Chapter 281 Who's More Powerful? You're Ah Wu!

Ji Qingwu asked Manager Mi to take Qiuqiu inside first.

Huang Zhitang whispered in Song Wei's ear, "She is Ji Wu."

Song Wei asked doubtfully, "Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

After all, Ji Qingwu had just gotten married yesterday, so it was really puzzling that she would show up at the clinic this morning, a place she hadn't been seen for more than ten days.

Huang Zhitang nodded firmly and said, "It's her."

Looking around Lin'an City, there are several women with such looks; he wouldn't mistake one for another.

Song Wei stared at Ji Qingwu for a long time.

He was of low rank and relied entirely on his father-in-law's influence in the court. He had never had the chance to see Miss Ji's face, but he had heard many rumors about her.

“Miss Ji,” Song Wei said in a strange tone, “No, now I should call you Madam Wei.”

Ji Qingwu glanced at the other party indifferently.

Song Wei looked back at her, his eyes filled with disdain.

The story of the Empress Dowager's niece seducing Emperor Wusu after entering the palace, eventually annoying the emperor and being expelled from Zhaoyang Palace, had long been circulating among officials and nobles.

Song Wei said, "In front of the Emperor, Madam Wei is more familiar than I am, but if you were to appear in front of the Emperor again, I'm afraid you would be so angry that you would wake him up."

He thought that mentioning this matter would be enough to make her lose face.

Ji Qingwu smiled and said, "Oh? If that's really the case, then I'd be comparable to Hua Tuo reborn. In that case, I'd be the Emperor's savior."

Song Wei didn't expect her to pretend she didn't understand and even dare to respond to that.

With Wei Ting as his backer, he no longer took the unconscious Emperor Wusu seriously.

Song Wei kept rolling his eyes. Wei Ting was no longer in the capital; he was on his way to the northern border. The person behind him was the most powerful in the entire city, so he wasn't afraid of this little woman.

"You arrogant woman! Even if you've married into a wealthy family and are now the wife of the General of the North, I won't be afraid of you. You will pay the price for my child's life, you must pay for it!"

The servants that Song Wei brought were about to step forward, waiting for his command.

Mo Lingling pulled a dagger from her sleeve; it was Duan Mingfeng's ancestral short blade, which she still kept with her.

Ji Qingwu saw it out of the corner of her eye and quickly pulled her aside, saying, "Lingling, it's not time for it to make its appearance yet."

The situation hasn't reached the point where such a big dispute could arise. If you take the initiative, even if you're in the right, you'll be seen as unreasonable.

Then she turned her head and looked at the group of people who were staring at them menacingly.

"It's not about who speaks the loudest or who has the most people that makes you right. Since you're an official, Lord Song should understand this principle."

She continued calmly, "What makes you say that the child's accident was caused by this medicine? Just based on those two sentences from this old man?"

Huang Zhitang immediately spoke up: "You young man have only been practicing medicine for a few years, yet you dare to question me. I have been practicing medicine for over forty years and I would never mistake a medicinal herb."

Ji Qingwu's smile widened.

"Your age only means you're close to being buried, not that you're a better doctor."

Mo Lingling nodded in deep agreement: "Fifth Miss is right. When it comes to using age as a weapon, we certainly can't beat you in terms of shamelessness."

Ji Qingwu continued, "However, Doctor Huang is indeed experienced, recognizing even the leaves of the rare red hemp. But do you know where this medicinal herb grows?"

Huang Zhitang said with an unfriendly expression, "I only care about using medicine, why do I need to know where it grows?"

Ji Qingwu said calmly, “The leaves of the red hemp resemble scorpions and grow by ditches. They are poisonous and do not exist in our Beili. This herb is not in any prescriptions, and our clinic has never had it before.”

"Madam Song's miscarriage was not related to the prescription from our clinic, nor was it due to drug incompatibility; rather, she was poisoned."

It wasn't due to the use of dangerous drugs that caused the miscarriage, but rather poisoning that caused the miscarriage to fail.

Ji Qingwu said, "Doctor Huang doesn't even understand such basic pharmacology. What face does he have to stand up and question me?"

He posed his questions one by one in a gentle tone.

"Why did it end up in Madam Song's medicine dregs? Is this a case of the thief crying 'stop thief'?"

Huang Zhitang said, "Don't try to argue! This medicine is recorded in medical books. It is incompatible with ramie root. If they are mixed together, it will become a dangerous abortifacient for women."

He took out a blue-covered book from his pocket and showed it to those around him.

He shouted, "This medical book was written by Le Xi, the most skilled physician in Lin'an. Take a look, is it just as I described?"

Several people went over to take a look and nodded, saying, "That's exactly right."

Huang Zhitang looked at Ji Qingwu with disdain and said, "Tell me, are you more skilled, or is the Divine Physician Le Xi more...?"

"I'm awesome."

Ji Qingwu interrupted before the other person could finish speaking.

She slightly raised her chin, her eyes sparkling, and said, "In this field, I am the best."

Le Xi was the most renowned physician in Lin'an, and the onlookers pointed at Ji Qingwu indignantly, saying that she was arrogant.

Huang Zhitang shoved the traditional Chinese medicine book in front of Ji Qingwu's eyes.

"You...you...you're the real shameless one!" the old doctor exclaimed excitedly. "How dare you, a mere ignorant brat, question a divine healer!"

"She's amazing!"

At that moment, a voice boomed like a bell.

Everyone turned their heads with angry eyes, and just as a shouting match was about to break out, they all stopped talking.

Huang Zhitang was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, and the beard on his chin twitched.

Ji Qingwu also looked over and saw an old man in a heather gray cloth shirt, with silver-gray hair tied up on his head with a wooden hairpin, appear behind the group.

The old man has a handsome face, and time has been exceptionally kind to him; one can still see the remarkable charm he possessed in his youth in his current appearance.

He walked forward with his hands behind his back, followed by two attendants dressed in plain clothes who stared at him intently, not so much to protect him, but to prevent him from escaping.

When everyone saw the elder appear, they were so surprised that they couldn't speak, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

Even from two zhang away, Ji Qingwu could smell a bitter medicinal aroma.

Based on her age and the reactions of the others, she guessed who was in front of her.

Ji Qingwu smiled faintly and said, "You are Doctor Yue."

Lexi didn't answer, but instead looked Ji Qingwu up and down, scrutinizing her several times.

But there was no hostility or disdain in his eyes; instead, there seemed to be a hint of relief and satisfaction.

Huang Zhitang, no longer arrogant as before, respectfully asked, "Dr. Le, what brings you back to the city today?"

Le Xi had no fixed abode and liked to wander around, often appearing and disappearing like a dragon.

Unless there is a life-threatening and difficult-to-treat illness in the city, it would be difficult to persuade him to return.

Le Xi's gaze fell on the medical book that Huang Zhitang was holding.

He said, "You bunch of idiots treat this thing like gospel."

He looked at me like I was an idiot and said, "I don't know who stole the few pages of drafts I wrote when I was bored, and even published them as a book that I didn't know about."

The fact that a casual piece of writing could become a widely circulated textbook speaks volumes about this person's talent.

With his hands behind his back and a stern face, Le Xi lectured, "I've been waiting for someone to discover the flaws inside, but none of you have figured it out yet, which shows you're all a bunch of quacks."

Ji Qingwu smiled.

Despite his age, Le Xi was still sharp of hearing and sight. Just as a faint smile appeared on Ji Qingwu's face, he turned his head away.

"You must be A-Wu?"