Gu Youyou was in the Imperial Palace checking the Empress Dowager's pulse, then let Searcy administer an injection.
After taking medicine for a day, the Empress Dowager said to Gu Youyou, "I feel my throat isn't as sore anymore."
Gu Youyou smiled and replied, "The medicine is working. Keep it up for a few more days, and you'll recover."
Searcy picked up where she left off, "These medicines are incredibly difficult to produce. If we made them ourselves, it'd be too time-consuming, so we've been purchasing them from Zhuzhao Country."
The Empress Dowager immediately frowned and said, "Our Witch Doctors are so skilled; why do we still need to buy medicines from Zhuzhao Country? The doctors from Zhuzhao are all frauds—how can their medicines cure illnesses?"
