After speaking with Zhou Ruo, Zhang Ji'an said to Zhao Jinzhong, "I have long heard of the young general's remarkable talent, and seeing him today, I can confirm that his reputation is well-deserved!"

Back then, Zhao Jinzhong suffered from a prolonged illness. Because Zhao Yucheng had been kind to Li Chengquan, the entire Imperial Medical Academy had conducted research on Zhao Jinzhong's illness.

That's when Zhang Ji'an began to know about Zhao Jinzhong.

"Alright, alright!" Zhou Ruo thought these adults were really dawdling and wasting time.

"I know my brother is handsome, smart, can fight, and can ride a horse... so please stop with the small talk!"

Zhao Jinzhong felt secretly pleased as he listened to Zhou Ruo's praise, suppressing a smile.

Zhou Ruo was pulling him by the hand and heading towards the bookshelf when she suddenly turned back to Li Chengquan and said:

"Physician Li, you can go about your business. I can read here by myself. You don't need to bother me!"

After saying that, Zhou Ruo pulled Zhao Jinzhong away and walked off without looking back.

Li Chengquan and Zhang Ji'an were a little stunned, but they both laughed after they came to their senses.

Zhang Ji'an looked in the direction Zhou Ruo had left and said, "General Zhao's daughter is quite adorable."

Li Chengquan frowned slightly; he dared not use the word "cute" to describe this miracle doctor.

He instructed Zhang Ji'an again: "Imperial Physician Zhang, let the young lady browse through the books in the storeroom as she pleases."

Feeling that she hadn't quite gotten to the point, Li Chengquan leaned close to Zhang Ji'an's ear and whispered, "The Dowager Consort gave the order."

Zhang Ji'an raised an eyebrow, instantly understanding. "Don't worry, Chief."

Zhou Ruo ran to the bookshelf and quickly weaved through the middle of it.

Then he stopped in front of Zhao Jinzhong, looking puzzled.

Seeing her frowning and staring blankly into space, Zhao Jinzhong found it amusing and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Brother, I've encountered something strange again."

Zhao Jinzhong asked warily, "What's strange?"

Zhou Ruo said seriously, "I've noticed that when I pass by those books, I can almost see what they're talking about."

"Ah?" Zhao Jinzhong exclaimed, his voice rising sharply, attracting the attention of the imperial physicians who were quietly copying the text.

"Shh!" Zhou Ruo told him to keep quiet.

Zhao Jinzhong, incredulous, lowered his voice and, unusually, questioned Zhou Ruo, "How is this possible!"

"If you don't believe me, just pick any book, and I'll tell you." Actually, Zhou Ruo didn't believe it at first either.

Zhao Jinzhong walked to the middle of the bookshelf with some skepticism and randomly picked up a book.

He deliberately held the book facing him so Zhou Ruo couldn't see it, and asked, "And then?"

Zhou Ruo paused for a moment, "Well... this book contains methods for treating various snake venoms. You can see snakes as soon as you open it."

Zhao Jinzhong quickly opened the book. The first page featured drawings of five or six different kinds of snakes. It was a book specifically about treating snake venom.

He was shocked. Unconvinced, he moved the bookshelf, took a book from a higher shelf, and before he could even see the cover, he heard Zhou Ruo say:

Treatment methods for typhoid fever.

correct.

Zhao Jinzhong drew again.

"The Hundred Herbs Classic also contains the Mysterious Ice Grass that we encountered in the military camp last time."

Fortunately, Zhao Jinzhong had seen the Xuanbing Grass, making it all the more real.

......

Zhao Jinzhong picked out a book from each of the ten shelves, and Zhou Ruo quickly recited the contents of the books.

"Even a god might not be able to do this, right?" Zhao Jinzhong still found it hard to believe.

Zhou Ruo herself was puzzled: "I never saw this when I read books before, why did I suddenly see it all?"

Zhao Jinzhong: "Didn't you read that mother's book last night? How could you see that?"

Zhou Ruo shook her head. "I can't see it."

Zhao Jinzhong thought about it for a while, but still couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it for now.

"Ruoruo, what should we do now?"

Zhou Ruo looked around the library and exclaimed, "Brother, thankfully I can know the contents of books without even flipping through them!"

Otherwise, with so many books, I might not even be able to finish reading them all by the time you get married!

"Pfft—" Zhao Jinzhong admired his younger sister's thought process. What kind of comparison was this?

"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business!"

"oh......"

Zhou Ruozai carefully went through each row of bookshelves from beginning to end.

After going through it once, I didn't find any books about spirit insects.

Zhou Ruo worried that it might be hidden in a high place that she hadn't noticed.

So she sat on Zhao Jinzhong's shoulders again and went through the bookshelf from end to end once more.

It really doesn't.

Zhou Ruo was somewhat disheartened, "Such a large library and we can't find a single book related to spirit insects..."

Even the words "spirit insect" have never appeared together.

Zhao Jinzhong felt sorry for her when he saw her trying every possible way to cure the Empress Dowager's illness but finding no way out.

He comforted Zhou Ruo, "Ruo Ruo, don't be discouraged. If it doesn't work, we'll go to the palace to look."

"The palace?" Zhou Ruo didn't know what that was.

"Yes! The Imperial Medical Academy does indeed have all kinds of medical books and ancient texts. In addition, His Majesty also has his own library."

Zhao Jinzhong thought that if the Imperial Hospital couldn't find it, he would try to ask the Emperor for help.

After all, it's for the sake of treating the Imperial Concubine's illness, so the Emperor should be able to agree to reasonable conditions.

As the brother and sister were discussing things, Zhang Ji'an walked over.

An hour has passed since Zhao Jinzhong and Zhou Ruo entered the library.

However, he didn't see Zhou Ruo turn the page of any book; the brother and sister were just walking back and forth in front of the bookshelf.

Zhang Ji'an couldn't understand why the head of the academy would allow two children to play in the Imperial Medical Academy's library.

"Young General, Miss, may I assist you?" he asked politely.

Zhao Jinzhong clasped his hands respectfully and replied, "Physician Zhang, at the moment..."

"Yes!" Zhou Ruo answered hastily, clinging to a sliver of hope.

"Doctor Zhang, do you know about spirit insects?" Zhou Ruo asked.

"A spirit insect?" Zhang Ji'an had never heard of it before. "What kind of insect is it?"

He thought it was just a child giving some kind of unusual name to an insect.

Zhou Ruo was discouraged.

"But none of the books I want to read are here. Does the Imperial Medical Academy have any other collections of books?"

Zhang Ji'an smiled and said, "Miss, this is the Imperial Medical Academy. The books in the library are all medical books; there are no children's books here!"

"What are children's books?" Zhou Ruo had never heard of them.

Zhang Ji'an closed his eyes and calmed his thoughts. See? This kid is just fooling around.

He's never even read children's books, yet he's running to the Imperial Hospital to read medical books?

Zhao Jinzhong sensed that Zhang Ji'an had misunderstood Zhou Ruo, and quickly explained:

"Doctor Zhang, Ruoruo came here specifically to find medical books."

Just then, Li Chengquan walked over.

After dealing with the affairs of the Imperial Medical Academy for quite some time, he discovered that Zhou Ruo had not yet come out of the library.

So he came over to take a look. "Miss Zhou Ruo, are you satisfied with the medical books in our Imperial Medical Academy's library?"

Zhou Ruo shook her head.

Li Chengquan smiled and said, "It's alright, we have so many books here, you can take your time reading them."

If you can't finish reading today, come back tomorrow and continue. The doors to this library are always open for you.

Li Chengquan felt that Zhou Ruo was just a child, and his literacy was not very good. He had a hard time reading books, let alone these difficult medical books.

Before long, she'll get bored and won't be able to watch it anymore.

"I've looked through them all, but I can't find the medical book I'm looking for," Zhou Ruo said, looking disappointed.

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