On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness
Chapter 464: Rewards for Success

Chapter 464: Chapter 464: Rewards for Success

Mentioning Doctor Wu and his son, Lai Manting abruptly turned her head, "Mother, please send someone to call for Doctor Wu and his son; the little girl poured all of the medicine powder into my mouth. Ask them to bring the antidote—and quickly!"

She had to take the antidote as soon as possible, so as to prevent her figure from becoming disfigured and prevent more blotches from appearing on her face.

Leng Zongfa covered his nose and mouth as he walked to the vanity, squinting at his daughter’s face before shaking his head, "That face of yours, I’m afraid it can’t be cured. How can it smell so foul?"

Hearing her father also mention the stench, Lai Manting suspiciously shifted her gaze to Mrs. Feng, "Mother, do you think it smells?"

Mrs. Feng nodded with difficulty, "Indeed, there is a rather unpleasant odor."

"To see if the paste used by Doctor Wu and his son has any effect, one can simply inquire with the Imperial Physician."

Leng Zongfa flicked his sleeve, hurriedly fleeing the stench-filled area.

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Elsewhere, Li Yuyue sent Gao Yuan to check on Doctor Wu’s medical clinic.

But unexpectedly, upon arriving at the clinic, Gao Yuan discovered that the clinic had changed owners.

The signboard hanging at the clinic’s entrance was being removed; after inquiring further, he learned that Doctor Wu and his son had sold the clinic several days earlier, and today was the official day of ownership transfer according to the contract.

When Gao Yuan reported this news to Li Yuyue and Leng Yu Yan, he thought he would be blamed for ineptitude, but the Commandery Princess laughed instead.

"So it seems that Doctor Wu and his son had planned to extort Lai Manting from the beginning," Leng Yu Yan paused, then said to Gao Yuan, "Go help Xiaoshan. Doctor Wu and his son couldn’t have gone far. Capture them and interrogate them thoroughly."

Gao Yuan bowed in assent and hurriedly left.

The maid sent by Mrs. Feng arrived at the clinic only to find the clinic’s signboard had been replaced with another person’s surname. Confused, she approached and inquired, learning that Doctor Wu and his son had sold the clinic.

Panicked at heart, the maid’s legs trembled as she returned to the Marquis Mansion, relaying everything she had seen and heard.

Lai Manting slumped on the embroidered stool, her rationality slowly returning, and in a moment, she began to cry loudly.

Seeing this, Mrs. Feng hurriedly consoled, "My daughter, don’t cry, perhaps the Wus have some unspeakable difficulties."

They had collaborated for more than twenty years without a single mishap, and she truly didn’t believe that Doctor Wu and his son would abandon Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, their monetary tree.

The tears reached the wounds on her face, causing Lai Manting such pain that she gritted her teeth and grimaced; she had to stop crying and simply howled, "Mother, don’t you understand? Doctor Wu and his son have absconded!"

Only then did Mrs. Feng wake up to the reality, but seeing her daughter’s mutilated face, she had to calmly comfort, "Your father has already gone to summon the Imperial Physician. The Imperial Physician’s medical skill is exquisite; he will surely have a way!"

Lai Manting nodded, pinning her only hope on the Imperial Physician.

After waiting roughly an hour or more, the pus on Lai Manting’s face flowed more and more, and at that point, Leng Zongfa arrived with Grand Doctor Zeng.

Lai Manting was no longer Consort Liang, and Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion’s glory was long gone. To invite Grand Doctor Zeng this time, Leng Zongfa had to swallow his pride.

Fortunately, after Grand Doctor Zeng accepted the silver from Leng Zongfa, he agreed to make a visit.

Out of professional integrity, as soon as Grand Doctor Zeng entered the room and smelled the offensive stench, he only slightly furrowed his brows, then examined Lai Manting’s left and right cheeks.

Mrs. Feng ardently asked, "Imperial Physician, can you heal my daughter’s face?"

Fearing Grand Doctor Zeng might be reluctant to tell the truth, Leng Zongfa took out another stack of silver notes, but Grand Doctor Zeng politely refused.

"Your daughter’s appearance cannot be restored at all," after glancing at Leng Zongfa and Mrs. Feng, Grand Doctor Zeng inquired, "May I ask how your daughter’s face came to be in such a state?"

"How could it not be recovered?"

Mrs. Feng cried out in desperation, wanting to plead with the Imperial Physician, but was held back by Leng Zongfa.

Leng Zongfa then relayed everything Mrs. Feng had said.

Grand Doctor Zeng listened and shook his head, "Her face indeed cannot be restored, with most of the skin peeled away, how could it be? We sometimes joke that someone has a thick skin, but in medical terms, human skin is actually quite thin. The skin on your daughter’s face has been almost completely torn off; there is no possibility of recovery. What can be done now is only to keep the face from deteriorating further."

After saying this, Grand Doctor Zeng strode away.

Leaving Leng Zongfa and his family of three staring at each other in dismay.

Lai Manting felt utterly hopeless, sweeping all the belongings on her dressing table onto the floor, still finding no relief for her fury.

Mrs. Feng wiped her tears and held her by the shoulders, "Don’t move, the wounds on your face have worsened, what should we do now?"

Lai Manting finally calmed down.

After a while, she realized, "That little wretch said the paste would peel off the skin so it could heal; it was all lies. She set a trap for me long ago!"

"Daddy, please, you must take revenge for your daughter! That ingrate, after being raised in the Marquis Mansion for ten years, she repays kindness with such malice. Daddy, you must avenge your daughter! If it weren’t for the spots on my face, Prince Liang would not have disliked me,"

Leng Zongfa asked, "You’re saying that Leng Yu Yan’s method to remove the spots was a trap? But as far as I know, when she mentioned the method, there were no spots on your face."

Lai Manting threw a tantrum, "I don’t care, all the things wrong with me, I’ll blame them all on that little girl!"

Why should she be born more beautiful than her!

As long as the little girl is more beautiful than her, the little girl is at fault!

Leng Zongfa sighed, "Leng Yu Yan is now the only Commandery Princess of the Prince Zhenbei’s Mansion; how do you expect me to avenge you?"

Mrs. Feng’s eyes rolled, "My lord, that little wretch is not your biological daughter; she is born of Mrs. Zhang’s affair. Could we start from this fact? It could not only ruin the little girl’s reputation but also shame Prince Zhenbei’s Mansion so they cannot show their faces in the capital city."

Hearing this, Leng Zongfa had a sudden realization, "I must go ask mother about this."

Hearing her parents’ conversation, as if there was a possibility to annihilate the little girl, but none of this was enough to extinguish Lai Manting’s hatred for her irrecoverable appearance.

Thinking of Ms. Wu and her son fleeing, Lai Manting hurriedly spoke, "Father, please send someone to find Ms. Wu and her son, and have them give me the antidote."

"Alright," Leng Zongfa agreed, and with a lift of his foot, he went to Madam Lai’s courtyard.

Grand Doctor Zeng, upon leaving the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, made a detour to the Eastern Palace before returning to the Imperial Hospital.

He presented a stack of silver notes given by Leng Zongfa when he was called for help, "Your Highness, Leng Zongfa is desperate to save his daughter, and he gave these Silver Taels."

Without even lifting his head, Ye Yiheng said indifferently, "If it is given to you, you may keep it."

Grand Doctor Zeng joyfully stuffed the silver notes into his sleeve and added, "Lai Manting’s face is completely disfigured, what I said at Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion was entirely true."

Ye Yiheng spoke coldly again, "For the follow-up, if they ask you for a recipe to prevent the face from deteriorating, do you know what to do?"

"This humble one knows. I will write up a flawless recipe, and at the same time verbally suggest a dietary regimen. This way, the recipe and the dietary dishes will, unbeknownst to them, conflict. The recipe, on the surface, will seem to heal the skin, but in combination with the dietary dishes, it will in fact accelerate the deterioration until the cheeks rot through, exposing the teeth inside the mouth."

"Good!" Ye Yiheng, finally raising his head covered by an eye veil, said, "If the plan succeeds, you will be rewarded!"

Grand Doctor Zeng immediately knelt, "Thank you, Crown Prince!"