After the meal, Liang Wushuang looked at Cheng Ying with eyes full of autumn water and said, "Master, Wushuang has memorized the "Treatise on All Diseases" that you left last time. Master, do you want to test me?"
Cheng Ying was in a bad mood. He said calmly, "There are many medical books in the study. If you are interested, you can read more. I have something else to do in the palace. I will go back now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the young eunuch who was serving beside him came forward, picked up an outer robe and put it on Cheng Ying.
Liang Wushuang bowed and watched Cheng Ying leave.
After getting on the carriage, the young eunuch said, "Superintendent, are you going to take action against Lu Jin?"
Cheng Ying closed her eyes and leaned back in the carriage. "Don't worry about him. Send someone to Xinglou to say hello. If he dares to have any tricks next time, I won't let him off easily."
"Yes." The young eunuch responded respectfully.
When working with Governor Cheng, one has to be extremely careful. The Governor is the most clear-sighted and intelligent. Liu Miwu has been in Xinglou for a long time and has become bolder. She even dares to play tricks under the Governor's nose.
The young eunuch asked a secret guard to go to Xinglou to pass on the message, and then drove towards the palace.
*
The construction of the paper mill and the oil press went very smoothly. Yu Jiao would go to the two villages every day to monitor the progress. Some of the designs in the mills were built under her personal guidance.
Debbie, who had been locked in the woodshed for two days, was cold. After dinner that night, Yu Jiao went to the woodshed.
Seeing her come in, Debbie, whose hands and feet were tied, climbed up from the ground, and Yu Jiao pulled out the handkerchief stuffed in her mouth.
"Doctor Yu..."
Yu Jiao interrupted her, "What did Yang Jiyan tell you before she came to Beijing?"
Dai Bi failed to beg for death that day, and she gave Yang Jiyan away. Now there was nothing she could not say, and she said everything she knew, "The lady ordered me to bribe the bandits in Danzhou to take your life. If I succeed, I will send a letter to the capital."
Yu Jiao narrowed her eyes and said, "You said your elder sister is also Yang Jiyan's personal maid?"
Debbie nodded, "My elder sister and I were sold to the Yang Mansion by our parents. After Huamei, who was by the young lady's side, died, my elder sister and I were sent by the Madam to serve the young lady."
"Do you know why your young lady falls in love with Yu Qizhe?" Although in Yu Jiao's heart Yu Qizhe is a very outstanding man, full of talent and good looks, it is normal for a girl to love him, but Yang Jiyan is different from Chen Rou. Given Yang Jiyan's background, she should not have such a paranoid feeling for Yu Qizhe.
He was so crazy that he even wanted to kill her.
It also seemed that Yang Jiyan saw Yu Qizhe outside the Imperial Examination Hall that day, and since then she has been asking Yu Fuling about it.
Debbie shook her head. "The young lady seems to be deeply in love with Mr. Yu and wants to marry him. My wife and master didn't agree at first, but when they saw that Mr. Yu passed the imperial examination, the master relented."
She paused and continued, "But the young lady is very optimistic about Mr. Yu's talent and seems to believe that he can win the first place in the imperial examination. She bought a piece of mutton-fat jade and asked Chunhong to send it to someone to carve a unicorn jade pendant. She said she would wait for the day when Mr. Yu wins the first place in the imperial examination to give him a gift."
These words are quite common. After all, anyone with eyes can tell Yu Qizhe's talent just from his conversation.
"Write a letter to the capital and say you have succeeded." Yu Jiao and Dai Bi said.
Debbie didn't dare to agree, and a pleading expression appeared on her face, "Doctor Yu, my sister is still serving the young lady. If the young lady knew that my affair was exposed and I still deceived her like this, my sister would be sold to a brothel."
"Then aren't you afraid that I will send you to the government?" Yu Jiao said coldly, "Do you think your young lady will save you? Based on her character, you should know what will happen to you without me telling you. And after you get into trouble, do you think the Yang family will still have a place for your sister?"
Debbie's face turned pale and she was in a panic. When she went to Danzhou to bribe the robbers, she had vaguely anticipated that the matter would be exposed. If she had died that day, so many things would not have been involved.
She smiled sadly and said, "I'll write it."
Yu Jiao asked someone to bring paper and pen. Dai Bi's handwriting was very ugly. She had never been to school and could not write. The four words "it's done" were taught to her by Yang Jiyan before she went to Danzhou.
After Yu Jiao signed her name on the envelope, she asked someone to take it to the post station and send it to the capital.
She glanced at Debbie's severed finger and said, "I will let you go back to the capital. As long as you obey my orders, I will take your and your sister's indentures from the Yang Mansion and give you freedom."
When Debbie heard this, her pupils lit up. The death indenture meant that even if she and Chunhong saved enough money to redeem her, the master would still have to release her indenture in order to redeem her.
Although Doctor Yu had a grudge against Yang Jiyan, as long as Prefect Yang and Madam Yang were willing to release her, she and Chunhong could escape from their suffering.
Debbie thought of some rumors she had heard in the mansion. Some time ago, several distinguished guests stayed in the West Garden of the Yang Mansion. Female Doctor Yu had a close relationship with those guests. Huamei was beaten to death because she offended the master's guests.
If Female Doctor Yu can get the master's distinguished guest to come forward, the master will certainly give that distinguished guest some respect.
After thinking it through, Debbie said, "As long as Female Doctor Yu can redeem the indentures for my sister and me, I will do whatever you want in the future."
"After two days, you will return to Beijing. You don't have to do anything. Just serve Yang Jiyan like before." Yu Jiao said, "If your young lady asks about me, you know what to say, and about the injury on your finger."
Debbie nodded. "I know. I will make up a cover for the severed finger."
Yu Jiao untied the ropes that bound her hands and feet, "I will also go to the capital in a few days. I will contact you when I get there."
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