With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

This time, Emperor Mingde did not comfort her as before, but shook off her hand and walked down the steps.

Currently, the biggest mystery lies in whether the Imperial Noble Consort poisoned Nangong Wu.

The first time I realized how stupid this woman was, she actually poisoned someone at her own birthday banquet. If she were found out, in front of so many people, even if he were the king of a country, he couldn't protect her.

"Summon all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Academy!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" A member of the Imperial Guard turned and hurried away.

Emperor Mingde walked over and saw that Nangong Wu's face was pale and black blood was constantly flowing from the corner of her mouth. She looked like she had been poisoned.

"Professor Zou, have you been able to determine what kind of poison Ru Ning has been given?"

"Your Majesty, the poison His Highness has contracted is extremely rare and insidious. I have never seen anything like it in all my years of medical practice," said Imperial Physician Zou with a solemn expression.

Nangong Wu thought to herself, "The poison was something I concocted in my previous life. It's not something from here. It's no wonder you've seen it."

"Then can you cure this poison?" Emperor Mingde asked hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, ordinary antidotes won't work, but the Hundred Poisons Pill might be able to help. Otherwise, if the poisoning lasts for more than an hour, even a great immortal would be helpless," said Imperial Physician Zou.

"The Hundred Poison Pill?" Emperor Mingde's expression darkened further.

The Hundred Poison Pill was made by the Medicine King and can cure all poisons. It is said that it contains several rare medicinal herbs that are extremely difficult to find and are incredibly precious.

That was more than thirty years ago. The late emperor was assassinated and wounded by an arrow. The arrow was highly poisoned and his condition was critical. It was Uncle Wang who ran for three days and nights to find Medicine King Valley and exchanged his kindness for two Hundred Poison Pills from the Medicine King.

The late emperor took one pill, which cured the poison, and the remaining pill was kept in the treasure pavilion.

It's such a waste that Nangong Wu ate such a precious Hundred Poisons Pill; there won't be a second one like it.

Nangong Wu was surprised to hear that there was a medicine that could cure her poison.

Seeing Emperor Mingde hesitate, Li Shuang knelt down and pleaded, "Your Majesty, please save His Highness!"

"Father, this is a matter of life and death. Since there is an antidote, please use it to save Sister Ru Ning!" Nangong Yi also pleaded.

Nangong Wu is now on his side and is his biggest asset; he can't let anything happen to her.

"We implore Your Majesty to provide the antidote to save Prince Zhenyuan." Thirty percent of the officials pleaded for the medicine for Nangong Wu.

"Someone, go to the Treasure Pavilion and fetch the Antidote!" Emperor Mingde had no choice but to send someone to fetch the antidote.

Nangong Wu was poisoned at the banquet, and all the officials knew there was an antidote. He couldn't refuse to give it to her even if he wanted to!

The commander of the Imperial Guards personally went to retrieve the antidote and delivered it to the Imperial Physician Zou as quickly as possible.

"I will do it myself..." Nangong Wu took the antidote.

The moment the Hundred Poison Pill reached her palm, it transformed into a candy of the same color, which she then put into her mouth.

Li Shuang found a cup of water, tested it with a silver needle to make sure it wasn't poisonous, and then gave it to Nangong Wu to deliver the medicine.

"Your Highness, how are you feeling?"

"I wasn't poisoned. This was a scheme I set up for the Imperial Noble Consort." Nangong Wu whispered this to Li Shuang, then grabbed her hand and placed a small porcelain bottle in her palm.

"This is the poison from the bird's nest. When we search it later, we'll put it on the palace maid next to Zhou Chuchu."

Li Shuang immediately understood what she was going to do. She gripped the small bottle tightly.

Inside the main hall, because Nangong Wu had been poisoned, the banquet could no longer continue. The ministers and their families stood together, while the palace maids and eunuchs knelt there, trembling with fear.

Regardless of whether they were involved in the poisoning or not, they would be implicated if such an incident occurred at the palace banquet.

"Father, this must be Nangong Wu in disguise. Don't believe her." Nangong Lingling jumped out.

Because she knew that what she had given Nangong Wu was just a sleeping potion, not some kind of deadly poison.

"Nangong Lingling, what do you mean by that?" Nangong Yi glared at her. "Why don't you eat the rest of this half-bowl of bird's nest soup, and then pretend to vomit blood for everyone to see?"

"That must have been poisoned by Nangong Wu herself. Why would I eat it?" Nangong Lingling, relying on Emperor Mingde's favor, feared no one.

"All of you, shut up!" Emperor Mingde snapped. "What time is it? Why are you still causing me trouble?"

Nangong Lingling was rarely reprimanded by Emperor Mingde, and her face immediately turned pitiful, and she dared not speak again.

"Your Majesty, the person has been captured!" Li An strode in carrying a person and threw him down in the middle of the hall.

Everyone looked and saw that it was the palace maid who had brought up the bird's nest.

Upon seeing that the palace maid had actually been arrested, the faces of the Imperial Noble Consort and her daughter, as well as Madam Zhou and her daughter, all changed.

Li Shuang pointed at the palace maid, "Your Majesty, it was she who brought the bird's nest soup. She must have poisoned Your Highness."

"Damn it!" Li An kicked the palace maid hard, then said to Emperor Mingde:

"Your Majesty, I noticed this palace maid acting suspiciously, so I followed her quietly. I was surprised to find that she was trying to leave the palace through a dog hole. I found her very suspicious and brought her here."

"How dare you, you lowly wench! Speak! Did you poison the bird's nest?" Emperor Mingde asked angrily.

"No... I'm not a servant..." The palace maid got up, knelt down, and kowtowed to Emperor Mingde.

"Your Majesty, this servant has done nothing wrong. I beg Your Majesty to investigate."

"Since you didn't do anything, why did you sneak out of the palace through the dog hole?" Li An demanded.

"This servant...this servant doesn't want to serve in the palace anymore, so I want to take advantage of today's palace banquet to leave the palace," the palace maid argued.

"Search her body for me. If she doesn't tell the truth, torture her," Emperor Mingde ordered impatiently.

If it was indeed this palace maid who poisoned them, there might still be poison on her person.

The palace maid trembled violently, knowing she was doomed.

"Your subordinate is here." Li Shuang had been waiting for this moment and stepped forward to search the palace maid's body.

"Don't touch me, I didn't do anything..." the palace maid struggled desperately.

"Slap! Slap!" Li Shuang slapped the palace maid twice hard, then used acupressure to numb her pressure points, rendering her unable to move.

Li Shuang searched the palace maid and found a small package on her body.

It was something wrapped in a small square handkerchief.

She opened the small bag and found a small paper packet and a small porcelain bottle inside.

The palace maid's eyes widened in terror. "That porcelain vase isn't mine. She's framing me..."

"The items were found on you, everyone saw it, and you still dare to say you're innocent?" Li Shuang kicked her away and handed the items to Dean Zou.

"Your Excellency, could you please take a look at what all these things are?"

Dean Zou took the two items. He first opened the small paper package and found some white powder inside.

"It really is a toxic fan."

Those who attended the banquet felt a chill run down their spines.

Even palace banquets have people daring to poison food; we'll have to be careful when eating in the palace from now on.

Zou Yuan sniffed the small packet of powder and reported to Emperor Mingde: "Your Majesty, this is a hallucinogen and a sedative."

"Investigate further!" Emperor Mingde roared in fury. "I want to see who has the audacity to poison me at a palace banquet right in front of me!"