Before Huang Baicao could figure it out, Eunuch Cai flicked his whisk and said with a smile, "Let's start the competition right away. The county princess will set the topic."

"Several imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Academy served as judges."

Eunuch Cai slowly said, "His Majesty is also very interested in this competition. When you say the results, please be clear. After all, this old servant does not understand medicine and can only parrot what others say."

Everyone expressed that they understood.

After watching Huang Lian and Huang Zisu walk onto the stage, Bai Tuantuan tilted her head back and said, "I have put the questions in the box. You can draw them and answer them yourselves."

"Whoever answers the most questions wins. If you can't answer a question on the first one you draw, you can put it back in and draw a second one."

After saying that, Eunuch Cai took the box and said with a smile, "Please, ladies."

"Is that Coptis chinensis really that potent?" Ning Nanxiao raised an eyebrow at Bai Tuantuan. "She can answer all the questions inside?"

"Hmm." Bai Tuantuan nodded. "My second aunt did a quick check on the Huang family, and Huang Lian's talent in medicine is even greater than mine. I feel like my eldest uncle is going to steal my apprentice."

Upon hearing this, Ning Nanxiao looked at Chen Xiaoran, who was sitting next to Chen Zhixiu, and seeing the amusement on his face, chuckled and said, "Indeed."

"By the way," Ning Nanxiao nudged Bai Tuantuan with his elbow, "I will be leaving the capital in three days."

"Huh?" Bai Tuantuan looked at Ning Nanxiao in surprise. "Where are you going?"

“Let’s go to Baihe Kingdom.” Ning Nanxiao looked at the arena and said softly, “The national treasury can’t afford to fight. It will hurt the people and the country. The emperor’s idea is to negotiate peace again. If that doesn’t work, we’ll start fighting. My father will bring troops and go with me.”

"Why you?" Bai Tuantuan frowned, a hint of worry in her eyes. "Why send a little child like you when there are so many adults to go?"

Ning Nanxiao raised an eyebrow: "I'm not young anymore, it's time for me to make my mark."

Bai Tuantuan bit her lip and glared at Ning Nanxiao: "You'd better explain this to me properly after the competition!"

Ning Nanxiao sighed and rubbed the little white head: "Once I take over Baihe Kingdom, I'll give you all their porcelain."

"What would I do with those?" Bai Tuantuan rolled her eyes and ignored Ning Nanxiao.

On the stage, Huang Zisu drew a question and quickly gave the answer.

The same goes for Huanglian; the two went back and forth until only three cards remained.

Eunuch Cai simply took them all out and read aloud, "How is the Snow Lotus used in medicine? What medicine can it be used for?"

Huang Zisu spoke first: "Iceberg Snow Lotus can be taken internally and used externally. It has the effect of bringing the dead back to life and can detoxify all poisons. It can be used in various medicinal materials, but it should never be used with ginseng, lingzhi, or other powerful tonics..."

The imperial physicians stroked their beards and nodded to each other, clearly agreeing with what Huang Zisu had said.

"Eunuch Cai, I have finished answering." Huang Zisu said confidently, looking at Huang Lian with a strong sense of provocation in her eyes.

Eunuch Cai nodded: "Miss Huang, do you have anything to add?"

"Yes," Huang Lian replied calmly, which startled Huang Zisu. She frowned and quickly recalled what she had said. There couldn't possibly be anything more! She had already said everything!

Huang Lian looked at the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital and slowly said, "If the Snow Lotus is used together with the Silver Bird's Nest, it can produce a deadly poison, similar to arsenic."

"Nonsense!" Huang Baicao was the first to jump out, angrily saying, "Tianshan snow lotus is a good medicine, how could it be poisonous? If you don't understand, shut up! You're really disgracing your grandfather!"

"Sister, even if you want to beat me, don't make things up!" Huang Zisu said with a "I'm doing this for your own good" expression. "You should apologize now, or you'll upset Father."

"Everything has its diversity, and the Tian Shan snow lotus is no exception!" Huang Lian straightened up and said, word by word, "Just because Father doesn't know doesn't mean he can't!"

"Good!" Imperial Physician Mi from the Imperial Hospital stood up, his eyes filled with surprise as he looked at Huang Lian. "Everyone says that Tian Shan Snow Lotus is a life-saving medicine, but no one knows that it is also a deadly poison. Very good, very good. Very few people know this about Tian Shan Snow Lotus. I only learned about it from ancient books. I wonder where Miss Huang learned about it?"

"I tasted it." Huang Lian looked at Doctor Mi and said slowly, "My grandfather once obtained a Tian Shan snow lotus. I shamelessly asked for two petals and found that the Tian Shan snow lotus was also poisonous, so I tried them one by one."

Physician Mi gave Huang Lian a thumbs up: "As expected of Physician Huang's descendant, you truly live up to your reputation!"

Huang Zisu tightened her grip on the handkerchief.

Physician Mi looked at Huang Baicao with a meaningful gaze that made Huang Baicao feel uncomfortable all over.

"The second question is about the seven-step poison."

As soon as Eunuch Cai finished speaking, Huang Zisu gritted her teeth and said, "Let my sister answer this question first."

Huanglian was not afraid and directly explained the Seven-Step Poison, then mentioned the drugs that were mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining with it, and finally, she revealed the method of antidote.

Huang Zisu's face had turned deathly pale. She had said everything she knew, and even things she didn't know.

But how could that be?

How does she know so much?

There are some things that aren't written in the book!

This time, Huang Baicao was not careless. Instead, she quickly looked at the imperial physicians and saw that the three physicians were nodding to each other and writing something down.

“There’s one more thing,” Chen Xiaoran suddenly said, looking at Huang Lian, “Seven-step poison can cover five-step poison.”

Huang Lian immediately became interested: "Why is that?"

Chen Xiaoran did not answer, but said, "After the competition, I will give you two kinds of poison and give you a day to study them. If you can't figure them out after a day, I will tell you!"

In an instant, the coptis chinensis began to stir.

Chen Xiaoran smiled: "No rush."

"Sigh..." Bai Tuantuan sighed, "My apprentice is going to be gone."

Nan Nian appeared beside Bai Tuantuan without anyone noticing, her eyes sparkling: "Tuantuan, do you think Huang Lian would be willing to be my goddaughter?"

"Huh?" Bai Tuantuan was stunned. "Aunt, you want to adopt Huanglian as your goddaughter? Why is that?"

"I feel an extra sense of warmth when I hear her retort! I like this girl's never-give-up attitude,"

Bai Tuantuan was speechless. Oh no, not only did she lose her apprentice, she also gained an older sister!

"The third question," Eunuch Cai said with a smile, "is to state the uses of Panax notoginseng."

"Panax notoginseng?" Huang Zisu looked at Eunuch Cai in disbelief. "Such a simple medicinal herb?"

Grandpa Cai nodded.

A hint of disdain flashed in Huang Zisu's eyes: "This Panax notoginseng... Panax notoginseng..."

Huang Zisu, who was halfway through her sentence, was stunned. "Is there anything else?"

Huang Zisu looked at Huang Lian.

Huang Lian raised an eyebrow: "Do you have anything else to say? No, I'll add something."

Huang Zisu bit her lip: "I can't think of anything right now. You go first, and I'll add to it later."

Huanglian didn't care, and talked about the habits and uses of Panax notoginseng, as well as how different dosages would lead to different results.

"Although Panax notoginseng is a common medicinal herb, it is widely used in medicine. Moreover, for ordinary people, if a common medicine can play a big role, it can save money, time and effort."

One of the imperial physicians said to his two colleagues, "Therefore, as a physician, one should be more proficient in using common medicinal herbs than in using rare ones."

Physician Mi nodded: "Indeed, this young lady of the Huang family is extremely capable. No wonder Physician Huang praises his granddaughter at the Imperial Hospital every day."

After Huang Lian finished speaking, she looked at Huang Zisu and asked, "Are you convinced?"

Huang Zisu bit her lip tightly, her face growing paler and paler.

"I'm asking you, are you convinced?"

Huanglian asked again.

Huang Zisu quickly looked at Huang Baicao and Quan Cheng'er: "Father, Mother..."

The voice, trembling with tears, broke Quan Cheng'er's heart: "Lian'er, you've already won, why do you have to keep pushing me?"

"So, are you convinced?" Nan Nian asked directly. "What, is crying the right thing to do? You can't even say you're convinced after losing? With this kind of mentality, can you become a doctor?"

Huang Lian looked at Nan Nian, only to see Nan Nian step onto the stage: "Eunuch Cai, now that Lian'er has won, he should sever ties with the Huang family. I would also like to trouble you to inform the Emperor that if my Lian'er becomes a famous doctor in the future, some people should not try to take advantage of him by claiming that he is Lian'er's biological father!"