As soon as Nanny Su spoke, the tense atmosphere relaxed.

The two maids also breathed a sigh of relief, still glancing at Nanny Su with some reproach—why didn’t you say so earlier? Look at what time it is now! They truly didn’t know how they would explain this to the Lord when they returned. This was simply too absurd!

“Shaofei, you should go quickly. This old servant understands the matter and will handle it immediately,” Nanny Su said.

Qi Yue also breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that deep down, she was more anxious than anyone to get out…

Fortunately, this Lord was quite reliable.

“If Nanny Su finds this difficult…” she said slowly.

Oh my, you’re taking advantage while acting modest…

“Not difficult at all. With Young Madam’s words, what could be difficult?” Nanny Su said.

Only then did Qi Yue smile.

“Then I’ll trouble Nanny Su. When handling matters, naturally there must be clear rewards and punishments. Otherwise, if doing well or poorly yields the same result, who would bother to do well? Punish those who should be punished, reward those who should be rewarded. You all just do as I’ve said. It’s fine—this is something I’ve ordered you to do. If there are any complaints, let them come to me. This has nothing to do with you or any of you,” she said with a smile, scanning each of the stewardesses one by one, directing her final words to Que Zhi.

Que Zhi understood and couldn’t help but puff out her chest even more. She felt even more energetic about today’s assignment, even looking forward to seeing the reactions of those arrogant stewardesses when word spread later.

It would definitely be spectacular! She could hardly wait to see the expressions on those people’s faces!

“Then let’s go quickly. We shouldn’t keep the Lord waiting,” Qi Yue said with a smile.

You still know the Lord is waiting…

The two maids grumbled internally but didn’t dare show it on their faces. Seeing those stewardesses standing with their hands lowered and bodies upright, they hurried to follow Qi Yue.

“Everyone can disperse now,” Que Zhi said to the stewardesses still standing in place, with a somewhat haughty air. “Go back and prepare yourselves. I’ll be coming around in a while.”

This dead girl who bullies others using her master’s power… The stewardesses looked at Que Zhi with undisguised contempt.

Que Zhi seemed not to notice and continued holding her head high with some pride.

“I know what you aunts are thinking…” she said with a smile.

This remark angered the stewardesses, who glared at her even more. Listen to that—after just a few days, she’s stopped calling them “mama” and now directly addresses them as “aunts.” In a few more days, would she be calling them “sisters”? And then eventually addressing them by name directly? This dead girl was becoming too arrogant!

“It’s just that everyone shouldn’t blame me. I don’t want to be like this either. Working under someone, I have no choice but to act this way,” Que Zhi said with even more triumphant laughter.

“Miss Que Zhi is right. Just working under someone—that’s all. Everyone disperse now. Just do whatever you’re supposed to do,” Nanny Su said, taking the lead to walk out first. The stewardesses hurriedly followed her out.

“Nanny Su, those few people—are we really going to deal with them as Young Madam said?”

“Nanny Su, if Young Madam investigates like this, should we just accept the punishment…”

Nanny Su just walked quickly with a stern expression, not answering a single word.

“Nanny Su, why did you agree just now? We should have reasoned with her properly… We shouldn’t have let her leave…” one woman said with some reproach.

Nanny Su suddenly stopped.

“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear that Young Madam wants to go out with the Lord?” she scolded with a stern face.

That stewardess was startled. She had always prided herself on having a close relationship with Nanny Su, but now being publicly reprimanded made her face flush red.

“She… she’s just putting on airs. I don’t believe she would really dare to speak to the Lord about this. Watch—the Lord won’t slap her face for it,” the woman said through gritted teeth.

Nanny Su looked at her coldly.

“Well said. Then from now on, we’ll count on you to stand up for all of us,” she said.

With that, she ignored the women and quickened her pace.

Long after Nanny Su had walked far away, she could still seem to hear the chattering discussions of the women behind her. She supported herself against a tree and stopped, letting out a heavy sigh.

“This woman cannot be allowed to remain…” she murmured.

Chang Yuncheng, whom everyone feared, had actually left long ago and had no idea that he had been used as a weapon once. When Qi Yue got down from the carriage, he had already been standing in Qianjin Hall for quite a while and was very impatient.

“Going out requires such grand airs,” he said coldly, looking at Qi Yue as she walked through the door.

Because she had made those people suffer setbacks, Qi Yue was in excellent spirits. Additionally, being excited about riding in an ancient carriage for the first time, her face bore a natural smile.

This smile came directly toward Chang Yuncheng, causing him to freeze momentarily.

This woman hadn’t left much of an impression on him at the time. Old Marchioness didn’t like him, and he never tried to like people who didn’t like him. Therefore, he rarely visited Old Marchioness, and even when he did, he would just stand for a moment before leaving. He was too lazy to even talk to his own brothers and sisters, let alone this person picked up from outside like a stray cat or dog. His strongest impression of this person was what the servants mentioned—that she was a beauty…

A beauty—Marquis Dingxi’s mansion was never short of beauties. After seeing many, beauties were just like that, still just two eyes, one nose, and one mouth.

Later, this beauty became his wife. However, he went into mourning without even lifting her wedding veil, and before the mourning period ended, he left for military campaigns. He had almost forgotten he even had a wife…

This beauty—looking at her now, she really was a beauty. At least her smile was very attractive…

But the next moment, the beauty’s smiling face instantly disappeared. Her little nose even snorted, and she turned her head to look elsewhere.

“Lord,” the maid following behind her hurriedly bowed and said, looking anxious and uneasy.

Chang Yuncheng wouldn’t have any interaction with a maid. He ignored her completely and walked away.

The injured person had already awakened—specifically, he had awakened at dawn, awakened by pain.

“Is there really no other way to relieve pain?” Qi Yue asked Liu Pucheng for advice.

“Pain isn’t necessarily a bad thing. When it’s time to hurt, one must hurt. Forcibly stopping pain isn’t necessarily good for the injury,” Liu Pucheng said with a smile. “Madam seems particularly concerned about pain relief. What injury or illness doesn’t involve pain?”

Qi Yue smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

“I’m used to it,” she said vaguely.

“Used to it?” Liu Pucheng asked curiously again. “Could it be that Madam is very accustomed to using pain relief methods?”

Qi Yue let out a couple of laughs.

“Let me check on the patient first,” she said hurriedly.

“You… you are…” The injured person on the other side was very surprised by this woman who suddenly appeared. When he heard her speak, his surprise turned to amazement. “You’re the physician who treated my injury yesterday?”

Today Qi Yue wasn’t wearing a mask, hat, or the white cloth overcoat. With her hair arranged in a simple style and wearing a light white gauze jacket over a light purple gauze skirt, she clearly looked like a young lady from a wealthy family who would only appear in the finest teahouses, wine shops, elegant rooms, or private chambers. No one would expect her to walk directly into this main hall, moving casually and speaking naturally. Only when she spoke did the injured person recognize her voice.

Qi Yue stood far away and smiled at him, then gestured to A’Ru for the mask, overcoat, and gloves before putting them on.

“I’ll examine the situation in a moment. It would be better to move him to a private room. All personnel coming and going must pay attention to disinfection,” Qi Yue said.

“Disinfection?” Liu Pucheng asked, puzzled.

“Oh, that means using rice wine, salt water, and such to eliminate bacteria,” Qi Yue explained.

“Bacteria?” Liu Pucheng was even more puzzled.

Bacteriology and microbiology…

“That is… the things that cause festering and rotting wounds,” Qi Yue said.

Liu Pucheng nodded.

“So you’re saying that doing what Madam does can prevent festering and rotting?” he asked urgently.

“At least it’s better than not doing it,” Qi Yue said with a sigh.

Liu Pucheng nodded thoughtfully.

Only then did Qi Yue approach to examine the injured person.

“Stethoscope,” she said, then turned to ask, “How did he sleep?”

This question was directed at Liu Pucheng.

“Night sweats, restlessness, fever, wound pain,” Liu Pucheng replied.

“How is his urination? What color is his urine?” Qi Yue asked again, reaching out to take the stethoscope A’Ru handed her while lifting the thin sheet covering the injured person’s body, revealing his muscular chest wrapped in layers of bandages. His lower body wore only short underwear.

The injured person was startled and instinctively reached to grab the blanket.

“You… you…” His face flushed red as he stammered.

Asking about urination? How could a woman ask about such things? She… she wouldn’t want to look at it too, would she?!

“Not bad,” Liu Pucheng also felt somewhat uncomfortable but still answered seriously. Then he was attracted by the stethoscope in Qi Yue’s hands.

“What is this used for, Madam?” he asked.

Qi Yue listened all around the injured person’s chest.

“This is a stethoscope,” she answered. “It can measure heart pressure, listen to heart rate, and diagnose inflammation as well as pleural effusion…”

As she spoke, she straightened up and removed the stethoscope to examine it. This stethoscope was somewhat old. In Yanjing, she hadn’t used it often, only picking it up again after coming to Daqing Mountain due to the lack of equipment.

In Yanjing, even diagnosing and treating a simple cold relied on medical testing equipment. Everyone would immediately say “let’s draw some blood and run some tests.” Who would still use a stethoscope?

“My former mentor called these the three treasures in a doctor’s hands, and everyone laughed, saying with so much equipment available, how could these few items be considered treasures,” Qi Yue said, picking up the thermometer and blood pressure monitor and sighing as she murmured, “Only today do I truly understand…”

She said this while bending down and patting the arm of the injured person, who had been completely dumbfounded by their conversation.

“Come on, young man, let’s test your temperature and measure your blood pressure.”

The injured person stiffened when her warm little hand patted him.

“Hey, young lady, you’ve seen and touched all of me already…” he said.

Qi Yue laughed heartily.

“Don’t talk nonsense,” A’Ru couldn’t listen anymore and scolded in a low voice, while quietly glancing at Chang Yuncheng standing nearby.

Chang Yuncheng’s complexion was somewhat dark, making it impossible to read his emotions.

Qi Yue quickly finished her examination, her expression relaxed. The first day’s condition was good. If this could be maintained for three days, he would pass this critical stage.

“Not bad, young man has a strong constitution,” she said with a smile. “In two days I’ll be able to change your dressing…”

Speaking of changing dressings, her expression froze as she turned to look at the medicine box.

The used medicine bottles in the box had all been put away. What remained were only surgical instruments and a few packages of reusable gloves. The iodine tablets, alcohol tablets, and wound dressing packages had all disappeared. This medicine box would no longer need to be brought out in the future.

“Madam?” Liu Pucheng called out in surprise, noticing Qi Yue’s unusual behavior.

Qi Yue came back to her senses and smiled at him.

“…I’ll come every day to check on the wound’s progress…” she continued her unfinished sentence while turning around. She took out the last antibiotic, examining it again and again, as if she wanted to memorize it completely in her eyes and heart. Her intense staring made everyone around her feel strange.

However, since this lady appeared, which of her actions hadn’t been strange…

“…Goodbye…” Qi Yue muttered to herself, unable to help bringing the medicine bottle close to her lips and kissing it.

“Madam’s meaning is that using needles to suture such large wounds and ultimately achieving complete healing is because of this medicine?” Liu Pucheng asked.

At this point, he had invited Qi Yue to sit briefly in a small room nearby. Since he had mentioned in advance that they would be discussing some medical matters, the noble Chang Yuncheng hadn’t received an invitation, but A’Ru had followed them in and stood quietly behind Qi Yue.

“Most deaths from such wounds are caused by excessive blood loss and infection, and this medicine is called an antibiotic—it can solve infection problems,” Qi Yue said.

Liu Pucheng’s expression grew serious as he stood up and retrieved a box from a small compartment nearby.

Qi Yue looked at him curiously, not knowing what he intended to do. Then Liu Pucheng placed the box on the table and opened it.

Inside were several needles of varying sizes and some strange thread.

“This is…” Qi Yue stood up in surprise, looking at Liu Pucheng. “So you know suturing techniques too?”