“Oh yes, since we’re both fulfilling our promises, I hope…” she raised her hand, showing the mark from being grabbed, “next time, please show some respect. I’m not a thing or a puppy or kitten. This really hurts. If you don’t believe me, try it on yourself.”
Chang Yuncheng stopped in his tracks, his face iron-blue.
“Thank you,” Qi Yue waved her hand, smiled slightly and nodded, then turned and walked away.
A’Ru bowed slightly to Chang Yuncheng and followed.
“Young Madam, what if Madam doesn’t agree to you not managing the household?” A’Ru asked quietly.
“Whether she agrees or not has nothing to do with me,” Qi Yue laughed. “I just came to tell her.”
A’Ru was stunned by her words, then realized she was following Qi Yue around a corner—this wasn’t the way back to their current courtyard.
“Where are we going?” she asked.
“To find my backing,” Qi Yue said with a laugh.
A’Ru made a confused sound, completely bewildered.
Hearing that Qi Yue had come to request an audience, Marquis Dingxi, who was in his study admiring a newly acquired painting, hurriedly had her invited in.
“After working so hard for so many days, why don’t you rest more?” Marquis Dingxi said with hearty laughter.
“I’m actually not tired,” Qi Yue said with a smile. “I knew the patient’s condition and had confidence in my heart. It’s not like you, Father, who knew nothing and worried—that’s what’s truly exhausting.”
Look, look at that! You blind fools who still laughed at me and mocked me! Which of your families could find such a daughter-in-law? I’d call you my ancestors!
Marquis Dingxi laughed heartily.
“However, there is one matter that troubles Father,” Qi Yue said.
“What trouble? Just tell me what it is,” Marquis Dingxi said with feigned displeasure.
“It’s like this—although saving people isn’t tiring, this time I also saw my own shortcomings. Because I hadn’t practiced for a long time, my medical skills had deteriorated. If not for Doctor Liu’s assistance, I would have made a fool of myself this time,” Qi Yue said with a sigh. “Moreover, after this incident, I might encounter other requests for medical treatment. To avoid embarrassing Father and the family, I want to quietly study medicine again.”
“Good, good! Being humble and eager to learn—learning is endless,” Marquis Dingxi, being a cultured man, loved the pursuit of learning above all. Learning anything was learning, and medical skills were naturally included. He looked at Qi Yue with a face full of praise.
What a pity she was born a daughter! If she were a son, she might have great achievements! Surgical treatment! Even being head of the Imperial Medical Academy wouldn’t be impossible!
“So regarding household management, I think Mother should continue to be troubled with it,” Qi Yue said.
“What trouble? It should have been her responsibility all along. Don’t worry about it—go busy yourself with your studies,” Marquis Dingxi said with a wave of his hand.
When the news reached Madam Xie, she swept all the beauty vases off the table.
The sound of shattering frightened the maids in the room, who quickly retreated.
“Troubled? Should be my responsibility? It wasn’t my responsibility before, but now it’s become my responsibility again!” Madam Xie trembled with rage, shouting hoarsely.
This was too much bullying! Was there such a way to bully people!
“What if I just don’t manage it! That slut can say whatever she wants! Why should I!” She stood up to go outside.
Nanny Su grabbed her arm.
“Madam, you can’t! If you tell the Marquis you won’t manage it, there are plenty of people waiting to take over,” she said hurriedly.
That slut Concubine Zhou was probably waiting for this day…
With the Marquis’s muddled brain, he couldn’t withstand a few coaxing words and might really do it…
Maybe this was exactly what that slut Concubine Zhou had calculated…
Madam Xie collapsed back into her seat.
Why?
Because that Qi Yueniang had backup, while she had none…