Chapter 64: Medicine Pack

Xiao Jingfan raised his hand: "No need to be polite, please take a seat."

Immediately, a young eunuch brought a chair, added two layers of cushions on the seat, and helped Duke Zhao sit down.

Duke Zhao had just been beaten with a stick. Even if the chair was cushioned, how could he sit comfortably?

But when he thought that this was His Majesty's grace, he gritted his teeth and sat firmly even though he was grimacing.

Mr. Zhao, standing in the crowd, was in tears.

Father, you have suffered a lot for the entire Duke's Mansion!

The ministers looked at each other.

Judging from your majesty's attitude, the Zhao family's revival is inevitable. In the future, I have to let my wife spend more time with the female members of the Zhao family.

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Nongyun Garden.

After Chu Liuzheng woke up, he solved his physiological problem with the help of Caiyue, and then lay back on the bed to watch the system's text live broadcast.

[As expected of a Jinyiwei, he cornered someone in bed late at night and used threats and bribes. Thank you, sir, for your skill!]

[Oh my, Duke Zhao is still as sharp as ever. He's punching left and right, and the blood is coming out. Well done!]

[Posthumously honoring someone, even if the dead don't know about it, is just to comfort the living. However, judging by the tyrant's attitude, is he determined to appoint the Duke of Zhao?]

[That's right, a knife this good could be left for three years to be sharpened, but why would it be discarded?]

Chu Liuzheng thought as he pulled it down.

[I think I'll probably see gossip about which families gave gifts to the Duke of Zhao's mansion someday. In the entire capital, the Duke of Zhao's mansion is considered a rare, honest, and noble family. I hope they don't become too arrogant and go astray.]

[Hmm? Liu Gang's corruption case was settled two days ago.]

[Let me take a look. One, two, three, four, five, six... The tyrant gave ten people, and I found four more, all on the system's list. That makes fourteen. Tsk tsk, isn't this quite capable? You usually just pretend to be clueless.]

A young eunuch in the pharmacy claims to have encountered a ghost in the middle of the night... Why again? Are the ghosts having a party in the palace?

[Oh~ So there was a thief. He just touched the medicine and was discovered by the eunuch. He didn't steal any medicine.]

Chu Liuzheng was not even interested in taking a look at who the little eunuch and the little thief were, and continued to read the gossip below.

[Hey, this is interesting. The ministers are planning to send beauties to the tyrant again, and they're all looking for beauties from their own families, specifically those with gentle and docile personalities.]

[Tsk tsk, with so many beauties, wouldn't the Tyrant have kidney deficiency? Should I remind Sister Moxiang to prepare some warming and kidney-tonifying tea for the Tyrant?]

[What a pity, why is there no picture? ]

[Wow! What a train of thought! They're officials from the same dynasty, but their methods of sending beauties are similar. Some plan a chance encounter in the Imperial Garden, some plan a performance at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, and... well... bathing together right off the bat isn't a good idea, is it?]

Chu Liuzheng was just about to click to see how to bathe together when there was a sudden knock on the half-open door.

It's Xiaoxiazi.

Chu Liuzheng turned around in surprise: "Why are you here so early?"

"Doctor Wu sent me to Wenhua Palace to deliver medicine. Since it was on the way, I brought the medicine the young lady requested." Xiao Xiazi placed a large medicine bag on the table and asked with concern, "Are you feeling better today, young lady?"

"Much better." Chu Liuzheng smiled and waved his hand. "Look, the gauze is not as thick as it was yesterday."

In fact, it was painful, but Chu Liuzheng didn't want Xiao Xiazi and the others to worry, so he endured it.

Xiao Xiazi glanced at her pale face and didn't poke her.

He smiled and said, "His Majesty has specifically instructed the Imperial Hospital to find some good medicine for the young lady. I guarantee that she won't have any scars on her hands."

Chu Liuzheng was slightly surprised. The tyrant also ordered this?

"Oh, by the way, I'm still a tea-serving maid, and I'll have to serve under the tyrant's nose in the future. If my hands get scarred, how bad will it be to see them in front of the tyrant every day?"

She nodded in her heart.

【It is indeed important to master a technology! 】

Xiao Xiazi couldn't stay any longer, so she said goodbye, "Take good care of the girl. I have to go back to the Imperial Hospital to report. I'm leaving now."

"Thank you for bringing the medicine." Chu Liuzheng said with a smile, "I'm fine here. There's a lot going on at the pharmacy. You and Qiaoru don't have to keep coming to see me. If anything happens, I'll send someone to look for you."

If she always comes here, nothing will happen to her, but Xiao Xiazi and Xia Qiaoru will probably be punished.

Xiao Xiazi nodded and said, "I'll go back and tell Miss Qiaoru."

As for whether to come or not, it all depends on personal feelings.

Caiyue pushed the door open after Xiao Xiazi left. She saw the medicine bag on the table and thought it was the medicine Chu Liuzheng was going to drink, so she took it and boiled it.

Chu Liuzheng hurriedly called out to her, "Wait, open the medicine package first."

Caiyue looked back at her and opened the box as she was told.

I saw two small medicine bags inside the big medicine bag.

Chu Liuzheng didn't call for a stop, so she continued to open the small medicine bag.

Even though she didn't know medicine, she could tell that the medicinal materials in the two small medicine bags were very different.

Chu Liuzheng said, "Bring the one with black plums here so I can see it."

Caiyue recognized Wumei. She took a closer look and took the medicine package containing Wumei to the bedside to show Chu Liuzheng.

Chu Liuzheng stretched his neck with difficulty to take a few glances. After finding that the herbs were all correct, he said, "I see that your cough has not been cured. I think the medicine you are taking is not suitable for you. This is the prescription I used at home. It can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs."

"This is Scrophularia, this is Ophiopogon, that is Platycodon, you should know Licorice and Plum."

"Every day, take two liang of Scrophularia, two liang of Ophiopogon, five qian of Prunus mume, one liang of Platycodon grandiflorum, and three qian of Licorice root, and boil them together to drink as tea."

"Scrophulariaceae is sweet and cold, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. Paired with Ophiopogon japonicus, it can clear and moisten dryness. Platycodon grandiflorum can open the lungs and eliminate phlegm, and combined with licorice, the effect is even better. I see that you have to drink water several times in a quarter of an hour, and you have a dry cough with little phlegm, and some qi reversal. I think it is the right remedy."

Chu Liuzheng lay back down, his eyes curved. "This medicine in the bag is enough for you to drink for five or six days. Try it first. If it still doesn't work, I have another cough medicine here. We can try it again."

Caiyue originally thought that Chu Liuzheng was so cautious because he was worried that someone would tamper with her medicine, but she didn't expect that it was for her and he even asked Xiao Xiazi to prepare the medicine and send it to her.

She curled up her fingers holding the medicine bag, and she couldn't explain the feeling in her heart, but her eyes gradually turned red.

Ever since she was punished by His Majesty to soak in the Moon Pool, no imperial physician was willing to treat her. She took medicine based on what the pharmacist said was effective in relieving her cough, and then she paid the pharmacist for the medicine, but none of them worked.

In this way, not only did I spend a lot of money, but all I bought were some old medicines from previous years, some of which were infested with insects, so their efficacy was naturally greatly reduced.

The medicines in the medicine bags are all of excellent quality, and you can tell at a glance that they are new medicines of this year.

Seeing that she lowered her head and didn't speak, Chu Liuzheng tilted his head to look at her, and saw two lines of tears sliding down the girl's face, wetting the fluff on her collar.

"Hey, don't cry. Am I too late?"

Chu Liuzheng couldn't figure out Caiyue's thoughts, so he explained softly.

"I'm not a doctor, and I don't know what prescription is right for you, so I don't dare give you any medicine without thinking. I've carefully observed you for several days, and only now am I able to tell you if I think it's basically right. If you're worried, then don't take it. Just put it in the cupboard."

(End of this chapter)