Hearing his extremely reluctant words, Gu Qianying followed the sound.
She thought it was someone else, but it turned out to be the eldest daughter of the Su family.
As her gaze shifted, Su Yuxi also saw that the person in her group was Gu Qianying.
"Heh, it's you."
She was the first to gather all the materials in the previous competition. Being in a group with this woman, she was confident of victory.
"Mother, let's switch with someone else. I don't like her," Xiao Yihao whispered in Gu Qianying's ear, but a competition was a competition, and everyone had to follow the rules.
After comforting her son, Gu Qianying calmly walked up to Su Yuxi.
"Alas, what a pity. I didn't expect you to stop here. Meeting me, you can just wait to lose the competition, or perhaps, admit defeat voluntarily?"
She had been silent just now, but now she was speaking rudely again.
As expected, a leopard cannot change its spots. Gu Qianying narrowed her eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips.
"I think the one who should admit defeat is you. Your mindset is not right. To heal and save people, the mindset must first be correct. With your current attitude, you probably won't be able to discern the illness."
She hadn't intended to say much, but these people were simply too noisy.
Hearing Gu Qianying's words, Su Yuxi's face immediately fell.
"You only know a little bit of medical skill for minor ailments. I am the proud successor of the prestigious Su family. The medical skills of the Su family are number one in the capital."
Proud of her family's honor, she naturally looked down on ordinary people like Gu Qianying who had no family background.
"Oh my, such a proud heir of a medical family, how can you not see the Empress's illness? If I didn't have the ability, why would the Empress have released Su Cheng and agreed to let me participate in this competition?"
Gu Qianying's words were equally ruthless.
Su Yuxi, who was left speechless by her retort, was about to retort when some people walked in from outside, and five of them stood before the two.
"The requirement for this competition is that participants cannot analyze illnesses by taking pulses. Everyone needs to understand the conditions of the five people in front of them through observation, listening, inquiry, and palpation, and then determine who is ill and what their illness is."
The judge reiterated the competition requirements, and Gu Qianying and Su Yuxi had already begun their assessments.
Standing before them were an elder, a pregnant woman, a child, a young woman, and a middle-aged man.
The conditions of these five people were all different.
Su Yuxi spoke first, asking the five people what they did, their ages, whether they had recently come into contact with anything unclean, and if there were any sick people in their families.
Gu Qianying was also observing the complexions of these people. While they were answering Su Yuxi's questions, she also carefully observed the appearance of their tongues.
After several rounds of questioning, Su Yuxi was the first to identify the person who was ill.
"Judge, I have already identified who is ill. It is this young lady."
She pointed to a woman dressed in flamboyant clothing and identified her as the one who was sick.
The woman who was pointed at sat on a chair nearby. Since she was the fastest, the judge and the attention of others shifted to her.
"Oh, and how did you determine that she was the one who was ill?"
The judge asked according to the rules, and Su Yuxi provided her answer.
"Firstly, she works in a place of pleasure, and the people who frequent such places are very mixed. Secondly, I asked about her recent physical discomfort. This young lady has been feeling unwell recently, with a certain part of her body itching incessantly, and sometimes even experiencing pain. Therefore, I conclude that this young lady must have contracted syphilis."
As soon as she said this, everyone present shied away from the woman.
Although syphilis is not contagious through speech or physical contact, in their eyes, such an illness was extremely dirty. No wonder she was from a place of pleasure and still had the audacity to come out with such an illness.
Everyone cast looks of disdain at the woman, but her expression was very unpleasant.
According to the rules, regardless of whether she was ill or not, she could not speak at this moment. Seeing the disgusted looks cast by everyone, the woman stood up and walked to the side.
Su Yuxi felt nothing was amiss; on the contrary, she felt her judgment was correct. She arrogantly walked to the side, thinking that Gu Qianying was just waiting to make a fool of herself.
Glancing at the woman from the brothel, Gu Qianying shook her head. She turned back to examine the other four people.
At this moment, she walked up to the pregnant woman.
She pointed at her, confirming that she was the one who was ill.
Seeing that the pregnant woman was rosy-cheeked, robust, and walked with a strong stride, showing no signs of illness, everyone began to discuss that Gu Qianying was making random guesses.
Seeing that she had already identified the person, Su Yuxi couldn't help but laugh.
"Haha, you actually say this woman is ill? Look at her, does she look ill at all? Moreover, she is pregnant. At this time, she must be the healthiest and most well-nourished."
Su Yuxi's words made the husband who accompanied the woman nod in agreement.
His wife was the treasure of their family. He had been carefully taking care of her since her pregnancy. Let alone being ill, she had never even had a minor injury.
Seeing that these people were completely unaware, Gu Qianying frowned.
"I think the illness she is referring to must be that this woman is giving birth. This is something everyone can see, hahahaha." Seeing her not reacting, Su Yuxi became even more arrogant, and her words also drew laughter from those around her.
The laughter of these people did not affect Gu Qianying's judgment. She walked up to the pregnant woman and asked if she had any discomfort recently.
The woman herself found it strange. She was naturally very healthy, so where could she be ill? Was this physician a quack?
Seeing that she was somewhat resistant to her judgment, Gu Qianying had to take the initiative to explain the situation.
"Since you became pregnant, you should have been eating less and less, and most of what you eat is difficult to expel. Although your complexion is very good, your tongue coating is pale, and moreover, the position of your pregnant belly is not right."
Her words hit the nail on the head, but the pregnant woman became a little flustered.
It wasn't that what she said was accurate, but rather that during this period, she had been immersed in the joy of pregnancy. These were all normal reactions that pregnant women would experience.
"It's natural that I can't eat much. The baby is a bit troublesome, so I naturally can't eat well. Moreover, my belly is so big, it's naturally difficult to expel. As for the baby's position, you haven't been pregnant, so what do you know?"
The woman defended herself well, but in reality, she had given birth to two children before, and both pregnancies had been smooth. Therefore, even if she felt a little uncomfortable this time, she didn't pay much attention to it.