The True Cause of the Disease
“You…” Doctor Jiang stood up in fright, accidentally knocking over the chair behind him.
Yu Qingluo pulled her hand back and slowly leaned against the chair she was sitting on. Smiling, she asked once again: “I heard that Yu residence’s concubine Li shi[1] was under your care?”
“Who are you people? You aren’t sick in the least. So, what do you want?” He was surprised, even after looking for a long time, he didn’t find a single thing wrong with her body. And now, hearing her words, he seemed to have understood it all, these two weren’t searching for medical treatment in here from the very beginning.
Yu Qingluo crossed her legs and used her fingers to put some hair strands behind her ears, smiling, she said: “What is Doctor Jiang so nervous about? I’m just asking you a question and you just have to answer me honestly.”
Doctor Jiang took a few steps back, looking back and forth as if he wanted to find a way to leave or call for help.
However, Jin Liuli was blocking the door and, seeing her standing there with a murderous look, he knew that a weak doctor wasn’t her opponent at all.
He looked at Yu Qingluo with some trepidation and then again at Jin Liuli. After some hesitation, he then nodded his head: “Yes, Li shi was indeed treated by me.”
In any case, that wasn’t something that only a few people knew, telling her this much wouldn’t matter.
Yu Qingluo smiled in a satisfied manner: “Then, can Doctor Jiang at least tell me what kind of disease she has?”
“I, I don’t know.” This was a scandal of a big household, how could he tell this to others?
“You Don’t know?” Yu Qingluo stood up and walked a few steps towards where he was. Raising her eyebrows, she said in a lower tone: “Doctor Jiang is a high-ranking disciple of the former head of the Imperial Hospital, one who enjoys a high reputation in the entire capital. The imperial doctors in this place are all extremely skilled, so how could a doctor with such high-end skills say that he doesn’t know someone else’s condition? Haven’t you seen her several times already?”
Doctor Jiang gulped, understanding that the two women in front of him were probably targetting the Yu household.
Nevertheless, although Yu Zuolin had been demoted a few days ago, his power still couldn’t be underestimated and, sooner or later, he’d make a comeback. He couldn’t afford and was unwilling to offend someone of such stature.
And also, the origin of the woman in front of him is unknown, he still couldn’t tell her purpose yet.
“Li shi’s body condition is certainly not good, but what a pity that my skills are limited and I’m not skilled enough. So I’m unable to tell what disease she has even after visiting her a few times.”
“Eh…” Yu Qingluo chuckled in a deeper tone: “Does Doctor Jiang have to be this pretentious? Or do you just not care about the poison in your body?”
“Sure enough…” Jiang Yunsheng [2] looked at his darkened fingers and his face turned bluish.
Yu Qingluo glanced at him and continued smiling: “Doctor Jiang is a famous doctor and you should know that this sort of poison isn’t easy to deal with. Of course, you may also think that I’m just spewing threats to scare you and that you can just go find your master to solve it all. But what a pity, I personally developed this poison and I guarantee you that it can’t be solved by anyone but me. Or, why don’t we let doctor Jiang give it a try?”
Jiang Yunsheng’s expression changed drastically. His heart shivered as he watched the black colour spread from the tip of his fingers.
As Yu Qingluo said, he was a doctor and of course, he understood just how destructive and lethal this sort of poison was. He also understood his own abilities and knew that he wouldn’t be able to detoxify this poison. And he also wouldn’t be able to find someone capable of in such a short time. This woman had such a cruel heart, using such a vicious method.
He glared at Yu Qingluo and cursed her out in his mind countless times, but couldn’t help but just take a deeper look at her. He couldn’t even tell when she poisoned him as he didn’t feel it in the least.
“Doctor Jiang, you better think carefully.” Jin Liuli leaned back at the door, staring directly at him, as she reminded him kindly: ” o lose your life for a concubine that has nothing to do with you isn’t worth it at all, am I right?”
To lose your life for a concubine that has nothing to do with me?
In this kind of situation, most people would of course know which one to choose. And else, in the eyes of men, the status of a concubine would be considered to be much lower than their own.
Jiang Yunsheng looked at the two in front of him, and after gritting his teeth in frustration he said in a lower tone: “Ok, I’ll say it.”
Yu Qingluo and Jin Liuli looked at each other and then started listening attentively.
“Li shi’s disease isn’t actually a big deal. It’s just heat-deficiency cold, she only needs her to care of herself properly. But her mood is depressive and the failure to keep herself in a better mood will cause her body to become progressively weaker and she becomes even sick from time to time, so her face becomes pale. This is happening because she has previously fallen into the water and suffered from serious disease afterwards which hasn’t been treated properly. Every time I go there, I can only prescribe some replenishing medicine for her body, but she also has to take care of herself.”
After speaking, Jiang Yunsheng raised his eyes to look at them. Seeing that after listening to his words their expressions still didn’t change from the original smiles, his heart couldn’t help but jump in his chest. Could it be that she didn’t believe it?
Yu Qingluo laughed. This man! If he doesn’t suffer a bit, then he’ll never learn.
If Li Ranran’s situation was just as he described, ‘a weak constitution’ then why would Yu Zuolin risk being reprimanded by the emperor and go all the way to Jiang Cheng just to find the Ghost Doctor? Would he have waited those 5 days just for the sake of seeing the Ghost Doctor or have spent that much money just for that chance just for a matter of ‘a weak constitution’?
Yu Qingluo sighed, she looked at Jiang Yunsheng once again and, after shaking her head, she stood up and turned to Jin Liuli: “Let’s go.”
“Hey, wait a minute Miss. What about my antidote?” Jiang Yunsheng was taken aback by her and hurriedly stepped forward with his already blackened hands raised near Yu Qingluo’s face as he tried to block them.
“Doctor Jiang has great medical ethics and is unwilling to share his patient’s information, I can understand this. But I really hate when others lie to me. Since doctor Jiang only cares about his life this much, then I have nothing else to say.” Yu Qingluo shrugged, then winked at Jin Liuli.
The latter quickly stretched out a hand and slapped Jiang Yinsheng’s arm. With a grunt, his arms dropped weakly and he could only look in horror at the other two people walking outside.
Seeing that they were about to reach the door, he couldn’t care much about anything else anymore and hurried to shout: “Wait a minute… I, I’m telling the truth. I’m telling the truth!”
Yu Qingluo’s steps halted very cooperatively. But without looking back, with a smile on her face, she said: “Does doctor Jiang really want to tell the truth? Well, since you are so sincere, then I’ll be even more sincere and tell you about this poison. In fact, this poison isn’t all too bad, it’s just that the way that it kills people that is a bit awful. As the whole body is corroded inside out and is turned into a puddle of water, bit by bit.
Jiang Yunsheng’s face turned pale and he really couldn’t care about anything else at this moment. He had already started feeling some weird soreness at this point and the pain had begun spreading, slowly eroding his internal organs.
“Li shi is infertile.”
Li shi is infertile… she is infertile… infertile!
Yu Qingluo’s lips widened into a big smile.
Translated by C, The Apostle of Coffee
Edited by NoveLeo, Life is a Drama
Translator’s Notes
[1] 氏 (shi) – once again. It is used to indicate a maiden’s surname when she’s already a married woman, since they don’t change her surname when she marries over, what changes is her title!
[2] Doctor Jiang’s full name.
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