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Chapter 244 Profound Human Kindness

"Mother, have you been well at home all day?" Madam Miao was relieved, but Zhu Yu was not. She also looked Madam Miao up and down.

"Don't worry." Madam Miao knew what her daughter was worried about. "These past few days, Madam hasn't even needed me to come to her room to serve her. She's been especially kind to me every day."

These past few days, even the tea and snacks in my room have become much more refined than before.

"Would she really be that kind?" Zhu Yu asked doubtfully.

Madam Miao quickly waved her hand: "Don't worry, the divine doctor who came with you has been taking my pulse every day, and I'm really fine."

Not only am I fine, but now, after drinking the medicine prescribed by the miracle doctor every day, I feel that my energy and spirit are much better than before.

Moreover, I reckon that Madam genuinely wants to get along well with me.

She lowered her voice, her tone revealing undisguised pride and satisfaction: "Madam thinks you've married well now, with a handsome and powerful husband who dotes on you so much, so she wants to get along with me so that she can be more harmonious with you all."

Zhu Ning's marriage prospects are bleak; she's been looking for someone to marry but hasn't found anyone she likes. She's probably hoping you can find her a promising and worthy husband in the capital of Jin Kingdom.

Zhu Yu smiled and said, "That's good. As long as they don't make things difficult for Mother, it's fine with them."

Anyway, they were just talking to themselves, and I didn't agree to anything.

There are undercurrents everywhere right now, and it's hard to say how long this superficial peace can last. It could be torn apart overnight.

By then, the capital of Jin Kingdom, which is currently the most sought-after city, will become a dangerous and treacherous place.

At this point, if they were to actually arrange a marriage for Zhu Ning, there would likely be only two outcomes: either this elder sister would use her simple mind and self-righteous personality to harm them, or she would use those same two traits to ruin herself.

Zhu Yu felt that she neither had a deep enough relationship with her elder sister to be willing to risk her life in her hands, nor did she have such great hatred that she would push her into a pit of fire.

Knowing that it wasn't her daughter who was injured or sick, Ms. Miao felt relieved. She didn't linger in the chestnut garden any longer, saying that since she was back, there would be more opportunities to meet, and her daughter and son-in-law had a hard journey, so she didn't want to disturb them. She then left alone.

As soon as Miao left, Yan Daoxin, who had just returned to his room, came out again. He beckoned to Zhu Yu and Lu Qing mysteriously, then turned and went back to his room.

Zhu Yu and Lu Qing hurriedly followed and entered the room. Fu Lu then closed the door for them from the outside.

"What's wrong? What's going on so mysteriously?" Zhu Yu asked, puzzled.

"After you left, I found an excuse to take your father's pulse." Yan Daoxin didn't try to be mysterious or keep anyone in suspense this time. He told them directly, "Zhu Yu's previous worries were correct. He really has been poisoned by a slow-acting poison."

Lu Qing was taken aback upon hearing this. Although Zhu Yu had previously suspected and worried about this, she was still startled when she heard that it was true.

"Is it serious?" she asked hurriedly.

"Don't worry, it's not serious. It's chronic, really slow."

"There's nothing seriously wrong right now, but she looks radiant on the surface, though her body is actually depleted," Yan Daoxin waved her hand. "However, it's fortunate that we've come to Shuo Kingdom this time, which is why Zhu Yu has this worry again."

Otherwise, even if he were saved in two or three years, he would be severely weakened and it would be impossible for him to completely eliminate the poison without any damage. But we don't have to worry about that now. I've prepared medicine for him and I'll personally brew it for him to drink every day. I estimate that by the time we leave, he will be mostly cured.

As long as no one plots against him after that, living to be seventy or eighty years old shouldn't be a problem.

"What's the problem?" Lu Qing asked.

Yan Daoxin curled her lips: "I did ask him about his daily life. He basically eats from the same plate as that Princess Shuo. The only exception is that the eldest daughter of the Zhu family will cook a ginseng tea for her good father every day, which is said to be made with rare medicinal herbs, as a sign of respect."

Your dad said he doesn't like drinking it, but he leaves some for his daughter out of filial piety. He drinks it most of the time, but occasionally he secretly stops drinking it.

It's fortunate that he did that, otherwise the detoxification wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

But when I asked to see the ginseng tea, he refused, insisting it couldn't be the ginseng tea; something else must be the problem, and he would be extra careful.

Zhu Yu understood immediately upon hearing this.

In this family, if there's anyone who would absolutely not harbor any intention to harm Zhu Cheng, it would probably be Pang Yuzhen and Zhu Ning, because the greatest glory and wealth of this mother and daughter came from Zhu Cheng.

Zhu Jie and Zhu Feng may still harbor ambitions to become the next Prince of Shuo, and they hope that their father can retire gracefully and step down to a more capable successor so that they can be promoted.

Only Pang Yuzhen and Zhu Ning, with their son and brother becoming the new Prince of Shuo, could not possibly live a more comfortable life than they do now.

As for Zhu Ning, who knows nothing about anything except those pretentious poetry gatherings, tea parties, and flower parties, where could she possibly get her hands on so-called "ginseng tea made from rare medicinal herbs"? The answer is almost a no-brainer.

Judging from Zhu Cheng's reaction, he must have known the truth, but he was unwilling to reveal it in front of an outsider like Yan Daoxin.

but……

"Does Father know that he will be completely cured of the poison after drinking this medicine you prescribed?" Zhu Yu asked Yan Daoxin.

"Of course... no! I don't know what plans you two have. Besides, what kind of doctor would speak so bluntly?" Yan Daoxin replied.

“Excellent. When you take your father’s pulse again tomorrow, be sure to tell him that although he has improved somewhat, it is not a cure. It’s just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. So you need to change his prescription and then bring him the decocted medicine so he can drink it while it’s hot.”

After he drinks it, he will find the medicine has a strong fishy smell and will naturally ask you what was added to the new prescription.

Then tell him that it contains the blood of a close relative as a medicinal ingredient.

"Closest relative? Whose?" Yan Daoxin squinted as he listened to Zhu Yu's words, and by this point he had basically guessed what was going on. "You're going to use blood to make medicine for your father? What are you doing?"

"The Pang family is very cunning. On the one hand, they are expanding their own power, and on the other hand, they are using the poisoning of my father as a double insurance. They are so vicious that they have the poison delivered to my father by his most beloved eldest daughter, so that he can eat it."

So, as expected, you've now discovered that the problem mainly lies in the ginseng tea that you offer daily as a token of respect. Your father, out of consideration for Zhu Ning, doesn't want outsiders to know even though he already has suspicions in his heart.

Therefore, to make him make a firm decision, one daughter would need to unknowingly owe him a debt of gratitude, while another daughter, knowing the truth, would be willing to shed blood for him. Only then could he accept this profound debt of gratitude.