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Chapter 1498 - 1599: She’s Not Qualified_1

Chapter 1498: Chapter 1599: She’s Not Qualified_1

Bai Ruozhu scoffed, looking at Hao Baishuang as if she were a clown, then ignored her, moving forward to grasp Mao Xingcai’s wrist and began to feel his pulse.

Hao Baishuang rushed forward, shouting, "What are you doing? Let go of my master! You have already killed my cousin before, and now you want to harm my master. Don’t touch him!"

Bai Ruozhu still paid her no heed and extended a hand to unbutton Mao Xingcai’s collar, but suddenly remembering the propriety between men and women, she turned her head to Jiu Sheng and said, "He’s suffering from heatstroke. You take off his coat; the weather is hot and dry, and he is dressed too tightly. Plus, he had been quite emotionally agitated just now."

Everyone present was a doctor, and they could tell that Bai Ruozhu was right. Mao Xingcai was indeed very conservative, wearing his official uniform so tightly even in this scorching heat, which indeed made him susceptible to heatstroke.

The crowd hurriedly removed Mao Xingcai’s outer garment, while Jiu Sheng pinched his philtrum to revive him.

Hao Baishuang glared fiercely at Bai Ruozhu, "Isn’t it because you forced him to apologize to you, that he fainted? Even if you won the bet, you shouldn’t be so excessively demanding, right?"

Having dealt with the patient, Bai Ruozhu dusted off her hands, scoffed, and said, "Hao Baishuang, oh Hao Baishuang, you just acknowledged him as your master and yet you call out so wretchedly. One would think you really cared about Mao Yanshi. Shouldn’t you, as his disciple, be treating him first rather than picking a quarrel with me?"

"Moreover, you’ve been denouncing me all along, but have you truly cared about your master’s safety? You say it was I who forced him, but everyone here can testify, did I really force him to apologize? It was Mao Yanshi himself who summoned me. I think it’s more that someone pressured him to take you as a disciple, and that’s what really gave him a surge of frustration. Also, stop harping on about how I killed your cousin. Do you really want me to say it again? Your cousin hired a killer to assassinate me and was divorced by her in-laws when found out. She hanged herself because she couldn’t face it, and you blame me for that?"

Seeing the crowd pointing and whispering, Hao Baishuang said hastily, "Why don’t you tell them why my cousin wanted to teach you a lesson? Why didn’t she teach someone else?"

Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but laugh, "Hiring a killer is murder, not something that can be excused as a mere ’lesson.’ As for your cousin, I had never even met her, yet she hated me already. How could I possibly fathom her thoughts? Furthermore, this is the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Medical Hospital. You are but an apprentice without any rank, while I am a legitimate fourth-rank Chief Female Physician. Do you think you have the right to shout at me and address me by name?"

Seeing the situation, Jiu Sheng quickly said, "How dare you, Miss Hao, show disrespect towards the Chief Female Physician? According to the palace rules, you should be slapped ten times. Bring someone here to slap her!"

Bai Ruozhu nodded with a smile; Jiu Sheng was quick on the uptake, and Hao Baishuang did indeed deserve a slap.

Since she was refusing to take in Hao Baishuang, and Hao Baishuang insisted on forcing her way in, it was just perfect. She would have plenty of opportunities to deal with Hao Baishuang slowly.

A eunuch, having heard the order, stepped forward, one holding Hao Baishuang down and the other raising a hand prepared to slap her.

"I am the disciple of the hospital’s director, and I was recommended to enter by Princess Huilan; who dares to slap me!" Hao Baishuang yelled, stretching her neck, and truly, she managed to shock the little eunuch about to slap her.

"Slap her! If there’s an issue, I will take responsibility," Bai Ruozhu said sternly.

The little eunuch naturally listened to Bai Ruozhu; after all, she was a legitimate fourth-rank officer and esteemed by the emperor. Even Mao Yanshi had just made an apology to her, how could a mere little eunuch dare to disobey her?

A few slaps flew across, and Hao Baishuang’s face swelled up instantly. Probably having never been treated this way, she opened her mouth to curse but was interrupted by the next slap.

"Stop!" A woman charged over with a menacing aura, supported by her maidservant, as a stern shout rang out.

The people present all paid their respects, "Greetings to Princess Huilan."

Bai Ruozhu scoffed inwardly. So, Princess Huilan truly hasn’t given up on harming her, even making a special trip to the Imperial Medical Hospital to protect Hao Baishuang.

In reality, Princess Huilan was not there to protect Hao Baishuang. She thought that with Hao Baishuang entering the Imperial Medical Hospital today and even becoming a disciple of the hospital officer, Bai Ruozhu must be extremely upset. Therefore, she simply found an excuse to visit the Empress Dowager and then took the opportunity to check out the excitement at the hospital. She intended to mock and threaten Bai Ruozhu but did not expect to arrive just in time to see the person she’d arranged being handled by Bai Ruozhu, which was not the scene she wanted to witness.

" Bai Ruozhu, you have some nerve! You dare to strike a person recommended by me, the Grand Princess. Do you no longer regard me as the Grand Princess?" Princess Huilan had now completely dropped the pretense and stopped falsely trying to be close to Bai Ruozhu.

Bai Ruozhu gave her a polite bow and said, "Princess, you have misunderstood. The Imperial Medical Hospital has its own rules. Hao Baishuang, as an apprentice, directly called me by my name and showed me disrespect. If I do not take a strong stance for such behavior, wouldn’t the hospital descend into chaos?"

"I think it’s not that she was disrespectful to you, but rather you are deliberately finding fault with her, to show disrespect to me," Princess Huilan glared at Bai Ruozhu and huffed coldly, "Don’t think your brother being the top graduate is something so great. I am the Emperor’s aunt, do you dare show disrespect to me now?"

"The one I disciplined was Hao Baishuang. Does that mean Hao Baishuang now represents the princess? Indeed, she was recommended by you, but she is just an apprentice, not yet an officer. If she were an officer, then she could command me without punishment since we would be equals. I am not a person who is overly concerned with such matters," Bai Ruozhu said, revealing a toothy grin toward the end, "If you don’t believe me, just ask Officer Mao, and he will tell you."

At this moment, Mao Xingcai had already woken up, though his head was still spinning, and his vision was filled with stars. It took him a good while to regain his composure and realize that the situation had taken a turn for the worse.

However, he quickly understood what was happening. With a sigh, he didn’t want to be used by Princess Huilan at his age, nor did he want to get involved in a quarrel between women. He was extremely reluctant to take on Hao Baishuang as a disciple.

But who doesn’t know that Princess Huilan holds grudges? Where would he dare to offend her?

Unfortunately, everyone’s eyes were on him, and he couldn’t hide even if he wanted to. He was forced to put on a pained smile and said, "Before, I did indeed shout orders at Officer Bai. Fortunately, Officer Bai did not take it to heart."

Bai Ruozhu’s smile grew wider. She wasn’t wrong and what Mao Xingcai said was also true; he had indeed bellowed orders at her many times in the past.

"Hmph, since you put it that way, I nominate Hao Baishuang to be the Chief Doctor of the Female Physicians Institution. If someone with your medical skills can hold that position, why can’t she? If you have the guts, go ahead and have a fair competition with her. Whoever wins will be the Chief Doctor!" Princess Huilan shouted shrilly, lacking all the grace and composure expected of a princess, resembling more a shrewish fishwife.

In contrast, Bai Ruozhu remained calm and composed, with a dignified posture, "I refuse to accept the competition; she isn’t qualified enough."

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