Chapter 193 Unknown
Xie Chengyan took the paper she handed over, looked down at it, and couldn't understand it...
He handed the paper back as if nothing had happened and said, "Second sister's headaches have been getting worse lately. Is this medicine just for getting rid of the cold?"
Relieve cold? Headache?
Ye Lanzhou glanced down at the paper again, his eyes set on a certain herb. He picked up some powdered herbs with his fingertips and sniffed them, then spoke, "Evodia rutaecarpa."
She paused, then continued, "It's hot in nature, treats cold symptoms, and is slightly toxic."
"Slightly poisonous?" Xie Chengyan's eyes narrowed.
Ye Lanzhou put the powder back and said, "This dosage is fine, but if taken with spicy food... it will become highly toxic."
Xie Chengyan frowned, recalling that Xie Zhaohe had indeed been fond of spicy food since childhood. Most of the people in her family's kitchen came from the humid south, where people loved spicy food and cooked food that suited Xie Zhaohe's taste.
Later, after taking over government affairs, Xie Zhaohe had many memorials to submit, so he often ate spicy food to refresh himself.
Xie Chengyan said, "My second sister has loved spicy food since she was a child. Later, she worked at a desk all year round and always said that spicy food can refresh the mind."
Ye Zhixing had been working in the Imperial Hospital for so many years that he wouldn't do something stupid like poisoning directly, so he had to take a different approach and use the combined effects of food and medicine to destroy Xie Zhaohe's body.
Xie Zhaohe must have noticed something amiss, which is why he sent Ah Zan out of the palace to test the medicine. Did Xie Zhaohe also know about Ye Zhixing and Xu Surong's collusion? What about Xie Xun's identity?
Xie Chengyan pondered for a moment. He hadn't seen Xie Zhaohe since he dismissed him from his post as the Imperial City Inspection Office. So he asked, "Is there an antidote to this poison?"
Ye Lanzhou looked up. She and Xie Zhaohe had only met a few times, but honestly, she admired the eldest princess. Since the founding of Dayin, there had not been many women in power, and the few who had often died early due to health reasons. However, Xie Zhaohe didn't seem to care about this and resolutely took over the imperial seal.
She sighed and said truthfully, "I don't know how long I've been taking it. If the dose is large..." She paused, then shook her head and said, "There's nothing I can do."
Before she finished speaking, she turned around and took out a bag of dried flowers from the medicine cabinet, saying, "Use this instead of the evodia rutaecarpa. It has a similar flavor and is non-toxic."
Xie Chengyan didn't reach out to take it, but just said, "Give it to her when the girl comes."
What he meant was that he would not give it to Xie Zhaohe.
Ye Lanzhou was stunned for a moment, then placed the dried flowers on the counter and asked, "Your second sister, why don't you take them? Are you afraid that people in the palace will know that you often go in and out of Xinglinchun?"
"That's not the case." Xie Chengyan said, "My second sister doesn't trust me now. It would be better for her maid to take it than for me to take it."
Xie Chengyan's face gradually darkened, returning to the worried look he had when he first returned to the capital. He sighed deeply and said, "She was concerned about my power in the Inspection Office, so she dismissed me under the pretext of merging the Imperial City Inspection Office with the Inner Palace Inspection Office. But she's a good ruler, and I feel at ease with her in the court."
Remembering Xie Chengyan's previous words, Ye Lanzhou asked, "Didn't the prince say he wanted to cooperate with Southern Xinjiang? Why are you suddenly relieved?"
Xie Chengyan concentrated for a moment, then reached out and gently grasped Ye Lanzhou's fingertips, seemingly contemplating something. He then said, "Who knows what will happen in the future? If Xie Zhaohe falls, the Xu family will undoubtedly take power. It's still unknown what I'll do then."
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