Xiao Ji helped out in the pharmacy of the pharmaceutical workshop, instinctively glancing at the window sill upon hearing this. Sure enough, there was a clay stove on the window sill, with a small iron pot on top bubbling with bean oil.
"Madam, you really are..." Xiao Ji wasn't too scared by Gu Jinli's commotion, thinking of those insects as cicada pupae, and opened them to show Gu Jinli.
Gu Jinli looked at the insects in the box and said, "They're quite plump."
Xiao Ji: "..."
Gu Jinli took a new long needle and poked at the poisonous insects in the box. Those insects moved quickly when prodded.
Gu Jinli said, "They're very lively. In the human body, they live well, like mice entering a granary."
Xiao Ji: "…Madam, these are harmful things; can we not praise them?"
"You don't understand." Gu Jinli looked at Qing Hui and said, "Bring some medicinal paste, two pottery bowls, a sieve for straining powder, and a bowl of clear water."
