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“Mother Consort… Mother Consort, don’t fall asleep!”
“Mother Consort… Wake up, Mother Consort…”
Sheng Nanxi rubbed her small chin. Her mother’s consort mother…
Wasn’t that her grandmother?
But according to the original storyline, the old Princess Consort of Qin, despite being afflicted with a strange poison, was incredibly resilient. She was the last surviving direct descendant of the Qin royal family.
How could she be critically ill now?!
Sheng Nanxi quickly hid in the shadows of the rooftop.
Carefully, she moved a roof tile aside, pressed her small body against the roof, and peered inside.
Sure enough, before long, her grandmother slowly opened her eyes.
At that moment, the royal physician, who had been temporarily staying nearby, hurried in.
“Your servant greets the old Princess Consort and the Princess Consort.”
“Enough, hurry and check on Mother Consort’s condition!”
The physician was hastily summoned by the Princess Consort and immediately stepped forward to take the old Princess Consort’s pulse. His thick eyebrows furrowed so tightly they could have crushed a fly.
“How could this be…? Logically speaking, the old Princess Consort already took the prescribed medicine, and the cold poison in her body should have been completely expelled. But now, it seems to be getting even worse…”
“Huh? Doctor, could it be a misdiagnosis? Could it be that my mother wasn’t poisoned by cold poison after all?”
Qin Princess Consort Li Zhenyi’s charming face flashed with suspicion.
The royal physician, however, stroked his beard in deep thought, his voice full of confidence:
“I have practiced medicine for decades and have never misdiagnosed a case. Princess Consort, please rest assured.”
“Ancient texts do record that if someone poisoned by cold poison contracts a cold, their condition will worsen. It has been particularly cold these past few days, and the old Princess Consort must have caught a chill, which led to her worsening condition.”
“I will prescribe another medicine right away. Once she takes it, she will surely recover.”
The royal physician got up and walked over to the desk to write the prescription, but up on the rooftop, Sheng Nanxi’s delicate brows furrowed.
Her grandmother wasn’t suffering from cold poison at all!
It was clearly one of the Ten Ancient Deadly Poisons—Purple Night Orchid!
This poison was only mentioned in passing at the very end of the novel Sheng Nanxi had read.
It was said that those afflicted by this poison would gradually develop faint purple patterns on their temples. From certain angles, these patterns resembled a blooming orchid—hence the name Purple Night Orchid.
And right now, the faint purple pattern on her grandmother’s temple—
It was unmistakably in the shape of an orchid!
Yet, this incompetent royal physician ignored the abnormal color of her grandmother’s face and other symptoms inconsistent with cold poison, misdiagnosing her condition entirely!
To be fair, Purple Night Orchid had long been a lost poison, and diagnosing it would indeed be difficult for an ordinary physician.
But seeing how confident this old man was despite being completely wrong irritated Sheng Nanxi.
As soon as the physician finished writing the prescription, paid his respects, and turned to leave—
Sheng Nanxi simply willed it, and a glazed roof tile suddenly fell.
“Crash—”
“Ah—!”
A startled cry echoed through the otherwise silent Ning Shou Courtyard.
Maid Qiaocui peeked outside and saw the royal physician lying on the ground, blood streaming from his head. Her face turned pale with fright.
“Doctor Wang! Doctor Wang! Are you all right?”
“Someone, quickly carry the royal physician back! Call Doctor Zhang from the outer courtyard to treat him!”
The courtyard was in an uproar.
Inside, upon hearing what had happened, Qin Princess Consort merely assumed the tile had naturally fallen off and didn’t pursue the matter further.
She simply continued instructing the servants to prepare medicine for the old Princess Consort and told Qiaocui to fetch water to wash her face.
Meanwhile, on the rooftop, Sheng Nanxi stuck her little bottom in the air, carefully observing the scene below.
Sure enough, on her grandmother’s clothes rack, Sheng Nanxi found an exquisitely crafted sachet.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the room was preoccupied, she gave a slight wave of her small hand, and the sachet instantly landed in her palm.
Bringing it close to her nose, she sniffed lightly—there it was, the faint scent of Orchid Night Bloom!
Her heart sank. In the next moment, she flashed over to her grandmother’s small kitchen.
At this time, the maid responsible for preparing the medicine had already placed the medicine pot on the stove and was now chatting with other maids in the adjacent room while waiting for it to finish brewing.
Sheng Nanxi directly dumped all the medicine in the pot into the trash bin of her storage space. Then, she selected several of the potent medicinal formulas she had concocted in her previous life, mixing them with diluted spiritual spring water.
Stir, stir…
To ensure that her mother wouldn’t detect anything from the smell or color, she even added some harmless herbs to match the original hue.
Comparing this new medicine to the old one, you couldn’t say they were identical—only that there was absolutely no difference.
As for the taste? Given that her grandmother had long suffered from the torment of Orchid Night Bloom, her five senses were already dulled. She wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between the two medicines even if she tried!
After finishing her task, Sheng Nanxi watched as the maid returned, tested the medicine for poison, and then served it to her grandmother.
After drinking it, her grandmother’s complexion visibly improved. Only then did Sheng Nanxi feel at ease.
Her special medicine was highly effective, but it wasn’t a miracle cure—it could only temporarily suppress the poison in her grandmother’s body for now.
However, as long as her grandmother continued drinking it for ten days to half a month, she should be able to escape danger.
After that, with the high-quality medicines from her storage space, a full recovery would be entirely possible.
According to the novel, both the method of making Orchid Night Bloom and its antidote had been lost to history. Only a few hidden aristocratic families still possessed small amounts of this rare poison.
Even the royal family of Southern Qi couldn’t get their hands on it!
After all, Southern Qi was merely a small kingdom, barely a few decades old.
Compared to the hidden noble families with centuries of history, they were nothing!
Which meant—
The one trying to destroy the Qin Royal Mansion wasn’t just the Southern Qi royal family.
There was someone else behind the scenes.
And that someone was even more secretive and powerful than the Southern Qi royals?!
Yet, whether in the novel or the original owner’s memories, there was no trace of this hidden mastermind…
Sheng Nanxi had no patience for unraveling this convoluted mystery right now.
No matter how deep this enemy hid, they would reveal themselves eventually.
She hadn’t transmigrated here just to play along.
The so-called “lost forever” antidote to Orchid Night Bloom? Hadn’t she just casually solved it?
Forget one mastermind—even if there were dozens, they were all fated to become ghosts under her blade!
With this thought clear in her mind, Sheng Nanxi wasted no more time—she resumed looting the Qin Royal Mansion.
Ginseng, lingzhi, deer antlers, cordyceps, snow lotuses, fleeceflower roots…
Everything, gone.
She even cleaned out the **shelves, medicine cabinets, mortars, pestles—**even the feather duster by the window!
Her mother’s dowry, the precious jewelry and fine silks her father had gifted over the decades, and even the love letters he had written to her mother…
All looted!
Priceless calligraphy, rare books, secret correspondence with court officials, and even the huanghuali wood furniture…
Gone. Completely emptied!
Sheng Nanxi swept through the entire mansion like a plague of locusts.
Everywhere she passed, even the walls seemed to lose a layer of paint.
Even if a fly buzzed by, she would probably stop it to check if it was smuggling anything valuable!
Following the novel’s description, Sheng Nanxi opened a hidden compartment in her father’s study.
Immediately, her gaze was drawn to an overly exquisite box inside.
Her small fingers fiddled with the intricate lock, and with a soft click, it opened.
The moment she saw what was inside—
Sheng Nanxi’s pupils suddenly shrank!