After Zhang Xueming and Gong Yuanzheng finished a plate of red bean cake, Zhang Xueming stretched out his right pinky finger and pinched the first knuckle to gesture to Gong Yuanzheng: "Sorry, I just remembered that before you start making facial cream for me, Ayuan, I have a few small questions - who in the palace is taking Baicaocui?"

Gong Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows and replied with a sense of complacency: "From the elders to the ladies in the palace, they have been taking the Herbal Extract that I am responsible for making for many years."

After a pause, he emphasized, "The pill Gong Ziyu gave you was definitely not made by me. Moreover, over the years, not only the Hundred Herbs, but also other elixirs and meals consumed by the palace were developed by Zheng Gong, and there has never been a single mistake. In addition, after the Hundred Herbs is delivered to the palaces at the beginning of each month, it is served by the servants of the users."

"We can't control the affairs of other palaces, we can only control the affairs of our Zheng Palace. A Yuan, are you the only one who knows the formula?"

Gong Yuanzheng's expression changed slightly, but he still told her honestly: "The pharmacy manager is responsible for purchasing medicinal materials. He also knows what medicinal materials Baicaocui needs, but he doesn't know the specific dosage of various medicinal materials."

"Then the question is, the rough-surfaced herb extract only has one less scent of divine feather flower and one more scent of spiritual herb. Other than that, the other ingredients are the same as the one you made.

In other words, the person who made this fake Herb Extract did not use your finished medicine for secondary processing, but directly used the herb that looks very similar to the Divine Feather Flower to make a fake. He knows the formula of Herb Extract. If the other party only replaced the Herb Extract used by Yu Gong, then the target is obvious. "

Zhang Xueming saw his face suddenly darken, and guessed that the manager had worked in the Zheng Palace for a long time. "To be on the safe side, Ayuan, send someone to check on the manager of the pharmacy first."

After thinking for a while, she gave another suggestion: "Don't alarm him for now. Send someone to ask his neighbors near his home to see if his family has gone away recently. Also ask if there have been any strange things happening in his family in the past three to five years.

For example, if someone in the family suddenly spends a lot of money, or has obvious changes in clothing and food; if someone in the family suffers from a serious or strange disease, and urgently needs some rare flowers and precious medicines for treatment, or the kind that the palace cannot get or if there is any, it is impossible to give it to a manager; or if he likes gambling, often goes to Wanhua Tower, or has a confidante outside, or even a small family. "Generally, these are the reasons why the subordinates are controlled by others.

Gong Yuanzheng grumbled "hmm" in a depressed tone, his face gloomy, staring at a corner of the room with angry and fierce eyes.

Zhang Xueming knew that he had figured it out, but the arrogant young man thought that he managed Zheng Palace very well, and that if there were problems in other palaces, there would be no problems in Zheng Palace. He did not expect that his trusted subordinates would collude with people from other palaces to stab him in the back. He was hurt and unhappy, and was sulking.

She picked up the teapot and added more tea to Gong Yuanzheng, saying with a smile, "Come to think of it, Ayuan and your brother are really lucky."

Huh? Gong Yuanzheng turned his head in surprise, thinking she had said something wrong.

However, Zhang Xueming analyzed it to him slowly: "Looking at the speed and results of the treatment of the former young master and the lady, the former young master's plan should have been almost executed. If the secret passage Chinese medicine incident had not happened this time, the former young master would have succeeded...

Tsk tsk, the new blade owner is not your brother. If the pharmacy manager of Zheng Palace is really a part of the former young master's plan, eventually, the blame will be put on Ayuan and your brother.

By that time, that manager will have no evidence to prove his wrongdoing. Even if he is a new boss, he will have no evidence to punish your brother. Your brother is capable of saving your life, so he will definitely not let you continue to occupy the position of Palace Master of Zheng Palace. He may even ask you to bear the stigma and make meritorious contributions so that he can exploit you and your brother with justification.

Look, when you think about it this way, don’t you feel that you two brothers are blessed by God?”

Gong Yuanzheng was stunned, and the gloom on his face disappeared. He glanced at her and secretly scolded her in his heart: Shame on you, dare to compare yourself to God. But his mood really improved a lot.

He wanted to go back to the palace and ask the guards to investigate, but then he changed his mind and felt annoyed: "Manager Jia's home is in the Old Dust Valley. When the bride arrived that day, he had already gone home from work. If he is really a traitor, I'm afraid he will flee from the Old Dust Valley with his family after hearing the news that my brother has become the new swordsman."

"It's okay. Let your brother find a way tomorrow." Zhang Xueming laughed. "Besides, those two have been dealt with by Old Zhiren. Maybe someone has already been sent to look after the steward?"

"Then let's go check out the herbs in the warehouse now?" Gong Yuanzheng didn't want to leave her alone in the pharmacy, but was afraid that she would find it troublesome and want to go back to Zheng Palace, so he came over and took her hand: "Just check to see if the Divine Feather Flower has really been replaced with the Spirit Grass Flower, don't look too much."

Zhang Xueming stood up with his help, saying, "It's okay. We had some extra stuff from the Jiao Palace warehouse yesterday. I'll deduct a sum for each job I do, and it won't be long before all the money is gone. However, this time checking the herbs is a gift for analyzing the news, so there's no charge."

"Ah?" Gong Yuanzheng was shocked. "Is this possible?"

"Yes, I never work for nothing, and I never take advantage of others. In business, fairness is the only way to last longer. But the price I offer is a little bit high, do you want to listen to it first so you can be mentally prepared?" Zhang Xueming teased him.

Gong Yuanzheng figured it out quickly: "Don't worry, just do the accounting. We'll ask my brother for more after we're done. Didn't you say there's a secret vault under the Jiaogong warehouse? My brother must have hidden a lot of good stuff. If it's not enough, I'll think of another way."

Who wouldn’t love such a generous little brother, even if he is generous with his brother’s money.

Zhang Xueming happily accompanied him to the warehouse.

There were people outside, so she refused to hold hands, which made Gong Yuanzheng puff up his cheeks and glance at her from time to time.

It didn't take much time to check the medicinal materials in the warehouse. Gong Yuanzheng could point out the locations of various medicinal materials with his eyes closed.

Manager Jia had not had time to destroy the evidence, or he was planning to frame Gong Yuanzheng. The cloth bags marked with the divine feather flower were filled with spiritual herbs. If something really happened, they would come and search the warehouse, and the evidence would be irrefutable, and Gong Yuanzheng would be unable to defend himself.

After confirming that it was Manager Jia, the person who had worked under him the longest, Gong Yuanzheng's anger, which had just subsided, came back again.

He asked the guards to move the angelica herbs to an empty warehouse and have them take turns guarding it, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

Gong Yuanzheng held his breath and prepared two kinds of powder for facial cream, and then studied the problem of color fixing of lip balm. Surprisingly, he achieved remarkable results. He just had to wait for the arrival of beef bone marrow and butter, which would be used in facial cream and lip balm, so that he could carry out the first experiment tomorrow.

Even so, when he returned to Zheng Palace, Gong Yuanzheng became angrier and angrier. Finally, he turned his anger into appetite and ate two extra bowls of rice for dinner. He was so full that he had to take two hawthorn digestion pills to feel better.

Taking advantage of this incident, he and Zhang Xueming went for a walk and after returning, he was unwilling to part with her, and insisted on taking Zhang Xueming to the side hall where he lived to sit for a while.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like