Chapter 354: Life is at stake

Early in the morning.

The second steward of the Changxing Marquis's Mansion was awakened by a slap from his own wife, and his hysterical scolding seemed to blow the roof off.

"Mr. Qian, what's the matter with those rashes on your face? Did you go to that brothel to hang out with those bastards again?"

"What rash?" Manager Qian dazedly opened his eyes and was shocked to see his wife's face full of flesh. "You...what's wrong with your face?"

Upon hearing this, his wife quickly looked in front of the mirror and then burst into a scream, "You also passed these dirty diseases to me, I will kill you!"

The couple started fighting inside the house and then outside, causing a huge scene.

Unexpectedly, the maids and servants passing by all covered their faces, looking ashamed.

The couple immediately realized that something was wrong and stopped fighting. "We have to report this to Lord Zhao!"

now.

Zhao Yi was guarding the Huwei Hall where Yu Ci's jade ruyi was stored. Even though there were many people deployed inside and outside, she did not dare to relax.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, and she rushed out excitedly, "Did you catch the thief with the strange hands?"

But when he rushed out of the door, he only saw a young maid, Mei'er who followed Song Yuqiu.

A sense of disappointment surged in his heart, and Zhao Yilian's tone was unfriendly, "What are you doing here?"

Mei'er stepped forward and saluted, "Master Zhao, my wife wants to take some herbs from the warehouse for urgent use!"

As he said this, he hurriedly handed over a list that was filled with words.

When Zhao Yi heard this, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Even though Song Yuqiu was the wife of the Marquis, if she wanted to use the medicinal materials in the warehouse, she had to ask for permission.

Otherwise, among those in charge at home, who would dare to take the initiative to give things to her?

Without even looking at the prescription, Zhao Yi deliberately said, "The warehouse is busy today. The managers have to take inventory. Let's talk about it after they have sorted it out in two days."

"But my wife really needs help urgently..."

"That's all I can do. Well, go back and don't get in the way here. If you delay me from catching the thief, I'll make you pay!"

After saying that, he had Mei'er driven out.

When Mei'er was dragged out, she was still shouting, "My wife asked me to get some herbs. It's urgent. It's a matter of life and death!"

The shout happened to be heard by Manager Qian and his wife who had come to report.

"What is this girl yelling about? What's the matter with human life?"

Just as I was about to ask, Mei'er wiped away tears of sorrow and ran away quickly.

Seeing this, Manager Qian and the others did not bother to pay any more attention. They hurried in and told Zhao Yi about the strange things that had happened in the mansion.

Zhao Yi looked at the rashes on the faces of several people and frowned, "Why did so many people suddenly develop rashes?"

Although she was confused, she still asked someone to call a doctor.

Soon, the doctor arrived at the house.

He was shocked when he saw the condition of the people. After checking them, he waved his hands, said that he was not an expert in medicine, and left quickly.

I consulted several doctors, and each of them had the same condition.

Finally, the stewards stopped a doctor and refused to let him go until he explained the situation. He then stammered, "Your symptoms look a bit like... an epidemic!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the mansion was in a panic.

Epidemics are contagious and can kill people!

When the news got back to Zhao Yi, she suddenly became a little panicked.

After she realized what was happening, she immediately ordered the soldiers to be on high alert, "Stop everyone, don't let anyone enter Huwei Hall!"

What if she gets infected?

But something so serious could not be allowed to continue unchecked.

She suddenly thought of someone, "Someone, hurry up and inform Wen Yan!"

Not long after, Wen Yan arrived with his soldiers and surrounded the entire mansion.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw so many people with rashes on their bodies. He frowned and asked, "Where is Zhao Yi?"

"In Huwei Hall."

"Go and call her over here!"

When Zhao Yi heard the call, he didn't want to go, fearing that he would be infected.

But Wen Yan was her boss after all, and he was not easy to fool. She finally came after some hesitation, but she had already covered her mouth and nose with a mask.

When Wen Yan saw her, he immediately asked, "What's the situation now? When did the epidemic happen? Where is the source? How many people have been infected now?"

Zhao Yi hesitated, "I... this..."

I couldn’t answer any of them!

Seeing her like this, Wen Yan frowned immediately, "How come you don't even know these things when you are in the mansion?"

Zhao Yi argued, "I have a duty to protect the safety of the gifts. I can't care too much about other things."

"To you, are the lives of so many people in the mansion less important than a dead object?"

Perhaps because he was a little angry, Wen Yan's tone suddenly became much higher, so that many people present could hear it clearly.

For a moment, all the looks towards Zhao Yi were filled with a hint of resentment.

Although they are servants who work for her, she cannot fail to treat them as human beings and take their lives seriously!

Seeing this, Zhao Yi hurriedly tried to make amends, "I have already sent people to invite several doctors to the mansion, but they are all helpless. I am a weak woman and I don't know any medical skills, what can I do? Oh, isn't our wife a doctor? Why don't we ask her to come over and take a look?"

In the blink of an eye, she thought of a good candidate to take the blame.

Wen Yan frowned. He knew that Zhao Yi was being petty, but since human life was at stake, he still spoke up, "Go ask the lady to come over."

Not long after, the servant left and came back.

All the managers looked eagerly at the intersection.

They have heard that although their wife is a woman, she is very skilled in medicine and can cure fatal diseases, so she can definitely save them!

However, what he had been waiting for so long was actually Mei'er, Song Yuqiu's maid.

Mei'er stepped forward and saluted Wen Yan, "Commander Wen, my wife cannot come and cannot be saved. Please find someone else who can help."

Wen Yan frowned, but didn't have time to say anything.

Zhao Yi, who was standing by, would never miss such a good opportunity and immediately spoke up, "Madam, what do you mean by this? She is a miracle doctor, but she said she couldn't save the patient without even looking at him. Is it true that she couldn't save him, or is she angry with us because of the previous incident and refused to save him?"

Either Song Yuqiu only had the reputation of being a miracle doctor but had no real skills.

Either that, or Song Yuqiu was narrow-minded and would take revenge on someone in need without helping him.

No matter which one it is, Song Yuqiu will be completely hated by everyone in the mansion this time!

As expected, the managers gnashed their teeth and were burning with anger.

"I don't think she wants to save us."

"What a miracle doctor! Bah!"

"She is not worthy of being the wife of our Marquisate!"

Mei'er heard the scolding all around her and she clenched her fists in anger, with red eyes.

"Shut up! Do you think Madam doesn't want to save you? As soon as she found out about the illness, she wrote a prescription and asked me to take it to Lord Zhao to get medicine to save everyone! But Lord Zhao said that the warehouse needed to be cleaned up and inventoryed, and refused to give me the medicine! Without medicine, what can Madam use to save you?!"

The hysterical roar shocked everyone.

Wen Yan reacted immediately and asked Zhao Yi, "Master Zhao, is this true?"

Zhao Yi swallowed his saliva and tried desperately to find an excuse, "At that time, I thought my wife was just suffering from a minor illness..."

"Nonsense!" Mei'er shouted, "I kept emphasizing that human life is of paramount importance, but you didn't care!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the managers present immediately remembered that they had indeed run into Mei'er when they went to report.

She was holding a prescription and indeed shouted "human life is at stake".

"Could it be that we have misunderstood, Madam wanted to save us, but Lord Zhao was unwilling to give us the herbs?"

When they thought of this, pairs of bloodshot and angry eyes turned towards Zhao Yi.

When Zhao Yi saw the wind direction change, he became as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

She didn't know that an epidemic had broken out in the mansion at that time, so how did she know that Song Yuqiu sent the maid to ask for medicinal herbs in order to save people?

The stewards were too busy to care about anything else and immediately gave Mei'er a polite and flattering smile, "Miss Mei'er, we have misunderstood the Madam. Can't we kowtow to her and admit our mistakes? Please invite her out quickly and treat our illness!"

These people usually cheat their superiors and bully his wife, but now when they need help, they have the nerve to come to him with such a big face.

Mei'er snorted coldly and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go ask my wife to come out."

The stewards quickly showed expressions of gratitude.

Mei'er returned to the yard and immediately told Song Yuqiu everything that had happened.

Song Yuqiu looked at Xie Zhuoning and gave her a thumbs up in admiration, "Sister Zhuoning, you are still amazing!"

With just a prescription and a few words, Zhao Yi and a group of managers were separated!

"Wait," Xie Zhuoning used powder to darken her lip color before she left, "This will make you look more miserable. The more miserable you are, the more guilty they will feel. But these rashes, will they really have no effect on your body?"

As she spoke, she looked at the red spots on Song Yuqiu's face with worry.

Song Yuqiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Zhuoning, these rashes will disappear tomorrow."

She prescribed the medicine herself and knew it well.

Xie Zhuoning nodded, "Okay, go ahead. Zhao Yi will definitely find a way to trick you again, so you can act accordingly."

"Don't worry," Song Yuqiu was full of confidence after being trained all night, "I will make sure she can't make any waves today!"