Uncle He followed Su Yunjin’s instructions and drove the carriage to the market, where Su Yunjin got off and instructed Uncle He to return to Prince Ning Residence to wait for Gu Ya.
Holding the recipe, Su Yunjin went to the nearest pharmacy to inquire about the last herb, "Mutang Branch." The pharmacist examined the recipe and shook his head at Su Yunjin, "Apologies, young lady, but I’ve never heard of Mutang Branch from your recipe."
"You’ve never heard of it?" Su Yunjin was a little disappointed, took back the recipe, and continued visiting other pharmacies to inquire. Unexpectedly, even after visiting three or four pharmacies, no one had heard of this Mutang Branch. It seems that this Mutang Branch is not a common dicine? However, since her mother-in-law was able to get it, it indicates that although Mutang Branch is rare, so pharmacies in town might sell it.
Su Yunjin decided to continue her search, but to her surprise, after visiting all the pharmacies in town, none of them had heard of what Mutang Branch was, let alone sold the herb!
Su Yunjin found it strange; if no pharmacy in town knows about this, where did her mother-in-law, Mrs. An, get it? Nevertheless, Su Yunjin still took the recipe back to the Gu Family.
Little Tiangua and Little Yuanbao were coaxed to sleep by their nanny. After checking on the two children, Su Yunjin did not disturb them and quietly walked out of the room.
Aunt Bao made a pot of tea for Su Yunjin. Seeing Su Yunjin holding a piece of paper and reviewing it repeatedly, she couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Madam, what are you holding?"
"Looks like a prescription?" Before Su Yunjin could answer, Aunt Bao added.
Slling the fragrant tea from Aunt Bao, Su Yunjin set down the recipe, went to sip the tea, and answered Aunt Bao, "Aunt, you’re right. What I have here is indeed a prescription."
Aunt Bao tilted her head to look at the prescription Su Yunjin placed on the table. When she noticed the last herb on the recipe, Aunt Bao’s expression changed instantly.
"Madam, this... this prescription...?" Aunt Bao stared at the prescription, her expression turning to one of fear, even her voice changed.
Su Yunjin put down the tea cup. Noticing Aunt Bao’s unusual expression, she instinctively asked, "Aunt Bao, what’s wrong? Could it be you recognize this prescription?"
Aunt Bao couldn’t practice dicine and didn’t recognize the prescription on the table, but she did recognize the last herb ntioned.
Mutang Branch is known to be a highly toxic substance often used by the ladies and young mistresses in the inner residences of Jincheng to harm others. Since Mutang Branch is colorless and tasteless, it makes poisoning difficult to detect, thus becoming a favorite poison among those ladies for harming others. Not only do these won favor it, but even the Empress and imperial concubines in the palace frequently use this poison to eliminate their rivals.
Aunt Bao had previously worked at Prince Rui Residence, a place rife with won’s sches and intrigues. Were it not for the fact that the consort of Prince Rui had been repeatedly attacked, she wouldn’t have needed to travel all the way to Prince Qi Residence to seek refuge and rest during her pregnancy. Having witnessed the vile affairs of the inner residences, Aunt Bao naturally had heard of this poison called Mutang Branch.
"Madam, may I ask where you obtained this prescription?" After barely managing to regain her composure, Aunt Bao didn’t answer Su Yunjin’s question but instead asked about the origin of the prescription.
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