Medical Princess

Chapter 57 Who Was The Late Husband Of The Reverend Of Jingxin Monastery?

“Do you mean…” said Shui Ruolan with a trembling voice.

“What triggered it? Was it the same in the previous years?” asked Qin Wanru, as she caught the implication, and tried to hold back the despair in her heart.

“In the past, the illness was also triggered by unforeseen circumstances, when the weather turned cold in autumn and winter. On one hand, it was because your grandmother’s body was unable to withstand the cold because age is catching up with her. On the other hand, it could be because of the hayfever which was caused by the pollen of flowers that blooms during autumn. This could be one of the most important triggers to your grandmother’s illness.”

The reverend of Jingxin Monastery explained. She did not want to mention these two factors because she thought that Shui Ruolan was after all Old Grandma’s niece who did not really have control over anything, and Qin Wanru was still a young girl. She thought it was not appropriate for her to explain to them Old Grandma’s conditions.

However, she finally told them the truth when she saw how sincerely concerned they were about Old Madam Qin.

“What flower was it that produce the pollen?” asked Shui Ruolan earnestly, as she suppressed the sadness in her heart.

“It was a plant called Qingqu Grass. It only blooms during autumn time. I had mentioned this General Qin and his misses and even made a sketch of the flower. Later on, Mrs. Qin said that there wasn’t any Qingqu Grass in the mansion, so I concluded that coughing was the result of her growing old. However, looking at Old Grandma’s condition, I’m certain that her cough was triggered by the pollen from Qingqu Grass. In addition, she must have been exposed to a considerable amount of the pollen. Otherwise, the cough wouldn’t come so aggressively and seriously.

The reverend of Jingxin Monastery revealed the entire truth about Old Grandma’s condition and moaned.

“Which is to say that someone must have been carrying something made of the Qingqu Grass?” Shui Ruolan contemplated as the expression on her face changed drastically.

“I suppose so,” said the reverend, nodding. “In the previous years when Old Grandma’s cough came on, it was not so sudden and aggressive. Since the two of you had accompanied the Old Madam here, we have to take even more take when conditioning her illness. While there isn’t any Qingqu Grass in Jingxin Monastery, we can’t be sure if there’s anyone who would bring it in.”

“Does Qingqu Grass produce any smell?” asked Qin Wanru as something flashed across her mind.

“To the insensitive nose, it would seem that Qingqu Grass is odorless. However to patients like your grandmother, her body would instinctively detect the smell quickly trigger her illness would be triggered, although she herself would not know it in her conscious mind. The Qingqu Grass tastes a little bitter though,” said the reverend of Jingxin Monastery.

Qin Wanru’s hand trembled as if something came to her mind abruptly. It was the fragrant sachet which she saw every year. She did not take special notice because it was something so familiar to her and it did not really smell of anything. She knew that Mrs. Qin was never stingy about this.

She was the daughter of Duke Yong, so she took great care in what she wore and ate. Even in Jiangzhou, where it was far from the capital city, she made sure whatever she used was high class. She never wore anything old and worn and she would replace all accessories with custom-made, fashionable ones. This was to upkeep her status as the daughter of a respected, wealthy family.

Whatever she possessed was unique in Jiangzhou.

Would she be carrying an old fragrant sachet with all the time? In retrospect, she realized that Mrs. Qin would be carrying this same fragrant sachet around autumn time every year.