flstandardbreds Chapter 159 I'm scared!
Chapter 159 I'm scared!
Lu Yangyang remembered that her aunt had said something similar.
Could it be that this master knows Auntie?
“You…” Lu Yangyang opened her mouth, wanting to ask, but she swallowed the words back in time.
My aunt said that I should not mention her to anyone; she was just a crazy old woman from a rural village.
My aunt was rarely lucid and wouldn't say much to her. She would mostly force her to learn things, as if she were venting her frustrations, but she would never mention who she was, what kind of person she used to be, or who she had met.
Perhaps he was heartbroken.
"What?" Wen Yu asked.
Lu Yangyang snapped out of her daze and hurriedly took out the two pills she always carried with her from her purse: "Master, I'm your disciple now, right? Shouldn't you teach me some real skills? Tell me, what kind of medicinal materials are used in Renxintang's Nourishing Heart Pills?"
Wen Yu reached out and picked up both pills, smelled them, and said, "This one is from Renxintang, and this one is from Qinglian Temple, right?"
"Master, do you know about the Heart-Nourishing Pill from Qinglian Temple?" Lu Yangyang asked hurriedly.
“I’ve heard of it, but I’ve never seen it. I’ve been traveling around and only recently returned to the capital. The Nourishing Heart Pills from Qinglian Temple are rare, and I haven’t seen them before.” Wen Yu tossed aside the Nourishing Heart Pills from Renxintang, picked up the one from Qinglian Temple, brought it to his nose to smell it, and then walked into the light to examine it closely.
Lu Yangyang didn't dare to disturb him and waited quietly to the side.
After a long while, Wen Yu's expression turned slightly serious: "This pill has a slightly fishy smell."
"Foul-smelling?" Lu Yangyang asked in confusion. Suddenly, she remembered that Li Duan had said something similar to her, saying that the reason why the Princess didn't take the Qinglian Temple's Nourishing Heart Pills was because she was very sensitive to the taste of medicine and felt that the Qinglian Temple's Nourishing Heart Pills had a fishy smell, so she couldn't eat them.
Lu Yangyang only smelled a slightly off smell, but she didn't detect any fishy odor.
“There are many kinds of medicinal materials with a fishy smell, and many animals and insects can also be used as medicine, so it is not surprising that they have a fishy smell. However, according to pharmacology, there is no such medicinal material in the prescription of Yangxin Pill. So, either I am ignorant, or these two extra medicinal materials do not have the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the mind.”
"Girl, your name is Yangyang, right?" Wen Yu turned his head and suddenly looked at her seriously, saying, "Yangyang, remember this: the key to medicine is precision, and the most important thing is to treat the symptoms correctly. Don't overcomplicate things."
Lu Yangyang blinked: "I understand, Master. You mean that the Qinglian Temple's Heart-Nourishing Pill is superfluous, right?"
The Heart-Nourishing Pills from Qinglian Temple are highly sought after by noblewomen throughout the capital and are exclusively supplied to the Empress Dowager. I wonder if these women will be furious upon hearing Master's evaluation.
Wen Yu raised his hand and tapped her on the head: "I'll keep this pill for me to study. Go change your clothes, take off that annoying mask on your face, and go help get medicine at the pharmacy in front. You recognize all the common medicinal herbs, right?"
Lu Yangyang tilted her head and looked at him.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Wen asked when he saw that she didn't move.
Lu Yangyang reached out and took off her mask: "There's no problem, but Master, if I go out to serve medicine like this, are you sure I won't scare away the customers first?"
When Wen Yu saw the scar on her face, he frowned, reached out and pressed his hand on the scar without any hesitation, pinched it, and leaned closer to take a look.
“It can’t be removed, but it can be allowed to heal.” Wen Yu thought for a moment, then beckoned to her, “Come with me.”
Lu Yangyang stared at his back for a moment, a slight smile playing on her lips, and then followed him.
Wen Yu led her into a room, searched for a while on a table full of medicine boxes, found a box of medicine, had her sit down, opened the box, found a small brush, dipped it in the powder, and just as it was about to fall onto Lu Yangyang's face, suddenly remembered to ask, "Aren't you afraid of pain?"
Lu Yangyang's eyes widened, and she suddenly had a bad feeling: "I'm scared, I'm so scared!"
However, it was too late; Wen Yu's small brush had already landed on her face.
Lu Yangyang's face tightened, and she stared blankly ahead with a vacant look in her eyes.
She knew that when the doctor asked if you were afraid of pain, it would definitely be extremely painful.
At this moment, half of her face looked like it had been burned, with the skin on the injured area being scraped away bit by bit.
Seeing her reaction, Wen Yu continued working without stopping: "It's alright, isn't it? Beauty always comes at a price. But this wound is too deep. It must have been there when you were young. The scar can't be completely removed, but we can make your face smoother."
Lu Yangyang was in so much pain that she couldn't say a word.
She didn't even know how she finally got back to the Duke of Sheng's mansion. She had been taking the medicine for about ten days, and her scalp was numb every day, as if her skin was being peeled off repeatedly.
It wasn't until just before the Mid-Autumn Festival that Princess Liduan, whom she hadn't seen for quite some time, invited her and Sheng Yunjiao to go on a spring outing together. She was then dazed and confused as they forcibly pulled her into the carriage.
"What's wrong with you? You look so listless after just a few days, like you've been drained of all your energy," Princess Liduan asked her curiously.
Lu Yangyang lazily raised her eyelids, too weak to answer her, and only let out a deep breath.
Sheng Yunjiao, who was standing to the side, replied for her: "These days she's been studying medicine with someone, leaving early and returning late every day, so busy that she's barely touching the ground. Maybe she's been inhaling too much of the medicine smell and it's made her dizzy."
"You fainted from this?" Princess Li Duan moved closer to her, wrinkled her nose and sniffed: "It does smell like medicine."
Lu Yangyang rolled her eyes: "Where are you taking us? Didn't we say we'd see each other again when school starts?"
When we parted last time, I didn't say anything about going out.
"Let's go to Dafosi Temple! The Dafosi Temple Lantern Festival is held once a year, from the 13th to the 15th of August, a total of three days. We're going tonight, just in time to release sky lanterns. It only happens once every three years! I just heard the news. There's a lotus pond in front of Dafosi Temple, and every year during the Lantern Festival, the entire lotus pond is covered in lights—it's so beautiful!" Princess Liduan said enthusiastically.
"There really are Kongming lanterns? I thought they were fake. County Princess, you've really done a good thing." Sheng Yunjiao was also very surprised.
Princess Liduan glared at her: "Sheng Xiaosi, what do you mean? Just tell me if I've been fair or not?"
"That's enough, that's enough," Sheng Yunjiao replied perfunctorily.
"Hmph." Princess Li Duan raised her chin arrogantly.
Amidst the commotion, the carriage arrived outside the Great Buddha Temple. Unlike the Huguo Temple, which was located on a mountain in the suburbs, the Wanfo Temple was very close to the capital. Although not many high-ranking officials and nobles came here to burn incense on ordinary days, it was the most popular place for common people.
The sun had just set, and it wasn't time to release the lanterns yet, but the area outside the Great Buddha Temple was already bustling with activity, a sight Lu Yangyang had never seen before. There were all sorts of lanterns for sale, as well as food stalls and acrobatic performances. Even before the lantern festival officially started, the place was already packed with people.
Princess Li Duan pulled Lu Yangyang and Sheng Yunjiao to a stall selling masks. She picked out a Zhong Kui mask for herself and said to Lu Yangyang and Sheng Yunjiao, "You can choose whatever you like, it's on me. Lin Feng, you pay."
Sheng Yunjiao chose a priest mask, while Lu Yangyang chose a tiger mask.
The three put on their masks and continued walking.
As darkness fell and more and more people gathered, Lu Yangyang suddenly turned around and found that Sheng Yunjiao, who had just been beside her, had vanished.