The female protagonist, Lin Yang (pronounced similarly to 'chang'), possesses extremely high combat prowess but is a bit reckless. The male protagonist, Song Yizhou, is a calculating Regent...
Liu Qingfeng
Lin Yan suddenly left because she saw Zhong Yuxi sneaking around on the street.
This scene was indeed a bit familiar. If Lin Yan remembered correctly, one night, Zhong Yuxi was acting sneakily just like today.
Lin Yan wondered if Zhong Yuxi liked to go out at night so much, and why she always ran into her.
If Zhong Yuxi heard this, she would probably be so angry that she would vomit blood. She would probably feel that she was unlucky to meet Lin Yan every time.
This time, it was the last plot point that Zhong Yuxi knew, making Liu Qingfeng fall in love with her.
If this succeeds, she can obtain 20 points of Zhou Ningning's luck value, reaching 40%. She will then have another way to replace Zhou Ningning as the heroine, which is to kill her.
But if she fails, she will no longer have the possibility of replacing Zhou Ningning.
The person Zhong Yuxi was looking for was a scholar who came to Beijing to take the imperial examination. He came from a poor family, had no parents, and his name was Liu Qingfeng.
The plot this time is that Liu Qingfeng was backstabbed by his fellow candidates, who colluded with the powerful to frame him for theft. He had no power and could only accept it. He was dragged somewhere by several rich young men, who broke his hand bones, which almost prevented him from participating in this year's imperial examination.
He traveled all over the capital but no one could cure his hand. Zhou Ningning ran into him and cured his hand. Liu Qingfeng then promised that he would do anything Zhou Ningning asked him to do in the future.
As for why it can increase by twenty points this time, although Liu Qingfeng did not appear much in the early stage of the novel, in the later stage, he was the male protagonist's right-hand man. Zhou Ningning cured his hand, and he also fell in love with Zhou Ningning while getting along with her, but he knew in his heart that Zhou Ningning liked the current emperor, so he finally let go and stayed silently by Zhou Ningning's side.
This paragraph is the postscript of the book. Zhong Yuxi doesn’t know what will happen next, he only knows that he must get the luck points this time.
Most of the people around her were her father's people, and Gu Shi always came to see her. If she went to look for Liu Qingfeng so openly, she would not be able to explain when her father asked her, so she could only go out and look for him by herself. However, she didn't even know what Liu Qingfeng looked like, so how could she find him with just a name?
Liu Qingfeng's family was poor and he had no money to stay in an inn. The book did not mention where he lived. Zhong Yuxi searched for several days until five days ago when she found him in a temple.
As luck would have it, when they found Liu Qingfeng, he was being held down by a group of rich young men. Zhong Yuxi was watching from behind and didn't dare to step forward to stop them. Among the group of people beating Liu Qingfeng, there was one person Zhong Yuxi recognized. He was the eldest son of the Nanchang Earl's Mansion and he was also going to take the imperial examination this year. Zhong Yuxi couldn't afford to offend this person.
Hearing Liu Qingfeng's scream after his hand was broken, Zhong Yuxi was so scared that her hands were shaking. If she didn't know what she was going to do next, she didn't want to stay here.
Zhong Yuxi watched all this silently from a distance. When everyone had gone away, Liu Qingfeng was lying there, motionless. She walked closer to him, feeling a little panicked: "Could this man be dead?"
"Young Master, Young Master." Zhong Yuxi pushed Liu Qingfeng and saw him open his eyes slightly. He pretended to be worried: "You are awake. I saw you lying here, covered in blood. Let me take you to the clinic."
Speaking of this, Zhong Yuxi became annoyed. If she had Zhou Ningning's medical skills before, she could cure Liu Qingfeng by herself and improve his favorability.
Liu Qingfeng saw the person's face clearly and woke up for a moment. He tried to sit up. During this time, Zhong Yuxi wanted to come up to help him, but he pushed her away without leaving a trace.
Zhong Yuxi thought that the other party didn't like being touched by strangers, so she didn't pay much attention to it and continued to ask worriedly: "Are you okay?"
Liu Qingfeng didn't say anything, just leaned against the wall, waiting for the pain in his body to ease. When he had some strength, he stood up slowly and walked back to his residence in the temple without even glancing at Zhong Yuxi.
Seeing that the other party completely ignored him, Zhong Yuxi did not chase after him. Instead, he asked curiously, "What's wrong with Liu Qingfeng? He was beaten like this. Shouldn't he be touched when he saw someone suddenly come to care about him?"
If Liu Qingfeng knew what Zhong Yuxi was thinking, he would probably sneer. When he was being beaten up by that group of people, he saw Zhong Yuxi watching from a distance. She didn't dare to come forward until the group of people walked away. Liu Qingfeng didn't know what this woman wanted to do, but his intuition told him that she had no good intentions.
When he returned to his residence, the scholar who had traveled with him had already taken away all his belongings and also took away his books. Liu Qingfeng smiled bitterly, wondering who could be more miserable than him.
He moved his hand, and every time he moved it, he felt a piercing pain. This was the most serious thing. If his hand was not healed, he might not be able to take part in this year's imperial examination.
Liu Qingfeng took the little money he had left and searched all the medical clinics in the capital, but they all said that his hand was disabled and he would not be able to write properly even if he was treated.
After Liu Qingfeng was beaten, Zhong Yuxi went to the temple once and brought him medicinal wine, but she never went there again. She knew that Liu Qingfeng was looking for a doctor to treat his hand, and she also knew that his hand could not be cured.
Gu Shi often came to the Zhong Mansion to find Zhong Yuxi. Although she looked down on Gu Shi's status, she also enjoyed Gu Shi's attentiveness to her, so she did not reject Gu Shi's kindness.
Since Gu Shi was the Empress Dowager's man and Doctor Zhao was now imprisoned, Zhong Yuxi tentatively asked Gu Shi if he could let Doctor Zhao treat someone. The answer was yes, and Zhong Yuxi felt relieved.
When Liu Qingfeng is completely desperate, she will take action again to make him fall in love with her completely.
Unfortunately, when Zhou Ningning opened the clinic, she stayed in the Zhong Mansion all day and never went out, so she naturally didn't know what was going on outside. So she didn't expect that Liu Qingfeng would find Zhou Ningning's clinic.
Liu Qingfeng visited all the medical clinics in the capital and finally stopped at Ning'an Medical Clinic. Almost no one went into this clinic, making it difficult to discover its existence. He walked into the clinic without any hope.
Zhou Ningning was sorting out the medicinal materials in the clinic at this time. The clinic had only been open for a few days when the Chinese New Year came. There were not many people coming to the clinic. If this continued, the clinic would go bankrupt.
This was different from when A Niang finished visiting relatives and Zhou Ningning rushed to the clinic without stopping. A Niang even laughed at her for being so proactive.
Zhou Ningning said in a proud tone, "Of course, I want to achieve great things and become the number one female doctor in the capital in the future."
Seeing someone entering the clinic, Zhou Ningning immediately went up to him and said, "Young Master, do you want to get medicine or see a doctor?"
Liu Qingfeng: "See a doctor."
Zhou Ningning invited the man to sit aside, made him a cup of tea, and said, "Sir, are you feeling unwell?"
"You are a doctor?" Liu Qingfeng was surprised.
Zhou Ningning became unhappy when she heard this, "What do you mean? You don't believe me because I'm a woman."
Liu Qingfeng hurriedly explained, "That's not what I meant. It's just that the girl is too young and I was a little surprised."
Zhou Ningning: "Don't look at me because I'm young. My medical skills are first-class. No doctor in the capital can compare to me."
Listening to Zhou Ningning's exaggerated words, Liu Qingfeng smiled. He didn't spoil the fun and didn't have any expectations. He just thought that this girl had an interesting personality.
"Tell me, are you feeling unwell anywhere?" Zhou Ningning returned to the topic.
Liu Qingfeng stretched out his hand and said, "My hand is broken and it hurts so much when I move it."
Zhou Ningning held his hand, moved him left and right, asked him how he felt, then took his pulse and pondered for a moment.
"I know my hand cannot be cured, I..." Liu Qingfeng did not want to hear again that his hand could not be cured, so he stood up and prepared to leave.
Zhou Ningning held him down and said, "I haven't told you yet, why do you think it can't be cured? Who said your hands can't cure it?"
Liu Qingfeng was excited, "It can be cured."
"Of course it can be cured." Zhou Ningning looked at Liu Qingfeng in confusion. Does she look so unreliable?
"Wait a minute."
After saying that, Zhou Ningning went to prepare the medicinal herbs to treat Liu Qingfeng's hand, and fiddled with it for half an hour.
Zhou Ningning stroked Liu Qingfeng's sleeve and said, "It may be a little painful, just bear with it."
With a "click", Liu Qingfeng felt a piercing pain, but he held back from crying out.
Then Zhou Ningning applied the medicine she had just prepared on Liu Qingfeng's wrist and tied it with a bandage. "Okay, if you come a few more times, I'll change the medicine for you."
Liu Qingfeng felt a cool sensation on his wrist and said in surprise, "It really works."
Zhou Ningning: "It's so rare that it can't be fake."
"To be honest, doctor, I went to all the clinics in the capital, and they all said that they couldn't cure it," Liu Qingfeng explained.
Zhou Ningning was not surprised that the doctors said they couldn't cure it. "They must have said that. I guess you went to the clinic and asked if your hand could be cured quickly. Most of the doctors couldn't do that. Even if they could, they would require high-quality medicinal materials. You were dressed like that... they definitely wouldn't be willing to treat you."
"I don't mean that you are poor," Zhou Ningning explained.
"It's okay. How do you know I want to get better quickly?" Liu Qingfeng was curious.
Zhou Ningning pointed at the ink on his clothes and said, "You can tell at a glance that you're a candidate going to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Now the examination is approaching. If your hands are disabled, how can you take the examination?"
Liu Qingfeng looked at the ink stains on his body and smiled, "The girl is really observant."
"It will take another half a month for your hand to recover, and you shouldn't have any problems writing. Remember to change the dressing frequently," Zhou Ningning reminded.
Liu Qingfeng took out the few silver coins he had on him and asked with some embarrassment, "How much is the consultation fee?"
Zhou Ningning: "One copper coin."
Liu Qingfeng: "Miss, you are joking. Just now you said that it would cost a lot of money to cure my hand, and now you say it only costs a copper coin..."
Zhou Ningning interrupted Liu Qingfeng and said, "The medicine I just gave you is not that expensive. I developed it myself. I see that you are very eloquent and will become a high-ranking official in the future. When the time comes, I will ask you to come to my clinic. There will surely be many people coming to see a doctor. I will take it as the medical fee you gave me."
Liu Qingfeng stood up and bowed solemnly, "Miss, you have done me a great favor today. I have no way to repay you, but I will definitely repay you tomorrow."
Zhou Ningning felt a little embarrassed, "Don't call me girl, my last name is Zhou, just call me Doctor Zhou."
"Doctor Zhou" Liu Qingfeng said his name, "Liu Qingfeng"
Zhong Yuxi waited for a few days and felt that Liu Qingfeng must be desperate at this time, so he went to find him to give him some warmth, but he was not in the temple.
Liu Qingfeng is an extremely hardworking person. Even though his hand is injured now, he will not give up studying.
Tonight is the Lantern Festival and many bookstores are closed, so Liu Qingfeng must be reading somewhere quiet at the moment. However, he searched all the places near Zhong Yuxi where he could read quietly but didn't see anyone there.
Lin Yan followed Zhong Yuxi all the way and only heard that she was looking for a man named Liu Qingfeng. There was no one around her, but in the dark, besides Lin Yan, there were other people following her. Lin Yan guessed that they must be Gu Shi's people.
Finally, in an alley, Zhong Yuxi found Liu Qingfeng, but at this time Liu Qingfeng had been beaten to a bloody pulp.
Zhong Yuxi cursed, "Wasn't Liu Qingfeng only beaten once in the book? Why is he being beaten again now? Why does it feel like they want to beat him to death this time?"
"Never mind, let's save him first. If he dies, she won't get any luck points at all." Just as she was about to lift the man up, she heard Gu Shi's voice outside the alley.
"Yuxi"
Zhong Yuxi hurried out and pretended to be calm: "Mr. Gu, why are you here?"
Gu Shi: "Uncle Zhong asked me to come look for you. It's getting late and time to go back home. Did you see anything just now?"
After saying that, Gu Shi was about to walk deeper into the alley, but Zhong Yuxi stopped him: "It's nothing, let's go."
Zhong Yuxi pulled Gu Shi away and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Gu Shi was no longer curious. She didn't want Gu Shi to see her staying with a man covered in blood.
She didn't see the corners of Gu Shi's mouth curled up. He was the one who sent people to beat Liu Qingfeng. He wanted Zhong Yuxi to be devoted to him, so he couldn't let her be involved with other men.
"Liu Qingfeng is the second male lead, so he shouldn't die so easily. This alley is so remote, I guess no one can see him. I'll come back to save him tomorrow," Zhong Yuxi thought.
Lin Yan looked at Liu Qingfeng lying on the ground, and she could tell that Liu Qingfeng was beaten by Gu Shi's men, and Zhong Yuxi was close to Liu Qingfeng, so this person should also be her target.
I can't think too much right now. If I don't save him, he's probably going to die.
This place was not far from Aning's clinic. Lin Yan ordered his men to carry Liu Qingfeng to the clinic, while he found Zhou Ningning and took her to save people.