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The room was quiet, and the lively atmosphere gradually died down.

"What happened to my mother?" Jin Lan couldn't help but ask when he saw Doctor Gong's expression become more and more serious, he couldn't suppress the anxiety in his heart anymore.

Doctor Gong gave Jin Lan a quick glance before shifting his gaze back to Madame SHen's face. Finally, he lowered his eyelids, and looked like he wanted to say something.

The Madame SHen naturally did not miss the hesitation on Doctor Gong's face, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he sighed: "The body is on its own, as for what happened, I am more clear than anyone else." With that, she looked at Doctor Gong and said softly, "You don't have to worry too much. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Although she had heard Madame SHen's words, the color on Doctor Gong's face did not decrease at all. She slowly withdrew her finger from Madame SHen's wrist, raised her head, and swept her gaze across the crowd's anxious faces, before looking into Madame SHen's seemingly indifferent yet cautious eyes, "Mistress' body is weaker than it was a few days ago, and there are signs of it being exhausted."

"How could this be!?" Jin Lan's face was as white as snow. She had already guessed this long ago, but she hadn't thought that it would come in such an aggressive manner!

Back then, when he was in the Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu, he had said that the poison patients in the late stage would die due to the exhaustion of their Essence Qi!

Although Mama Zhu and the rest were confused by Jin Lan's words, it was not hard to tell from Jin Lan's reaction and the serious expression that the Madame SHen's body was not looking optimistic. In that moment, all of their complexions turned ugly.

"Soo Soo, Madam's body …" Mama Zhu wanted to immediately go up and grab her daughter's hand and ask her about it, but after taking two steps forward, she stopped.

Doctor Gong slowly shook his head and did not answer. Instead, he looked at Jin Lan.

Facing the Doctor Gong's vigilant eyes, Jin Lan took a deep breath, steadied his mind, and tightly held onto Madame SHen's cold hand. He turned his head and said to everyone in a deep voice: "Mother's body is not feeling well, and is not allowed to disturb others.

Wan Ju naturally listened to orders and Jin Lan, after getting lucky, she gently stepped out of the room. A trace of hesitation flashed past Bi He's eyes, but he only paused for a moment, and followed Wan Ju out.

On the other hand, Man Ping and Hui Xiu quickly looked at each other, then immediately looked towards Madame SHen, only to see her leaning against the headboard, eyes half closed, as if she had tacitly agreed.

At that moment, other than the mother and daughter pair, only the Doctor Gong and the Mama Zhu were left in the room.

Jin Lan sat by the side of Madame SHen's bed, and looked fixedly at Doctor Gong: "I plead for Doctor Gong to tell me honestly."

Now that he had nothing to worry about, Doctor Gong naturally revealed the thoughts in his heart, "Although the poison in my wife's body has not been removed, she is still taking the Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu's medicine, and every day she recovers. Until the end of the year, when Madame was busy with matters of the manor, and accidentally caught a chill, but did not expect it to gradually worsen, and in the end, even the Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu's prescription, by chance, tried it out. "

The fact that the Madame SHen was poisoned and the matter of the Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu's diagnosis was not hidden from the Doctor Gong, thus, although she always came to open his meridians, he still secretly used the Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu's method of medicine.

"From this, it's not hard to guess. Madam is probably …" Doctor Gong paused for a moment, and then said solemnly: "I'm afraid the poison has worsened!"

So it was like that!

Jin Lan's eyes were cold. Even though he hadn't been able to promptly uncover the traitor beside his mother, the other party actually dared to make a move after a round of beating. It seemed like he had to make a move as soon as possible!

In a flash, her thoughts changed and she asked, "Who has been waiting in front of Mother these days? How many people have access to medicinal herbs? "

Doctor Gong looked at Madame SHen for a moment, then said slowly: "Madam's medicine, from beginning to end, is handled by me. Whether it's for catching medicine or to frying medicine, or even to sending a medicine bowl in front of Madam, I have never pretended to do anything to anyone else." After she finished speaking, she pondered for a moment before adding, "Not a single one!"

Jin Lan nodded. Doctor Gong was his mother's trusted aide and his daughter, so he naturally trusted her. Since it wasn't a drug, then there was a good chance that something went wrong with the food.

As she thought about it, she looked at Madame SHen, "Mother, do you still remember who served the food you ate after getting the cold?"

The Madame SHen nodded her head: "Although there are two Female Cook s in the kitchen, my food has always been handled by Hui Xiu and the Female Cook Zhang."

Hui Xiu and Female Cook Zhang? Jin Lan frowned.

She had secretly filtered all the servants in the Shuixie Pavilion before, so she naturally knew about Hui Xiu and Female Cook Zhang's family background. Hui Xiu needless to say, Female Cook Zhang was one of the rooms arranged by the Shen Family when his mother got married. Shen Family would not harm mother, but after staying in the household for so many years, life in Shuixie Pavilion was extremely difficult, so it was impossible to protect Female Cook Zhang from having second thoughts …

"Lan Er." When Madame SHen saw Jin Lan's frown, she could not help but say softly: "Female Cook Zhang's son has always been working in Mama Zhu's shop."

Jin Lan was startled, and turned to look at Mama Zhu.

Mama Zhu hurriedly nodded her head.

The meaning behind his words was that the Female Cook Zhang was trustworthy.

The corners of Madame SHen's mouth raised up slightly. How could she be careless when it came to the thing in her mouth?

If it wasn't Female Cook Zhang, could it be Hui Xiu?

Jin Lan's two long, shapely eyebrows instantly knitted together. All sorts of signs indicated that only those close to his mother could harm her. But Hui Xiu...

She could not help but recall that day, when the Concubine Shao wanted to take this chance to send Hui Xiu and Hui Xiu out of the house. Hui Xiu's tear-stained face and shocking black purple forehead, as well as the sorrow and determination in her eyes, did not seem to be fake.

But if it wasn't Hui Xiu, who else could it be?

As he thought about it, Jin Lan could not help but grow a little restless. There were only two people who came into contact with food, but that was impossible. Could it be that his mother had swallowed the poison herself?

Madame SHen had been paying attention to the changes in Jin Lan's expression. Seeing the impatience on her face, he knew that his daughter had drilled herself into a corner, so he lightly covered his palms with his hands and called out softly, "Lan Er."

The warmth from his hands caused Jin Lan to shudder. Lifting his eyelids, he met the eyes of the Madame SHen which were filled with concern and understanding. The irritation in his heart immediately vanished as if he had met a sweet rain.

It seemed that his mother was not completely clueless about this matter.

and Female Cook Zhang had been keeping the food in the Shuixie Pavilion for so long, and that already proved their innocence.

In the end, it was because of her concern that she lost her rationality. If the spy hiding by her mother's side was so simple, he would have been found out long ago. If she were to alarm him again, I'm afraid …

As he thought about it, a hint of understanding appeared in Jin Lan's heart, and his face calmed down.

Seeing that her daughter's expression was at ease, Madame SHen heaved a sigh of relief. After all, she did not wish for Jin Lan to come into contact with these schemes prematurely.

"Right now, the most important thing is still my wife's body." Mama Zhu stayed by the side and listened until the room quieted down.

Hearing Mama Zhu's words, Jin Lan's face tightened even more, and pulled Madame SHen's hand as he asked: "Since the original formula failed, has mother ever gone to Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu to look for a new meridian?"

Madame SHen and Doctor Gong looked at each other and said with bitter smiles, "Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu roams the four seas. We were lucky to meet each other last time. "

Jin Lan's face paled. That's right, if the Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu was still here, how could his mother's body be dragged to such a state?

"Fortunately, the Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu left a cure for the poison before he left." Madame SHen saw that his daughter's expression was not right, and immediately tried to console her.

A prescription for the antidote? Jin Lan's heart was filled with bitterness. 'I'm afraid that recipe doesn't amount to anything right now!'

She took a deep breath and looked at Doctor Gong, a glimmer of hope in her eyes. "Since there's a prescription, then the poison in mother's body …"

The Doctor Gong shook his head heavily, "Although there is a prescription, and the ingredients written are about eighty to ninety percent done, the most important ingredient is still missing."

So it was like that!

Jin Lan's heart fell to the bottom of the valley. When Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu was supporting his mother's pulse, he once said that his mother was afflicted with two poisons. If she wanted to cure the poison, she had to find a cure or the antidote would become a life-threatening poison! The medicinal herb would be …

"Snow Twig."

"That's right." Hearing Jin Lan's muttering, the Doctor Gong nodded his head, and said: "Snow Twig s are hard to find. Ever since I found out about my wife's situation, I had sent people to find medicine, but not just this huge Yangzhou palace, even Su Hang and the entire Jiangnan Region could not find it." After speaking, he sighed, looked at Madame SHen, and said: "Now, we've already sent people to the northwest, and we can only hope that we can find the medicine and bring it back."

Jin Lan lowered his head, as if he hadn't heard Doctor Gong's words.

When she mentioned the Snow Twig, a pair of deep star eyes appeared before her eyes. The night that she encountered within the Lingji Temple suddenly jumped out from the depths of her mind.

"I know where the Snow Twig are."

"I can find the Snow Twig for you, but you have to do one thing for me."

"In the future, if you have any problems, go to Zhou Ji Rice Shop in East Gate Market and find a shopkeeper with the surname Shi. He will help you."

Jin Lan suddenly stood up, suppressing his heartbeat that was about to burst out of his chest. He stared at Mama Zhu and asked anxiously: "Does Mama still remember who was the one that helped Shang Jing at that time?"

was even more confused, "Last time, a servant on the boat reported to her that she was unable to hire a boat from Shang Jing. It was the East Gate Market's Zhou Ji Mi Pao's Manager Shi that wanted to enter the capital, and had taken a ride with her. Miss, do you remember?"

Jin Lan felt relieved, no wonder she felt that the Manager Shi was so familiar.

So, it was someone he left behind!

In other words, there might be news of the Snow Twig at the Manager Shi's side.