My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 173 Taking the bait

Princess Fuyun stopped crying and looked at King Qi blankly.

King Qi said calmly: "Gu Jinghui's fate is peculiar. No matter what, he will live a long life."

one way or another?

What does it mean?
Her eyes were red and swollen. She wanted to ask again, but the King of Qi had already turned and left, leaving only one sentence, "Don't make the same mistake again."

Princess Fuyun sighed.

The ninth princess born to Queen Lin was not much older than her, and it was almost time to choose a prince consort. The crown prince was a sickly person, and her own brother also wanted that position.

I'm afraid she and the Ninth Princess will also have a fight.

Fighting is the only choice for this pair of siblings.

……

Hongye took the maids and old women to clean two rooms, and ordered people to get the furniture and arrange it carefully.

At the same time, she pasted up the window screens, spread out the bedding, tied up the curtains, placed an incense burner in the room, and lit the medicinal incense prepared by Qin Yuan.

What a busy time.

After Doctor Li and Xiaodong came out of the upper room, they were brought directly here by Gu Shiliu.

Hongye had already arranged everything and said with a smile, "If you two need anything, just have someone bring a message to me."

Xiaodong stared at the clean and luxurious house and said, "The Marquis's Mansion is really generous."

He lived a simple life with Doctor Li in Renhe Hall, and had to take care of everything by himself. This had never happened before.

The Dingbei Marquis Mansion is truly a place of wealth and splendor.

Doctor Li said, "It's already very good. If you need anything, we can talk later. We need to see each other often."

Gu Shiliu said, "Okay, we'll have dinner soon. Madam has already ordered the kitchen to prepare your portions. Just ask the servant to get them."

Hongye quickly added: "Madam said that she would arrange a servant for her."

This is also to prevent Doctor Liu from doing something wrong.

As they were talking, they had already walked into the courtyard, and just then they met Doctor Liu who had returned. Doctor Liu saw two unfamiliar people in the courtyard, and asked with a twinkling look in his eyes, "Who...who are these people?"

Everyone turned to look, only to see that Doctor Liu was still wearing an apron that covered the lower half of his face, so his appearance could not be discerned. Beside him was a servant carrying a medicine box.

Gu Shiliu said, "Doctor Liu, this is Doctor Li from Renhe Hall, and this is his medicine boy Xiaodong. The Marquis said that there are more and more patients in the mansion, and he is afraid that Doctor Liu will be too busy, so he asked Doctor Li to help."

Doctor Liu stopped and said unhappily, "I have never heard of Renhetang. My Lord, please don't be deceived by some shallow people. It is true that there are many patients. I can do more."

Xiaodong glared at him and was about to speak.

Doctor Li smiled and said, "It's not surprising that Imperial Physician Liu has never heard of Renhetang. After all, Renhetang is not a clinic run by an imperial physician. However, Renhetang is the Li family's ancestral business, and it has been in the capital for more than a hundred years."

Gu Shiliu praised very respectfully, "It has been in the capital for more than a hundred years, so it must be a century-old brand. No wonder Madam always speaks well of Renhetang. The prescriptions used by the mansion to prevent smallpox this time were all given by Renhetang."

Doctor Liu remained silent and looked at Doctor Li warily, obviously feeling threatened.

Gu Shiliu tilted his head, winked, and said, "Doctor Li went to the upper room to check the old lady's pulse. Should we go to the Sixth Madam's yard tomorrow to check? The young masters have been sick for a long time and the Sixth Madam is weak and looks like she can't hold on." Doctor Li understood and immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go check it out tomorrow. The child has smallpox and it was discovered early. He will get better after taking some medicine. This disease is hard to delay and to infect many people, which will make it difficult to cure."

As the two of them talked, they saw that Doctor Liu's expression became more and more ugly, and they both thought that he had taken the bait.

"Ridiculous," said Doctor Liu angrily. "If smallpox was easy to treat, who would be afraid of it? It can kill people."

Doctor Li stood with his hands behind his back and said confidently, "It depends on who you meet. If you meet someone who is self-righteous but incompetent, it will be very difficult."

He paused and said proudly, "It was discovered early in the prefecture, and not many people have smallpox. I have a prescription passed down from my ancestors to treat it. When my ancestors were practicing medicine in Jiangnan, they treated many difficult and complicated diseases, and also helped the government prevent and control the plague. However, they did not like restrictions, refused several times, and were not admitted to the Imperial Hospital, so their reputation is not well-known."

Doctor Liu angrily said, "Everyone can brag."

After saying this, he walked into the house, his steps were a bit unsteady.

Gu Shiliu threw another look at Doctor Li, and deliberately said loudly and respectfully: "Doctor Li, you are tired today, you should rest early. The servant will go to the kitchen to get food later. Just tell him what you want to eat. If he doesn't serve you well, just tell me."

Doctor Li smiled and said, "Sixteenth brother, thank you for your help. Tomorrow I will just follow Doctor Liu to see those patients. You can send a message to the Marquis, telling him not to worry, I will take care of everything."

Gu Shiliu and Hongye then said goodbye.

Doctor Li and Xiaodong also entered the room. Xiaodong whispered, "Master, this Imperial Doctor Liu..."

"Hush," Doctor Li stopped him from talking and said softly, "You should memorize the medical books carefully. Tomorrow, follow me and watch more and talk less. Protect yourself. Do you remember?"

"Yeah," Xiaodong agreed with a blink of his eyes. He stood on tiptoe, stretched out his thin arms, reached for the teapot on the high table, and wanted to pour tea for Doctor Li.

The servant that Gu Shiliu had arranged had already arrived. He hurriedly rushed over, held the teapot from behind him, and said courteously, "Let me do it. You take a rest first."

Xiaodong felt a little uncomfortable. He looked up at Doctor Li and saw that Doctor Li was sitting very comfortably on the armchair, with his legs crossed and his fingers slowly tapping his knees. He asked, "Master, what shall we eat?"

The waiter had already poured the tea and respectfully brought it to the table. Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "I have written down the menu given by the kitchen. If you want to order something, I will recite the names of the dishes right away."

Xiaodong looked at the servant in surprise.

Doctor Li smiled and said, "Xiaodong, this is just the beginning. You must get used to it, otherwise you will become too greedy when you become rich in the future."

Xiaodong curled his lips.

The master is extremely greedy and stingy. He would like to spend every penny carefully, and he still claims to be rich.

The servant remained silent. When he had nothing to do, he just stood there quietly, very considerately.

evening.

After they had dinner and washed up and went to bed, they heard the soft chirping of birds outside.

Xiaodong got up immediately.

Doctor Li scolded: "Why don't you sleep?"

Xiaodong whispered, "There are birds singing outside."

"You are stupid. You see people causing trouble. Do you still want to live? Gu Shiliu is in charge of the outside world. Just sleep peacefully. You are just a little medicine boy."

"Oh," Xiaodong lay down obediently and retorted in a low voice: "But this is the matter of the Marquis' Mansion, the matter of Senior Sister and Senior Sister's husband."

(End of this chapter)