
Mrs. Huang accompanied Wei Changying to the eldest branch. Wei Changying consoled Mrs. Liu, watched her wipe her face, and summoned someone to fetch water for her to clean the face. Then, she called Mrs. Huang in and instructed her.
Mrs. Huang agreed with Wei Changying's words and said with humility, "I'm inferior to the Eighth Miss, in the Duanmu Family. I served a highly skilled doctor for a few days when he lived in the mansion of Wei Family, so I'm privileged to be taught by him. But I haven't learned the essence of his medical skills. If I don't solve the problem for Tenth Miss, I would like to ask for the forgiveness of the first young madam."
Mrs. Liu was calm now because Wei Changying had agreed. She said in a smile, "Granny Huang, you are too humble. We all know that when Miracle Doctor Ji stayed at the Wei Family, Old Madam Song arranged some of the smartest maidservants to serve Miracle Doctor Ji. However, only Granny got the doctor's favor, so she taught you medical treatment. Over the years, besides Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family, only you can go to visit Miracle Doctor Ji, which illustrates his anticipation to you. Besides, I disturb you and your master, the third younger sibling, after she just married here. I will be grateful if you don't blame me, so how dare I ask for more?"
Mrs. Huang smiled and said, "That's because Miracle Doctor is too kind to refuse my request for the sake of our former affection. I'm very stupid…."
Mrs. Liu looked polite but sneered in her heart, thinking, "Is Miracle Doctor Ji kind? He was well-off when he was young. Later, his family declined, and he was homeless. Thanks to his talent in medicine and the notes of medical practice left by his grandfather, he could revitalize his noble position in society. Now, he has become such a famous doctor that even noble families who wish to seek medical treatment fail to visit him."
"Having such an experience, can he continue to be pure-hearted? If so, he would have died in a corner that no one knows!"
At least Mrs. Liu knew that since Ji Qubing stayed at the mansion of the Wei Family, and was invited by Old Madam Song to treat Wei Zhenghong, the people who had arrested Ji Ying's family had died one after another in half a year.
Even several children of the collateral branch in the Deng family, who had participated in the persecution of Ji Ying's family, had also died of illness for no reason.
Someone had doubted it.
But at that time, Old Madam Song regarded Ji Qubing as a light in despair. How could Ji Qubing be taken away for investigation, which would stop the diagnosis of her lineal eldest son? Besides Old Madam Song, Song Xinping, the Family Head of Song Family in Jiangnan, whose lineal daughter was Wei Zhenghong’s wife, Madam Song, would not sit back and make her daughter widowed. An official who had proposed to interrogate Ji Qubing was seriously scolded by Old Madam Song and beaten out by the Wei Family's servants!
After that, Old Madam Song visited Empress Qian and accused of the official, who intended to kill Wei Zhenghong, the lineal eldest son of the Wei Family. He knew that Wei Zhenghong was in danger, but he still disturbed Wei Zhenghong, who had survived because of Ji Qubing's miraculous medical skills. At the same time, Song Xinping submitted a memorial to the throne, begging to ask His Majesty to keep his son-in-law in life.
So before the official solved the case, he had been sent to jail and later exiled to 3,000 li away.
Because of the power of the Wei Family and the Song Family, the new official destroyed the files less than half a day, claiming that everything was a coincidence, nothing to do with Ji Qubing. He even sentenced the accusers with the crime of false charge. On the next day, Wei Huan and Song Xinping praised him before His Majesty as the model of officials and the pillar of the nation.
After that, the Deng family sent someone to visit the mansion of the Wei Family. The reason for the visit was unknown to outsiders, but everything calmed down. No one talked about whether Ji Qubing was the murderer, and the Deng family did not have another inexplicable incident.
Ji Qubing lived in the mansion of the Wei Family for two years. Although Wei Zhenghong couldn't recover fully because the treatment was too late, his condition improved very much, making Ji Qubing famous in the capital. After leaving, he declined the Imperial Hospital's invitation, redeemed Ji Ying's old house, and opened a medical hall.
In this medical hall, Ji Qubing had cured some incurable diseases, making him a famous doctor in the country. But because the old mansion was surrounded by the members of Ji clan, Ji Qubing was in trouble. In those years, these people feared the power of the Deng family and did not dare to help, so there was a rift between him and these people. Since the medical hall opened, he was blamed soon by the members of the Ji clan for trivial matters.
Because these household chores were hard to judge, even the chief of the Ji clan came forward. After the negotiation, Ji Qubing closed the medical hall and locked the house. He bought another house in the east of the city far away from Ji's settlement and lived in seclusion.
Over the years, he was only willing to see his disciple, Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family, and Mrs. Huang, who had served him and received his medical advice for two years.
Someone noble once forced to intrude and seek for his medical treatment, but Ji Qubing refused it because he was disgusted with force. Such a famous doctor had not married, and there was resentment between him and the members of his clan, so he would not yield to the force of the clan. His disciple was the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family, and the unveiled disciple was Mrs. Huang, the confidant of the Old Madam Song in the Wei Family. Ji Qubing was so stubborn that he would not give in even when people knelt to beg or threatened with death.
But he was unmoved even when people begged him. If he had been killed or disabled, Duanmu Xinmiao would have forgiven the trouble-maker because she was his disciple. Besides, although Old Madam Song returned to Fengzhou, she had told the son of the concubine in the capital to give Mrs. Huang lavish gifts every year, because if Wei Zhenghong's illness had recurred, they would have counted on Ji Qubing to treat him.
Duanmu Xinmiao was young, and many people were not so scared of her. But Old Madam Song was different. Old Madam Song was one of the most ruthless in the older generation of noble families in the capital. Because many children of her had died, she viewed the only lineal eldest son more important than her own life. As old as Old Madam Song, what hadn't she seen before? Really having a deadly feud with her, and the whole family should be careful!
Therefore, when the old Madam Deng of the Su Family became sick, Madam Su took her second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Duanmu, to visit her. When Mrs. Liu wanted to seek medical treatment for her sister Liu Ruoyu, she could only ask Mrs. Huang, who had accompanied Wei Changying to marry. But both Madam Su and Mrs. Liu wanted to ask Ji Qubing to treat.
But the Miracle Doctor had the Duanmu Family and the Wei Family standing behind him, as well as the Song Family in secret, so even if they were the gentlefolks in the country, who would have been so stupid that they should seek hatred against these three for the sake of a doctor?
Moreover, Ji Qubing was not a person who would succumb to force.
Compared with those who asked for his treatment with almost no relationships, Mrs. Liu was more convenient because her two siblings could be related to Ji Qubing.
Mrs. Liu praised Mrs. Huang a little and ordered people to invite Liu Ruoyu. Liu Ruoyu came after a long time. She added a cloak, changed a water-colored dress, and explained with an awkward expression, "When I fed Yue to eat buttermilk, Yan came over to grab and overturned it and stained my clothes, so I had to change the clothes and then come."
Wei Changying said in a smile, "It's okay. It's not far from the Jintong Courtyard to here in the same house."
Mrs. Liu wanted to blame for her lateness, but she frowned and asked a little unpleasantly, "Why do you feed? What about wet nurses and maidservants?" She once said that her cousin could help to look after the nieces because of politeness. Both Shen Shurou and Shen Shuyan had a large group of people, ranging from wet nurses to maidservants, to look after them. The so-called care meant to have a good eye on whether these people were attentive and whether they had mistreated their little masters privately.
How could Liu Ruoyu, a daughter of an eminent family, feed Shen Shuyue to drink butter? Could it be that those people knew that Liu Ruoyu often lived in the Shen Family and despised her, so they deliberately instructed her to do the servants' work?
Not only was Mrs. Liu so skeptical, but even Wei Changying thought so. She saw that Liu Ruoyu leaned over to wipe Shen Shuyan's face before eating. Originally she thought it was just an ordinary action, but now she believed that Liu Ruoyu had probably been bullied.
Liu Ruoyu smiled. Her face was pale, but the smile was very gentle and pleasant. She said, "I think Yue is cute, so I asked the wet nurse for a bowl and fed her a few bites."
Hearing that, Mrs. Liu relaxed and said, "It turns out this way. Shuyan is so naughty. Does Shurou scold her?"
"Yes, but I have solved it," said Liu Ruoyu with a smile.
Wei Changying gradually outlined the temperaments of several nieces. Shen Shuyan, the youngest and obviously the most favored one, was obviously spoiled. Of course, her active temperament might have something to do with her fourth aunt Shen Cangning.
Shen Shujing and Shen Shurou were both typical daughters of an eminent family. Shen Shujing was slightly sophisticated, but Shen Shurou was stubborn. Was Shen Shuyue the quietest of the four nieces because she was the only daughter of concubine among all grandchildren?
Here, she was trying to figure out the temperaments of her nieces. There, Mrs. Liu had already talked to Liu Ruoyu about the causes and consequences. Of course, Mrs. Liu must have spoken to Liu Ruoyu in detail in advance, so she just briefed now. Liu Ruoyu thanked Wei Changying and Mrs. Huang again, and Wei Changying quickly asked Mrs. Huang to help her up.
After the politeness was over, Mrs. Huang invited Liu Ruoyu to sit down and stretch her hand to feel her pulse.
For a few moments, Mrs. Huang's face was a little surprised. Mrs. Liu asked quickly, "Granny Huang?"
"First young madam, please wait for a while." Mrs. Huang shook her head, but she did not immediately disclose Liu Ruoyu's condition, only said to Liu Ruoyu gently, "Tenth Miss, please stretch your left hand and I will have a look."
Both sides of the pulse gate were pressed, and Mrs. Huang pondered for a long time. The sisters of Mrs. Liu suspected that she could not be treated. Then she raised her head and asked, "Tenth Miss is weak, and how long has it been?"
Liu Ruoyu said a little anxiously, "I haven't been good since I was a child, but my appearance started to worsen at the beginning of the year," she turned very sad, "After hearing some bad news, I was sad and sick for a few days at that time. Then I recovered, but my body has been uncomfortable."
Wei Changying speculated that Liu Ruoyu's bad news was mostly related to the one that she would be the Crown Princess.
"How do the previous doctors say?" Mrs. Huang looked serious.
Liu Ruoyu looked even darker and looked at Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu sighed, looked around, and saw that there were all but Wei Changying and some confidants, saying, "The doctor said that the tenth sister was too weak, and the illness has hurt her health, and later... It is afraid that she will be hard to be pregnant. So I am here today…."
The capital had not only a doctor like Ji Qubing. The Ji Family had been famous for a century, and there were many imperial doctors in their family. Mrs. Liu came here to ask for Wei Changying's help because other doctors had no confidence to cure Liu Ruoyu.
At this moment, after telling the previous diagnosis to Mrs. Huang, she asked anxiously, "Granny, What do you think?"
Mrs. Huang pondered, "This doctor has good medical skills, but he has some scruples and dare not tell the truth."
Liu Ruoyu was stunned. Mrs. Liu's face changed although she was older, and she said, "Granny, please tell us!"
"Tenth Miss was weak since her childhood, but, in fact, it is nothing because a lot of girls are the same. They are weak when unmarried, but they will get healthy when married," said Mrs. Huang slowly, "Now the root cause is the disease at the beginning of the year."
Mrs. Liu couldn't help but lean over her body closer, "I want to know the details!"
"Actually," Mrs. Huang sighed, "Tenth Miss's illness was caused by people!"
Looking at Liu Ruoyu's pale complexion, she said with pity, "Now it's mid-April. If it's been raining for the past few days, we will take the ice kettle out to put the food. But tenth Miss still puts on the cloak outside. When she was having lunch, she didn't have it because it is sunny today and the sun is hot at noon. But in the afternoon, Tenth Miss felt cold, so she added other clothes, didn't it?"
At the moment, Mrs. Liu's face was paler than Liu Ruoyu's, and she said, "How was the tenth sister harmed by others?"
"In the view of the maidservant, Tenth Miss maybe was poisoned with a very severe cold medicine, as for what cold medicine...." Mrs. Huang was still pondering when Mrs. Liu and Liu Ruoyu changed their faces and said together, "You-lai-he!"


