Chapter 18 Liu Mei Knows the Truth
Liu Mei, who had been suppressing her anger, was immediately infuriated by the doctor's words.
The body, which was originally half lying down, sat up straight.
He angrily shouted at the doctor:
"What do you mean? Someone, tell mother to invite the Imperial Hospital to come... As for this quack, lock him up in the utility room and have his tendons removed."
"Since you say your medical skills are limited, then these hands that take people's pulses are useless. It's better to just discard them."
Liu Mei's few words immediately determined the doctor's fate.
The doctor kept kneeling and kowtowing.
"Miss Third, please spare my life. I was just talking nonsense and I am guilty. Please, Miss Third, for the sake of my elderly mother and young children, please leave me a way out."
The whole family depends on him going out to practice medicine.
If his hands were disabled, his whole family would starve to death on the streets.
Liu Mei didn't take the doctor's pleading seriously.
Just a piece of grass, once dead, it's dead.
"Hurry up and drag him out! What are you doing here? The blanket is all dirty!"
The carpet was stained with blood from the doctor's kowtow, but Liu Mei only cared about her expensive floor.
The servants were not surprised by this situation.
With his brows lowered, he dragged the doctor away.
The imperial physician from the palace arrived late, speaking with a hint of disdain: "Are you treating the Third Miss? Take out your hand."
Their Imperial Hospital only treats the masters in the palace, unless they are court officials who have made great contributions.
When did you ever go out of the palace to take a girl's pulse?
The world had truly changed. The Prime Minister's Office was in power. A concubine of the previous emperor, who had never given birth to an heir, had actually wiped out Daliang's only princess. Now the entire palace was in chaos.
It’s just that they don’t have the ability. I don’t know if the little princess is still alive.
Liu Mei hated the arrogance of the people in the palace the most. "Why? Doctor Su is unwilling to treat me?"
Doctor Su stroked his beard and said with a smile, "I see that the Third Miss is in good health and has a loud voice. She doesn't look like someone who is ill."
"you!"
Liu Mei wanted to go forward and slap him, but she also remembered the warning her mother had just sent.
The people in the palace cannot be moved for the time being.
"I want to see if the medical skills of the Imperial Hospital are really as extensive as the rumors say."
Liu Mei stretched out her hand provocatively. She had been recuperating in bed for the past two days, and she didn't believe that this quack doctor could still find some tricks.
Doctor Su placed the handkerchief on Liu Mei's wrist, covering three fingers.
After a few breaths, Doctor Su frowned.
He directly stated Liu Mei's illness: "The third young lady was injured recently. She needs at least three to five years of recuperation before she can consider having children."
"Offspring?"
Liu Mei's face darkened, and she looked at Doctor Su threateningly, "Doctor Su, you must be responsible for what you said."
Before he could utter any overly radical words, the Prime Minister's wife entered the room.
He took the initiative to greet Su Taiyi:
"Doctor Su, it's been ages since we last met. I heard the Empress Dowager praise your medical skills back then, and today I wanted to ask you to take a look at my daughter."
The Prime Minister's wife's words clearly showed her intention to win over Su Taiyi, which made Liu Mei hesitate to speak.
He is just a mere imperial physician!
Now her father is in power.
"Mother..."
Liu Mei was about to speak when she was interrupted by the Prime Minister's wife, "Shut up, you have no right to speak."
Liu Mei looked at the Prime Minister's wife in disbelief as she accused her.
She was the youngest child of the Prime Minister's wife, and had been favored since childhood. She had never been scolded so harshly before. She suddenly felt angry and wronged.
The Prime Minister's wife did not look at her and ordered her servant to hand a bag of gold ingots to Doctor Su.
"Doctor Su, my daughter has had some minor health issues lately, but nothing serious. This is a small gift. Your son's military service is tough, and it will surely be of use."
The Prime Minister's wife had a smile in her eyes, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
Gentle words are the most murderous.
"you!..."
Having been in the palace for many years, how could Imperial Physician Su not understand what she meant.
Using his young son as a threat, I'm afraid today's diagnosis is fake, and asking him to prove the Third Miss's innocence is real.
"Doctor Su, there's no need to reply too soon. It won't be too late to take a look at your son's letter on the table when you return to the palace to write the medical records."
After the Prime Minister's wife finished speaking, she called her personal maid and said, "Qiao'er, please see the guest off."
It was as if all the polite words just now were fake.
Doctor Su left angrily.
Liu Mei, who had watched the entire process from the side, finally laughed happily: "Mother, I still have to rely on you."
The Prime Minister's wife tapped her nose lovingly.
"Just stop doing things that worry your mother. Jiang Qingqing is just a poor wretch with no one to care for her. Why would you want to compete with her?"
So what if Bai Wan once amazed the entire capital?
Now, neither the living nor the dead are found. His only daughter was thrown into the desolate mountains like a rag.
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After the Prime Minister's wife left, Liu Mei walked out of the yard with the help of her maid.
I feel a rare sense of comfort.
Now that she had the imperial physician's medical records, and outsiders were unaware of the incident, it was a perfect match. As for having children, the imperial physician had also said it was only a matter of time.
The cool evening breeze blew, and Liu Mei took a deep breath.
It would be more pleasant if there were no more chattering of people in the grass.
Liu Mei signaled to the maid beside her to drive away the servant who was disturbing the peace.
Maid: "How dare you! The Prime Minister's Mansion is also a place for you to gossip? You will suffer for disturbing the Third Young Lady."
The servants who were whispering in the bushes were horrified.
"Third Miss?"
"The third young lady is here!"
"Hurry up and go. The eldest master said that this matter must not be revealed to the third lady."
A group of people separated in panic, and their strange behavior attracted Liu Mei's attention.
Liu Mei called out to the servant who was about to leave.
"Wait! What are you talking about? You can't tell me anything."
The servant hesitated.
Finally Liu Mei learned the truth.
"Impossible! You're all lying! I'll ask Mother. If you tell even a single lie, I'll kill you."
Liu Mei ignored the dull pain in her body and ran towards the Prime Minister's wife's room in a panic.
I never thought that I would just reach the door.
I heard the conversation between the Prime Minister's wife and her personal nanny:
"Madam, thank you for taking care of the Third Miss today."
"Alas, now the entire capital knows that Mei'er's innocence has been destroyed. I can only keep a record of her medical records. Years from now, when people's memories have faded, I will come back to restore her reputation."
"I don't know why the eldest master..."
Mammy hadn't finished speaking yet.
The Prime Minister's wife interrupted him:
"Don't talk too much."
The sudden truth was unacceptable to Liu Mei.
The malice in her heart made her face become hideous. She couldn't accept that she had lost face in front of a group of lowly insignificant people.
And still be laughed at by those idiots!
I am the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Jiang Qingqing!
It's all that bitch's fault!
Liu Mei left with a flick of her sleeves, then turned around and called all the guards in the courtyard.
Looking at the machete worn by the guard at his waist, his crazy and cruel eyes seemed to be filled with poison.
"Tomorrow morning, you will follow me out of the city."
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