Several days later, Leng Ruo Li had Leng Ruo Li personally deliver the beauty gu she had cultivated to the Immortal Celestial Manor to Miao Qing Dai (Madam Zhong).
She also had Ye Ying instruct her to only hand the beauty gu to the Ning King on the day before the Ning King’s wedding.
Later, Miao Qing Dai did as Leng Ruo Li instructed.
On this day, Jun Mo Han and Leng Jin Yu went to the military camp again. After breakfast, Leng Ruo Li brought Xing Er and came to the An Ji Tang medical clinic.
At An Ji Tang, Bai Yu Xuan had also been brought back to the mansion by the Marquis of Jing Yuan and his wife two days prior.
When Leng Ruo Li arrived at An Ji Tang, Chu Ming Xuan and his old disciple, as well as the two doctors Yang and Han who resided in the Cold King’s manor, also came to make house calls today.
According to Chu Miao Ling, there had been an especially large number of patients visiting An Ji Tang for treatment in the past two days. Even though all the doctors in their clinic were making house calls, there were still two long queues in the courtyard.
However, these people who came to An Ji Tang for treatment were mostly suffering from symptoms like headaches and fevers. They could have easily gone to any other medical clinic, gotten some medicine, and been treated. There was no need for them to crowd into An Ji Tang medical clinic for treatment.
This trend, if it continued for a long time, was not a good sign. It would surely incur the envy of other medical clinics, and it would also bring disaster to her An Ji Tang.
Just as Leng Ruo Li was lost in thought…
Four burly men carrying a corpse appeared at the entrance of the An Ji Tang medical clinic, blocking the way. What was even more outrageous was that they directly placed the corpse horizontally outside the clinic’s entrance.
“Everyone, quickly come and see! An Ji Tang has killed someone with their medicine! They’ve killed someone!”
The one leading them was a tall, strong farmer, dressed in coarse linen. The mud on his shoes was thick with yellow mud, and he had a rough, loud voice. He sat down on the ground and started to cause a scene.
“Everyone, quickly come and judge for me! My mother had a bit of a headache yesterday. Then, she heard from a neighbor that the doctors at An Ji Tang were very skilled, that they didn't charge consultation fees, only a small amount for medicine, and that the medicine from An Ji Tang was very effective. My mother heard about this good deed and went to An Ji Tang medical clinic yesterday to treat her headache. But after the doctors at An Ji Tang examined her, they prescribed her two types of unusual pills… I never expected that after my mother took the pills prescribed by An Ji Tang last night, she fell asleep and never woke up. This morning, she turned into a corpse.”
This farmer was shouting and making a scene at the entrance of An Ji Tang.
His words quickly attracted a crowd of onlookers, completely blocking the entrance to An Ji Tang. The crowd was in an uproar and discussing amongst themselves.
“Heavens, the medicine from An Ji Tang actually killed someone! I just finished my consultation at this clinic and bought two boxes of medicine. Could these medicines also have problems? If I take these medicines, will I also not wake up like this old lady?”
“Yes, I also bought medicine at An Ji Tang yesterday. They were also all sorts of strange pills. I saw the medicines they prescribed were completely different from what other doctors usually prescribe, and I don’t dare to eat them!”
“What are you afraid of? An Ji Tang is the clinic under the Cold King’s Consort. Don’t everyone know what kind of person the Cold King’s Consort is? If she wanted to harm you, she would have done it long ago…”
“That’s right, I don’t believe there’s a problem with the Cold King’s Consort’s medicine! A few days ago, my father’s head was injured by a piece of wood, and he bled a lot. It was the Cold King’s Consort who stopped the bleeding, stitched up the wound, and then gave my father three days of pills for free. My father’s head wound is now almost completely healed.”
“Alas, but it’s strange, the pills the Cold King’s Consort prescribed for me were so convenient to take, sweet, and only needed a cup of warm water to swallow them. Unlike the bitter decoctions prescribed by other doctors…”
“Yes, yes…”
In short, among the onlookers, some believed Leng Ruo Li, while others did not. Some even stood aside as mere spectators, not taking sides.
“Consort, something bad has happened! Someone is causing trouble at the entrance,” He Zi Yi and He Zi Cheng ran in hurriedly.
“What’s going on?” Leng Ruo Li asked, confused.
“Consort, some farmers have carried a dead person and placed it at our clinic’s entrance,” He Zi Yi said urgently.
As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Ruo Li’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“I’ll go out and take a look!”
With that, Leng Ruo Li strode across the courtyard and quickly walked out of the clinic entrance.
She saw that the entrance to her clinic was already packed with people.
“Make way, everyone, make way!”
He Zi Yi and He Zi Cheng immediately cleared a path for Leng Ruo Li.
Upon seeing Leng Ruo Li emerge, the crowd consciously made way for her.
Leng Ruo Li opened her eyes and saw a corpse covered with a white cloth lying on the ground. Beside it, a burly man was leaning over the corpse, crying and wailing, tears streaming down his face, and his eyes red with weeping. Three impassive burly men stood beside him.
The man who was crying and making a scene saw Leng Ruo Li emerge from the clinic. His grief turned to anger, and he abruptly stood up, pointed at Leng Ruo Li, and yelled, “It’s the pills you, this demoness, developed that killed my mother! Today, I will make you bury my mother!”
After the farmer finished speaking, he drew a dagger from his waist and lunged at Leng Ruo Li. Unexpectedly, before the farmer could even touch Leng Ruo Li, He Zi Yi, who was beside her, kicked him flying.
“You ignorant fool! Murdering the Consort is a crime punishable by the extermination of the entire clan! How many lives does your family have to be beheaded? Even I, who used to wander the martial world, know this. Don’t you, an ordinary commoner, know it?”
He Zi Yi angrily rebuked the farmer.
Although the farmer wasn’t seriously injured by He Zi Yi’s kick, his body still felt quite sore.
After hearing He Zi Yi’s words, he remembered the identity of the woman before him and felt a sense of trepidation.
At this moment, Leng Ruo Li glanced at the corpse on the ground and then looked at the farmer, asking, “Is this your relative?”
Upon hearing this, the farmer nodded in acknowledgment, “This is my mother!”
“Then can you tell me in detail what your mother did before she died?” Leng Ruo Li asked again.
“Yesterday, after my mother came to your clinic for her headache, she spent a few coins to buy your medicine and took it home. She also obediently took the medicine as instructed by your doctor. She took two of your pills on time before sleeping. But after my mother took the pills prescribed by you, she died in her bed the next day,” the farmer said in a cold voice.
“Then do you still have the pills your mother took? Can you bring them here for me to see?”
Leng Ruo Li did not rush to defend herself but calmly asked the farmer if he had any leftover pills.
“Yes, yes, I brought both types of pills. I want everyone to see what the pills that poisoned people in the Cold King’s Consort’s clinic look like!”
As the farmer spoke, he took out the medicine his mother had bought at An Ji Tang from his chest and handed it to Leng Ruo Li.