Chapter 519 The Rumored Doctor Jiang
Chi Heng was stunned by what he was said. He watched Jiang Nuanzhi leave and wanted to jog after her, but after only two steps, he met Jiang Nuanzhi's dark eyes.
For some reason, Chi Heng felt a chill run down her spine and suddenly stopped in her tracks: "Um, sister-in-law, is there anything else you need?"
Jiang Nuanzhi took a deep breath: "We still need you at home. I have Linchun here, so Brother Chi can go back. We can discuss things in detail when I return to the manor tonight. If Arong and the old master have done anything wrong during the day, please go to the palace and let me know."
Chi Heng nodded. He wanted to ask more, but Jiang Nuanzhi nodded to him and then went into the palace.
Jiang Nuanzhi was filled with resentment at this moment and really didn't want to say much. After all, no matter who had a family member seriously ill, she had been busy all night and still had to go to work the next day, and she couldn't even take a day off. Her boss still owed her a hundred taels of gold. How could she not feel resentful?
Jiang Nuanzhi's resentment was almost tangible, and even the usually composed Lin Chun couldn't help but keep a little distance from her, afraid of being affected.
Commander Liu was already waiting at the palace gate early on. When he saw Jiang Nuanzhi from afar, his eyes lit up, and he jogged over to greet her: "Physician Jiang, you've arrived! The Emperor and the Sixth Prince are waiting. They specifically instructed you not to go to the Imperial Hospital, but to come with me to the Hall of Mental Cultivation." After saying that, he looked behind Jiang Nuanzhi: "Where is the General? Why isn't he with you today?"
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at Commander Liu, whose face was full of smiles and whose expression even carried a hint of expectation.
Although she knew that this expectation was probably to see Li Rong, Jiang Nuanzhi still admired the man.
The first time I met this person, I think I even beat him up. This person's temper is exactly like his thick eyebrows and big eyes—he doesn't hold grudges.
Jiang Nuanzhi tried to force a smile but failed, so she said with a straight face, "Arong, after all, he doesn't receive a salary, so it's understandable that he didn't come, right?"
Commander Liu was stunned.
They were probably surprised by Jiang Nuanzhi's words and remained stunned for a while before they could react.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at Commander Liu with a lifeless expression and asked, "Shall we go in now?"
"Oh, of course, please." Commander Liu snapped out of his reverie, nodded immediately, and led her inside.
Just as she and Commander Liu entered the room, the two guards who had been itching with curiosity the day before huddled together again.
"Is that the legendary Physician Jiang?"
"I think so."
"Huh? She looks younger than us! Wasn't she supposed to be an ugly old woman?"
"Who can argue with that? They're already wearing official robes, so they can't be wrong."
"I was too far away just now to see her clearly. What do you think of her appearance?"
"Hey, I think she's even more beautiful than that angelic Consort Shu."
"Really? Judging by her figure, she's quite a beauty. And she's even dressed as a man. If she dressed up properly, wouldn't she outshine even Consort Shu?"
The two young guards swallowed hard and peered longingly into the palace walls, but the person in front of them had already disappeared.
When the Imperial Physician Li entered the palace gate, he heard this from afar and immediately quickened his pace.
However, before the people in front could catch up, they heard a sound coming from behind.
Most of those entering the palace through the Beizhimen Gate were colleagues from the Imperial Hospital on duty. He turned around and saw Lord Sanqi walking over.
Judge Li's eyes lit up immediately. He slowed his pace, his cloudy old eyes filled with smiles. He stroked his beard as he walked up to Sanqi and said, "Greetings, Lord Sanqi."
Sanqi was thinking about yesterday's events and didn't notice the person next to her. She was suddenly startled by Lord Li.
Turning her head and seeing it was him, she patted her chest and said, "Don't you make any noise when you walk?"
Lord Li smiled broadly: "Lord Sanqi, you've had a long day. You must not have slept well. Here are two calming sachets for you. Please take them and don't be offended."
As he said this, he took out a sachet from his sleeve and handed it over.
Sanqi raised an eyebrow in surprise. This Li Shengbai, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, came from a family of imperial physicians for three generations. His family's calming and tranquilizing formulas were exceptional; even her own grandmaster, when it came to crafting sachets, probably couldn't match his skill. Everyone knew that Li family sachets were priceless. While physicians didn't particularly value them, high-ranking officials and nobles adored them—it was tantamount to directly offering bribes.
You can't hit a smiling face. We're all doctors, and everyone has relatives and friends, so Sanqi has no reason to refuse.
"Then I shall accept it with a smile. Lord Li, why are you being so polite so early in the morning?"
Lord Li, still all smiles, moved a little closer to Sanqi with a kind and benevolent expression, and said casually, "I heard that Lord Sanqi has some connection with the newly appointed Physician Jiang from yesterday. So, I was thinking of asking you, what is the background of this Physician Jiang?"
Her house is right next door to mine. Her lights were on all night yesterday. I wonder if something happened?
Upon hearing this, Sanqi raised a handsome brow: "Oh, so that's what you're asking about. Not to mention Physician Jiang, even I and my grandmaster were busy most of the night yesterday. What else could we be busy with? I suppose we're just like you, concerned about the Emperor's illness."
Thinking about it, he couldn't help but frown. However, he couldn't stay up any longer until the middle of the night. He didn't expect that Dr. Jiang would be busy all night.
If you think about it carefully, Dr. Jiang is not even as old as him, yet she has such talent and such a temperament.
No, is she trying to kill everyone?
Upon thinking this, Sanqi shuddered three times, his hair standing on end. "This woman is becoming more and more terrifying!"
"Lord Sanqi, what is so terrifying?"
Lord Li waited and waited, only to receive this one sentence, leaving him completely bewildered. The next second, still with a smile on his face, he continued to ask, "My lord, we've been colleagues for many years, and I've practically watched you grow up. Could you at least give me a hint? Speaking of which, that Physician Jiang just entered the palace and is now a close advisor to the emperor, and she's been assigned to my post. I don't know how to instruct her on her duties."
"Give me an order!" Sanqi was so frightened by these words that she almost jumped up: "You dare to give her orders? I don't even dare to breathe loudly in front of her, and you still dare to give her orders?"
Sanqi looked incredulous: "Let me tell you, even though I'm a fifth-rank official and you're a sixth-rank official, and we're both a step above her, if she wanted to teach us a lesson, neither of us would be a match for her."
Thinking back to Jiang Nuanzhi, not to mention how she had been completely dominated by her in the Great Wilderness, just considering Jiang Nuanzhi's abilities on her way to the capital, Sanqi felt that even the Heavenly King himself would have a hard time against her.
(End of this chapter)
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