Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Chapter 17 Qu Qiuyan Was Forced to Change Her Story

“Yes, I am!” Medical Officer Zhang looked at Qu Qiuyan with a sullen face.

Although his official rank was not as high as the vice minister, he had a lot of chances to meet the nobles from the royal family as an imperial doctor. Many officers always turned to him for help and even the prime minister respected him a lot.

The look on Qu Qiuyan’s face turned awkward. She had thought that this man was just a quack and never did she realize that he was from the imperial hospital.

But her mother told her that Qu Moying had just returned to the capital and didn’t know a lot of people. How did she manage to find the medical officer?

“Are… you lying?” Qu Qiuyan said suspiciously.

“Third Lady, are you questioning me now? Fine, I’m on duty in the imperial hospital today. Why don’t you come with me?” Medical Official Zhang snorted.

As Qu Qiuyan heard his intimidating words, her face turned red and green. She forced an awkward smile on her face with her lips trembling and stood up to give obeisance to him, “I really don’t know you are a medical officer, please forgive my rudeness!”

The gentle look on her face suggested that she was not that crazy shrew at all. It did have stunned everyone that how fast her attitude had changed!

“You do me too much honor. I’m just a quack!” Medical Officer Zhang said with a cold voice.

“Master, my third sister got a lot of pimples on the face. Maybe that’s why she was disrespectful just now. Please forgive her!”

Qu Moying took a few steps forward and gave obeisance to Medical Officer Zhang. After she smoothed things over, she raised her head to talk to Qu Qiuyan, “Third sister, Medical Officer Zhang is the best doctor. I think he could cure your face. Why don’t you let him treat you?”

Hearing that her pimples could be treated, Qu Qiuyan got excited at once with the look on her face turning tenderer. She said, “Sorry that I didn’t recognize how great a doctor you are. Please forgive my rudeness. What I said… to my fourth sister, are all jokes. We always entertain each other like that.”

She would never admit that she had been disrespectful just now, because she was afraid that Medical Officer Zhang would tell that to the nobles from the royal family.

After saying that, she shot a fierce glance at the maids around her.

Seeing that, those aggressive maids and senior housemaids all lowered their heads, looking quite obedient as if they had never tried to capture Qu Moying.

Now Medical Officer Zhang only found Qu Qiuyan not only evil-minded but also hypocritical. He had heard the good reputation about Third Lady Qu before, and now he found it just a rumor.

This time he didn’t reject them and only snorted, since he had already accepted Qu Moying’s gift.

Also, before they had arrived, Qu Moying had told him many times that Qu Qiuyan had a bad temper which he might have to endure.

As Medical Officer Zhang had seen Fourth Lady Qu who was reasonable and elegant and remembered the stories about Third Lady Qu, he had thought that Third Lady Qu’s temper was just a bit worse than Fourth Lady Qu’s.

However, What Third Lady Qu did had just blown his mind.

Anyway, since he was already here, he had to do his job.

Seeing that Medical Officer Zhang stopped talking, Qu Moying asked someone to bring a chair to let him sit down so that he could give the diagnosis.

After Qu Qiuyan took off the veil, the red pimples on her face were exposed, some of which were extremely obvious. Her pretty face was totally ruined, looking swollen and twisted.

After Medical Officer Zhang had taken Qu Qiuyan’s pulse and checked on the pimples, he then said in a flat tone, “Third Lady Qu has allergies!”

“It has nothing to do with the scars on my face?” Qu Qiuyan asked in disbelief while pointing to her face. Qu Moying had left scratches there with her fingernails when slapping Qu Qiuyan.

Qu Moying shot a sarcastic look at Qu Qiuyan through the veil. She had known that she wouldn’t be exposed when slapping Qu Qiuyan. The reason why Qu Moying had invited Medical Officer Zhang was that she wanted him to clear her name.

Among all the doctors in the capital, no one was more authoritative than Medical Officer Zhang!

Qu Qiuyan’s inflamed face was covered with pimples. Now that it had been a day since she had been slapped, the scratches were already indistinct.

Medical Officer Zhang looked closely at her face and then said firmly, “Third Lady, I’m sure you have allergies now.”

“But I never had allergies before!” Qu Qiuyan got anxious instantly. She and Yu wanted to blame Qu Moying for everything, so she couldn’t let Medical Officer Zhang give the diagnosis so quickly.

“Since Third Lady Qu doesn’t believe me, why did you bother inviting me over?! I won’t treat you then!” Medical Officer Zhang said coldly and stood up, seeming to be ready to leave at any time.

“Third sister, Medical Officer Zhang specializes in treating allergies. If he doesn’t treat you, your face will be ruined!” Qu Moying reminded Qu Qiuyan with a flat tone.

“Wait, Medical Officer Zhang. I… I was too anxious just now, so I spoke without thinking. Please forgive me!” Qu Qiuyan had to admit that she had allergies this time.

The doctors who had come over before had also said that she had allergies, but they couldn’t give any effective treatment, which disturbed Qu Qiuyan a lot. Now that she heard Medical Officer Zhang had a solution, she just completely forgot Yu’s words.

Old Lady Qu’s birthday was about to come. Qu Qiuyan heard from her father that Lord Jing was going to come. She couldn’t let her face remain like this.

“Third sister, did you really… get allergies?” Hearing Qu Qiuyan making a concession, Qu Moying then emphasized her words on purpose.

“Yes, I did!” Qu Qiuyan answered snappishly. She had to admit that she had allergies in order to let Medical Officer Zhang treat her.

“Medical Officer Zhang, how to cure my third sister? What caused the allergy?” Qu Moying had known that Qu Qiuyan would say what she wanted to hear.

“It’s early spring now. The flowers are all blooming. People are susceptible to allergies. I can’t find the cause for the allergy because I don’t know what kind of things did Third Lady touch. But I can give a prescription which could cure her!” Medical Officer Zhang said impatiently.

Normally it was difficult to get his prescription, but this time he still prescribed because he liked the painting a lot.

“Thank you very much, Medical Officer!” Qu Moying said respectfully.

Medical Officer Zhang was pretty satisfied with Qu Moying’s manner. Then he nodded and followed the maid to give the prescription.

“Qu Moying, just because you invited the doctor here doesn’t mean this is over!” After Medical Officer Zhang had left, Qu Qiuyan raised her eyebrows and thumped on the table, snorting. Then she looked to her maids and senior housemaids, still planning to push Qu Moying into the pond after Medical Officer Zhang had left.

After such a big scene she and her mother had made, she couldn’t afford to achieve nothing!

Her mother was waiting for the news of Qu Moying’s eyes and face being destroyed!

“Of course this is not over.” Qu Moying sat on the chair smilingly and said with a composed look, “Third sister, if you still make a fuss about it, do you know who will hear about this? Do you know the relationship between Medical Officer Zhang and Lord Jing?”

Qu Moying had come here by herself only because she had a leverage…