Chapter 357 Bright New Vista
“Thanks to you then. With the Tranquil Lotus, we are halfway to achieving success in our prescription.”
The worried expression on Lin ngya’s face finally began to ease.
Just when she felt assured, what Qiu Yu said subsequently, brought back her worries.
“Although my family knows how to cultivate the Tranquil Lotus, we are clueless about its use.”
What? Was there even a special way to use this herb?
After searching through the Shen Nung System, unfortunately, Lin ngya realized that the biggest bug in the system was that it followed the modern concept of producing prescriptions.
In other words, there was no instruction on how to extract the properties of the herb in the Shen Nung System. At most, there were only so tips on its dosage and external application.
Lin ngya could not help letting out a bitter laugh. If it were in modern tis, it was possible to extract the essence of any kind of dicine through advanced thods.
However, here when she encountered herbs with more complicated functions, she could only use special thods to activate or neutralize it, if she could not find another herb as a replacent.
Co to think of it, advanced technology was not available to the ancient people, yet they were able to think of solutions comparable to that of modern tis. This showed that the wisdom of the ancient people was not as simple as what the people of modern-day thought.
“Let think of a solution, since I’m the one who ca out with this prescription.”
Although she did not have a concrete idea on how to use it, she believed that she would be able to find a way, after doing a few rounds of experintations.
At least there would be an outco given that they had a direction.
Nevertheless, Qiu Yu looked down and thought for a while. Then with a severe tone, he said,
“Maybe there is an introduction to this kind of herb in the dical books your mother left behind for you. Since the book records the efficacy of Tranquil Lotus, maybe it also records the way to administer it? After all, who would know its efficacy if no one had ingested it?”
Lin ngya smiled guiltily when she saw the serious expression on Qiu Yu’s face.
Co to think of it, her mother had indeed left many dical books behind.
In the beginning, when Shangguan Qing married into the family, she had secretly burnt so of her mother’s relics.
The dical books alone had been kept inside her father’s study, earlier on.
Without her father’s permission, not to ntion Shangguan Qing, even the servants in the house, were not allowed to touch those books.
Lin ngya might have been a dull-witted girl when she was young, but she had always treasured her mother’s dical books.
It was for this reason that she had learned how to read, under her father’s guidance. Strangely, while she had no mory of human relationships in the family, she had a photographic mory of the dical books.
It was all thanks to her familiarity with the efficacies of the herbs that she managed to escape Shangguan Qing’s treacherous sches nurous tis.
Strangely, while she was able to discern poison from dicinal herbs while she was still a dull-witted girl, why did she ingest those poisonous dates while she was in the sedan?
Her doubt was like a drop of ink that fell into clear water.
After dropping into the water and mixing with it, it turned the water into a dark grey color.
Apparently, there were still many things she did not understand. Be it Shangguan Qing or Lin ngwu, soone was always out to harm her.
“You’re right. There must be records of this in the dical books. How about this? I will go ho to have a look tomorrow. Then I will have to trouble you to continue the work here.”
To Lin ngya, her father had kept those dical books as a rembrance of her late mother, sothing he could use to comfort his sorrowful heart.
However, if there was really any record concerning the Tranquil Lotus, that would be of great help to her research.
Moreover, she had not been back to the Lins, since her father and elder brother left, which was a long ti ago. It was ti she brought so back luck to the mother and daughter pair.
Here she was, working herself up to a frenzy, why should that mother and daughter pair be enjoying peace and quiet?
In this instant, the naughty part of Lin ngya erged.
The sneaky smile on her face sent chills up Qiu Yu and Baiji’s spines.
It appeared that so people would be unlucky!
“What? You’re going back to your mother’s house tomorrow? Bring Steward Deng with you and rember to co back early in the evening.”
According to the rules, Lin ngya was not allowed to visit her family without Long Tianyu accompanying her.
However, given that they had been married for quite so ti, Lin ngya could go anywhere she wished, as long as Long Tianyu agreed.
Perhaps it was from Long Tianyu’s past encounters with the mother and daughter pair, but he did not have a good impression of those greedy won.
He did not have any reason to stop Lin ngya from visiting her family, but Long Tianyu could not help, but frown at the plan.
Nothing good could co out from anything associated with the Shangguan Family.
“Alright, I will try my best to co back. Are there any other instructions for , Your Highness?”
Long Tianyu was still brooding over what happened in the day ti, but Lin ngya seed to be unperturbed.
She rubbed her glabella. She almost could not stand the throbbing of her head after a day’s intensive research.
Fortunately, the powerful Shen Nung System had enhanced her efficiency so much that she had made significant progress in her research today. Obviously a heavy burden had been lifted in her heart, after she solved the problem regarding the Tranquil Lotus.
She was confident that Qiu Yu was able to handle the remaining work very well.
What was critical now was to find out how to use the Tranquil Lotus.
Once this problem was solved, the hope of purging the poison from the emperor’s body would be foreseeable.
“I— be cautious in everything. I suspect the Shangguan Family is up to sothing these days. The queen, who has their back, would not remain quiet for long. Shangguan Qing is the queen’s blood sister, so you have to be careful.”
While Long Tianyu was not ready to reveal to Lin ngya about everything that happened in the court, he had to caution her carefully, lest she suffered losses.
“I believe Shangguan Qing would not be so obedient toward her elder sister now.”
Lin ngya let out a casual laugh, as a thought crossed her mind.
If the Shangguan Family could bring harm to the Lin Family, why could she not use the sa tactic against the Shangguan Family?
Long Tianyu gazed at her questioningly.
“It’s because the queen had attempted to cent political relations by marrying Lin ngwu off. Shangguan Qing might be ruthless, hypocritical and cunning, but she loved her daughter dearly. Lin ngwu would not dare to do many things, if not for Shangguan Qing indulging her. She was different from the queen in that Lin ngwu was both her pride, yet weak spot. All I need to do is to sow a little discord and Shangguan Qing would turn against the queen.”
Long Tianyu believed that he was a master in conspiracies.
However, he paled in comparison with Lin ngya, when it ca to handling the details of household affairs.
Although household affairs might seem to concern only the won in the household, those affairs certainly affected the affairs in the court. His princess was apparently a female dab hand, behind the scenes.
He did not have to worry about any fire in his back yard as long as she was around.
“Mada Lin, who is in the nether world, would definitely be comforted if she learns about this,”
Long Tianyu blurted this out without much thought.
In response, Lin ngya glanced at him and shook her head gently.
Lin ngya did not feel estranged from this mother whom she had never t before.
On the other hand, she was grateful to her.
“My father hardly ntioned anything about my mother. Perhaps because he thought I was dimwitted when I was young and would not be able to understand much. However, I have a feeling that I would not have experienced such a tough ti, if she were around.”
No mother would let her child fall into a whirlpool that would take her life.
It was said that Lin ngya had passed away because of her. Despite not having any mory of her, Lin ngya could imagine what kind of a perfect mother she was, given her great love.
“I’ve heard so elders talking about Mada Lin. Although there were many ladies who were experts in music and the arts from reputable families in the capital city at that ti, none of them were comparable to your mother.”
The fact was that Long Tianyu was a few years older than Lin ngya.
Coupled with the fact that he was surrounded by servants who were elders in the palace. naturally, he would have learned about the things of the past, more than Lin ngya would have.
All of a sudden, Lin ngya beca curious about this mother whom she had never t, for no reason.
Even the fact that her father was a rare hero. Why was he unable to put his late wife out of his mind, even after such a long period of ti?
The expression on Lin ngya’s face was one that Long Tianyu had seldom seen.
It was a look of longing coming from her heart.
Although his life in the palace had been one filled with scheming and plotting from his enemies, he always had his mother by his side, after all.
This was a luxury Lin ngya did not have. Once, he had heard Baizhi ntioning that she and Lin ngya had only each other when they were back at the Lin’s.
If one were to ponder how the two delicate girls looked after and watched out for each other, one would have an idea of the kind of hardship they went through during those days.
Instantly, a feeling of pain and tenderness for Lin ngya rose in Long Tianyu’s heart.
However, Long Tianyu, who had never experienced such sentints, was unaware of what he was feeling.
“What do you wish to know?”
His rational mind told him to stop dwelling on this topic. However, he could not bear the pain he felt for her, but fixed his gaze on her eyes that were filled with disappointnt.
Lin ngya nodded hurriedly. There was a look of yearning in her teary eyes.
Even she did not expect herself to feel the urge to find out more about this woman, who was in a way, unrelated to her.
Perhaps deep in her heart, she had been united with the wishes of that poor girl.
“I’m not exactly clear about what really happened. What I know was, to begin with, your mother was not a daughter of any prominent family in the capital city or even Dajin. However, it was when your father returned from a victorious battle, that the entire capital city witnessed for the first ti, what an unrivaled beauty ant.”
What Long Tianyu said was widespread knowledge, but he kept his voice low, as he spoke.
However, Lin ngya seed to be srized and fell into a daze, as she listened to his llow, rich voice.
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