Lanqin was helped back to the South Courtyard by Cui Niang and Nianxue. Doctor Liang hurriedly grabbed his medicine kit and rushed over to treat her. He picked up Lanqin's hand, examined it, and then pressed on her wrist.
"Does it hurt here?" Doctor Liang asked after examining Lanqin's injured wrist.
"It hurts a little. Dr. Liang, is my wrist broken?" Lanqin felt a throbbing pain in her elbow.
"It seems like you've twisted a meridian." Doctor Liang grasped Lanqin's bare arm, and with his other hand, he kneaded her slender, jade-like forearm, asking her if it hurt as he did so.
At this moment, Madam Geng and Madam Yehe entered the South Courtyard together. Since Madam Geng often came, no one stopped them. The two walked directly into Lanqin's main room and immediately saw Doctor Liang examining Lanqin's arm.
Yehe felt a twitch in her eyelids and was terrified, but she maintained a concerned expression on her face.
"Sister, who is this? How can she be so rude!" Geng Shi directly voiced her surprise.
Doctor Liang didn't even glance at the two of them, continuing to examine Lanqin's arm before finally putting it down and saying, "It's alright, just a sprained meridian. Don't exert yourself, it'll be fine in a couple of days. No need for medicine."
Nianxue quickly helped Lanqin lower the sleeves that were rolled up to her elbows.
"Alright, Dr. Liang, you may go now," Lanqin said with a smile.
"He is a doctor I found in the other courtyard, and he is now my personal physician," Lanqin said to Gengshi after seeing Doctor Liang leave.
“But just now, how could he touch my sister’s arm like that?” Geng and Yehe exchanged a glance, both seeing astonishment in each other’s eyes.
Well, Lanqin really didn't think it was a big deal. In modern times, sometimes you have to go to the gynecologist for those kinds of tests that make you blush to the roots of your neck. And she just happens to be a urologist, so she has to do all the tests!
Lanqin didn't think much of it, but the fact that Geng and Yehe saw Doctor Liang's actions must have caused quite a stir.
"I injured my arm, and he had to check to see if the bone was broken. In the rush, he didn't have time to put on a layer of gauze." Lanqin rolled her eyes inwardly and could only explain it to them like this.
“I’m relieved to hear from the doctor that the concubine is alright. What a disappointment today. Sister Geng, if the concubine is alright, let’s not disturb her rest. Her arm hurts, she should lie down and take a nap; it might help,” said Yehe Shi.
Geng looked at Lanqin suspiciously and saw that she looked really tired. She nodded and instructed Cui Niang to take good care of Lanqin before going out with Yehe.
"In the future, when this happens again, we can't let them come in directly, lest they see what just happened," Lanqin said with a hint of displeasure.
"Yes, I will talk to Granny Wang and tell her that she must bring someone to announce her arrival before she can come in from now on," Cui Niang said apologetically, seeing Lan Qin's displeasure.
"It's not that I blame you, but you should have this mindset in the future. Sister Geng is alright, it's just that Yehe clan member," Lanqin said.
Meanwhile, after parting ways with Geng, Yehe slowed her pace and walked slowly under the big tree. After Geng had gone far away, she said to Taohua, "Go to the main courtyard!"
Inside the main courtyard.
The princess was being served by a young maid as she stood in front of a large bronze vat in the courtyard, feeding the fish. Several golden-tailed fish could be seen swimming in the small lotus bowl.
She was wearing gold, openwork, gem-encrusted armor, and she was carefully stirring the fish food in the plate. Her expression was indescribably gloomy and cold, and even in the early May, there was a sense of oppressive chill around her that made her unapproachable.
"This concubine greets the Fujin." Yehe Shi removed her own arm from Tao Hua's arm, quickly stepped forward, and knelt down to greet the Fujin a few meters away.
"How is she?" The princess's voice seemed to come from a cold cellar.
Yeheshi still couldn't help but shiver. She looked up at the Fujin and then quickly lowered her eyes, saying, "It's just a sprained wrist. It didn't hurt the baby in my womb."
The princess picked up a handful of fish food, about to put it into the vat, but when she heard Yehe's words, she stopped in mid-air. Then she suddenly snatched the tray from the maid's hand and poured it all into the bronze vat.
"I never expected that such a hard fall would only result in a wrist injury. What good luck!" The princess said with a cold smile.
"Perhaps the angle was just wrong; she was just lucky this time." Yehe remained half-squatting, and since the Fujin (wife of the princess) didn't call for her to rise, she had no choice but to maintain that bowing posture.
"Does she think she's going to cut off my luck like this?" The princess grabbed the bronze vat, showing how angry she was.
"No, the Princess Consort was personally betrothed by the Emperor. How could her good fortune be hindered by a woman from a poor family? Next time, next time, I don't think I'll be so lucky," Yehe said coldly.
"Get up. Come inside with me." The lady of the house turned and walked into the inner room.
Yehe slowly stood up. She felt her legs were a little numb, so she bent over and rubbed her thighs before following her.
"Sit down, Lingxiu, serve tea to Princess Yehe." The Fujin had lost her earlier anger and regained her calm and peaceful demeanor.
"Thank you, Madam Xie." Madam Yehe slowly walked to her usual seat and sat down.
The princess was very pleased that she did not change her seat without permission, which shows that she was quite thoughtful.
"Your music really distracted Wu Shi, which is why she bumped into that stone. Actually, I wasn't angry with you just now," the princess said.
"I have only done my best. 'Guangling San' can indeed numb the listener's mind and make them lose focus with the music. The key is that the Fujin (wife) can get the maids around Wu Shi to work. Otherwise, no matter how well I play, it will be of no use," said Yehe Shi.
“Yunxiang has long been out of favor with Wu Shi, so it’s not difficult to take advantage of her. The key is that you came up with such a brilliant idea, one she would never have thought of even in death,” the Fujin said. “It’s just a pity that she was too lucky; she fell and was completely unharmed.”
“Yes, Wu did indeed bump into that stone, which is why she fell forward. So even if the person in the South Courtyard has suspicions, they won’t be able to find anything,” Yehe said.
"Very well, I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Try this tea; it's a finely brewed tea that my brother brought from Yunnan and Guizhou. It's very mellow." The princess said kindly.
Yehe obediently picked up the teacup on the high table beside her, opened the lid, and used it to scrape the tea leaves floating on the water.
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