RPAGF Chapter 375
Chapter 375
Hearing this, Zhiya stood to the side, not daring to speak.After all, she was just a little maid and knew she couldn't compare to an imperial physician.
The doctor standing nearby didn't say a word; he simply wanted to see what kind of diagnosis this imperial physician could come up with.
After all, the girl's complexion was rosy, and she didn't look sick at all.
"Ah Lan, doesn't this imperial physician look a bit familiar?" Lady Du whispered into Madam Qiu's ear as she looked at the physician.
"I don't think I've seen him before." Madam Qiu looked at this so-called Imperial Physician Niu; she truly hadn't met him.
"Is this man reliable?" Seeing Cheng Qingli's rosy complexion, Lady Du also felt that the girl didn't seem to have any problems.
It was just that Madam Qiu was desperate and turning to any doctor she could find. Since Madam Qiu was her good friend, Lady Du had no intention of exposing the situation.
"Let's observe first," Madam Qiu frowned, sighing inwardly. Usually, her youngest daughter was as strong as a calf. How could she not panic when the girl suddenly collapsed?
No matter how erratic her personality was, she was still her own flesh and blood.
"Second Miss Cheng has been poisoned."
As Niu Jichuan's words fell, everyone present was stunned.
Poisoned?
"Doctor, have you examined her carefully?" Li Zhiwei's expression was not looking good.
Cheng Qingli was poisoned in her house?
Didn't this blatantly imply that she was the one trying to poison Cheng Qingli?
If word got out, how would the Li family survive?
"Where did this ignorant child come from? I am an imperial physician, how could I misdiagnose something like this?" Niu Jichuan actually didn't know how to diagnose patients at all; he had only gotten a menial job in the Imperial Academy of Medicine through connections.
He was just spouting nonsense based on watching the other imperial physicians check pulses on a daily basis.
As for how to detoxify Cheng Qingli later, the Imperial Academy of Medicine had antidote pills anyway. He would just feed her one.
Those antidote pills could cure poison if there was any, and if there wasn't, eating one shouldn't cause any harm, right?
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhiya originally thought this imperial physician was capable, which was why she kept quiet. But looking at it now, what kind of imperial physician was this?
He wasn't even a half-baked doctor.
She was clearly just drunk, yet he actually claimed she was poisoned.
"Imperial Physician Niu, you must examine her carefully." Hearing this, Madam Qiu even glared at Li Zhiwei.
Her daughter was poisoned in the Li family's home. Wouldn't the prime suspect for the poisoner be the members of the Li family right in front of her?
Thinking of this, Madam Qiu shot a meaningful glance at the maid beside her.
"Madam Cheng, we all ate the same things Second Miss Cheng ate, and we are all fine." Wenxiu also found it somewhat absurd.
Why were they fine?
How did Cheng Qingli end up poisoned?
Thinking of this, Wenxiu felt that from now on, she must definitely keep her distance from the Cheng family.
"Zhaonan gege..." Cheng Qingli, who was on the bed, suddenly murmured. Then, she giggled foolishly, rolled over, and continued to sleep soundly.
However, everyone in the room had somewhat strange expressions.
Especially Wenxiu.
Her heart sank. Could the Zhaonan gege Cheng Qingli was talking about be her eldest brother?
Thinking of this, Wenxiu looked somewhat uncomfortable. Her eldest brother shouldn't have any interactions with this Cheng Qingli.
Li Zhiwei, who was standing to the side, also understood, but she didn't know who Zhaonan gege was.
Madam Qiu, Madam Cheng, also heard her daughter's murmurs, and her expression wasn't very good either.
Her own daughter was unconscious in someone else's house, not to mention she was mumbling someone else's name.
The key point was that this person was a man!
She was an unmarried young lady; did she still want her dignity?
"Imperial Physician Niu, since you say my daughter is poisoned, may I ask what kind of poison she has been afflicted with?" Madam Qiu's face was dark, and her tone wasn't pleasant either.
"This..." Now it was Imperial Physician Niu's turn to be in a difficult position.
After all, he was just spouting nonsense; how could he possibly name the poison?
After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered hearing in the palace that the most potent poison was arsenic. Without a second thought, he blurted out, "Second Miss Cheng has been poisoned with arsenic!"
Hearing this, the nearby doctor looked at the imperial physician with a bizarre expression.
Zhiya's mouth fell wide open; for a moment, she didn't know how to refute the imperial physician's words.
"Where did you come from, you fraud? Arsenic?" No matter how foolish Madam Qiu might be, she could tell there was something wrong with this imperial physician.
She might not know other poisons, but how could she not know arsenic?
If one were even slightly exposed to that poison...
Her daughter would be bleeding from all seven orifices by now.
Would she still be lying here with flushed cheeks, calling out the name of some random wild man?
Li Zhiwei's mouth twitched slightly.
She had considered that Cheng Qingli might try to pull a scam, but she never expected her to use this particular trick.
Where did this quack doctor come from?
"Miss, Doctor Zhang from Prince An's Manor has come to take the Master's pulse. Would you like to go over?" At this moment, a servant's voice came from outside the door.
Li Zhiwei was stunned. She hadn't expected Doctor Zhang to personally visit to take her father's pulse.
"Madam Cheng, Madam Wang, please wait a moment. I will go invite Doctor Zhang over to take a look," Li Zhiwei said, curtsying to the two ladies.
She then nodded at Wenxiu and left.
Standing to the side, Niu Jichuan frowned. Why was this person so impolite?
"Niu Jichuan, is it?" Madam Cheng looked at Niu Jichuan's figure and called out calmly.
"Madam, I am indeed," Niu Jichuan was overjoyed, thinking Madam Cheng was going to reward him.
"Which department do you serve in at the Imperial Academy of Medicine?" Madam Cheng thought to herself that she must definitely drive such a quack out of the palace.
If one day he misdiagnosed the Emperor or the Empress, wouldn't they be harmed?
Thinking of this, Madam Cheng's gaze toward Niu Jichuan grew even colder.
Niu Jichuan, however, was still living in his own fantasy.
He felt that his opportunity for a rapid promotion had arrived. He was determined to make those in the Imperial Academy of Medicine who looked down on him answer to his orders in the future.
"Madam, I serve in the Inner Court of the Imperial Academy of Medicine." Niu Jichuan was only thinking about being promoted by Madam Cheng, completely ignoring the fact that the Inner Court was nothing more than a place for menial workers in the Academy.
Hearing this, Madam Cheng couldn't help but laugh out loud.
A lowly menial worker from the Inner Court dared to stand in front of her and claim her daughter was poisoned with arsenic, and she had almost believed him.
Thinking of this, Madam Cheng's gaze toward Niu Jichuan turned extremely ruthless.
"Is that so? Then I will remember you. Later, I will definitely go to the Head of the Academy and give you some praise!" Madam Cheng said sarcastically.
"Thank you, Madam! Thank you, Madam!" Niu Jichuan, however, thought he had rendered a great service and that Madam Cheng would ask the Head to promote him. He was overjoyed.
The nearby doctor and Zhiya's mouths twitched slightly. The thought in both their minds was: Could this madam have actually believed this man's nonsense?
"Ah Lan!" Lady Du tugged at her friend's sleeve, thinking: With such absurd words, could her friend have actually believed him out of desperation?
Madam Qiu patted her friend's hand gently without speaking.
Naturally, she didn't believe a word of it.
However, she had heard of Doctor Zhang from Prince An's Manor. This man was a divine physician who came from the Valley of the Medicine King. Countless people begged for a consultation with Doctor Zhang but never got the chance. If she could get Doctor Zhang to take a look at Qingli, that would be excellent.