Chapter 53: Collecting Medicinal Herbs and Using Poison as an Antidote to Poison (2/2)

The Emperor was irritated. Ruan Jiujiu finally put the blame on him.

How dare she!

The Emperor’s refusal of Ruan Jiujiu’s request would be no different from sentencing Imperial Concubine Dan to death.

“Your Majesty, I could stand aside when my sister is collecting medicinal herbs. I also possess medical skills. Maybe I could offer help.” Ruan Qingqing acted as if her real intention was to offer help.

Ruan Jiujiu felt sick upon seeing Ruan Qingqing’s bitchy face.

Offering help? No kidding!

“Actually imperial physicians could also go with me. Your Majesty, what do you think?”

The Emperor didn’t trust Ruan Qingqing who volunteered to go with Ruan Jiujiu. However, he placed absolute trust in imperial physicians who were his underlings.

“You may go and collect the medicinal herbs.”

Ruan Jiujiu left upon hearing the Emperor’s words. Unwilling to lag behind, Ruan Qingqing followed Ruan Jiujiu in quick steps.

Ruan Jiujiu got a breath of fresh air after she walked out of the main hall. Then she stopped and started glancing right and left.

“What are you going to do? Running away?” Ruan Qingqing’s annoying voice reached her ears.

Ruan Jiujiu just ignored her. She turned round and spoke to the imperial physician who was just walking outside, “Um…Respected Imperial Physician, I don’t know the way to the Imperial Dispensary. You lead on and I’ll follow.”

“My last name is Shen. Miss Ruan, this way, please.” Imperial Physician Shen said respectfully. Actually he was full of admiration for Ruan Jiujiu. He had always regarded Murong as a remarkable miracle-working physician. This time, Ruan Jiujiu was able to detect the Wusi Poison which Murong didn’t even discover.

Imperial Physician Shen had no choice but to show the greatest respect for Ruan Jiujiu.

Being allowed to collect medicinal herbs with Ruan Jiujiu was more than he could wish for.

Imperial Physician Shen’s respectfulness drove Ruan Qingqing mad. She ground her teeth hard.

The true colors of an evildoer would be revealed in time. Ruan Jiujiu, you little fox could never keep your tail hidden all the time.

Ruan Jiujiu burst with joy when she entered the Imperial Dispensary. Her excitement was not derived from her occupational enthusiasm as a medical practitioner. Instead, the very thought of the great value of those premium medicinal herbs made her elated.

All those premium medicinal herbs were of great worth.

It had been a long time since she came here through time-traveling. Never had she seen such treasures before. Standing in front of those premium medicinal herbs, she felt as if she had earned a huge amount of money.

She rushed into the premium medicinal herbs area.

“You need this?” Ruan Qingqing asked immediately when she saw Ruan Jiujiu grab a ginseng which was a thousand years old.

Ruan Jiujiu snapped the box shut. She didn’t even feel like casting a disdainful eye at Ruan Qingqing.

Ruan Qingqing froze with anger. When she recovered herself, Ruan Jiujiu had gone. So she quickened her pace and followed Ruan Jiujiu around like a shadow.

Burning with rage, Ruan Qingqing failed to discover that the ginseng which was placed on the shelf had already disappeared.

Then Ruan Jiujiu picked up some premium medicinal herbs like esculent swift’s nest and glossy ganoderma. However, what she did was merely picking them up and putting them back.

Ruan Qingqing felt rather confused. No matter what she said, Ruan Jiujiu just ignored her and kept chatting with Imperial Physician Shen. The topic they discussed was mainly about those medicinal herbs, ranging from their growth years to their places of origin. Quite boring!

Ruan Qingqing was irritated. She couldn’t figure out what Ruan Jiujiu kept up her sleeves.

“Ruan Jiujiu, what on earth are you up to? When will you start to collect the medicinal herbs?” Ruan Qingqing roared.

Again, Ruan Jiujiu just ignored Ruan Qingqing’s words. She just put a root of red-rooted salvia back to the box. It was far more precious than a thousand-year-old ginseng. She just had a discussion with Imperial Physician Shen about the great value of that root of red-rooted salvia.

Ruan Jiujiu feasted her eyes on that root of red-rooted salvia.

So the precious root of red-rooted salvia also disappeared after Ruan Jiujiu put the lid on the box.

After enjoying those precious medicinal herbs to her great satisfaction, Ruan Jiujiu sighed with pleasure. Then she turned round and headed for the common medicinal herbs area.

Imperial Physician Shen followed her respectfully, while Ruan Qingqing quickened her steps angrily.

This time, Ruan Jiujiu collected about a dozen kinds of medicinal herbs without saying anything, rather quick in her movements.

Ruan Jiujiu’s quick movements made Ruan Qingqing feel dizzy. Yet she had clearly observed what Ruan Jiujiu had collected.

She knew the names of those medicinal herbs. They could be used as antidote. There was nothing special about those herbs.

She could by no means pick holes in Ruan Jiujiu’s choice. However…

Ruan Jiujiu merely chose some common medicinal herbs to deal with the highly poisonous Wusi Poison! Quite strange!

Ruan Jiujiu also knew that those medicinal herbs were too common to be used as the antidote to Wusi Poison. So she turned round and collected three kinds of poison.

“What will you do with the poison?” Ruan Qingqing got excited upon seeing what Ruan Jiujiu did. She thought she had got some evidence against Ruan Jiujiu eventually!

This time, Ruan Jiujiu made a response by throwing a disdainful eye at Ruan Qingqing. Ruan Jiujiu answered coldly, “Making antidote!”

“What you should do is making antidote instead of attacking Imperial Concubine Dan with poison!” Ruan Qingqing roared.

“Using poison as an antidote to poison. You never heard about that?” Ruan Jiujiu threw a glance of contempt at Ruan Qingqing.

“You!” Ruan Qingqing’s eyes were blazing with fury.

Again, Ruan Jiujiu chose to ignore Ruan Qingqing who was burning with rage. Then she turned to Imperial Physician Shen and resumed their pleasant talk.

Ruan Jiujiu couldn’t identify what kind of poison attacked Imperial Concubine Dan, so it would be impossible for her to make antidote. As a well-trained medical practitioner, she did excel in doing poison research. An ancient physician like Imperial Physician Shen could actually learn a lot from Ruan Jiujiu.

Ruan Jiujiu had drawn much more admiration from Imperial Physician Shen before they returned to the main hall.