Chapter 1520: 328, What a moron! (Third Watch)
However, at this mont, Lin Yuan beca sowhat curious about how Xiao Linshuang got acquainted with Wen Jingming and couldn’t help but ask.
Speaking of this, Xiao Linshuang was filled with regret.
“Alas! If I had known I’d be stuck with this clingy pest, I would never have beaten him in the first place in a fit of irritation!”
It all started when she was reading books in the palace.
That day, Xiao Linshuang had saved Princess Cuiping’s life at the palace banquet, and it just so happened that Doctor Wen, who was called to see a patient, witnessed the event.
Unexpectedly, this little girl who barely had a full set of whiskers turned out to be the disciple of the most formidable Imperial Physician in the palace, Zhen Xiuming.
Back then, Zhen Xiuming had a reputation that filled the entire Capital city. Not to ntion the Emperor and Empress, the full court of civil and military officials, even the commoners of the Capital city who should know nothing about the secrets of the palace were aware of this old man’s great na.
As a result, all the doctors in the Capital city wanted to seriously compete with this legendary old man; even if they lost, it would still be an honor. And the younger generation saw becoming a disciple of Zhen Xiuming and learning dicine from him as the most glorious achievent of their lives.
Speaking of those days, one could describe it as unparalleled and unprecedented. Lao Fan’s residence in the Capital city was almost always surrounded by people to the point that water could not leak through. Lao Fan even stopped returning ho and spent all his days hiding in the palace.
What was even more incomprehensible to everyone in the Capital city was that Zhen Xiuming, with his dical skills, simply refused to take on any disciples; he turned away everyone, whether they ca from a noble background or were commoners. Even if soone with exceptional intelligence from the Capital city ca to him, he couldn’t even be bothered to spare them a glance.
Back when Lao Fan was still in the palace, Doctor Wen was not yet an Imperial Physician, just a re apprentice, and naturally, he could only dream of becoming his disciple.
Who would have expected that he couldn’t beco a disciple of Old Mr. Zhen back then, but now he had encountered his disciple instead, and moreover, a young girl at that. Naturally, he refused to accept it and insisted on competing with Xiao Linshuang to see what extraordinary abilities allowed her to catch Lao Fan’s attention.
Hence, this fellow ca to the Book Pavilion to find Xiao Linshuang every two or three days. At first, he pretended to bump into her by chance, but after ‘chance etings’ happened too often, even an idiot could see the pattern, not to ntion the clever Xiao Linshuang.
After the ‘chance etings’ happened seven or eight tis, Xiao Linshuang finally forced Doctor Wen to show his true colors.
Rembering Doctor Wen’s eagerness to compete with her, Xiao Linshuang couldn’t help but laugh uproariously.
“Big sister, if you had seen him at that ti, you would have found it hilarious. He had over a dozen jars on him, and as he walked, they all clinked away. At first, I even thought he was an old eunuch stealing things from the palace to sell!”
Not only did Xiao Linshuang find it amusing, but Lin Yuan also found it very funny after hearing the story. It seems that Doctor Wen was aware of how Lao Fan operated, knowing that his disciples would surely be as tricky as him, so he had carried more than a dozen bottles and jars just in case.
“He was guarding against you poisoning him!”
Hearing her elder sister’s teasing, Xiao Linshuang laughed even harder: “Even if I wanted to poison him, no number of little jars, not even a big vat, would help! I thought since he’s getting on in years, he might not be able to handle those powerful drugs, so I only gave him a tiny bit of mute dicine.”
Saying this, Xiao Linshuang stretched out her little finger to Lin Yuan to show that the amount of dicine she used was indeed just a tiny bit.
“Tsks tsks.”
Shaking her head regretfully, Xiao Linshuang continued: “I told him to co to for the antidote if he admitted defeat. I thought he could cure himself, but who knew that such a tiny bit of mute dicine would leave him unable to speak for three whole days and nights!”
Three days and nights? Lin Yuan imagined what Doctor Wen must have gone through in the palace during those three days. When the Emperor called for him to diagnose a condition, could he have been playing charades with the Emperor? It would be rciful for the Emperor not to have him beheaded!
“Later I gave him the antidote and told him not to disturb my reading anymore, but then he stopped coming, and this ti he sent his son instead!”
Speaking of this matter, Xiao Linshuang looked utterly distressed: “Compared to his father, Young Master Wen is even more of a blockhead! It was still mute dicine, and he ca to find the very next day. Big sister, do you know how he looked when he ca to find ?”
Seeing Xiao Linshuang’s sly, smiling face, Lin Yuan knew that Wen Jingming must have done sothing extrely embarrassing.
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