The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

"The envoys from the Northern Kingdom are about to arrive in the capital. The emperor has ordered me and the Hua family army to go and welcome them."

Hua Wu Ke already knew about this. His father told him as soon as he returned home today that the emperor asked his brother to represent the Hua family army and go with Ye Buhuo to welcome the envoy from the Northern Country.

Although he said he was going to welcome them, he still wanted Ye Buhuo and Hua Wujing to shock them.

It has to be said that although Ye Lanfeng was afraid of the Hua family army and the Xuantie army, he still knew right from wrong when it came to resisting foreign enemies, otherwise he would not have handed over the border to them.

Hua Wu Ke looked at Ye Buhuo, not understanding why he mentioned this to her.

Ye Buhuo felt inexplicably soft-hearted when she looked at him, and whispered:

"I'll be gone for several days, so I wanted to come see you before I leave."

It turned out to be the case.

Thinking about how he had run to Duke Dingguo's Mansion just to see me, but ended up seeing me here talking about other men's breasts with my brother.

Hua Wuke felt a surge of guilt in his heart, and he even felt aggrieved for Ye Buhuo.

She put down her chopsticks, reached under the table to hook Ye Buhuo's fingers, and then Ye Buhuo took the initiative and held her hand.

Ye Buhuo didn't look at her, but there was a hint of smile in his eyes.

According to the plan, the two had to set out of the city in the afternoon.

Hua Wujing originally planned to send Hua Wuke back home after watching the acrobatics, and then go to meet up with Ye Buhuo himself.

But since the two of them had met, they chatted casually in the restaurant.

Hua Wujing said:

"I have arranged a team of people to accompany you. We can set off after we go to the military camp to lead the troops."

Ye Buhuo's troops were stationed in Anyang City. He only brought a thousand guards with him when he returned to the capital. Naturally, the Hua family army would have to arrange for troops to accompany him when he went to meet the envoys from the Northern Kingdom. He had no objection to this.

From what Hua Wujing said, it seemed that he didn't plan to bring many people. Thinking of the big scimitars used by the northerners, she felt a little worried.

"They won't cause trouble in the territory of the Night Country, right?"

Noticing that the hand in his palm moved because of worry, Ye Buhuo gently scratched her soft palm.

Hua Wu Ke felt his movement, looked over, and met a pair of eyes that made her feel at ease.

Unlike Ye Buhuo's silent comfort, Hua Wujing simply smiled disdainfully.

"I was expecting him to cause trouble, but now I'm going to kill him with one blow!"

After saying that, I saw the two people opposite me looking at each other lovingly...

Hua Wujing:?

Hua Wujing:!

There's a living person sitting opposite you! And I'm not blind!

Seeing that it was getting late, several people got up and left the restaurant.

After instructing the guards brought from the mansion to escort Hua Wuke back safely, Hua Wujing followed Ye Buhuo out of the city.

On hot summer days, the carriage becomes even more stuffy.

Not long after sitting inside, Hua Wu Ke couldn't stand the stuffiness anymore, so he stood up and opened the curtain to get some fresh air.

Just then, a maid walked hurriedly past the carriage with her head lowered and walked into a shop.

After entering, the woman turned her head slightly to see if anyone was paying attention to her.

But she was so hurried that she didn't notice Hua Wu Ke was not far behind her.

Hua Wu Ke looked up and found that it was a pharmacy.

After sitting back down, Hua Wu Ke's mind would occasionally contain the image of that woman.

Her clothes seemed familiar, but most of the maids in the wealthy families in the capital dressed similarly, so it was normal that she looked familiar.

She recalled the maid's appearance again and suddenly remembered that the woman was Lin Siyu's maid.

Before Hua Jingqian left the mansion, every time Hua Zhukong and the others came back, the mansion would have a reunion dinner, and Lin Siyu would also attend.

It was on such an occasion that Hua Wu Ke had seen the maid wearing the same clothes she wore today, and that was why he felt that she looked familiar.

If the master was sick, miscellaneous tasks like fetching medicine would be done by lower-ranking servants. That woman was Lin Siyu's personal servant, so how could she appear in the pharmacy?

She looked a little flustered, afraid that others would notice her.

Hua Wu Ke frowned slightly and said softly to Qing Zhu outside the carriage:

"Qingzhu, go check what Lin Siyu's maid did in the medicine shop."

Qingzhu nodded and left.

Not long after Hua Wu Ke returned home, Qing Zhu came back with the news he had obtained.

The medicine shop was located in the capital city, and the customers who came here were either rich or noble.

He was reluctant to reveal what the maid bought, but when the knife was placed on his neck, he told her everything.

"Reporting to the young lady, that person bought red bamboo roots."

"Red bamboo root? Did the shopkeeper tell me what this medicine is used to treat?"

"The shopkeeper said that this medicine can be boiled into soup to prevent typhoid fever, and it is sold everywhere. It is not a precious medicinal ingredient."

Was the maid so sneaky just to buy medicine for typhoid fever?

Hua Wu Ke had a hunch that this matter must not be that simple.

"Arrange someone tonight to find out if anything unusual has happened in the Hua Mansion recently, especially to see if Maid Lin has any strange behavior."

Qingzhu received the order and retreated.

Hua Wu Ke remembered that there seemed to be a few medical books in the box of books that her wet nurse left her.

She immediately took out the medical book and looked to see if red bamboo root was mentioned in it.

After flipping through two books, Hua Wu Ke became a little confused.

Red bamboo root was indeed mentioned in it, but as the shopkeeper said, it was just an ordinary medicinal ingredient for treating colds.

Did I really think too much?

Hua Wu Ke sighed and said, it seems that he had not had enough rest recently and had become suspicious.

After closing the two books and putting them aside, Hua Wu Ke looked at the last somewhat tattered book.

To say that this book is in tatters is an understatement. The cover is missing a lot of corners, and some parts of the inside are yellowed and black, and the words are a little blurry.

She pinched a corner with two fingers and flipped the book gently, fearing that the book would fall apart if she was not careful.

The book was probably damp and the words were all blurred. She could barely make out a few medicinal herbs.

After flipping through several pages, she discovered that the book was written in a very regular pattern, with medicinal herbs listed according to the diseases they were intended to treat.

For example, medicinal herbs for treating headaches are written together.

She turned to the back and found the red bamboo root under the treatment for colds.

"So it really is used to treat colds. I really thought too much."

Hua Wu Ke was muttering to himself and was about to close the book when he suddenly glanced at a line of small words at the bottom of the book.

Note: If the red bamboo root is ground into powder and white...

Hua Wu Ke put his eyes close to the line of small characters and squinted to see clearly what was written behind it, but it was too blurry and he could only make out a single white word.

So this red bamboo root must have other uses, we need to investigate it carefully.

It would be nice if I could see what that white thing is.

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The next morning, Hua Wu Ke had just sat up when he saw the green bamboo beside him.

"How's the investigation going?"