Chapter 52
Hearing Aunt Liu say this, Shen Qingnian smiled and shook her head: "Aunt, you have helped me a lot. If it weren't for you protecting me, I wouldn't be able to live to this day. I would probably have died when I was very young."
She had several high fevers when she was little, and each time her aunt carried her to beg Chen Zheng for help.
During the cold winter, she had no winter clothes to keep warm. It was only because her aunt embroidered a handkerchief and secretly took it out to sell that she was able to have clothes to wear through the winter. Her aunt herself could only wear thin clothes to get through the winter.
During those heartbreaking and difficult days, her aunt took good care of her.
“You are my child, my darling, so of course I will protect you,” Aunt Liu said, stroking Shen Qingnian’s black hair that hung down to her chest.
Qing Nian was beautiful and delicate. If she hadn't been just a foot-washing maid, her life wouldn't have been so miserable.
Shen Qingnian fed Aunt Liu some food and then let her go to sleep. She then went to the well to fetch water and boiled it.
Aunt Liu is now almost powerless; she's panting even when carrying a food box, let alone drawing well water.
After finishing all this, Shen Qingnian reluctantly left. Before leaving, she soaked her handkerchief in the medicinal liquid, and then climbed over the wall to leave.
Shen Qingnian did not return directly to the Shen residence. Instead, she took out a veil from her bosom, put it on, and went into a secluded clinic.
She handed the handkerchief to the doctor: "Please help me identify which medicinal herbs are in this medicine."
The doctor in the clinic was quite surprised, as this was the first time he had been asked to identify medicinal herbs. "This... Miss, didn't you bring the decoction or dregs with you?"
Since he didn't bring any dregs or medicinal liquid, the herbs he identified weren't entirely accurate.
Shen Qingnian shook her head: "It's inconvenient to take it out. I can only use a handkerchief to soak up the medicine. I know that the identification of the medicine in this way will be somewhat inaccurate. Please don't have any reservations, doctor."
Hearing her say this, the doctor no longer hesitated. He lowered his head and smelled the handkerchief. After smelling it carefully, he began to write on the Xuan paper.
Just then, a clear male voice rang out: "Miss Chen!"
Shen Qingnian's eyes darkened slightly as she looked toward the source of the voice, where Ye Lingzhou, dressed in brocade robes, stood.
When Ye Lingzhou saw her turn around, his eyes immediately lit up: "It really is Miss Shen. I thought I was seeing things."
He had only felt that the figure looked somewhat familiar, so he tried calling out, and unexpectedly it really was Miss Shen.
Shen Qingnian's clothes today were very simple, even a bit plain. If Ye Lingzhou hadn't been so fond of her and paid so much attention to her, he probably wouldn't have recognized her.
"Your Highness," Shen Qingnian bowed slightly to Ye Lingzhou, who quickly returned the bow.
Ye Lingzhou walked up to her, his expression a mixture of curiosity and delight: "I really didn't expect to meet Miss Shen here. We are truly destined to meet. But why would Miss Shen come to such a remote clinic?"
Noble families and powerful households all have their own physicians, so the masters of the house don't need to come to the clinic in person. Yet, Miss Shen's clothes are so plain, and she doesn't even have a hairpin in her hair. It all looks rather strange.
Shen Qingnian looked at Ye Lingzhou's smiling face, and her heart sank.
She deliberately sought out a secluded clinic, but unexpectedly, she still ran into someone she knew.
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