frightfiction Chapter 236 Pharmaceuticals
Chapter 236 Pharmaceuticals
After listening to Acai's words, Rong Su couldn't fall asleep for a long time that night.
She tossed and turned, on the one hand because she was afraid of falling asleep and having nightmares again, on the other hand she was recalling the memory of kidnapping Xuanyuan You from the Dongzhou Palace.
She was actually able to recall what happened when she was controlled, but it just took some time.
Now, I seem to be able to remember some of it.
She still remembered that after she brought the unconscious Xuanyuan You out of the imperial kitchen, she met the person sent by Shen Fengyu to contact her.
Afterwards, the man ordered her to change out of her original clothes and wear a nightgown, intending to leave the palace.
Just after she changed into her nightgown, she was holding Xuanyuan You and following that man out of the palace. Halfway through the secret passage, she met a man in black who was also wearing a nightgown.
She still remembers the look in the eyes of the man in black when he saw her. It was an expression of disbelief and surprise. But before he could say anything, Shen Fengyu's men started fighting with him.
However, that person's martial arts skills didn't seem to be very good, so he didn't bother to fight with Shen Fengyu's men, and came directly to snatch Xuanyuan You.
She frowned and thought back to that time. Her martial arts skills were not as good as the man in black. Even if his mind was controlled, she could not beat him.
Later, the man rescued Xuanyuan You, and she was taken back to Beizhou by Shen Fengyu's men.
Who exactly rescued Xuanyuan You?
It just happened to be after she was manipulated.
Perhaps the person who rescued Xuanyuan You also knew that Shen Fengyu was now controlling her.
Rong Su stared at the darkness, her thoughts drifting away, and she gradually fell asleep. Tonight, she still had nightmares and couldn't sleep.
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"My lady, His Majesty will come to dine with you at noon today. Please bathe and change your clothes first."
A palace maid came into her palace.
Upon hearing the news, Rong Su couldn't help but clench her fingers, but she had to keep a blank expression on her face, just like when she lost her mind.
"it is good."
After the palace maid left, Acai also learned the news and seemed to be somewhat happy.
"Great! His Majesty has finally come to see you, young lady! Miss, you don't know that the people in the harem, seeing that His Majesty hasn't come to visit for a while, have been gossiping about you behind your back, saying that you've fallen out of favor. This pissed me off!"
While Acai was speaking up for her, Rong Su was thinking about how to remain calm when facing Shen Fengyu later.
She was very afraid that when she saw her enemy's face, she would not be able to help but expose her disguise clearly, which would ruin her future plans.
No, she had to endure it.
The candlelight flickered in the hall. Rong Su sat in front of the bronze mirror, and A Cai gently combed her long hair.
Her cold face was reflected in the mirror, her eyes were deep, and contained an imperceptible hatred.
As the footsteps outside the door approached, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and let her heart calm down.
Shen Fengyu stepped in, wearing a dragon robe, with a hint of tenderness in his majesty.
He looked at Rong Su, his eyes so gentle that they seemed to melt the ice.
Rong Su slowly opened her eyes, her pretty face without a trace of smile, like a pure and cold goddess who was untainted by dust.
She stood up and saluted, each movement was just right, but her heart was beating as fast as a drum. She clenched her teeth tightly, not letting any hatred leak out, just waiting for the right moment to pour out this disguised storm in one fell swoop.
Shen Fengyu walked over with a smile, reached out and held her hand.
Rong Su looked at the hand, his heart unable to calm down, filled with rage and storm, and he had rehearsed the scene of killing Shen Fengyu thousands of times in his mind.
But she had to endure it, she reminded herself in her heart that she had to endure it no matter what.
"A Su. I miss you so much. Do you miss me?" He gazed at her affectionately, his eyes filled with an indelible soft light.
If it were an ordinary woman, seeing such an extraordinarily handsome and powerful man falling in love with her, she would definitely have smiled happily or felt touched.
But in Rong Su's view, this man's smile was like a knife, ruthlessly cutting her heart.
It was all because of him that Ah Qing died at the hands of his own knife!
No matter how much hatred Rong Su had in her heart, she had to act numb and treat Shen Fengyu in front of her with no expression.
Shen Fengyu had become accustomed to Rong Su's emotionless appearance. He took her hand and led her to the chair.
"Asu, soon we can become a real couple. Soon I can have you."
Shen Fengyu talked to himself, and gently picked up a lot of dishes for her with a gentle smile on his face.
Rong Su's gaze seemed to penetrate Shen Fengyu's gentle appearance and look directly into his hypocritical soul.
Her fingers were tightly wrapped by him, but they seemed frozen in ice, without any warmth.
Shen Fengyu's smile gradually distorted in her eyes, turning into the appearance of A Qing lying in a pool of blood. Every breath seemed to ignite a raging fire in his chest.
She forced herself to swallow the bitterness in her throat, and a barely perceptible sneer flashed in her slightly drooping eyes. It was a mocking smile at fate and a silent curse on Shen Fengyu.
There was a sharp blade hidden in her eyes, but she could only bury it deep in her heart. Her face remained expressionless and numb, as if all this tenderness and love had nothing to do with her. Only hatred was surging in her heart, as turbulent as the tide, but she could not vent it.
Suddenly, a cup of tea was pushed in front of her, and Shen Fengyu looked at her with gentle eyes.
"Asu, you should drink your tea. Otherwise, you will feel very uncomfortable tonight."
If it weren't for Shen Fengyu, she would never have remembered this matter.
That is, on the 15th of every month, she would be tortured by the toxins in her body, and then she would feel extremely painful, as if her body was being bitten by millions of poisonous snakes.
At the beginning, Shen Fengyu was like a madman full of evil tastes, even though she had lost her mind and was being manipulated by him.
He tortured her in this way for two months.
Eventually, the madman stopped torturing her and would bring her medicine to relieve the toxicity on the day before the fifteenth.
Her eyes fell on the cup of steaming hot tea. The antidote should be mixed in the hot tea.
Rong Su didn't hesitate, picked up the cup and drank.
Shen Fengyu did not suspect anything and smiled with satisfaction. Then he took her hand and kissed the back of her hand before leaving the palace.
After Shen Fengyu left, Rong Su's face became distorted. She took out a handkerchief and frantically wiped the places where Shen Fengyu had touched her.
She kept wiping every place hard until it turned red. Acai, who came in, saw it and exclaimed.
"Ah! Miss! What are you doing? Stop rubbing it, it's swollen!"
Rong Su stared at the panicked Ah Cai, and seeing her holding the back of her hand with a worried look, she smiled bitterly and said, "Ah Cai, if you find your enemy is right in front of you, but you can't take revenge, wouldn't that feeling be very painful?"
Ah Cai was slightly stunned and looked at Rong Su in surprise, but she didn't understand what she meant and thought Rong Su was in a bad mood.
Therefore, she didn't dare to think too much, for fear of bad consequences.
"Miss."
Rong Su could see that Ah Cai was genuinely worried about her, and that she really couldn't let innocent people get involved. She shook her head and smiled faintly, "I'm sorry, I might be a little resentful of His Majesty, after all, His Majesty hasn't come to see me in such a long time. I just said it casually because of my temper, Ah Cai, don't take it to heart."
Ah Cai looked at Rong Su and saw that she was smiling as if nothing had happened. As she listened to her words, she was actually half-believing and half-doubting in her heart, but she didn't dare to think too much about it.
"Acai won't think too much about it. Acai just hopes that the young lady won't keep everything in her heart. If you feel uncomfortable, just talk to Acai. Although Acai can't help much, at least Acai is willing to share your distress with the young lady."
Rong Su smiled gratefully at A Cai: "Thank you."
Ah Cai was still very worried about Rong Su, but she couldn't ask any more questions, so she could only shake her head and say, "This is what a servant should do."
Rong Su pushed aside the bowl that Shen Fengyu had touched, picked up another bowl, took a few bites of food, paused, and said to A Cai, "A Cai."
"Can you help me get some herbs?"
When Ah Cai heard this, she thought Rong Su wanted the herbs because she was feeling unwell, and she immediately became nervous: "Miss, are you feeling unwell? Otherwise, I will go and get Dr. Zhang!"
Rong Su shook her head and smiled, saying, "No. I've read a lot of medical books, and one of them says that placing sachets by the bed can help people who have trouble falling asleep. I just had a chat with His Majesty, and he said he's been having a lot of trouble lately and has had trouble falling asleep. I want to make some sachets myself and give them to His Majesty."
After hearing this, Ah Cai suddenly understood and smiled excitedly: "So that's how it is! I will definitely find the best herbs for you, young lady!"
Rong Su curled his eyes, but had other thoughts in his mind.
Making a sleeping sachet for Shen Fengyu? Haha, she only knows how to make poison for him.
That night, she did not feel so uncomfortable after taking the medicine that Shen Fengyu gave her to relieve the toxicity.
However, the body's tolerance to toxicity appears to be decreasing.
She had checked her own pulse on her own.
The poison has penetrated deep into the bone marrow. Even if he survives with the medicine that Shen Fengyu takes to alleviate the toxicity, he will only live for five more years.
Suddenly, her hands and feet felt like they were being bitten by poisonous snakes. The pain was unbearable. She tossed and turned on the bed, biting her handkerchief tightly.
His fingers were clenched into fists so tightly that he didn't even notice the nails piercing his palms, and he couldn't even care less about the pain.
He endured the severe pain, took out a dagger from the bedside, and cut his arm fiercely.
Bright red blood flowed down his arm.
She gritted her teeth, wet her handkerchief, and covered the wound until the bleeding stopped.
It was not until the second half of the night that she fell asleep in the dull pain.
The relief medicine given by Shen Fengyu has begun to lose its effect.
That was the only outcome she could think of before she went to sleep.
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Soon, the medicinal herbs that Acai found for her were delivered to her.
Although Ah Cai did not understand pharmacology, she specifically asked Ah Cai to go out and purchase the herbs herself just in case, and each time she purchased herbs, they would be divided into several types.
Acai has three days every month to leave the palace to visit her family, so she specially allowed her to go shopping during these three days.
After getting the necessary medicinal herbs, she would secretly prepare what she needed at night.
She had analyzed the blood that was taken from her body when the poison took effect that day.
It turned out that I was poisoned by a Gu!
It is also an extremely insidious and difficult to cure poison.
The poison is still in her body, and she can only feel a little clear-headed because it was broken by a silver needle that time.
But it was only a temporary respite.
As long as the poison is in her body, she will never be able to escape Shen Fengyu's control.
As long as Shen Fengyu passes the mother Gu, he can easily control her.
She couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
To do this, she had to create a poison that could suppress the influence of the mother Gu on her offspring.
Rong Su read medical books in order to pave the way for purchasing medicinal materials later. Another reason was that by reading medical books, she could quickly recall her memories of the medical books she had read before.
It was not long ago that she remembered that there was a poison that could suppress Shen Fengyu's poison.
However, that kind of poison has been lost for a long time and few people can make it. It’s not that the medicinal materials are hard to find, but the most difficult part is the proportion of the medicine.
But no matter how difficult it is, she will do it.
Rong Su stared at the herbs in his hand, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.
Shen Fengyu, since you have destroyed everything I have, let’s go to hell together.
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"Miss, it's cold here, why don't you go back inside?"
A Cai stood aside to shade her from the sun, then looked at the surface of the pond and shuddered.
There was a late summer rain last night, and the whole earth felt a little cooler.
Rong Su sat on the chair, staring at the calm surface of the pool, shaking her head: "I want to stay a little longer."
She had been locked up in the idea of developing poison for a long time and had to get some fresh air outside, otherwise, if she continued to work in isolation, she would be doomed sooner or later.
There are still ten days until the coronation ceremony. No matter how anxious she is, she has to calm down and think carefully.
At this time, two palace maids walked by, one of them was sobbing.
"Wow, my queen is so pitiful."
"Oh, don't cry, Concubine Ning is indeed pitiful. But no matter how great His Majesty's thunderous favor is, a concubine must endure it."
"Woo woo, but my queen was banished to the cold palace at such a young age. Woo woo."
"Alas, it's not good that Concubine Ning mentioned the one in Suge."
......
Rong Su didn't listen to the rest of the words because she just felt unhappy.
He immediately took Acai out of the courtyard.
Shen Fengyu's behavior only made her feel disgusted.
It was hard for her not to feel disgusted when such a person pretended to be affectionate.
"Miss, are you in a bad mood?"
A Cai was right next to Rong Su and could clearly see her expression, which had just become unhappy in an instant.
Rong Su looked into the distance and said in a light voice, "A Cai, if one day you could leave this palace, would you be willing?"
Hearing this, Ah Cai was stunned for a moment, then became nervous: "Miss, are you going to chase me away? Please don't chase me away!"
As she said this, Ah Cai was about to kneel down in front of her. Rong Su saw this and quickly reached out to support her.
"Acai, that's not what I meant."
Ah Cai looked at her in confusion, seemingly not understanding what she meant.
Seeing this, Rong Su said nothing more. She shook her head and said, "It's okay. I just said it casually. I didn't mean anything else."
Ah Cai's anxiety subsided a lot, but she was still a little scared: "Miss, you really won't chase me away?"
Rong Su sighed and shook her head: "Well, I won't drive you away."
With Rong Su's words, Ah Cai finally felt relieved and said with a smile, "Miss, you scared me. I will never leave you."
Rong Su looked at A Cai with an innocent smile, and had an indescribable feeling in her heart, either parting or complexity, maybe both.