Chapter 332 Incident
At this time, the palace maid Rumeng returned to the small kitchen and saw that only the residue was left of the medicine she had just boiled. She had no choice but to take a new dose of medicine and start boiling it.
While there was no one around, she took out the jade bottle from her arms and wanted to pour the contents of the bottle into the medicine.
Just to avoid being discovered, she only carried a small bottle of medicine with her each time, and the amount she brought today had just been used up.
Ru Meng saw that the medicine bottle was empty and a palace maid was coming over. She asked the maid to help her watch the fire while she went to get the medicine.
What she didn't know was that the secret guard was following her quietly.
After following her around several corners, we arrived at a secluded courtyard.
Someone in the yard saw her coming and his expression changed. "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to come back in the evening?"
Ru Meng said anxiously, "The Empress Dowager came back from outside today and didn't want to take the medicine. When she remembered, the medicine was cold, so she asked me to change it."
"After changing it for the second time, she complained that the taste was wrong. I guess it was because I added more water and the taste was too bland. I also added too much of the medicine you gave me, which changed the taste. She asked me to boil it again, but adding more water definitely wouldn't work."
"The medicine you gave me ran out after two uses. I had no choice but to come to you to get the medicine in order to achieve my master's goal."
The man nodded, returned to the house, and handed her the medicine. "Today's situation is special, so I won't blame you. Next time, you must prevent this from happening again. There are many people around during the day, and if the old woman knows you come here often, my plan will fail."
Ru Meng said, "I understand. With this experience, I will be well prepared next time."
The man said, "Okay, go back."
"yes."
But as soon as Rumeng turned her head and saw the person in front of her, her pupils suddenly shrank.
His legs softened involuntarily and he collapsed to the ground.
Two palace maids immediately stepped forward, snatched the medicine from Rumeng's hand, and handed it to Doctor Zhao who had come with her.
Doctor Zhao opened it, sniffed it, and said solemnly, "Reporting to the Grand Empress Dowager, this medicine is benzoin. You have suffered from heart pain in recent years, so benzoin has been added to the medicine you drink every day."
"If you take the right amount of benzoin, it won't harm your health."
"But benzoin also has a refreshing effect. If the dosage is too high, especially if you often take it in the evening, the benzoin will be effective at bedtime, which is why you suffer from insomnia at night and drowsiness during the day."
"This bottle of medicine is probably carefully brewed and extracted from several kilograms of benzoin. Just pour half a bottle into your medicine, and it will produce the effect its owner needs."
"After examining the two bowls of medicine just now, I found that the smell of benzoin was indeed excessive. Long-term use is very harmful to the body and can even be life-threatening."
The Grand Empress Dowager looked at the woman in front of her and said angrily, "Yuan Le, since you entered the palace in your teens, I have treated you well. Even if you were mean to Li'er and did many things to hurt him, I didn't intend to execute you for Li'er's sake. Why did you do such a thing?"
Xiao Xuanli also looked at Chu Yuanle with disappointment. "Mother, you are so cruel. Grandmother has been so kind to you, why did you hurt her? Where do you put me by doing this?"
That’s right, the person talking to Rumeng is the current empress dowager, Chu Yuanle.
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