“So that’s how it is.”

Madam Fang paused, “Sure enough, these men are fickle and fickle.”

It was always true that wildflowers were better than domestic flowers.

And there was no shortage of vixens in this world.

Madam Yun saw that Madam Fang was a little absent-minded, and patted her with her hand, “What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing, I just thought that since Miss Su is a concubine, and she has ordered two sets of clothes for men, it must be for that senior official in the capital. Then we need to make them carefully, so as not to be criticized for our shortcomings and said that our craftsmanship is not as good as that of Linglong Pavilion in the capital.”

Hearing what Madam Fang said, Madam Yun nodded, “That’s right since he came from the capital, I think he has worn Linglong Pavilion’s clothes. We need to be cautious not to ruin Linglong Pavilion’s reputation. We two will have to work hard these days.”

“Yes.” Madam Fang smiled and nodded.

After a moment, she gritted her teeth again.

In the past few days, He Yanxiu still hadn’t come back.

Kang Shi was busy preparing for the opening of the shop and was busy all day long. She no longer came to see Su Yujin. Chen Shi was also going back to her natal home for a few days because her grandmother was going to celebrate her birthday.

Su Yujin had some free time and began to write pills for He Yanxiu to take for his next course of treatment.

This soup medicine was supposed to last for another month, but seeing how busy He Yanxiu was, it was not easy for him to eat three meals a day on time. She was afraid that this soup medicine could not be taken on time.

Based on this consideration, Su Yujin decided to replace this soup medicine with pills in advance, which was convenient for carrying and taking, and could also ensure that he could take the medicine on time.

So, after breakfast that day, Su Yujin went to buy the various medicinal materials she needed.

There were quite a few medical clinics and medicine shops in Hedong Prefecture. Su Yujin found the one with the largest storefront. Seeing that the various medicinal materials she wanted were complete, she asked the clerk to get the medicine according to the prescription she had prepared and the quantity.

After the herbs were ready, Su Yujin paid the money and asked Ai Cao to take the herbs. The two walked back together.

It rained yesterday, and the bluestone slabs on this street were still a little wet. Pedestrians on the road walked slowly to prevent slipping.

“Miss, please hold onto your maid, don’t slip…”

Before she finished speaking, Ai Cao slipped and fell hard on her butt, and even knocked down a young girl in green clothes next to her. The two of them fell to the ground.

Su Yujin pulled Ai Cao and hurried to help the girl who fell to the ground.

“I’m sorry, are you hurt?” Su Yujin asked with concern.

Hua Jiang practically scrambled to her feet, too flustered to respond to Su Yujin’s question. Instead, she hurriedly picked up the oiled paper package that had been thrown far away when she fell.

Due to the force of the fall and then being sat on, the oiled paper had completely come apart, and the herbs inside were scattered all over the place.

“My medicine!” Hua Jiang turned pale and cried out.

“I’m really sorry if your medicine was broken, I’ll get you another one. Miss, you can go to the clinic to see if you’re injured, so we can both feel more at ease.”

“It’s too late!” Hua Jiang’s lips trembled, and tears could not stop flowing. “My wife is in labor. This is the medicine for induced labor that the doctor just prescribed. I only have two steps to the inn, but you have thrown me into this state.”

“If I go to get the medicine now, I don’t have that much money. It will take a lot of time to go back and forth. If my wife’s delivery is delayed and something goes wrong, even if I have ten lives, it will not be enough to compensate!”

The bought slaves, with their body contracts in the hands of the master, could be beaten and scolded at will, and even their lives were not their own. Many times, even if they had done nothing wrong, the master may sell them if he was unhappy, not to mention delaying such a big thing as saving lives.

If it was investigated, her life would really be in danger.

And the reason why this maid was like this was because of her carelessness.

Hearing this, Ai Cao’s face turned pale, “I’m sorry, this is all my fault.”

Having caused such a big mess, Ai Cao was so flustered that she couldn’t say another word. She instinctively looked at Su Yujin, “M-Maid, maid…”

Su Yujin frowned, thought for a moment, and said, “Give the prescription to the maid next to me and let her go get the medicine first. I’ll go with you to see your wife first.”

“I have some knowledge of medicine,” Su Yujin said, “and I just bought many herbs from the apothecary, including angelica, bai zhu, perilla leaves, dried tangerine peel, and chuanxiong. All of these are suitable for preparing an obstetric prescription. When the time comes for treatment, if anything is needed, you can directly choose from them to prepare medicine for your lady to take.”

When Hua Jiang saw that Su Yujin had proposed a solution to the current dilemma, she was relieved at first, but then her face was full of worry, “This… will work?”

She had just met someone casually on the road, who claimed to know medicine and could help take care of her difficult mistress. Not to mention that she was somewhat skeptical, even if this person truly had exceptional medical skills, bringing her back so abruptly—would her mistress and the maid, Mother Shen, agree to let her see the patient?

“It’s like this now, and there is no better solution. It’s better to make up for it than to panic and not know how to adapt after encountering something. When the time comes, I will help you explain it to your mistress so that your mistress will know that you are not doing a bad job, but there are reasons.”

There was some truth in what she said…

After all, it was already like this, and they should try their best. Maybe there would be a turnaround.

After thinking about it, Hua Jiang nodded heavily, “Then let’s do as Miss said. You go with me to see the lady first, and this sister will go to get the medicine first.”

After the agreement, Ai Cao took the prescription and hurried to the medicine shop to get the medicine, while Su Yujin followed Hua Jiang to the Penglai Inn not far away.

The mistress Wang Shi mentioned by Hua Jiang, whose husband’s surname was Qin, had booked the entire inn and the backyard at this time, and cleaned out a room in the backyard as a temporary delivery room.

Before entering the delivery room, Su Yujin had already smelled the strong smell of blood and many people coming in and out of the delivery room.

“Hua Jiang, why did you come back just now?” Hua Zhi frowned when she saw Hua Jiang’s empty hands, “Where are the medicines you went to get for Madam?”

“Sister Hua Zhi, I, I…” Hua Jiang looked at Hua Zhi, who had a stern expression and shrank her neck timidly.

“My lady, this is what happened.” Su Yujin roughly told Hua Zhi the cause and effect, “So I came to see Madam first, and see if the medicinal materials I have can be used to solve the urgent problem, and also to make up for the trouble caused by my maid’s carelessness.”

Not only did she lose the medicinal materials, but she also found a girl who claimed to be a doctor?

Hua Zhi raised her eyebrows and looked Su Yujin up and down, “You say you know medical skills, so you know medical skills? If you are not good at medicine and delay my Madam’s delivery, can you bear it?”

(End of this chapter)

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