“Your Excellency, I just saw the prescription and acupuncture plan you gave Princess Yuening. The patient is already in so much pain, yet you are still using some lukewarm treatment methods. By the time these methods take effect, the patient will have already died from the pain.”

Su Ruojin said directly.

Just now, the prescriptions and acupuncture plans that the imperial physicians had researched were casually thrown on the table, presumably because they had no effect and no one cared anymore.

When Yanluo was giving Yue Ning acupuncture, Su Ruojin glanced at her and knew that Xiaoyue Imperial Physician's medical skills were only slightly better than those of ordinary doctors. Not to mention compared to her, even compared to the imperial physicians of the Great Chu, there was still a gap.

If even the imperial physicians are in such a state, the medical skills of most folk doctors must not be much better. It seems that the Heavenly Physician Pavilion needs to be established as soon as possible to alleviate the suffering of the people of Xiaoyue.

When Dean Bao heard Su Ruojin's words, he was stunned and couldn't find anything to refute them.

“You can’t cure it either,” Physician Chen retorted, unconvinced.

"There is always another mountain higher than the one in the world. The number of difficult and complicated diseases in the world is beyond our imagination. I am a human being, not a god. Isn't it normal for me to have diseases that I can't cure? Do you think the imperial physicians of your Imperial Hospital can cure all diseases in the world?"

Even so, I would not prescribe such a lukewarm remedy. It may seem like it's saving lives, but it's actually useless. What's the difference between that and a quack doctor? Su Ruojin retorted without any politeness.

This was actually a common problem among the imperial physicians, and it was something that Su Ruojin particularly disliked.

For the sake of their own reputation, safety, and interests, some doctors are hesitant and timid when treating patients. This trend spreads among the general public, and other doctors, for whatever reason, will follow suit.

Sometimes, a disease that could be cured with just one or two doses of medicine is treated with a dozen, or even dozens or hundreds of doses.

Not only will it fail to quickly alleviate the patient's pain, it will also increase the patient's financial burden.

While nobles in the palace wouldn't care about medical expenses, for ordinary people, even buying one less dose of medicine could save a lot of money.

A good doctor not only needs to know how to treat illnesses, but also needs to know how to use the cheapest and most effective prescriptions to treat them.

After saying that, Su Ruojin turned and left, not wanting to waste any more time talking to these imperial physicians.

Physician Chen tried to stop her, but was stopped by Director Bao, who said, "Physician Chen, we must admit that we are not as skilled as others."

A whole host of imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital spent a day and a night at the princess's residence, but they couldn't give Princess Yuening a moment's peace.

Now, as soon as Madam Jiang arrives, the princess falls asleep. In this respect alone, she is more capable than the Imperial Hospital.

Moreover, Madam Jiang was not wrong; their prescription was indeed too mild.

For some reason, Madam Jiang's remarks reminded Dean Bao of the prescription Ye Zhao had given him at the Imperial Preceptor's residence, a prescription that was bold and effective.

At this moment, Dr. Bao realized why Madam Jiang looked familiar: she looked so much like Doctor Ye.

If Madam Jiang in front of him hadn't been a woman, Chief Physician Bao would have suspected that she was Doctor Ye.

While the princess was asleep, Imperial Physician Bao hurriedly returned to the palace to report the situation to Empress Dowager Wu.

When Bao Yuanshi arrived at Ningkang Palace, he found Gao Hongyuan there as well.

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager and the Grand Preceptor, the Princess's residence has invited Madam Jiang to treat her. After Madam Jiang's treatment, the Princess's pain has subsided and she is asleep."

Empress Dowager Wu and Gao Hongyuan exchanged a glance; Zhao Ruojin's medical skills were indeed remarkable.

"I understand. Take good care of the princess. I will reward her handsomely once she recovers."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. This humble subject will take his leave."

After the Imperial Physician Bao left, Empress Dowager Wu visibly breathed a sigh of relief. All that remained was for Zhao Ruojin to heal Ning'er and grant her a complete corpse.

The next second, Gao Hongyuan's words made Empress Wu's heart jump again.

"Your Majesty, the little star next to the Purple Star shone a bit brighter last night."

"Didn't you say..." Empress Wu paused halfway through her sentence, only then realizing what she meant.

Gao Hongyuan initially guessed that the star was Ye Zhao, who had the Heavenly Medicine Pavilion behind him and could become Zhuo'er's help.