A four-year-old medical prodigy descended to the mortal realm, and the entire capital sought her tre

"No pulse diagnosis? You mean you can just stand right in front of me and diagnose the illness with a single glance?"

Lady Liu felt that Zhao Jinzhong and his sister were making fun of her and everyone in the Duke's mansion.

Zhao Jinzhong said firmly, "Yes."

Zhou Ruo didn't understand what Liu meant by "just putting on an act".

Then she faced Ling Yu again, looking left and right, moving forward and backward with great gestures.

As she did it, she turned back and asked Madam Liu earnestly, "Madam, is this how you mean to just do it as a formality?"

Before she could stop moving and without hearing a response from Liu, Zhou Ruo asked again, "Was I doing it right?"

Liu sighed, suspecting that Zhou Ruo had done it on purpose, but she had no proof.

"Enough!" Liu suddenly roared in anger.

Zhou Ruo was so frightened that she stopped what she was doing and hid next to Zhao Jinzhong.

"Zhou Ruo, what do you mean! You want to see my Yu'er die, don't you?" Madam Liu roared almost frantically.

Watching Zhou Ruo's actions from the side, Duke Ling was no less angry than Lady Liu.

However, he believes that the reason why Liu couldn't get Zhou Ruo to save Ling Yu before was because her bad temper scared the child.

Today, he personally went to the general's mansion and invited her with a friendly expression, and she came.

Therefore, the Duke of Ling concluded that this child responds better to gentle persuasion than force, and that he had to please her.

If coercion is not an option, then bribery will do!

Duke Ling gave the steward a wink, and after a while, the steward brought out a plate of gleaming gold ingots.

"Miss Zhou Ruo, this is five thousand taels of gold. As long as you cure Yu'er, all this gold will be yours."

Duke Ling secretly surmised that with so much gold, no one could possibly remain unmoved.

Sure enough, Zhou Ruo's eyes lit up when he saw the plate of gleaming gold.

"Wow~ It's so beautiful!" Zhou Ruo ran to the plate of gold.

The Duke of Ling's lips curled up in a sneer.

Zhou Ruo first smelled it; it had no smell.

I touched it again; it was cold.

She looked up and asked Duke Ling, "Is this beautiful thing delicious?"

Before the Duke of Ling could speak, she couldn't resist picking up a gold ingot, putting it in her mouth and taking a bite. It was hard.

"Hey! There's no way we can eat this!" Zhou Ruo immediately became unhappy.

Duke Ling was utterly incredulous and nearly choked with anger.

Zhao Jinzhong had always disliked the way the people from the Duke's mansion abused their wealth and power.

He never expected that this tactic would be used against his sister today.

Fortunately, Zhou Ruo didn't take the bait. It seems that the Duke of Ling was quite angry at her naive behavior.

"Ruo Ruo, this is gold, much more money than copper coins," Zhao Jinzhong told Zhou Ruo as he walked over to her.

Zhou Ruo's eyes were opened. "So this is gold! I thought it was something delicious."

She was a little embarrassed and chuckled.

Duke Ling had finally lost his temper. His face contorted with rage, he roared, "Zhou Ruo! My son! Are you going to save him or not?!"

"I can't save him," Zhou Ruo said innocently.

Duke Ling clenched his fists. If coercion were effective, he would have liked to press Zhou Ruo's head next to Ling Yu right now.

Liu didn't believe it. "Nonsense! You were the one who saved him when he had his attack at Jumanlou last time!"

Zhou Ruo said helplessly, "But his condition is much more serious now than last time."

"Wait, is that right? Has he taken any medication or anything recently?" Zhou Ruo asked.

She discovered that the spirit insect inside Ling Yu's body was about the same size as the one inside the Empress Dowager's body, and it was also new, even newer than the Empress Dowager's.

However, the number of spirit insects in his body was much greater than that of the Empress Dowager.

With so many larvae of the spirit insects inside his body, and also lesions of willow disease, he was also suffering from this condition.

The larvae are growing rapidly, and they eat away at the lesions, making them bigger and bigger until the larvae are riddled with holes.

"What did you eat?" Lady Liu and Duke Ling exchanged glances and quickly realized what was going on.

Duke Ling told Zhou Ruo, "Yu'er has been taking the Imperial Preceptor's elixir these days."

Zhou Ruo: "An elixir?"

Duke Ling: "That's right, it's an elixir bestowed by the Emperor. Yu'er was able to live until now only after consuming it."

Zhou Ruo was very curious about what kind of elixir it was. "Are there any more of those elixirs?"

Duke Ling looked at Lady Liu; the elixir was with her.

"Yes! There are two more!" Madam Liu took out a jade bottle from her sleeve, intending to hand it to Zhou Ruo, but immediately took it back.

Seeing her strange behavior, Zhou Ruo reached out and said, "Let me see."

Madam Liu said disdainfully, "This is an imperial elixir! You're just a child, you don't know your own strength, what if you break it!"

"Moreover, this elixir is incredibly powerful. Last time I went to your residence to beg you to bring it, but your brother wouldn't let you."

Later, Yu'er took this elixir and his condition improved!

Zhou Ruo didn't argue with Liu Shi. She took two steps forward and used her spiritual eyes to directly observe the pills in the jade bottle.

Soon, Zhou Ruo was able to clearly see the ingredients in the pill.

She said, "He was ruined by this pill and is now like this."

The elixir only prolongs life, but in return, it brings even greater suffering.

Zhao Jinzhong immediately stopped Zhou Ruo: "Ruo Ruo, you can't say that."

"Zhou Ruo, if you don't want to be treated, fine, but you actually dared to slander the Emperor's elixir! What you just said could cost you your head!"

The Duke of Ling rebuked angrily.

Zhou Ruo crossed her arms, looking indifferent.

"I didn't want to treat him in the first place, but now I really can't cure him."

Liu was both angry and saddened. She accused Zhou Ruo: "Yu'er has no grudge against you. Since you know medicine, how could you stand by and watch him die?"

"I saved him, but he will still have this illness again."

"I saved him last time, and he promised me he wouldn't do bad things again, but he didn't keep his promise."

Zhou Ruo got angry when she thought about this.

Ling Yu has no respect for medicine at all; everything he does diminishes one's blessings. Saving him would be harming him.

Even worse, saving him could damage the doctor's reputation.

"He took this pill, and now no one can save him," Zhou Ruo added.

Liu sneered:

"I think you just can't stand hearing us talk about how amazing this elixir is, can you? You don't want to admit that your medical skills are inferior to the elixir's effectiveness!"

"Ah, right! Hmm? No, no! It's because this elixir is too powerful that I can't handle it, so I can't save him."

Zhou Ruo frankly admitted.

Liu was stunned. Did she think she had said something wrong?

How did you end up giving Zhou Ruo a way out while you were talking?

Duke Ling closed his eyes tightly to suppress his anger, his sallow face filled with helplessness and restraint.

He couldn't understand how he could have married such a stupid woman.

She couldn't even raise her son properly, and now she can't even handle a child.

"Zhou Ruo, you have to save her today, whether you want to or not!" Duke Ling had lost his patience, and his hands began to tremble.

"Sigh!" Zhou Ruo sighed, walked up to Duke Ling, and looked up at him:

"I can't save your son, but I can save you!"