Doctor Fu went to the front yard to see patients. Chef Cao and Yang were cooking in the kitchen. They were the only two of them in the yard.

Suddenly, a branch on the wall of Renxin Hall shook rapidly.

Du Juan hurriedly said to Ying'er, "The lobby is a little busy. Xiao Weizi can't get all the herbs by himself. You go and lend a hand. I can collect the herbs by myself."

"Are you okay?" Ying'er asked.

Du Juan said, "It's not raining, so it's okay if I go slower."

Ying'er thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you go get the medicine and I'll collect the herbs."

Du Juan lowered her head: "I got the wrong medicine a few times... I was scolded badly... I don't dare to get the medicine anymore... You should go."

"Okay then." Ying'er went to the lobby.

Dujuan looked around, picked up a dustpan and went to the back door.

When she passed by the kitchen, she took a look inside. Yang and Chef Cao were busy cutting vegetables and lighting the fire, and didn't notice her.

She came to the back alley and entered Renxin Hall through the back door.

Shopkeeper Wu was already waiting in the corner.

"Any progress today?" Shopkeeper Wu asked. Du Juan said, "The boss came to get some herbs to make medicinal food for the Queen Mother."

Shopkeeper Wu asked, "Have you taken it home?"

"Yes." Du Juan whispered, "The boss picked the medicine himself and took it away directly. I didn't have the chance to touch the medicinal materials. But-"

Shopkeeper Wu's eyes lit up: "But what!"

Du Juan said, "She left a prescription and asked Doctor Fu to make a plaster for her. She will come to get it tomorrow morning."

Shopkeeper Wu said thoughtfully, "Come and get it tomorrow morning... It looks like it's for the Queen Mother, otherwise she wouldn't have asked her master to make the ointment herself."

Du Juan did not express any opinion, as she had no say in such matters.

Shopkeeper Wu ordered, "Find a way to get that prescription."

Du Juan said in embarrassment: "I'm afraid I can't get the recipe. These special recipes are usually not placed in the lobby. They are directly stored in the account office on the second floor. I can't get in."

Shopkeeper Wu thought that his family's secret recipe was also kept secret in this way.

He frowned: "Then you keep an eye on Doctor Fu and see which herbs he used..."

Du Juan said: "He won't let me watch."

Shopkeeper Wu was getting impatient: "This is not okay, that is not okay, do you still want to redeem yourself? Do you really think the First Hall is a good place to go? You were a daughter of an official family in the past, but you have fallen to become a lowly female doctor. Are you really willing to accept this?"

Dujuan bit her lip.

Shopkeeper Wu said coldly, "Or... you are reluctant to attack the first hall?"

Du Juan struggled: "The boss... treats me well... Although she has a bad temper sometimes... but she has no ill intentions..."

Shopkeeper Wu sneered, "Once unfaithful, never again. Du Juan, I never forced you. You did everything of your own accord. You don't think that after I tell your boss about your collusion with me, your boss will still trust you as always, right?"

Du Juan tightly grasped the handkerchief: "Don't tell the boss!"

Shopkeeper Wu said with a smile, "Actually, I'm not asking you to do anything too bad. I just want to teach that girl a little lesson. Don't worry, this won't hurt her. At most, it will make her give up. I promise you, if you finish this last thing for me, we'll have nothing to do with each other from now on. You take the money you deserve, and I'll disappear from your sight."

Du Juan's eyes showed a trace of entanglement: "Do you keep your word?"

Shopkeeper Wu said, "Of course."

Du Juan took a deep breath and said, "What do you want me to do?"

Shopkeeper Wu returned to the accounting office on the second floor.

Mr. Hu sat on the chair and took a sip of tea: "Is it done?"

Shopkeeper Wu said with a smile: "Is there anything I can't handle?"

Mr. Hu said unhappily: "You have failed several times!"

Shopkeeper Wu assured: "Boss, you can rest assured. This time, it will be absolutely safe!"

Mr. Hu asked, "Did you take that medicine?"

Shopkeeper Wu said, "That's right."

Mr. Hu was a little hesitant: "Isn't it too risky to do this? My eldest brother said that the effect of this medicine is unstable... What if it's too strong... It really makes the Queen Mother suffer -"

Shopkeeper Wu said hurriedly, "No, Boss? Didn't the master say that? The masters of the palace are of noble status, and anything that enters the palace must go through multiple inspections. First, they use silver needles to test for poison, and then special eunuchs test the poison on themselves. If it doesn't reach the Queen Mother, it will definitely be found out!"

Mr. Hu asked, "What if...what if we can't find out?"

Shopkeeper Wu said, "It turns out that our master still has the antidote. Wouldn't it be a good opportunity for our master to gain the Queen Mother's attention again?"

Mr. Hu frowned: "Is it true that no one will be killed?"

"No!" Shopkeeper Wu patted his chest and guaranteed.

Mr. Hu was persuaded and nodded: "That girl has repeatedly ruined our Hu family's business. It's time to teach her a lesson."

Shopkeeper Wu smiled sinisterly: "To murder the Queen Mother is a capital crime, Second Master, just wait for good news from the palace! In less than three days, the first class will be ours!"

The next day, Su Xiaoxiao entered the palace with the ointment.

Hu Jiusheng packed up and planned to enter the palace. Just as he was about to get on the carriage, he ran into Mr. Hu Er who was leaving for Renxin Hall.

Mr. Hu was in high spirits when he was happy, and he said with a smile: "Big brother!"

Hu Jiusheng gave him a strange look: "What are you so happy about?"

Mr. Hu laughed and said, "After today, that annoying first class will be closed down!"

Hu Jiusheng wondered, "Why do you say that?"

Mr. Hu told the story of how he used Dujuan to drug the empress dowager.

Mr. Hu looked aggrieved: "Brother! I am doing this for our Renxin Hall! If that girl really cures the empress dowager, her clinic will trample Renxin Hall under its feet! We can't lose to a little girl from the countryside!"

Hu Jiusheng said angrily, "You can't do this to the Queen Mother!"

He stopped talking nonsense with his brother, got on the carriage, and entered the palace as quickly as possible.

Afterwards, he went to Yongshou Palace on the pretext of checking his pulse.

He casually called a palace maid holding a medicine bowl and asked, "Is Doctor Su here?"

The maid said, "Here you are. Please treat the Queen Mother in there."

Hu Jiusheng asked again: "Did the Queen Mother take the medicine?"

The maid asked, "What kind of medicine are you talking about? The decoction has been taken, and there is also an ointment that needs to be heated before use. It seems that it can be taken internally or applied externally."

Hu Jiusheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Where is the ointment?"

"In the kitchen - here, it's served!" said the palace maid, pointing at a young eunuch who had run out of medicine.

Hu Jiusheng looked at the bowl of ointment. He only needed to pretend to accidentally knock it over to prevent a disaster.

Just as he was about to do so, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Is your Majesty feeling better?"

Yes, it’s Fu Sheng!

How did he get here?!

Hu Jiusheng felt unwell.

He asked the palace maid, "Didn't Doctor Su come alone?"

"Oh, she also brought a doctor with her. I heard he's her master, and he's very good at acupuncture."

"It's a little looser than yesterday," said the Queen Mother. "Your acupuncture skills are not inferior to your father's."

"Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. I will come again tomorrow to give you acupuncture."

Hearing this, Hu Jiusheng’s face turned pale.

"President Hu, do you have anything else to say?" the palace maid asked him.

Hu Jiusheng looked at her, then looked at the young eunuch who came in carrying the ointment.

"I'm fine."

He said calmly.

He watched the little eunuch pass by him without any movement.

Imperial Medical Service.

The imperial doctors were all busy with their own tasks.

There are many nobles in the palace, and many of them have to be checked for pulse safety every day, so everyone is actually very busy.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Doctor Zhang waved his fingers in front of Hu Jiusheng.

Hu Jiusheng came back to his senses: "Ah, I was just thinking about the prescription, is there anything Doctor Zhang needs?"

Doctor Zhang said, "We are running out of Poria cocos and Snow Lotus. Here is the shopping list. Please have a look."

How could Hu Jiusheng read it? He took it, glanced at it, and handed it back to Doctor Zhang.

Doctor Zhang noticed that he was acting strangely and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Judge, are you feeling unwell today? You look very bad."

Judge Hu rubbed his cheek with the back of his hand and said nonchalantly, "No, I read medical books too late last night and didn't sleep well."

Doctor Zhang said, "Then you should go back and rest early. We are here to take care of you."

"It's okay." Hu Jiusheng took out a medical book and started reading it.

He was absent-minded, his mind full of the follow-up of the ointment.

He improved that medicine based on Doctor Fu's prescription. It was originally a prescription of fighting poison with poison, and the efficacy was not very stable after his improvement.

It may be highly toxic or non-toxic, and the efficacy varies from person to person.

If it's non-toxic... then the medicine would be in vain.

If it's really poisonous... it's too dangerous...

Is it possible that the antidote cannot save him?

Then he is the murderer who murdered the Queen Mother...

Thinking of this, he felt a surge of fear.

I was impulsive after all. I shouldn't let jealousy and guilt consume my rationality...

What should I do? What should I do now? "Oh no!"

Doctor Wan walked in with a look of panic on his face.

Hu Jiusheng stood up suddenly and asked: "Did something happen in Yongshou Palace?"

Doctor Wan nodded: "Yes."

Hu Jiusheng asked in a trembling voice: "What happened to the Queen Mother?"

Doctor Wan said, "It wasn't the Queen Mother, it was His Majesty! His Majesty vomited blood and fainted after taking the Queen Mother's ointment—"

Does Torturing the Emperor have monthly tickets? 23333 　　 　 (End of this chapter)