The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 389: elixir
Chapter 389 Secret Medicine
As soon as Lu Ninghua finished speaking, she saw Bai Jinzhi coming out of the house. She hurriedly bowed to Bai Jinzhi and said, “Fourth Miss!”
“Aunt!” Bai Jinzhi returned the greeting, “Thank you, Aunt!”
Bai Jinzhi stepped aside to make way for the door, and Chuntao opened the curtain to invite Lu Ninghua into the room.
Bai Jinzhi rubbed his neck tiredly. He was really shocked to see that this Ji Langhua was the Miss Ji he had met in southern Xinjiang.
Originally, Bai Jinzhi wanted to wait here for Ji Langhua to wake up and find out what happened, but the eldest sister said that it was unknown when Miss Ji would wake up, so she asked her to go back and pack some clothes, eat something and rest.
Bai Jinzhi was indeed tired after riding the horse for several days, so he obediently went back to rest.
Bai Qingyan was standing beside the bed, watching Shen Qingzhu wiping Ji Langhua’s face with a hot towel. He wondered why Ji Langhua had to make such a fuss… and let everyone in the capital know that she had a drug that could bring people back to life.
“Young lady!” Lu Ninghua bowed to Bai Qingyan, “Can you please let Ninghua take a look at this young lady?”
Bai Qingyan turned around and looked at Lu Ninghua, and saluted: “Thank you, auntie!”
Lu Ninghua washed her hands and wiped them with a handkerchief before sitting on the embroidered cushion beside the bed to take Ji Langhua’s pulse. Her eyes involuntarily fell on Ji Langhua’s face, and she looked at him carefully with a frown.
The maid following behind Lu Ninghua put Lu Ninghua’s medicine box aside and took out the small cowhide bag that Lu Ninghua wrapped the golden needles in.
Lu Ninghua came back to her senses, took out a golden needle, carefully inserted it into Ji Langhua’s palm, and gently turned it.
After just a moment, Ji Langhua woke up slowly.
Lu Ninghua pulled out the golden needle, put Ji Langhua’s hand into the bed quilt, and tucked the corner of the quilt for Ji Langhua with her eyes lowered.
Ji Langhua stared at Lu Ninghua, his pupils trembled for a moment, and he almost subconsciously grabbed Lu Ninghua’s hand, but suddenly let go.
“This girl probably only has some superficial injuries, or she fainted because she was too tired. She will be fine after a rest and taking some medicine.” Lu Ninghua said softly to Bai Qing.
Bai Qingyan’s eyes fell on Lu Ninghua, then on Ji Langhua, and he said, “Then I’ll have to trouble you, aunt, to prescribe a prescription for Miss Ji!”
Seeing Lu Ninghua bowing and walking around the screen to write a prescription outside, Bai Qingyan retracted his gaze and looked at Ji Langhua: “You went to so much trouble, even pretending to dig up Ah Ming’s grave, to spread the news that you have the medicine to bring the dead back to life. What are you planning?”
Ji Langhua struggled to sit up and looked at Bai Qingyan, whose eyes were cold and indifferent, his eyes turned red.
The handsome young man in front of her was wearing women’s clothes, which was very different from the handsome young man she had seen in southern Xinjiang. His facial features looked even more stunning.
“Little Bai Shuai, I have absolutely no intention of harming the Bai family.”
Bai Qingyan nodded and sat down on the chair Chuntao brought over. His tone was as calm as usual: “I remember telling you to live well and not let down the dead Bai family soldiers.”
Ji Langhua knew very well that Xiao Baishuai was smart and intelligent. When she heard what she said, she knew that Xiao Baishuai might have guessed what she was going to do.
Ji Langhua gritted her teeth, threw back the quilt, got off the bed, knelt in front of Bai Qingyan and kowtowed solemnly: “I dare not deceive Little Bai Marshal. Langhua is the judge of the Imperial Hospital who was involved in the case of Censor Jian Congwen. I am the granddaughter of Ji Bingfu.”
Bai Qingyan’s eyes did not change, and his fingers tapped on the armrest of the chair from time to time.
“Back then, my grandfather borrowed a rare ancient book from Censor Jian. He was anxious to diagnose Concubine Tong, so he put the bamboo slips of the ancient book into a medicine box and brought it into the palace. Concubine Tong saw the borrowing…but in front of my grandfather, she inserted the letter of treason from Censor Jian into the ancient book, and ordered someone to invite the emperor, and asked my grandfather to personally verify it with the emperor. When the ancient book was opened…the letter was already there. Concubine Tong said that this was the emperor’s intention, but my grandfather didn’t believe it. But when the emperor came, he said that either the letter was accidentally inserted by Jian Congwen, or the letter was from my grandfather. Someone had to die, and the meaning was self-evident.”
Ji Langhua lowered his head in shame: “Grandfather did not dare to disobey the emperor, so he said that the letter was there when Concubine Tong opened it, thus harming the entire family of Censor Jian Congwen.”
Bai Qingyan narrowed his eyes. That was why the case of Censor Jian Congwen was tried so smoothly. The Dali Temple investigated the whole case in three days. It turned out that the emperor was the one behind it.
At that time, Imperial Concubine Tong was the most favored among all the officials, but the emperor was not a loyal person… It was impossible that he wanted to kill the upright censor Jian Congwen just to cover up for Imperial Concubine Tong’s maternal family.
In addition to the resentment accumulated in early years, it was also feared that most of the evil things done by Concubine Tong’s maternal family in the past were tacitly condoned and protected by the emperor, and they were even involved in them before the emperor ascended the throne.
The emperor always wanted to gain a reputation as a wise and benevolent ruler, so naturally he would not allow the dirty tricks behind him to be exposed by Jian Congwen. This… led to the Jian Congwen case.
“My grandfather was afraid of bringing trouble to his family, so he sent my father and uncle to the border and married my aunt to a commoner in an attempt to save the family. However, my grandfather felt ashamed every day because of this and eventually died of depression…”
“Although your grandfather did nothing wrong, he didn’t kill Bo Ren and Bo Ren died because of him. Your grandfather’s ending was not unfair…” Bai Qingyan’s eyes were calm, “You want to avenge your grandfather?”
Ji Langhua shook his head: “If you want revenge, you should have started planning in your early years. I want to kill the tyrant emperor, it’s just what I want to do. This emperor is selfish and cruel, he did all kinds of evil things, and he wanted to leave a good reputation, so he killed the nine clans of Jian Congwen! The defense of the country depends on the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, and he is afraid of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion because of its great achievements, so he indulged the prince to harm the loyal people of the Jin Dynasty… The Duke of Zhenguo Mansion is full of men! Ji Langhua has only one life, if I can kill the tyrant emperor, this life will not be lived in vain.”
When the emperor dies, the prince ascends the throne, but this prince… is not necessarily much better than the current emperor.
Moreover, with Lu Ninghua around, even if the emperor’s headache is relieved, how long can he live?
There is no need to involve Ji Langhua in this matter.
Bai Qingyan didn’t say much to Ji Langhua, only said: “You take good care of yourself, and we’ll talk about it in a few days. Qingzhu will have someone look after her!”
“Little Bai Shuai!” Ji Langhua called out, but failed to stop Bai Qingyan.
She originally made trouble at the gate of the government office, and then she made trouble at the gate of the Princess Zhenguo’s residence, just to let more people know that she had the elixir that could bring the dead back to life. Now that it’s done, she should have left.
Not long after Bai Qingyan came out of the room, Lu Ninghua followed her out. She was quite surprised to see Bai Qingyan waiting at the door: “Miss…”
“I heard that my aunt went to the palace today to take the emperor’s pulse?” Bai Qingyan gestured to Lu Ninghua to walk with her.
Lu Ninghua followed Bai Qingyan and nodded: “Yes, Ninghua can conclude that His Majesty did use the secret love-enhancing medicine from Xiliang.”
First update, rolling around asking for monthly tickets…