Whispers and murmurs arose all around.
Very few understood the reasoning behind adding Angelica to the Gentian Soup, and most who were not well-versed in Medicinal Decoction scratched their heads in confusion, repeatedly asking those beside them.
Tang Chengde looked at Qiao Xi with great satisfaction and said, "The question Qiao Xi drew was one of the more difficult ones we old geezers devised as a little pitfall. Qiao Xi, explain why you thought to add Angelica."
Qiao Xi's eyes slightly lowered, and as she lifted them again, her gaze was confident and resolute, "The symptoms described a child of three or four vomiting, abdominal pain, shortness of breath, and frightened screaming. This confirms the diagnosis of pediatric epilepsy, but the frightened breathing, I surmise, was contrary to the expectation. It's what we often say happens when a child sees a stranger or is startled by the outside environment."
