Chapter 485: Picking and Choosing

Chapter 485: Chapter 485: Picking and Choosing

Bai Suihe couldn’t make up her mind for the moment. She waited until the dead of night before bringing Gu Kaiyuan into her dimension, showing him her recent achievements and collections.

"Thousand-Day Stupor... No, that won’t do. It’s letting her off too easy to just pass away in a drowsy slumber.

"How about this Sorrowful Breeze? The name sounds quite beautiful; she should like it."

Faced with so many bottles and jars, Bai Suihe had narrowed it down to these two choices and was currently hesitating.

"What are the effects of this second one?" The first bottle’s name was self-explanatory, but Gu Kaiyuan couldn’t figure out the naming logic behind the latter.

"I based it on a description from a certain martial arts novel. It’s similar to a secret drug used by a legendary assassin guild. Once someone comes into contact with it, they’ll weep uncontrollably and their entire body will go limp."

Gu Kaiyuan couldn’t help but swallow hard. "Nanny Pang taught you all this?"

Bai Suihe gave him a strange look. "Of course. I don’t have the ability to develop new drugs on my own yet, but don’t worry, I will definitely study hard in the future."

"As long as we have some means of self-defense, that’s enough," Gu Kaiyuan said. "Don’t work yourself too hard."

Looking at the cabinet specially cleared out to store these bottles and jars, Gu Kaiyuan began to pity anyone who wanted to go against Bai Suihe. It was just that currently, Bai Suihe only had Gu Antong in her eyes as an experimental subject. He could somewhat understand why she was having such a hard time choosing. If these were his creations, he’d probably want to test them out one by one as well.

"She is, after all, the Third Prince’s concubine now. It wouldn’t be appropriate to be too obvious. Do you have anything more subtle?"

Bai Suihe hesitated for a long time before reluctantly picking out another bottle from the bunch. "How about this Heavenly Fairy?"

Gu Kaiyuan looked at her, waiting to be enlightened.

Bai Suihe explained, "As for this Heavenly Fairy, anyone who consumes it will become increasingly beautiful. It will leave a person without a single flaw from head to toe, and their skin will become soft and supple."

"That’s a very fitting name. Then it’s definitely not suitable for her, otherwise it’d be too much of a bargain for Gu Antong."

Bai Suihe also felt it would be a waste to use on Gu Antong. "It would be letting her off too easy. Her looks are already above average. With the enhancement of this drug, the title of the number one beauty in the capital would probably fall into her lap."

"Why would you keep such a good medicine in here?" Gu Kaiyuan was already wondering how high of a price this drug could fetch if they sold it outside.

Bai Suihe looked at him with a complicated expression. This husband of hers was still a bit naive. If she kept it alongside poisons, how could it possibly be a beneficial medicine?

"The biggest advantage of this drug is that it makes a person increasingly beautiful and drastically improves their mental state. However, it achieves this by overdrawing on their life force. In less than half a year, it will drain all the vitality from their body. When the time comes, they’ll simply return to dust."

Gu Kaiyuan hurriedly retracted his hand. "...Nanny Pang taught you all this?" he confirmed once again.

"No, Nanny Pang made these few bottles herself. I can’t formulate them yet.

"But I do have the recipes on hand. Whenever I have free time, I’ll make sure to learn how to make them all."

Gu Kaiyuan was now somewhat regretting letting Bai Suihe study under Nanny Pang. "Are there antidotes for these things? Whatever you do, don’t mess around with them carelessly."

The drugs she had made before were mostly harmless, meant only to teach someone a small lesson. But these were of a completely different nature; just hearing about them made his scalp tingle.

"Relax, there is no place safer than my dimension.

"Besides, I’m not stupid. I won’t just touch them blindly.

"Most of the drugs here have antidotes. It’s just that if these drugs are ever used, the antidotes will naturally never see the light of day."

What Bai Suihe didn’t mention was that as soon as Nanny Pang told her to study medicine, she had already fed her a Hundred Poison Pill. Her current body could completely resist over 99% of all poisons. If she happened to encounter that remaining 1%, she would just accept her fate. She had followed Nanny Pang’s instructions and kept this a secret from everyone, even her own husband. She hadn’t even mentioned it to Gu Xingyang.

"Then this drug is quite good. Why did you feel it was unsuitable?"

"Wouldn’t that let her die beautifully? That’s too good for her." Bai Suihe had been hesitating precisely because of this reason.

If Gu Antong’s looks kept improving, she would definitely gain favor. If she were to whisper sweet nothings into Rong Ruiyuan’s ear, they would probably be the ones to suffer. Even if it meant the other party would only have half a year left to live, it was still letting her off too easily.

Gu Kaiyuan hesitated for a moment but still picked up the medicine bottle. "I actually think this suits her quite well. I just want to know, will this thing have any effect on Rong Ruiyuan? Can we kill two birds with one stone?"

"He’s a Prince," Bai Suihe warned. "Don’t go getting any funny ideas."

Dealing with a woman from the inner courtyard was one thing; the imperial family wouldn’t investigate to the bitter end. But if anything happened to the Emperor’s son, and even the slightest clue was found, it would bring utter ruin upon them. Before they had a foolproof escape route, some rules simply couldn’t be touched.

Gu Kaiyuan thought about it and put the bottle back. "Then let’s not use this drug. Otherwise, Gu Antong might become Rong Ruiyuan’s unforgettable obsession, and the Gu family would only become more arrogant in the future."

It was true. Rong Ruiyuan was still a favored Prince. If anything unusual happened to him, the imperial family would investigate with all their might. So for now, such thoughts had to be suppressed.

"Then let’s try this one. Seedling Fortifier." Bai Suihe suddenly remembered another drug and finally found it in a corner.

"Why is this name so strange? Is it for farming?" Gu Kaiyuan didn’t take it, feeling a bit curious.

Although Bai Suihe was terrible at actual farming, she could talk a good game about agriculture. Even the vegetable greenhouses they had built earlier were her idea. All she had to do was open her mouth, and the rest of them would run their legs off. But the results had been truly gratifying. They had an endless supply of vegetables throughout the winter, and that greenhouse was still in use now. Once they harvested the final batch, it would be left idle. Thinking about it made them feel quite reluctant.

"Well, you could say it’s somewhat related. But this drug is different from the others. I’ve already tested it."

Gu Kaiyuan was surprised. "When did you test it? Did someone offend you? Why haven’t I heard you mention it before?"

"Sigh, this is a weight-gain drug. Of course I tested it on animals. Have you forgotten how I asked Lin Hua and the others to catch all those rats for me?"

At this, Gu Kaiyuan finally remembered that such a thing had indeed happened. Anyway, ever since Bai Suihe started learning pharmacology, rats and rabbits had basically become her test subjects. Aside from a few drugs used on rabbits, the vast majority were tested on rats.

The casualty rate among the animals was quite high. Every few days, Lin Hua and his men had to take people into the mountains to catch more rats. As for the little rats that died gloriously for the sake of drug testing, Bai Suihe even specially selected a "treasured feng shui plot" to bury them deep, properly concluding their rat lives.

"So, what were the results?"