The Favoured Medical Princess: 499 Test Poison

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Mingqing Temple?

The King of Zhennan frowned slightly, thoughtfully.

Nangong Yue said calmly: "Father, when General Tang sent Cousin Lan back that day, some people saw it, and before that, the whole city was looking for a girl... I'm afraid this matter was hidden. It won't be long. Sending Cousin Lan to the Mingqing Temple can also avoid the limelight. What's more, the Mingqing Temple has always been enshrined by the royal palace. Cousin Lan will not suffer much if she goes there. The beautiful mountains and rivers can cultivate her mind and nature, no matter how good it is. No more."

Mingqing Temple...

The King of Zhennan was slightly moved, but he still had concerns and remained silent.

"Father," Nangong Yue said with some difficulty, "Today, cousin Lan broke into Qingyunwu privately. Although she did not meet An Yihou, she was stopped by the people around An Yihou. This matter..."

King Zhennan’s heart skipped a beat. Yes, he had almost forgotten about it. If he didn’t give an explanation about this matter, if An Yihou misunderstood him... he might think that he wanted to Use your niece to win over him, and if it accidentally leaks to the emperor...

The King of Zhennan thought more and more deeply, and his face became darker and darker.

Nangong Yue stood with her eyes lowered and her eyebrows lowered. She thought that going too far was not enough, so she didn’t try to persuade her again.

After a while, King Zhennan nodded slowly and said: "...Concubine, please do as you wish."

Nangong Yue knelt down and agreed.

Now that the purpose of this trip was achieved, Nangong Yue resigned.

After returning to Bixiaotang, she asked Que'er to pass down the order and fine the two women who failed to guard the door three months' monthly payment and five bamboo boards.

Nangong Yue then ordered Baihui to invite someone over tomorrow morning——

Xiao Ni.

Nangong Yue sighed quietly and went to the small study.

So, early the next morning, Xiao Ni, who was confused, was led to Nangong Yue's yard by Baihui.

Xiao Ni is the girl from the second wife. She is not close to Nangong Yue on weekdays, and they only maintain polite contacts. She was also a little surprised why Nangong Yue suddenly called her over.

Bai Hui held the curtain for Xiao Ni in front. Xiao Ni's steps paused slightly outside the curtain for a moment, then he calmed down and walked into Dongci's room unhurriedly.

Nangong Yue was sitting on the Arhat bed, wearing a long silver-red jacket and holding loose buns on her arms. Her beautiful face looked more delicate and soft than usual in the morning light.

Obviously the other party's expression was calm, but for some reason, Xiao Ni felt a little uneasy. Although she is the legitimate daughter of the second wife, her father was a concubine and died young. In this palace, she seems to be inferior to other girls, which makes her a bit sensitive.

"Sister-in-law." Xiao Ni stepped forward, her body full of happiness.

Nangong Yue asked Xiao Ni to sit down with a smile: "Third sister, please sit down."

Nangong Yue was also sizing up Xiao Ni. The girl in her prime years wore a pink butterfly gown with floral makeup. She didn’t apply makeup on her face, so she was radiant enough, but there was only a faint hint of it in her words and deeds. Showing a hint of embarrassment.

Xiao Ni sat down on a rosewood armchair beside Arhat's bed, Huamei made tea and served snacks.

Xiao Ni straightened her back and asked politely: "I don't know, my sister-in-law asked me to come over, but what's the matter?"

Nangong Yue's clear eyes met Xiao Ni's, and she said slowly: "Third sister, why did you and your cousin Lan go to the small garden to release paper kites yesterday?"

Xiao Ni was startled and replied: "It was Cousin Lan who suggested it. She said that the small garden has a beautiful scenery and is perfect for putting kites. I didn't have anything important to do, so I went with her."

Yesterday, when they arrived at the small garden, the mother-in-law of the small garden said that duckweeds were being removed from Yuanxin Lake and asked them to go to the back garden to put paper kites. However, Qiao Ruolan felt that they were just putting kites anyway and not going to the garden. Why bother with rafting on Heart Lake? Xiao Ni thought it made sense, so she went in with Qiao Ruolan.

Could it be that my sister-in-law called me here because she was unhappy about this matter?

Xiao Ni lowered her eyes and pinched the handkerchief in her hand.

She knew that her sister-in-law was strict in running the family, and if she was normal, she would not go in even though the small garden was closed, but Cousin Lan was a guest, and she could not let Cousin Lan feel that the palace was deliberately neglecting her. What's more, this is just a trivial matter, and my sister-in-law must be making a fuss out of a molehill.

As soon as Nangong Yue saw Xiao Ni's expression, she knew that the little girl still didn't know what was wrong. She picked up the tea cup and took a sip before continuing to ask: "Since you are releasing paper kites in the small garden, why don't you Lan Why did my cousin run into the outer courtyard again?"

Xiao Ni couldn't help but think of Qiao Ruolan's performance at that time, and felt vaguely that it was a little weird, and replied cautiously: "Later, Cousin Lan's paper kite suddenly broke the string and flew out of the fence. I originally wanted to find someone to help Lan Cousin went to find Zhiyuan, but cousin Lan insisted on going by herself..."

As soon as Cousin Lan left, Sister-in-law's maids Baihui and Huamei also chased her. After that, Qiao Ruolan never came back, but her mother-in-law came to tell her that Cousin Lan had returned to her house.

Did something happen that I didn’t know about? !

Is that why my sister-in-law asked me to come over to investigate?

Xiao Ni couldn't help feeling a little aggrieved: Even if Cousin Lan did something wrong, it's none of her business! Her mother had taught her since she was young that sisters would be both prosperous and disgraced, but cousin Lan's surname was Qiao and her own surname was Xiao, so they were two different families.

Xiao Ni is still young, and even though she has a calmer temper than the second girl Xiao Rongxuan, she is still a careless little girl. Even if she tries her best to hide it, she cannot hide her grievances.

Nangong Yue sighed quietly.

As the saying goes, there is no rule without rules. Since she ordered the small garden to be closed, Xiao Ni had to ask for her permission if he wanted to go in and play. But come to think of it, the palace used to be evacuated according to the rules, and Xiao Ni didn't realize this.

Taking just what happened yesterday, Xiao Ni was being plotted but had no idea about it, which is really annoying and funny. You must know that Xiao Ni is a girl from Zhennan Prince's Palace. Even if she is a concubine, she is destined to be unable to live alone. She is always so ignorant of worldly affairs. She will suffer hardships in the future, and even worse, it will also affect the Prince's Palace.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, and Thrush came in holding an eagle kite.

Xiao Ni subconsciously looked over after hearing the sound, and recognized the kite at a glance as Qiao Ruolan’s. Sure enough——

"Prince Princess," Huamei said with a smile, "My cousin's paper kite was found. The mother-in-law of the outer courtyard found it in Jiang Yuexuan."

"Jiang Yuexuan?" Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows in pretense of confusion and murmured to herself, "Jiang Yuexuan and Qingyunwu are far apart, how could Cousin Lan go to Qingyunwu?"

Qingyunwu? ! Xiao Ni's pupils shrank, thinking of everything yesterday, her face turned pale, and her dark eyes instantly dimmed.

Cousin Lan went to Qingyunwu? !

That’s it! I see!

Cousin Lan didn't care about the third brother's homework at all. She was just trying to test An Yihou's residence, so she put on one good show after another in front of her.

Xiao Ni didn't know whether it was anger or shame, but her whole body was shaking slightly.

It’s unreasonable that Qiao Ruolan did such a shameless thing and even used herself as a cover! ...Does the sister-in-law think that she already knew about it and helped Qiao Ruolan?

Xiao Ni looked at Nangong Yue uneasily, and saw that the other party had a calm expression, as if she and she were just chatting.

"Huamei, go and send this paper kite to Qiao's house, and deliver it to cousin Qiao personally. In addition, you can bring a few more wives with you and do what the father ordered yesterday." Nangong Yue was naturally talking about sending Qiao Ruolan to Mingqing Temple.

"Yes, Crown Princess." Huamei hugged the paper kite and hurried away.

Xiao Ni looked at Nangong Yue anxiously, feeling uneasy.

"Third sister," Nangong Yue said with a smile, "I recently got some new pearl flowers. See if you like any of them and pick a few back."

While she was speaking, Queer came over holding a carved mahogany box.

Xiao Ni's high-spirited heart relaxed a little.

The magpie opened the box with a smile on his face, and saw that the small box was filled with jewels, and there were all kinds of exquisite bead flowers, such as coral, turquoise, beeswax bead flowers, gold dot emerald bead flowers, butterflies, and garnet bead flowers. , Nanzhu flowers... Xiao Ni had never seen many kinds of pearl flowers in southern Xinjiang, and she was dazzled.

Xiao Ni looked at Nangong Yue's face and saw her smiling and nodding to him, so she cautiously picked three beaded flowers from the box, then stood up and thanked her: "Thank you, sister-in-law." As she said this, there was a hint of smile on her face. A shy smile.

What surprised Xiao Ni was that Nangong Yue didn't talk about yesterday's events anymore. After only chatting for a few words, he ordered Que'er to send her back.

It wasn't until she stepped out of Bixiaotang that Xiao Ni breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself: Is my sister-in-law trying to remind me?

After returning, Xiao Ni hesitated for a long time, and finally walked into Qiu's yard and told her mother everything.

Ms. Qiu pondered for a moment and said, "Your sister-in-law is a good person."

After all, they have separate rooms, and their second room belongs to an orphan and a widowed mother. If the princess is unhappy about what happened yesterday, she can punish her. But she was concerned about Sister Ni's face, so she just taught her a lesson. The imperial concubine's position in the palace is now stable, and the second wife can't do anything to help her, so there is no need to use this to win over the second wife. It can only be said that what she does is really for Sister Ni's benefit.

"Sister Ni." Mrs. Qiu said seriously, "Do you realize that you are wrong?"

Xiao Ni lowered her head and responded: "Yes."

She also thought a lot on the way back. She obviously thought it was strange that Cousin Lan had to go to the small garden to release the kites, but she did not stop her. Instead, she allowed Cousin Lan to use her to achieve her goal... Fortunately, there was no trouble yesterday. If something scandalous happens, otherwise, my mother and third brother will be embarrassed along with me. My mother was right when she said that one would be prosperous and one would suffer, but she was still too naive.

"When you return to your room, copy the "Women's Training" and "Women's Commandments" ten times each." Mrs. Qiu was always strict with her daughter, "Don't go out before your uncle's birthday party."

Xiao Nifu responded.

Seeing that her daughter looked a little embarrassed, Qiu sighed, pulled her to his side and sat down.

Nangong Yue didn’t know how the second wife would teach her daughter, and she had no intention of asking.

For her, as long as Xiao Ni knows that she can't do things as she pleases in the future. After all, Xiao Ni is still young, her temper is not bad, and she can teach. It seems that she has realized something today.

It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, as long as you can grow, it's worth it.

After looking at the account books for a while, Huamei, who had gone to Qiao's house, came back. As soon as he saw Nangong Yue, he knelt down and apologized: "Prince Concubine, I didn't finish my errand."

Nangong Yue raised her hand and said: "Get up and answer."

Huamei stood up and explained the story carefully, "After I went to Qiao's house, I personally handed the kite to Miss Lan Biao and asked her to check the wind direction when looking for the kite in the future to avoid looking for it in the wrong place... ”

At that time, Qiao Ruolan's face turned green and white, and she almost threw the paper kite in her hand.

Next, Huamei conveyed the order of King Zhennan and sent her to Mingqing Temple.

This time, Qiao Ruolan was really panicked and refused to leave until a maid saw the opportunity and called Mrs. Qiao over...

Huamei lowered his head and said, "... Later, Mrs. Qiao ordered people to drive the slaves out, and she came to the palace angrily."

Nangong Yue tilted her head slightly. She was not surprised by this, or she was expected. It would be strange for Mrs. Qiao to let Qiao Ruolan go to Mingqing Temple without making any noise. Nangong Yue specially asked people to go to Qiao's house early to "send him off" because at this time, King Zhennan was still in the house.

"Magpie. Go and have a look."

Nangong Yue didn't say what she was looking at. Que'er knew it well and bowed before bowing and exiting.

An hour later, Que'er came back and said with a smile: "Prince Concubine, after Mrs. Qiao went to the study room, she cried, made trouble, and hanged herself. She also cried out for the deceased old prince and old princess. In the end, the prince was so troubled that he finally agreed to Mrs. Qiao not to let Miss Qiao go to Mingqing Temple, but to send her to Shuyao Women's Hospital."

Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly and asked: "Shuyao Women's Academy?"

Que'er replied: "I went to inquire about it. This Shuyao Women's Convent was first established by a talented woman who guarded the widows. Later, she also invited many widows from scholarly families to be female teachers there. , Gradually, Shuyao Women's Home became famous. Some dignitaries' families who wanted to hire female gentlemen would choose from there. The rules of Shuyao Women's Home were very strict, and I heard that no matter how unruly a noble lady was, she could go there. , they will all be obedient, and there are also many step-brothers who don’t want to discipline the daughters left behind by their first wives, so they will also send them to Shuyao Women’s Home..."

Nangong Yue listened, with a hint of a smile on her lips.

This can be regarded as the result of King Zhennan’s compromise.

In fact, it is better to go to Mingqing Temple than to Shuyao Nuyuan.

The Mingqing Temple is enshrined by the palace, so Qiao Ruolan will not suffer much if she goes there. Mrs. Qiao will go to Zhennan King from time to time to beg for help, and she will be back in ten days and a half at most.

But since Shuyao Women’s Courtyard is the result of King Zhennan’s compromise, there is no chance of coming back for a while.

It's a pity that Mrs. Qiao can't figure it out and insists on quarreling with King Zhennan, acting like a shrew.

Mrs. Qiao makes trouble in front of the King of Zhennan on all matters big and small. No matter how deep the relationship between sister and brother is, it will be lost.

Only when King Zhennan no longer obeys her will she realize the crisis...

Whether Qiao Ruolan was sent to Mingqing Temple or Shuyao Women's Academy made no difference to Nangong Yue. When Platycodon came over to convey King Zhennan's order to prepare the carriage, Nangong Yue did as he was told.

On the same day, Qiao Ruolan got on the carriage and was sent to Shuyao Women's Home.

Nangong Yue has no control over whether she is willing or crying.

Nangong Yue stroked her skirt, got up and went to the pharmacy.

The antidote to the miasma this time was entrusted by Guan Yubai, and it also involved the war ahead. It was of great importance, so Nangong Yue and Baihui were very cautious. Even small matters such as buying herbs were left to Baihui personally. Go and do it.

The pharmacy is filled to the brim with all kinds of medicinal herbs, from poisonous silver snakeroot, poison hemlock, blackhead grass to non-toxic salthorn grass, etc. Several baskets of each kind of herbs are prepared.

There are many possible combinations of these herbs, and we must try them one by one... until we find an antidote to the toxicity of the miasma.

This will be an extremely complex and difficult process, and it is possible that even after hundreds of experiments, nothing will be discovered.

Nangong Yue knew that she was going to be busy next, so both of them put on deerskin gloves - most of these herbs are highly poisonous, so they must be careful to avoid direct contact between the skin and the herbs.

After looking around the pharmacy, Nangong Yue had a rough plan in mind. She first ordered Baihui to crush the poison hemlock while she prepared the silver snakeroot.

Silver snakeroot gets its name because its roots are like silver snakes. Its leaves are non-toxic, but its roots are highly poisonous.

Nangong Yue removed its leaves, leaving only its roots, and divided it into two parts. One part was freshly mashed, and the other part was processed. First soak it with **** juice, then steam it for a stick of incense, and then take it out. Let it cool, then slice it, stir-fry it in a pan, let it cool and set aside...

As soon as Nangong Yue got busy, she concentrated on it. She was so busy that she didn’t know what year it was...until there were strange squeaking sounds outside the house, and Huamei came in carrying two cages. There were more than a dozen gray animals in the cages. The mice were scurrying back and forth in the cage, making squeaking noises from time to time, which made many girls get goosebumps. Ying'er and several little maids were watching from a distance, not daring to get close, and used a kind of He looked at Thrush with admiration.

Huamei didn't think anything, looked at the cage in his hand and said with a strange expression: "Sister Baihui, what's so scary about mice? It's so small, so it should be afraid of us, right?" Huamei is from a farmer's background. As a young girl, it was common to catch voles from the fields and eat them.

Baihui's face was also a little stiff, but she was used to being patient and remained calm.

At this time, Nangong Yue put down the medicine-pounding rod and medicine-pounding jar, looked over, and was stunned for a moment. Only then did she realize that more than an hour had passed without her realizing it, and it was almost noon when she looked at the sun.

Nangong Yue took off the deerskin gloves on her hands, rubbed her sore arms, and ordered: "Baihui, go get some dry swamp mud and soak it in water, and then give it to these mice in an appropriate amount. It depends on the dosage. Symptoms of poisoning will appear, and what dose is enough to cause death..." She spoke carefully, and the two maids listened attentively...

This day passed quickly in the busyness.

Nangong Yue tried to concoct every kind of poisonous weed and let Baihui and Huamei feed it to the mice.

The result is not surprising——

"Prince Princess, those mice are all dead." At dusk, Baihui and Huamei came to report.

While talking, the two handed over the lists they had recorded. Each piece of paper was densely written and accompanied by many simple illustrations.

Nangong Yue leaned against the window and read through the pages carefully. Baihui recorded in detail the various reactions of each poisoned rat after taking the pre- and post-preparation herbs. Naturally, there are many subtle differences that need to be noted. Consider carefully...

Actually, in addition to this, there is a more important point. The medicinal herbs being tested now are all purchased from pharmacies. Although they are the same varieties as those brought by Guanyubai, the ones brought by Guanyubai are The medicinal properties of what grows on the edge of that poisonous swamp may be different... But there is nothing we can do now, we can only try it first.

Time passed quickly, and the night gradually deepened. Nangong Yue put down the lists and yawned sleepily.

No matter how urgent it is, the medicine is important to life and cannot be prepared in a short time.

In the next few days, Nangong Yue had one more thing in her daily life. She was busy all day long and lost a lot of weight. Not only the maids, but also Old Master Fang felt distressed. Advise her to rest more.

Nangong Yue responded with a smile, but turned her back and kept busy. After all, King Zhennan’s birthday banquet will be in three days. This is a big event for her since she started taking care of the house. No matter what, There can be no mistakes.

However, we have been preparing for almost two months, and everything is in place. It can be said that everything is ready.

The birthday of King Zhennan is a major event in southern Xinjiang.

In the royal capital, there is also a major event, that is, the establishment of a prince has been officially put on the agenda.

The emperor's only legitimate son, the fifth prince Han Lingfan, had more homework every day because of this, and the emperor even came to take the first or second exam in person.

Thus, in recent days, every time it is the You hour, a clear and clear voice of a young man will be faintly heard from the Imperial Study Room, "...In ancient times, those who wanted to show virtue to the world first governed their country. Those who wanted to govern their country first regulated their family." If you want to straighten your family, you must first cultivate your body. If you want to cultivate your body, you must first rectify your heart. If you want to rectify your heart, you must first be sincere in your intentions. If you want to be sincere in your intentions, you must first know..."

The little chamberlain led a young man wearing a lake-colored brocade robe into the royal study. The young man was tall and tall, with an indescribable elegance, just like the character in the painting.

It is the third prince Han Lingfu.

He looked at the young man who was talking to the emperor. A flash of anger flashed in his eyes, but he immediately returned to his gentle look.

After the young man finished answering, the emperor brushed his beard with a smile and said: "Xiao Wu, that's right. As the tutor said, you have made great progress in your studies these days."

The young man was the fifth prince, and he thanked the emperor quickly.

At this time, Han Lingfu came forward and saluted the emperor: "See you, father!"

"No courtesy." The emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe raised his hand and looked at Han Lingfu with a faint look.

Han Lingfu naturally noticed the cold and distant attitude of the emperor, and his heart sank: Although he said that he was released from confinement by his father, his father obviously still remembered what happened before, even if he impatiently used water grinding to do it. To please, my father's attitude was only a little better.

Han Lingfu's eyes darkened, he calmed down, and said with a smile: "Father, the cook in Erchen's house has made some new food recently, and Erchen immediately sent it to father."

The emperor's appetite has been poor recently, so Han Lingfu has been thinking of ways to constantly send fresh food to the emperor.

The food that Han Lingfu sent recently was indeed quite novel. When the emperor heard this, his eyes lit up and he said: "Bring it up."

Han Lingfu hurriedly handed a celadon jar to Eunuch Liu.

After Eunuch Liu accepted it, he did not immediately present it to the emperor. Instead, he opened the lid and picked out a small dish. After being tested by a special poison-testing eunuch, he placed it on the emperor's desk.

The emperor looked at the golden stuff in the celadon jar with interest. It was fluffy and delicate, and the aroma of meat with a strong sweetness came to his nostrils, making people move their index fingers.

The emperor asked curiously: "Xiaosan, does this food have a name?"

"Pork floss." Han Lingfu replied hurriedly, "It is made from pork."

The emperor picked up a small silver spoon, took a spoonful and put it into his mouth, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. After tasting another spoonful, he put down the silver spoon and praised: "Not bad, not bad. Mistress, please reward the chef in your house well for me."

Han Lingfu was overjoyed when he saw that the emperor's expression softened a lot, and said respectfully: "The fact that my father likes me is the blessing of the cook in my son's house."

The emperor laughed heartily. Han Lingfu was about to take the opportunity to say something more, but he saw the emperor raised his hand to greet Han Lingfan and said: "Xiaowu, come and try this meat floss too."

When Eunuch Liu saw him, he immediately gave Han Lingfan a silver spoon.

Han Lingfan scooped a spoonful of golden meat floss from the celadon jar. After tasting it, he smiled and said: "Father, I also think this meat floss tastes really good and is very appetizing. Father, why don't you pair it with porridge?" Give it a try, it must be good."

"Xiao Wu, that's a good suggestion," the emperor smiled and brushed his beard, then told Eunuch Liu, "I want to have porridge tomorrow morning."

Han Lingfu looked helplessly at the emperor and Han Lingfan, who were a kind father and a filial son. A gloom flashed in his eyes, and he felt a little unwilling. He was obviously the one who brought the meat floss to his father, but the fifth emperor brother insisted on stealing his limelight.

"Your Majesty." At this time, a young chamberlain came in and said: "Your Majesty, I have brought the second young master of the Nangong family and he is waiting outside."

The emperor smiled at Han Lingfan and said: "Axinke is here, let him in quickly."