This crying and shouting made everyone in the room feel heartbroken. Even Liu Chengyang, standing beside Old Master Liu, changed his expression. Looking at his wife and daughter crying on the ground, he couldn’t help but step forward. Old Master Liu stood up.
“Marquis, I’m returning your daughter to you and won’t manage her anymore, but it’s reasonable for me to take my family’s child with me, isn’t it?” he said to Marquis Dingxi blandly.
Indeed, this was an irrefutable logic.
Marquis Dingxi didn’t even want to speak or raise his head. He began to regret in his heart – if he hadn’t kept Chang Chunlan and her daughter back then, today’s humiliation wouldn’t have happened…
Upon hearing Old Master Liu’s words, Chang Chunlan and Yan’er were greatly shocked, and the mother and daughter immediately embraced each other.
“…Aunt, Aunt…” Yan’er suddenly broke free from her mother and threw herself at Qi Yue, who had been silent for a long time. “Aunt…”
She raised her head and looked at Qi Yue with tearful eyes, but didn’t know what she should plead for.
Though she was young, she knew she was surnamed Liu, not Chang…
Could someone not surnamed Liu help her?
Qi Yue held her and looked toward the standing Old Master Liu.
“Old Master, Yan’er’s condition is really an illness. Even if you don’t believe me, haven’t you ever found other physicians to examine her?” she said hesitantly, her expression and tone completely different from before.
Relying on just a mouth to win over that brainless Marquis Dingxi is about right! An embroidered pillow!
Old Master Liu’s solemn expression showed several traces of undisguised contempt.
There were few people left who could make father show his emotions externally. Liu Chengyang saw this and sighed on the side – even though it was disdain, Young Madam, you could say you’re honored.
“…Which physician could examine this?” Old Master Liu said blandly.
He meant this wasn’t an illness.
Qi Yue smiled awkwardly.
“I’m ignorant and young, so I don’t know either. Our Yongqing Prefecture has several good physicians…” she seemed not to understand his meaning and said hurriedly, “I heard they’re all very capable…”
Old Master Liu glanced at her blandly.
“Capable? Your Yongqing Prefecture also has capable physicians? If even you can be called a divine physician, then Yongqing Prefecture must be full of immortals,” he said.
Qi Yue seemed even more panicked by his words.
“Well, well, I don’t know either. I heard from others that they’re very capable. If Old Master looks down on them, then I don’t know who else could be a good physician…” she said, determined to keep harping on the topic of physicians.
What Old Master Liu should do at this moment was stride away, not waste words with her here. But seeing the woman who had been so arrogant before now becoming submissive and obsequious felt quite good. Ignorant child, arrogant and conceited – let me give you a few more pointers on behalf of Marquis Dingxi.
“Speaking of good physicians, Old Physician An of Shanning Prefecture could indeed be called one,” he said blandly. “Next time Young Madam makes empty claims about illnesses and calls herself a divine physician, you might as well go see this physician first and learn what a real physician is.”
Chang Yuncheng was startled and looked at Qi Yue, suddenly smiled slightly, and continued to remain motionless.
Qi Yue showed a look of sudden realization.
“Old Physician An? Is he that capable?” she asked.
“At least more credible than you,” Old Master Liu said blandly.
“Oh…” Qi Yue looked at him and drew out her tone. “Old Physician An of Shanning Prefecture…”
This woman’s face no longer showed that submissive look.
“Is he really that capable?” she asked back. “How come I’ve never heard of him? Why are his words more credible than mine?”
Old Master Liu glanced at her.
“What are you anyway!” he said blandly. After speaking, he no longer looked at Qi Yue and turned his gaze toward the door. Suddenly he froze.
At some point, two people had walked into the courtyard, one of them sitting in a wheelchair.
Old Master Liu looked at this person, surprise appearing on his face.
What did he see?
Marquis Dingxi also saw two strangers had come to the courtyard.
“Who are they?” he asked irritably. Where was the steward? Where had he died? Had that cowardly dog hidden himself? Not even watching the main gate, letting anyone barge in?
“An Jinzhong of Shanning Prefecture pays respects to the Marquis,” the old man in the wheelchair said, cupping his hands in salute.
Old Master Liu’s originally surprised expression suddenly intensified, finally becoming dumbfounded.
What?
“Father, it’s Old Physician An!” Liu Chengyang didn’t have his father’s decades of cultivated composure and couldn’t help shouting loudly, pointing at the old man in the courtyard. “It’s Old Physician An! The sage’s words are indeed right – don’t speak of people behind their backs, speak of them and they arrive!”
Go to hell, which sage ever said that!
Old Master Liu cursed in his heart. That brat must have been secretly reading forbidden books bought on the street again!
However, what a coincidence – what was Old Physician An doing here?
He immediately thought that this family insisted Yan’er was ill, so they must have invited Old Physician An to treat her.
That’s right, it must be so!
So what?
Would Old Physician An say this was an illness?
He snorted, but before the snort was finished, he froze again.