northernbook Chapter 798: Tampered Prescription
Chapter 798: Tampered Prescription
Shu He was flipping through the account book in his hand, but he stopped immediately when he heard this. There was a hint of surprise and suspicion in his seemingly calm eyes.
So, is everything Aunt Jingrong said true?
"Since the princess has found me, I presume it was because of the orders of Concubine Ming. In that case, I will obey your orders. There is only one thing..."
His face was heavy as he walked over to Shu He, knelt down, and bowed his head deeply. "Please, Princess, please let my family go! They don't know anything."
Shu He could see that he was determined to die.
"Sir, are you saying that the Imperial Concubine has been looking for you?"
So, is this the reason why he has been hiding in the medicine storage, being the most idle and least noticeable chief pharmacist, and is reluctant to step into the public eye?
"Your Majesty, why are you asking this question when you already know the answer? It's been over ten years now. Who else would come to me about this matter if not Concubine Ming?"
What Su Mu didn't understand was that Concubine Ming had already executed Doctor Xu's entire family, so why was she still pursuing the matter so closely?
Shu He walked up to Su Mu and asked, "Sir, can you write out the prescription from that year? I want to see it."
Su Mu looked up at her and felt that she didn't seem to be here to take his life.
"Your Majesty, isn't she the Imperial Concubine's man?" After hesitating, Su Mu still asked this question.
You have to know who is targeting you so that you can die with peace of mind.
Shu He shook his head. "Sir, I told you I didn't come here with any ill intentions. I just have some unanswered questions, so I wanted to ask you for your answers."
"Don't worry, sir. As long as you tell me the truth, I can guarantee that your life will not be in danger!"
After hearing this, Su Mu felt it was a little unreal, but without hesitation for long, he wrote down the prescription he had written that year.
He blew the written prescription dry and reviewed it again before handing it to Shu He.
"My Lady, this is the prescription from back then."
Shu He took the prescription and read every word carefully.
"That year, Imperial Concubine Ming sent someone to say that the Ninth Prince had suddenly caught a cold, and asked Doctor Xu to go and see him immediately. However, the First Prince was ill at the time, so Doctor Xu had been called away by the Empress."
"It was lunchtime, and I happened to be the one on duty at the Imperial Hospital. I told the aunt that I could ask Doctor Wang to come. But the aunt quickly refused, saying that Doctor Wang didn't understand the Ninth Prince's condition and that Concubine Ming was worried."
"Later, the aunt said that the Ninth Prince's illness couldn't wait any longer, so she gave me a prescription and asked me to write it down. I then went to get the medicine according to the prescription."
Shu He interrupted him when he heard this, "You mean, this prescription was given by that aunt, and then you wrote it?"
"Yes," Su Mu replied, "At the time, I wasn't even a chief physician, just a small pharmacist. Originally, I absolutely couldn't write a prescription for the prince. But the aunt was very anxious at the time and said that this prescription was the medicine that Doctor Xu usually prescribed for the Ninth Prince, so there wouldn't be any problems! I had no choice but to write down the prescription and get the medicine for the aunt..."
"But I've seen this prescription, and it's indeed for treating colds. I picked the herbs myself, so there's no way there's a problem!"
"I don't know what's wrong with this prescription that would warrant the Imperial Concubine making such a fuss, even reporting it to the Emperor, saying it's suspected of murdering the heir to the throne, and asking the Emperor to confiscate the property of the person who prescribed it..."
Shu He put down the prescription. His face showed no emotion, but his voice was filled with a hint of indifference. "So, you concealed the fact that the medicine was prescribed. In the end, the imperial concubine couldn't find the person who prescribed the medicine, so she could only put the blame on the doctor Xu at the time..."
When Su Mu heard this, he collapsed to the ground with endless pain and regret on his face, "No, no..."
"I didn't know at the time that the Emperor was going to confiscate the property of the person who prescribed the medicine, but it's presumptuous of a pharmacist to prescribe medicine for the prince. If nothing goes wrong, it's fine. But if anything goes wrong, it's a capital crime!"
"I was worried that this would be discovered, so I told Doctor Xu. To save me, Doctor Xu took the blame. I only found out later that Doctor Xu had his property confiscated and was executed..."
But at that time, he could no longer do anything.
The person who prescribed the medicine was not Xu Yiling, and the aunt who came to get the medicine knew it. Therefore, Ming Fei also knew that the person who actually prescribed the medicine was not Xu Yiling, so she kept asking people to find him.
Once, he accidentally saw that aunt coming to the Imperial Hospital to look for someone. When she said she wanted to see all the doctors, Su Mu knew that she was looking for him.
Unfortunately, he was not a chief physician at that time. He just happened to be on duty for a chief physician that day and was mistaken for the chief physician.
So, the aunt didn't find him.
After Doctor Zhang was executed, his case came to an end; but unexpectedly, the aunt who prescribed the medicine came to the Imperial Hospital almost every day. At that time, he knew that the imperial concubine had not given up looking for him.
So he hid in this medicine storage and hid there for fifteen years.
"Princess, please understand. Although this prescription was passed down orally by my aunt, I do know something about the cold that the Ninth Prince suffered from back then! Doctor Xu is my master. He taught me how to treat colds, and it's not much different from this prescription, except that it has two more herbs: Aconite and Asarum."
"These two herbs also have the effect of dispelling cold. Although they are poisonous, the dosage is strictly controlled and will not cause any harm. I can guarantee that there will be no problems with the prescription from that year!!"
Su Mu's tone was anxious, and he tried his best to prove his innocence.
Shu He didn't say anything, but took out a prescription from his sleeve and handed it to him, "Look, is this your handwriting?"
Su Mu was puzzled. He took the yellowed and old prescription and pain appeared in his eyes again.
"Yes, this is it..." It was this prescription that killed his master and his family...
"Are you sure?" Shu He asked again in a calm voice.
This prescription is different from the one he just wrote for him!
Su Mu looked up at Shu He and heard something behind her words. He immediately took another look at the prescription and said, "It's... not right!!"
"This prescription is wrong!" Su Mu hurriedly looked up and pointed at two numbers in the prescription. "I prescribed one qian of asarum and one qian of aconite! How did it become three qian and five qian? Especially the asarum, five qian, plus three qian of aconite, that would be fatal!"
"Princess, this prescription has been tampered with!"