☆, Chapter 166 Princess Jinling's Plans
"I haven't spoken for three hours, which meets your requirements. Now you can't say I'm not qualified, can you?"
Princess Jinling was displeased. "You're so cruel! You know I'm deeply in love with Young Master Zhao, yet you deliberately brought me here, almost making me rush over and say something! Zhou Mujiao, are you really that jealous of me?"
Zhou Mujiao put down the students' medical examination forms, looked into Jinling's eyes and said, "Princess, you want to study medicine and use your medical skills to help the people. Your ambition is lofty. Throughout history, you are the first person to care so much about the people and want to put it into action. I am so glad to have such a princess who is so dedicated to the country and its people. How could I not want to see you doing well?"
"However, learning medicine is far from as easy as the princess usually sees it. When Physician Liu was learning medicine, he couldn't go out to see patients with his master right away. Instead, he started as a errand boy and medicine boy in the clinic."
"I know, I'll do chores for you right now!" Princess Jinling said, snatching the medicine box from Wei Xu's arms. "From now on, wherever you go, I'll go. If you don't let me be by your side, I'll go and assist Physician Liu, just like today!"
"Is the princess serious?"
"I keep my word!" Princess Jinling patted her chest. "I will definitely become the first divine physician princess in the seven kingdoms!"
"To become a legendary doctor, you have to endure much more hardship than an ordinary doctor, and you also need to build a more solid foundation." Zhou Mujiao took the medicine box back and handed it to Wei Xu. "Go back and study first, learn to identify medicinal herbs. When I think you're ready, I'll give you this medicine box again."
Wei Xu tightened his grip on the medicine box, took out several picture books, and handed one to Princess Jinling: "Cousin, look at this one first. This one is for recognizing herbs. It has pictures in it, so even people who don't recognize them can tell that they are herbs!"
"You can't even read, so recognizing these as herbs is useless. You don't even know their names or what their effects are!" Jinling retorted. "Give me all these picture books. Come back to me when you know three thousand characters and can recite the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Character Classic!"
"You even steal children's things, cousin, are you a dog?" Wei Xu hugged all the picture books to his arms. "From now on, we're not cousins anymore, we're competitors. Sister Ajiao said she'll only take one apprentice, and that apprentice will definitely be me!"
You're the dog!
"I'm the puppy, you're the old dog!"
"How dare you call me old, brat? I think you're tired of living!"
"Old dog, old dog, nyah nyah nyah..."
The carriage was in complete chaos, preventing the two female physicians from concentrating on anything. Even Physician Liu was disturbed and his mind was in turmoil. He wanted to speak up and tell Princess Jinling and her cousin to stop fighting like dogs, but given their social status, he dared not.
At this moment, Zhou Mujiao, who had been intently reading the documents, said without looking up, "Whoever makes another sound gets off the bus."
The carriage fell silent in an instant.
Physician Liu looked on with admiration. If we're talking about someone who is not afraid of power and can even suppress it, she's probably the only one in history.
The two female healers also had bright, burning eyes, as if they had the words "Miss Zhou, I want to be your disciple" etched clearly on their faces.
Seeing this, Princess Jinling felt a chill run down her spine and quickly cleared her throat: "Physician Zheng, Physician Song, starting tomorrow, Xu'er and I will learn from you—"
"Go to the Imperial Hospital yourself, or go to Huichuntang outside the palace. But if you go outside the palace and want to learn real knowledge, don't let others know your identity."
Why?
"Because some people are clearly stupid, but after hearing too much flattery, they think they are geniuses. When they go out to treat patients, they will kill people."
If it were the old Jinling, she would have already slammed the table and shouted, "Guards, chop off her head!" But now she is not that Jinling anymore. She is about to become the first divine physician princess in history, a feat unprecedented and unparalleled. Therefore, she must endure hardships that ordinary people cannot bear and humiliations that ordinary people cannot endure!
Princess Jinling raised her hand: "Zhou Mujiao, stop trying to provoke me! I won't fall for it! From today onwards, I will never let anyone outside know that I am a princess—ah!"
The carriage jolted, causing Princess Jinling to stumble forward and fall into Zhou Mujiao's arms, her face pressed against Zhou Mujiao's chest!
Soft and fragrant... So this is what a girl's embrace is like?
Princess Jinling suddenly blushed.
Zhou Mujiao pushed her away and patted her shoulder: "Sit down. Uncle Song, what's wrong?"
"Young lady, please don't get down yet. Let me take a look first."
Uncle Song, who was sent by Jiang Wuyu to run errands for her, jumped off the carriage and, after checking that there was no danger around, said, "A little girl suddenly darted out and bumped into our carriage. She's unconscious and bleeding a lot. Miss, please have Physician Liu come down and take a look."
Zhou Mujiao and Physician Liu went downstairs together, while Jin Ling and Wei Xu were left in the carriage. However, the two were restless and wouldn't let them get out of the carriage. They pressed their necks against the windows, almost breaking their necks, especially Wei Xu, who had most of his body sticking out.
Soon the guards arrived, and Princess Jinling and Wei Xu disembarked from the carriage.
The little girl who was hit was indeed seriously injured, but not because of the carriage. Before being hit, she had many injuries on her body: knife wounds, burns, pinching wounds. Everywhere you could see, there was not a single piece of good flesh. To say that her skin was torn open was an understatement.
Just then, Jinling and Weixu got off the carriage, and Zhou Mujiao had the little girl moved onto the carriage. When she and the two female doctors peeled off the little girl's clothes, they all hissed.
The parts of the little girl's body covered by her clothes had more and more severe wounds!
Zhou Mujiao quickly cleaned and provided basic care for the girl's wounds all over her body, and then had someone send her to Xinglintang. There, all the doctors were female and all the patients were female. The girl looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. If she were sent to Huichuntang, she would probably be surrounded by onlookers.
In ancient times, women valued their reputation more than their lives. They didn't want to lose their lives after being saved.
After arriving in the capital and switching to her identity as a doctor, Zhou Mujiao had helped many injured people like the little girl today, so she didn't take this matter to heart. The village they were going to was not far away, so the group walked into the village.
Zhou Mujiao had no precognitive abilities, so she had no idea how much trouble this little girl she had casually rescued would cause in her life in the future.
Seven days later, Zhou Mujiao led two female doctors out of the city again. When they returned from outside the city to rest at Haoyunlou Restaurant in the evening, she could clearly sense something was amiss in the eyes of everyone from the manager to the waiters.
It wasn't that they were pointing fingers or gossiping; it's just that they were having a lively discussion when she arrived, and everyone shut up, pretended to be busy, and ran away as fast as they could.
These people are definitely hiding something from her.
Zhou Mujiao remained calm and ate her meal slowly and deliberately. After finishing her meal, she told the two female physicians to return to the palace first, as she would not be going back today. Then she went to the kitchen and told the cook that she wanted to deliver food to Zhao Yunjing and the others, and asked them to prepare a feast of five tables, ten dishes, and one soup within an hour.
The cook was stunned: "Prepare a feast of five tables, ten dishes and a soup, in one hour? Girl, here's the pot, the spatula, and the stove. You can do it if you want."
Zhou Mujiao clicked her tongue, and the cook said again, "...Miss, don't you know everyone has prepared a surprise for you?"
"What surprise?"
"that is--"
Just then, a child's scream came from outside. Upon hearing this, Zhou Mujiao's expression changed drastically!
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