Led by Zhu Yu, everyone rushed towards Ding Xiang, surrounding her tightly and showering her with praise and admiration.
"The Great Medicine Girl is indeed a cut above the rest."
"The position of Grand Physician is well-deserved for Dingxiang."
"From now on, we should definitely learn from the Great Medicine Girl."
"From now on, we will listen to whatever you say, Da Yao Nu."
...
Judge Zhang glanced at the former head pharmacist, who was now isolated to the side, and reprimanded and comforted her, saying, "Now that you know your skills are inferior to others, you should spend your days carefully studying and practicing medicine. In the future, don't spend your days forming cliques, slandering others, and using foul language. Otherwise, if you accidentally cause a disaster one day, it will be too late."
No matter what he said, the former great medicine woman seemed not to listen at all, only glaring angrily at everyone, as if the whole world owed her something.
Seeing his extreme stubbornness, Judge Zhang shook his head helplessly and turned to walk back into the house.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and Dingxiang then ran happily toward Yi Shangyun.
Indeed, when she took three steps at a time and walked up to her, she suddenly stopped and knelt down, bowing deeply to the ground in a deep salute: "This servant, Dingxiang, greets Your Highness, the Princess!"
Yi Shangyun hurriedly helped her up, and finally called out to her with delight, "Dingxiang, you really didn't disappoint me, you did a great job. Get up, there's no need to bow so deeply to me."
With tears welling up in her eyes, Dingxiang said excitedly, "No, Your Highness, please accept my bow today. In this world, Your Highness is my teacher, my friend, and my master. If it weren't for Your Highness's guidance back then, how could I be where I am today! I could never repay Your Highness's great kindness, even if I were to repay it in my next life."
"You earned all of this through your own hard work." After several attempts, Yi Shangyun finally managed to help Dingxiang up slowly.
Dingxiang seemed to suddenly remember something, so she got up and quickly pulled her up to look at her legs.
She said with concern, "Just now, as soon as I returned to the palace, I heard that Her Highness the Princess and His Highness Prince Qin entered the palace together today. Her Highness the Princess came to the Imperial Pharmacy to look for me first. I was afraid that these ignorant brats would deliberately make things difficult for you while I was away, so I rushed over. I heard from the pharmacist that Your Highness's legs were already much better, but I just couldn't believe it. Please let me see, are your legs really all better?"
So much time has passed, and seeing that Dingxiang still worries about her leg ailment, Yi Shangyun said, "It's all better now, it's all better now, so don't worry about me."
"Is it really healed? Your Highness didn't lie to me? Is it really healed?" Dingxiang examined herself closely, relentlessly asking.
Yi Shangyun helplessly turned around to show her.
Seeing that his actions were indeed no different from those of an ordinary person, Dingxiang was relieved and exclaimed with delight, "I never thought there was such a skilled doctor in the world. He can even cure diseases that the entire Imperial Medical Academy couldn't handle. I really want to learn from him."
Upon seeing this, Yi Shangyun couldn't help but tease him, saying, "It's been years since I last saw you. How come you seem to have turned into a fool now?"
However, Dingxiang didn't care at all about what she said about herself. She just stared at her face for a while and said inexplicably, "That's nice!"
Yi Shangyun asked, puzzled, "What did you say was really good?"
Dingxiang took her hand and said, "Becoming the Queen of Qin, finally the lovers can be together, how wonderful!"
Yi Shangyun suddenly realized that she herself felt that things were quite good as they were, so she smiled at him and said nothing.
Seeing herself all alone and helpless, having suffered such a humiliating disgrace, the former great medicine woman stood there, still gritting her teeth in hatred.
In contrast, Dingxiang was holding Yishangyun's hand intimately and chatting happily.
As a result, a feeling of frustration and utter disappointment gradually spread until it took control of her mind. In the end, almost inexplicably, she quietly stepped forward, grabbed a small knife from the table, and hid it in her sleeve.
Then he slowly stepped forward and leaned over to stand next to Dingxiang. He firmly planted his foot on Dingxiang's shoulder and said fiercely, "I'm not convinced! I'll never accept this! You two must have conspired to trick me today!"
The moment Yi Shangyun's gaze fell upon the gleaming blade tip descending from the sky, about to pierce the ground, he instinctively spread his arms and stood in front of Dingxiang, raising his voice to warn her, "Dingxiang, be careful!"
In an instant, blood was streaming down Yi Shangyun's shoulder, staining a large patch of her white clothes red in no time.
Dingxiang was instantly stunned by what was happening before her eyes. She shouted at her ex-girlfriend, the apothecary, who also seemed to be stunned by her own foolish and impulsive actions, "Are you crazy!"
But there was no time to worry about her. Dingxiang quickly stepped forward to support Yi Shangyun, who was struggling to stand due to her injury, and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, are you alright?"
But as soon as she saw Yi Shangyun's face grow paler and paler, and his body seemingly begin to slide down Dingxiang's body, Dingxiang knelt on the ground and tightly hugged Yi Shangyun's body, calling out in panic and fear, "Help! Help!"
Just then, Xuan Yuanhan, who had been standing outside the door and had overheard the competition taking place in the courtyard, burst in with his men.
Upon opening the door, one sees Yi Shangyun slumped on the ground, seemingly unconscious, with large patches of bright red blood seeping through her snow-white gauze dress.
He rushed over, bent down, scooped her up from the ground, and carried her in his arms, anxiously calling in her ear, "Yun'er, wake up, wake up quickly, I'm here, Yun'er..."
In an instant, Xuan Yuanhan's unfathomable eyes flashed with cold light as he looked at the former Great Medicine Girl who was still in shock.
With a loud bang.
Intimidated by the knife, he loosened his grip and accidentally dropped it to the ground with a crisp sound.
Before his master could give the order, Cheng Liang had already ordered his men to take him away.
In the Imperial Pharmacy.
Dingxiang personally and meticulously applied medicine to Yi Shangyun's wound. The medicine was personally and cautiously delivered by Zhang Yuanpan.
As soon as the bandaging was finished, Xuan Yuanhan couldn't wait to carry Yi Shangyun out of the Imperial Pharmacy and back to the Prince of Qin's residence in front of everyone.
Inside Lin Yuexuan.
After struggling for a long time, Yan'er looked at the deep, dangerous wound left on her once smooth, alabaster-like shoulder and cried her heart out.
"If I had known the palace was so dangerous, and that Miss would get injured every time she went in, I should have accompanied her this time to protect her. She was perfectly fine when she left this morning, how did she end up like this now?"
After saying that, she secretly wiped away her tears.
At this moment, she finally helped Physician Yue reapply the medicine to Yi Shangyun and bandage her up again.
Yi Shangyun was fast asleep on the couch. Yan'er took out a clean set of pink clothes and prepared to change her into them.
Upon seeing Physician Yue emerge, Xuan Yuanhan immediately stopped pacing back and forth behind the screen since returning to the mansion, never having left for a moment.
He asked anxiously, "How is it?"
Physician Yue finally let out a sigh of relief, still trembling with fear as he said, "Your Highness is incredibly fortunate; she is out of danger now. But... if the knife had been just a fraction off, it would have struck her heart right through her shoulder, and Your Highness would have been beyond saving."
Xuanyuan Han witnessed Yi Shangyun bleeding profusely in his arms. Even if Physician Yue hadn't said anything, Xuanyuan Han knew in his heart how dangerous this had been. Even now, he is still distraught when he thinks about it.
Hearing the sound, he clenched his fists tightly and called out in a deep voice to Cheng Liang, who was guarding outside the door: "Cheng Liang!"
Seeing this, Physician Yue withdrew, and Cheng Liang entered, bowed respectfully to him, and asked, "What are your orders, Your Highness?"
Xuanyuan Han asked, "Where is she now?"
Cheng Liang replied, "I have already ordered someone to bring her back to the Prince's residence to await Your Highness's decision!"
Xuanyuan Han thought for a moment, his face full of anger, and said with murderous intent, "Damn it! Anyone who dares to hurt my woman must be tired of living. Go and tell them that the good daughter raised by the Vice Minister of War is no wonder she runs rampant in the palace and even dares to murder my queen. Today, I order her entire clan to atone for their sins with their lives before dawn."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Liang was immediately startled, and seemed somewhat hesitant, saying, "But Your Highness, the Vice Minister of War is someone we are trying to win over. Currently, he is also a favorite of the Emperor. Wouldn't this be detrimental to our plans...?"
In response to Cheng Liang's questioning, Xuan Yuanhan turned around and glared at him angrily, saying, "Even without him, I can still get what I want. Now hurry up and go..."
Left with no other choice, Cheng Liang could only reluctantly accept the order: "Yes..."
But just then, a faint voice suddenly came from behind the screen: "Your Highness... no..."
Upon hearing the sound, Xuan Yuanhan immediately realized that Yi Shangyun had woken up, so he quickly turned around, went around the screen, and rushed to the bedside.
Sure enough, Yi Shangyun had woken up at some point and was struggling to get off the bed with Yan'er's help, and stood up.
Upon seeing this, Xuan Yuanhan rushed over to stop her, saying with great concern, "Yun'er, what are you doing? Lie down quickly, be careful of your wound!"
Yi Shangyun, supporting his arm, pleaded, "What did Your Highness just ask General Cheng to do? Did you want to kill the entire family of the Vice Minister of War?"
Xuan Yuanhan was caught off guard when Yi Shangyun overheard everything. He avoided her gaze and said, "Yun'er, don't concern yourself with this matter. I will avenge you for what you suffered today, including the insults she inflicted on you at the Imperial Pharmacy."
Yi Shangyun hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, you mustn't kill someone because of me. She was blinded by jealousy, she didn't mean to hurt me, Your Highness, please let her go!"
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