Chapter 53: Getting Some Aphrodisiacs
Not sleeping in the middle of the night, and instead running off to the Bath Pool to indulge her desires, successfully caused Sun Jiaojiao to catch a cold. She was suddenly bedridden.
Sickness comes like a landslide. Sun Jiaojiao took bitter medicine for two straight days with no improvement, remaining groggy.
Minister Sun, seeing she wasn't getting better, spent a hefty sum to find a certain Doctor Zhang from the jianghu, who was said to be extremely discreet and reliable.
How reliable?
Minister Sun said that this Doctor Zhang was a "divine doctor" from the jianghu. He only took money for medicine, came and went like a shadow, and didn't get involved in court matters. The matter of the "Avoid-son Soup" could also be safely entrusted to him. He absolutely would not leak the slightest rumor.
After all, Sun Jiaojiao was the Crown Princess, destined to properly marry into the Crown Prince's Residence. The matter of the Crown Prince entering the Minister's Residence and taking her virginity... for the sake of her reputation, it was best to keep it tightly under wraps.
Sun Jiaojiao took a few doses of the medicine Doctor Zhang prescribed and, sure enough, she felt refreshed and began to recover, no longer showing any sign of her previous illness.
Doctor Zhang prescribed Sun Jiaojiao one last dose of medicine, took her pulse one last time, and was preparing to leave, when Sun Jiaojiao suddenly thought of something. She dismissed the servants and curiously asked Doctor Zhang a question in private.
"Divine Doctor, I was once given a kind of aphrodisiac. It melts in the mouth, and after eating it, my whole body..." Sun Jiaojiao, from behind the bed curtains, asked without any reservation, "I want to know what this medicine is called. So I can be careful and guard against it in the future."
This Doctor Zhang had prescribed "Avoid-son Soup" for her, so he naturally knew she was no longer a virgin. She didn't shy away from the topic of aphrodisiacs.
Doctor Zhang was truly a divine doctor from the jianghu, well-versed in the ways of the world. Hearing a boudoir lady like her mention aphrodisiacs, he remained completely unruffled. "Young Miss's description is too simple. I cannot determine what specific medicine this is. Could you describe it in more detail?"
"It's just... after eating it, my whole body would get hot, scalding. I would 'flow water' and want to... copulate," Sun Jiaojiao described.
"I was not asking Young Miss to describe that. I was asking you to describe the medicine's details."
"Oh, oh..." Sun Jiaojiao sweatdropped. Misunderstanding, haha. She thought for a moment and described, "The pill... was a bit like chocolate. Round, brown, melted in the mouth. It had a faint fragrance, but I can't say what kind of fragrance. Oh, right, could it be a royal restricted drug? The person who drugged me... was from the imperial palace."
"If it has a fragrance and comes from the imperial family, it is likely Hanxiang Wan (lit: Fragrance-containing Pill)," Doctor Zhang, with his vast experience, judged in an instant.
"Hanxiang Wan?"
"Mmm. It's just a little trinket from the palace used for arousal. Nothing too rare. It's just that the formula has always been kept in the palace, and it's a restricted item. Ordinary people have no access to it, so very few have heard of it, let alone seen it."
"Then how has Doctor Zhang heard of it?" Sun Jiaojiao was curious.
Doctor Zhang's plain face remained impassive. He said vaguely, "I am merely interested in studying all the medicines in this world. This formula was once recorded in an ancient medical text, incomplete. This humble one, unworthy, tried to compound it, and just happened to succeed. It's just... no one has tested the drug, so I'm not certain of its effects."
"You have that medicine?" Sun Jiaojiao's interest was piqued. "Can you give me one?"
In her excitement, her tone was a bit too obvious. When she realized this wasn't good, she lowered her voice and sat up straight. "I mean... I want to see if it's that medicine, to identify it. So I can guard against it in the future..."
Doctor Zhang nodded readily. "I can."
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