Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 611: Chapter 308 Unconditional Trust_2

Can’t favor one over the other.

He needed to think carefully.

After pondering for a long time, Zhao Yao couldn’t come up with a good idea and decided to give up thinking for the night. He would go out of the palace tomorrow to find Second Uncle to see if he had anything good. If Second Uncle didn’t have any treasures, he would make something himself.

Zhao Yao called Tong Xi in to attend to his bath.

Tong Xi asked if he had decided what to give, and Zhao Yao gave him a big eye roll.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yao left the palace to find Liang Run.

After listening to Zhao Yao, Liang Run instantly thought of a good item.

"There is indeed something, collected from the Southern Border."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yao’s eyes lit up, and his delicate little face showed an expectant look.

"What is it?"

"Hold on." Liang Run went to the storeroom and returned with a brocade box, a not very large one.

Zhao Yao stared intently at the brocade box in Liang Run’s hand, his face full of anticipation, and asked, "Second Uncle, what good thing is it?"

Liang Run opened the brocade box, and inside was not a jade pendant, nor a jade bead, much less a rare treasure, but a pill.

A black pill about the size of a thumb!

Zhao Yao’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Liang Run. He pointed to the pill in the box and asked incredulously, "Second Uncle, is this what you call a good thing?"

Liang Run smiled mysteriously, "Yao Yao, don’t underestimate it. It’s really a good thing, and it’s something made from the Southern Border."

"The Southern Border?" When Zhao Yao heard "Southern Border," all sorts of strange and dangerous things instantly appeared in his mind. "Second Uncle, is this a Gu Pill?"

Seeing Zhao Yao’s misunderstanding, Liang Run smiled helplessly, "No, there’s no such thing as a Gu Pill in the world."

"The Southern Border has them. They are experts at cultivating Gu." Zhao Yao had never been to the Southern Border, but he had read many stories about "Gu" in storybooks and local records.

"I remember you saying your Eighth Brother is weak, right?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "Yes, Eighth Brother has been frail since childhood."

"This is a supplement made with special herbs from the Southern Border, said to be more nourishing than ginseng and lingzhi." Liang Run carefully picked up the pill and held it up to Zhao Yao’s nose, "Smell it, it has a refreshing fragrance."

Zhao Yao sniffed it, and indeed, it had a herbal aroma mixed with a floral scent.

"Second Uncle, where did you get this pill? Is it reliable?"

"I got it from a doctor at the Southern Border. Don’t worry, it’s absolutely reliable." Liang Run knew what Zhao Yao was worried about and laughed as he said, "This pill is really a supplement; it won’t poison anyone."

"Second Uncle, you just said it’s more nourishing than ginseng and lingzhi?"

"That’s right."

"Then it won’t work for Eighth Brother; he can’t handle strong supplements. Otherwise, he would have been taking ginseng and lingzhi to nourish his body long ago." Eighth Brother’s stomach was indeed very fragile. Too good or too poor quality food wouldn’t do.

"Don’t worry, this pill won’t cause rejection when taken." Liang Run then explained to Zhao Yao the ingredients included in this pill. The herbs he mentioned were unique to the Southern Border, not found in the Central Plains. For each herb mentioned, he explained its effect.

Zhao Yao didn’t know much about herbs, but after listening, he felt this pill was impressive.

"Is it really that amazing?"

"It’s that amazing. It’s made from a family recipe of that Miao medicine family. You can confidently present it to the Eighth Prince."

"Alright, I’ll give it to Eighth Brother." Maybe this pill could really improve Eighth Brother’s health.

"By the way, this pill has another function." Liang Run quickly added, "It can also detoxify."

"Detoxify?" Zhao Yao was stunned, "Can it detoxify any poison?"

"It can’t detoxify every poison, but it can mitigate toxicity." Liang Run explained, "Of course, it can detoxify poisons that aren’t too strong. For potent poisons, it can only relieve the symptoms and slow down the toxic effect."

"So, if I were poisoned with He Dinghong, I wouldn’t die immediately, and it would take some time for the toxicity to be fatal, right?"

Seeing Zhao Yao using himself as an example, Liang Run frowned and quickly spat a few times, "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! From the mouths of babes!" He quickly said to Zhao Yao, "Yao Yao, spit a few times too."

Although Zhao Yao felt it unnecessary, he obediently complied.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, from the mouths of babes."

"Don’t say such unlucky things in the future."

"Second Uncle, I was just giving an example. Was what I said right?"