I insist

Chapter 186: A Generous Reward

Ignoring their thoughts, she lifted the woman's skirt with one hand.

Everyone gasped in surprise, thinking that Song Miqiu was about to lift the woman's skirt as high as possible.

Song Miqiu lifted the clothes, revealing the woman's fair and slender calves. Her gaze moved down and lingered on the woman's ankles.

She then looked away and asked softly, "Besides your feet, is there any other pain?"

"Yes!" The woman nodded repeatedly, straightening her back with difficulty, her mouth dry. "My lower back hurts too, could you please take a look at it for me?"

Song Miqiu bent down, his full head of hair still hanging down in front of the woman.

The woman found it strange; although Song Miqiu's appearance made her look like she had one leg in a coffin, her hair remained unchanged.

It's like an old woman with a young girl's hair; from a certain visual perspective, it's extremely strange.

Song Miqiu placed his fingers on the woman's waist, feeling around for a moment, and only after confirming the woman's condition did he breathe a sigh of relief.

It was just a sprained back and a twisted ankle; nothing serious happened.

She looked up and smiled at the woman's slightly pale face, her hands gently resting on the woman's ankles. Song Miqiu asked, "Have you found the carriage that hit you?"

The woman was furious at the mention of the incident. She said angrily, "How could we have caught him? He clearly bumped into me, and not only did he not stop to apologize or compensate me, he just rode off in his carriage, leaving me covered in dust!"

She grew angrier as she spoke. If the owner of that carriage had appeared in front of her, she might have attacked and slapped him!

Unfortunately, she didn't see what the person looked like, otherwise she would definitely remember him.

While agreeing with the woman, Song Miqiu noticed that the woman's attention was not on her ankle, so she grabbed the ankle and bent it back into place.

The woman paused, then looked at her legs in horror.

She was still in shock, not realizing what she had just experienced.

The woman looked up at Song Miqiu with a disgruntled expression, pointed to her leg, and opened her mouth as if to say something, but the other party nodded, agreeing with what she had just done.

Seeing this, the woman blinked, seemingly not quite understanding.

"Alright." Song Miqiu exhaled a breath of stale air. She clapped her hands, squatted down, raised her chin, and smiled at the woman. "Now all that's left is the waist."

The woman tried to stand up, but Song Miqiu stopped her.

"You can't stand up right now, otherwise the damage to your lower back will get even worse, and you'll be in real trouble!"

Upon hearing this, the woman's hand, which was about to move, immediately stopped.

Song Miqiu glanced at the maid standing next to the woman and urged her repeatedly, "Go to the nearest clinic and get a stretcher. Find someone at the clinic who is on leave to help you. As long as they are willing to help, money is not a problem."

She landed on the woman, smiling faintly as she asked, "Is it alright for me to have your maid say that?"

“No problem!” the woman said, waving her hand.

Since Song Miqiu has stepped in to help her, and given her current situation, she has no idea what to do, so she might as well spend more money and suffer less.

Those around watched as Song Miqiu handled these matters with ease, and the few people who had previously looked down on her now looked at her with great confusion.

They never expected that Song Miqiu would actually be able to accomplish these things.

The maid was very quick; she immediately appeared before Song Miqiu and the woman with several people from the clinic and a stretcher.

Song Miqiu instructed the men to carefully lift the woman onto a stretcher and hurry towards the clinic.

After they arrived at the clinic, Song Miqiu strode up to the doctor, introduced himself and the woman, and showed the woman the medicine.

Meanwhile, Song Miqiu examined the woman's lower back. Seeing the woman's anxious expression, she chuckled and said, "Don't worry, your back injury isn't serious."

"Really?" the woman asked happily, then chuckled, "That's wonderful! I thought I'd be stuck at home for months on end."

Suddenly, a maid brought over a bowl of medicinal soup and carefully placed it in front of the woman.

Song Miqiu smiled at the woman and said softly, "This is the medicine I just wrote. I asked your maid to brew it for you. It will be very helpful for your back injury."

Having learned from her previous experience, the woman completely believed what Song Miqiu said.

Upon hearing Song Miqiu's words, she immediately reached for the medicine soup to drink, but her fingertips were burned and she pulled them back.

The woman smiled awkwardly at Song Miqiu and said, "I was in a bit of a hurry and forgot to consider that the medicine was a little hot."

"It's alright."

After the medicine had cooled down, the woman picked it up again and began to drink it.

She lay there chatting with Song Miqiu for a while before sitting up again. The woman subconsciously tried to move her waist, but found that the pain in her waist was much less than before.

The woman raised her eyebrows in surprise. She subconsciously grabbed Song Miqiu's hand and chuckled, "The medicinal soup you mentioned earlier really worked! My lower back was in a lot of pain, but it's much better now!"

"It's good that things have calmed down."

Suddenly, a royal physician appeared and came to her aid. The woman wanted to express her gratitude to him in every way possible.

She was about to take off one of her gold hairpins to thank the other party.

The woman touched her forehead but couldn't find a single gold hairpin. She said apologetically, "I was in a hurry to leave today and didn't bring any gold hairpins."

"It's nothing, just helping others is a pleasure."

Just as the woman was about to say something, her gaze suddenly fell on Song Miqiu's sleeve.

She frowned slightly, reached out and grabbed Song Miqiu's cuff, and asked, "Your cuffs are all frayed, you must have been wearing them for quite a while, you should probably change them."

Song Miqiu felt like crying but had no tears left to shed.

She wanted to change, she wanted to wear clothes made of fine fabric, but she really didn't have the money to change, she didn't have the money to wear!

Song Miqiu felt a pang of sadness, but maintained a faint smile on her face. "It's just a loose thread. We can remove it with thread another day, and you can still wear it."

"Keep wearing it?!" the woman exclaimed in surprise. Suddenly remembering something, her tone softened considerably. "May I ask about your family situation?"

Song Miqiu nodded and said with a hint of helplessness, "My family situation is actually not very good. I entered the palace as a royal physician because I was attracted by the salary, which is more than that of a doctor in the capital."

“That’s normal. After all, if you please your master, you’ll be rewarded.” The woman nodded, her face serious as she looked at her maid. “No, since you saved me today, I must reward you handsomely. Otherwise, if word gets out, they’ll say I’m stingy!”

"No need, no need." Song Miqiu's eyes lit up, but she declined verbally.