The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 345 - 345 345 Luo Weis Antidote

Chapter 345: Chapter 345: ‘Luo Wei’s’ Antidote Chapter 345: Chapter 345: ‘Luo Wei’s’ Antidote “It’s not Nanny’s fault, I didn’t make it clear.”

Lin Caisang slightly shook her head; such a mistake cannot be solely blamed on Nanny Bai. She herself hadn’t considered it all thoroughly.

“Fortunately, it was discovered in time and it’s not a big issue. Nanny, take me to the dispensary in the mansion. I want to decipher and prepare the medicine myself.”

“Young lady, you want to make the medicine yourself?”

Nanny Bai gave Lin Caisang a surprised look and asked.

“Mhm.”

Lin Caisang nodded.

“It’s better if I watch the heat myself. I know exactly when to remove the medicine from the heat, and I don’t trust anyone else to do it.”

Nanny Bai surreptitiously glanced towards His Majesty, saw him nod, and then led Lin Caisang away.

“All of you may leave.”

Only after Lin Caisang left did His Majesty dismiss the crowd of kneeling imperial physicians, then turned to look at the Second Prince.

“Fortunately, you didn’t cause a complete disaster yesterday. If you had offended this young lady, your aunt’s life would be in your hands.”

“Uh.”

Although the Second Prince was scolded, he didn’t dare utter a word and simply accepted the blame.

“I was wrong. I will apologize to the lady later. But, Father, considering my Aunt’s situation, shouldn’t we recruit some doctors proficient in poisoning among the imperial physicians?”

He asked.

Not inviting physicians who are knowledgeable of poisoning into the Imperial Palace’s Imperial Medical Bureau has been the norm for quite some time. The reason being, to prevent those women in the harem from inciting trouble by using these physicians. This policy is not without merit.

But this time, his aunt’s incident served as a lesson. It’s truly insufficient not having anyone who can cure poison.

“This matter can be discussed later. Let’s first cure the poison in your aunt’s body,” replied the Emperor after giving it some thought.

…

“Where did you go this afternoon?”

Walking along the path from the bamboo house to Ya Village, Lin Caisang held a package of the most famous pastries from Jianan City. As she handed a piece of pastry to him, she also asked where he’d been.

She’d thought he had some important matter to attend to, but he had actually gone to buy her two large bags of pastries.

In response to her question, Ya Molian took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom and handed it to her.

“This is the antidote to ‘Luo Wei’.”

Stopping abruptly, Lin Caisang looked at the red porcelain bottle in his hand. Without any hesitation, she took it and put it into her small side bag.

“Even though it is not useful now, who knows, it might come in handy later. Better to hold onto it for now.”

“Why is it of no use?”

Ya Molian asked perturbedly.

“Is it that it can’t cure the ‘Luo Wei’ poison now?”

“It’s not that it can’t cure it, but rather the Elder Princess was poisoned with three different toxins. No matter which one we cure first…she will still die…like this.” Using her free hand, Lin Caisang made a cutting motion across her neck.

“Simultaneously take three antidotes?”

Considering this possibility, Ya Molian was struck with horror.

Every person’s body has a certain level of endurance. If pushed beyond its limits, death becomes imminent.

Given the Elder Princess’s sheltered life, she would not be able to tolerate even two antidotes at once, let alone three. He didn’t understand how these three poisons could be cured simultaneously.

“Wrong.”

Lin Caisang shook her head.

Only a fool would simultaneously give the Elder Princess – whose frail body could be disintegrated by just a gust of wind – three kinds of antidotes. That wouldn’t be a cure but a death sentence. She had thought about it for a while and could only come up with one solution – to formulate an antidote that could cure all three poisons at once.