"Your Majesty's illness is truly strange. This old minister cannot tell what's wrong with you at first glance. Your pulse is very steady and there is nothing unusual about it."

The Empress Dowager became a little nervous upon hearing the imperial physician's words, but she did not show it on the surface. She glared at Physician Hu and said, "Then why is my hand so itchy? My hand is clearly poisoned! I think Physician Hu, you must be getting old and blind!"

Upon hearing this, Physician Hu trembled and knelt on the ground, saying, "This old minister is ignorant."

"Your Majesty, I believe I can heal you." Sang Ruo stepped forward and walked to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager looked at her suspiciously: "You know medicine? How come I didn't know that?"

Sang Ruo looked at her and replied calmly, "I have lived in the countryside with my grandmother since I was a child, so I know a little about herbs. Your Majesty, you must have been poisoned by nettles."

"Nettle? Is there an antidote?" The Empress Dowager frowned. She had never heard of nettles before, so how could she have been poisoned by them?

Sang Ruo nodded: "Your Majesty, rest assured, nettles are just not common here. I will prescribe a prescription for you. If you take the medicine according to this prescription, you will recover in a few days."

The Empress Dowager nodded, signaling her to write the prescription. Once Sang Ruo finished writing it, she handed it directly to Physician Hu.

It wasn't that she didn't believe in her medical skills, but she simply didn't want the Empress Dowager to have any concerns.

Nettles are quite common in the countryside. They are also called biting grass. Their tips are sharp or tail-shaped, with several irregular tooth-like serrations on the edges. The upper part is green or dark green, sparsely covered with bristles and rough, appressed hairs, while the lower part is light green, covered with slightly denser short soft hairs. The veins have denser short soft hairs and bristles.

In the countryside, they are often used outside gardens for security against theft and wild animals.

Because nettle bites are extremely itchy and can recur, both humans and wild animals are terrified of them.

Physician Hu examined the prescription for a long time before handing it to Zi Teng. He looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "Your Majesty, this old minister has reviewed the prescription and is certain there are no problems."

"Hmm." The Empress Dowager nodded: "Then let someone prepare it."

She was so itchy she could hardly stand it, but she was afraid that scratching would leave scars or make the condition worse.

"Your Highness, what a brilliant plan!" The Empress Dowager had barely finished speaking when Consort Han immediately chimed in, "First, she had her sister poison the Empress Dowager, and then she healed her herself. Tsk tsk."

The Empress Dowager frowned upon hearing her words.

"What do you mean by that, Consort Han? Do you mean I should let my fourth sister poison me and then detoxify myself? I'm not as bored as Consort Han."

Han Yingying clearly guessed that she would say this. She sneered and continued, "Who doesn't know that the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine are getting close lately? Even if you're eager to show off, you don't need to joke about the Empress Dowager's safety."

"You!" Sang Ruo was a little annoyed by her words. She pointed at Han Yingying and rebuked her angrily, "Does Han Yingying have any evidence to support her claim?"

"Does the Imperial Concubine have any evidence to prove her innocence?"

"Enough!" The Empress Dowager stopped them once again.

Listening to their arguing, she felt a chill in her heart. Apart from Consort Lan, who had been taking care of her all along, everyone else looked on as if they were watching a good show.

Actually, she didn't really believe that Sang Jiang was responsible for this, because she had always wanted to win over Sang Ruo. If Sang Ruo wanted to show off in front of her, she wouldn't have needed to do this. Besides, would someone as indifferent as Sang Ruo really do such a thing?

Besides, they wouldn't be stupid enough to put drugs in what they prepared, would they?

But what if they also considered that they might think the same way?

"Sang Ruo's disguise is too good," the Empress Dowager thought, narrowing her eyes as she looked at Sang Jiang before speaking to Consort Lan beside her, "I'm tired. This matter..."