Chapter 278 Bone Poison
Qiao Youyou returned to the rented house and looked from afar. The lights were on in Zhu Lan, Xiao Wan and Zhu Qingyan's rooms. She was the last one to return.
When passing by the small pond in the yard, Qiao Youyou accidentally slipped and stood firm, but the blanket slipped off her body and fell into the pond.
She quickly squatted down to fish it out, and when she pulled the blanket up, it was completely wet and dripping with water.
Qiao Youyou blamed herself a lot. After all, the pond water was not clean enough. She quickly fetched a basin of clean water, wanting to wash the blanket, hang it up to dry overnight and then return it to Wenren Yuebai.
Who would have thought that after the blanket was put into the basin and rubbed twice, the clear water slowly turned brown!
Qiao Youyou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly thought of something. She hurried to check carefully and found that the blanket was double-layered with something in the middle. She could smell a faint scent of herbs when she got closer.
Thinking of Wenren Yuebai's legs, and how he usually covered his legs with this blanket...
It’s bad, it’s bad, Wenren Yuebai’s medicine blanket was ruined by myself washing it!
Qiao Youyou kept scolding herself for being reckless in her heart. She quickly wrung out the medicine blanket, hurried out of the house, and knocked on the door of the nearest drugstore.
She nervously handed the medicine blanket to the pharmacy clerk and asked where she could buy one or customize an identical one.
The guy took the medicine blanket and looked at the inner core. It was full of black medicine residue and had been soaked in water. He had to call the master to check.
An older doctor came out, examined it carefully, and said with a frown:
"The girl doesn't have any serious illness, why do you need this kind of medicine blanket?"
Qiao Youyou quickly said it belonged to her friend.
The doctor's gray eyebrows knitted even tighter, "The girl's friend's illness...I'm afraid it has penetrated deep into the bone marrow."
"What?" Qiao Youyou's heart tightened and she asked quickly.
"There is a medicine in this blanket called 'Nuanyu Powder', which can penetrate into the human body over the years and is used to dispel cold and relieve bone poison. Judging from the dosage of Nuanyu Powder in this blanket, the user should have formed a certain dependence on it. If it is not used for too long, the bone poison will be stimulated again by the cold, and it will be painful."
"It has been out of use for too long...how long?" Qiao Youyou asked with a pale face, wondering if Wenren Yuebai was crazy? Even if it was cold at night, he didn't have to hand over such an important item to her!
"Miss, don't worry. Bone poisoning is a chronic disease. Without the suppression of the Warm Jade Powder, it would take more than ten days for the disease to develop. And Warm Jade Powder is not a rare thing. I will prepare a new one for you."
Qiao Youyou finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Wenren Yuebai would be fine for the time being as long as he left the medicine blanket.
The doctor wrote the prescription and asked the waiter to get the medicine. At this time, Qiao Youyou asked:
"You just said that this warm jade powder can only relieve the pain of bone poison, which means it can't cure it?"
The doctor stroked his beard and nodded, "I have been practicing medicine all my life, and I have never heard of a way to cure bone poison. People who suffer from this disease are usually born with a weak constitution, and then suffer from a severe cold, which allows the poison to invade the body.
The possibility of wind-cold disease turning into bone poison is very small, but once it is formed, it will be difficult to cure it for a lifetime. "
Qiao Youyou stood there in a daze, thinking of Wenren Yuebai's usually calm and composed appearance, and suddenly felt sad.
A person like him should have been as radiant and respected as Lan Lan in the imperial court, but...
Is it true that he will never be able to stand up again in this life?
What kind of torture did such a proud person endure to be able to accept such a cruel reality?
…
The next day, at the Ministry of Revenue.
After Wenren Yuebai finished his work and returned to the office, he found that Qiao Youyou's desk was empty, and he was stunned.
A brand new medical blanket was neatly folded and placed on his seat, with a note on it containing many words of apology.
The clerk told him that Min Yuan had asked Qiao Youyou to move back to the Duzhisi.
Wenren Yuebai nodded, said nothing more, and began to deal with today's official business.
There were birds chirping outside the window. For the first time, he was disturbed by the sound and felt a little distracted. He couldn't even concentrate on reading official documents. His eyes kept involuntarily sweeping towards the door.
However, after more than half a day, I still didn't see the person I wanted to see.
Even if you come to return something, why not come in person? What's the point of leaving a note?
It was almost time to go off duty, and the clerk came over as usual to ask Wenren Yuebai what he wanted for dinner.
Wenren Yuebai put down his pen. He spent a whole day, but didn't get as much done as he usually could in half a day. His eyes dimmed.
"You don't have to prepare dinner for me from now on."
Wenren Yuebai pushed his wheelchair out and reminded the clerk to remember to lock the door.
The clerk was a little confused. Young Master Wenren usually left at night, so why did he have to leave at twilight hour? And from what he said, he would leave at twilight hour from now on?
But Wenren Yuebai left early, which meant that he could also finish his shift early. The clerk happily locked the door and didn't bother to care about anything else.
Since she finished dealing with the tax books, Qiao Youyou resumed her good habit of going on duty on time at 5 p.m. She walked towards the door of the household department and passed by many colleagues.
Many people turned around to look at him secretly, and then whispered to the people around them.
"That's Qiao Youyou from the Ministry of Finance, right?"
"Humph, leaving so early every day, you must be a lazy person!"
"What good can she do? She is not enterprising, lazy and slack in her work. Don't let her corrupt the morale of our Ministry of Revenue!"
"After all, he comes from a humble family. He can't be as diligent as you and me, and he won't have a bright future."
Several officials walked forward while whispering and bumped into Wenren Yuebai.
Several people quickly put on smiling faces and greeted Wenren Yuebai.
It is said that the Minister was once a disciple of the Prime Minister. Even if the Prime Minister's Mansion is in decline now, as long as Master Wenren is willing, he can still say a few words in front of the Minister.
Don't you have to greet them with a smile?
"Master Wenren, are you here to get some fresh air?"
Wenren Yuebai returned the greetings to the others, but his expression was distant, and he said calmly: "I am just going back home after finishing my duty."
"So early?"
Normally, Wenren Yuebai would do the same as them and leave when it was almost dark.
Wenren Yuebai raised his eyes and looked at them. "I just suddenly remembered that the court stipulated that officials from the six ministries should leave at twilight hour, so I returned home on time. Is there any problem?"
Those people looked at each other, feeling somewhat awkward, and of course they could only say “no problem”.
"Good job, good job at the hour of You. Master Wenren is very efficient. He is worthy of being the second place in the imperial examination. We are ashamed of ourselves."
After Wenren Yuebai left, someone whispered, "Why has Master Wenren become like that guy named Qiao..."
"Stop talking, let's go."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
