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Chapter 260: Sprinkle Water on the 1 RMB Prescription

Minister of Justice Pei Li had been hiding behind and observing the situation.

He would not speak easily unless the emperor asked him. Once the emperor asked, he said with a righteous look: "Your Majesty, the time and events of what Dean Qin said just now all match up, and Dean Qin did not hesitate to admit that he was indeed involved in reselling the prescription, and His Royal Highness Prince Yi did not deny it. Since this powder can be proved to be exclusive to His Royal Highness Prince Yi's pharmacy, then the fact that the prescription was sold at a high price during the epidemic should be verifiable."

Emperor Lin then asked Zhou Chang: "What did Prince Yi say?"

Zhou Chang almost laughed out loud: "Father, what kind of evidence is this? Even if I sold the prescription, I had no choice. The money was spent on controlling the epidemic and providing relief to the victims. I have already said it before."

Pei Li then said, "Your Majesty, I think that if we follow the intention of His Royal Highness Prince Duan, the profit from the sale of the prescriptions will not be enough to match the accounts of the Plague Hospital. However, since the powder is unique to the Four Flavors Pharmacy, we can check the accounts of the Four Flavors Pharmacy and infer how much His Royal Highness Prince Yi actually sold."

"Haha, Lord Pei has a good plan. He actually wants to find out about my four-flavor medicine shop. Then, how about checking the incense powder shop called Baixiang Garden as well?" Zhou Changshang learned about this from Hu Wan's past memories.

Baixiang Garden was opened by Pei Li's eldest daughter-in-law, which was actually a shop opened by Pei Li's eldest son.

Pei Li suddenly ran out of power.

Zhou Chang had no intention of pursuing Pei Li. "Father, I admit that I sold prescriptions, but as to what the prescriptions were, Dean Qin should know best. I have never sold prescriptions for curing epidemics. Prescriptions for epidemics have always been used to treat poor people for free. Don't you think so, Lord Yuan?"

Yuan Chuan, the Imperial Household Officer, was dragged here to help, but he was suddenly dragged out and was speechless: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Zhou Chang laughed and said, "Master Yuan, you forgot that you personally went to ask me for the prescription that day, and I gave it to you without saying anything. It was you who didn't want it."

"That prescription is not real, how can I accept it?" Yuan Chuan's icy face could no longer remain calm.

Zhou Chang said calmly: "Who said it was fake? It is true. If you don't believe me, you can ask Dean Qin. The head of the Imperial Hospital should know the most."

"This, this..." Qin Shou stammered and couldn't answer at all.

At that time, he and Yuan Chuan both thought that the prescription given by Prince Yi so easily was fake, and he crumpled it into a ball and threw it away.

But the prescription that Prince Yi later sold to Qin Shou was obviously deliberately added to and modified, and it was definitely not the original prescription.

Now thinking back carefully, I can’t tell whether the previous one is real or fake.

Zhou Chang took the opportunity to ask Emperor Lin: "Father, who is the mastermind behind today's incident? Someone is deliberately wronging me. Please help me."

Prince Duan was not afraid: "Who wronged you? Your prescription is worth 10,000 taels of silver. Qin Shou is a witness and the prescription is material evidence. In times of national crisis, privately reselling important prescriptions is a violation of national law, no matter what the reason."

"Hey, Dean Qin should know best what kind of prescription I'm selling. It's just a tonic. What does it have to do with a prescription for an epidemic?" Zhou Chang said innocently and helplessly. "Dean Qin, tell me, what was the prescription that I sold to you and asked you to resell on my behalf?"

"This..." Qin Shou suddenly realized and then was speechless.

Zhou Chang took advantage of the victory and continued: "I said it very clearly at the beginning. If anyone doesn't believe it, you can ask other imperial doctors to come and discuss it and make a judgment on what the prescription is."

"This..." Qin Shoucheng's familiar feeling of fear and trepidation came back again.

From the beginning to the end, he was schemed by Prince Yi?

Zhou Chang was even more unwilling to let go, and pressed on step by step, looking directly at Qin Shou: "Master Qin, in the court, tell the truth, the crime of deceiving the emperor is not just you who are implicated."

Qin Shou suddenly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty..., when His Royal Highness Prince Yi sold the prescription, he did say that it was a tonic prescription, but that prescription plus the powder can indeed cure the epidemic."

"What I sell is a tonic prescription. As for the medicinal powder, it is indeed used to cure epidemics. However, I did not sell it for silver. I gave it away for free." Zhou Chang looked even more innocent.

Emperor Lin gradually figured out the situation.

Prince Duan interrupted again, "Father, although Prince Yi's words are very convincing, please think carefully, what kind of tonic prescription can be worth 10,000 taels of silver? If it is not a prescription for saving lives, what else could it be? Moreover, even if a lot of tonics are added on purpose, what does it matter?"

Zhou Chang knew that he couldn't get rid of this "anti-fan" of Prince Duan, so he laughed in anger: "Brother Prince Duan is so angry, didn't he also spend 10,000 taels of silver to buy this prescription?"

Prince Duan's breathing stagnated and he became speechless.

He himself did not buy it, but it was Princess Duan who spent 10,000 taels of silver on it, and he only found out about it afterwards.

On that day, Princess Qiu of Prince Duan was feeling unwell and summoned Qin Shou to treat her.

Qin Shou was diagnosed with the disease.

It so happened that Princess Duan's younger brother Qiu Yin also came to visit her. After discussing it, the two siblings decided to let Qin Shou go directly to Zhou Chang to buy the prescription.

Qin Shou was originally unwilling to have anything to do with Prince Yi again, but when Prince Duan learned that the princess was ill, he was scared to death and even asked the Imperial Household Order Yuan Chuan to act. The two of them used both soft and hard tactics and designed a series of schemes.

Whether the chain of plans succeeded or not is another story, but on that day, Qin Shou spent 12,000 taels of silver to bring the prescription to Prince Duan's mansion to report, and Prince Duan almost fainted from anger.

Of the 10,000 taels of silver, there were originally 5,000 taels given in advance by Princess Duan, and Qin Shou also contributed 5,000 taels himself, which was not easy to ask for.

Prince Duan was furious at the time and secretly swore that he must get revenge, even if it meant sacrificing Qin Shou, so that Prince Yi would not have an easy time.

Zhou Chang made fun of it and then started to advertise: "Father, Brother Duan Wang said that no matter how expensive the prescription is, it is not worth 10,000 taels. That is ignorant. The products of my son Siwei Medicine Shop must be top-notch. A prescription worth 10,000 taels is just a drop in the bucket. There are also 'Xu Zi Wan', which guarantees the birth of a child, 'Jin Gang Wan', which costs 10,000 taels and cures all diseases, 'Chang Shou Dan', which costs 30,000 taels and prolongs life, and 100,000 taels of silver per pill..."

"That's enough, that's enough..." Emperor Lin raised his hand to stop him, and he was impatient to listen to Zhou Chang's bragging.

Zhou Chang had no choice but to stop, but he had already talked too much, so he made a "closing statement" in a serious tone: "Father, they have said so much, but they can't prove anything. The prescription is for health, and the price is clearly marked, so what's there to say. As for the powder, it is indeed for treating epidemic diseases. However, epidemic prevention and control is of great importance. In order to prevent people from contracting the epidemic and infecting others, I give it away for free. I am afraid that people will not drink it, so how can I sell it for money?"

This made sense and Emperor Lin could find no fault with it, so he could only nod his head.