Chapter 78: Shooting Yourself in the Foot
The guests looked at each other, looking at Old Madam Song and the shy Liu Qingyin, speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.
But Old Madam Song seemed to be unaware of the subtle and complex looks in everyone's eyes, and even cast a provocative look at Su Tan.
"Qingyin is the daughter-in-law I am most satisfied with. She has a good temper and is good-looking. With her care over the years, my health has improved a lot."
"Lian Xiaoxiao likes her very much too~"
Old Madam Song deliberately emphasized the words that Lian Xiaoxiao also liked her very much.
Her cloudy eyes stared at Su Tan intently.
I just want to see the unwillingness and resentment on Su Tan's face.
Unfortunately, Su Tan didn't react at all.
It can even be said that Su Tan's gaze did not linger here at all.
Her eyes only fell on the second young lady of the Minister of Revenue's house.
Old Madam Song frowned, and her heart was suddenly filled with a foul air. She almost couldn't control her expression and showed a distorted look.
snort!
Su Tan, just pretend!
She wanted to see how long Su Tan could pretend!
This pretentious little bitch!
Thinking of this, the smile on Old Madam Song's face deepened, as if she was doing it on purpose for Su Tan to see. She held Liu Qingyin's hand and began to admonish her with a loving face: "Qingyin, I have always felt that I owe you for so many years."
"When you marry into our Song family, I will definitely treat you as my own daughter. No! I will definitely treat you even better than my own daughter!"
"I used to regret not having a daughter, but now I've met you. You are truly a blessing from God!"
Su Tan's gaze shifted away from the Second Young Lady of the Minister of Revenue's residence, and he happened to hear these words.
She almost laughed out loud.
This statement was exactly the same as when she first married into the Song family.
So many years have passed, and Old Madam Song still repeats the same excuse over and over again.
For a moment, Su Tan felt both amused and annoyed.
Liu Qingyin looked towards Su Tan with a provocative and shy look. She said softly to Old Madam Song, "Aunt, I have always regarded you as my own mother."
"I will definitely be filial to you in the future."
As she spoke, she smiled softly at Su Tan, hesitated for a moment, then stood up and walked towards Su Tan.
She looked at Su Tan timidly, "Sister Su Tan, logically I should avoid you to avoid being gossiped about."
"There's just one thing that's been on my mind for a long time, and I've been wanting to tell you."
As she spoke, she lifted her skirt and knelt down in front of Su Tan, tears in her eyes and a trembling voice, "Sister Su Tan, when you divorced Brother Tingchen, you didn't leave Aunt Song the prescription for the medicine."
"Aunt Song has always been in poor health and has been taking your medicine. Although she is much better now thanks to my care over the years, the doctor said it would be best for her to go back to her old medicine."
Her eyes were blurred with tears and her face was slightly pale.
"Sister Su Tan, no matter what grudges you and Aunt Song had in the past, I beg you to tell me the prescription."
"I will certainly prepare the right medicine for Auntie and prevent her from suffering from the illness any longer."
Madam Song immediately asked the nanny beside her to help Liu Qingyin, "Qingyin, you don't have to beg her!"
"She has always been cruel and short-lived. How could the medicine she prescribed be any good? Even if she dared to give you the prescription, I wouldn't dare use it. I'm afraid she would poison me to death!"
Liu Qingyin's eyes were misty and she shook her head at Old Madam Song.
"Aunt, the doctor's words will certainly not lie. I think Sister Su Tan is kind-hearted and I think she doesn't want you to suffer from illness. Sister Su Tan, just think of it as a good thing. Congratulations to Brother Song and me on our wedding. Give me the prescription."
The provocation and mockery in Liu Qingyin's eyes almost overflowed.
She knew that Su Tan had an extreme personality.
He almost killed Song Tingchen before.
He even beat her up at the Huguo Temple.
This woman can't stand the slightest bit of grievance.
How could he tolerate my provocation?
As long as Su Tan dares to attack her, she will have thousands of ways to ruin Su Tan's reputation and make him pay for it.
Liu Qingyin was thinking about it, and tears fell from her eyes, adding fuel to the fire.
"If Brother Tingchen knew that you could put aside your past grudges with us and were willing to give us the prescription, he would definitely be very happy."
Liu Qingyin stared at Su Tan.
Waiting for the slap to fall on his face.
Unexpectedly, Su Tan just smiled faintly and even raised his eyebrows at Liu Qingyin.
"OK."
The expression on Liu Qingyin's face suddenly froze.
Then Su Tan said, "But I don't have any pen, ink, paper, or inkstone right now. I'll have to trouble Old Lady Chen to get some for me."
"Miss Liu is also educated and literate."
"I'll read it, and you can write it."
Liu Qingyin's expression was stiff, not understanding what Su Tan was up to.
Why did this crazy woman change her personality today?
Old Lady Chen immediately asked someone to get the four treasures of the study.
It was difficult to back down, so Liu Qingyin had no choice but to grit her teeth and let the servants of the Jian'an Marquis' Mansion bring her writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. She spread out the paper and looked at Su Tan, "Then please tell me, Sister Su Tan, what exactly was in your previous prescription?"
Su Tan's clear voice rang out, "Millennial ginseng..."
"Deer antler..."
She listed the names of more than a dozen expensive medicinal herbs.
With every word she spoke, Liu Qingyin's face turned paler.
The looks that the guests around them gave Liu Qingyin and the Song family became more and more subtle.
"These... these are all good things. Princess Jiayi is so willing to spend them."
"The food is fine, it's not impossible to find it, but if you keep eating like this every day, the medicine alone will cost nearly eighty taels of silver a day. If mother-in-law is kind, she can spend the money, but Old Madam Song..."
But everyone knows what kind of person Madam Song is.
Even if I didn’t know or understand it before.
Now I understand.
The old lady of the Song family is simply a mean old hag.
This Su Tan used to be so nonchalant.
She actually let Old Madam Song eat her dowry for five years!
Su Tan had a faint smile on his face, and his eyes fell on the pale-faced Liu Qingyin.
"Miss Liu, I have already given you this prescription. You can boil the medicine according to this prescription in the future."
After she finished speaking, she turned her gaze to Chen, the wife of Marquis Jian'an.
She bowed towards Chen and said, "Madam Chen, please send someone to invite the court physician over. I'd like to ask him to take Madam Song's pulse and review my prescription. If there's anything inappropriate, please explain it here and now to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future."
What she said was almost like saying directly that Liu Qingyin would kill Old Madam Song in the future just to put the blame on her, saying that there was something wrong with the prescription she gave.
Liu Qingyin almost vomited blood.
She stared at the prescription intently.
I never expected that today's incident would backfire.
How could Su Tan be willing to spend so much money on Old Madam Song!
The court physician of Jian'an Marquis Mansion arrived soon.
He took Madam Song's pulse and carefully looked at the prescription given by Su Tan.
He immediately smiled widely and praised the prescription, saying it was specially prepared for Old Madam Song's health.
On the surface, there seemed to be nothing wrong with Old Madam Song's health.
But he is very weak inside.
If you don't take good care of yourself...
The court doctor shook his head and said, "The old lady was already weak, and it's good that she's been taking this prescription to recover. Otherwise, I'm afraid she wouldn't have survived these eight years."
Su Tan and Song Tingchen have been married for five years and have been divorced for three years.
If you count carefully, it has indeed been eight years.
Old Madam Song's face turned pale and blue.
"I think you are a quack!"
"Get lost! I don't need your diagnosis!"
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