Chapter 423 Who exactly are you?
"……Yeah?"
Jiang Nuanzhi snapped out of her daze and forced a smile: "It's nothing, I'll be fine after a rest."
As they were talking, a bloody smell suddenly filled the air. The two frowned and looked towards the courtyard wall, where they saw a basin of blood being splashed in.
"Which bastard threw black dog blood into our yard!" The servant stood by the wall, cursing angrily.
There seemed to be a group of people surrounding the wall, and their voices could be heard from afar.
"I wonder if it splashed on that monster!"
"Lord Lu has been bewitched by such evil spirits; how could he allow such a scourge to remain?"
"Exactly, exactly. This monster has been pregnant for five years without giving birth. This must be divine punishment. If you ask me, the recent epidemic might even be the work of this monster."
"That's right! It's all thanks to the Divine Healer of Canglin, otherwise this monster would have killed us!"
"Get out, get out of here! If you dare to spout nonsense again, I'll drag you to the authorities!"
The old steward climbed onto the wall, cursing as he picked up tiles and threw them out.
The crowd outside the wall scattered in a panic.
The old butler's eyes reddened as he exclaimed, "Someone, someone, quickly wash this thing clean! This filthy dregs! Have they forgotten who fed them when they were starving to death? Bah! When Madam recovers, she'll personally tear their mouths apart!"
Jiang Nuanzhi and Li Rong exchanged a glance, their expressions not very pleasant.
Jiang Nuanzhi then sighed, "Arong, I still need to go in and see Madam."
Since we've taken on this hot potato, we might as well see it through to the end. However, to save someone determined to die, we'll need to use some drastic measures.
Li Rong nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you."
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded and went back.
At that moment, Lord Lu was watching people prepare things. Mama Sun was accompanying the lady, and Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at her and simply said, "Bring me a basin of hot water."
"Oh, this old servant will go right away." As she spoke, Mama Sun took a few steps, then looked back with worry.
Madam Lu smiled faintly: "Mom, go ahead. With Doctor Jiang looking after me, I'll be fine."
After Sun Mama left, Madam Lu's eyes fell on Jiang Nuanzhi, and she smiled lightly, "If the doctor has something to say, he may speak frankly."
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at her, then said calmly, "When did Madam Lu and Lord Lu meet?"
Madam Lu was taken aback, and the faint smile on her lips turned into astonishment. After a long while, she said, "Lu Lang and I have been husband and wife since childhood. If I count carefully, we have known each other for about fifteen years."
She spoke with difficulty, then took a deep breath.
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded, then placed her hand on her head to check her temperature, and asked, "Madam is not from the Great Wilderness, is she?"
Madam Lu was taken aback: "The doctor has a good eye. My husband and I are from the capital."
"Does the lady practice martial arts?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than she heard a snap. Jiang Nuanzhi looked down and saw that the hand warmer in Madam Lu's hand had slipped from her grasp and hit the headboard of the sandalwood bed.
Realizing her rudeness, Madam Lu lowered her eyes and said, "Doctor Jiang, what are you saying? I am just a woman confined to the inner quarters."
As she spoke, she tried to pick up the hand warmer.
I just didn't have the strength, and I couldn't pick it up no matter what I did.
"Madam, there's no need to worry. I am a physician. I know your body better than you do. You've been poisoned and haven't taken the antidote for a long time, have you?"
"Dr. Jiang!"
Madam Lu's voice turned serious, and a sharp light flashed in her previously unfocused eyes as she stared directly at Jiang Nuanzhi: "Who are you!"
Jiang Nuanzhi remained calm as she returned the hand warmer that had fallen to her hand: "I've already said, I'm a physician."
This lady is truly quite complicated.
She had a knife wound in her abdomen and other scars on her body. Although they were shallow, it wasn't hard to tell that she had had some different experiences before.
Presumably, she is a dagger user and left-handed. The thick calluses on her left hand, though faded over the years, are still quite different from those on her right.
Moreover, as a dying woman, she felt not only deep reluctance to part with her husband, but even a hint of relief in her eyes.
The woman's face was withered and pale, but her eyes were exceptionally sharp, unlike those of an ordinary woman.
Madam Lu didn't even glance at the hand warmer; her sharp gaze was fixed directly on Jiang Nuanzhi's calm eyes.
"If the doctor has come to treat an illness, the Lu family is already grateful and need not trouble themselves. You may go to the accounting office to collect your payment and leave. If it is someone else, doctor, as long as I, Lu Fang'er, have a breath left, I can make someone wish they were dead. If the doctor does not believe me, he is welcome to try."
Jiang Nuanzhi tugged at the corner of her lips in a daze: "Madam Lu, do you really not want to live? This poison is not difficult for me."
Madam Lu's pupils contracted sharply. She pursed her lips and after a long while, she gritted her teeth and said, "No need. I'm afraid my Lu family can't afford what the doctor wants. My Lu Fang'er's life is worthless. Doctor, please."
"What I asked for, you can return to me once Madam is better. Don't worry, it's definitely not something you can't have."
Madam Lu looked over abruptly, then said, "I don't need treatment, and there's no treatment for me. If you're trying to scam me, you've come to the wrong place."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Does Lord Lu know anything about your past, Madam?"
Upon hearing this, the next second Madam Lu lunged at her, but she was too weak to even get up.
Jiang Nuanzhi stared at her: "Lu Fang'er, if you die, I will tell your husband everything about you, word for word. So you'd better cooperate with me and come back to life. If you ruin my reputation, I will be very angry!"
Madam Lu clenched her fists tightly: "You!"
"What nonsense are you spouting? Do you think I don't know my own body? What... what exactly do you want?!"
Jiang Nuanzhi suddenly moved closer, squinting at her: "Don't you recognize my face? Haven't you ever visited my temple?"
Madam Lu's eyes widened suddenly in a daze: "Who are you?"
Jiang Nuanzhi’s voice carried a hint of seduction as she slowly said, “I am your divine physician, I will cut open your abdomen, remove the tumor, and then use needles to force out the toxins from your blood vessels, so you will no longer have to suffer from this poison.”
"The Divine Healer... Your Majesty?"
Madam Lu murmured, and the next second, her expression became clearer: "What exactly do you want?"
“I told you, you’ll know when you wake up. But if you dare to die, I’ll go after your husband and demand my revenge. Lu Fang’er, remember my words.”
Jiang Nuanzhi, seeing her incredulous gaze, pried open her mouth and stuffed several medicine bowls into it.
Then, Madam Lu's eyelids began to droop, and before she could even utter a single word, she reluctantly drifted off to sleep.
"Madam, what's wrong with you?"
When Grandma Sun returned with the water, she immediately rushed over.
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at her and said, "I gave her the medicine, and she fell asleep. Please go and urge Lord Lu again, and make sure it's done quickly."
Although Sun's mother was a little worried, seeing that the lady was still breathing, she still went out to call the master.
Outside the screen, Li Rong, with his exceptional hearing, overheard most of their conversation. He roughly guessed A Nuan's intentions, but remained worried: "A Nuan? Let's eat something first?"
(End of this chapter)
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