20demayo Chapter 22 022 The Debt Collector
Chapter 22 022 The Debt Collector
Chapter 22 022 The Debt Collector
Ye Pianran snapped out of her daze and quickly kowtowed three times to Liu Luluo. After finishing her greeting, she poured a cup of tea, handed it to Liu Luluo, and said respectfully, "Master, please have some tea."
Liu Lulu took the tea, dipped some mugwort in the tea, and sprinkled it on Ye Pianran's forehead and shoulders before saying, "From today onwards, you are my disciple, Liu Lulu. From now on, you must follow your master to learn medical principles diligently, always remember your identity as a doctor, never harbor any intention to harm others, never refuse to save those in distress, and never use your medical skills to do anything improper. Do you understand?"
"Disciple, please obey your master's orders!"
Liu Lulu smiled with relief, bent down to help her up, and said, "After all, you are a young lady of the Marquis's mansion, and your status makes things inconvenient. You don't need to come to the Incense Burning Academy to study anymore. Just come to the Xuanji Pavilion of the Medical Hall to find me every now and then. I will be waiting for you there."
"Yes, Master," Ye Pianran nodded in response.
"Now that you've become my disciple, you must begin to seriously study medical principles from this day forward. Take these medical books back and study them on your own. Remember to mark the parts you don't understand, because I'll be testing you next time we meet." Liu Lulu picked up several medical books from the table and handed them to Ye Pianran with great seriousness.
"Disciple understands, disciple will definitely read it carefully." Ye Pianran nodded in response, and quickly asked Lingyi and Lingshu to put the book away.
Doctor Mo beamed with delight, stroking his beard as he said, "Miss Sun will have to call me 'Uncle-Master' from now on. Excellent, excellent."
Liu Lulu raised her eyebrows and glared angrily at Doctor Mo, saying, "What business is it of yours! You can't even recognize this little bit of poison? I don't acknowledge you as my senior brother! You're just trying to take advantage of others after the fact, shameless!"
"If I hadn't brought her to the Incense Burning Courtyard, she might have been someone's disciple!"
"She wants to worship, do you dare to accept her?"
"I--"
The two of them bickering was so amusing that Ye Pianran couldn't help but laugh out loud. She was already beautiful, and her smile was like a profusion of apricot blossoms blooming on a spring branch, captivating to the extreme.
Liu Lulu couldn't take her eyes off Ye Pianran. She placed her fingertip on the fake scar on Ye Pianran's face and sighed, "You kept this fake scar to protect yourself, didn't you?"
Ye Pianran's smile faded slightly as she said, "I just wanted to use this opportunity to see some people's true colors."
Withdrawing her hand, Liu Lulu said, "It's good that you know what you're doing."
With the city gates about to close, Ye Pianran bid farewell to Liu Luluo and, having agreed on a date for their next meeting, rode back into the city in a carriage with Doctor Mo.
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No sooner had Ye Pianran left than the light in Liu Luluo's room dimmed, and a tall, handsome man dressed in black, exuding a cold and austere aura, slowly walked out from behind the screen.
Liu Lulu turned around and said to him with a serious expression, "I remember you came to see me a few days ago and mentioned that your mother's health was getting weaker and weaker, and that no matter how the imperial physicians treated her, there was no improvement, right?"
The man's gaze lingered on the incense burner for a moment, then he said coldly, "Yes." His voice was deep and sharp, like a blade ringing in the cold wind, sending shivers down one's spine.
He was none other than the Third Prince Chunyu Yang, the Prince of Beiwu, who once led 20,000 Xuanjia soldiers to successfully recapture the lost Xiafeng Pass and Linshui Pass, and drove back the 150,000-strong allied army of Xiliang and Yechu to the outside of the Linshui River basin. He was personally appointed as the General of the Cavalry by the current emperor.
“Once you return, immediately send people to thoroughly investigate everything used in your mother’s palace. This poison takes effect slowly, but over time it will corrode the heart and bones, making it extremely vicious.” Liu Lulu’s face was extremely pale. “Since the Wan Ku Sect was wiped out, I haven’t seen such a ruthless method in a long time.”
Chunyu Yang frowned, his face cold and stern: "You mean, there are still remnants of the Wanku Sect alive in the world?"
"It's hard to say, but ordinary people really can't make this kind of poison." Liu Lulu sneered. "I'm really curious, who would want to poison the mistress of the Marquis's mansion with such a poison? If they wanted someone to die, wouldn't it have been quicker to just feed her arsenic?"
Chunyu Yang asked, "Do you know how to cure this poison?"
“I’ve never seen this poison before, and it’s not known in the martial arts world. It would take at least a few months to cure. I do have a way to cure your mother, but I’m afraid the Lady of the Marquis’s Mansion can’t wait.” Liu Lulu sighed regretfully, “It’s a pity that my newly accepted disciple has to experience the pain of losing her mother at such a young age.”
Although Chunyu Yang hadn't met Ye Pianran in person, her composure and decisiveness in answering Liu Luluo's three questions left a deep impression on him. In his mind, most young ladies from wealthy families in the capital were spoiled and weak, and very few were as resilient and intelligent as her.
However, appreciation is just appreciation. With a slight nod to Liu Luluo, Chunyu Yang said, "I entrust the antidote for my mother and the medicine for the soldiers to you, sir. Farewell."
Rolling her eyes, Liu Lulu waved her hand at him like she was shooing away a chick: "I know, get lost, I really regret knowing you, you debt collector!"