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As Qiuyi followed Yunjin inside, she lowered her voice and recounted what had happened that afternoon.

It turned out that after Yun Jin left, Chu Wanqing took Yun Lang out of the house and quietly went to a secluded alley in the south of the city.

There lived an old imperial physician named Zhou, who had retired from the Imperial Medical Academy. She was highly skilled in medicine and was now over seventy years old. She no longer saw patients, but she had sent her invitation in advance. When the old physician Zhou heard that she was Chu Duanshan's daughter, he accepted the invitation.

Chu Wanqing brought along all the prescriptions Yun Lang had taken over the years, as well as the dregs of the medicine she had found.

The imperial physician Zhou took the prescription, but instead of looking at it, he picked up a pinch of dregs, smelled it, and then took some more and examined it carefully in his palm.

After a while, he put down the dregs of the medicine and unfolded the prescription to look at each ingredient one by one.

"This prescription itself is non-toxic," Physician Zhou said slowly, stroking his beard. "Astragalus, Codonopsis, Atractylodes... are all mild tonics, and the combination is quite appropriate. If it were an ordinary, weak child, taking it for a year or two should show some improvement."

Chu Wanqing's heart sank: "Then why has Lang'er's condition worsened after all these years of taking this medicine?"

Physician Zhou did not answer immediately, but looked at Yun Lang and said, "Let me take the young master's pulse first."

After saying that, she got up and walked to Yun Lang, carefully took his pulse, looked at his tongue, asked a few questions, and then returned to her seat.

He pondered for a long time before speaking: "There is one ingredient in this prescription, which is used in small quantities and is not a problem in itself. However, this ingredient is hot in nature, and if it is combined with another ingredient that is cold in nature, they will clash."

The two drugs, when combined, produce neither heat nor cold, but a slow-acting poison that gradually weakens the body, as if one's strength is being slowly drained away.

Chu Wanqing clenched her handkerchief tightly.

The imperial physician continued, "That incompatible medicine wasn't in the prescription. It must have been secretly added to the young master's daily water or soup. The amount wasn't large; you wouldn't notice it once or twice, but over the years..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear.

Chu Wanqing came to see Imperial Physician Zhou because she didn't want to connect the discovery of Yun Lang's poisoning with the General's Mansion and Yun Jin. She didn't expect to gain something unexpected.

She trembled with anger, gritting her teeth as she asked, "Then what about Lang'er now...?"

"The poison has been neutralized." Imperial Physician Zhou waved his hand. "The person who detoxified him was highly skilled, and the remaining poison has been cleared. However, his body has been depleted for too long and needs to be recuperated slowly. I will prescribe another formula, and after taking it for three months, he should be able to recover about 70-80% of his original health."

Chu Wanqing took the prescription, her hands still trembling.

She thanked Imperial Physician Zhou, presented him with a generous gift, and borrowed a medicine boy from him before taking Yunlang back to her residence.

Upon returning to the manor, she went straight to the small kitchen in Yunlang Courtyard and ordered her men to turn it upside down.

They didn't miss a single spot—the cupboard, the spice rack, under the stove.

After Yun Lang was left to stay overnight at the General's Mansion, Yun Heting, still worried, ordered the kitchen to be cleaned. However, Chu Wanqing was not giving up and eventually found a packet of powder in an inconspicuous corner of the kitchen.

Chu Wanqing had the young apprentice smell it, confirming that it was the same medicine that the old imperial physician Zhou had mentioned.

Suppressing her anger, she had someone give the apprentice a thank-you gift and send him out.

Back at Qingshui Garden, he ordered in a deep voice, "Go and fetch Doctor Du."

Dr. Du arrived quickly with his medicine kit, assuming that Chu Wanqing was feeling unwell and had called him to come and see her.

But as soon as he entered the room, he saw Yun Lang's prescription and the packet of powder on the table. His expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

Chu Wanqing didn't mince words, slamming the packet of powder in front of him and saying coldly, "Dr. Du, this was found in Lang'er's small kitchen. One of the ingredients in your prescription clashes with this medicine; surely you know why?"

Doctor Du's face turned pale, but he gritted his teeth and said, "Madam, this... I don't know, please explain."

"You don't know?" Chu Wanqing stared at him. "You've been treating Lang'er's illness all these years, why hasn't his condition improved? Do you really not know?"

Doctor Du lowered his head, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead: "The young master is inherently weak, so treatment is naturally slow..."

"Bullshit!" Chu Wanqing slammed her hand on the table, making the teacup jump. "Congenitally weak? You've been saying that for so many years, and Lang'er has taken so much medicine without any improvement, yet someone poisoned my child! You're the murderer!"

Doctor Du trembled and knelt down, but still stubbornly refused to admit it: "Madam, please understand, I truly did not know..."

Looking at him like this, Chu Wanqing felt a surge of hatred and wanted to tear him to pieces. She took a deep breath and said in a cold voice, "Someone! Report to the authorities!"

Bitao responded and turned to leave.

"Wait!"

A hurried shout came from the doorway, and Yun Heting strode in.

He had clearly rushed over from the front yard, still wearing his official robes, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

He glanced at Doctor Du kneeling on the ground and feigned surprise, asking, "Madam, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"

Chu Wanqing looked at him coldly and said, word by word, "I had Imperial Physician Zhou examine Lang'er's health today. He said that Lang'er has been poisoned."

Yun Heting's eyelids twitched suddenly, feigning surprise: "Poisoned? How could this be? Lang'er was perfectly fine, how could he be poisoned?"

"For no reason?" Chu Wanqing's voice rose several decibels. "When has he ever been perfectly healthy? Over the years in the manor, he's been sick every few days, and he's never stopped taking medicine. Is that what you call perfectly healthy?"

Yun Heting was speechless, swallowed hard, turned to Doctor Du, and said sternly, "Doctor Du! What exactly happened? You heard what the madam said, Lang'er is poisoned. You've been treating him all these years, didn't you know anything about it?"

Doctor Du felt somewhat relieved upon seeing him return. He knelt on the ground and gritted his teeth, saying, "My lord, please understand that every medicine I prescribed was mild and nourishing, with absolutely no poison. You may take this prescription to any doctor for consultation. If there is even one poisonous ingredient, I am willing to accept my punishment."

Yun Heting glanced at Chu Wanqing and said cautiously, "Madam, could it be... some misunderstanding? Doctor Du has always been dedicated to the household all these years..."

"A misunderstanding?" Chu Wanqing interrupted him, her voice as cold as a knife. "Ten years have passed since he entered the manor. Countless prescriptions have been changed, but this ingredient has always been present. And that packet of powder..."

She pointed to the package on the table, "It's cold in nature, and it clashes with this ingredient in the prescription. The combination of the two herbs creates a slow-acting poison. Do you believe in such a coincidence that has lasted for ten years?"

Yun Heting was speechless when asked the question. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed his words back.

Chu Wanqing stared at him, her gaze sharp as a knife: "Lang'er was murdered. If the man surnamed Du isn't the murderer, he's an accomplice. Otherwise, with such a venomous snake by your side, today it's Lang'er, tomorrow it could be you or me, or Xiu'er or Jin'er! I can't afford to gamble! This matter must be thoroughly investigated."

Yun Heting nodded hurriedly: "Madam is right, we must investigate, we must find out the truth. But..."

He glanced at Doctor Du, then leaned close to Chu Wanqing and whispered, "Doctor Du's prescription is indeed correct. If he doesn't admit it, what can we do to him?"

Chu Wanqing sneered, "So what? You're just going to let it go like that?"