Su Ruojin opened her eyes upon hearing the sound, sat up from the couch, and asked sharply, "What did you say?"
"She said that you stole the Fire Spirit Ginseng from the prefectural government and demanded that we hand over the Fire Spirit Ginseng."
Zhao Jiao said she stole the Fire Spirit Ginseng from the manor?
Haha, this Zhao Jiao is truly incorrigible.
"Walk!"
Zhao Jiao was sitting in the clinic with Lin Wanqing when a maid served them tea.
Zhao Jiao picked up the tea, took a sip, and spat it out, cursing, "What kind of shabby clinic is this? They don't even have decent tea. What am I supposed to drink? It tastes weird. Are they trying to poison me with something?"
Su Ruojin, accompanied by Yan Luo, strode out from the backyard: "When you come to the clinic, you should drink the herbal tea. This is Dongzisu tea from the southern Yunnan region of the Great Chu Kingdom. It has the effects of cooling and detoxifying, and preventing colds. Recently, the weather has been cold, and colds are frequently occurring in Yanyang. Everyone who comes to my clinic can have a cup to prevent colds. If Madam Lin is not used to it, she does not have to drink it. Someone, take the tea away."
Upon hearing this, the maidservant snatched the teacup from Zhao Jiao's hand and promptly removed all the tea.
Hearing that it could prevent colds, and thinking that several ladies from prominent families she was on good terms with had recently caught colds, Zhao Jiao wanted to drink a few more sips. But now that the tea had been taken away, she was too embarrassed to ask someone to leave the tea behind. Her face turned pale and then dark.
Looking at the woman in front of her, dressed in a light purple brocade jacket and skirt with gold thread and a gold hairpin with auspicious cloud patterns, Zhao Jiao realized that she was no longer the wild girl who lived in the side courtyard of the Lin family and was not liked by anyone.
How could this wild girl have changed so much in just a few days since she left the Lin family?
However, this hairpin is really shabby; one is all one can afford. Indeed, a pheasant is a pheasant, and it will never become a phoenix.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jiao felt much better.
Previously, when Cai Fanzhou arrived at the Lin residence, he told Zhao Jiao that Su Ruojin wanted to sell a five-hundred-year-old Fire Spirit Ginseng.
Even though Zhao Jiao lived deep within the inner quarters, she knew that Fire Spirit Ginseng was a rare item, let alone a five-hundred-year-old Fire Spirit Ginseng.
Zhao Jiao could only think of one possibility: that old geezer must have secretly hidden it for this brat.
It's estimated that there were other treasures besides the Fire Spirit Ginseng given to Su Ruojin, otherwise how could she afford to open a clinic and wear such nice clothes!
Zhao Jiao remembered that Lin Zhengshan had mentioned that Madam Lin was also a daughter of a wealthy family, but she broke off ties with her family only to marry her father-in-law.
Given this, it's not surprising that Old Madam Lin has some good things.
That old hag, after all these years in the Lin family, she's really good at disguising herself; no one even noticed she was hiding these good things.
However, since she is a member of the Lin family, these good things should belong to Qing'er and Yang'er. Why should Su Ruojin, that bastard, get to benefit from them?
Today, she is here on behalf of the Lin family to reclaim these items.
"I wonder if Madam Lin or Miss Lin is feeling unwell, that they've come to our clinic in such a hurry. Considering we've known each other, I'll have Yanluo examine you both properly," Su Ruojin said calmly as she sat down.
Zhao Jiao retorted angrily, "Su Ruojin, what nonsense are you talking about? Who's sick? You're the one who's sick!"
This wretched girl is cursing her and Qing'er. Besides, if they were really sick, they would naturally have Doctor Cai to treat them. Why would they come to this shabby clinic?
"Oh~", Su Ruojin was not in a hurry. She took a sip of perilla tea before speaking: "Since you are not sick, may I ask what brings Madam Lin to our clinic?"
"Su Ruojin, don't play dumb. Hand over the Fire Spirit Ginseng right now. It belongs to the Lin family." Zhao Jiao was furious at Su Ruojin's calm and collected demeanor.
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