A renowned ancient physician transmigrates into the body of an abandoned woman, only to be sold off

"Yes, that's right. Your young lady has been poisoned. It's a chronic poison. Anyone who gets poisoned by this will develop these small pustules on their face, and their appearance will gradually become uglier and uglier."

"In another five or ten years, your young lady might not even be alive."

Hearing Song Zhili's words, Lüzhu was terrified. "Miss Song, since you can diagnose it by taking a pulse, do you know medicine? I beg you, can you save my young lady? I'll kowtow to you."

Green Pearl knelt down on the ground with a thud and kowtowed twice to Song Zhili. When she was about to kowtow a third time, Song Zhili stopped her.

"What are you doing? Get up! The herbs I'm going to dig up in the back mountain are the herbs that will save your young lady. You don't need to do this."

Song Zhili was not used to people kowtowing to her at all. She pulled Li Luzhu up from the ground, and several villagers who were passing by looked at her in a puzzled manner when they saw her kowtowing to Song Zhili.

She could only smile awkwardly at the villagers, then pulled Green Pearl along as they walked towards the back of the mountain.

Upon reaching the back of the mountain, Song Zhili took out a special small hoe and began searching for the herbs she needed. Green Pearl stood beside her, wanting to go forward and help her.

But she didn't know what kind of herbs Song Zhili was going to dig, so she could only help Song Zhili hold the small basket. When she saw Song Zhili dig up a herb, she hurriedly went forward and caught it with the small basket.

In no time, the basket was half full of herbs. "Let me carry the basket, let's go down the mountain, this should be enough."

Song Zhili glanced at the herbs in the basket and thought it was enough. She reached out to take the basket from Lüzhu's hand, but Lüzhu beat her to it and carried the basket on her back.

“Miss Song, I’ll carry you. Let’s go.”

Seeing her like this, Song Zhili had no choice but to let her carry her down the mountain together.

Back home, Song Zhili took out the herbs and processed them. She then took out the herbs she needed and washed them clean. She planned to make some medicinal food for Liu Yiyi today.

She then went back to the kitchen to start making lunch, and Green Pearl came over to help her.

Song Zizhi didn't need her help; instead, she asked him to go out and keep her young lady company.

When Hu Cuicui and the others returned from the fields, they saw Liu Yiyi and Song Ziyuan sitting in the courtyard. They were startled to see Liu Yiyi.

Fortunately, Liu Yiyi was very well-behaved. Whenever she saw Hu Cuicui and the others return, she would greet them proactively, showing no signs of being a spoiled young lady.

Having learned the whole story, Hu Cuicui was worried that Liu Yiyi would be bored, so she pulled Ji Qingqing to sit next to her and chatted with her casually.

With their presence, Song Ziyuan felt less awkward, so he picked up a book and quietly sat down to read.

Soon, Song Zhili prepared a large table of dishes. When Liu Yiyi sat down, she brought the pork ribs that he had stewed for her to her.

She specially took these ribs from her spatial storage; they contained medicinal herbs that would be very helpful for Liu Yiyi's condition.

"Miss Liu, this is your first time visiting our home. This is specially made for you. Please make sure you finish it all."

Song Zhili gave a special instruction, then gave Lü Zhu a wink, and the latter immediately understood. She stood up and stood next to Liu Yiyi, staring intently at her, wanting her to drink the bowl of pork rib soup.

Liu Yiyi has always disliked bitterness. When she is sick and needs to take medicine, she needs a lot of candied fruit to make her drink the medicine. Now that Song Zhili has added the herbs directly to the soup, Lvzhu is afraid that Liu Yiyi will refuse to drink it.

To her surprise, Liu Yiyi enjoyed the meal very much, finishing every last drop of the pork rib soup in front of her.

She simply couldn't believe it, and even rubbed her eyes to look at the empty bowl she had just finished drinking from. Seeing that she had indeed finished everything, she couldn't help but admire Song Zhili.

After having lunch at Song Zhili's place, Liu Yiyi and the others rested for a short while before she and her two maids prepared to return home.

Song Zhili escorted them to the door. Liu Yiyi reluctantly climbed onto the carriage, and then leaned out of the window.

"Miss Song, if I would like to eat your cooking again next time, may I come again?"

"Of course it is possible."

Song Zhili smiled and agreed, while Green Pearl walked to Song Zhili's side and whispered in her ear.

"Miss Song, how did our young lady contract this poison? Was it through food, clothing, or contact with something?"

"The poison your young lady was poisoned by was usually ingested through food. When you get back, be careful. Don't give her anything that's too sweet. Also, the medicinal meal I made for her today can only alleviate the symptoms on her face; it can't cure the poison all at once."

"If you want to detoxify her body, she'll have to eat my medicinal cuisine long-term. Go back and talk to your young lady, see if she's willing to keep eating my medicinal cuisine, after all, it's not cheap."

Song Zhili made it very clear that she could cook for Liu Yiyi for free this time, but she would have to pay money to buy it from her in the future.

Green Pearl naturally understood Song Zizhi's implied meaning. She nodded to Song Zizhi, then climbed onto the carriage and left.

Song Ziyuan was also there to see them off. He had been standing not far from Song Zhili and had overheard her conversation with Lüzhu.

"Little sister, you just said that Miss Liu was poisoned? What exactly happened? Why was she poisoned?"

Song Zhili sighed helplessly, "I can't say for sure about matters within the inner quarters, Second Brother. Just who is Liu Yiyi? Which family's young lady is she?"

"She is the daughter of the prefect. She recently came back to visit relatives with the prefect. I don't know where she found out that you cook very well, so she has been coming to the academy to find me, bringing me food and asking me to bring her to my house to meet you."

When Song Zhili heard that she was the daughter of the prefect, she knew she had to cultivate a good relationship with her. With such a strong backer, even if she went to develop her career in the county town, she would have a powerful patron.

"Little sister, can you cure the poison she's been afflicted with? If you can, please help her. This girl is innocent and has no ill intentions."

When Song Zhili heard Song Ziyuan say this, she looked at him with some surprise, as her second brother had never liked to meddle in other people's business.

Why would he ask me to rescue Liu Yiyi today? Could it be that my second brother has feelings for Liu Yiyi?

Logically, this shouldn't be the case, since she noticed that her second brother didn't seem to have any feelings for Liu Yiyi in his eyes.

Song Zhili thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out, so she simply shook her head and stopped thinking about it. She then turned around and followed Song Ziyuan back to the courtyard.