"Miss." Rouge opened the door curtain and walked in, holding a tray in her hand with a porcelain bowl on it.
"What is this?" Gu Yuqi cheered up and asked.
"This is from Aunt Liu. It is said that she went to cook the bird's nest specially for Madam." Yanzhi said.
Bird's nest? Gu Yuqi couldn't help but sneered again, "When did she become so generous? She even gave away bird's nests? Two days ago. She didn't even send any grass?"
"Who knows." Yan Zhi said, "If the young lady doesn't like it, the maidservant will fall here."
"Go and throw it away." Gu Yuqi said coldly.
Yan Zhi responded, turned around and was about to go out, but when she reached the door, Gu Yuqi stopped her, "Wait."
"What's your order, miss?" Rouge turned around and asked.
"Put down the bird's nest." Gu Yuqi said. "Go and invite the old gentleman."
"Yes." Rouge replied, put the tray back on the table and turned to leave.
Not long after, the old doctor was invited by Yan Zhi, after seeing the ceremony. He checked Liang Huaiyu first as usual. Then he said to Gu Yuqi. "Miss, Madam, everything is as usual. Although there is no improvement, all symptoms are very mild."
"En." Gu Yuqi nodded, "Old man, please help me see if there is anything wrong with that bowl of bird's nest."
"Okay." The old doctor picked up the bowl, smelled it first, then frowned, and said to Gu Yuqi, "Miss, can I have a taste?"
"En." Gu Yuqi gestured for Yan Zhi to fetch a spoon.
Yan Zhi handed one of the spoons to the old doctor, and the old doctor pleaded guilty. I took a little bit of it in my mouth and tasted it, and my brows frowned even more.
Gu Yuqi looked at the old doctor nervously, and asked softly, "Old man, what's wrong?"
"Miss, let me have another taste." The old doctor cupped his hands and said.
"Just try it, old man." Gu Yuqi couldn't sit still anymore, she got up and walked to the old doctor's side. Watch his movements and expressions carefully.
The old doctor tasted a little more, clicked his tongue carefully in his mouth, frowned and thought for a long time, then put down the spoon, and cupped his hands at Gu Yuqi, "Miss, have you ever given this bird's nest to Madam?"
"No." Gu Yuqi shook her head, she hurriedly asked, "But what's wrong?"
"Miss Hui." The old doctor thought for a while, but still gritted his teeth. {Look at it]"If the old man is not mistaken, this bird's nest has the grass honey of Chilling Grass added."
"Cold heart grass?" Gu Yuqi was taken aback, she had never heard of such a thing.
"Yes. Chilling Heart Grass is not a thing of our Daqi, so few people know about it." The old doctor said, "This kind of grass grows in Rouran, and it is not common. It is only found on the steep cliffs of the mountains. Yes. It’s very rare. It’s a coincidence. When I was young, I was caught practicing medicine by Rouran people. I was a slave for a period of time. In a family of Qianhu, the mistress of that family was Mr. After eating this kind of grass honey, the male owner was killed. Later, their family was torn apart, and the old man fled back to Daqi, and settled in Kuizhou with his medical skills." The old doctor sighed, "If Miss doesn't believe it, The old man can show you, the old man still has the imprint of a thousand household slaves on his arm."
After speaking, the old doctor rolled up his sleeves, and sure enough, there was a mark on the forearm near the elbow, the mark of a slave.
"Grass honey from Chilling Heart Grass?" Gu Yuqi asked, "What will happen if you take it? The old man took a little just now, don't you want to deal with it? What do you need to detoxify?"
The old doctor twirled his beard and said, "Miss Hui, this kind of grass honey is very interesting. If a healthy person takes it, it is completely harmless, but if a weak person takes it, it will cause blood deficiency and aggravate the disease." The disease, if taken for a long time, will make the disease more and more serious, until it can't be cured and dies."
Gu Yuqi only felt her scalp go numb. Diao pit brother.
Could it be that in the last life, my mother also died on the grass honey of the Chilling Heart Grass
The symptoms the old doctor mentioned just now made her feel as if she had known each other before.
"Mister, is what you just said true?" Gu Yuqi asked.
"How could this old man lie to Miss." The old man said seriously, "This old man has been practicing medicine for so many years, and what he has been adhering to is two words, honesty. Miss, this kind of grass is really rare. I'm afraid even the old man doesn't know the existence of this kind of grass. The grass honey tastes sweet, so it's not easy to be found in desserts, but after you taste it carefully, you will feel a little tingling at the base of your tongue, and there is a faint smell Unbelievable grass fragrance. If you don’t believe me, you can try it yourself.”
Gu Yuqi hurriedly asked Yan Zhi to fetch another spoon, she scooped one up herself and put it in her mouth.
Sure enough, the entrance is as fragrant and sweet as ordinary bird's nest, but at the end, there will be a little tingling feeling at the base of the tongue, which is very light, and if you don't pay attention, you will not notice it at all, and the aroma of the grass is also very light. The light taste is almost overwhelmed by other flavors.
Why does bird's nest taste like hemp and grass
Now even Gu Yuqi had to believe it.
"Mr., if you are poisoned by this grass, how can you cure it?" Gu Yuqi asked.
"Miss, this herb is not poisonous, but it cannot be taken for a long time by those who are physically weak." The old man smiled, "The wife of a thousand households used this herb for her husband because her husband was unwell. She thought Take this opportunity to aggravate her husband's condition, and finally kill her husband."
"Then how did the old man know the origin of this grass?" Gu Yuqi asked. "Could it be that the madam has made an accident?"
"The madam did it without anyone knowing it, so no one knew about it, but there were other concubines and sons in Qianhu's family. After Qianhu's death, the woman couldn't hold back, and the sons and concubines were in a mess. So the family I just broke up. As for how the old man knew the existence of this herb, it was also a coincidence. The witch doctor who gave the lady herbal medicine met me. I taught him some acupuncture techniques. That's why I knew there would be such a thing. And the grass honey of Chilling Heart Grass is not picked. It has to be refined with other things. As for how to refine, I really don't know. The untold secret of the witch doctor. Only those witch doctors know."
"That means that basically no one in Daqi knows the existence of this kind of thing?" Gu Yuqi asked.
"It can't be said that no one will know about this old man, but even if they know, there are very few people." The old doctor thought for a while and said, "The witch doctor in Rouran is very mysterious, and their things are not rumored. This A little old is sure. In fact, the old is also wondering why the grass honey of the chilling grass appears here."
The art of witch doctor! Gu Yuqi can also be sure, because the existence of the witch doctor was specifically mentioned in Lou Xiao's Rouran Fengwuzhi.
In Rouran, the status of witch doctors is very high, and their actions are also very strange and mysterious. Their medical skills are only spread among their own people, and they will not teach them to outsiders.
The old man didn't lie, and he didn't have to.
"Thank you, old man." Gu Yuqi bowed to the old doctor, who was so frightened that the old doctor just waved his hands and kept saying no.
"Please ask the old gentleman to help keep it secret." Gu Yuqi said to the old doctor seriously, "The matter is of great importance, and the old gentleman should understand the seriousness of the matter."
"That's natural." The old doctor nodded again and again, the person lying on the bed had an unusual background, and he also knew that the young lady of the Hou Mansion in front of him would become the side concubine of Prince An in the near future. He naturally stood by Gu Yuqi's side with all his heart.
After Gu Yuqi sent her away, she started staring at the bowl of bird's nest in a daze.
The old doctor is definitely not lying, that is to say, this bowl of bird's nest is really filled with the grass honey of chilling grass.
Gu Yuqi had tasted it herself, the base of her tongue was slightly numb, and there was a faint scent of grass that was not easy to detect.
Here comes the question, how can there be cold heart grass in the Dingyuan Hou's mansion? According to the old man, this kind of thing is not easy to find even in Rouran, and it belongs to the secret technique of the witch doctor.
The bird's nest was sent by Liu Yue, no wonder she was so fearless. Because there is no poison in this bird's nest at all, no matter how people test it, it will not be found out.
Ordinary people will not have any accidents after drinking this kind of bird's nest. Only the weak and sick can't take it for a long time.
Gu Yuqi's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. In her last life, Liu Yue must have used this kind of thing to kill her mother. In this life, she dared to send it? !
That's right, anyway, no one can verify it, so she naturally dared to send it. Even if the lawsuit was brought before the emperor, Liu Yue would not be afraid, but she never expected that Gu Yuqi would bring back a former Rouran from Kuizhou. Old master of slaves!
Unexpectedly, this old doctor also had friendship with a witch doctor.
Where did Liu Yue know this kind of thing? And where did it come from
An answer is ready to come out, Liu Yue has colluded with Rouran's witch doctor!
Gu Yuqi slapped the table and stood up abruptly.
"Go and call Chun Xing here." Gu Yuqi said to Yan Zhi.
"Yes." Yan Zhi immediately ran out, and not long after, Chun Xing was called over.
"Sister Chun Xing, early tomorrow morning you and Xia He will take Sister Qiuyue to see if Aunt Liu's cousin is still in the capital." Gu Yuqi shouted. "If it is, let Qiuyue remember his appearance, and then come back and draw it."
"Yes." Although Chun Xing didn't understand why the lady suddenly thought of Aunt Liu's cousin, but seeing the solemn look on the lady's face, she also knew that the matter was very serious.
The next day, Chunxing and Xiahe took Qiuyue to Xinglin Hall together.
This Xinglintang is the shop opened by Liu Yue's so-called cousin. It has been in the capital for several years, and the business is not bad.