Chapter 61: Obtaining Pinellia

  I don't know what kind of wishful thinking Wan Zhen'er has in her mind, but one thing I do know is that if she ever falls into my hands, I will definitely not let her off lightly.

  Ever since I knew that Ronghua was the orphaned daughter of the old emperor, I have hated Wan Qian'er to the bone.

  Rong Hua was poisoned by Wan Zhen'er, and it's unknown how many tears she has shed outside.

  Every time I think of the glory of the past, it was from the chaotic burial mound that I survived, I would hate to peel off Wan Zhen's skin with all my might.

  Tomorrow I will go to the imperial palace, if I see Wan Qian'er, I must ask her well.

  Gongsun Dog Thief is extremely ashamed of this unsophisticated look of mine, and his eyes are clearly contemptuous.

  "Alright, I am indeed a country bumpkin from the mountains." I said calmly.

  "If you think the Hou Mansion is like this, then tomorrow when you arrive at the Imperial Palace, you'll probably think you've ascended to heaven."

  Gongsun, you're wrong. The reason I'm confused is that I don't have a clear understanding of the Marquis's residence yet. However, although I haven't personally seen the imperial palace, I can roughly imagine its structure and grandeur.

  Bei Jiang Hou's manor, I have been there once, and Gong Sun dog thief's Zhe Ding Hou manor is really a difference between heaven and earth.

  Following Gong Sun's dog thief, maybe I can really eat well and drink spicy food, and also sneak into the imperial palace a few times.

  Perhaps thinking of meeting Wan Zhen'er, that venomous woman, on the second day, my mood was more excited than ever before. This excitement made me toss and turn, unable to sleep all night.

  The backyard of the Rui Ding Marquis's residence has a bamboo garden. Walking along the main building corridor in the bamboo garden to the end, you can enter the peak of Autumn Mountain.

  It is a yellow rockery, with a color close to terracotta, the main peak and secondary peak are echoing each other, the mountain trend is continuous, just like a real mountain peak.

  These things used in the Dinghou Mansion are really of the highest quality.

  The southwest and southeast positions of the artificial hill are both gardens.

  The garden in the southeast location has a variety of flowers, including camellias, orchids, lilies, and hyacinths.

  In the southwest position of the garden, all the flowers planted are peonies of a single color.

  The varieties of peony include Guanshi Moyu, Yanyuzi, Qinglong Womo Chi, Molou Zhenghui, Wujin Yao Hui and Heihua Kui.

  I observed carefully and found that all the peonies in this garden have two commonalities. The first is that they are all extremely precious.

  The second commonality is that the color of peony flowers are all deep purple.

  Deep purple? Suddenly I remembered, I once told Gong Sun that I liked black flowers.

  I was just casually saying it, did he take it seriously?

  My mind was wandering, and I suddenly caught sight of the small grass beside the black flower crown, which gave me quite a few shocks.

  Suddenly, like a spring breeze on a night, thousands and millions of pear trees burst into bloom!

  That inconspicuous little grass is medically known as Pinellia, and in the folk it's called Three Steps Jump or Ground Bean.

  Banxia is a numbing agent, taking small amounts can cause numbness of the mouth and tongue, while large amounts can cause burning pain and swelling, inability to speak, drooling, vomiting, numbness throughout the body, slow and irregular breathing, difficulty breathing, and eventually paralysis and death.

  Ban Xia is a toxic plant, but when used properly, it has the functions of drying dampness and resolving phlegm, lowering rebellion and stopping vomiting, and raw use dispels carbuncles.

  The poisonous concoction I'm currently brewing is missing just one ingredient, a catalyst like banxia.

  Without saying another word, he directly took out a small shovel from his pocket and dug up all the half-summer plants in the garden.

  Ever since I secretly dug up the precious medicinal herbs from Pingyue Mountain Villa last year, I have embarked on a path of thievery and never looked back.