Drunk Bamboo

"Qi Zhen, how is Nanny's health?" Xie Yuzhu finally waited for Qi Zhen.

"As the doctor said before, you need to rest."

There was nothing wrong with Qi Zhen's expression and his tone was normal.

Xie Yuzhu stared at him with a suspicious look on his face:

"Mammy sent us all out and left you alone in the room. But what did she say to you?"

Qi Zhen put the medicine box aside, sat down slowly, and lowered his eyes slightly.

"Doctors are like parents to their patients, so they always consider the best of their patients. The previous doctor has been taking care of Madam, and he has done his best to protect Madam's health. However, as Madam said, man cannot defeat nature, and everyone will grow old one day. Try to maintain your health, consume less, stay in a good mood, and spend more time with her."

There is no flaw in this reason.

Qi Zhen was very nervous. He was always timid and didn't want to lie. But what he told was not a lie. His patient was Mammy, so he had to consider her.

On the table were tea and snacks that Baiguo had prepared in advance.

Qi Zhen picked up the teacup, hiding her inner panic and looking very calm.

The next moment, a look of guilt appeared on Xie Yuzhu's face.

"The prince used to be in the western frontier, so he didn't have much time to accompany Nanny, and he could only see her once every few years. After I entered the mansion, Nanny didn't let me work hard, nor did she let me worry about taking care of her. At first, I ate at Bailianxuan every day, but later I was busy studying medicine, and sometimes I ate at Anhe Restaurant when I went out, so I did see Nanny less often."

She believed what Qi Zhen said.

"Since you have already taken my pulse, I feel more at ease. When the prince comes back, I will talk to him and ask him to spend more time with Nanny."

Qi Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "That would be the best. The elderly need company."

"I was not thoughtful enough and suspected that Nanny was seriously ill. It turns out I didn't care enough about her." What the elderly need most is the company of their family and the care of their children.

The matter was managed by muddling through.

Qi Zhen immediately changed the subject: "Is there anything else the princess asked me to come for?"

Xie Yuzhu immediately said seriously: "I have encountered some doubts when I entered the palace these two days. I hope you can help."

"Princess, please feel free to speak."

"When I went to the East Palace the day before yesterday, I smelled a special fragrance on the Crown Prince. The Crown Princess said it was the flower god fragrance in the Crown Prince's study. Do you know anything about this fragrance?"

"The Crown Prince has suffered from asthma since he was young. In the past, Gao Fengyu took care of him personally. Whenever Gao Fengyu was summoned by His Majesty or the Imperial Concubine, he would ask me to check the Crown Prince's pulse, so I would go to the Eastern Palace occasionally. Now my position is only to treat palace maids and eunuchs, and I have never been to the Eastern Palace again."

Qi Zhen thought for a moment, and then said, "The flower god fragrance that the princess mentioned was personally prepared by Gao Fengyu. It is made from dozens of precious herbs and flowers. The fragrance is light. Even if you are not in the garden, you feel as if you are in a field of flowers. It makes you feel very happy when you smell it."

Xie Yuzhu asked: "The Crown Prince has asthma, shouldn't he be particularly allergic to pollen or something like that?"

Qi Zhen was slightly startled and said truthfully, "The Crown Princess is very careful about the Crown Prince's affairs, so she told the Empress about it. My family has been practicing medicine for generations, and most of us have served as imperial physicians in the palace. Compared to Gao Fengyu, the Empress trusts me more. So, she asked me to go to the East Palace to see if there is anything wrong with the Flower God Incense."

"After you looked at it, do you have any questions?" Xie Yuzhu looked at him.

"Yes. The following herbs are all effective in relieving asthma." He nodded with an affirmative look in his eyes.

"Princess, do you think there's something wrong with the Flower God Incense?"

"I don't know yet, so I came to ask you." Xie Yuzhu lowered his head and thought.

Hearing Qi Zhen say it herself, she should be relieved.

Then he asked, "Do you know the pathogen of the plague ten years ago, the principles of treatment, and the details of the prescription?"

Qi Zhen was stunned.

Seeing that his face looked strange, Xie Yuzhu asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"

"No one dares to mention the plague. It is His Majesty's Achilles' heel and the shame of the entire Rao Kingdom." He shook his head. It was really horrifying to hear the word plague again and again today.

He knew that Xie Yuzhu was unwilling to give up, and even if she didn't get the information from him, she would ask someone else.

It's better for him to say it.

"Ten years ago, I just entered the palace and was just a small doctor. I remember that I boiled and decocted medicine every day. The head of the Shang Pharmacy was still Li Fengyu. When the plague broke out, all the doctors or drug dealers in Zhongdu who knew a little about medicine were called into the palace, and Li Fengyu led them to study the prescription. In the end, it was a traveling doctor invited by the Imperial Concubine who came up with the prescription. He is the current Gao Fengyu."

Xie Yuzhu: "No one tried to find out why the epidemic occurred at that time?"

Suddenly she was stunned by the question, and after a while she answered: "There were many merchants traveling to Zhongdu from the south and the north, and no one knew where the epidemic came from. Zhongdu was like hell on earth at that time, and no one looked back afterwards. His Majesty did not mention it at all, and praised Gao Fengyu highly. From then on, the position of the Imperial Noble Consort was firmly established."

Xie Yuzhu's heart sank, and he said coldly: "People don't want to recall the pain, and the emperor doesn't want to mention the shame. But no one has investigated the root cause of this pain and shame."

If this plague is a trap...

She didn't dare to think about it.

"What do you mean, Princess?" Qi Zhen was stunned.

"Do you have the prescription?" Xie Yuzhu collected his thoughts.

"I was in charge of decocting the medicine at the time, and I had a general idea of ​​it, but I was afraid that it might be incomplete. Afterwards, I asked the imperial physician for the prescription to learn a little, but I was severely punished. He said that nothing about the plague was allowed to be mentioned in the palace, including the prescription. Now the prescription is sealed in the attic of the library of the Shang Pharmacy, and the key is in the hands of Gao Fengyu."

"Can you get some flower goddess incense and the prescription from the palace?"

"Princess...are you joking?" Qi Zhen's mouth twitched.

"To lighten your burden, I'll ask someone else to get the Flower God Fragrance. You can first draw the pattern of the attic lock according to the original proportions, and I'll ask someone to make a key for you." Xie Yuzhu said generously.

"I'm... scared... I've never done anything like this before..." He shuddered all over.

How come it's related to the plague again? !

"Don't you want to know what's so magical about the prescription that can cure that hellish plague? Don't you want to study deeper and explore to solve the doubts of the past ten years? Do you want to see the prescription?" Xie Yuzhu narrowed his eyes and guided him step by step.

"...I do." He really wanted to see the prescription.

It turns out that we can’t mention the plague, as it will bring bad consequences.

Today he not only cheated people, but also wanted to steal.

Jiangbei County Government Office.

A team, several prison vans.

"Your Majesty, don't you want me to stay in the dungeon forever, without seeing the sun?" The man in the prison car who had not seen the light for a long time sneered with narrowed eyes.

"It's a dark and lightless dungeon, whether it's Jiangbei County or Zhongdu, it's the same. Despair knows no place." Hua Qinfeng said coldly.

Zhang Xinghe glanced at the guards behind him.

The guards immediately covered the prison car with a huge black cloth.

Chaoyang: "Let's go back to Zhongdu."

"Yes!"

Hua Qinfeng rode on his horse, looking towards the direction of Zhongdu.

I'm finally going home, and I really want to see Yuzhu soon.

Thinking of this, the gloom on his face suddenly disappeared.