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The always calm and indifferent Doctor Gong stared at the wooden box on top of the rosewood square table. He was extremely excited, and even Mama Zhu's eyes were flashing with tears.

Only the Madame SHen who was half-leaning on the bed, looked more and more serious after her initial excitement. She glanced at the wooden box on the table, then shifted her gaze to Jin Lan.

Jin Lan raised his head to look and saw that Madame SHen's expression was extremely ugly. His heart shrank as he hurriedly stepped forward and held onto Madame SHen's hand. "Mother, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Unexpectedly, Madame SHen flipped his hand, holding her hand tightly, she asked: "Where did this thing come from? You, did you do something to make yourself feel wronged!? " At the end of her words, her voice had already become sharp with a faint tremble.

She was from a prestigious family, and was also a pearl that was held in the palm of everyone's hands. Since she was young, she had seen many rare treasures, so she naturally knew what kind of precious things Shui Chen Xiang was, not to mention that there was a Snow Twig inside that was hard to find even if it was worth ten thousand gold! How could she not panic when something that was hard to find in the whole of Jiangnan would appear in the hands of her daughter, who did not leave her house?

"Mother." Jin Lan never thought that the Madame SHen would have such a huge reaction. He was stunned and did not know how to explain it.

Seeing her opening her mouth but not saying a word, Madame SHen thought that she had guessed the secret behind it. Lan Er, you are so silly! If something were to happen to you, even if I have to live for a hundred years, it will be useless! "

The mournful voice was like the blood of a cuckoo, shaking everyone's ears.

Jin Lan's face paled even more, and endured the piercing pain that came from his wrist as he gently advised: "Mother is probably mistaken. You should calm down first, and Lan Er will explain it in detail to you later, alright?"

Her gentle voice was like a spring, causing everyone to instantly recover from their shock. Mama Zhu hurried forward to support Madame SHen's tottering body, helping Jin Lan to advise him: "Madam, please listen to what you have to say."

Doctor Gong also nodded in agreement, "Second Miss is an intelligent person, she will definitely only do certain things."

Madame SHen's tightly clenched fist gradually recovered its strength. Mama Zhu and Doctor Gong comforted him for a while, and in the end, they slightly loosened their grip and spoke in a hoarse voice: "Tell me, if I don't tell you everything today, even if I die, I won't use this medicine!"

Jin Lan's shoulder trembled as he felt Madame SHen's face that was as white as snow. His eyes that were filled with tears felt as though they were being sliced by a blade.

All along, she had only thought of secretly changing everything in her previous life to prevent the tragedy from happening. No matter how difficult it was, she did not retreat. However, no matter how much she thought about it, she had forgotten that she was not alone in this life.

Didn't she clearly feel how much her mother loved her from the very beginning? However, deep in her heart, she was still holding onto the last bit of caution.

As matters stood, this trifling and seemingly insignificant precaution had deeply hurt the mother who cared about her the most!

She took a deep breath and sat down on the edge of the bed. She held Madame SHen's cold hands tightly in front of her and choked with sobs, "Mother, it was Lan Er who was in trouble. Actually, all of this originated from the beginning of the Lingji Temple. "

Following that, she chanced upon Yan Ye with her Lingji Temple, and then, Yan Ye requested for Buddhist Abbot Hui Wu to help her with the task, and then proceeded to tell her all about the trades the two had made with the Madame SHen in private. In the middle of it, there were some unspeakable details, such as his previous life's and current life's experiences, as well as Yan Ye's charge into the other rooms.

Madame SHen looked into her clear eyes, knowing that most of the things she said were true. Although she was unhappy about Yan Ye borrowing her daughter's time to hide from the soldiers, the majority of it was still acceptable to her.

Especially when Jin Lan mentioned the Manager Shi, he had long reported everything that had happened in Shang Jing as well as all that had happened in the capital to her. Now that he found out that the Manager Shi was Yan Ye's subordinate, he could only sigh and suppress the displeasure in his heart.

"In that case, why didn't you tell me earlier?" The Madame SHen was anxious and frustrated to begin with, but upon hearing the truth, he calmed down. Although her face was still ugly, he had become much calmer.

Jin Lan took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears on Madame SHen's face, "Lan Er also wanted to tell Mother as soon as possible, but she didn't know when she would be able to find the Snow Twig. Secondly, ever since our return to our residence from the Lingji Temple, there has not been a single moment of rest, and only now … " Saying that, she sighed, and lowered her head guiltily: "Lan Er is unfilial, and still made mother worry."

Madame SHen looked at Jin Lan's thin shoulders lovingly. Her daughter was probably in a difficult situation these few days, although she lived in a secluded place, but she still heard a lot about the matters in the palace, thinking about the unbearable rumors and how she went through such a ruckus, she knew that it must have hurt her daughter's heart.

"Don't talk about it anymore. It's mother's fault. If it wasn't for the fact that mother was useless, you wouldn't have had to wrangle with those people at such a young age." She wanted to be more doting than the others had been when she was a child, but her Lan Er lived a life of constant fear. She not only had to think about how to protect herself, but she also had to shoulder the heavy responsibility for her useless mother!

"Mother …" "Hiss!" Jin Lan wanted to console her, but Madame SHen's embrace had coincidentally knocked right into the hand that was slightly raised in front of her. She couldn't help but take in a breath of cold air due to the intense pain.

Sensing that his daughter's body had instantly stiffened, Madame SHen immediately released her hand, "Did it hurt you?" After frantically sizing up the situation, her gaze abruptly froze. Following that, she also sucked in a breath of cold air and abruptly grabbed her daughter's two small hands, her tears dazzling to the eye.

Due to the wide sleeves of his clothes today, Jin Lan's raised his hand a bit lower, revealing his wrist all of a sudden. There were two red imprints on his wrist, which combined with his fair skin made him look extremely shocking!

"It's me, it's my fault." Madame SHen evidently had not expected that in her extreme rage just now, she would actually injure Jin Lan. Warm teardrops fell down one by one, and dripped onto the two eye-piercing red marks.

"Mother, Lan Er doesn't hurt, it's true!" Seeing the tears that Madame SHen had struggled to hold flowing again, Jin Lan couldn't help but feel flustered.

When Mama Zhu saw it, she said, "Mistress, don't worry. Let Soo Soo take a look at the young lady."

The Madame SHen did as she was told and let go of his hand. Only then did Jin Lan heave a sigh of relief, and quickly stood and extended his hand to Doctor Gong.

Doctor Gong looked at it carefully, then said with a chuckle: "Don't worry, just wipe it twice with the medicinal wine later on."

Only then did Madame SHen relax.

"There's no time to lose, let's boil the medicine for mother as soon as possible." Jin Lan was afraid that the Madame SHen would let his imagination run wild again, and since there wasn't much time left, he decisively pointed to the herbs on the table. "I'm afraid we can't bring these herbs out.

The Mama Zhu nodded her head, "It has been cold recently. There is a furnace in my ear room so that I can make tea for my wife anytime. I can put the medicine there to fry."

"I've brought the medicine jar in the medicine box. Although it's a bit small, it's enough." Doctor Gong said as he opened the medicine box. Reality had taken out several packs of herbs wrapped in kraft paper, and in the end, he took out a small clay pot that was slightly smaller than a normal one. It looked like it was a new one and had not been used.

"Where's the prescription?" Jin Lan's gaze swept across the items on the table one by one, and finally landed on Doctor Gong's body.

Doctor Gong did not say much, but he took out two warm prescriptions from his sleeves and handed them over to Jin Lan, "This recipe is hard to find other than Snow Twig, the rest of the ingredients are all in the shop. As for the older year of Mountain Ginseng, they were also prepared a few days ago, it's just that the order in which the ingredients are used is a bit troublesome."

Jin Lan looked at the two prescriptions in his hand. The first recipe had a lot of herbs and they were very heavy too, almost all the rare herbs were on it. The second recipe also had a lot of relief.

After a moment's thought, she asked, "How long will it take for the mother to heal?"

Doctor Gong replied: "Ten days."

Ten days? Jin Lan frowned, "But there's only one Snow Twig, according to the recipe, it's only enough for one use!"

The Doctor Gong laughed and patiently explained: The Snow Twig is the first prescription's medicine, so you only need to drink it once to dispel most of the poison. In the next nine days, you will be able to rely on the second recipe to slowly treat the poison.

So that was it, Jin Lan's tensed heart immediately relaxed, and without further delay, he returned the prescription to Doctor Gong, allowing her to go to his ear to fry some medicine.

Moreover, there were a few main ingredients that had to be divided into several portions, and each part had to be added at a different time period in order to bring out the desired effects. Although a few ingredients were prepared, there was only one Snow Twig, so there was not the slightest difference!

Jin Lan was afraid that the Doctor Gong wouldn't be able to handle this, so he followed her to the listening room. The Doctor Gong didn't object, he gave her some relatively simple medicinal herbs, and when the time came, he would open the lid and ask her to throw in the medicine.

Not long after, a faint medicinal smell permeated out of Madame SHen's room.

Mama Zhu and Madame SHen were anxiously waiting in the room. Even Mama Tang, who was guarding the door, could not help but be nervous.

As the sun rose higher, the servant girls who were scattered with Shuixie Pavilion became busier, but no one approached the main house, even Man Ping and the rest who were waiting for them were unintentionally distracted by various matters.

After two hours had passed, a thin layer of sweat appeared on the foreheads and noses of Jin Lan and the Doctor Gong. They threw all the herbs placed beside them into the medicine jar, leaving only the wooden box.

Doctor Gong kept track of the time in his mind, his gaze focused on the medicine jar. After a while, she suddenly raised his head and looked at Jin Lan, "It's time."

After hearing what Doctor Gong said, his nervous heart had calmed down instead. She held up the wooden box seriously, carefully unbuckling the wooden clasp that was tightly clamped on top of it, then looked at Doctor Gong and nodded.

With the handkerchief in his hand, Doctor Gong suddenly reached out and grabbed the scalding pot lid. "Pa!" Jin Lan immediately opened the wooden box, and without even giving it time to examine it carefully, he quickly took out and threw the contents of the bottle. Doctor Gong immediately covered the jar, and with a series of movements, he opened the box without any delay.

"Is that it?" Jin Lan stared blankly at the pot of medicine that was rising in heat. Just now, she didn't even see the Snow Twig's appearance clearly. She only felt that it was incomparably cold, as if it was colder than the snow in the capital.

Doctor Gong was not sure if it would work either. After all, it was the first time she had seen the recipe and the Snow Twig, but he still comforted Jin Lan: "We just need to wait a while and we will be clear."

No matter how anxious Jin Lan was, he could only remain patient.

After half the time it took to brew a cup of tea, the smell emanating from the pot suddenly changed!