Zheng Xiuyuan had not relaxed his surveillance of Lin Taichu either. He often had Sun Hao and Liu An test him, asking about Su Mingyuan, but Lin Taichu always deftly avoided the subject.
One day, Zheng Xiuyuan suddenly summoned Lin Taichu. Lin Taichu entered the study and saw Zheng Xiuyuan holding a medical record, his face grim. "Physician Lin, you treated this case yesterday. The patient clearly had wind-cold, so why did you prescribe medicine for heat toxin?"
Lin Taichu knew this was Zheng Xiuyuan deliberately making things difficult. He had never written that medical record; Sun Hao had forged it. He stepped forward and picked it up for a look.
"Director, this record was not written by me. My prescriptions all bear a special mark: I draw a small Lin character at the end. This one has none. Besides, wind-cold and heat toxin have different pulses. I could not possibly have misdiagnosed it."
Zheng Xiuyuan froze. He truly had not known Lin Taichu marked his prescriptions. Sun Hao, standing nearby, went pale and hurriedly lowered his head.
Zheng Xiuyuan glared at Sun Hao, then looked back at Lin Taichu. "I must have read it wrong. It seems someone mixed up the medical records. Physician Lin, your medical skills are excellent. From now on, I'll leave part of the Imperial Pharmacy's medicinal herb inspections to you."
Lin Taichu's heart stirred. Was Zheng Xiuyuan testing him, or did he truly intend to let him access the Imperial Pharmacy? Either way, this was an excellent opportunity to get close to it.
"This junior obeys."
After taking over the medicinal herb inspections, Lin Taichu found it much easier to access the Imperial Pharmacy. He discovered that Zheng Xiuyuan was indeed preparing a birthday gift. He had Zhang Qi collect a large quantity of