The whole class traveled through time, the prince's wife was exiled to the wasteland and became

"The Yun family and the other two families bought out the scattered small medicine shops in Lingnan and joined forces to target our He family's medicine shop."

He Jing said distressedly, "They have lowered the price of medicinal materials to an incredibly low level. Now it is the season of change, and everyone goes to their pharmacy to buy medicine."

"The He family's medicine shop is not doing well. Many medicinal materials are unsalable and cannot be kept in the warehouse for long. When the south wind returns in February next year, large areas will become moldy due to the dampness."

After listening to this, Jiang Lili realized that this was just a modern price war.

"My two cousins' medicinal materials prices also dropped, but the other party dropped them even more."

"If we continue to lower the price, we will lose money. Although this is a crisis for the entire He family, my brothers and sisters are doing better than me. They can hold on, but I, a loser at the bottom of the social ladder, cannot."

Jiang Lili knew that the most taboo thing in a price war was to be led by the other party.

This season change is indeed when the demand for medicinal materials is high, and drug stores also want to take this opportunity to clear their inventory.

There are two solutions at the moment. One is to solve the problem of unsalable products, or to store these medicinal materials for a longer period of time under appropriate conditions.

"Well, your pharmacy will remain idle and operate as usual." Jiang Lili spoke after deep thought.

He Jing's eyes lit up: "Could it be that Miss Jiang has a way to solve it?"

Jiang Lili nodded: "Yes, it may cost some money, but it will definitely not make you lose too much. Not to mention the He family, at least it will allow you, He Jing, to stand firm in this turmoil."

Jiang Lili thought that even if she rented a warehouse in modern times to store these unsaleable medicinal materials, she could use the silver given by He Jing to offset the warehouse rental fee, so it would not be a loss at all.

As a porter, she can even make a profit from the difference.

Besides, the specialty herbs produced in Lingnan are sold at low prices locally, but their value increases several times in the capital, so there is no need to worry about sales.

"I congratulate this person for his life. From now on, it will be yours!"

He Jing originally just wanted to complain to Jiang Lili, but he didn't expect that he could find a way out from Jiang Lili!

"Some of the other brothers and sisters in the He family are now in disarray. If I can remain stable during this turmoil, my aunt will at least look up to me."

With Jiang Lili as his pillar of support, He Jing was no longer in a hurry and continued to work hard in secret as time passed.

Beijing.

Another five days passed, and Emperor Qingning and the Empress Dowager did not receive the news of Concubine Ying's death in the cold palace.

But they don’t have time to care about the cold palace now, because Marquis Chengyang fainted yesterday.

It was Emperor Qingning who rewarded him with the precious Tianshan Snow Lotus stored in the ice storage, which saved the man's life.

Queen Mother Yu cried every day and looked much more haggard.

She had no appetite today, hadn't eaten anything in the morning, and fainted from hunger.

After the court session, Emperor Qingning personally brought the palace maids from the imperial kitchen to serve the empress dowager her meal.

On the bed, the Queen Mother leaned against the headboard and sighed repeatedly. She stopped only when she saw Emperor Qingning coming: "My son, I made you worry."

Emperor Qingning advised earnestly: "Mother, please eat a few bites. You can't fall ill at this time."

"Take a bite, just think of it as a consideration for the child."

The empress dowager then nodded reluctantly. Seeing this, Qingzhu, the senior palace maid beside her, brought the golden pumpkin porridge to Emperor Qingning, who fed the porridge to the empress dowager.

Empress Dowager Yu then reluctantly drank a few mouthfuls of golden pumpkin porridge. Her eyelids drooped, and she asked weakly, "It's been a while since the imperial edict was issued, and no one has taken action yet?"

"Yes, but the methods have been tried on the infected patients first. They only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. They are not as good as the imperial doctors in the palace." Emperor Qingning tried his best to control his irritability. He saw the head maid Qingzhu who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and asked in confusion: "Qingzhu, do you have something to say?"

"You are also an elder by my mother's side. If you have anything to say, just say it directly. I won't blame you."

Qing Zhu bowed his head when he heard this. "Rumors are spreading in the palace that Imperial Concubine Ying's door was opened this morning, and Imperial Concubine Ying, who was bedridden, actually came out on her own to dry her clothes. Her complexion was normal and she had no signs of fever."

"She looks more energetic than before she was sent to the cold palace!

Emperor Qingning and the Queen Mother were both shocked: "What?!"

The solution to the epidemic that the entire Imperial Hospital and even half of the Great Sheng Dynasty was helpless to deal with actually appeared in the cold palace?

Emperor Qingning calmed down his shock and confusion: "Tell me more details! Are you sure that the epidemic that Concubine Ying contracted is completely cured?"

Qing Zhu said respectfully, "The maidservant of Imperial Concubine Ying has also gone back to serve Imperial Concubine Ying. She said that Imperial Concubine Ying's epidemic has almost healed."

The Queen Mother had a complicated expression: "How is this possible? Didn't the imperial physician treat her? How could she suddenly get better out of nowhere?"

"I also went to inquire. It was said that after Concubine Ying was isolated, no one took care of her. She dragged herself from the bed to the door, opened the dry food and herbal medicine bag thrown at the door by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and picked some herbs to chew."

Qingzhu recalled what the palace servants said and what she saw, and trembled: "I heard that after Concubine Ying ate these herbs on the first day, she vomited and had diarrhea, and her bedding was covered with blood."

"I sent a young eunuch to take a look earlier. There were bloodstains on Concubine Ying's clothes and the isolated room."

"After vomiting and diarrhea for half a month, Imperial Concubine Ying was gradually able to walk again."

Emperor Qingning was suspicious: "These are all herbs distributed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Why are they useless to others? Why did Imperial Concubine Ying eat them carelessly? Did she feel better?"

"Noble Concubine Ying was a sickly woman. Among the items she brought to the cold palace were some rare medicinal herbs. The palace servants didn't know the value of them, so they stole her gold, silver and jewelry, but left the herbs untouched, because they were not available to other patients."

Qingzhu is indeed an old man beside the empress dowager, and he has inquired about everything very thoroughly: "The maidservant beside Concubine Ying said that before she came of age, Concubine Ying had read all the books in the study of Marquis Zhaoping's mansion, and one of them was the epidemic prevention and control notes left by the old Marquis Zhaoping."

Emperor Qingning froze after hearing Qingzhu's words, and fragments of memories suddenly came flooding back. Xin Yingshu has loved reading since he was a child.

Xin Yingshu could recite word for word the atlas that he brought back from traveling with the Grand Tutor, and could even tell which page of the book it was on.

Xin Yingshu once couldn't get the book at the back of Marquis Zhaoping's study, so he sneaked into the study with Emperor Qingning, who was still the crown prince, and stepped on Emperor Qingning's shoulders to get the book. Thinking back to that time...

"Your Majesty." Qingzhu's voice pulled Emperor Qingning's thoughts out of his memories.

"Do you remember that during the reign of the previous emperor, there were two major epidemics. At that time, the Xin family made great contributions by organizing the treatment of the epidemic and searching for famous doctors."

The Queen Mother also knew about these things. She frowned and said, "The Xin family is really hard to kill!"

"Just force Concubine Ying to hand over the recipe."

Emperor Qingning shook his head: "Not right, now the rumors in the palace have spread, many people know that Concubine Ying has a way to cure the epidemic."

"The imperial edict has been issued. Now it is the concubine in the cold palace who can cure the epidemic. If I force her to hand over the prescription without any reward and lock her up in the cold palace, where will my credibility be placed?"

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said excitedly, "Could it be that we need to ask her to come out of the cold palace to treat my brother now?!"