Outside, Leng Zhan was administering acupuncture to Mo Xueying, needle by needle, making Huangfu Lin's heart ache with every insertion. "Be gentle! Slow down! Look closely before you stick her!"
"My good Emperor of Canglan State," Leng Zhan retorted, "if you trust me, shut your mouth. If you don't trust me, there's a carriage outside, and you can take the Queen to a town clinic—though your Queen will suffer a great deal along the way." Leng Zhan had a fiery temper. It was one thing when his master scolded him, seeing as his medical skills were taught by masters his master had hired, but what was this Canglan monarch nagging about right beside him? Had he eaten food from Leng Zhan's table, or had Leng Zhan ever taken a favor from him? His ears were practically ringing! If Xiao Jiu hadn't just called upon him, he wouldn't have stepped forward to treat anyone in the first place. When had he become cheap labor? No, worse than that—labor that didn't even pay a single copper coin!
"You—you—" Huangfu Lin was so furious he couldn't speak. With his wife still depending on this man for treatment, he had no choice but to swallow the words he wanted to say, casting a vicious glare instead at Emperor Chujing. The people in this country simply had no manners!
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