In the past few days, the weather in the city has been extremely hot. Huang Fengmo had been lying in bed for a long time without changing his posture, which caused excessive squeezing of certain skin parts on his body and showed signs of scabies.
Yan Ruocheng checked it and said: "Husband, you have scabies on your back, and you need to apply some detoxifying black ointment. I want to go back to the Imperial Physician's Palace to get some."
"Isn't it available in the medicine shop? Do I need to go back to the palace to get it?" Huang Fengmo asked.
"Several medicine shops in the city were blown up. I asked people to go out to buy them the day before yesterday and couldn't buy raw materials, so I had to go back to the palace." Yan Ruocheng said helplessly.
"Send someone into the palace to get it, and stop running around." Huang Fengmo didn't want her to enter the palace.
"I'm going to get the medicinal materials and prepare a black ointment. Husband, please let me go and I'll be back soon. I promise not to waste time." Yan Ruozhen said in a good-humored way.
"Okay. Come back early." Huang Fengmo agreed.
"Well, okay. Xiaoling is reading in his room. If he doesn't understand something, come over and teach him." Yan Ruocheng kissed his forehead and said.
"Okay." Huang Fengmo also kissed her on the mouth.
So, Yan Ruocheng took a carriage and entered the palace.
In the Imperial Physician's Palace.
"What? You said Imperial Doctor Li is not here! Why didn't anyone come and notify me?" Wang Xiulin said angrily to several young medical apprentices.
"Empress, Imperial Doctor Li left the palace to support the barracks after receiving a temporary order from the Holy One." The young doctor explained.
"If Imperial Physician Li is not here, why don't you ask other Imperial Physicians to prepare the medicine? You know that I need to remove the poisonous black ointment, but you don't know how to do it?" Wang Xiulin continued to lecture. Because Huang Fan'er had a long hair on his body.
She was so anxious to get medicine when she got scabies and the pain was unbearable.
"Other doctors and pharmacists will also go with them. Queen, if you don't need it urgently, please wait three days for Dr. Li and others to come back. The black ointment has been made, and I will send it to you." The young medical apprentice was helpless.
All the basic pharmacists also came out to help, leaving only a few young medical apprentices who were not yet proficient in medicine to select precious medicinal materials. They did not know the secret recipe of making the poison-extracting black ointment at all.
Wang Xiulin was absolutely furious with this careless little doctor. There were three big words "no urgent need" engraved on her face.
"You——!" Before she could finish, she saw Yan Ruocheng sneaking past the door.
"It's really unlucky to see Wang Xiulin here. If she sees her, it will be troublesome." When Yan Ruocheng came to the Imperial Physician's Hall, he heard Wang Xiulin's cursing voice. In order not to be discovered by Wang Xiulin, he dodged and sneaked to the pharmacy.
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Wang Xiulin immediately followed Yan Ruocheng. When Yan Ruocheng slipped in thinking it was safe, he didn't know that Wang Xiulin had already followed behind.
"Sneaky, what do you want to do?" Wang Xiulin said, making Yan Ruocheng jump in fright.
"Ahem! I feel a little uncomfortable, so I came to prepare some medicine." Yan Ruocheng turned around and said unceremoniously.
"Don't be polite and greet me when you see me. Don't think that now that you are the eldest princess, you can't abide by the rules of the palace." Wang Xiulin started to suppress her again.
"In terms of seniority, you are the one who asked me to greet you first. I am now your emperor's sister-in-law." Yan Ruocheng said in a desperate manner.
"You have such a big burden! How dare you talk to me like this?" Wang Xiulin said fiercely.
"I'm not very courageous, but I have His Highness' support. If you touch a hair on my head, Your Highness will definitely not let you go. Even if you are the Queen, so what?" Yan Ruocheng returned fiercely.
"You!" Wang Xiulin gritted his teeth in anger.
"What are you doing? I just heard you telling that little medical apprentice that you wanted to remove the poisonous black ointment, right?" Yan Ruocheng didn't mean to get into trouble with her. He gave in and changed the subject.
"None of your business!" Wang Xiulin said with a straight face.
"It's none of my business, but I'm also here to get the poison-removing black ointment. Do you need my help in preparing some for you?" Yan Ruocheng said with a sly smile.
"Who wants your help?" Wang Xiulin didn't appreciate it at all, but he didn't intend to leave.
Yan Ruozhen ignored her and went to grab the medicinal materials first.
Wang Xiulin looked at what medicinal materials she had grabbed and grabbed them again.
Yan Ruocheng went to pick up the medicine grinder to grind the medicine, and she followed it secretly, but she couldn't control the strength and the grinding was not fine enough.
"Queen, this is not how you grind it. You have to be patient to grind it finely. If it's not fine, you won't be able to make black ointment." Yan Ruocheng reminded.
Wang Xiulin put down a little bit of his dignity and put his head in to take a look at her grinding method.
"Is it okay if I wear it like this?" she asked.
Yan Ruocheng poked his head over, took a look at it for her, and said, "It's not fine enough yet. It needs to be as fine as powder. It will take about another time to grind the incense stick."
"Whether you grind another stick of incense will make your hands sore." Wang Xiulin said in annoyance.
"The finer it is, the more effective the black ointment can be. Otherwise, applying it will be the same as not applying it at all." Yan Ruocheng said the key point.
After Wang Xiulin heard this, he continued to grind carefully.
Yan Ruozhen thought that she would rely on her status as the queen to order people to help with the grinding, but she did not do so. She chose to do it herself.
Is this black ointment meant for Chen Ling? Chen Ling must have been suffering from scabies after sitting on the throne for a long time. Yan Ruocheng thought to himself.
The more Wang Xiulin grinded, the calmer he became and asked: "After grinding, what should I do? In addition to black ointment, what other medicine should be cooked to remove scabies."
"Empress, are you asking me?" Yan Ruozhao played with her knowingly.
"There are only you and me here. I'm not asking you, but who am I asking!" Wang Xiulin said angrily.
Yan Ruocheng smiled and said: "After grinding it, put it into the alchemy pot over there, add licorice water, and simmer it for half a stick of incense, then take it out and continue grinding it until it becomes a paste.
Pour it into a bottle and you can use it. For decoction, just boil some detoxifying and heat-clearing products."
"Why is it so complicated? Why did Dr. Li and the others just make more when they don't have time? They don't have to go through such trouble to make them." Wang Xiulin asked in confusion.
"The black ointment we just made is very effective. If you use it after a few days, the effect will be reduced several times. That's why we don't make more for backup use." Yan Ruozhen explained.
Wang Xiulin was tired, so he shook his hand and rested.
"I'll grind it. You can use these to refine the medicine first, don't waste time." Yan Ruocheng polished his own and exchanged it with her.
Wang Xiulin was reluctant at first, but when he saw that she was grinding it very finely, he was afraid that he would not be able to grind it so finely for another hour, so he obeyed and followed Yan Ruocheng's instructions.
The two gradually divided the work and then cooperated. An hour later, the black ointment for removing the poison was ready, and the heat-clearing medicinal soup was also prepared.
Wang Xiulin was satisfied and went out with the hot medicinal soup and black ointment. He didn't even say thank you to Yan Ruocheng.
Yan Ruocheng sighed and blew on his sore hands. Suddenly, he remembered that he had forgotten to tell Wang Xiulin just now that the heat-clearing medicinal soup needs to be eaten before drinking, otherwise Chenling's body would not be able to bear such a cold medicinal soup.
After she ran out, it was already too late. Wang Xiulin went out and disappeared without a trace.
In fact, Wang Xiulin did not take the common road, but took the secret path to avoid being gossiped by people in the palace, so taking the secret path can reduce trouble.
Yan Ruocheng took the medicinal pill that could relieve the cold and hurried to the imperial study room.
Huang Chenling thought about the battle plan for several nights in a row. He was tired mentally and developed a dry cough. In addition, the weather was sultry and there were too many mosquitoes. The lit sandalwood stewed the whole room and the air was not circulating. He looked at the memorial for too long.
Already dizzy and swollen.
Bang! There was a sound, and he lay down on the desk and fainted.
In the imperial study room, he arranged for the servants to wait outside. So no one found him fainting.
Yan Ruocheng quietly climbed into the imperial study through the back window. No one was there. Only Huang Chenling lay motionless on the desk.
Strange? Why don’t you see Wang Xiulin?
She walked over to Huang Chenling, pushed him gently, and said, "Chenling? Chenling?"
Huang Chenling didn't react at all and realized something was wrong.
She quickly helped him to the bench and pressed his philtrum to wake him up.
"Chen Ling? Please wake up?"
Huang Chenling still didn't wake up.
An hour later, Huang Chenling slowly woke up and found herself leaning in a soft and waxy embrace.
Yan Ruozhen was holding him while administering acupuncture. He inhaled too much sandalwood and was too tired, causing him to faint.
"Ruocheng?" He thought he was dreaming and reached out to touch her face.
"Don't move, I'm in the middle of administering the acupuncture." Yan Ruocheng said.
Huang Chenling opened her eyes wider and realized that she was not dreaming.
"You are so tired, why don't you take a rest. If I hadn't come just now, something would have happened to you." Yan Ruochun said.
"I can't take the time to rest." Huang Chenling said simply.
"What should I do if my body is damaged?" Yan Ruocheng said heartbrokenly.
"If it doesn't break, if it breaks, just make it up slowly." Huang Chenling said pretending to be relaxed.
"How long has it been since you had a good sleep? The dark bags under your eyes are so obvious." Yan Ruocheng asked.
"I haven't had a good sleep since I was attacked last time." Huang Chenling said honestly.
"It's been so long, don't you want to live? Go to sleep now." Yan Ruozhen packed up the needles and put him down.
Huang Chenling immediately wanted to hug her like a big tree, hugged her with both hands, and said, "Don't let me go. It's hard to be held by you and have a rest."
"You want to rest, why are you holding me? Lie down." Yan Ruocheng said with a smile, and pushed him gently.
"Then you also lie down." Huang Chenling took her to lie down together. The two of them were squeezed into a long chair.
Huang Chenling hugged her and closed her eyes obediently. After a while, she fell asleep.
Yan Ruocheng reached out and stroked his hair, and found a few shiny white hairs beside his ears. It seemed that he was really working hard.