As a doctor, one's greatest interest lies in what kind of medicine can cure what kind of patient.
"Okay, we'll take you back," Yi Qing replied immediately. "Pack two roasted geese."
Yi Qing was using the General's Mansion's carriage when she came out today, and there were guards beside it. When Pang Wu and the others saw Lu Youming getting into the carriage, they didn't dare to approach.
"Are you...?" Lu Youming got into the carriage and looked at Yi Qing in surprise. "The wife of General Xiao?"
"How do you know?" Yi Qing was taken aback.
"By this symbol," Lu Youming pointed at the sign hanging outside the carriage.
Yi Qing didn't realize there was such a thing. "Then how can you be sure it's me?"
Lu Youming bowed. "The General's wife is a legendary woman in the capital."
Yi Qing had no idea when she had become a legendary woman. "Tell me about it."
"First of all, it's the fateful encounter between the General's wife and General Xiao..." Lu Youming said mysteriously.
Yi Qing was a bit surprised. She herself hadn't fully understood what had happened between her and Xiao Jinghan before, but this Lu Youming had guessed it almost right. If she weren't the person involved, she might have thought Lu Youming was more reliable.
"How do you know all this?" Yi Qing looked at Lu Youming.
"Based on the attitudes of different parties. Everyone has a different personality, and their reactions vary when something happens. Then we're not far from the truth," Lu Youming said confidently.
Yi Qing looked at Lu Youming. "Don't you think it's inappropriate to talk about these things in front of me, the person involved?"
Lu Youming forced a laugh. "Most of it is just my guess. But Madam, how did you and the General's child come about?"
"Didn't you say that the General was at the Di family back then, and Mrs. Di didn't know I was her own daughter and wanted to kill me? Then the General saved me, and I developed feelings for him secretly," Yi Qing joked.
"I did think so at first, but later when Mrs. Di announced your identity, I thought there might be some misunderstanding in this matter."
"Misunderstanding?"
"Think about it, Madam. Since your mother could announce your identity, she's not the kind of intolerant person," Lu Youming's train of thought could transform into thousands of curious souls at any time, never missing any juicy gossip. "Of course, she wouldn't force a concubine's daughter to death."
Hearing Lu Youming say this, Yi Qing was stunned for a moment. She had no affection for Mrs. Di. She had noticed this matter before because she had viewed it very objectively, as it had nothing to do with herself. After all, she had overlooked some details.
"Go on," Yi Qing motioned for Lu Youming to continue.
"And I also know about Mrs. Wen. After she was forced to leave the Yi family back then, she lived in Zizhu Alley. There were many literati and refined scholars living there. I heard she had a good relationship with them," Lu Youming said mysteriously. "Before, there were even some women who went to Mrs. Wen's place to make a scene."
Yi Qing perked up. She had thought her cheap father and Mrs. Wen were true lovers. Now it seemed that Yi Changxing's forehead couldn't bear the greenness anymore.
"How do you know all this?" Yi Qing sized up Lu Youming.
"I'm the know-it-all of the capital. There's nothing that happens in the capital that I don't know."
Yi Qing's eyes rolled. She knew very little about the capital. Now she had to deal with those unfamiliar nobles, and she just needed such a person right now.
"Really?" She looked skeptical. "Don't tell me you guessed it all."
"I did guess a bit, but I also guessed based on evidence."
"Then do you know how many enemy spies there are in the capital?"
Lu Youming felt this conversation couldn't continue. "That's the court's business. What does it have to do with me?"
Yi Qing scoffed. "You claim to be the know-it-all of the capital, but you don't even know about the spies."
"There's no money in it," Lu Youming said she wasn't interested.
"You can make money if you know these things?"
"These are all leverage..." Lu Youming covered her mouth immediately halfway through.
Yi Qing suddenly realized that this Lu Youming was like a paparazzi, specializing in using other people's unknown secrets to threaten them. "Then why do you know so many things about the General's Mansion?"
"I'm just very interested in the youngest first-rank general in the current dynasty."
Hearing that someone was interested in her husband, Yi Qing immediately got unhappy. "You dare to have designs on my husband."
"Don't misunderstand. Don't you think he's a legend?"
Yi Qing thought so a bit. "Don't digress. First, talk about your interest in my husband."
"I'm a man. How could I..."
Yi Qing directly took off Lu Youming's felt hat. Her black hair cascaded down. Lu Youming was a bit flustered, picked up the hat, and forced a laugh.
"A man?" Yi Qing raised her eyebrows.
Lu Youming had no choice but to smile at Yi Qing. "Since we're of different genders, of course I'm not interested."
"Pfft—" Yi Qing was defeated by Lu Youming.
As they were chatting, they arrived at Lu Youming's home. It was a very small courtyard with a main hall and east and west wing rooms. There was a big ginkgo tree in the yard, and there was a stone table under the ginkgo tree. It was very clean.
"Mother, I'm back," Lu Youming entered the inner room and called out.
"En..." Mrs. Lu responded in a dull voice.
"I've already found the miraculous medicine for mother. Mother will surely get better after taking it," Lu Youming took out a small bottle.
Although the room was cleaned very clean even though there had been a long-term patient in it, there was always a smell in a room where a patient had lived for a long time, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
The light in the room was a bit dim. Yi Qing couldn't see clearly. She only saw that the other person's complexion was very bad, with serious dark circles under the eyes and a listless spirit.
"Madam Xiao, please sit outside first," Lu Youming said a bit embarrassedly.
"How long has your mother been like this?" Yi Qing had no intention of leaving.
"For over a year," Lu Youming actually didn't really believe in Yi Qing's medical skills. "It wasn't this serious at first. She just felt bloated and painful in the lower abdomen, and it gradually got worse."
"I'll examine her," Yi Qing roughly knew what the situation was after hearing what Lu Youming said.
"I..." Lu Youming hesitated. "I have no money left after buying the miraculous medicine." She meant she couldn't afford Yi Qing, ignoring the fact that she had said she would pay them to take her back. Anyway, she was already back.
"What on earth is this miraculous medicine you keep talking about?"
"Ganoderma powder. It's said to be able to bring the dead back to life."
Yi Qing thought how terrible ignorance was. Although ganoderma powder was very precious, it wasn't really a miraculous medicine. It was mostly used as a health supplement. "Your mother's illness can't be cured by ganoderma powder."
"Ah?" Lu Youming was disappointed. "Then the doctor lied to me. I spent all my savings and bought it on the black market."
Yi Qing sighed. She sat by the bed and examined Mrs. Lu. Sure enough, it was pelvic effusion. It was just that the illness had been delayed for too long, which had led to other complications.
"I can cure your mother's illness," Yi Qing sized up Lu Youming.
Looking at Madam Xiao's expression, Lu Youming said, "What are your conditions, Madam?"
"How about following me from now on?"
Lu Youming hesitated. "If Madam Xiao can really cure my mother, I'm willing to be a bull or a horse to repay you."
"Who wants you to be a bull or a horse? I'm not short of them. What I mean is for you to work in the General's Mansion and listen to me from now on. You can name your monthly salary."