Chapter 33
They had different thoughts, and when they met eyes, they were speechless.
Que Ming felt guilty, and whenever he met her gaze he would frown and act as if he had to say something but hesitated, making her look like the bad guy.
So she didn't bother to pay attention to him and turned her head away without looking at him.
But things had to be done, so she sat by the window, wearing a thin shirt, holding a pen in one hand and frowning at the desk.
He usually didn't have the chance to see her like this, and as he watched, he fell into his own absurd dream.
The eldest lady in the dream turned into Qingning. She was wearing only a thin shirt and holding a pen under the lamp. She became a part of his daily life. He only needed to get close to her and put his hand on her shoulder, and she would smile and talk to him.
"You're back, husband."
"Que Ming!"
The dream in front of him was suddenly awakened by a sound. Que Ming looked over blankly. The eldest lady turned her head and looked at his face strangely, as if she had noticed something about his posture in the dream.
His head felt numb and sweat broke out on his back.
"Miss……"
He felt ashamed and his voice trembled.
Fortunately, she didn't notice it at all. She turned her head and immersed herself in her own things again and asked.
"Sister Teng also said when she came that four people in the mansion have been infected, and only the two of us are in better condition. She said that perhaps there is something different about us that has alleviated the symptoms. Do you have any ideas?"
The sweaty feeling that Que Ming had just felt subsided, and his whole body felt cold. He felt his body carefully and found that the heat he had just felt had completely disappeared, and he seemed to be fully recovered now.
"Has Miss Teng ever drunk the medicine that was brought to her?"
Yue Qingning naturally drank it on time and in the right amount. She had always believed in Sister Teng's medical skills and was sure that she could find a way to prevent the disease.
Seeing her nod, a somewhat absurd idea arose in Que Ming's mind.
But if I tell Qingning, she will definitely be angry. But the situation is critical now, so I have to tell her and give it a try. What if it works?
Que Ming walked to her side and tried to lower his voice to ask her not to react too much, but just as he finished speaking, Yue Qingning stood up suddenly.
"Do you think Sister Teng will harm us?"
He shook his head repeatedly. "How dare I think that? It's just that the young lady asked me to say it, so I have to say it. Since I became ill, I've taken much less medicine than the rest of you. Aside from fainting for half a day on the first day, I was actually feeling slightly better before I took the medicine. Later, when Miss Teng brought in the medicine, it only made my condition worse!"
"I have no intention of questioning Miss Teng or the Imperial Hospital. I just think I could talk to her about this. Perhaps this could be a breakthrough to develop a prescription as soon as possible."
He had no grudge against Sister Teng, so naturally there was no need for him to make up lies to her.
Yue Qingning thought about her own condition and it seemed to be just as he said. She had only a slight high fever and had not fainted. She drank the medicine immediately after Sister Teng brought it in. That night, she had a continuous bleeding and fell into a coma.
It seemed that what he said was true, that it was a problem with the prescription. Without this medicine, the two of them might have recovered within two or three days.
Yue Qingning felt uneasy. If she really believed this, then Sister Teng was obviously very problematic. But the Sister Teng she knew in her past and present lives would never do such a thing.
She cherishes her life and has been willing to give up the stable life of a young lady in the capital since she was a child. She followed her father to travel all over the country to cure diseases and save lives. Wherever there was a disease, plague, natural disaster or man-made disaster, she would always drop everything and immediately carry her medicine box to the dangerous place.
Sister Teng was like this, and so was Uncle Teng! The Teng family always had their doors wide open to welcome and see off anyone seeking medical advice or advice, and they had never been shy about passing on the palace's treasured medical texts and prescriptions to others.
How could such a Sister Teng deliberately tamper with the prescription? It is more likely that this was an accident caused by chance!
She didn't want to think about her for a moment, so she simply asked the maid guarding the door to call her over.
Instead of overthinking it, it’s better to let her come over and explain things clearly. There will always be a reasonable explanation.
Unexpectedly, people came and heard these words.
Teng Xieji stood there dumbfounded for a long time without saying a word.
Yue Qingning knew that she must be feeling uncomfortable after being questioned, but human life was at stake, and if Qingzhe didn't find a way, she would be in danger.
She thought over and over again, but couldn't help but speak.
"Sister Teng, we only mentioned one possibility. After all, there are so many coincidences. It's possible that one of them is wrong, which led to us becoming like this. Don't overthink it!"
Teng Xieji didn't know whether he heard it or not. He stared blankly at the cup of tea on the table for a long time before he came to his senses.
"No! I haven't figured it out..."
There was something in her words, and her face turned pale as if she had been hit hard. Yue Qingning was very worried and couldn't help but hold her shoulders.
"Sister, I never had the slightest doubt about you. If you hadn't come here right away, our family would still have thought it was some kind of poison. We wouldn't have taken any precautions, let alone saved so many people! We were able to do all this because of you. Please don't be discouraged by what we said."
After hearing these words, Teng Xieji seemed to come to his senses a little.
He frowned, gathered his strength, and felt her pulse.
"Hearing you say that, I finally figured things out. There's a certain ingredient in the prescription that's been bothering me, and now it seems that's the one I used incorrectly! If I'm right, you two were both sick a few days ago, right?"
Yue Qingning nodded. She had sorted out everything that happened between the two of them, but had forgotten about this matter.
At that time, she wished Que Ming would die quickly and even asked someone to buy cinnabar, but he was taken away before the medicine was administered.
It is said that during that period, the two of them caught a cold one after the other and both drank medicine to treat the cold.
"Sister Teng still remembers the time we went boating on the lake. After that day, we both drank medicine to treat the cold. The prescription was given by the doctor at Jiyuantang."
"Do you still have the prescription?"
Yue Qingning hurriedly called Qingzhu to get the prescription.
Both of their prescriptions were still kept. When they were unfolded, the medicinal materials written on them were almost the same, except for the specific dosage.
Teng Xiji also unfolded the prescription he had obtained from the palace. It clearly stated: Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron chinense, Licorice root, Gardenia jasminoides, Scutellaria baicalensis, Cyperus rotundus, and Cinnamon twig, all in equal parts, with three times the amount of Rhubarb. The seven herbs were to be used raw, and the Rhubarb was boiled in water to remove the coarse pieces. In case of emergency, a decoction was used, but it must be taken cold.
She picked up the pen and started writing without hesitation, changing the cassia twig to perilla leaf.
Yue Qingning didn't understand the reason, she just changed the medicine, but Sister Teng's face still looked bad.
She raised her hand and asked someone to buy the medicine in the prescription immediately. She added cinnabar and realgar to it herself and asked someone to pack them separately and take them back.
The men took the order and left. Yue Qingning wanted to say something, but she looked very conflicted, as if she was thinking about something. She was stopped as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Qingning, it's my fault this time!"
"elder sister!"
She raised her hand to stop her from speaking, and took a step forward, almost bumping into Yue Qingning's arms.
"I've had doubts for a long time but I didn't say them out loud, causing you to struggle with your illness for so long!"
How could it be her fault? No matter how you look at it, anyone could be blamed, but she, a doctor, could never be blamed.
It is not enough for doctors to devote all their energy and disregard life and death, they also have to regret that they were not able to treat the disease earlier. According to this logic, there is no perfect person in this world.
Yue Qingning knew that she was feeling depressed and probably wouldn't be able to hear anything he said at the moment.
As a doctor, I can only feel at ease when I see my patients recover. Now I can only wait for the medicine to come back, and only then can I feel a little comforted when she sees me saving the seriously ill patients.
"Sister, you've already saved us! I know you're feeling conflicted, but think positively. It was you who discovered and changed the prescription in time. If the medicine works, all the sick people in the capital can be saved! This credit is all yours, and no one will blame you for figuring it out a little later! Everyone will simply thank you for saving our lives. Sister, please think more clearly, okay?"
Teng Xieji nodded woodenly, but what he heard did not take it to heart.
She had no other choice but to wait and see how the medicine worked.
The person left quietly. Yue Qingning stood in the yard, watching her back, still feeling worried. Que Ming, who had been silent beside her, suddenly spoke at this moment.
"Miss, don't you think Miss Teng seems to have something to say?"
She frowned, not liking the fact that he doubted Sister Teng like this from the bottom of her heart. She turned around, glared at him, and walked towards her room unhappily.
Que Ming also knew his young lady's temperament very well. She would never allow anyone close to her to say bad things about her or slander her, and she would not be wary of her because of what others said. What's more, they had known each other since childhood, and had been together much longer than she had been with him, so naturally she would not doubt her.
Besides, Qingning was still angry with him and probably couldn't listen to anything now.
The door of the room opposite slammed shut, and the smile on his face lingered for a long time.
She rarely displayed such a delicate and innocent temper. Even when angry, she preferred to maintain her ladylike demeanor and suppress it, never revealing a single word to anyone. Now, he had actually seen it! She wondered if it was because of something different in his heart.
He returned to the room and closed the door carefully without making any noise. He took a deep breath. Her fragrance in the room was still like a faint smoke, almost imperceptible at the tip of his nose.
It was even more so when people were lying on the bed. He thought that lying on the same bed in this life was like being husband and wife for half a moment.
This is enough. Any more desires would only insult the beauty.
Curled up on the couch, the person over there seemed to understand his suffering and fell asleep following the fragrance.
However, this dream was not a beautiful dream, but a nightmare with her in it.
He stood across the street and saw a group of people gathered in front of the Yue family's gate. It seemed like someone was pushing a coffin into the courtyard. The people watching around became even more noisy, and they were talking to each other one by one.
"I heard that she's not young anymore, and she's not even married yet, but she's already suffered this kind of thing!"
"When he was found, he was soaking in the river. It was unbearable for anyone watching! They said all his organs were ruptured, and there was nothing left in his chest!"
He had no idea what was going on and was about to ask when the crowd started to commotion again, pushing him back several steps and nearly bumping into the pillar behind him.
Before he hit anyone, a hand suddenly grabbed his arm and lifted him up.
Que Ming stopped and thanked him hastily before turning around, but the man unexpectedly sneered.
"Don't you want to go and take a look? After all, he is the one who took you in in the past."
He looked back in confusion and saw the purple-robed man behind him staring at his eyes intently. It looked like he wanted to kill him but was struggling to hold back and think of letting him go. His eagle eyes stared at him as if he wanted to see through his pretense.
Que Ming didn't care who this person was. He pushed the crowd in front of him away and ran towards Yue Mansion.
There were more people in the mansion, but when they saw him, they did not stop him but bowed their heads to him. He had no mind to think about it at all, and walked through the hall with a brisk pace.
Just as he walked around the screen wall, he saw something and stopped in a daze.
In the main hall, a group of people knelt in front of the coffin and cried bitterly.
Que Ming was so flustered that he almost fell down the stairs, and walked towards that side with unsteady steps.
Who are they crying for? Are they crying because they failed to accomplish their mission and implicated the teacher?
Thinking of this, his heart and lungs almost broke. He had thought of many things. He had thought about the emperor being furious and wanting his life if the matter was exposed. He had thought about the prince finding evidence against him and cutting him into pieces. But he had never thought that the Yue family would be implicated.
After stumbling for more than ten steps, he finally reached the front of the hall. He looked around in a daze and saw the teacher in the crowd.
Then... who is lying in the coffin?
As he was thinking about something, he raised his eyes to look for Qingning, but a dazed look met his eyes.
"Queming! You evil bastard! Why did you harm my daughter?"
“…”
His soul was so shocked by these words that it split in two. He tripped and knelt in front of the hall. Only then did he see the five words clearly written on the spirit tablet placed in the middle.
My daughter is more peaceful and tranquil.
Impossible! He shook his head, as if realizing the unreality of this dream, and refused to admit it.
"Queming, how could you treat Qingning like this?"
He opened his mouth speechless, wanting to shake his head and tell the teacher that he didn't do it, wanting to say that it was all his fault that he had implicated her, but the teacher continued.
"Queming, she was still clutching the token she gave you before she died."
Intense pain crept up his lungs with these words. When he exhaled, he saw the blood and mist spraying into the air.
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