Consort Ru's eyes flew open. "What!?"
'That Ye Chutang… she'd never been able to stand the sight of her, and now I'm supposed to ask her for a consultation? How absurd!'
Xiao Lansi could easily guess what she was thinking and patiently tried to persuade her. "Please listen to me, Mother Consort. For now, she's the best choice."
"For one, her medical skills are excellent. She can even treat Father Emperor's illness, which proves she's far more capable than those stubborn old fools at the Imperial Hospital. If we invite her, she might actually be able to nurse you back to health."
"And for another, she has no powerful family backing her, so she won't get entangled in all this. We should be able to trust her."
Hearing this, Consort Ru had to admit her daughter had a point.
Still, she couldn't stomach the idea.
"I can see she's more than she appears. Otherwise, how do you think Ye Heng and his entire family met such a miserable end?"
