Su Xun carefully took his son, almost crying with emotion.
"Miss, my wife... is she really still alive?" Su Xun asked Leng Ruo Li again, his eyes red and filled with disbelief.
At this moment, the medical hall fell silent again.
"General Su, please rest assured. Madam Su is alive and well. When she wakes up, you can talk to her," Leng Ruo Li said confidently.
As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Su woke up, groaning on the bed, "Hiss, it hurts."
She felt uncomfortable all over, and everything ached.
Leng Ruo Li walked in upon hearing Madam Su's voice, but Su Xun rushed to Madam Su's side a step faster than Leng Ruo Li, with Doctor Huang following closely behind them into the room.
"Ning'er, are you alright?" Su Xun asked anxiously.
"I'm fine, just a little pain in my stomach," Madam Su said weakly.
"Madam Su, it will hurt a little when the anesthetic wears off. Please bear with it for a moment," Leng Ruo Li explained.
"Mm-hmm~" Madam Su responded.
"Xun Ge, is our child still alive?"
"Ning'er (Madam Su), the child is fine. Look, he's smiling at you," Su Xun said, holding the child up for Madam Su to see.
Knowing her child was safe, Madam Su let out a sigh of relief.
Doctor Huang, standing beside them, suddenly spoke, "Madam Su, may I examine the wound on your abdomen?"
Upon hearing Doctor Huang, Madam Su's face instantly flushed, feeling a little embarrassed. She then glanced at Su Xun.
"Ning'er, this is Doctor Huang from Baicao Hall. He's just curious as a medical practitioner, with no other intentions. Let him take a look," Su Xun said.
Afterward, Madam Su nodded, and with Su Xun's help, she slowly exposed the wound on her abdomen.
Doctor Huang's eyes widened, staring intently at the neatly sutured wound on Madam Su's abdomen.
"Wonderful, truly wonderful! So wounds can be sutured like this! Today has truly broadened my horizons!"
"Why is it that after decades in medicine, I never thought of this? Little girl, I didn't expect you to possess such high medical skills at such a young age," Doctor Huang said excitedly.
Then, he walked up to Leng Ruo Li and knelt down, "Master, please take me as your disciple!"
Leng Ruo Li: "..."
Su Xun: "..."
Madam Su: "..."
It was astonishing for an old man in his fifties or sixties to want to apprentice himself to a young girl in her teens.
"Doctor Huang, I don't take disciples. Please get up."
"Miss, if you don't take me as your disciple, I'll remain kneeling," Doctor Huang said loudly and shamelessly.
Leng Ruo Li felt uncomfortable with someone kneeling before her.
Moreover, the medical hall was crowded with a large number of people, both inside and out. Leng Ruo Li did not wish to reveal her medical skills to the public yet.
"Alright, alright, I agree. Please get up quickly."
Upon seeing Leng Ruo Li agree to take him as a disciple, Doctor Huang was overjoyed.
He kept calling out "Master, Master" beside Leng Ruo Li, which made her feel very awkward.
Afterward, she gave Su Xun and Doctor Huang some post-operative instructions and wanted to leave the medical hall immediately.
However, just as she was about to step out of the room, Madam Su's voice suddenly rang out.
"Xun Ge, this young lady saved both our lives. We haven't properly thanked her yet."
Madam Su's words immediately reminded Su Xun.
Su Xun gently placed the child beside his wife, took out a stack of silver notes from his sleeve, bowed deeply to Leng Ruo Li, and said,
"Miss, I was in a hurry when I left home today and didn't bring much money. Please accept this thousand taels of silver notes. I will visit again to express my gratitude, and may I ask where you reside?"
"General Su, saving lives is the duty of a medical practitioner. You don't need to be so polite. However, it is not convenient to tell you my address for the time being."
"However, General Su, please rest assured, I will come back in seven days to check on Madam Su's recovery. I hope General Su will understand."
"Uh... it's fine, it's fine. Then, Miss, please accept these thousand taels of silver notes."
Leng Ruo Li intended to refuse.
But Mr. and Mrs. Su insisted that if she didn't accept the silver notes, they would not be able to sleep soundly at night. Under the persuasion of her old disciple, she readily accepted the thousand taels of silver.
After all, she was in need of money lately.
However, Leng Ruo Li was also considerate. After accepting the money, she immediately took out two one-hundred tael silver notes from the thousand taels and handed them to Doctor Huang. At first, Doctor Huang adamantly refused.
Later, when Leng Ruo Li said the two hundred taels were for the medicine boys in the clinic to buy tea, he accepted. This was because the medicine boys had been busy helping her a lot, which she had seen. It was only right to give them some compensation for their hard work.
Although Leng Ruo Li's gesture seemed insignificant, it further increased the good impression that Madam Huang and the Su couple had of her.
At this time, the entrance of the medical hall was already crowded. More and more people heard that Leng Ruo Li had successfully performed a cesarean section and delivered a baby, and they all wanted to catch a glimpse of her.
Later, under Doctor Huang's guidance, Leng Ruo Li and Xing'er changed into men's clothing in the backyard of the clinic. Leng Ruo Li also wore a full yellow mask, which allowed them to successfully avoid the crowd's gaze and leave through the back door of the clinic.
However, Leng Ruo Li did not know that her feat of performing a cesarean section had already caused a sensation throughout the capital. From high-ranking officials to commoners and beggars, even the Emperor, Empress, imperial concubines, and noble consorts in the palace had heard about the cesarean section, and were all shocked. Some even called Leng Ruo Li the Ghost Doctor, and some nobles even sent people out of the palace to inquire about the Ghost Doctor.
Unfortunately, no one had seen the Ghost Doctor's true face, nor did they know her name. This was because the Ghost Doctor always wore a veil.
Therefore, the common people gave Leng Ruo Li the name "Veiled Ghost Doctor."
Cold Prince's Mansion
Jun Mohan sat alone in the study, having been reading military treatises for an hour, but he couldn't focus. He kept thinking about the woman who had saved him that night.
At this moment, someone gently knocked on the door and reported,
"Your Highness, Divine Doctor Chu has returned."
"Mm, let him in."
"Yes!"
Subsequently, Ye Yi followed in with a handsome young man about twenty years old. This person was Divine Doctor Chu, whose real name was Chu Mingxuan.
"I heard that Your Highness was severely injured?"
"Mm~"
"But you don't look severely injured to me."
"..."
There were not many people in the Tianwu Kingdom who dared to speak to him like this. If it weren't for the purpose of inviting him to examine his injuries, he would have kicked Chu Mingxuan away immediately.
"Extend your hand, and I'll take your pulse."
Jun Mohan complied and casually placed his hand on the table.
Then, Chu Mingxuan took Jun Mohan's pulse again and again, remaining silent. Even Ye Yi, who was standing beside them, became anxious.
"Divine Doctor Chu, please say something. How is my Prince?"
"Your Highness's pulse is very normal. The poison of "Gui Jian Chou" that he contracted has also been resolved, and even the wolf poison on his body has been suppressed."
Upon hearing this, both Jun Mohan and Ye Yi showed excited expressions.
"Divine Doctor Chu, you're not joking, are you?" Ye Yi asked with disbelief.
"When have I ever joked about such things?" Chu Mingxuan retorted.
"Oh my god, this is wonderful!"
Ye Yi was ecstatic.
Chu Mingxuan continued, "However, Your Highness's body is still a little weak. He should have many wounds. If Your Highness doesn't mind, please take off your clothes, and I'll examine you."
Jun Mohan did not fuss and readily took off his upper clothing.
When he took off his top, revealing his bare upper body, the sutured wounds immediately appeared. The wounds of varying lengths were neatly sewn, like numerous centipedes of different sizes crawling on his body.
Chu Mingxuan looked at them repeatedly in astonishment, "Good heavens, this is incredible! So wounds can be sutured like this. Why didn't I think of it before? This way of suturing wounds greatly shortens the healing time."
Chu Mingxuan's eyes shone as if he had discovered a rare treasure. He examined the wounds on Jun Mohan's body over and over again, filled with great interest in this wound suturing technique.
Jun Mohan also looked at the ugly, centipede-like wounds on his body that had been sewn up, looking dejected. He wondered if his body had become the target of this medical fanatic. The thought of Chu Mingxuan experimenting with prisoner corpses made his scalp tingle, and he quickly put his clothes back on.
"Your Highness, based on Ye Yi's description of the situation that night, even my medical skills couldn't save you, yet you managed to return alive. This truly surprises me."
"..."
Jun Mohan suppressed the urge to swat him away.
"From taking your pulse earlier, I discovered that you were poisoned by 'Gui Jian Chou,' but it has been resolved, which I find very incredible."
"You must know that the poison of 'Gui Jian Chou' is incurable. Even my master, who has researched this poison for decades, has not developed an antidote. If he knew that someone could cure this poison now, he would surely go mad with joy."
Jun Mohan was very aware of Chu Mingxuan's master. His medical skills were renowned throughout the continent. In recent years, the wolf poison on his body had been managed with the pills developed by him.
It was because he had run out of pills that night and encountered multiple assassinations along the way that his return to the capital was delayed, preventing him from returning to the prince's mansion on the full moon night to take medicine to suppress the wolf poison in his body.
Furthermore, by forcibly using his internal energy to suppress the wolf poison within him, he had allowed the assassins to seize the opportunity, get hit by their poisoned arrows, and sustain severe injuries during the fight, causing the wolf poison on his body to erupt completely.
"Your Highness, the person who saved you must be an unparalleled divine doctor. Since he could resolve the 'Gui Jian Chou' on your body, suppress the wolf poison, and save you from severe injuries."
"I suspect his medical skills are on par with my master's. I think he might be able to resolve the wolf poison on your body," Chu Mingxuan said excitedly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jun Mohan fell into deep thought.