The Tyrant's Sickly Consort Refuses to Die novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: Burn It Down
Su Ming's skin was cold under his hands, and Xiao Jue could not make his own hands stop.
"Seize him," he said.
His voice came out as a growl he did not recognize.
"Seize the Imperial Physician. If he opens his mouth again, take out his tongue."
The guards fell on the physician and dragged him back across the stone.
Xiao Jue did not watch.
He had Su Ming on his knees at the foot of the throne, with the grey head against his shoulder.
The pulse under his fingers was going much too fast and then much too slow.
The tremor had taken the whole body.
The jaw was locked.
The lips had gone from white to blue.
"Physicians!"
Five of them came, the oldest and the youngest, and knelt, and laid fingers on the wrist, and drew back with grey faces.
"Majesty, the heart"
"Do something."
"The tea, Majesty. If we could find the" The oldest broke off. "The root is not in the Academy's stores. We have never needed it."
"Master!"
Qiu Ye had burst through the line of guards, with her cloak half off and her hair coming down.
She dropped to her knees on the other side of Su Ming.
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