The Madam of the Heir looked at Luo Wanqing with disdain. In her eyes, Luo Wanqing was merely a skilled physician. Even with a medical hall, it didn't change the fact that she was just a physician. The Prince’s Mansion also employed several outside physicians, and which one of them didn't show her utmost respect, agreeing with whatever she said?
“It is because I think highly of you that I have come to your Hundred Herbs Hall,” the Madam of the Heir said with a cold snort. “You are being evasive, clearly looking down on me. I can naturally teach you a lesson. As a physician, you are refusing to see a patient, which is clearly your fault.”
“Refusing to see a patient? Is the Madam of the Heir currently outside the door?” Luo Wanqing asked calmly. “The Madam of the Heir and her entourage are clearly inside my medical hall. The shopkeeper has repeatedly told the Madam of the Heir that the medical hall has highly skilled physicians. What kind of refusal to see a patient is this?”
“I want you to treat him,” the Madam of the Heir said forcefully. “Otherwise, I will make sure your Hundred Herbs Hall cannot operate in the capital.”
Qi Zhenzhen had remained silent, observing the Madam of the Heir’s arrogance. She hadn’t realized the Madam of the Heir was so brainless before! Putting aside everything else, if you want someone to treat a patient, you need to show them the courtesy of asking. You come in with a commanding attitude, treating everyone like a servant of the Prince’s Mansion? Or do you think the Prince’s Mansion can do whatever it wants in the capital? It’s laughable.
There were so many medical halls in the capital. Has the Madam of the Heir ever considered that besides strength, the Hundred Herbs Hall, as a rising star, might have other backing to remain stable and become a leader?
“I am not seeing patients,” Luo Wanqing stated calmly.
“Since you are a physician, you have no choice,” the Madam of the Heir said with a cold snort. “Guards, smash this place!”
Luo Wanqing unhurriedly revealed a waist token. “Who dares?”
The servants did not recognize the token entwined with a five-clawed golden dragon, but the Madam of the Heir did. Items carved with a five-clawed golden dragon could only be used by the Emperor, and it bore a large character ‘Chong’. Although she didn’t know the token’s function, the Madam of the Heir recognized it as something belonging to Emperor Chongwen.
How could a mere physician with good medical skills possess Emperor Chongwen’s waist token?
“Where did you get this waist token? Illegally possessing royal items is a grave crime,” the Madam of the Heir said, her voice laced with feigned sternness.
“Where did I get it? Naturally, from the person who possesses it. I didn’t want it at all, but the other party was too enthusiastic and insisted on giving it to me. They also said that when this token is shown, it’s as if they are personally present,” Luo Wanqing said unhurriedly. “The Madam of the Heir is clearly well-traveled and knows what this token represents. Therefore, please do not lose your decorum. Otherwise, if I pass on a message later, the Madam of the Heir might be accused of great disrespect.”
Although the Prince’s Mansion was of royal blood, their relationship with the current Emperor was not very close. When the heir inherited the Prince’s Mansion, this relationship would become even more distant. Therefore, the Madam of the Heir did not dare to challenge anything. The fact that the owner of the Hundred Herbs Hall dared to produce this waist token in full view of everyone indicated that the token was genuine and obtained through proper channels.
A mere owner of the Hundred Herbs Hall actually had Emperor Chongwen as their backer!
“Why is the Madam of the Heir愣着 (愣着 - stunned/frozen)?” Luo Wanqing asked with a smile. “What? Does the Prince’s Mansion’s power not even regard that person? If that’s truly the case, then I must find an opportunity to return this token. When it was given, I was told it was a good thing, but now it seems to be useless.”
Reporting to Emperor Chongwen…
The Madam of the Heir shivered. Unwillingly, she knelt before Luo Wanqing. Seeing this, Lu Jingning also quickly knelt. In an instant, a crowd knelt before Luo Wanqing.