Chapter 30: This Is the Beginning
Yelubai looked at Lin Zhiruo, and said after a while: "That day, Niangniang asked the emperor to make peace with King Duan at the wedding banquet, but it was sincere? β
Lin Zhiruo lowered her eyes and said lightly: "Naturally, it's true." β
Yelubai's lips curled slightly, but they turned sideways again, "In that case, then I take the liberty of asking, why did Niangniang want to reconcile with King Duan-is because King Duan has her in his heart and is ruthless to Niangniang?" β
Lin Zhiruo's eyes were cold, and she said without thinking: "No." β
This surprised Yelubai, and he was a little surprised, "So, dare to ask why Niangniang has this intention?" β
"No, I just don't want others to make decisions about my marriage." Lin Zhiruo said, raising her head and staring at Yelubai: "King Duan is not worth a penny to me, and the ambassador doesn't have to use him to negotiate terms with me." I'm a layman, and I'm only interested in money, so the ambassador will tell me how much I can give. β
Yelubai was stunned for a moment, but then smiled with relief, since this woman loves money so much, then things are much easier. He asked Lin Zhiruo: "Niangniang is a cheerful person, and I don't say much, I just ask Niangniang what kind of price she is willing to ask for to cure this disease for me?" β
Lin Zhiruo groped for the folding fan in her hand, and said unhurriedly: "The ambassador's illness is already an old disease, although it is not fatal all the time, but if an accidental illness occurs, it can be fatal if it is not handled properly, and it takes a lot of time and energy to treat this disease, and it takes a lot of time and energy to study the treatment...... I roughly estimated that it would take at least three months, and the medicinal materials plus the consultation fee would cost 5,000 taels. β
"Five thousand taels?" Yelu was a little surprised, he didn't expect his illness to be so valuable. But seeing that Lin Zhiruo's face was as cold as ice, he still calmed down, "Do you want to pay it off all at once?" β
Lin Zhiruo raised her eyes and glanced at him, "The ambassador can pay the deposit first, and then pay half of it after it has an effect, and pay the rest of the money after he recovers." β
Yelubai nodded, "In that case, then there is Lao Niangniang." This is the deposit. Yelu put a silver ticket in front of Lin Zhiruo.
Lin Zhiruo motioned for Bishu to put away the silver ticket, and then rolled up her sleeves, "Please stretch out your hand and let me check my pulse." β
Yelubai stretched out his thick arm, and Lin Zhiruo put one hand under his arm, pinched his veins with the other, and tested his pulses intently. After a long time, she withdrew her hand.
"What can you see?" Jereber asked her.
"You do have a problem in your head, but it's not just epilepsy." Lin Zhiruo stood up and walked to Yelubai's side, "I have to look at your head." β
Jerry was taken aback, "What? β
Lin Zhiruo looked around Yelubai's head behind him, and touched and knocked with her hand from time to time, making Yelubai frown. Finally, she sat back down opposite Yelubai and said with a cold face: "There is a blood stasis in the ambassador's brain, which has grown into a lump, if you don't open your brain to clean up, it will block the meridians over time, and it will be out of control. β
The female companion and Yelubai were shocked, and even thought that if Lin Zhi was deceiving them, "Is it really so serious, do you have to open your brain?" β
Lin Zhiruo didn't look at them, but said lightly: "Does the ambassador occasionally feel dizzy, and he still feels nauseous and wants to vomit, and his eyes can't see clearly?" Sometimes even numbness in the head and hands, salivation in the mouth? It's all the stuff that's at work. β
Yelubai and his female companion looked at each other worriedly and suspiciously, and began to talk in Xiliang dialect. It's nothing more than saying something I've never heard of brain-opening, and whether brain-opening will die, whether Lin Zhiruo wants to kill him or something.
Lin Zhiruo saw that the two of them didn't speak again, so she said again: "Because of this lump, you have to open your brain, which increases the risk and cost." So I decided to increase the price. β
Yelubai looked at Lin Zhiruo, and her muscular chest rose and fell violently for a while, "Niangniang really didn't deceive me?" β
Lin Zhiruo squinted at Yelubai: "I'm just a female doctor, dare to lie to a man like you who is tall and has a heavy position?" The ambassador was overwhelmed. If the ambassador does not believe or is not sure that I will do it, then I will take my leave and ask the ambassador to keep today's events confidential. β
Lin Zhiruo stood up and instructed Bishu: "Return the silver ticket to Ambassador Yelu, and let's go out for a walk." β
Bishu took out the silver ticket, and was about to put it down but was stopped by Yelubai, "Niangniang, don't go, I can trust Niangniang." β
Lin Zhiruo turned around, looked at Yelubai and said, "I just said that I wanted to increase the price, but it wasn't silverβ"
Yelubai and his female companion looked at Lin Zhiruo together, and Lin Zhiruo smiled indifferently and said, "I want to learn Xiliang characters." β
Yelubai looked at Lin Zhiruo in disbelief, this woman's scheming is really deep. She knew that he was sick and could kill him at any time, and if he didn't promise her, he would die, but he bitterly promised her to learn Xiliangwen, and she would definitely use it to deal with Xiliang one day......
"Ambassador, don't worry, I don't want to learn your country's language to do anything undercover and catch any traitors, but just to travel around the world in the future and not be trapped in Xiliang and unable to get out." Lin Zhiruo saw Yelu's worries, so she leisurely explained.
Yelubai lowered his head and thought about it, looked up at Lin Zhiruo and asked, "I want to go back to Xiliang to report to the king in the near future, I'm afraid I can't open my brain for the time being, I want to ask Niangniang how long can this illness be delayed at most?" β
Is this a promise? Lin Zhiruo was overjoyed, and immediately replied to him: "If you let it go, you will definitely worry about your life in two years." However, I will prepare some medicine for the ambassador to control the aggravation of his condition, and the ambassador will take it every day according to the doctor's instructions, and it will not be too late to open his brain and treat him when he comes to Dayue. β
Yelubai said a few words to his female companion, and finally turned to Lin Zhiruo and said, "Then everything will be done according to what Niangniang said." β
After Yelubai and her female companion left, Bishu smiled and came up to ask Lin Zhiruo: "Niangniang, you were playing those two Hu people just now, right?" Look at the two of them, their faces are black! β
Lin Zhiruo glanced at Bishu, and fell on the couch and the whole person was paralyzed, "What are you talking nonsense, Hu Ren's face is not white." Besides, how dare I, a doctor, talk nonsense about life-threatening matters? β
"Is his illness really serious?" Bishu finally frowned, "Niangniang, you promised to come down so early, what should you do if you can't be cured?" β
Bi Shu thought back to these days, Lin Zhiruo first prescribed medicine to treat herself, then helped other young ladies to treat her illness, and now she also showed Xiliang envoys - she can really cure diseases? Why did I never find out that Lin Zhiruo had this skill when I was by Lin Zhiruo's side since I was a child? Could it be that my own lady recently got the guidance of the gods in a dream, and suddenly opened up overnight?
Lin Zhiruo knew what Bishu was thinking, so she said to her: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way to do this, this princess." In the past, I have been so obscure, because I am afraid that the edge will be too strangled in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but now you Miss and I are Princess Duan, and I can show my skills without scruples, and no one can control it! β
"Although it still feels a little sudden, the slave just wants to say, the mother did a good job!" Bishu smiled and slapped her face.
"This is the beginning, and the best is to come." Lin Zhiruo stroked the birthmark on her cheek with her left hand, and her smile grew cold.