Chapter 9: Old Ailments

  Seeing her granddaughter still wearing the veil, the Duchess of the State said, “Li’er, there’s no one else here. Take off the veil a yrandmother see.”

  She had heard that her granddaughter’s face was ruined, but had never seen to what extent.

  Her heart ached deeply.

  Her Li’er had been so beautiful. Although she was only eleven or twelve before, she had already grown into a graceful, delicate young woman.

  If she had reached the age of marriage, no doubt many suitors would have lined up at the gates of the Minister’s residence, eager to ask for her hand.

  Who would have thought something like this would happen...

  Seeing the Duchess and her aunt with sorrowful eyes filled with heartache, Su Li’s heart warmed.

  Slowly, she removed the veil.

  “Hiss!” Wei Yuanyao gasped in shock.

  She hadn’t expected her cousin’s scar to be so long, stretg from the er of her right eye all the way down to her .

  Because Su Li’s skin was fair and delicate, the scar appeared even more spicuous and ugly, like a tipede crawling across her face.

  No wonder her cousin had been so upset. Su Li had once been a peerless beauty, and now she had turned into this. If it were her, she wouldn’t want to fayoher.

  The rese in her heart had long been repced by sympathy.

  “Cousin, is it true that the scar ’t be removed?” Wei Yuanyao stepped fently c her hand, silent fort.

  Wang Shi sighed, “Sigh, I’ve heard that your uncle ihe head physi of the Imperial Medical Bureau, but even he is powerless.”

  Seeing the Duchess with tears in her eyes, Su Li quickly put the veil ba. She stepped forward, squatting in front of her and holding her hand, saying, “Grandmother, don’t be sad. Over the past year, I haven’t been idle in the manor. I’ve gohrough my father’s medical books and found a method to treat the face. In a month, the scar will be gone.”

  The Duchess assumed this was just an excuse her granddaughter had made up to sole her, not wantio feel sad.

  “Li’er, although a woman’s appearance is important, character and knowledge are more important thay. Even if my Li’er loses her beauty, so what? I’ll surely find you a good match!”

  Su Li khat her grandmother didn’t believe she could heal her face, especially since even the head physi couldn’t fix it.

  Su Li said, “Grandmother, I’m not lying to you. If you don’t believe me, ask Mo Hua and the others. They saw me save someoh their own eyes.”

  Mo Hua quickly stepped forward and said, “Old Madam, it’s true. Our young dy even saved a child oreet yesterday who had actally eaten golden grass!”

  The Duchess’ eyes lit up, but after a moment of thought, she became even more skeptical.

  If it were any other poison, it would be fine, but golden grass poison was incurable.

  The Duchess and Wang Shi didn’t believe it, but Wei Yuanyao did.

  “Grandmother, mother, cousin has always been clever. She wouldn’t lie.”

  Su Li looked at the Duchess and said, “Grandmother, weren’t you saying that ys hurt so much you couldn’t even walk? I have a set of teiques that ease your pain. With the help of some medial soup, you’ll be able to walk briskly ihan half a month.”

  The Duchess stroked her kh a bitter smile. “Don’t try to e, old woman. This is a long-standing ailment.”

  Su Li replied, “Let me try for you, Grandmother. If I’m lying, you’ll know soon enough.”

  Seeing how fident she was, Wang Shi also persuaded, “Mother, why not let Li’er give it a try? It might really help!”

  Wei Yuanyao added, “Grandmother, trying it won’t hurt.”

  The Duchess saw that everyone was looking at her expetly aed. “Firy it then. Li’er, don’t feel burdened by this. This is a stubborn ailment, and if it doesn’t work, it’s no big deal.”

  Su Li nodded and moved forward to roll up the Duchess’ pants leg.

  The Duchess’ leg dition was indeed serious; her ls were covered with bulging veins and swollen blood vessels.

  Su Li applied gentle pressure using her unique fieiques.

  At first, the Duchess felt some pain, but gradually, she seemed to adjust and didn’t feel pain anymore, even starting to feel a little fortable.

  After a quarter of an hour, Su Li stopped and looked up. “Grandmother, do you feel aer? Is your calf warm?”

  The Duchess was surprised to find that her calf did indeed feel warm. The most surprising thing was that her feet had warmed up as well!

  Even in the summer heat, her feet had always been cold.

  Wang Shi and Wei Yuanyao looked on curiously.

  “This is amazing! It really works!” the Duchess excimed.

  Wang Shi quickly stepped forward. “Li’er, do it again! I want to learn it properly so I give it to Mother.”

  Wei Yuanyao squatted down too. “I want to learn as well!”

  Seeing her daughter-in-w and the two young girls being so filial, the Duchess smiled with pleasure.

  Su Li did it again, expining as she worked.

  Ohe two of them had a good grasp of the teique, Su Li stood up. “After doing this a couple of times, you’ll be familiar with it. Just do it several times a day. I’ll prepare a prescription, and ihan half a month, Grandmother’s leg dition will improve!”

  The Duchess was so happy that her face flushed with excitement.

  “This is wonderful! At first, I didn’t believe that Li’er could heal her face, but now I believe it!”

  Wei Yuanyao smiled. “Once cousin heals her face, she’ll definitely be a great beauty. The top four beauties in the capital won’t even pare!”

  They all believed her, as Wei Yuanyao’s mother, Wei Shu, had been a famous beauty in the capital when she was young.

  Su Li smiled, wrote out a prescription, and ha to a maid to fetch the medie.

  The group chatted happily for a while before the maid came to annouhat lunch was ready.

  “Li’er, e, today Auntie specifically asked the kit to make all your favorite dishes,” Wang Shi said with a smile.

  “Thank you, Auntie.”

  They all went to the dining hall together, washed their hands, and were about to eat.

  “Just in time, Zi Yan has arrived!” a pleasant male voice called out.

  Su Li stiffened. She had said she would wait until the antidote was ready before meeting him, but they had run into each other so soon.

  Jun Mo, styled Zi Yan.

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