At the Thousand Autumn Banquet, when Su Qingyu saw the jade pendant shatter, she had worried that it would affect the operation of the system.
However, with so many people present at that time and the somewhat strange Cang Xuan around, she was afraid of exposing the existence of the system, so she endured and didn't say a word.
After returning to the Marquis Mansion, when she asked, sure enough, there was a problem with the system!
Unwilling, Su Qingyu called out again, "System?"
[System malfunction. Under maintenance.]
Panic instantly swept over her.
Indeed, Su Qingyu wasn't from this world. To be more precise, she was a trendy time - traveler. By a stroke of luck, she had obtained this extremely powerful "Medical System" in her hand.
As the name suggests, with the Medical System, one could become a highly skilled doctor. Moreover, this system could also bestow upon her the "Protagonist Halo", increasing her luck and helping her avoid potential dangers.
It could be said that as long as she had this system, hardly anyone could do her harm.
The reason she had reached her current status as the "Number One Talented Lady" in Shengjing, beloved and praised by all, was entirely due to the help of this system in her hand.
But now that her system had failed, what was she going to do in the future?
There were many patients of hers in Shengjing, and among them, Prince Jin, Xiao Zisheng, had the most noble status.
Prince Jin's biological mother, Concubine Tong, and Lady Tong, the wife of the Marquis of Pingyang, were sisters from the same mother. Although he was a prince, in terms of kinship, he was also the cousin of Su Zeqian, Su Qingyu, and Su Yuanyuan.
When he was young, he had become disabled in both legs due to an accident. It was Su Qingyu who, relying on this Medical System, had enabled him to stand up again and regain the ability to walk.
However, in order to gain Prince Jin's dependence and highlight her own importance, she hadn't given her all when treating the prince. Instead, she had held back a bit, so she had to visit him regularly for acupuncture on his legs.
She remembered that the next time she was supposed to administer acupuncture to Prince Jin was in two days.
In her previous life, she had studied finance and had very limited medical knowledge. Although she had learned a little bit from the system, it was impossible for her to become a full - fledged doctor.
If the truth were to be revealed, what awaited her would be far more than just being punished by the queen to copy the Admonitions for Women.
"System, can you be repaired? What conditions are needed?" she asked anxiously in her mind.
This time, the voice gave a different answer:
[The carrier is severely damaged. Repairing the carrier will restore the system's usability.]
Her gaze fell on the jade pendant on the table, broken into eight pieces. Su Qingyu angrily swept all the teacups on the table to the ground.
It was all that fool from the Duke's Mansion who had caused this!
Where on earth had that fool come from? It seemed as if she was born to be her nemesis, ruining her good deeds one after another throughout the night!
Forcing herself to calm down, Su Qingyu quickly thought of a countermeasure in her mind.
For now, she had to avoid the acupuncture session for Prince Jin in two days, and then find a way to repair the system. As long as she could repair the system before the truth came out, everything could be redeemed.
Just then, the maid knocked on her door. "Miss, what happened? Do you need this maid's help?"
In a flash, Su Qingyu had an idea. She quickly put away the broken jade pendant and asked the maid to come in and clean up the debris on the ground.
As the maid passed by her, she "accidentally" bumped into one of them and let out a pained cry.
"Ouch... it hurts..."
One of the thinner maids quickly put down what she was holding, turned around, and supported her. She asked with concern, "What's wrong with you, Miss?"
This maid was called Lvyi. She was the head maid assigned to Su Qingyu by Lady Tong, the wife of the Marquis of Pingyang. She was in charge of all the affairs in Lingxiao Courtyard and was highly trusted by Lady Tong.
This time when they went to the Qingyi Garden for the banquet, the palace had sent a message saying that none of the guests were allowed to bring their personal maids or servants. So Lvyi and the others didn't know what had happened at the banquet.
Seeing Su Qingyu trying to hide it and saying she was fine, Lvyi felt something was wrong. In the struggle, she lifted Su Qingyu's sleeve and sure enough saw a red and swollen area on her arm.
"Miss has suffered such a serious injury. Why are you still hiding it?" Lvyi said with a look of distress.
"I originally thought it was just a minor injury. Since I know a bit of medical skills, I can handle it myself. When I used to travel among the common people, I've suffered even more serious injuries than this. Didn't I get through them?" Su Qingyu said and gave a bitter smile.
"Who would have thought that now I can't even hold a teapot properly. Lvyi, I'm making you laugh."
Lvyi said, "What are you saying, Miss? Seeing you injured, this maid is only worried about you. How could I laugh at you? Since you're not feeling well, don't be so stubborn. Just rest and recuperate for a while. Leave everything to this maid."
"That won't do." Su Qingyu quickly said, "I still have to copy the Admonitions for Women three hundred times. This was ordered by the queen. Someone will come to collect it every three days. If I break my promise, I'm afraid the queen will punish the Marquis Mansion."
Hearing this, Lvyi's face immediately changed. Every woman in Shengjing knew the consequences of being punished to copy the Admonitions for Women, especially when it was ordered by the queen. This meant that something extraordinary must have happened at the Thousand Autumn Banquet.
"Why was Miss punished to copy the Admonitions for Women? Is it related to this injury?" Lvyi asked.
Su Qingyu evaded the question. "What's done is done. It's meaningless to look back. In short, it's all my fault. I'm willing to accept the queen's punishment."
The more she didn't say, the more anxious Lvyi became.
But Lvyi was a sensible person. She didn't ask further. Instead, she and the other maids worked together to treat Su Qingyu's injury.
After the injury was treated, Su Qingyu yawned. She casually found an excuse to dismiss the maids and then lay down to rest with her eyes closed. She gently stroked the gauze on her arm with her finger and curled her lips in the darkness.
The injury on her arm, of course, wasn't caused by Su Yuanyuan. She had deliberately burned herself when she went back to change clothes again after pushing someone into the water.
As for why she didn't show this wound at the Thousand Autumn Banquet?
It was because the purpose of this injury wasn't to prove her innocence.
The Thousand Autumn Banquet was the queen's territory. Now that she had willingly accepted the punishment in front of the emperor and the queen, she had not only saved the emperor and the queen's face but also retained a bit of her own image.
As for her damaged reputation, she could regain it through this injury.
For example... Lady Tong.
Sure enough, within half an hour, Lingxiao Courtyard became bustling again. Lady Tong was supported and rushed over in a hurry. She pushed open the door and called out tremulously:
"Yu'er..."
Su Qingyu sat up from the bed as if she had been awakened. "Mother, why are you here?" She looked at Lvyi standing at the end and feigned anger:
"Lvyi, why are you so ignorant? Mother is still sick. How could you alarm her?"
Lady Tong sat down on the edge of the bed and hugged Su Qingyu into her arms, crying. "Yu'er, it's all mother's fault. Mother is so useless. If mother had been in good health and could have accompanied you to the banquet, you wouldn't have been bullied like this..."
Su Qingyu said bitterly, "Mother, don't listen to them. I wasn't bullied. I did something wrong. I deserve the punishment."
"No!" Lady Tong's face darkened. Although she was ill, she still had a strong aura when she was angry.
"Your elder brother has just told mother everything. It was clearly that stupid girl from the Duke of Yong's Mansion who bumped into you first, but that Lady Mo was so aggressive. In the end, both you and Qian'er were punished. Qian'er was even demoted by His Majesty. The Duke of Yong's Mansion is really going too far!"