Qin Zhao: "Sir, your compliment is greatly appreciated."
Xue Ren: "..."
Xue Ren was too lazy to argue with him, so he cleared his throat and said leisurely: "Shen Huan Powder was originally prepared by me."
Qin Zhao's eyes darkened.
He did have some guesses.
For example, Xue Ren had no relationship with him, so why was he so eager to help him cure his illness?
For example, he had previously roughly understood that Shen Huan Powder was originally circulated from the palace, and Xue Ren once told others that he had treated the late emperor.
"Look at that look in your eyes. I didn't poison you!" Xue Ren snorted coldly and said, "I have spent my life developing medicinal herbs to save the world. There is nothing wrong with my medicine itself. The problem lies with the people who use it."
Qin Zhao retracted his gaze: "Sir, what you mean is... this Shen Huan Powder is originally a medicine that can save people?"
"Of course." Xue Ren leaned back in his chair and said slowly, "This happened more than 20 years ago. When I first joined the Imperial Hospital, I was determined to make some achievements. At that time, the late emperor was suffering from a long-term illness and the entire Imperial Hospital was helpless. That's when I developed this prescription."
Qin Zhao: "Your Majesty's illness has been cured?"
"It's okay." Xue Ren sighed, "But it's not good either."
"What does this mean?"
"The late emperor's illness stemmed from a congenitally weak constitution and excessive overwork. This medicine is supposed to invigorate and invigorate one. It's not just the late emperor; several eunuchs who were used by the Imperial Hospital to test the medicine also suffered from similar conditions."
A medicine that can make people energetic and achieve twice the result with half the effort is undoubtedly very tempting.
Qin Zhao understood: "They abuse this drug?"
"Yes," Xue Ren said. "I was still young at the time. Seeing that the late emperor liked this medicine, I followed the Imperial Hospital to improve the formula according to his request and enhance its efficacy. His Majesty was very pleased and named this medicine Shen Huan Powder, and spread it throughout the court and among the princes and nobles in Kyoto."
"...From the imperial palace to the capital, from the border military camps to the entire Central Plains, Shen Huan Powder has been popular for a full ten years."
"During the first few years of Shen Huan Powder's popularity, scholars could compose several essays and countless poems daily. Military officers and soldiers were full of vigor and victories, and the whole nation was filled with jubilation," Xue Ren said. "In fact, as long as you don't overdose, this medicine is not dangerous. At the time, almost everyone in our Imperial Hospital, including the eunuchs and servants in the palace, was taking it. With the imperial physicians watching over the palace, there was no harm, but we couldn't control the common people."
Taking the same medicine for a long time will inevitably weaken its efficacy. If you want to achieve similar effects, you can only gradually increase the dosage.
This is where addiction comes from.
"More and more people are becoming addicted due to overdoses, and even families are being torn apart... You know what happened next."
Qin Zhao asked again, "Was the antidote prescription that was later promoted also written by you, sir?"
"Of course not!" Xue Ren's face changed and he said unhappily, "How could I write such a harmful prescription?"
Qin Zhao frowned slightly, but Xue Ren seemed reluctant to mention such things. He said vaguely, "It's not hard to imagine. The drug we developed caused such serious consequences. How could the higher-ups still keep us?"
Qin Zhao: "The new emperor dismissed the Imperial Medical Bureau?"
"It's not just as simple as dismissing them..." Xue Ren sighed and said, "When the situation became increasingly difficult to control, the late emperor ordered the Imperial Hospital to develop an antidote, but before we could develop the formula, the late emperor passed away."
"After the new emperor ascended the throne, some of the Imperial Hospital staff were imprisoned or executed, but I... escaped on the eve of the incident."
"You can call me a coward or a disloyal person, but I just can't swallow this!" Xue Ren looked a little tired and said slowly, "I was the one who prepared the prescription in the first place. If it weren't for me, things wouldn't have turned out like this."
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