Yijia Yishi

Chapter 22 Responsibilities
The sun was setting and the room was getting darker. The last ray of light slowly faded away along with the scorching chirping of cicadas in the courtyard.

A few lights were lit in the house, as if it were daytime.

Lu Shuyi just looked down at her toes without explaining.

Seeing that Lu Shuyi didn't speak, and Mrs. Yang was beside her, old lady Lu couldn't say any more words of reproach, so she just said: "Forget it, let's listen to what the doctor has to say first!"

Under the candlelight, the doctor was wearing a light brown robe, with sweat glistening on his forehead.Putting down the medicine bowl in his hand, he looked embarrassed, his lips parted and said: "This..."

"Doctor Zhou, is there something wrong with this medicine?" Grandmother Yang's voice was a bit worried, and her brows were also wrinkled into Sichuan characters.She has worried too much these years, and the mark on her forehead is no matter how difficult it is to heal.

Dr. Zhou lowered his eyebrows, and there was also doubt in his eyes.

This medicine was prescribed by him. When he prescribed it, it was mainly for warming and tonic, and added a few herbs for dehumidification.But these herbs for dehumidification are all warm herbs, and they don't have the smell of yellow vine.

He didn't dare to say anything, the wrinkles on his forehead under the candlelight seemed to be a little heavier, like an old tree that had aged.

There was a moment of silence in the room, and the old lady Lu glanced at the maids who were waiting beside her, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, step back first."

After the person withdrew, she took two steps forward and asked in a low voice: "Doctor Zhou, but what's wrong with the medicine?"

Dr. Zhou sighed, cupped his hands and said: "Old lady, I really prescribed this prescription for the second wife. It was originally just a warming and tonic medicine, and it's okay for cats to take it, but..." He looked embarrassed, wanting to Stop talking.

"Doctor Zhou, just tell me, what's going on?" Yang's face was already chilled at this moment, and his gaze was even sharper under the candlelight.

Dr. Zhou glanced at Mrs. Yang, and then said: "There is a lot of yellow vine in this medicine. Although yellow vine is also a medicine for dehumidification, it is very poisonous. It is definitely not suitable for the second wife's constitution. The second wife uses it. After taking this kind of medicine, not only will the disease not be cured, but over time, it will become weak and sick, and finally weaken and... die..."

Doctor Zhou didn't dare to say the last few words too heavily, so he could only spit them out gently from his mouth.

But the people present were still terrified, with different faces.

Yang Shi clenched her teeth tightly, her eyes were so red that she could bleed, she raised her voice suddenly, and said, "Doctor Zhou may have found out how long the Second Wife has been taking this medicine? Can it...can it be cured?"

Doctor Zhou lowered his brows and let out a "hiss", and said in shame: "Please forgive my poor medical skills. I have been checking the pulse of the second wife for so many years, but I have not noticed any problems. The person who prescribes the medicine is very cautious and the dose is small. And it is similar to the several dehumidification medicines I prescribed, and it is not easy to detect the pulse on a daily basis..."

Speaking of this, He couldn't help but click his tongue and said: "No wonder, according to what you said, it is indeed that the person who administered the medicine was thoughtful, and it's not that you are not skilled in medicine."

"Ashamed, ashamed..."

The old lady Lu's face was very ugly, as if covered with a layer of black cloth.In front of her in-laws, such a thing happened, where should she put her face as the head of the house?
"My miserable sister, who is so vicious and wants to harm her like this." Aunt An couldn't help crying, and began to cry.

Lu Shuyi felt cold and disgusted, but she really knows how to act, and she can act so calmly, it's really amazing.

The old lady Lu glared at Aunt An, and said coldly: "You are in charge of all the big and small things in this room recently. Who makes the medicine every day?"

Aunt An took out a plain handkerchief, wiped the corners of her eyes lightly, and replied: "It's the second wife's dowry maid, Fu'er, she's a very proper person, and she's the second wife's dowry, so it shouldn't be her."

The word "dowry" was deliberately emphasized in her voice, as if she deliberately pointed out the relationship between Fu'er and the Wu family, and specifically linked Fu'er and the Wu family together.

Yang was taken aback, thought for a while, and immediately said in a cold voice: "Fu'er is indeed a dowry. Since it is a dowry, she is naturally a Lu family when she arrives at the Lu family. There is nothing that cannot be doubted. The old lady can ask questions."

"Where is she?" Mrs. Lu scolded.

"I'm waiting outside." Lu Shuyi then opened her mouth, and slowly presented the bag of things: "Grandma, this is what the fire-watching girl in the kitchen dug out from Fu'er's room, please take a look."

There was a moment of hesitation on Mrs. Lu's face. Mrs. He had already taken the things, quickly opened them and handed them to Mrs. Lu: "Mother, look."

The old lady Lu only took one look, and her complexion became more and more bad.

Aunt An glanced at the herbs in the red envelope, her eyebrows twitched, and she panicked for a moment.Fortunately, she was very good at handling it, if she didn't stare carefully, she wouldn't be able to detect it at all.

"Herbal medicine..." Yang's voice trembled slightly, calling Doctor Zhou, "Doctor, please take a look, what kind of herbal medicine is this?"

That doctor Zhou bowed his head and stepped forward, picked up a piece, took a closer look, and smelled it, and then he was sure: "This medicine is Huangteng, which is the same as the Huangteng in the second wife's medicine."

"Do you recognize it clearly?" He raised his eyebrows and asked again: "Don't you admit it wrong?"

Doctor Zhou smiled wryly, shook his head and said: "If the eldest wife doesn't believe it, you can ask the doctor to come in and have a look."

"No need." At this time, the old lady Lu calmed down, and said in a steady voice, "Excuse me." At the same time, she ordered Le'er, the maid beside her, to send Dr. Zhou out.

As soon as Dr. Zhou left, Mrs. Lu handed the yellow vine to Mrs. Yang, slightly raised her eyebrows and said, "Since Fu'er is here as a dowry, you should interrogate her!"

Lu Shuyi sneered in her heart, she was really cunning, kicking the thorny ball at her grandmother at this time, for fear of hurting the Lu family's face.

But Mrs. Yang is not someone who can be manipulated so easily, and immediately smiled and pushed the medicine bag to Mrs. Lu: "Are you driving me away?"

Mrs. Lu was taken aback, and Mrs. He hurriedly came over with a smile to smooth things over and said, "You think too much, mother just thinks that since the man came from the Wu family, it is appropriate for you to come to interrogate him."

Yang smiled faintly, and said: "Then what does the eldest lady mean, our Lianxue is not from the Lu family?"

Lu Shuyi praised in her heart that she was not close to her grandmother in her previous life, so she didn't know that her grandmother was actually quite powerful.

After a few words, it was obvious that the Lu family couldn't stand up.It's not that easy to let go of the relationship.

Mrs. He originally wanted to make things right for her mother-in-law.Who knew that instead of getting things done well, they made a mess.At this moment, she seemed to be biting Coptis chinensis in her mouth, she couldn't spit it out, couldn't swallow it, so she could only apologize and said with a smile: "Don't think so, younger siblings marrying into the Lu family, naturally they belong to the Lu family, this family has never treated her as an outsider .”

"Since this is the case, the Lu family will naturally deal with the crimes committed by Lianxue's." Yang's voice was a bit difficult, and his eyes flickered, and said: "I only have such a daughter, and I ask the old lady to make decisions for her."

(End of this chapter)