PFC Chapter 353 The evil woman who used poison is not worthy of the imperial physician (2)
Chapter 353 The evil woman who used poison is not worthy of the imperial physician (2)
"How is that possible?" The first to speak was the hot-tempered Chen Banxia. He widened his eyes and said in disbelief, "We have been buying at this price for years, and the Baili family has never said anything!"
"Yes!" Chen Lingyou nodded in agreement, frowned, and asked doubtfully, "Dad, did you make a mistake?"
Old Master Chen looked solemn, took a deep breath and said slowly: "How can there be goods that have not increased in price for more than ten years? The Baili family treats our Chen family as a relative, so they have never raised the price. Anyway, they are their own medicinal fields.
The cost is low to begin with, so they give us a little more profit. I have asked someone about this before, and it is indeed the case.
Besides, we are not their big customer, so the Baili family never took it to heart that they made less money from us. Now the price of medicinal materials has been adjusted only because our two families no longer have any relationship. "
"Dad, I'm not afraid of these. What if the Baili family gets angry and cuts off our financial support?" After hearing what his father said, Chen Lingyou became even more worried.
"It shouldn't be!" Chen Banxia said this, but he was a little worried in his heart.
"I thought before that I could just not provoke them, but now I've heard what your brother said." After a moment's silence, Mr. Chen said, "I should take the initiative to go to their house and apologize."
After discussing it, this person decided that Bai Shao should go and test the situation with Baili Qing first.
"I won't go. How can I face Baili Qing?" Bai Shao complained. "A good marriage has been ruined, and the girl is dead. How can I go to her house to explain this matter?"
"She is the only one in the Baili family in the capital." Chen Banxia continued to persuade, "It is impossible for a man like me to go and see her directly! It is just a matter related to the Chen family, so I really have to ask Madam to do it."
Bai Shao had no choice but to agree.
Fortunately, Baili Qing accepted the visiting invitation from Bai Shao, but was turned away at the door when he arrived.
"I'm so sorry, Madam Chen." The concierge looked apologetic. "We have a distinguished guest visiting today, so we can't entertain you. Why don't you come back another day?"
Bai Shao originally thought that it was normal for the other party to make things difficult for her, so she didn't say anything and planned to go back to the Chen family. However, before getting on the carriage, she happened to see the distinguished guest entertained by the Yu family this time - Mr. Song.
The Song family, like the Chen family, is also a medical family, but they have few descendants, and basically only have one son in each generation.
So even if the Song family members also worked in the Imperial Medical Service, there were only two people at most.
Although their population is small, their family business is huge, and their pharmacy business is bigger than that of the Chen family.
Seeing the Song family coming to visit the Yu family, Bai Shao felt that the situation was very dangerous, but the Yu family did not let her in at the moment, so she could not get any specific information.
She hurried back to the Chen family and told her husband Chen Banxia what happened today. Seeing that his face looked serious, she also became worried for a moment.
After listening to his wife's story, Chen Banxia pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that we have to find another way. This matter concerns the future of the Chen family. We can't just sit there and wait for death."
He looked at Bai Shao firmly: "I will go to Yu Mansion in person tomorrow and find out their intentions no matter what."
"Are you going tomorrow?" Bai Shao was still worried. "Before I received my invitation to the Yu Mansion, I was not able to go in. If I go there rashly like this, I'm afraid..."
"At times like this, I have no choice but to be thick-skinned." Chen Banxia was somewhat helpless. "I'd like to trouble Madam to accompany me and be a 'leper' again. We won't leave until we see each other tomorrow."
"I'm fine, but you are an imperial physician after all!" Bai Shao was still very worried.
Chen Banxia was somewhat open-minded at this moment: "This matter must be resolved. If we don't fight hard this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future."
The next morning, Chen Banxia, wearing a plain long robe, came to the gate of Yu's house.
Seeing that it was him, the doorman hurried forward to salute, but his tone revealed a hint of embarrassment: "Master Chen, I'm really sorry, there are distinguished guests in the mansion today, and the master has ordered that it is inconvenient to entertain them."
Chen Banxia's heart sank, but Bai Shao patted her husband's hand, telling him to calm down. She gritted her teeth, took out the token that Baili Qing had given her, and handed it to the doorman: "Please give this to your wife and tell her that we have something important to discuss."
The doorman knew that Bai Shao and his mistress once had a good relationship, so he did not dare to neglect her and took the token and went into the mansion.
Chen Banxia and Bai Shao were waiting anxiously outside the mansion, and time passed by minute by minute.
Finally, the doorman reappeared and said to the two of them, "My master and his wife want to see you. Please follow me."