For the examination, naturally, the clothes have to be removed. Empress Mu was accustod to being attended to, so being naked wasn’t a big deal. However, having soone unfamiliar conduct the examination was sowhat awkward.
Qin Liuxi noticed her discomfort and said, "Your Majesty, just pretend I’m not here."
Seeing Qin Liuxi completely unembarrassed, Empress Mu scoffed at herself. At her age, she was less composed than a young girl. She then asked, "Do you often examine patients this way?"
"Certainly not. For so won’s ailnts, a full examination is necessary. It’s the sa for n."
Empress Mu’s pupils shook in shock.
Cuizhu’s breathing beca rapid. "n are examined this way too?"
Qin Liuxi smiled, "For rare and difficult ailnts, a comprehensive examination is needed. When I was young, studying dicine, I even dissected many bodies."
Everyone: "..."
How did the topic turn to the paranormal?
Qin Liuxi continued, "A doctor’s heart is like a parent’s. To , the male and female bodies are essentially similar, just with so structural differences."
Coughs.
Everyone blushed. What structure? That structure?
Qin Liuxi had Empress Mu lie down, then summoned the Golden Silkworm Gu and said, "Your Majesty need not fear. This is the Gu Emperor; it won’t harm you. It will only help quickly identify any anomalies. If there are poisonous insects in your body, they’ll be revealed."
"You suspect I’ve been poisoned?"
"Perhaps, but there’s no harm in checking. Shall we begin?"
Empress Mu nodded, watching the golden insect land on her body, causing goosebumps. But soon, Qin Liuxi’s actions drew her attention.
"Why start from the toes?" Madam Mu was curious.
Qin Liuxi carefully observed the toenail crevices, focused, and said, "The saying goes, ’Ten fingers connected to the heart.’ If wanting to perform yin-damaging magic, taking fingertip blood is akin to Heart Blood. Starting from these places can reach the heart."
Understanding dawned on everyone; so there was such a theory.
Qin Liuxi quickly finished examining the feet, moving upward, her hands probing Empress Mu’s body. Aside from the coldness, there was nothing unusual. She lived in luxury and although approaching fifty, maintained her body well, with no spare flesh or scars.
She held Empress Mu’s hand and found nothing.
Could she have misjudged?
She thought briefly, closed her eyes slightly, and made a skill with her hands, using True Qi to probe the bones and ridians inside her body.
Squeak squeak.
Suddenly, there was movent by the Golden Silkworm Gu.
Qin Liuxi opened her eyes and saw the Gu lying on Empress Mu’s hair.
Thinking of Empress Mu’s constant complaints of headache, she approached and loosened the headband, letting down her hair, and began probing her scalp inch by inch until she reached the Gu’s position.
Her hand paused, letting Empress Mu sit up. She parted the hair near the Bai Hui acupoint and saw a tiny needle-hole. She pressed it.
Empress Mu scread, "It hurts!"
Qin Liuxi’s expression darkened and said to Cuizhu, "Do we have a magnetic stone? Go fetch it; if not, ask the Imperial Physician."
Cuizhu thought for a mont and said, "We have so."
She left the chamber, quickly returning with a spherical object, wound with colorful thread. She casually unwrapped a piece, handed it over, and said, "This is a toy of the Young Prince, specially made for him by Her Majesty. The magnetic stone is wrapped in silk; will it do?"
Qin Liuxi took it, unwound the silk, and pressed the magnetic stone to the small hole on the scalp.
A faint ringing sound echoed into her eardrums.
Qin Liuxi carefully pulled out the needle, causing Empress Mu to tremble like a sieve, screaming in pain. Her head felt as if filled with thousands of needles in the marrow, moving intensified the cold sweat.
Qin Liuxi, with a somber expression, waited until the magnetic stone exposed a bit more of the needle’s head before quickly pinching and withdrawing it.
Empress Mu’s head spun, and she fell back limply, supported by Cuizhu.
Madam Mu had already seen the slender black needle in Qin Liuxi’s hand, as long as a finger but fine as hair, and covered her mouth in terror. So terrifying.
Cuizhu also trembled, how could this be? How did such a long needle end up in Her Majesty’s head?
No wonder, no wonder she complained of headaches, it was this thing causing it.
Moreover, the needle was completely black, exuding a chilling energy even from a distance.
Empress Mu, breathing heavily, looked at Qin Liuxi’s hand, her pupils contracting, and stamred, "This, this ca from my head?"
"Yes."
The series of shocks made Empress Mu unable to bear it any longer, and she spat out a mouthful of foul blood.
Madam Mu and Cuizhu scread.
Qin Liuxi checked Empress Mu’s pulse and said, "It’s alright; the foul blood contained toxins. Spitting it out is better. If it was stored and accumulated, it would be harder to treat."
Saying this, she fetched a dicine bottle from her Qiankun Bag, took out a Detoxification Pill, and gave it to Empress Mu.
Empress Mu opened her mouth and swallowed it without hesitation, Madam Mu promptly brought warm water to help.
"So my headaches and chills were not due to a cold making weak, but because of this needle’s mischief?" Empress Mu tightly stared at the chilling needle, "What is this thing?"
"Yin Evil Needle," Qin Liuxi said. "This needle is nurtured with human corpses; the greater the resentnt of the deceased, the more yin it accumulates, and the more potent its evil. The longer it’s nurtured, the stronger it becos. This is considered an evil magic artifact. Recently, I encountered soone using this Yin Evil Needle to seal a woman’s orifices and suppress her soul."
Empress Mu’s body slightly trembled.
Madam Mu, with a trembling voice, asked, "How did such a thing end up in Her Majesty’s body? Who placed the needle, and can soone live with a needle in their head?"
"This fine needle, as thin as hair, is quite hard to detect. When it pierces the head, as long as it doesn’t hit a fatal artery, living isn’t difficult. But as an alien object penetrating the brain, discomfort is inevitable. Dizziness and headaches are the most common symptoms. Moreover, it carries Yin Evil; when this evil aura enters the body, it causes chills throughout." Qin Liuxi examined the needle, "If it hadn’t fully embedded in your head, leaving out even a hint of a tail, I could have seen the yin energy."
She picked up the Golden Silkworm Gu, tapping it lightly, "You’ve done a great feat this ti."
The Golden Silkworm Gu circled happily in her palm, quickly crawling back into her sleeve’s wrist.
Empress Mu let out a cold laugh, "So, I fell victim to a sinister sche, completely unaware. If not for the master, my cause of death would have been attributed to a cold and physical weakness?"
Indeed, an act this bold, inserting a needle into such a critical area of the head under her nose, turned her Fengyang Palace into a sieve!
Empress Mu glared fiercely at the long needle, a hint of icy murderous intent in her eyes!
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