Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 206 - 205: Prosperity

Pang Yuzhen has had a poor appetite for a few days. She barely managed to eat some breakfast this morning, and after hearing Yan Daoxin’s words, her stomach began to churn, almost making her retch.

Seeing this, Miao Family quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it to her, but Pang Yuzhen, still displeased about being prescribed expensive medicine by the Divine Doctor, did not take it.

Miao Family awkwardly set the cup on the table.

Zhu Yu watched the scene, feeling a deep sense of helplessness.

In her heart, she naturally wished for Miao Family to have a good life in Prince Shuo Mansion.

However, as a powerless concubine, Miao Family, given her character, was doomed to be suppressed by Pang Yuzhen, with no hope of turning the situation around.

Even if Lu Qing and Lu Chao were to succeed in the future, Miao Family likely wouldn’t dare to use the leverage of offspring to improve her status before Pang Yuzhen.

Thinking thus, Zhu Yu glanced at Miao Family and then at the pretentious Yan Daoxin, and suddenly, a thought struck her.

She bowed respectfully and whispered to Yan Daoxin, "Isn’t the Divine Doctor skilled in fortune-telling as well? Since we’re all here by fate, why not read the fortunes of these two nobles?"

Pang Yuzhen’s eyes brightened instantly at these words, and she looked at Yan Daoxin with great expectation.

Yan Daoxin glanced at Zhu Yu and raised an eyebrow slightly at her.

Zhu Yu nodded slightly, and a hint of a smile appeared in Yan Daoxin’s eyes.

He concealed the expression well and turned back towards Pang Yuzhen and Miao Family with an air of depth and mystery.

"Very well," Yan Daoxin said, lifting his eyes to the expectant Pang Yuzhen. He gave her a thorough look, uttered a "hmm," and then turned his gaze to the Miao Family standing behind her, scrutinizing carefully before revealing a look of sudden realization.

"Divine Doctor Yan, what...what did you see?" Pang Yuzhen questioned, growing skeptical as he looked between her and Miao Family. "Could it be she’s a jinx to me?"

"Not at all," Yan Daoxin shook his head unhurriedly. He stroked his chin, remembered he was beardless unlike his master, and put his hand down again. "The Princess speaks incorrectly; this lady not only does not bring bad luck but from her appearance, she seems to bring prosperity."

"Oh?!" Pang Yuzhen was a bit surprised and also delighted at hearing someone close to her could bring her fortune, her eyes lighting up as she turned to look at Miao Family behind her, puzzled as to what was so special about her, "What do you mean by that?"

With an air of great seriousness, Yan Daoxin looked at them both, calculating with a finger decision: "The stars move west, the earth’s pulse turns east, the fate charts of you two secretly align with the number six.

I see this lady as representing ’Chen,’ while the Princess represents ’Si,’ two trees becoming a forest.

However, she is the yang wood holding skyward, while the Princess is the vine entwining; this is the fetter of past karma."

Pang Yuzhen was utterly baffled, finding Yan Daoxin’s words profound but not understanding their meaning.

"Please, Divine Doctor, clarify: what is meant by the fetter of past karma? How exactly does she bring me prosperity?" she hastily inquired.

Yan Daoxin slowly raised a hand, signaling not to rush, and leisurely continued, "The Princess’s life palace faintly reveals ’Heavenly Treasure,’ but the noble aura is scattered. It requires the infusion of this lady’s ’Rongde’ to consolidate into the phenomenon of auspicious purple clouds gathering from the east.

Remember, the Princess is the soft wood, whereas this lady is the hard wood; mutual support between hard and soft brings endless vitality.

By nurturing this bond sincerely, it is like a wind aiding a departing fire; when the fire thrives, the wood flourishes, the wood flourishes the earth grows dense, the dense earth gives rise to metal... and thus, the five elements rotate, and blessings naturally return to oneself."

Pang Yuzhen’s gaze became more puzzled but increasingly convinced by Yan Daoxin’s words that Miao Family indeed brings her fortune.

She quickly followed Yan Daoxin’s words and recalled when she was still a maiden, her family selected Miao Family as a maid.

Initially, she resented having a subordinate more beautiful than herself.

But soon after Miao Family joined her, news of her marriage to Zhu Cheng emerged. Zhu Cheng rose above his peers and became the Vassal King of Shuo Country, and she became the most esteemed woman in Shuo.

Not to mention, when she was pregnant with her daughter Zhu Ning, and someone plotted to place a woman in Zhu Cheng’s quarters, she cleverly elevated the beautiful Miao Family to the position of a concubine, ensuring peace in the mansion.

Yan Daoxin discreetly glanced at Pang Yuzhen: "The bond between the Princess and this lady is not a mundane cause and effect but a karmic debt cultivated over lifetimes.

Thus, every kind act you grant this lady adds a light of ’Luky’ to your fate."

He glanced at the tea Miao Family had poured for Pang Yuzhen, now sitting on the table, the clear amber tea reflecting Miao Family’s face behind Pang Yuzhen.

So he pointed: "Look, this lady’s shadow enters your water palace, with ripples reflecting gold.

This is tangible evidence of a noble drawing wealth... Believe it or not, only time will tell."

These words moved Pang Family from disbelief to skepticism, then from skepticism to deep belief. When looking at Miao Family again, her gaze changed.

"Since that’s the case..." she thought, realizing that nothing particularly satisfying happened when she became harsher to Miao Family, "Cui Zhi, take these two prescriptions and go to the steward to get the herbs, instructing the kitchen to brew medicine daily without delay."

Cui Zhi was the arrogant black-faced grandmother earlier. She grudgingly but fearfully obeyed Pang Yuzhen and took the prescriptions to the steward.

Though Yan Daoxin’s words had convinced Pang Yuzhen, she still felt a bit aggrieved at having only regular tonics to nourish her body.

"Divine Doctor Yan," she considered, then asked, "I have some Three Flavors Longevity Ointment here, which is said to be very good and nourishing for the body.

Is it suitable for my condition now, or would it be too much of a tonic?"

Yan Daoxin, seeing she had already ordered the grandmother to get the medicine for Miao Family and knowing his previous words had taken effect, was about to leave, but upon hearing Pang Yuzhen’s words, he sat back down: "What? Three Flavors Longevity Ointment?"

Not only him but even Lu Qing, who had remained silent, raised his eyes to look deeply at Pang Yuzhen.

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