Gu Jiangli coldly replied, "You did this because you didn't want to lose face."
"Ginseng, mantis egg case, natural bezoar, cistanche... how many ordinary people can afford such expensive medicines?"
"What method do they have to treat the plague? They just wrote down a few expensive medicinal herbs to save face."
"Hmph, they're shameless. I bet even if the final result comes out, they won't admit it."
"They will definitely say that it's because the people can't afford these medicines, not because the medicines are ineffective. They will then shift the blame for the loss onto the people and insist that they didn't lose."
Lotus asked worriedly, "Then what should we do? Are we just going to suffer this in silence?"
Gu Jiangli smiled and said, "How could that be? We've bet a lot of money on Doctor Liu. We're clearly the winners. We can't lose everything, can we? We still have the General, don't we?"
Xie Shiyan had already quietly entered the palace two days ago.
He rarely went to the palace, but every time he did, he always made a gain, and this time was no exception.
Even if the emperor wanted to protect the Imperial Hospital, it was to no avail.
"By the way, Lotus," Gu Jiangli spoke again, "Are those two alright now?"
Lotus looked solemn, then nodded, "After taking the medicine prescribed by the young master, I'm almost fully recovered."
"Yue Qiao'e still has some ulcers that haven't fully healed, but they are relatively minor. Gu Xun's only had some red spots, and now they are no longer visible."
"However, the two of them had their tongues pulled out by the general a few days ago, and they lost too much blood. They haven't recovered yet, and I'm afraid they won't last many more days."
Gu Jiangli remained completely unmoved upon hearing this.
"If we can hold out until tomorrow, that's enough. We'll take them to the palace tomorrow."
This time, he not only wanted to make the arrogant people of the Imperial Medical Academy bow their heads, but also to make Wen An a savior.
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