Chapter 158: The Vicious Eldest Daughter (23)
Wen Wan's plan was good, but sometimes things just change.
Chu Sisi suddenly opened the door and said that one of the ingredients for making the medicine to treat the plague was missing, and without the spiritual spring, the medicine could not be made.
When Wen Wan heard this news, she almost threw the medicine she was cutting in the female lead's face. "Say it again, I didn't quite hear you just now."
Chu Sisi looked at her and said, "Sister, this is not something I can decide. I have already used up all the spiritual spring water, so I can't continue making medicine."
Bullshit.
That spiritual spring space can lack nothing but spiritual springs.
"Is there any other way? Where else can we find the spiritual spring?" Wen Wan asked with a twisted smile.
"The sacred spring needs the earliest morning dew from the mountaintop every day."
"I, the princess, will go find it for you."
Chu Sisi continued, "This morning dew cannot be ordinary morning dew. It cannot be contaminated with human presence, so the person collecting the morning dew cannot be a man or a woman who has given birth. Moreover, no more than three people can come into contact with it. It cannot touch mud or impurities, nor can it be exposed to the sun."
Wen Yan: "..."
Watching Chu Sisi make up stories with such a serious expression.
"System, can I hit her? She's so annoying."
System: [...] It felt it couldn't, but it had to admit that this behavior, which was clearly directed at its own host, was extremely infuriating.
"What else do you need besides this morning dew?"
“Once the morning dew arrives, my sister will naturally tell me what I need.” With that, she turned and went inside.
Wen Yan: "..."
Little Peach was furious. "Your Highness, she must have done it on purpose. Where would you find such a medicinal ingredient? This is too strange!"
Wen Wan knew, of course, that there was no such medicinal ingredient, and that morning dew was not even needed. The female lead was retaliating against her because she had embarrassed her a few days ago. However, she did not expect that someone would be willing to joke about human lives in order to deal with her.
"Your Highness, you're not really going to go find that Morning Dew, are you? That's obviously a lie."
Wen Wan asked the system, "Didn't you apply for medicine that can cure the plague? Can I use it?" She really didn't want to argue with the female lead anymore; she didn't seem like a good person either.
System: [But you used the medicine, wouldn't that ruin the plot? This part of the story about fighting the epidemic is the climax of the male and female leads' relationship, and also the key to the female lead becoming famous.]
"But the female lead is unwilling, isn't she? Even if I go and get that Morning Dew, she might not obediently give the medicine. Besides, someone could die if we delay for even a day. Although I want to complete the mission, I can't disregard those people for the sake of completing the mission."
[Host, perhaps you should reconsider. And even if I give you the medicine, what will your reason be? Will you ask where the medicine came from? Can you explain that? Why didn't you take it out before? Can you explain that?]
Wen Wan: "Then just don't let anyone know that I did it, right?"
system:【……】
After speaking with Chu Huang, Chu Sisi entered the spiritual spring space. Half of the spiritual spring water here had already been used up, and she also discovered that the spring water in this spiritual spring space was not renewable and inexhaustible.
There are other medicines, and although the quantity is huge, they will be depleted in a few years as she consumes them so quickly. If they are all used to treat the epidemic, she will have nothing to rely on in the future, and she will face a very dangerous situation. The emperor and those nobles will no longer value and trust her, and Chu Huang and Madam Chu will not let her and her family go.
Compared to those patients, her family and her future were more important, so she wanted to delay for a while. That's why she thought of sending Wen Wan to find Chen Lu. Anyway, whether she was qualified or not was up to her. If she delayed for half a month, half of the people who had the plague would die, and then she could continue to treat the rest.
Anyway, those who contract the plague are destined to die. She has already saved so many people, and they are lucky enough to have been saved by her. As for those who died without being treated, that is their fate and has little to do with her. Even if she were to investigate, it would be Chu Huang who failed to find Chen Lu, and she might even be able to cause Chu Huang to suffer a setback.
"Don't blame me, I've done my best." Chu Sisi held the jade pendant.
...
On the other side, Wen Wan left the courtyard with Xiao Taozi.
"Your Highness, you won't listen to her, will you? How about I find a few suitable people to collect this morning dew? You've worked hard these past few days, please get some rest." Little Peach said, still not believing in such a strange idea about medicinal ingredients, she was sure it was just Chu Sisi talking nonsense.
Wen Wan shook her head. "I have to go and see for myself. After all, this is the morning dew she wants. It's her decision-making process, so it's good for me to keep an eye on it."
Wen Wan, along with Xiao Taozi, found another young female doctor named Cai Duo, who was the daughter of the village doctor who had brought Wen Wan the message last time.
With their gear ready, the three of them headed up the mountain before dawn.
Meanwhile, Gu Xi also received a message from the secret guards sent to follow the princess. Gu Xi instructed them to continue following her in the shadows to protect her safety. On the other hand, he also sent people to keep an eye on Chu Sisi. He was determined to find out the secret hidden in Chu Sisi.
"Your Highness, you must be careful. This mountain is extremely dangerous. Why didn't you agree to bring guards? It's just too dangerous, too dangerous..." Little Peach muttered about the danger. Cai Duo, who was beside her, was quite quiet, but she also looked worried. She was different from the princess and Little Peach. She had been learning medicine from her father since she was a child, and she had never heard of such a strange medicinal ingredient.
"I know, you two be careful too."
As Wen Wan climbed the mountain, she pondered how to administer the medicine to those suffering from the plague without anyone suspecting her. The group walked for about two hours before reaching the summit.
Then we began collecting morning dew.
At first, Xiao Taozi followed Wen Wan closely. Wen Wan pointed to the other side and said, "Go and take a look over there. Don't worry, Cai Duo is with me."
"Your Highness, please be careful and do not stray too far from me."
"Okay, I'll be careful."
Wen Wan paid no attention and soon deliberately walked further and further away.
"I'm going to put on a show," Wen Wan said to the system as she walked away.
[Host, be careful, don't get yourself into trouble.]
"Do you know why I chose this mountain? I checked, and the water source for Qihe County all comes from a waterfall, and that waterfall is located at the junction of this mountain and another mountain. Can't I just put the medicine in the water?"
The system immediately intervened, [Host, are you being foolish?]
Wen Yan: "..."
"What do you mean? Does your medicine have a taste? Or is there not enough?"
"Of course it's not enough! Besides, if you put it in water, the medicinal properties will be completely diluted. What use will it be then? I thought you were being mysterious earlier, thinking you had come up with some brilliant idea, but it turns out it's this stupid method. If you want to waste it, I won't stop you, but there's only one dose of this medicine, and we can't apply for any more."
Wen Yan: "..."
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