The Wealthy Eldest Sister Rules Supreme

So, when Dr. Qin raised this issue, Fang Hou almost didn’t hesitate and directly agreed to it.

When he woke up in the morning, Fang Hou had already arranged for a carriage to send Dr. Qin back to the city. He was busy taking care of Cheng Ruize’s feeding and medication and Zhuang Qingning’s visit, so he didn’t notice whether Dr. Qin left.

“Can I have a word with you?” Dr. Qin asked, bowing with a smile.

Seeing that Dr. Qin seemed to have something to say, Fang Hou stepped forward to follow Dr. Qin aside.

As he moved, he realized that Dr. Qin was not addressing him, but instead inclined respectfully towards Zhuang Qingning, saying, “My lady, I have a couple of questions, if I may.”

“Hello, Dr. Qin.”

To avoid disrupting Cheng Ruize’s rest, Zhuang Qingning stepped outside to speak in a nearby flower hall. “Dr. Qin, you flatter me. I do not consider myself worthy of such a request for advice. What do you wish to discuss?”

“When I first examined the Third Young Master Cheng, I could see that his disease was severe. It worsened due to the misdiagnosis of a quack, and is now escalating. Frankly speaking, even if I gave my best, I would hardly have a one in ten chance of curing him. It’s all up to destiny.”

“But yesterday afternoon, when I examined him again, there seemed to be signs of improvement in Third Young Master Cheng’s condition, which is truly amazing. Old man wishes to ask this lady how she managed to cure Third Young Master Cheng.” Dr. Qin said with a bow.

“You flatter me too much, Dr. Qin,” Zhuang Qingning replied with an awkward smile. “To be honest, I don’t know much about medicine, I’m not sure how to explain it to you.”

“The cure for Manager Cheng’s illness was more luck than skill. My father once suffered from the same symptoms and was treated by a travelling doctor who prescribed a specific kind of pill. After taking it, my father showed significant improvement.”

“Yesterday, when I heard about Manager Cheng’s illness, I wanted to visit him. After finding out that his symptoms were similar to those of my father, I decided to try the same treatment. It turns out that the pill was very effective.”

Zhuang Qingning made up a lie, trying to brush off the issue.

“I see,” Dr. Qin nodded. “Can you give me some of those pills so I can take a closer look?”

“Please understand, Dr. Qin, these pills are ready-made, and it’s extremely difficult to produce more. If I were to give some to you, I’m afraid there would not be enough for Manager Cheng’s treatment,” Zhuang Qingning truthfully replied.

After all, the pills were provided by the system, and they had a fixed quantity. Saying that they were difficult to reproduce was indeed correct.

“Then….”

Dr. Qin paused for a moment, then continued, “Can I take a look at the prescription for these pills?”

“I’m afraid I can’t let you see the prescription either,” Zhuang Qingning replied, raising an eyebrow. “The prescription belongs to someone else, and without their permission, I can’t just give it away.”

At this point, Dr. Qin’s formerly amiable expression immediately faded, and in fact disappeared entirely from his face.

Both the pills and the prescription were off-limits. While each had a reason, and they sounded fair, something didn’t feel quite right about any of it.

“Miss,” Dr. Qin said, his expression growing serious, “saving a life is more valuable than building a seven-tier pagoda. The original purpose of medicine is to save lives and bring the dying back to health. It’s a virtuous act, and beneficial to others.”

“If Miss could share this life-saving prescription, allowing others to study it, it would save more lives for those suffering from similar conditions in the future. This would be a way of accumulating virtue and blessings. Miss should broaden her mind and not solely consider her own interests while neglecting the lives of others.

Zhuang Qingning’s eyelid twitched.

It seemed that Dr. Qin assumed that she was hoarding the pill recipe and not willing to share it with him, which made him quite angry.

This was rather amusing.

Even if she did have the pill recipe, and even assuming she really was a doctor with excellent medical skills, everything would still belong to her. Whether to share it or not was up to her.

She found it quite unpleasant that, because she didn’t share, she was labeled by others as someone who disregarded lives and was indifferent to others’ survival.

“Dr. Qin…”

“Dr. Qin,” Fang Hou interrupted. “I apologize for interrupting your conversation with Manager Zhuang. I have a question though, and I hope you can enlighten me.”

“Go ahead.” Dr. Qin clearly seemed unhappy being interrupted by Fang Hou.

“Dr. Qin is a well-known, excellent healer in the city, an expert of the renowned medical school Great Pulse. Although our Cheng’s pharmacy has doctors, they’re relatively inexperienced and don’t quite know how to diagnose many diseases. Could Dr. Qin perhaps teach our doctors and medicine apprentices?”

“By the way, could Dr. Qin leave some of your pill prescriptions for us to replicate more pills? If we come across patients with similar symptoms in the future, we could cure them. It would also accumulate virtue and Blessings for Dr. Qin.”

That’s what Fang Hou said.

Dr. Qin seemed even more displeased. “The prescription for this pill was obtained through my diligent effort. My knowledge of medicine is the result of many years of accumulation. It’s not something that can be taught simply because someone wishes to learn. As for those who can only serve as medicine apprentices, their qualifications are undoubtedly mediocre. They’re likely too unskilled to learn and it would just be a waste of effort.”

“As Dr. Qin said, many years of accumulation leads to medical knowledge, and the pill prescription was obtained through a lot of effort. Therefore, it’s not something you can just give to anyone who asks. Why does Dr. Qin believe that Manager Zhuang’s prescription can be casually given out?”

Fang Hou smirk with a jeering smile, “Could it be that Dr. Qin thinks too highly of himself and sets himself apart from others? Earlier, Dr. Qin said people with mediocre qualifications couldn’t learn anyway, and it would be a waste of effort. Dr. Qin, being an elder, has never even heard of this pill prescription, and also can’t cure my young master’s illness, which was clearly known by a traveling doctor. If we count, you also seem to be a person with mediocre qualifications….”

“You…” Dr. Qin’s face turned livid with rage.

He wanted to retort, but was at a loss for words.

If he didn’t reply, it would appear as though he had no dignity left.

Ultimately, he could only shake his finger at Fang Hou, he stared at Fang Hou and Zhuang Qingning with a murderous look, and snarled, “In all my years, I’ve never met such selfish, shameless people like you!”

“Dr. Qin is too modest, if you looked in the mirror more often, you’d have encountered such before.”