The Chief Eunuch went to get the medicine, while Shuangshuang continued to check the Emperor's pulse, pondering whether her prescription needed modification.
The Chief Eunuch soon returned with a troubled expression, anxiously saying to Shuangshuang, "Princess Renxin, the Blood Ginseng and rhinoceros horn in your prescription are both out of stock at the Imperial Pharmacy.
We have already sent someone out to procure them, but the Emperor's illness doesn't wait for anyone. Is there any way to substitute these two medicines?"
Shuangshuang furrowed her brows, but before she could speak, the Empress angrily spoke first.
"What do you mean by out of stock? Although these ingredients are precious, they aren't particularly rare. How could the most well-stocked Imperial Pharmacy not have them? Why wasn't the stock immediately replenished?"
