The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

And so, Li Muxia has been busy again lately. During the day, she takes Cui'er and Hong'er running around the streets. After dinner in the evening, Long Ziheng will appear in front of Li Muxia and take her out for a walk or a date.

Every time Li Muxia saw Long Ziheng appear silently in her room, she felt like she was having a secret relationship and was afraid of being discovered.

There's nothing I can do; that's just how people think these days. I certainly can't be like I was in my previous life, casually walking hand-in-hand with my boyfriend down the street.

Their relationship progressed rapidly, and Li Muxia opened her heart to Long Ziheng, sharing everything with him, whether it was happiness or distress. Long Ziheng listened attentively to everything she said.

However, it was always Li Muxia who talked and Long Ziheng who listened; he rarely shared his own stories.

Li Muxia didn't pry too much into his affairs. She knew that Long Ziheng had secrets, including her own. Didn't she also have secrets she hadn't told Long Ziheng?

Therefore, she did not insist that he tell her everything, as long as he was not an irredeemably evil person.

Long Ziheng also knew that Li Muxia wanted to open a clinic, and that she had already looked at several shops but had not found a place she liked.

Li Muxia wanted to open a clinic similar to a modern hospital, which required strict conditions regarding location and floor space. So, she had been searching for a suitable place for the past few days. Unfortunately, none of the places were satisfactory; they were either too remote or too small.

She wanted to do this herself, so she didn't bother her father-in-law.

With Qingyun present, Long Ziheng naturally learned about this matter as well.

So when Li Muxia returned to Ruyi Real Estate Agency, the shop assistant who had previously introduced her to Cyclamen excitedly greeted her.

"Miss, you've finally arrived. Last night, a seller wanted to sell a shop, and I checked it out. The requirements are the same as the shop you've been looking for recently."

Upon hearing this, Li Muxia asked in surprise, "Brother Fu, is it true?"

The shop assistant said, "At first I didn't believe it either, because those two shops were doing quite well. One was a pharmacy and the other was a famous jewelry shop in Kyoto. I asked the sellers, and they said they were going back to their hometown and wouldn't be coming to Kyoto anymore, so they were selling their shops."

Upon hearing this, Li Muxia asked somewhat awkwardly, "Is the price very expensive?"

Waiter: "This family may be in a hurry to leave, so the price is relatively much cheaper. The two shops will cost a total of 20,000 taels."

When Li Muxia heard that it cost 20,000 taels, she thought the price was quite high. But when she stood in front of the two shops, she realized that 20,000 taels was really not high at all.

This pharmacy is as big as two cyclamen shops, and the jewelry shop next door isn't very big, but it's also about the size of one cyclamen shop.

Two such large shops, located in the most bustling area of ​​Kyoto, for only 20,000 taels—she really got a steal.

However, a hint of doubt also arose in her mind.

He asked, "Brother Fu, are these two shops really only 20,000 taels?"

Waiter: "Yes, the seller said it costs 20,000 taels."

Li Muxia: "Um, this is so cheap, could it be...?"

She didn't finish her sentence, but the clerk already understood what she meant and explained, "Don't worry, miss. When the seller registered with the brokerage, we already verified both shops and the land deeds. Everything is in order, so if you think it's suitable, you can buy it directly."

Li Muxia felt relieved after hearing this, and then asked her assistant to contact the seller and prepare to sign the contract and transfer the ownership.

The seller was a straightforward person, and the contract was signed smoothly. The transfer of ownership at the government office was also very quick. In just half a day, Li Muxia had two more shops.

Looking at the land deed in her hand, Li Muxia frowned: "Sigh, I'm out of money again. I wonder if the restaurant's profits next month will be enough for the renovations."

The pharmacy was allowed to remain open before the renovations, and Li Muxia kept all the pharmacy's employees and manager on the premises.

Li Muxia, who runs a jewelry shop, plans to convert it into an inpatient ward so that people who need hospitalization or surgery can stay there and receive proper care.

She plans to slightly modify the layout of the pharmacy, converting it into two or three operating rooms, and also partitioning off the doctors' consultation rooms. She also plans to create a passage between the jewelry shop and the pharmacy so that immobile surgical patients can be directly pushed back to the inpatient department.

To avoid getting infected by contact with outside air.

So, after returning home, Li Muxia began drawing design blueprints based on the appearance of a modern hospital. It took her seven or eight days to complete these blueprints.

For the past few days, Li Muxia had been locking herself in her room drawing blueprints, until Li Anran came over and told her that the Empress Dowager's sixty-fifth birthday was in two days, and the Emperor planned to hold a birthday banquet for the Empress Dowager in the palace, and would invite various households to attend the banquet.

The old general told Li Muxia and Li Anran to get ready so they could attend the banquet together.

After listening to Li Anran's words, Li Muxia wasn't really keen on attending such a banquet. In the end, it was nothing more than a competition among the young ladies to outshine each other, and Li Muxia didn't want to join them. However, she was afraid that some foolish person might try to get close to her.

It wasn't that she was arrogant, but with her current appearance, if she appeared in front of those young ladies, she would likely become their target, and there would definitely be those who were blind enough to think about how to embarrass her. Especially that Feng Jingxin, she would definitely be the first person to cause her trouble.

Ugh, my head hurts.

But I couldn't refuse. The Emperor had said I should bring my family. If I didn't go, wouldn't that be disrespectful to the royal family?

So, two days later, Li Muxia resigned herself to her fate and followed the old general to the palace to attend the banquet.

Li Muxia tried her best to keep a low profile throughout the journey, but how could her face possibly remain inconspicuous? Ever since entering the palace gates, people had been casting admiring, jealous, envious, or adoring glances at them, making Li Muxia feel like a monkey in a zoo, being watched.

Finally, she couldn't take it anymore and used the fan in her hand to cover her face, which reduced the number of stares from those around her.