The Foodie Online Chapter 50

A young eunuch stood outside the Qianqing Palace, holding a pot of freshly brewed medicine in his hand.

This was his first time to work in the Qianqing Palace. He saw smoke coming out of the Qianqing Palace and cautiously looked inside. The eunuch next to him urged him impatiently, "Go in quickly."

He nodded and smiled at the eunuch who scolded him, and did not dare to hesitate any longer, and hurried into the hall.

As soon as I walked into the hall, a bitter and astringent herbal smell hit my nose. The whole hall was filled with smoke so thick that I couldn't see clearly what was around me. This was the smell of the herbs burning in the Qianqing Palace.

The prescription written by the imperial physician requires that the herb be burned twelve hours a day.