Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 559 You can’t possibly know medical skills!

Day two.

The news that Shen Wantang saved the Duke's wife in Fazhen Temple has spread throughout the capital.

In the main room of the Shen family, the servant was vividly describing the rumors outside about Shen Wantang's miraculous healing skills. Shen Guannian was smiling as he listened, but Qi's face darkened.

Shen Wantang herself showed some surprise. She didn't expect that this matter would spread so quickly. This shouldn't be the case!

Shen Mingxuan's teeth were almost broken. She looked at Shen Wantang, her tone full of sourness that could not be concealed: "Oh, sister is really amazing. You can save someone by going to Fazhen Temple, and the person you saved happened to be the wife of the Duke. How come you always have such good things happen to you? You are so lucky. If you don't know, you would think you had planned it all along!"

Shen Wantang looked indifferent: "Since my sister is so envious, why don't you go and save them? Don't you have the luck or the ability?"

Shen Mingxuan said sarcastically, "You're saving people, you're showing off your skills, do you really know medical skills? You're just fooling me, I'm afraid you can't even recognize all the words, can you read medical books? People outside don't know the truth, and they've been fooled by you, you don't think I'll be fooled by you, right?"

Shen Wantang was not angry. She reacted calmly: "Sister, if you insist on not believing me, I can do nothing about it. When you get sick, I will treat you. Then you will know whether I know medicine or not."

Shen Mingxuan could no longer suppress her anger: "Shen Wantang, you dare to curse me?! Believe it or not, I will teach you a lesson as your elder sister."

"Mingxuan, what are you yelling about!"

Shen Guannian glared at her unhappily: "Your sister saved the Duke's wife, that's a good thing! It's fine if you don't praise her, but why are you accusing her of lying?"

"She is a liar! She doesn't know any medical skills, let alone the ability to save people! She must have played some tricks and used despicable means to make the Duke's wife mistakenly believe that she was saved by Shen Wantang!"

"Shut up! What's so strange about Tang'er knowing medicine? Her maternal grandparents used to run a clinic. Her maternal grandfather is a very good doctor. Her aunt has also read a lot of medical books. She must have taught Tang'er!"

Shen Mingxuan was stunned: "What? Her maternal grandparents run a clinic?"

"Why, do you doubt even my words? Tang'er's aunt left her a lot of medical books. If you don't believe it, go and see for yourself."

It's not that Shen Mingxuan didn't believe it, she just never thought that Shen Wantang's grandfather's family was actually a respectable family with a legitimate business.

Her mother always scolded Shen Wantang's aunt as a vixen, the same kind of prostitute as the prostitutes in brothels, so she always thought that Shen Wantang's aunt was not of a decent family.

Shen Mingxuan held it in for a long time, then angrily said, "Just by reading a few medical books, can you understand medicine? Can you cure diseases and save lives? I don't believe Shen Wantang has such a great ability. If she is really so smart, why doesn't she take the imperial examination?"

Shen Guannian was so pleased with Shen Wantang at the moment that he naturally spoke for her: "Don't worry about how she learned medical skills. Anyway, she was the one who saved the Duke's wife. Now the news has spread all over the streets and alleys. Everyone is praising me, Shen Guannian, for raising a good daughter!"

He hasn't enjoyed this feeling of being sought after for a long time. The last time he was sought after was when he passed the imperial examination!

He was feeling a little elated, but Shen Mingxuan said sternly, "Father, don't be too happy too soon. Maybe this is all a misunderstanding! The Duke's wife might not be sick at all, and Shen Wantang didn't save her at all. Those stories about her miraculous healing were all rumors spread by outsiders!"

Shen Guannian was a little angry: "Go away, go away. I don't like anything you said today! If you don't know how to speak, then stop talking. Go back to your yard!"

Shen Mingxuan stamped her feet and ran to Qi: "Mother, look at father, he is becoming more and more partial. He only knows how to protect Shen Wantang. If I tell him the truth, he will chase me away!"

Qi sighed, "Master is indeed partial. Tang'er is your daughter, but Xuan'er is not? You can't favor one over the other!"

"I think what Xuan'er said is correct. Tang'er can cure diseases just by reading a few medical books? That's impossible."

"I think those rumors were spread deliberately by someone with ulterior motives. I raised Tang'er myself. No one knows better than me what she has learned and what she can do."

"I have to tell you the truth. Master, please don't be offended. Tang'er actually didn't save the Duke's wife at all. Don't think that she is trying to win your honor, and don't think that you can climb up to the Duke's Mansion by doing this. It's a good thing that the people from the Duke's Mansion don't come to settle accounts with us!"

When Shen Guannian heard her say this, he began to doubt: "Tang'er, what's going on? Can you cure diseases?"

Seeing that he began to question her, Qi's face became much better. She looked like a loving mother and said worriedly, "Tang'er, it's not too late for you to tell the truth now. If you keep lying, even I can't protect you. Your father has always been strict and won't tolerate these bad habits."

Shen Wantang looked at Shen Guannian, then at Qi, and suddenly laughed sarcastically: "After so many years, nothing has changed. It's okay that my stepmother doesn't wish me well, but why doesn't my father wish me well? Why do you all seem to hope that I'm a liar?"

Qi was always good at confusing right and wrong, and her father always believed what Qi said.

She had a hard time living in this family. Half of the credit went to Qi, and the other half went to Shen Guannian.

Shen Guannian's face darkened. "What nonsense are you talking about! Your father just doesn't want to see you go astray, and he doesn't want to be questioned by the people from the Duke's Mansion! Tell me, did you save the Duke's wife? What are those rumors outside?"

"Father, you asked this as if I had asked people outside to spread the news. The Duke's wife did faint in Fazhen Temple, and I did save her. As for who spread the news, I don't know, and I don't have the ability to praise myself."

Qi's face instantly changed to a stern one: "Tang'er, you still don't want to tell the truth, right? How can you save people? You clearly don't know any medical skills!"

"Let me tell you, our Shen family will never allow our daughters to lie and seek fame! The first thing for the daughters of the Shen family is to be honest!"

"If you don't admit your mistake, I will use family rules. Don't blame me, your stepmother, for being cruel! Even if Xuan'er lied today, I will still beat her!"

Shen Mingxuan fanned the flames: "Mother is right, you should be beaten if you lie! You should be beaten even more if you make up a story that you saved the Duke's wife! I am an upright and honest person and never lie. You should learn from me and stop trying to be clever. It's embarrassing!"