Chapter 369: Every Family Member Has Their Own Secrets
"Did I hear you right? No... No, did you see it right?"
How does this have anything to do with the Empress in the palace?
Ran Qingxuan felt that it was a little too unbelievable. Even though she had never eaten pork, she had seen pigs run and knew that palace maids could not leave the palace until they were 25 or 28 years old.
Moreover, some concubines who knew the rules and looked good would be introduced to certain ministers or ministers' families by concubines with children in order to win them over.
Some people might refuse, but most of them would like to offer the palace maids given by the palace as gifts, just to have a good relationship with some powerful empresses.
Sometimes a word or two from the palace maids could help these people avoid taking many detours.
After all, those concubines serve the emperor, and they can be said to be complementary to each other.
Gu Yanchen's words were not groundless. After all, he had been to the palace before and had seen it, so he was naturally familiar with it.
"I'm sure I read it right. Although I only went into the palace to report on my duties, I often followed my father into the palace to attend palace banquets when I was a child.
The rules for those palace maids were even stricter than those for young ladies from ordinary wealthy families. Using that method to wipe their tears could, on the one hand, ensure that the ladies' makeup wouldn't be ruined when they cried, and on the other hand, allow the Emperor to see them as if they had met an actor.
The ladies in the palace are all focused on vying for favor, and the maids around them are not simple. If this Wei Xue really came from the palace, then why did she hide in the Qi family? ”
Gu Yanchen asked himself this question, but he couldn't think of an answer.
Ran Qingxuan was troubled by these distracting thoughts. He originally came just to treat Qi Mingjing, but he didn't expect them to discover something unusual.
After thinking about it, Ran Qingxuan said uncertainly.
"Could it be that someone in the palace wanted to take over the Qi family's business, so they sent people to infiltrate the Qi family? After all, the Qi family's pharmacies are distributed all over Northern Qi, and they have accumulated a lot of reputation and money over the years.
The quickest way to solve the problem and reopen the store is just to change the owner. ”
Indeed, Ran Qingxuan's idea seems to be very appropriate, but the problem is back to the starting point.
Even if Wei Xue had such an intention, she should have plotted against Qi Hengsheng instead of committing herself to Qi Guang, who was nothing.
Ran Qingxuan tapped the table lightly with his hand, thinking that he might have to find a member of the Qi family to ask about Wei Xue's matter.
However, as they wished, at noon, the servant of the Qi family came to invite the two to have lunch in the front hall. After asking who was there, Ran Qingxuan packed up and went there with Gu Yanchen.
Sure enough, except for Qi Mingjing and the third family, everyone else at the dinner table was basically present.
In addition, there were two new faces at the dinner table, a young woman whom I had never seen before and a child of four or five years old.
Ran Qingxuan thought it was Qi Ying, the eldest daughter of the third branch of the Qi family, but after Qi Dong introduced her, she realized that the girl was his and Yang Sulan’s eldest daughter, and the child next to her was their grandson.
At first she thought Qi Dong only had one son, Qi Mingjing, but she didn't expect they had such a big daughter.
"Huan'er, this is the genius doctor your third brother invited back to treat Mingjing. Although he is young, his medical skills are still good..."
At first glance, what Yang Sulan said sounded reasonable, but the incident of calling someone just happened before, and the dinner table suddenly became quiet after she said this.
However, Ran Qingxuan didn't care and took the initiative to greet the daughter of the eldest wife of the Qi family.
Qi Huan looked at him in silence, then stood up with the child in his arms, and even spoke in a low voice when facing Ran Qingxuan.
Qi Dong was a little embarrassed and quickly explained: "Don't blame me, doctor. I am a little timid by nature and I am a little shy. After getting married, I stayed at home to take care of my husband and children.
This time she heard that the miracle doctor came to treat her brother, so she came back to see him..."
Actually, it was just to take a look, but Ran Qingxuan found that it was not as simple as Qi Dong said.
Because from the moment she and Gu Yanchen walked in and sat down, the child in Qi Huan's arms had no reaction, not even an expression. The whole time, he just nestled in his mother's arms, without any noise or noise.
Normally, children aged four or five are curious about everything. When they see a stranger, they may be afraid or feel strange. But the child had blank eyes and did not react at all.
Ran Qingxuan thought of something and spoke up.
"This child is very cute, and seems to have inherited the personality of his sister Qi, who is not talkative."
Unexpectedly, after these words were spoken, everyone at the table fell silent, and no one even responded.
Qi Minghe's face suddenly changed. He laughed awkwardly and explained to Ran Qingxuan in a low voice.
"Mrs. Gu, my eldest sister's child...can't speak...and that..."
Having said that, Qi Minghe reached out and carefully tapped his head, and Ran Qingxuan understood instantly.
Looking at the child who was about the same age as Xuan'er, Ran Qingxuan felt pity and couldn't help but said, "Since you have met me, how about I take a look at this child?"
In fact, she shouldn't have taken the initiative to talk about such things. After all, if the disease was cured, everyone would be happy. But if it was very difficult, or congenital, if the disease was not cured, it might deepen the Qi family's doubts about her medical skills.
The situation was a little awkward for a moment, and finally Qi Dong and Qi Hengsheng spoke up to resolve the situation.
Qi Huan kept his head down from beginning to end, and even when Ran Qingxuan offered to help take a look, he did not respond.
Ran Qingxuan even suspected that this child had inherited the trait, but Qi Huan could clearly speak...
The child was very obedient. He didn't even resist when Ran Qingxuan pulled him in front of him. He was just like a puppet.
Bringing the child to the armchair at the side, Ran Qingxuan took out dust-free gloves from his cloth bag and put them on.
I gently opened the child's mouth and observed that everything in his mouth was developing normally, with everything it should have, not even a single cavity.
Ran Qingxuan tried to say "ah" to the child, signaling the child to follow suit.
I thought the child really had a problem with his brain as Qi Minghe said, but I didn't expect that the child sitting on the chair would immediately let out an "ah" the next second.
It was estimated that the child had made the same sound before, and the Qi family just watched quietly at this time.
Ran Qingxuan took out the surgical forceps from the cloth bag, opened them, and tried to gently pinch the root of the child's tongue. Unexpectedly, the child felt pain and immediately dodged.
His reflexes were very good but he just didn't speak. Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but wonder if the child didn't want to talk.
But after asking the Qi family to confirm that the child had always looked like this, Ran Qingxuan took off his gloves and took out a set of gold needles.
But before she could take the next step, Qi Huan, who had been silent all the time, immediately stood up, walked to Ran Qingxuan and grabbed her hand.
"What are you doing?" Every word was clear and her tone was low. Ran Qingxuan did not miss the flash of vigilance in her eyes.
Now it was her turn to be puzzled. This family had their own secrets, and quite a few of them.
The hand holding the golden needle relaxed, and Ran Qingxuan said in a calm tone: "Don't worry, I won't hurt your child."
Qi family's eldest wife Yang Sulan was hesitant to speak. Qi Dong was afraid that she might offend someone unintentionally, so he stepped forward and motioned for Qi Huan to let go of her hand first.
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