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Chapter 488 The Real Goal
"Are there any others?" Lu Qing asked after a moment of silence.

“Those women all had cloud-like patches on their bodies, which seemed to be related to the poison,” Zhu Yu said.

"Yes, you're right." Yan Daoxin arranged for the eunuchs to go out and do things for him. Now he was just waiting for them to bring him what he needed so he could tell them about his discovery. "This Brahma King doesn't have some strange illness. He's been poisoned to the bone marrow."

This poison is particularly peculiar. It is added in small amounts to each pill, so there will be no abnormalities at first. It takes years for the poison to accumulate in the body little by little before some signs will appear.

Furthermore, in the initial stages of consumption, the slight toxicity will not have any effect. On the contrary, some very precious and rare tonics will give people a feeling of being strong, healthy, and energetic in a short period of time. This will also make the person who takes the product lower their guard and no longer have any worries about it.

At this stage, let alone anything else, even if someone were to take his pulse, it would be very difficult to find any clues from the pulse.

By the time the poison has slowly taken hold and you realize something is wrong, it's already too late.

"Could those women have also taken some kind of medicine? Why did they die in the process?" Zhu Yu was very surprised by the way the two women had died. She didn't understand why the Brahma King, who had taken the slow-acting poison, was still hanging on by a thread, while the women who had served him had died, some quickly and some slowly.

"This is also the most bizarre thing about this poison. Its effects on men and women are completely different," Yan Daoxin explained. "In a man's body, this poison will cause him to have a reaction of being outwardly strong but inwardly weak. Although his body is actually gradually depleted under the erosion of the drug, he will appear to be rosy-cheeked and full of energy."

But the same medicinal properties, when passed through his body to those women, made the poison so potent that even arsenic and poison couldn't compare.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yu roughly understood: "So, the reason why those women were able to survive for more than half a year before dying was because Brahma himself was only mildly poisoned. Therefore, each time the poison was applied to them, it was very weak and would not kill them instantly. Instead, it would gradually erode their bodies until it accumulated to an unbearable level, at which point they would perish."

Later, when the poison in Brahma's own body had accumulated to an extremely high level, it was enough to kill those unfortunate women instantly.

“Yes! That’s exactly the point!” Yan Daoxin nodded. “These women aren’t even considered the dregs of the Brahma King’s medicine; they’re just unlucky.”

The allure of pleasure and indulgence is a particularly unethical aspect of this pill's preparation. The person who concocted it added a toad flower, which inherently stimulates desires. Combined with the tonics used to mask the toxicity of the pill… even the weakest and most frail person could be transformed into a vigorous and virile individual.

"So those cloud-like dark purplish-brown patches on their bodies...are signs of poisoning?"
"If that's the case, does that also mean that if this woman's poisoning was relatively mild, she might also have similar cloud-like patches on her body, but not as many, and not as dark in color?" Zhu Yu asked.

“That’s for sure. Otherwise, if you only favor a woman once, she won’t die, but her body will be covered in spots, like a perch. Not to mention whether the woman being served would mind, she herself would notice something amiss long ago.” Yan Daoxin gave an affirmative answer.

After saying that, he turned his face to Lu Qing, who was wearing a veiled hat: "However, to be honest, although the pill was made with great care, if we really look at it closely, there are some obvious flaws. Putting everything else aside, just take the beginning, for example, the Brahma King's favorite concubine actually died after serving him for more than half a year."

And it wasn't just one; even when they replaced her with another concubine, she still died after more than six months!
Fortunately, this Brahma King didn't seem to care much about the women who served him in bed. They died without any further investigation, which is why he continued to take the elixirs smoothly until now when he realized something was wrong.

If the woman is particularly wary, or if her status is not merely that of a favored concubine but rather someone of slightly higher rank, and she suddenly dies out of nowhere, the matter will definitely not be easily dismissed. A thorough investigation might very well uncover the root of the problem.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yu understood.

This elixir, made with rare and precious ingredients and possessing extremely unpredictable effects, was meticulously crafted to ensure that the user would be critically ill by the time they realized something was wrong, leaving others powerless and helpless. Such elaborate schemes and intricate plots must have been more than just a scheme to outwit Brahma.

Judging from Brahma's actual situation, although it took several years to persuade him and only now are some problems showing, it can be considered that the effects of the drug are slow and not easy to detect, thus achieving the goal of poisoning people in a subtle and gradual way.

However, his favorite concubines and beautiful maids could only live for a maximum of half a year after he started taking the elixirs.

If it weren't for the fact that this Brahma King seemed completely indifferent to everyone except himself, he probably would have become suspicious long ago.

If it were her father, Zhu Cheng, one or two of the concubines and maids in the backyard would die every six months or so, and he would not have been unaware of it.

Not to mention, what if such a thing happened in the palace instead of in the Prince's residence?

The concubines in the palace were all of extremely high status compared to ordinary people outside the palace. Apart from Consort Duan, each of them relied on a powerful and influential family.

Moreover, they were the ones in the harem who had the best chance of coming into contact with Emperor Jin. Even if a beauty of the lowest rank died mysteriously and without cause, with her body covered in cloud-like bruises and her body tense and convulsing, it would probably have alarmed many people long ago, and they would have to find out the truth no matter what.

So it's clear that Yan Daoxin couldn't say it directly, but his meaning was very clear—the high priest Ishaen, who concocted the elixir, wasn't actually after Brahma.

Furthermore, judging from the calm and peaceful situation in the palace over the past few years, the elixir has been adjusted after being tested by King Brahma.