Maiden Holmes (Shao Nu Da Ren / 少女大人)

Maiden Holmes

Episode 25

We found those maids

upon arriving at the temple.

After checking their pulse,

I realized that

they weren't expelled from the palace

because they were sick.

We got it right.

Brother Xie,

what's wrong with you?

You're so weird.

Are you all right, Brother Xie?

He's fine

Rushuang, do you find out

what poisoned them?

It's a chronic poison.

The palms of these maids

got swollen all of a sudden and

failed to be cured.

So they were expelled from the palace.

Seven years later,

most of their palms

have deformed.

They only got palms deformed after being poisoned.

But the late emperor

died of a sudden death.

It's different from the chronic poisoning symptoms of

those maids.

So I think

someone must have used some catalytic agent.

So it speeded up the poisoning.

Can you be sure of that?

I need a little bit more time.

As long as I can find out the poison,

I'll find the catalytic agent.

That's great!

Brother Xie,

what's wrong with you today?

Two days ago, you looked sad and gloomy.

And you're laughing happily today.

Has something good happened?

Tell us.

Little Fei Yuan,

nothing good happened.

I don't know why

I just can't help laughing.

You looked so gloomy recently,

and I wanted to make you happy.

So I gave you a little bit of laughing medicine.

Laughing medicine?

Sister Rushuang, you're awesome.

You can even make such rare drug.

Rushuang,

give me the antidote.

I laugh too much

that my belly hurts right now.

Okay.

I can give you the antidote.

But you must promise me that

you won't be sad and gloomy again.

You must be happy like you always do.

Rushuang, I promise you.

Please give me the antidote now.

All right. I'll give it to you.

The antidote is on the desk in my room.

It's in a white bottle.

Drink it and you'll be fine.

Okay.

Keep chatting and I'll get the antidote.

It's been a long time since

we heard him laughing open-heartedly.

Brother Pei, Sister Su,

has he spoken to you

about anything recently?

What's wrong?

I'm not sure what's wrong with him.

I just feel that he's been avoiding me recently.

It seems like something is bothering him.

Did you talk to him about it?

I did.

But he didn't answer my questions.

I don't know why he is avoiding me.

It seems like he doesn't want me to know about it.

Rushuang,

everyone has their own secret.

Just like me. I had a secret too.

You should give him some time.

I know.

So I'm not forcing him to tell me.

I just want to be by his side

and make him happy.

When he gets over,

he'll tell me.

The maids were poisoned by

something called

Fei Yue, a rare chronic poison.

It can be catalyzed by Bletilla.

We normally use Bletilla with the herbs that help invigorate blood.

I've asked Imperial Physician Zhang to

list the prescriptions that the late emperor

took when he's alive.

Bletilla wasn't in this list.

Are there any other catalytic agents?

Let me look into all these herbs.

You're not coming with me?

I've got other things to do.

Bletilla should be the catalyst.

But why it was not included

in the prescriptions?

Ms. Rushuang,

Hi, Sir.

what kind of herbs are you looking for today?

Are there any new herbs lately?

Yes. We've just got a new batch. Please come and take a look.

See.

Let me have a look.

Help yourself.

Just let me know if you want anything,

I'll pack it for you. -Thank you.

Sir,

I need two taels of Magnolia Ginseng.

All right. Please wait for a second.

-Sir. -Yes.

That's not what this gentleman asked for.

Yes, it is.

He asked for some Bletilla.

Didn't he say Magnolia Ginseng?

Magnolia Ginseng is Bletilla.

How can they be the same?

Magnolia Ginseng looks like ginseng.

Besides that, it belongs to Magnoliaceae.

The elderly

used to call it Magnolia Ginseng.

But the name has changed.

Here you go.

Right. Magnolia Ginseng is Bletilla.

It's the catalyst.

Yes.

It's Bletilla.

Bletilla is harmless itself.

But the late emperor

had got chronic poison.

So...

Who gave this tonic to the late emperor?

The Empress Dowager.

Her Highness was very closed to the late emperor.

I knew it.

So

it can't be her who poisoned the late emperor.

Well then,

could it be that someone took advantage of her

to present the tonic?

Don't worry.

I'll find what she might know.

Maybe I'll get the answer.

You want some tonics?

Yes.

I got many injuries

in the battles years ago.

So I thought

to take some tonics to be stronger.

Yeah.

You're not young anymore.

You should take care of your body,

and get your own children.

I remember when the late emperor was still alive,

he often took tonics.

So I thought you might knew about it.

The tonic your father took

was indeed recommended by me.

But it was presented by the imperial physicians.

But I can't recall

the details of the prescription now.

I remember father once told me that

the tonic he took

three times a day was really effective.

He felt so energetic after having it.

And he felt he was getting younger.

But who knew that

he was poisoned to death not long after that.

Yeah.

Speaking of the tonic, Princess Consort Yun

did make a lot of efforts in finding it.

It's Princess Consort Yun who presented the tonic.

What are you going to do?

I'm gonna to report the grievance

to His Majesty.

It was Prince Yun.

He was the one who ordered to poison the clothing,

and took advantage of his wife to present the tonic.

It's he who killed the late emperor,

and framed the entire Bai Liang Clan.

Calm down.

With his power and authority

in the court,

we can't bring him down

mere with the letters

and our inference on the case.

So we're just letting him break the law with impunity.