"Then get me the other medicines first." Although Flame Sun Grass and Snow Skin Fruit are key ingredients, other medicines are also effective. We can give the other medicines first, and add them in once we find these two.
"Yes, Miss Yun." The pharmacy clerk hurried to fetch the medicine.
"How much?" Yun Qingran asked the pharmacy clerk after getting the medicine.
"Huh?" The pharmacy clerk looked surprised, then answered incredulously, "One tael and three coins."
Yun Qingran took out a small silver ingot and three coins from her purse and gave them to the shop assistant, who stiffly accepted them.
The wicked girl actually paid for what she bought!
"Let's go." Yun Qingran turned to leave with Bi Cao, but just as she was about to go out, someone came downstairs and called her back.
"Miss Yun, please wait."
Yun Qingran turned around and saw a middle-aged man. Judging from his clothes and demeanor, he should be the manager of this pharmacy.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Yun Qingran asked politely.
"The two herbs that Miss Yun just asked about are already rare, and their unique and dangerous growing environment makes them extremely hard to come by," the middle-aged man said.
Upon hearing this, Yun Qingran's heart sank. Without these two medicines, there was no way to cure the poison in her body.
She'd cry if she were left to live like this forever!
“However, I know where to find these two herbs,” the middle-aged man continued.
Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in Yun Qingran's eyes, and she said sincerely, "Please tell my daughter, sir. I would be extremely grateful."
"The palace," the middle-aged man replied.
In the palace! No one wields greater power than royalty, and the palace naturally holds the most treasures in the world. It's not surprising that the palace possesses these two medicines.
"Thank you, sir." Yun Qingran curtsied to the middle-aged man.
"No need to thank me. Your father saved me once back then, so consider this repayment." After saying that, the man turned and went upstairs, seemingly not wanting to get entangled with her any further.
"Let's go." Yun Qingran led Bi Cao away from the pharmacy.
All the way there, Yun Qingran was thinking about how to obtain these two medicines.
"Ranran." Just as I was deep in thought, a sweet, coquettish voice came from beside me.
Looking up, I saw a beautiful young woman. She had delicate features, bright eyes, and a captivating charm. Even in simple clothes, she was stunningly beautiful and incomparably lovely, which only made her seem like a lotus emerging from the water, pure and unparalleled.
And her overall demeanor is gentle and warm, making it hard not to like her.
Yunxi Moon!
Yun Qingran narrowed her eyes as she looked at Yun Xiyue. She was the original owner's cousin, the most beautiful woman in Beiyin, and highly regarded by both noble ladies and common people.
My grandfather, Yun Xuanchen, had one wife and one concubine. His wife was Zhao, who gave birth to Yunxiao, who is also Yun Qingran's father. His concubine was Su, who gave birth to twins, Yunsong and Yunlian.
Yun Xiyue is Yun Song's legitimate daughter, and the original owner's cousin (sharing the same grandfather but different grandmothers).
According to Zhao, when she first married into the Zhen'an Marquis's mansion, Aunt Su probably felt that Zhao, a village girl, could become the mistress of the mansion. Her outstanding appearance greatly offended her. She even dared to use a sleeping potion to seduce Yun Xuanchen and get him into bed.
The grandfather was furious at Su's actions, but Su was extremely lucky; she became pregnant that very night.
Su made her pregnancy a hot topic throughout the city, but her grandfather, fearing repercussions, did not take any action against her.
Su probably understood that her grandfather disliked her and knew that it was impossible to get ahead through her grandfather. She could only rely on her two children, so she started to push them hard from a young age.
The two children, after all, inherited their grandfather's genes and were quite talented. Yun Song passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, while Yun Lian married the Grand Tutor of the court.
Yun Song has a knack for officialdom; his career is thriving, and he is now a first-rank official, a Grand Secretary of the Imperial Academy.
To outsiders, the brothers Yunxiao and Yunsong get along well. Yunsong even bought a house next to the Zhen'an Marquis's mansion so that he could be closer to his younger brother.
In reality, Yunxiao and Yunsong had been enemies since childhood. When Yunxiao was fourteen or fifteen years old, Yunsong even pushed him into the lake in the dead of winter, and Yunxiao almost drowned.
Despite their parents' bitter feud, Yun Qingran and Yun Xiyue had an exceptionally good relationship. Yun Xiyue disguised herself as a maid and took Yun Qingran to her first casino and brothel.
Yun Qingran's public confession to Jiang Yunqi was also instigated by Yun Xiyue.
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In the original owner's heart, everyone else despised and loathed her, only Yun Xiyue supported and liked her. She had long since decided that Yun Xiyue was her best friend and closest family member.
Idiot! [Smiling]
This Yun Xiyue is really something. If she's so capable, she should fight openly. What kind of behavior is it to bully idiots?
"Cousin, why are you looking at me like that?" Yun Xiyue felt a strange sensation when she saw Yun Qingran staring at her with an unfathomable and inscrutable gaze.
"No, no, no, this is the first time I've seen such a big Biluochun tea plant. I find it a bit unusual." Yun Qingran grinned.
"Huh! What is Biluochun?" Yun Xiyue was completely confused.
"It means it's very beautiful, and as refreshing and sweet as Biluochun tea," Yun Qingran said without hesitation.
Yun Xiyue looks innocent and harmless, but she's actually rotten to the core. She's just like a green tea plant, Biluochun!
"Ranran, what are you saying? It's not that exaggerated." Yun Xiyue covered her mouth, her face flushed with shyness.
What she was most proud of was her stunningly beautiful face.
"Now that I look at it, it looks even more like Biluochun tea," Yun Qingran exclaimed in amazement.
Yunxi Yuejiao became even more shy. After hesitating for a while, she lowered her voice and said, "Ranran, in a few days, on New Year's Eve, as usual, we will go to the palace to attend the New Year's Eve banquet."
"And then?" This was something Yun Qingran remembered.
Although the original owner was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhenning's mansion, and her status was among the highest of noble ladies, she never attended such banquets.
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