Chapter 194 is filled with medicinal herbs and food ingredients.
Ye Wanning's cheeks flushed instantly, and she quickly looked away, pretending to look at the peach blossoms: "I understand."
Pei Zhi looked at her shy appearance and couldn't help but smile. He knew that Ye Wanning already had feelings for him.
For the next few days, Pei Zhi came to the villa to see her every day without fail. He brought her her favorite fruits and pastries, discussed the promotion of the medical classics with her, or simply did nothing but accompany her as she worked on prescriptions. Ye Wanning no longer deliberately avoided him, and would occasionally take the initiative to speak and share her thoughts. The atmosphere between the two gradually became harmonious, filled with ambiguity.
But she didn't expect that trouble would soon come knocking again. Li Yanran, upon hearing about her affair with Pei Zhi, became jealous and resentful, and began looking for opportunities to make things difficult for her again.
That day, Ye Wanning was organizing the dietary therapy section of "Qing Nang Mi Yao" in the villa when Chun Tao suddenly rushed in, her face pale: "Miss, something terrible has happened! Li Yanran is causing trouble at the gate with a group of noble ladies!"
"She said you should attend a medicinal cuisine tasting event, and not going would be admitting you don't understand food therapy and are misleading the public!"
Ye Wanning frowned. Li Yanran hadn't learned her lesson after being humiliated last time. What tricks was she planning to play this time?
“She also said,” Chun Tao continued, “that if you lose at the tasting event, you should take the initiative to divorce Lord Pei and leave the capital forever!”
Ye Wanning's eyes flashed with coldness. Li Yanran was truly ungrateful. Did she really think she was easy to bully?
"Alright, I'll go." Ye Wanning stood up, her eyes resolute. "I want to see what tricks she's up to this time! I also want her to know that my medical skills are not to be trifled with!"
Pei Zhi arrived quickly upon hearing the news, looking displeased: "Wan Ning, Li Yanran is deliberately trying to embarrass you. Don't let her succeed."
"I have to go." Ye Wanning shook her head. "She's already come to my door. If I don't go, she'll definitely go around saying that I'm too scared and that I don't understand food therapy."
Her gaze was resolute: "I cannot lose my reputation, nor can I let her have her way."
“But she definitely doesn’t have good intentions. She might tamper with the medicinal food to harm you.” Pei Zhi was a little worried.
"I know what I'm doing," Ye Wanning said. "If she wants to play, I'll play along. In the end, it's not certain who will lose face."
Seeing her resolute attitude, Pei Zhi decided not to try to persuade her any further: "Fine, I'll go with you. With me here, she won't dare to do anything to you."
Ye Wanning looked at him, feeling a warmth in her heart: "Thank you."
"Why are you being so polite with me?" Pei Zhi said with a smile. "Your business is my business."
The next day, Ye Wanning and Pei Zhi went to a private villa in the suburbs of Beijing, where Li Yanran was holding a medicinal cuisine tasting event.
The villa was exquisitely decorated, with tables and medicinal cuisine laid out in the courtyard. Li Yanran, dressed in a gorgeous pink dress, sat in the main seat, surrounded by a group of elegantly dressed noble ladies, her eyes full of provocation.
Seeing the two enter, Li Yanran stood up, a mocking smile on her lips: "Ye Wanning, you actually dared to come? I thought you'd be too scared to leave the house!"
"Miss Li's invitation is so kind, how could I refuse?" Ye Wanning said calmly, without any fear. "I wonder if you're really holding this tasting event to evaluate medicinal cuisine, or if you're just trying to make things difficult for me?"
"Make things difficult for you?" Li Yanran sneered. "I just can't stand you using your shoddy medical skills to deceive the people and yet you're hogging Lord Pei! Today, I'll show everyone what real skills you have!"
She pointed to the table: "These medicinal dishes are health-preserving recipes that my sisters and I have researched, each with its own health benefits. If you can explain the secrets and make even better medicinal dishes, I will admire you; if not, then you should divorce Lord Pei as agreed and leave the capital!"
Ye Wanning pointed out the problem, but Li Yanran retorted stubbornly: "Ye Wanning, don't talk nonsense! These medicinal diets were all researched and studied by us, how could there be a problem?"
"What kind of book did you look up? It's not some random, obscure book, is it?" Ye Wanning sneered. "Lily bulbs and lotus seeds are both cold in nature. When paired with cold bitter melon salad, even people who don't get heaty will have their spleen and stomach hurt. People with weak spleen and stomach will get diarrhea from eating it!"
She pointed to the lily and lotus seed soup: "Angelica is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It nourishes the blood but can easily cause internal heat. This soup contains at least three qian of angelica. If people with internal heat drink it, they will experience dry mouth and nosebleeds within three days!"
Ye Wanning's words were like a slap in the face to Li Yanran. The ladies present were stunned, whispering among themselves, "So many problems! I thought it was all good!" "Li Yanran is really pretending to know everything. If she drinks it, won't she be harming someone?" "Madam Ye has such a sharp eye; she saw the problem at a glance!"
Li Yanran's face turned pale and then red, and she trembled with anger: "You're talking nonsense! You're just jealous and trying to slander me!"
"Believe it or not, you'll know once you try," Ye Wanning said calmly. "Miss Zhang over there, have you been experiencing a cold lower abdomen or irregular periods lately?"
Miss Zhang was taken aback: "I...yes, how did you know, Mrs. Ye?"
"Judging from your pale complexion and dull lips, I know you have a cold uterus," Ye Wanning said. "If you eat these cold medicinal dishes on the table, your cold uterus will worsen and may even affect your fertility!"
Miss Zhang was startled and quickly stepped back, not daring to touch the medicinal food again. The other ladies panicked as well, accusing Li Yanran: "Li Yanran, you've gone too far! You don't understand pharmacology and made medicinal food haphazardly, almost harming us!" "This isn't health preservation, it's clearly poisoning!"
Despite being accused by everyone, Li Yanran stubbornly insisted, "I didn't! It was Ye Wanning who stirred up trouble and tried to embarrass me!"
"Whether it's sowing discord or not, let the facts speak for themselves," Ye Wanning said to Chun Tao. "Bring over the medicinal herbs I brought."
Chun Tao quickly took out her medicine box, which was filled with medicinal herbs and food.
Ye Wanning walked to the stove, rolled up her sleeves, tied on an apron, and began to prepare medicinal cuisine. As she cooked, she explained, "Women with uterine cold should eat warm and nourishing foods. My angelica and astragalus stewed mutton is a good remedy because angelica nourishes the blood, astragalus replenishes qi, and mutton warms the middle and dispels cold!"
Her technique was skillful, her explanations were clear, and the medicinal cuisine was ready in no time. The soup was a deep brown color, with a rich aroma of herbs, and it looked very appetizing.
Ye Wanning ladled out a bowl and handed it to Miss Zhang: "Try it. After drinking it, you'll feel a warm sensation in your lower abdomen and a comfortable feeling all over your body."
Miss Zhang took a sip with some skepticism, and immediately felt warm all over, and the coldness in her lower abdomen was relieved a lot: "It really works! Mrs. Ye, thank you so much, this soup is amazing!"
The other ladies gathered around: "Madam Ye, I've been feeling weak lately, could you make me a bowl?" "I've been having insomnia and vivid dreams, I'd like to try that too!"
Ye Wanning examined each of them by pulse, prescribed medicinal meals suitable for their constitutions, and explained the key points of dietary therapy. The noble ladies listened with great delight, and were filled with admiration for Ye Wanning's medical skills.
Li Yanran watched Ye Wanning, surrounded by people, calm and confident, and was consumed by jealousy, yet there was nothing she could do. The tasting event she had planned had ultimately become Ye Wanning's personal showcase, while she herself had become a laughingstock.
"Ye Wanning, don't be so smug!" Li Yanran trembled with anger. "You only know a little about food therapy, what's so great about that!"
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