"What is it?" Xiang Long Wei asked, his gaze sharpening. "Your Majesty, when the First Prince and Yang Cairen vomited, traces of human flesh were found in it," Imperial Physician Chen reported calmly.
"Upon examination, the tissue showed signs consistent with the symptoms of the plague, as previously described by Chief Imperial Physician Shen Yiming and Imperial Poison Specialist Zhao Lianfeng."
Eunuch Zhao couldn't help but shiver upon hearing Imperial Physician Chen's words. Someone added human flesh from an infected corpse to the food Yang Cairen and the First Prince ate? Doesn't that mean they've practically been infected with the plague? And not just them… there is a possibility that it was added to everyone's food in that palace, too… Eunuch Zhao thought, horror rising in his chest.
