"Fu Wang! What kind of book is that, why is it so dusty?!" The older princess shouted in surprise.
"This is a book about how to process plants. We don't consume a raw plant straightaway, right? It has to be processed. If we want to eat it, we must cook it, if we want to make it as medicine, we must process it. And we mustn't do the processing carelessly. Many raw plants are poisonous. In order to let the plant to be useful for our bodies, we have to process it first so that the poison won't harm our bodies," Zhu Su explained at length.
Not paying attention to the gawking expressions of his daughters, Zhu Su now took three other books. The books were also dusty and he had to clean them. Carrying those heavy and thick books, he hurriedly stepped out of the library.
"Those books are very heavy. Can't you tell the servants to bring them?" The younger princess glanced at a eunuch, who immediately responded. The eunuch hastily approached him. "Your Highness, please allow me to assist you."
"Ah, okay..." Zhu Su handed those books to the eunuch.
"You are often too hasty. Actually you can ask the eunuch to clean the books so no need for you to clean it yourself. You don't have to get your hands dirty because of it!"
"It's fine. Back then when I am exiled and live miserably, I was used to these petty things, so it is totally piece of cake for me."
Hu Nayin smiled with amusement. "If His Highness is being obsessed with what he is doing, he will quickly focus totally on it and doesn't care about anything else."
"That's why he can do dangerous things like tasting raw plants!"
"Not anymore. Because I've found a more accurate way to ensure whether the plant is edible or not. That is, by processing it!"
Now Hu Nayin knew what Zhu Su was trying to do. And she also knew about what Zhu Su's next plan when he entered the Medical Center.
"I'll get poisonous and dangerous plants for you to process!" Hu Nayin said excitedly.
Zhu Su watched Hu Nayin as she passionately grabbed the herbs. He grinned. Not only Hu Nayin supported him, she also immediately understood what he actually wanted. He accepted all plants Hu Nayin offered him happily. "That's too much, Nayin! One by one, I won't be able to directly examine even a plant in one day!"
"Not only you yourself, Zhou Wang. Lady Hu is also as passionate as you are," Yun uttered. "You should be happy to find a partner who can really understand and appreciate you."
"Of course. For me, Nayin is the best gift I've ever had!"
Zhu Su's cheerful reply made Hu Nayin's cheeks blush. "Thank you very much... Your Highness... I am also very happy to receive your sincere affection..."
Yun smiled. She now watched the other people who walked closer to them.
"Your Highness, do you want to research something?" Shao Rong asked.
Zhu Su explained his plan towards all of them, who was immediately greeted it with enthusiasm.
"I agree with you. Whether a plant becomes medicine or poison, it really depends on how we process it," said Shao Rong.
Deng Linping continued in a loud voice, "And we should do different processing methods depends on how to lead the medicine to the infected organs and diseases that a patient suffers from. For example, processing with salt will make the medicine go to the kidney. Processing with vinegar will lead it to the liver and unblock the jammed energy. Procession with ginger is efficacious to get rid of phlegm, to stop coughing and vomiting. Processing with honey is efficacious to relieve coughs and asthma, and to boost Qi, especially the Qi of Spleen and Digestion."
Since Deng Linping was appointed as a Team of Wellbeing member and officially worked at the Medical Center, a tremendous euphoria soon surged inside his body. He was indeed obsessed about medicine to the point that his obsession had inconvenienced some members, especially the senior members. Deng Linping was also too fond of asking them this and that. Other members who were focusing on their works were certainly disturbed by his questions, since the questions often sounded ridiculous. Even the little kids know the answer, but you're still questioning it, They thought. Even more, his euphoria made him appear arrogant, and liked to show off his knowledge. Everyone had heard that he was instrumental in healing Hu Nayin, but when they found that Deng Linping was too fond of talking about medicine in a harsh tone, they then doubted it, simply because Deng Linping appeared like a big talker. Deng Linping was very happy to work at the Medical Center, he always whistled while working, but it made some of the other members be more annoyed with it.
Today was also the same. Deng Linping automatically talked at length about his knowledge of how to process medicine (moreover, he had the opportunity to talk about medicine with Zhu Su, he became even more excited about it). He had not yet spoken halfway, the people who got irritated soon emitted a look of annoyance and their mouths pursed tightly.
Zhu Su, who was often insensitive to any situation, did not notice the reproaching glances from some of his team members. He looked at Deng Linping in awe. "Little brother Linping, your knowledge is excellent. It must be, since you are the son of an Imperial Physician!"
Deng Linping showed a proud look. "So you can research these plants with this information, Your Highness. For example, this plant..."
Zhu Su continued to pay close attention to Deng Linping who was now dominating the situation and led Zhu Su with his passionate explanation. Since Zhu Su was focused on finding a good processing method, he was unaware of the strange atmosphere that had occurred. After all, Zhu Su was Fan Wang, the supreme ruler of Kaifeng. Everyone competed to attract his attention and favor. Zhu Su might not have noticed all this and maintained his naivety, but not with the others. He was too concentrating on his status as a researcher, and forgot his another status as a leader. He forgot that a leader should be able to share his attention equally with all of his officials, to prevent any unwanted problems.
Because, regardless of how professional his team was, some people would still be jealous of Zhu Su's excessive attention towards a member, moreover, towards one they thought as a dummy.