Just then physician Bai quickly held HwaHwa down " Child, I am physician Bai, you are burning up with fever and severe malnutrition. What were you atoning for so long in the ancestral hall".
HwaHwa sniffled as big tears fell from her eyes making her appearance frail and pitiful " Physician Bai. Mother did right for me to fast for my Grandmother for few days, you see I have gained too much weight and being a glutton is a sin as per Buddha scripture, we should care for our body as if it's a temple of god because buddha gave us this body. I was disrespectful towards Buddha's will by eating too much".
Physician Bai growled " who said you have been eating too much look at you any less weight you would have crossed the bridge to drink Meng Po's soup.
(A/N: After death soul drink Meng Po soup to forget last life memory and happily cross over).
Physician Bai continued his rant " inhuman you all are inhuman I never expected that at honourable Minister Go's house has such discrimination treating their eldest child a burden and glutton for eating normal food and then torturing her".
Just then Minister Go entered the chamber " what is going on I heard that HwaHwa is sick". As soon as he saw physician Bai he bowed down " physician Bai, I did not know that Li Qing invited you for the treatment, come let me serve you tea, HwaHwa has minor fever she will recover soon enough ".
Minister Go secretly tried to hand gold tael to Physician Bai, but he shrugged Go Kang's hand as he sneered " Minister Go, you may be in higher position but you cannot buy my silence with that tael of gold seeing you like this has opened my eyes for honour of Minister of Rites".
Physician Bai quickly made bowl of medicine as he gave prescription to LinLin, "Little girl just send your maid to my apothecary I will give you herbs for free, the medicine I have given you will act in few hours your fever will come down, as for your recovery it will depend on the care you will receive.
Nodding as Physician Bai was about to leave HwaHwa stood up leaning on LinLin " Physician Bai, wait I have saved some small amount by doing chores of my neighbours kindly let me pay you for your treatment and time or else I can't take your gratitude for free".
Seeing the sincerity Physician Bai stood there, he knew a sincere gratitude when he sees one, this little girl has touched his old heart, he will take her coins as small token.
HwaHwa holding LinLin's arm opened the almirah and pulled out the box, but as soon as she opened it the box was empty.
Shocked HwaHwa questioned Ling Qi " LinLin, where are my jewelry and where are the coins that I saved for so long".
LinLin shook her head and signed her reply which HwaHwa translated loudly " My lady, furen sent two maids when you were praying in the temple Min Ki and Nina, on first day they barged in your room and started rummaging your things when I tried to stop them they held me down and beat me saying " we have taken Furen jewellery and she didn't do anything what you mute could do".
Minister Go at this point understood things were about to turn bad as he was about to interrupt but physician Bai spoke up.