With her father and brother banished, and her engagement to the marquisate broken, everyone eagerly awaited to see Xiao Jiuyue become a laughingstock.
Facing her frail grandmother, her beauti...
Chapter 461 Money Falls from the Sky
"Yinyin, Sister Yao is our sister, how can you say that?" Cui Yu pretended to scold her and said, "Even if it's the truth, you can't just say it out loud, right?"
Cui Yin curled her lips in dissatisfaction, and Cui Yao's figure trembled. Compared with Cui Yin's straightforward ridicule, Cui Yu's words were more hurtful.
Cui Yu glanced at Cui Yao and comforted her, "Sister Yao, don't worry. I heard that the doctor I brought with me is a traveling doctor with excellent medical skills! He will definitely be able to cure you."
Even though she knew Cui Yu might have bad intentions, she could still hear Cui Yu's decisive voice and her voice was filled with anticipation: "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Cui Yu nodded affirmatively, stepped forward and took Cui Yao's hand and said, "Sister Yao, just believe me. No matter what, we are sisters from the same mother. I can't just watch you get so humiliated, can I?"
"It's okay in Qingfeng Temple, but if you go out, with this face, I'm afraid no one will want you even if you marry a beggar." After Cui Yu finished speaking, she noticed the pain in Cui Yao's eyes, and she smiled and changed the subject: "Sister Yao, don't think I'm being harsh. As a girl, face is always important."
"Do you still think I will harm you?" Cui Yu said sincerely.
"Sister Yu, stop trying to be a good person. Some people are just like dogs biting Lu Dongbing, and they don't know how to appreciate a good person's heart." Cui Yin sat aside, eating melon seeds, and rolled her eyes at Cui Yao!
"Yinyin, don't say that. It was my fault before. I did some things that made Sister Yao uncomfortable." Cui Yu lowered his eyes and said with a look of self-blame, "It's normal for Sister Yao not to believe me."
After saying that, Cui Yu picked up the handkerchief, wiped away the unfounded tears, looked at Cui Yao with red eyes and said: "Sister Yao, I really want to do good for you."
"Okay, the doctor will stay with you. Yinyin and I will go back first and come to see you next time." Cui Yu said, walking outside with a sad look on his face.
Cui Yao struggled, and finally, as she stepped out of the Zen room, she grabbed Cui Yu's hand and said, "Sister Yu, where is the doctor?"
"Are you willing to see a doctor?" Cui Yu's eyes were red as he looked at Cui Yao with joy. Then he said excitedly, "Sister Yao, he's in the backyard. I'll take you there!"
Soon, Cui Yao followed Cui Yu to the backyard and saw an old doctor with white beard sitting in the pavilion. He looked like a doctor with great medical skills, so Cui Yao felt relieved.
Soon, the doctor took her pulse. He remained silent, his brow furrowed, and said, "Change your hand."
Cui Yao changed her hand nervously.
After a long while, the doctor said, "Take off the veil."
"Can I not take it off?" Cui Yao looked around worriedly. Since her face started to have problems in the past few months, she tried to find a way to treat it at first, but later, she gradually wore a veil every day and never showed it to anyone except when she slept at night.
"Sister Yao, the doctor should look at your face to prescribe the right medicine, right?" Cui Yu consoled her, "Don't worry, I've rented this yard, and no one will come here."
"Sister Yu, if you don't stay, you'll waste all this money. Some people may not even appreciate it." Cui Yin said unhappily.
Cui Yao took a deep breath and slowly lifted up her scarf.
"Oh my." The doctor was shocked when he saw this scene.
Cui Yao subconsciously wanted to put down the scarf, but the doctor directly took action and lifted the veil from her face. He stared at her face, which was completely rotten and had no place to recover. "You are poisoned, did you accidentally come into contact with some kind of poison?"
The doctor's words and his focused eyes pulled Cui Yin, who was gloating, aside. When Cui Yao heard the word "poisoned," her mind was immediately drawn to it: "What kind of poison is in my face?"
Cui Yao had heard from the doctor before that her face must have been poisoned, but the doctor could not explain the specific reason.
"You must have encountered a special kind of insect, the green-waisted insect. If the fluid of the green-waisted insect gets on your face, it will cause severe ulcers!" said the doctor, stroking his gray beard.
Cui Yao's heart suddenly became excited and she asked, "Doctor, can you...cure my face?" Cui Yao didn't dare to look in the mirror or even touch her face.
Since the doctor said that it was the liquid from the green-waisted worm that damaged her face, does that mean her face can be cured?
"Well..." The doctor stroked his beard and said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Although I know what caused it, it's not easy to cure it."
"I've come across several cases before, and without exception, the faces ended up rotten, and none of them could be cured." The doctor sighed and shook his head, saying, "This kind of insect is extremely poisonous. Once you get it, it's incurable."
It can't be cured.
Cui Yao had huge expectations, but now when she heard the words "cannot be cured", she felt like the sky was falling.
"Oh, you can't go in here, you can't go in."
"My young lady's clothes are wet and she needs to change."
Soon, a group of people rushed in. Cui Yao turned around in shock. The moment she saw the huge crowd, she covered her face with her hands in fear, not knowing where to escape.
"I'm sorry, my sister Yao's face was hurt by a bug, so you must not tell anyone." Cui Yu said this, but in fact, he did not make any move to stop them, and let those people rush towards Cui Yao.
"Cui Yao? That person whose face is as rotten as mud on a rainy day, is she really Cui Yao?"
"I heard Cui Yao became a nun at Qingfeng Temple, but I didn't expect her face to be rotten!"
"No wonder she doesn't want to get married. Who would want to marry her?"
"that is……"
The crowd's discussions grew louder and louder. Cui Yao felt as if she had been stripped naked and wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
When Xiao Jiuyue arrived, she saw this scene. She took off the silver from her waist and said, "Huaqing, scatter the silver. Donggui, take Miss Cui to the next yard."
"Yes." Hua Qing immediately took action and scattered silver coins into the air: "Money is falling from the sky!"
Hua Qing shouted loudly. The group of people who had just swarmed around Cui Yao raised their heads instantly. Their faces hurt from being hit by the silver, but more people started picking up the silver!
Cui Yao only felt that she was being pulled by a hand, and the next moment, she felt that she was flying into the air. When she stood in the yard next door, listening to the noisy sounds on the other side of the wall, Cui Yao felt like she was dreaming.
Cui Yao raised her sleeves, tried to cover her face, looked at the strange girl in front of her and said, "Thank you for saving me." Her voice was choked, and her eyes were red, looking very pitiful.
"You don't have to thank me. I'm just following the orders of the eldest lady." Dong Gui stepped aside, revealing Xiao Jiuyue behind him.
Cui Yao quickly bowed her head and thanked her, "Thank you, Miss Xiao." Cui Yao's head almost lowered to her chest.