"I know the person who created this poison." Doctor Yu said with a long sigh.
"It's a misfortune for the family, it's a misfortune for the family."
Wei Yunlan did not ask any more questions, but personally poured a cup of tea for Doctor Yu.
Doctor Yu took it and drank it all, then smiled bitterly and said, "This man is my apprentice. I failed to clean up the mess. I feel so ashamed of my master and my school!"
Perhaps because many things had been kept in his heart for too long and it was rare to have an outlet to talk, Dr. Yu told them all at once.
Wei Yunlan had long guessed that Doctor Yu's background was somewhat unusual, but she never expected it to be so unusual.
Doctor Yu's real name is Yu Wang. He was born in a village near Yuezhou in the northeast. He was adopted by his master when he was young and learned medicine. His master was a descendant of the famous Shennong clan, and his school was called "Baicao School".
Even though Wei Yunlan was ignorant, he had heard of the story of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs. It could be said that the origin of the current Dayong medical skills came from the school of Doctor Yu...
However, Baicaomen has always been low-key, and has rules that prohibit it from entering the palace or interfering in the court. Therefore, the doctors under the sect have never entered the Imperial Hospital, nor have they been supported by high-ranking officials. Most of them practiced medicine and provided free medical treatment in some cold and bitter places.
Just like what Doctor Yu did before.
Today, there are not many people left in Baicao Sect. The only person of the same generation as Old Doctor Yu is his senior brother, and the next generation is his two apprentices and his evil apprentice.
Doctor Yu's senior brother and two nephews still adhere to the will of their master, practicing medicine to save people. Doctor Yu is also the same, but his apprentice, for some reason, particularly prefers yellow and white things.
"That evil disciple, like me, was an orphan. When I adopted him, he was just a little kid, not even as tall as a table. Who would have known that he would become so corrupted? In the final analysis, it was because I did not educate him well!" said old Doctor Yu with trembling lips.
At first, Doctor Yu did not notice anything unusual about his apprentice, but later he accidentally discovered two boxes of gold hidden under his bed.
After careful questioning, it was discovered that the evil disciple had secretly changed the prescription and gave the concubine and sisters-in-law in the family a drug that would make them extinct.
Considering that it was his first offense, Doctor Yu made the apprentice kneel beneath the tablet of the ancestor for seven whole days. During those seven days, the apprentice did not eat a single grain of rice, sincerely repented, and promised never to commit the same offense again.
After all, he was the child he had raised, so Doctor Yu forgave him this time. He only asked him to return the gold and promise that he would never use his medical skills to harm others in the future.
But the evil disciple only agreed verbally!
Later, he became even worse. Not only did he help others do many shady and harmful things in private, he also secretly sold several prescriptions passed down by the Baicao Sect.
Doctor Yu was no longer soft-hearted and decided to expel him from his school, but the evil disciple had already accumulated tens of thousands of taels of silver and escaped.
Old Doctor Yu felt ashamed of his master and dared not face his senior brother again. He left a letter and began to travel around practicing medicine. One reason was to save people and atone for his sins, and the other was to ask around for news about the evil disciple so that he could find him.
It took twenty years to find it.
During this time, Doctor Yu's senior brothers and nephews all wrote to persuade him, but he felt ashamed to face them, so he never went back and never let go of the matter.
This was the first time in twenty years that Doctor Yu heard news about that evil disciple.
"Even if he is not in the capital, we can find out where he is by following this clue." After Wei Yunlan said this, he looked into Doctor Yu's eyes and asked, "What will you do if we find his whereabouts?"
"It's just to clean up the house."
Doctor Yu paused, then as if he had made up his mind, he slowly uttered three words, "Kill him."
As he spoke, he sat up straight, clasped his hands and bowed to Wei Yunlan.
"This is the only thing I want to do in my life. I have no other obsessions."
"Miss, please agree to take me with you when you go to the capital tomorrow, and help me capture that evildoer."
"Old Doctor Yu has helped our Wei family a lot." Wei Yunlan nodded, "I agree to this matter."
…
New Year's Day.
The North was still in a cheerful atmosphere, but the capital was in a state of depression.
In the palace, the Empress Dowager finally woke up thanks to the efforts of the Imperial Hospital. But perhaps because of her old age or because she was too frightened, she had a crooked nose and mouth after waking up.
This made the Empress Dowager, who had been respectable all her life, almost want to commit suicide.
But she couldn't die yet.
Her Nan'er is dead.
The only bloodline she has left in this world is dead. She must avenge her Nan'er and make her enemies pay with blood!
"Go, announce... announce that the Second Prince is coming... to see me."
The Queen Mother spoke haltingly.
The second prince was discussing with his staff at this time how to deal with King You.
When the Queen Mother's men came over, he subconsciously frowned and left them outside.
In theory, he and the Queen Mother originally had a cooperative relationship, but ever since his father hid in the Qionghua Palace and asked him to temporarily take charge of the government, the Queen Mother's attitude towards him was like a different person.
On the surface, she is still the same, but in private she no longer cooperates with him. Instead, she seems to be letting her subordinates compete with him for power.
The second prince couldn't understand what the Queen Mother was up to.
After half an hour, one of his staff members advised: "Your Highness, Dayong has always attached great importance to filial piety. If outsiders knew about this, they would inevitably have opinions about you. You should go to the Cining Palace to take a look, so as not to keep the Queen Mother waiting for a long time."
That's the truth.
The second prince followed the suggestion of his staff, nodded, and went to the Cining Palace with his attendants and a team of personal guards.
Others were stopped outside the palace, and the Empress Dowager only allowed the Second Prince to enter the palace.
The second prince frowned slightly, and then he saw the chief eunuch in the Queen Mother's palace, who seemed to see through his thoughts and advised: "There are only the Queen Mother and two personal maids in there."
"Your Highness, don't worry too much. The Queen Mother is your grandmother and will never harm you."
After all, it is within the imperial palace, and the orders of the Imperial Guards are still in his hands, so even the Queen Mother Liang wouldn't dare to do that!
The second prince ordered the others to wait outside the hall and walked in himself.
Surprisingly, he did not see the Queen Mother directly, but instead saw a screen standing in the center of the hall.
The Queen Mother's figure was firmly blocked behind the screen, without any trace of it being visible.
"Grandson pays his respects to the Royal Grandmother. I wonder if she is in good health?" the second prince asked tentatively.
"Yao'er, no need, thank you for being so polite."
The second prince keenly noticed that the Queen Mother spoke much slower than usual.
Thinking about the Queen Mother's coma over the past two days, I had a vague guess in my mind...
The Queen Mother is afraid that she is about to die?
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