My Ancient Stepson Bootcamp

Chapter 81
"I heard before that Mrs. Xu gave the Queen Mother a pot of exotic camellias with five colors of flowers. In our Jin Dynasty, this camellia was very rare, let alone a branch that can bloom five colors. Think about it. It is extremely precious, and it is rumored that Mrs. Xu cultivated this flower herself, I don’t know if it is true or not?” The old lady of the Fang family smiled, but her eyes, which had experienced many hardships and accidents, were fixed on Lin Shuran.

Lin Shuran looked at the old lady of the Fang family in surprise, she was puzzled, but she nodded and replied truthfully: "It is true that I planted the flower myself, but this flower is extremely rare, and I have only cultivated two plants in three years." One of the five-color orb camellias was given to the Empress Dowager, and the other was damaged by the heavy snow a few years ago, I don’t know why the old lady asked about the flowers?”

Hearing that the flowers had been damaged by the snow, the old lady of the Fang family showed regret and disappointment on her face, and said with a bitter smile: "To tell you the truth, I have an old disease, and Zheng Yuanshou of the Imperial Hospital developed a new prescription, which is said to be used The use of camellias as medicine is of great benefit to my disease, I wanted to go to the palace to ask the empress dowager brazenly, but I learned that the empress dowager has used all the five-color camellias you gave me as medicine in order to cure the empress dowager."

"Old lady, although this camellia is rare, it is not absent in other places in the world. If it is warm today, you should be able to find it in other places." This year's wind and snow were heavy, and the small flower garden of Lin Shuran's farm also suffered a disaster. Trimmed those flowers and plants. Although the camellia was rescued by her, it is afraid that it will not bloom this year.

"Alas—" the old lady of the Fang family sighed softly, "It's just that the efficacy of this ordinary camellia is probably incomparable with that of the five-color camellia, and it will be a blessing in old age."

Seeing the disappointed face of the old lady of the Fang family, Lin Shuran really wanted to tell her that the so-called five-color camellias should be the same as ordinary camellias, but she used the technique of grafting. People here have never seen it before, so they think it is magical. .

But after thinking about it, if I say this, I am afraid that it will easily cause misunderstandings by others, thinking that I am not willing to take out the precious camellia, so I hold back what I said.

On the way back from the Fang's house, as soon as they left the Fang's gate, Hong Gu said to Lin Shuran with a sullen face: "Ma'am, the old lady of the Fang family is lying!"

Chun Xi opened her eyes wide in surprise and looked at Hong Gu. What did the old lady of the Fang family lie about?But Lin Shuran just continued to walk home at a natural pace, and she asked Honggu to go back and talk.

When they arrived at their yard, Lin Shuran entered the room with Honggu and Chunxi, and then Chunxi closed the door and told the servants in the yard not to disturb Lin Shuran's rest.

"Honggu, what do you see?" Lin Shuran took a special look at Honggu, the expression on her face was still the same.

"Your maidservant knows medical skills. Judging from the complexion, breath, and demeanor of the old lady of the Fang family, even if she really has an old illness, it should be a symptom of gastrointestinal discomfort. Camellia is cold in nature, and it is most likely to cause abdominal pain. The medicine is not suitable for the symptoms!" Hong The aunt said it so firmly that people couldn't help but not believe it.

Although Lin Shuran also knows a little bit about medical skills, what she knows is only some ancient prescriptions and first aid methods in Western medicine, and her technique of pulse diagnosis is not superb. One's breath can detect the other's illness.

It's just a blind medicine, even if it's hard to find, why would the old lady of the Fang family lie?Lin Shuran then asked Chunxi to invite Imperial Physician Mei back into the mansion. He should know the situation of the old lady of the Fang family best.

Dr. Mei came to see Lin Shuran with his medicine box, with a look on his face that he knew it would be like this. Before Lin Shuran could speak, he smiled complacently and said, "Mrs. Illness."

"Princess Mei, I'm afraid that the old lady of the Fang family can't use the cold medicine like camellia for her illness, right?!" Lin Shuran explained directly when she saw the doctor Mei.

Imperial Physician Mei smiled helplessly, he knew that Lin Shuran could see some clues after meeting the old lady of the Fang family, besides, the old lady of the Fang family had an old disease of stomach cold, this matter can be known with a little effort, it is not something that cannot be kept secret.

"That's right, the old lady of the Fang family has a cold stomach. Camellia has a miraculous effect on stopping bleeding and relieving cough, but it can't cure the symptoms of cold stomach." It was pointed out by someone, maybe she can know a good way for some diseases, so he will tell her the situation of other patients truthfully.

"That's strange, why would the old lady of the Fang family lie?" It's just blindly medicinal materials, is it worth it for the old lady of the Fang family to do so?Lin Shuran was very puzzled.

Imperial Physician Mei kindly explained her doubts: "The old lady of the Fang family probably did this for the sake of Princess Qing. Princess Qing is the old lady of the Fang family's natal niece."

Imperial Physician Mei also told Lin Shuran that Princess Qing has been coughing up blood, and her health has become worse recently. In fact, Chief Zheng Zheng of the Imperial Hospital has indeed developed a new prescription, but it is not for the old Fang's family. Madame, but for Princess Qing.

Concubine Su was seriously ill some time ago, and Zheng Yuan first used camellias as medicine, so the queen mother gave him all the five-colored camellias to treat Concubine Su. Although the medicine worked, Concubine Su was old and in poor health. Serious, coupled with emotional agitation, ultimately powerless.

However, Chief Yuan Zheng discovered a new prescription to stop bleeding from Concubine Su's condition, but it was a pity that only one petal of the camellia was left, which was barely enough for one dose of medicine.

"Five-color camellias also have more flowers and colors, and their medicinal effects may not be stronger than ordinary camellias. Since they are effective, then go find other camellias to use as medicine!" Lin Shuran saw Princess Qing coughing up blood when she entered the Qing palace last time, but At that time, Princess Qing didn't allow her to get close, so she didn't have a chance to find out about her condition.

"Zheng Yuanshou said that the medicinal effect of the five-color camellia is much stronger than that of ordinary camellias. He has used ordinary camellias in medicine before, but the medicinal effect is mediocre." Imperial Physician Mei has never had a chance to see five-color camellias, but only heard what Zheng Yuanshou said. However, the medicinal effects of five-color camellias are by no means comparable to ordinary camellias.

Even Lin Shuran was stunned at this moment. She only thought about cultivating camellias with various flowers and colors. She wanted to try something new, but she didn't expect that the more flowers and colors, the stronger the medicinal effect. It seems that this year more special camellias should be cultivated. up.

"Is that so? It's really difficult. The five-color pearl camellia left in my flower garden has been frozen, and it can't be used as medicine this year." Lin Shuran also felt regretful. The one who is truly unlucky may be Princess Qing.

"Qi Ma'am, Princess Xiqing asked someone to hand over the greeting card, and at this time the princess is waiting outside the door to see Madam!" At this moment, a servant girl reported outside the door.

Even if Lin Shuran didn't see Princess Xiqing, she could guess the general reason for her visit. She must have come here for her mother, Princess Qing, but she really didn't have the five-color camellia in her hand, which would only disappoint her.

(End of this chapter)