Tang Youyou saw that there were two bracelets in the box. She then asked, "Of course I like them. They look extremely valuable at first sight. But why are there two?"
"One is for our son and the other is for our daughter."
"I'm not carrying twins."
Tang Youyou pouted. She had consulted doctors before. But the fetus was too small and not fully formed at first. Later, she felt her belly wasn't that big, so it was really unlikely to be twins.
Rong Xun hugged her from behind and rested his head on her shoulder. "If it's a son, give it to the son. If it's a daughter, give it to the daughter. Take a closer look at these two bracelets."
Tang Youyou picked up the two bracelets and examined them carefully. She found that they were indeed a bit different.
"See? Your name is engraved on this one, and mine is on this one."
Moreover, one bracelet had a dragon pattern and the other had a phoenix pattern.
"You've even prepared the gifts. Have you thought about the names?"
Tang Youyou had thought of some names before. But since she didn't know whether the baby was a boy or a girl, she had to come up with two names, which gave her a headache, so she gave up.
She was quite good at making poisons, but naming a child was really difficult for her.
If there were copies of The Book of Songs and The Songs of Chu for sale here, she would definitely buy two to have a look.
"What names do you have in mind?"
"I'm asking you because I can't think of any."
In this place, she was surely good at math, physics, and chemistry. But when it came to literary matters, it was really difficult for her, Tang Youyou.
She still remembered that when they were in the palace, this man had basically read all the books in the library, and he could even recite some of his favorite poems backwards.
There was a period when she couldn't fall asleep. She would ask this man to recite these sleep - inducing things beside her bed.
"What about naming the boy Qi Xuan if it's a boy?"
"Does it have any special meaning?"
Tang Youyou thought to herself, please forgive her for being poorly educated. She really couldn't stand reading those ancient Chinese books. She was okay with reading some miscellaneous notes and novels, but reading those boring ones would really kill her.
"Qi Xuan is taken from The Book of Zhuangzi - Heaven and Earth. Emperor Huangdi traveled north of the Red River, climbed the Kunlun Mountains and looked south. When he returned, he lost his mysterious pearl. This name implies nobility, mystery, wisdom, foresight, and the ability to control the overall situation."
Tang Youyou nodded in admiration. This man really lived up to his reputation of being well - read. He could come up with a name so easily.
"Not bad. What if it's a girl?"
Rong Xun thought seriously. "If it's a girl, name her Rong Yu. It's taken from the phrase 'gifted with natural beauty and outstanding talent', meaning that she will be a person of great talent and knowledge. How about it?"
Tang Youyou nodded in satisfaction. These two names were both very good, with profound meanings and nice sounds.
"They can be used as alternatives. And there's still plenty of time. I also need to think carefully. I can't let you make all the decisions."
Rong Xun smiled indulgently. "Naturally. You should think carefully."
Tie Shou followed the source of the gaze according to his previous discovery. When he got closer, he found that the person had disappeared.
It was really strange. He clearly saw her walking this way just now. How could she disappear all of a sudden?
At this moment, Lin Sheng was hiding in a basket beside. This basket didn't seem big enough to hold an adult.
But if one had learned the long - lost bone - shrinking skill in the jianghu, it wasn't difficult to squeeze into this small basket, although it would be a bit uncomfortable.
However, compared to what she had experienced before, this was nothing. But she didn't expect this man to notice so quickly. She didn't know if Tang Youyou had drunk that bowl of medicinal soup.
If she had, her plan would have been completed.
At this time, that bowl of medicinal soup had already been swapped by Rong Xun. The targeted medicinal soup had been drunk by a mouse caught by Ye Yue.
White mice were very intolerant to drugs. The little white mouse only took a sip and immediately staggered. It couldn't even walk steadily. After a short while, the little white mouse flopped down on the ground, foaming at the mouth and twitching all over.
Before long, the little white mouse died.
Ye Yue quickly found the dregs of the previous medicine and fed them to other white mice. They also died soon.
It seemed that the poison had been put in before he got the medicinal materials, because he had monitored the whole process of making the medicine, and no one dared to get close.
Immediately, Ye Yue found the young servant in the pharmacy and directly dragged him out of the pharmacy.
"The medicinal materials you gave me before were poisoned. Did you put the poison?"
Ye Yue knew that the culprit wasn't him. If it were really him, he should have run away by now.
The young servant quickly shook his head. He was so scared that his whole body went stiff, and his head shook like a rattle.
"Did you come into contact with these medicinal materials before delivering them?"
The young servant still shook his head, but this time more firmly. "I haven't seen them. I grabbed these medicinal materials early this morning and sealed them myself. If someone had touched them, I would definitely have an impression."
Ye Yue thought to herself that he probably didn't dare to lie. But if it wasn't him, it must be someone familiar with the work in the pharmacy.
Just as Ye Yue was deep in thought, the young servant suddenly seemed to remember something and said to her in surprise, "When I went to the big pharmacy in the middle of the night, I remember that when I got to the counter, I saw that several drawers weren't closed properly, and those drawers were where these medicinal materials were stored."
"Who touched them before?"
The young servant thought carefully. No one had touched these things before. These medicinal materials were expensive, and ordinary families wouldn't buy them.
At this time, Tie Shou was about to leave when he noticed the shoe prints on the ground beside his feet.
These shoe prints didn't look like a man's. They seemed to be a woman's.
He looked around, but didn't see a single soul. However, he saw that there was a handkerchief on the ground which hadn't been there just now.
This handkerchief was obviously a woman's thing.
His gaze fell on the baskets covered with something by the roadside. He thought that it was impossible for someone to hide inside.
Just as he was about to lift his foot and leave, he suddenly stopped beside a basket. It wasn't that this basket looked particularly strange.
It was because the wind and sand were very strong outside today. All the other baskets on the ground had been blown over by the wind, but this basket remained motionless.
He sensed something was wrong. Combining the shoe prints on the ground and the handkerchief left behind, although he found it a bit incredible, he still half - believed and half - doubted that the person was hiding in this basket.
Lin Sheng heard that there was no more sound outside, but she didn't dare to stick her head out to take a look easily. She could only wait a while longer. If there was still no movement after half an hour, that person must have left.
But Tie Shou didn't give her this chance. He kicked the basket, turning it upside down.
The person inside was kicked so dizzy by this sudden kick that she lost consciousness for a moment.