The fragrance of medicine is alluring, the farm elder sister is cool and cool

The day before the selection, Wen Qingcheng gave all the prepared medicines to A Xuan to bring to Mo Jinghong. In the afternoon, Mo Jinghong also brought two middle-aged maids over.

As soon as they entered the room, Wen Qingcheng ran out happily, but when she saw that Mo Jinghong had brought someone with him, she was stunned. Then she reacted and immediately restrained herself. Mo Jinghong was in a good mood when he saw that his little girl was happy and restrained to see him.

"Cheng'er, these two are originally aunts from the palace. They are invited here today to teach you court etiquette. This one is Aunt Song, and this one is Aunt Xia." Mo Jinghong introduced.

Wen Qingcheng greeted with a smile, and together with Bai Wei, they paid their respects to the two aunts. Both aunts were dressed in low-key and gorgeous clothes, with their hair and makeup very neat and tidy. When they saw Wen Qingcheng paying her respects, they hurriedly extended their hands to support her.

"Miss Wen, along the way, the prince has already told us about your situation. Today, let's get familiar with the etiquette of the palace."

Wen Qingcheng asked them to come in with a confused look on her face, "Bai Wei, hurry up and pour tea for the two aunts." After giving instructions, Wen Qingcheng walked to Mo Jinghong and whispered, "Why do I have to learn court etiquette? Do I have to go to the selection tomorrow?"

"That's right. My little girl is so smart. I believe she will learn it quickly."

"Ah? Let me enter the palace tomorrow?" Wen Qingcheng felt a little excited. The palace was not a tourist attraction and not everyone could go there. It would be nice to take this opportunity to take a look.

"Yes, the emperor said that the owner of each pharmacy can bring his own master chef to the banquet. This is the procedure, take a look." After saying this, Mo Jinghong took out a piece of paper from his lapel.

Wen Qingcheng opened it and saw that it was the selection process for tomorrow. In fact, Mo Jinghong had sent samples of He's new medicine to the palace for a preliminary selection a few days ago. It was said that there were thousands of candidates from major pharmaceutical workshops across the country, and 80% of them were eliminated in the first round. Tomorrow's selection was actually the second round, that is, Princess Anle would personally select, the imperial pharmacy would comment, and then the final winner would be decided.

During Princess Anle's selection, pharmacists like Wen Qingcheng were not present, but were waiting in a side hall. After the selection was over and the Emperor gave a banquet, Wen Qingcheng would go to the banquet.

"Cheng'er, don't be nervous. I'll be here for you tomorrow." Mo Jinghong saw that Wen Qingcheng's breathing was a little disordered, and comforted her softly.

"Who's nervous? I'm actually looking forward to it. Don't worry, etiquette and the like are no problem for me." Wen Qingcheng's learning ability is impeccable. Besides, she had watched many historical dramas in her previous life and had a general understanding of court etiquette. She only needed a little guidance from her two teaching aunts.

On the day of the selection, Mo Jinghong represented the He family, as well as some of the owners of the pharmaceutical workshops who presented medicines and their respective masters, all entered the palace. Today's selection site was chosen to be in Changle Palace. Princess Anle, wearing a crimson long dress, held the Queen Mother's hand, followed by the Queen Consort and Concubine Cao, and walked into Changle Palace together with a group of palace maids.

As the master of the He family, Wen Qingcheng was not allowed to enter in the first round of selection. Only the owners of major pharmacies were allowed in. Wen Qingcheng looked at the legendary Princess Anle from a distance.

Princess Anle is about thirty years old this year. Although she has given birth to two princes in Beichen Kingdom, she is still slim and well-proportioned, like a girl. I thought princesses were all willful and capricious, but I didn't expect that Princess Anle has a gentle and elegant temperament, which is somewhat similar to Mo Lianche. Her clear eyebrows and eyes are full of heroism and a hint of majesty. Wen Qingcheng couldn't help but sigh, she is indeed a proud daughter of heaven.

Changle Palace had been completely decorated, with the owners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Imperial Pharmacy, and the major pharmaceutical factories all present. Although there were many people in the room, the palace was surprisingly quiet. Soon, the emperor came down, surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids, followed by the crown prince, the second prince, the third prince, and others.

In the Great Qi Dynasty, not only in the capital, but also in all the top-ranked pharmacy shops, there were more than 400 kinds of medicines. If Princess Anle was interested, she would stop and listen to the explanation of the pharmacy owner, but if she was not interested, she would just skip it. Those that were skipped would be removed by the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, indicating that they were eliminated.

There were few medicines that were pleasing to the eye this year. They were all pretty much the same as in previous years, except that the pharmacies had improved on the medicines of previous years. Princess Anle was a little disappointed that she didn't see anything she liked. She had already looked at more than a hundred kinds and only kept one.

"Royal sister, are you unable to choose from so many medicinal herbs? Don't be anxious, take your time to pick." Prince Mo Lianche said with a smile.

"In the past, the He family exclusively supplied Beichen Kingdom. The quality of He family's medicine is indeed excellent. Chief pharmacist Lu Qiuyu is a god in the pharmaceutical industry. I wonder which ones were contributed by the He family." Princess Anle trusted Lu Qiuyu.

In this selection, for the sake of fairness, each medicine was not labeled with which pharmacy it came from. Only when Princess Anle asked about it would the owner of the pharmacy come over to explain.

The third prince Mo Lianyi said: "I heard that Master Lu of the He family was poisoned a few days ago, and he is still lying at home and can't get out of bed."

"Master Lu... was poisoned? Can the poison be cured?" Princess Anle was a little surprised that the master pharmacist could also be poisoned.

Mo Jinghong, who was standing aside, stepped forward and saluted. Anle raised his hand to indicate that it was unnecessary. Mo Jinghong explained, "Royal sister, Master Lu was indeed poisoned, but he has been detoxified and is currently recuperating at home."

Princess Anle frowned and thought for a while before nodding: "Take me to see the medicines that your He family has prepared for this year."

"Yes, sister." Mo Jinghong took Princess Anle to the exhibition area where He's drugs were being selected.

Princess Anle lowered her eyes to the brown particles piled on the gold-painted bone china tray on the table.

"Jinghong, you He family are always creative. What kind of medicine is this? Why is it in this form?" Anle asked with a smile.

"This is a wind-cold granule. You only need to dissolve it in water and mix it evenly before taking it. It tastes sweet and is very suitable for young children who have difficulty feeding medicine. This dosage form can also be made into a variety of prescriptions, such as motherwort granules and donkey-hide gelatin granules. Compared with traditional decoctions, granules not only maintain the characteristics of rapid absorption of decoctions, but also do not require decocting, which is very convenient." Mo Jinghong introduced.

Princess Anle stopped with interest and asked, "Oh? Such a small packet has the effect of a decoction?"

Beichen State is located in a very cold place, and the winter is particularly cold. The people there and the border soldiers are very likely to catch a cold. If there are such granules, they can be carried with them and taken with hot water. Her youngest son, the little prince of Beichen State, always fears the bitterness of taking medicine when he is sick, and several palace maids and wet nurses can't feed him. If there are these granules, they are sweet, and children can drink them.

Mo Jinghong smiled and replied, "Sister, this granule dosage form is also concentrated from the decoction. It has the same effect as the decoction." After that, Mo Jinghong ordered someone to bring a teapot, scoop some donkey-hide gelatin granules into the teacup with a medicine spoon, and mix it with warm water. Soon, a cup of brown liquid medicine was prepared and handed to Princess Anle.