“Your Highness, there’s no need for that. The Emperor previously bestowed upon Xiaomai a gold medal with the character ‘Song’ on it. Putting aside everything else, just with that gold medal, Xiaomai’s relationship with the royal family will never be severed. If the Emperor or Your Highness needs Xiaomai’s medical help, she will definitely lend a hand.”
"On the contrary, if she becomes His Highness's teacher, she will become the target of everyone's criticism and another target for others to manipulate His Highness," Yun Chang said calmly.
The crown prince pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, I understand."
The next day, when Li Mai opened her eyes, she was met with Zhou Quan's handsome face.
"Wife, you're awake!" He was happy to see her open her eyes, and his face was full of smiles.
"Hmm, what time is it now? Is it the third day?" Li Mai sat up and asked him.
"The next day, at 9:00 AM, my elder brother and His Highness came to see you in the morning and have gone out to patrol the camp now," Zhou Quan replied softly.
Li Mai got dressed and got out of bed, and Zhou Quan also tidied himself up.
Zhou Quan fetched water and the two washed up. "Wait here, I'll go find you something to eat."
"No need to go, it's getting late. I'll just go to my space to get something to eat. By the way, did you tell your brother that we brought him something?" With a thought, Li Mai took him into her space.
There were fruits and snacks on the table inside, and the two of them sat down at the table to eat a simple meal.
“He didn’t say anything, he just gave him the letter from home. He seemed to have been talking with the Crown Prince until very late,” Zhou Quan said.
"Okay, I'll talk to him in a bit. By the way, I was supposed to wake up tomorrow, what did you do to wake me up today?" After waking up, Li Mai felt that her body was full of spiritual energy and warm all over, so she thought that he must have helped her.
"I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so I transferred some spiritual energy to you." Zhou Quan smiled at her.
Li Mai didn't ask any more questions, knowing that he had a way.
"Would you like to learn healing magic from me?" Li Mai asked him.
“Okay,” Zhou Quan obediently agreed. He wanted to learn, not for anyone else, but for her.
She heals others, he heals her.
After leaving the space, the couple went to see Zhong Hui first.
Seeing that Zhong Hui's wound had scabbed over and shrunk somewhat, Li Mai was relieved. These spiritual herbs in her space were truly wonderful!
It seems she'll know how to make a stronger version of the antidote pills now.
Some poisons can be neutralized by adding antidotes to other herbs, while others require two antidotes on their own, which is better than adding other antidotes.
If that's how she consumes the herbs in the space, then she'll have to plant some more.
Anyway, there are no more seedlings in the space now, and there's plenty of empty land.
"Master, thank you for saving my life again!" Zhong Hui respectfully kowtowed to Li Mai three steps away to express his gratitude.
"Alright, I accept this courtesy. Let's not talk about these things again. Now that I've accepted you as my disciple, we won't stand on ceremony. Do you expect me to bow and call you 'Your Highness' when I see you in the capital?" Li Mai said with a laugh.
Zhong Hui chuckled and quickly shook his head, "Of course not, it's just that we haven't told anyone about us becoming disciples yet, so His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know either."
“I know. When I go to the capital next time, I’ll find an opportunity to spread the word that I just paid my respects, so that the Empress Dowager won’t feel uncomfortable.” Li Mai understood the reasoning behind this, and she also knew that the Princess hadn’t taken her to the palace to treat the Empress Dowager before in order to protect her.
"Yes, Master, I'm sorry to trouble you," Zhong Hui said apologetically.
"What's the big deal? Your mother is doing this for my own good!"
"Lie down, I'll treat you again, and the wound will be almost healed."
Zhou Quan sat quietly to the side, waiting for Li Mai to treat Zhong Hui.
An hour later, Li Mai stopped, and Zhong Hui's wound had been reduced to a pink scar.
The wounds have completely healed.
"Alright, you can continue to cultivate every day and let it heal slowly. Apply this ointment twice a day, morning and evening. After a month, the scar will be gone." Li Mai handed him a small white porcelain jar.
Everyone in the camp knew that Zhong Hui was injured, so his wound wouldn't disappear all at once; it would heal slowly.
The Crown Prince was different. After that injury, he wore a mask, so no one knew that he was disfigured.
Not long after they finished speaking, the Crown Prince and Yun Chang returned. They were both quite happy to see Li Mai awake.
Old Yang arrived at this time.
He disappeared into the tent last night to find a place to cultivate, and came out of the tent today.
"Master, are you alright?" Yun Chang bowed to him and asked with concern.
"It's alright, taking them back tomorrow is no problem." Old Yang waved his hand and glanced at his apprentice.
Seeing that Yun Chang was unharmed, I felt relieved.
He takes this apprentice, whom he picked up along the way, quite seriously and thinks about him from time to time.
When everyone saw that Zhong Hui's wounds had healed, leaving only scars, they all silently glanced at Li Mai, thinking that even a god descending to earth couldn't be more amazing!
After leaving Zhong Hui's place, Yun Chang led Zhou Quan and Li Mai to her own tent.
His tent was large and well-equipped. After Yun Chang had Xuan Wen serve tea, she dismissed them all, leaving only the three of them inside.
With a thought, Li Mai led Zhou Quan and Yun Chang into the space.
“Brother, we brought you some gifts when we came. Where would you like to put them?” Li Mai led them directly to the open space by the stream.
His eyes welled up when he saw the pork, grains, and medicinal herbs.
This is my own sister!
"Thank you." Yun Chang's throat tightened, and she could only utter these two words.
"Today is the 12th. How about we leave tomorrow night? You find an open space, make arrangements to avoid people, and I'll let you out when we leave. But we have to cook it by the 14th, and I doubt you have a place to refrigerate this pork here."
However, if this thing is placed in a space, it will be nourished by spiritual energy and will not spoil; it will remain fresh indefinitely.
“Alright, today Chu Yan and Zhong Hui will accompany you on a trip around the area to see the local customs and culture of Chen. From here northwards, this is all our territory now,” Yun Chang said.
“Okay!” Li Mai agreed.
After they left the space, they chatted for more than an hour in Yun Chang's tent. Li Mai told him about her family situation, and then it was time for dinner.
They were all summoned to eat with the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince held Li Mai in high esteem and specially ordered the kitchen to prepare two meat dishes for him as a token of his gratitude.
Normally, they only have large pots of food and don't cook with such care. Even the Crown Prince is the same. After all, it's military campaigning, and the preparations aren't as refined as they are in the capital.
Li Mai examined the scars on the prince's face and was surprised to find that the results were much better than she had expected. It seemed that one session tomorrow would be enough to completely restore the prince's appearance to its original state.
In the afternoon, Chu Yan spent the whole afternoon discussing the medical notes with her in the Li Mai camp, which were about the Crown Prince and Zhong Hui.
Afterwards, Li Mai taught him the basics and fundamentals of spiritual healing.
He must learn the basics of spiritual healing before the end of the year.
Since he's on the battlefield now, he should focus on treating the soldiers' illnesses and practicing!
[Spiritual healing techniques are roughly divided into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Beginner level is the first level (healing internal injuries), intermediate level is the ability to heal external wounds, and advanced level is the ability to heal the spirit (soul control). Li Mai is currently at the intermediate level.]
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