, saying, "Son-in-law, there is a letter for you. The concierge said it was sent by a little girl..."

"Little girl?" Tang Ning took the letter, but did not open it directly. He checked it and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he opened the envelope.

The words on the envelope were very beautiful, and Tang Ning was very familiar with them.

On the eve of King Kang's rebellion, he received such a letter. The owner of the letter told him that King Kang was going to rebel at the ceremony.

This time, the person told him that Emperor Chen was poisoned, and the people who poisoned him were the Tang family and Concubine Tang Hui.

Tang Ning did not doubt the authenticity of the letter. In fact, just now, he had thought that once Emperor Chen died, the ones who had the greatest vested interests were obviously Prince Duan and Concubine Tang Hui.

Prince Run was still young, and Emperor Chen was not at ease to hand over the throne to him unless Prince Run grew up.

But if Emperor Chen could not wait until Prince Run grew up, Prince Duan would naturally come back into Emperor Chen's sight.

If someone poisoned Emperor Chen and wanted him to die early, this person must be Concubine Tang Hui.

He didn't know who wrote these two letters, nor did he know how he knew that King Kang and Prince Duan had done such a major secret, and he didn't know why he came to him every time, but he knew that the owner of this letter did not simply want to remind him.

The timing of his sending these two letters was too delicate. It was the night before King Kang rebelled and when King Duan was about to succeed in poisoning Emperor Chen...

When Tang Ning received these two letters, he could neither stop King Kang from rebelling in advance nor change the fact that King Duan poisoned Emperor Chen...

The only thing he could do was to stop the loss in time and save Emperor Chen at the last moment.

This person's purpose was already very clear. He didn't want Emperor Chen to die, nor did he want King Duan and King Kang to have a way out. The rebellion was going to happen tomorrow. How could King Kang regret it the night before? King Duan's plan to poison Emperor Chen would succeed in only half a month, and he had no way out.

Of course, it could also be that Tang Ning was judging others by his own standards. Others might just happen to know about these two major events, but were unwilling to risk their lives and get involved in this vortex, so they could only ask Tang Ning for help...

Before the truth of the matter came to light, all kinds of possibilities were possible. For some reason, a person's shadow suddenly appeared in Tang Ning's mind.

Prince Kang rebelled and was imprisoned, and Prince Duan poisoned Emperor Chen. Once the truth is revealed, they will not have a good ending. Therefore, the princes other than the two of them will naturally be the biggest beneficiaries.

But if Prince Huai knew the secrets of Prince Kang and Prince Duan, it would be too scary. The two princes competing for the throne were like chess pieces in his hands, at his mercy. Even Tang Ning and Emperor Chen were included in his calculations on the chessboard... This matter is extremely terrifying.

Although Tang Ning had this guess, he also felt that this matter was unreliable. He just planted a seed of doubt in his heart. The most important thing at the moment was to help Emperor Chen detoxify. If it was a few days later, he might really lose his father-in-law.

It was late today, and it might be too late to enter the palace. Besides, it would take time for the fourth elder to prepare the antidote. He could enter the palace at the earliest tomorrow afternoon.

Judging from Emperor Chen's physical condition today, he should not be unable to survive tonight.

The moonlight was bright. In Tang Ning's study, Tang Ning carefully examined three letters with the same handwriting and fell into deep thought.

In the study room in the Prince Huai's mansion, Prince Huai looked at the figure in the dark and said, "Didn't you go to Qiandi?"

"Something happened in Qiandi." The man said in a hoarse voice, "We have to stay in the capital for some time."

Prince Huai was silent for a moment and asked, "Can the poison of the tranquilizing incense be cured?"

"No." The figure in the dark said, "If it is stopped at this time, he can probably live for another half a year."

Prince Huai's face did not change, but his body sat straighter, his fists clenched in his sleeves, and a trace of pain appeared in his eyes.

These changes did not escape the eyes of the people in the dark.

"Don't you want him to die soon?" The man looked at King Huai and asked, "Why, you can't bear it?"

King Huai closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes had returned to indifference, and he said, "He should have died more than 20 years ago. I will be very happy if he dies."

"Then you are doomed to be disappointed." The man changed his tone and said, "The Anshenxiang was created by the fourth elder Xin Yi. She is now with Tang Ning. With her, that person can live for at least ten years."

The expression on King Huai's face remained unchanged, but the clenched fist in his sleeve quietly loosened.

"Okay." He said calmly, "Letting him die like this is a bit too easy for him. Many times, living is more painful than dying..."

The man heard the coldness in his words in the dark, and couldn't help feeling a little cold in his heart.

After a long time, she suppressed the fear in her heart and said, "I have helped you for so many years. After the matter is done, don't forget what you promised me..."