The Tang Dynasty's Female Forensic Doctor

Chapter 28: Tea Party Invitation Card

Miss Xing indeed had extreme understanding of the ways of the world, and was adept at handling affairs, however she lacked ruthlessness and (underhand) tricks, normally she was still able to hinder others in little ways[1], regarding other things she would probably not be able to cope, otherwise she would not have allowed the second wife to mistreat both mistress and servants to this extent.

The marriage being arranged, Miss Xing did not have a plan. Even the wedding goose custom was settled, the remaining time was only one to two months, what methods could she have to turn the tides[2]! Moreover, Ran Wen kept this affair a secret, for what purpose she did not know.

After Ran Yan finished bathing and exited the bathroom, she sent Wan Lu to tell Sang Chen, if the ceramic prototype was not drying well, he can take a little more time.

After that, she went to look at the food she piled up yesterday, according to the time they were placed there, a few items had grown green mould, additionally the weather had been gloomy and rainy, so the mould had spread considerably, in a few days there should be enough mould growing.

Ran Yan did not understand why she was so unlucky, randomly picking one, she picked out such a difficult illness like syphilis. Moreover, when faced with this type of highly contagious disease, any doctor who comprehends the situation would not stand idly by, let alone herself who had some confidence in curing it.

Syphilis had a long disease cycle, Zi Xu's condition was already at the second stage, even though it was serious, but for the moment her life would not be in danger, but her period of illness was at least three months, if she was not treated effectively, and the disease progress to its late stages it would be a big problem, unable to die and yet living in suffering.

Ran Yan furrowed her brows and sighed, furthermore, the ratio of people allergic to penicillin was one in a hundred to one in ten, that is to say, out of a hundred people, there would be at least one to ten people that have allergic reactions to it, this was a large percentage, right now Ran Yan could only pray that Miss Yan, Zi Xu and Hong Xing were not one of these people.

Traditional Chinese medicine... in modern times traditional Chinese medicine was able to cure syphilis, but before this Ran Yan had not paid much attention to this type of illnesses, and only vaguely remembered a few herbs, and not the whole prescription, thus she wrote a new prescription based on the principals of medical science, to be taken orally and applied externally, but she hoped it would have effect.

"Miss." Miss Xing saw that Ran Yan was spacing out under the corridor again, took out a satin robe to drape over Ran Yan's shoulders, and sat kneeling down beside her, "Is Miss feeling worried because of the marriage?"

"Marriage?" Ran Yan raised her brow slightly, only remembering now that her marriage had been arranged, glimpsed that Miss Xing was deeply worried, thus said, "This is not some big matter, everything should be viewed at from a good angle, Fourth Master Qin is still an unmarried young man, from a good family background, no matter what it's better by far than a'ye marrying me off to be a concubine to those who are over 50 and already have wives and children!

Even if Ran Yan was no longer favoured, she was still the daughter of the first wife, giving her to anot

her family to be a concubine would a slap to his (Ran Yan's father's) own face. Miss Xing knew that Ran Yan's words were just for comfort, thus smiled bitterly, saying, "If Master was really so heartless, we would rather seek shelter from Madam's family!"

"Everything will turn out for the best[3], there is no need to worry about this matter, I will deal with it appropriately." Ran Yan added silently in her mind, if she really was forced to marry him, it would be fine if Qin Musheng agreed not to touch her, if he did not agree, then she could only use medicine to make him temporarily unable to have sex, after that slowly look for a way out. But pondering over it, according to Qin Musheng's dissolute character, she was afraid the latter's possibility was bigger.