Alien King

Chapter 19
As soon as the court meeting ended, Ye Tian hurried to the Royal Pharmaceutical Bureau with a medicine basket in hand.Upon entering the door, the eldest princess Chu Yue was still in that room, and the youngest princess Chu Yu was still by the bedside.It's just that the eldest princess's complexion is a little paler than yesterday.

Hearing Ye Tian's visit, Lu Shangduo, director of the Royal Pharmaceutical Bureau, knew that this was a celebrity in front of the emperor, so he didn't dare to neglect, and trotted all the way to greet him.

Ye Tian handed the medicine basket in his hand to Lu Shangduo, and said: "Director Lu, I have found all the medicinal materials on the prescription, do you think it is better for the workers to brew it as soon as possible? I think the eldest princess can't delay any longer." gone."

Lu Shangduo was stunned for a moment, Ye Tian copied the prescription yesterday and said before leaving that he would study it, but he didn't take it seriously at all.At this moment, Ye Tianzhen brought the medicinal materials, and Lu Shangduo didn't know how to deal with it.

Glancing at the herbs in the medicine basket, they all looked like ordinary things, nothing special.Lu Shangduo said: "President Lao Ye is here, and I will make a decision after I inspect it."

Lu Shangduo rushed to the attendants outside the door and said, "Go and invite the masters."

After about a quarter of an hour, a few elderly people walked in outside the door, all of them had white eyebrows and long beards, they looked no different from imperial physicians in the palace.

Lu Shangduo introduced to Ye Tian: "These are all master herb collectors in our pharmaceutical bureau. They all have decades of experience in identifying medicinal materials. President Ye, don't take offense. I have to ensure that the eldest princess is safe. .”

Ye Tian nodded: "Of course it should."

Several master herbalists opened Ye Tian's medicine basket and began to identify them one by one.Soon, the masters of medicine collecting let out a cry of exclamation.

"This bay leaf is so fresh, but it was just picked?"

"Colorless fruit? Still dripping with honey? The color is so good."

"Is this green grass? I haven't seen it for a while."

The herb collectors were very excited. Every time they picked up a herb, they observed each other carefully, discussing the characteristics and fineness of the herb.

It's no wonder that the herbs in the palace and the pharmaceutical bureau were all picked long ago and then hidden away.Over time, it has already hardened and faded. Such fresh herbs are really rare.

Eighteen primary medicinal materials were quickly identified by the herb collectors, and the remaining four were placed in the medicine basket.One of the herb pickers named Huangfuyuan picked up one of the four medicinal herbs left in the medicine basket, looked at it carefully for a long time, and said suspiciously: "Could it be that this is purple amaranth?"

Shaking his head, he said, "No, it's not purple amaranth. The distribution of the stems is a bit like fox moon grass."

Several pharmacists nearby also guessed one by one.

"It's the falling fruit."

"No, it's Hongren."

At this time, another voice sounded: "It's Black Leaf Grass."

Several pharmacists turned their heads and looked at Ye Tian.

After a while of silence, Huangfuyuan asked, "Tell me, what is this?"

"Black Leaf Grass." Ye Tian repeated.

There was another silence, and the herbalists carefully looked at the herbs in their hands again, and then shouted loudly with red faces.

"The black leaf grass has been lost for at least 300 years. You say it is the black leaf grass?"

"How can you prove that this is black leaf grass?"

"I've been learning about herbal medicine since I was ten years old. I've been learning about it for decades, but I've never seen black leaf grass. Could it be that you've seen it?"

A few master craftsmen who have been collecting herbs for decades lost their status in front of a young man, and it would be embarrassing for anyone to face.

Ye Tian sighed, a little speechless.

Walking to the medicine basket, Ye Tian picked up the four herbs and said one by one: "This is black leaf grass, this is Sichuan hemp, this is sand board, and this is Xingu."

Holding the herbal medicine in his hand, Ye Tian said to Lu Shangduo: "Director Lu, I implore you to follow the ancient prescription and try to brew the medicine. The princess's illness will not be delayed."

Lu Shangduo looked at the herbalists, and the old men shook their heads slightly, expressing that they could not confirm.Lu Shangduo actually knew in his heart that these old men couldn't do the same with the medicine that the old doctors in the palace couldn't recognize.

But the eldest princess's body is like gold, and she can't tolerate any mistakes, otherwise the emperor will not only want his head, but also his nine clans.

Shaking his head slightly, Lu Shangduo said: "President Ye, please forgive me, the eldest princess's body is like gold, please forgive me for not taking medicinal materials of unknown origin and giving it to the eldest princess."

Ye Tian sighed, and was about to argue, but heard the eldest princess say leisurely: "I'm so sick, why don't I dare to drink."

The little princess Chu Yu said angrily: "Sister, you can't drink medicine indiscriminately."

The eldest princess said: "Isn't there a saying that a dead horse is treated as a living horse? Let's try it. Even if it can't be cured, the disease is at worst."

Lu Shangduo said: "The eldest princess's words are wrong. If you are sick, you should calm down and take care of yourself. If you take medicine indiscriminately, not only will the disease not be cured, but it will even worsen the disease. President Ye deliberately sent the medicine, forgive me The minister is incompetent, unable to determine the nature of the medicine, and dare not test the medicine for the eldest princess."

The eldest princess sighed, she was doing her own duty, so she couldn't say anything more.

The little princess glanced at Ye Tian, ​​with a gloomy face, and said in a low voice: "It's really crazy, it's okay to get some fake medicine, and I don't know what kind of heart it is."

The eldest princess frowned, and was about to reprimand the younger princess when she suddenly heard a long voice from outside: "The emperor is here."

Everyone immediately stood up to greet him.

Wearing a dragon robe, the emperor walked quickly into the room.

The little princess saluted, and said with a choked voice, "I have seen Father."

The emperor nodded, went straight to the bed, and stretched out his hand to hold the eldest princess's hand.The eldest princess looked at the emperor, and said weakly: "I can't get up, and I can't pay my respects to my father."

"Stupid child." The emperor said while stroking the eldest princess' forehead, "Just like your mother, she always accommodates others and doesn't know how to cherish herself."

Hearing the emperor's words, the eldest princess smiled.

The emperor asked softly again: "After taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial physicians, do you feel better?"

Before the eldest princess opened her mouth, Lu Shangduo said first: "Reporting to the emperor, the medicine prepared by the imperial physicians can only temporarily relieve the eldest princess' pain, but it cannot cure the disease."

The emperor frowned, turned his head to look at Lu Shangduo, and said, "Aren't there still a few ancient prescriptions? I specially sent someone to ask them from the immortal prodigy of the Eli Empire, so it can't still be invalid, right?"

Lu Shangduo was a little nervous, and explained: "Your Majesty, those ancient prescriptions were made by senior soul-returning masters hundreds of years ago, and the prescriptions are all right. They are just a few herbs in the prescriptions, and those in the palace. Neither the Imperial Physician nor the masters in the Pharmacy Bureau recognize it, so they can’t handle it.”

The emperor froze for a moment, then stood up slowly, sighed, and said, "How many kinds of medicinal materials can the best master in the Pharmaceutical Bureau know?"

"Reporting to the emperor, I can recognize nine kinds of 410." Lu Shangduo replied.

"What about the junior pharmacist?" the emperor asked again.

"860 seven kinds."

"There hasn't been a junior pharmacist in the empire for hundreds of years." The emperor sighed worriedly, and then said: "The people of my empire are all keen to practice martial arts and magic, and the craftsmanship, medical skills, and medicine refining are deteriorating. .”

After a pause, the emperor said again: "Issuing a notice, our Royal Pharmaceutical Bureau is recruiting herb collectors from all over the world. If you can reach the level of primary herb collection, you will receive a monthly salary of 100 taels of silver, and you will also be equipped with houses and mansions."

Ye Tian frowned, this salary was more than three times higher than that of the vice president of the Royal Trade Union.He was about to rush up and tell the emperor that I am not only a junior pharmacist, but also an intermediate pharmacist. May I ask how much taels of silver the monthly salary of a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacist can give.

At this moment, Ye Tiancai understood the meaning of Hua Tianrou's sentence, "Isn't the title of junior pharmacist the greatest reward?"

The title of dare to love, the gold content is not generally high.

If people know that he can recognize 980 kinds of medicinal materials and has reached the level of an intermediate herbalist, I don't know what the emperor and everyone in the Pharmaceutical Bureau will think.

At this time, Lu Shangduo suddenly thought of something, and said: "Report to the emperor, President Ye brought some medicinal materials, which he said were prepared according to ancient recipes, and the ministers could not identify them. Considering that the princess's body is safe , no mistakes are allowed, so I dare not take medicine at will."

"Oh?" Hearing Lu Shangduo's words, the emperor turned his head, looked at Ye Tian, ​​and said with a smile: "You are not working hard on your crossbow in the Royal Union, what are you doing here?"

Ye Tian hurriedly answered: "The day before yesterday I followed Manager Song to visit here, and I came across the Eldest Princess brewing medicinal materials here, so I copied the ancient prescription and went back to read it in detail. After the morning court yesterday, I specially went to Jade Queen Mountain to pick these medicinal materials. , are all based on ancient recipes.”

Hearing Ye Tian's words, the emperor's eyes flickered brightly, and he said: "Oh, I didn't expect that Ye Qing was not only a craftsman, but also had a lot of experience in medicinal materials?"

The emperor's words could not tell whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm. Ye Tianzheng said: "Looking at the face of the eldest princess, there is no delay. I implore the emperor to issue an order to prepare the medicine collected by the humble minister according to the ancient prescription, so as to get rid of the elder princess as soon as possible." The stubborn disease in the princess' body."

Hearing Ye Tian's words, the emperor pondered slightly, and did not speak for a while.

Seeing that the emperor couldn't make up his mind, Ye Tian took a step forward and said seriously: "I would like to issue another military order. If the eldest princess' illness cannot be cured, I would like to punish the princess with military law."

At this remark, everyone was in an uproar.

President Ye is out of his mind, why is he insisting on giving the eldest princess medicinal herbs with unknown history.President Ye can turn the world upside down for a disease that the imperial doctors can't cure?
The eldest princess smiled and said softly: "Father, the family has issued a military order, so you might as well give it a try."

The emperor smiled slightly, looked at Ye Tian and said: "Last time you issued a military order to relieve the crisis at the border; this time, you will issue a military order again." After a pause, the emperor continued: "Since Yue'er believes in you , I also believe in you, I hope you will not let me down."

Ye Tian nodded, but his heart was heavy.

In fact, Ye Tian didn't know what to do, what he could be sure of was that there was nothing wrong with these herbs.As for those ancient recipes, please, that high-level soul-returning master of Laoshizi hundreds of years ago, please don't harm me.

According to Gu Fang and Ye Tian's instructions, the workers of the Pharmaceutical Bureau quickly prepared the liquid medicine.

The little princess Chu Yu held the bowl, stared at Ye Tian, ​​and said viciously: "If something happens to my sister, I will tear you up and feed it to the dogs."

Ye Tian didn't dare to look directly at Chu Yu, and lowered his head silently.

Everyone couldn't help laughing, although the identity of the son-in-law hadn't been finalized yet, the two of them were already arguing with each other.

The eldest princess drank the medicine slowly and stopped for a while, but there was nothing unusual.

Lu Shangduo said: "According to the prescription, the medicine will take effect on the second day. Your Majesty's health is important, so you should go back to the palace to rest first, and I will wait here."

The emperor waved his hand: "I won't be going back to the palace tonight, I will stay here with Yue'er."

(End of this chapter)