Feng Yu Heng looked at the prescription then looked at the prepared medicine. Without even needing to look, she could determine what kinds of medicinal herbs were placed inside. After verifying the prescription, she handed it back to Fang Yi and said to the Empress: "There's no real problem with the medicine. It's just that the imperial physicians have always been too conservative. The dosage of the medicine was a bit light, which caused the recovery to be a bit slower."
The Empress frowned: "The medicine is already so bitter, yet the dosage is still low?"
Feng Yu Heng told her: "It's not the case that the more bitter a medicine, the more medicine there is. Whether medicine is bitter or not is unrelated to the effectiveness of the medicine." While she spoke, she reached into her sleeve and felt around with her consciousness. Very quickly, she pulled out a few boxes of Chinese medical pills. "Your Highness, take these medicines." She placed the medicine on the table, "Three times a day, one pill each time. You will be better after finishing these boxes."
"Really?" The Empress' eyes lit up. After opening up the boxes to look at the medicine, she could not help but rejoice, "I finally don't need to drink those bitter medical soups. A-Heng, you don't know this, but someone that isn't sick will become a bit sick after drinking those medical soups. It's really your stuff that's the best. Even smelling it, there's a faint smell of fruit. This means it definitely won't be disgusting to eat."
Feng Yu Heng smiled and said: "There are some haws inside that help with the bitterness. When eating it, there won't be any bitterness. There will just be a bit of a sour taste. It will taste a bit like a plum."
Upon hearing this, the Empress immediately wanted to eat one, "It's perfect. I won't need to drink this bowl of medical soup. This One will eat one right now."
She helped to remove the packaging and placed a medical pill the size of a ping pong ball in the Empress' hand, "Your Highness can eat it like a fruit, one bite at a time. If you wish to drink water while eating it, you can drink water. If you don't want to drink water, just finish eating it all before drinking some."
The Empress went straight ahead. Sure enough, the taste was quite good. For someone that had become accustomed to drinking Chinese medical soups, this sort of medical pill that had some fruit taste added to it was truly a godsend.
Fang Yi saw that the Empress did not reject it and also felt at ease. She then began to thank Feng Yu Heng.
Feng Yu Heng politely said: "Aunty, there is no need to continue giving thanks. After returning from a trip far away, I should have brought some fresh things for her Highness. Unfortunately, there was an avalanche in Qian Zhou, and we were only focused on rescuing people from the disaster. We were unable to bring anything nice back."
The Empress quickly expressed herself: "The matters of the country are most important. This One has long since passed the age of those trinkets. Instead, I've troubled you with thinking about it. With a person like you at his Highness the ninth prince's side, thinking about it... younger sister Yun really can feel at ease."
After thinking about it long and hard, she still brought it up. After all, although what imperial concubine Yuan Shu had said was preposterous, imperial concubine Yuan Shu was someone that had been in the imperial palace for a long time. She should know what sort of thing she should not say. Over the years, she had never spoken carelessly. She was also worried that if this matter was true, as the Empress of the palace, she would be the one that had to bear the brunt of the responsibility!
Feng Yu Heng had been able to guess the gist of the situation; however, she continued to feign ignorance. She only replied to the Empress' question on a surface level: "A-Heng is very grateful to have received favor from his Majesty, your Highness and imperial concubine mother Yun."
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