A four-year-old medical prodigy descended to the mortal realm, and the entire capital sought her tre

An Chang and Qian Lai were outside, and quickly arranged the pills.

Qian carefully checked the elixir register, recording the name, quantity, specifications, and contraindications of each elixir.

After he bribed Liu Tong, Liu Tong had already prepared all of this for him, writing it down on a small piece of paper.

While those people weren't paying attention, he copied them one by one into the booklet.

After Qian Lai finished recording, he discovered that An Chang had already joined the group playing mahjong.

An Changke is a master at playing mahjong.

The concubines in the prince's mansion often formed teams to play mahjong, and he had been "obsessed with it" since childhood, so he was very proficient at it.

Because he has an exceptionally good memory for cards and plays them without any particular strategy, he often wins unexpectedly.

At the same time, he can also read people's expressions and let them win happily or lose willingly.

So from the age of eight, An Chang was often dragged along and beaten by the concubines.

But they only did it secretly, not daring to let Prince An and his wife know easily. The concubines covered for him.

Despite this, Princess Yu still managed to discover it several times.

Princess Yu loved her son dearly and found it quite amazing that he could always win money from the concubines, so she didn't interfere much with him.

In the warehouse, An Chang deliberately stood behind the warehouse manager to look at his cards.

"Hey, you shouldn't hit like that, you should do it like this," An Chang advised him.

In less than three rounds, the manager won the game.

After making three or four trips like this, the manager won money and was happy.

"Hey kid, where's this guy from? He's really good at this game. Come on, Yu Zi, give him your seat and let him play a few rounds!"

The manager extended an invitation to An Chang.

An Chang, of course, didn't hold back. By diverting the attention of these people, he could buy Zhao Jinzhong more time.

Let them rummage through the warehouses inside and find as many useful things as possible.

In the end, An Chang lost ten taels of silver at the card table, which made the other side happy for several rounds, especially the manager.

Zhao Jinzhong carried the box out of the inner storeroom and saw An Chang playing mahjong with several people. He was stunned for a moment.

After An Chang and he locked eyes, An Chang took the opportunity to say to the steward,

"I have to leave after playing this last game with my buddies. Manager Liu is waiting for me to get back and give him my report!"

The warehouse manager grabbed him, not wanting him to leave, as he hadn't had his fill of winning yet.

"Just send them back to explain, you can stay and keep playing!"

"Brother, you don't know this, but Manager Liu only recognizes me." An Chang winked at the warehouse manager.

It's as if they're saying, "Look, you like me too, don't you? Manager Liu is the same way, he only trusts me!"

"You little rascal!" The warehouse manager pointed at An Chang, tapped him, and said with a smile.

"If you're unhappy working for Manager Liu, come work for me, I'll have your back!"

An Chang clasped his hands in thanks and slipped him a piece of silver.

"You're really good at handling things!" The warehouse manager was even more pleased. "But I can't let you spend money for nothing."

He got up and went to get a porcelain bottle from the side.

"Here's a bottle of pills for you. You're still growing, so this is good for you. I often give it to my younger brother."

An Chang accepted the gift, thanked the man, and left Shuixianfang with Zhao Jinzhong and Qian Lai.

After boarding the carriage, An Chang kept examining the porcelain bottle of pills in his hand, asking, "What kind of medicine is this?"

Just as he was about to show Zhou Ruo the porcelain bottle, he felt a small force pull it away from his hand.

An Chang saw the medicine bottle suspended in the air. First, the stopper was pulled off, and then the bottle swayed back and forth a few times.

Then Zhou Ruo said, "This is good stuff! Brother An Chang will grow taller and stronger if he eats it!"

"Ruoruo, please show yourself! Anyone who sees this will probably be scared sick."

An Chang was startled a little.

Zhao Jinzhong looked at Zhou Ruo, a slight smile playing on his lips.

An Chang noticed where his eyes were focused and then realized, "Zhao Jinzhong, you can see Ruoruo?"

Zhao Jinzhong turned to look at An Chang, "Yes, I can see it!"

"How could you possibly see me?" An Chang asked, somewhat unconvinced.

Zhou Ruo appeared, holding a porcelain bottle, and looked at An Chang with a grin.

"My brother and I are the best of friends in the world, so he can see me!"

Zhou Ruo didn't mind making things worse.

Because of Zhou Ruo's words, An Changsheng remained sullen the whole way.

Only after returning to Ji'an Hall did he reluctantly begin to speak.

"Tell me! What did you find in that warehouse?"

"I even infiltrated the card table to cover for you guys, and then you come out saying you two are the best in the world? What am I then?"

An Chang was puffed up with anger, like a frog.

"Brother An Chang, you and An Nan are the best of friends in the world!" Zhou Ruo didn't understand why An Chang was unhappy about this.

Hearing this made him even angrier. "With her? I'll never forgive her!"

Zhao Jinzhong threw a pear to An Chang from a distance, which An Chang caught steadily.

"Have a pear to calm your temper. Prince An deserves a lot of credit for this trip to Shuixianfang!" Zhao Jinzhong teased him.

An Chang took a big bite of the pear, glanced at Zhao Jinzhong, and uttered two words: "That's right!"

The anger subsided.

"As expected, the owner behind Shuixianfang should be Consort Yu," Zhao Jinzhong said quietly as he sat down opposite An Chang.

An Chang almost choked on the unchewed pear flesh, coughing several times before spitting it out.

Tears welled up as he coughed.

"Who are you talking about? Consort Yu? The one from Wan Ning Palace? The birth mother of the Fourth Prince?" An Chang was not sure.

"Yes, although it's just my guess, it's probably pretty close!"

Zhao Jinzhong looked at Zhou Ruo and said, and Zhou Ruo nodded and said "Mm".

"No way? Consort Yu is so gentle and virtuous, and looks so delicate, how could she be the owner of Shuixianfang?"

What does she need the elixir for?

After careful consideration, Zhao Jinzhong frankly told An Chang,

"An Chang, I cannot tell you that this matter is related to the Crown Prince's Palace, after all, our Zhao family has a certificate of merit."

"If something had happened, Ruoruo and I could have escaped death, but you can't."

"This matter concerning Consort Yu involves many people. Knowing too much will be detrimental to you."

An Chang knew that Zhao Jinzhong had deliberately let slip that something big was going to happen in the Eastern Palace.

Although it was just a hint, the clever Prince An was able to deduce the truth.

He quickly guessed that Consort Yu wanted to help the Fourth Prince win the throne.

But he only guessed silently in his heart and didn't say it out loud.

Zhao Jinzhong turned to Zhou Ruo, "Ruo Ruo, tell me, what did you find in the warehouse?"

Zhou Ruo said that the medicinal fragrance in the courtyard came from that large alchemy furnace.

It's the smell that comes from when many poisonous pills are refined together.

The fragrance of this medicine contains a slight toxicity; only virgins will be unaffected by its aroma.

Those who are not virgins may be easily confused by the smell, but it does not cause significant harm to the body.

Basalt was stored on the shelves in the warehouse.

There was a small stove in the corner with jasmine, which was always being heated by a special flame to keep the heat inside.

This is to maintain the activity of the Chinese sparrow grass.

Basalt and Vermilion Bird Grass are stored in the same warehouse without fear of the two rare herbs affecting each other's medicinal properties.

It is because someone set up an array between the two that the medicinal properties of the two medicines are kept from interfering with each other.

In addition, the porcelain bottles on the medicine cabinet contain many kinds of specially cultivated rare herbs.

Some of the elixirs made from these herbs can help people maintain an ageless appearance.

Some can cause chronic poisoning. For example, Consort Zheng's "heat and cold poisoning" was caused by a pill made from one of the herbs.

The pile of pills that Zhao Jinzhong was sorting out in the corner were almost all poisonous.

The only difference is the degree of toxicity.

What Zhou Ruo couldn't understand was why that person would gather so many different kinds of poison pills together in one place?

Could it be that they mixed all these poisonous pills together to make an even more poisonous pill?

Zhou Ruo couldn't figure it out for a moment.

We'll probably only find out the alchemist's purpose when they actually refine the pills.

What Zhou Ruo didn't tell Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang was that she had left a sensing talisman in that warehouse.

Once that person starts refining pills, we can know how they do it, what medicines they use, and how much they use.

And what the final product will look like, and how poisonous it will be...

Zhou Ruo could sense it through this sensing talisman.