Hearing the noise, Su Ruojin turned to the child and said, "Xiaobao, you stay in the room and wait for your sister. She'll be back soon."
After saying that, she left the private room, gently closed the door, and went downstairs.
A crowd had gathered in the lobby downstairs. In the middle of the crowd, a young man was holding an elderly man who had fainted, and his voice was trembling with anxiety as he cried out, "Grandpa, Grandpa, what's wrong?"
“Young man, that’s Doctor Ma from Jirentang. Go and beg him to take a look at your grandfather.”
Some people in the crowd were giving advice to the young people.
The young man looked in the direction indicated and saw a man in his thirties, wearing a blue robe, leisurely munching on a duck leg, seemingly unaware that someone had fainted.
The young man gently put the old man down, walked quickly towards him, and bowed deeply: "Dr. Ma, please save my grandfather."
Doctor Ma, gnawing on a duck leg with oil all over his hands and mouth, glanced at the young man indifferently and said, "Okay, ten taels of silver."
The young man's eyes widened instantly.
In the Great Chu Kingdom, one tael of silver is enough for an ordinary family to live on for a month, but now Doctor Ma is asking for ten taels of silver.
The young man was dressed in a coarse cotton robe with several patches on it, and he didn't look like someone who could afford ten taels of silver.
He knelt down before Dr. Ma with a thud: "Dr. Ma, I beg you, please have mercy and save my grandfather first. I will definitely pay you back the consultation fee later."
Dr. Ma looked disdainful: "No money? Forget it. If everyone were like you, and I could treat anyone for free, how would I survive? Besides, I, Ma Yun'an, don't treat just anyone."
The young man kept kowtowing to Ma Yun'an: "Dr. Ma, I beg you, please save my grandfather. I will definitely pay you back later. If you don't believe me, I can give you an IOU."
“I’m telling you, instead of begging me here, you should hurry up and find other doctors to see if anyone is willing to treat you for free.” Ma Yun’an picked up the wine glass on the table, took a sip, and continued gnawing on his duck leg, ignoring the young man.
Su Ruojin pushed through the crowd, glanced at the old man, and said in a clear, cold voice, her tone rapid and leaving no room for argument: "He can still be saved. Everyone, spread out a bit. The patient needs some fresh air."
The onlookers instinctively took a few steps back, making room for each other.
The young man, seeing the commotion, hurried back. When he saw it was a young girl, a hint of disappointment crossed his eyes.
Su Ruojin didn't care about any of that. She stretched out two fingers and put them on the old man's neck, then took his pulse.
An older woman standing nearby couldn't help but say, "Young lady, are you sure you can handle this? Don't delay treatment."
"Young lady, are you sure you can handle this? If you cause someone's death, be careful they don't take you to the authorities," an uncle kindly reminded her.
"Yes, yes, young man, don't wait any longer, go find another doctor."
Nobody believed that this little girl could treat illnesses.
The young man heeded the advice and prepared to go out to find another doctor, but the young girl spoke up: "I have a medical license."
When the young girl produced the medical certificate issued by the Imperial Medical Academy, everyone fell silent.
Hope has rekindled in the eyes of young people.
Su Ruojin unfolded the cloth bag, took out silver needles, and was about to administer acupuncture to the old man.
Then Ma Yun'an shouted, "Stop! What do you know about acupuncture, you little girl? Who knows if you stole your medical license from somewhere?"
Today, Juxianlou held a consultation conference, which was attended by all the licensed doctors in Yanyang.
No one wanted to miss this opportunity. If they could really cure the young prince, they could then curry favor with the regent.
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