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

Zhou Ruo looked at Duke Ling and thought: Although this person in front of her is not a good person,

However, unlike his son, he did not exhaust all his blessings and overdraw his merits.

He still has a little bit of luck; he can still be saved.

We can only save them like livestock.

"Save me?" Duke Ling almost laughed out loud. "Zhou Ruo, I think you've gone mad! You brat, spouting nonsense!"

"I'm not sick, why do I need your help?"

"You have honeydew, didn't you know? You can't eat any sweets."

You often experience intense thirst, and your legs tend to stiffen easily in winter, sometimes to the point where you can't even walk.

Zhou Ruo described the symptoms of the Duke of Ling's illness.

Madam Liu was stunned: How did Zhou Ruo know about the master's symptoms? Could she really diagnose illnesses without taking his pulse?

Is this a human or a demon?

Although Duke Ling was surprised, he insisted, "My problems are none of your concern!"

"Just focus on curing my son!"

Although he appeared angry, Duke Ling was even more convinced that Zhou Ruo possessed exceptional medical skills after Zhou Ruo accurately described his symptoms.

She was convinced that Zhou Ruo was the one who could save Ling Yu, but she simply didn't want to.

Zhou Ruo felt exhausted talking to this family who had no good fortune!

I told you there was no saving her, but you just wouldn't believe me.

Zhou Ruo was tired and hungry. She turned around, walked to the table, sat down in a chair, and said, "I'm hungry. I want to eat some fruit."

Duke Ling stared at her for a moment, then said to his servant, "Give it to her!"

The servants quickly brought another basket of fruit to the table.

Zhou Ruo felt much better after seeing the fruit.

As she ate the fruit, she mentally reviewed the alchemical texts she had read at the Imperial Medical Academy.

Those alchemical texts mention that some elixirs undergo a transformation in their medicinal properties during the refining process, turning from non-toxic to toxic.

The patient took the medicine and used it to fight poison with poison. In the end, the toxicity did not dissipate completely and remained in the body as residual poison.

This so-called residual poison is very likely the spirit insect from her previous life.

If we can find medicinal herbs that can neutralize the ingredients in the pills, there might still be hope of dealing with the spirit insects.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Ruo realized that in order to control the spirit insect in Ling Yu's body, she would need to find two kinds of herbs: "Immortal Seeking Grass" and "Jade Nether Candle".

These two herbs were easy to find in the immortal mountains of her previous life.

Even if these two herbs cannot be found, there are many other elixirs in the sect that can be used as substitutes.

But where in this mortal world can you find these things?

Just as Zhou Ruo sorted out these thoughts, she had finished eating.

She waved her hand and sighed, "It's incurable, absolutely incurable!"

Healing and saving lives also requires the right timing, location, and people; Ling Yu has none of these three advantages.

Zhou Ruo patted the fruit peels off her hands and said to Zhao Jinzhong, "Brother, let's go home."

"Go home?" Duke Ling raised an eyebrow; he had been completely fooled by Zhou Ruo today.

Should we send her home?

"Don't even think about it!" The Duke of Ling, blinded by rage, threatened Zhou Ruo.

"You stay in this room. Don't go anywhere until you figure out a way to save Yu'er!"

Zhao Jinzhong was astonished that the Duke of Ling would be so audacious. "Are you trying to place us under house arrest?"

The Duke of Ling was so angry that his face turned red. "So what if it is?"

"You want to leave before your illness is cured? You think you can just walk away after playing us for a fool? Do you think our Duke's mansion is a marketplace?!"

Zhao Jinzhong remained calm and composed, showing no fear whatsoever in the face of the Duke of Ling's actions.

"Don't forget, my dad will be here to pick us up soon."

"So what!" Duke Ling was truly ruthless when he turned hostile.

"I'll just tell him that you've already left the Duke's mansion. Do you think he'd dare to force his way in and snatch you away?"

After speaking, the Duke of Ling revealed a sinister smile.

Outside the Duke's mansion, Zhao Yucheng's men had been waiting not far from the gate ever since Zhao Jinzhong and Zhou Ruo entered.

Two hours later, Zhao Yucheng arrived at the gate of the Duke's mansion as previously agreed.

But he was told that Zhao Jinzhong and Zhou Ruo had already left.

Fortunately, he had anticipated the Duke of Ling's character and was cautious enough to have someone keep an eye on him outside the door.

The two children never came out.

Zhao Yucheng wanted to take his guards in to find someone, but the guards of the Duke of Ling's mansion stopped him.

The capital city is not a battlefield; the relationships between the powerful and wealthy are complex, and he cannot act rashly.

Given the Duke of Ling's status as a member of the imperial family, Zhao Yucheng calmly considered the matter further.

He told the guards to wait by his side, then mounted a fast horse and hurried towards the Prince An's residence.

If the Duke of Ling could stop Zhao Yucheng, would he dare to stop the Dowager Consort?

It was already dusk, and Princess Yu was taking a walk in the back garden with the Dowager Princess.

When Zhao Yucheng arrived, both of them were somewhat surprised.

After Zhao Yucheng explained the whole story to the Dowager Consort, she was so angry that she slammed her cane on the ground several times.

"Has the Duke of Ling gone mad? Does he think he can act so recklessly just because Consort Ling is favored?"

The Dowager was extremely anxious when she thought of Zhou Ruo, such a young child, being placed under house arrest by the Duke of Ling.

"General Zhao, take me to the Duke's mansion immediately! If he dares to harm my Ruo'er in the slightest, I will give him a good beating!"

In Ling Yu's room at the Duke's mansion, the Duke saw that Zhou Ruo had not moved for a long time, and he said sternly, "Zhou Ruo, why aren't you going to treat Ling Yu?"

Treat him the same way you treated him last time!

When Zhao Jinzhong saw that the Duke of Ling's eyes were bloodshot, his face was pale, and he was completely out of control, he was no longer the duke he should be.

He leaned close to Zhou Ruo's ear and whispered, "Ruo Ruo, we're not safe right now. We might have to compromise for a while and wait for Father to come."

After Zhao Jinzhong spoke a few more words to her, he saw Zhou Ru nod several times.

Duke Ling then threatened, "I advise you not to have any other thoughts, just focus on saving them! Now, don't dawdle!"

"Alright, alright, I'll give him a few acupuncture needles and see." Zhou Ruo walked slowly towards Ling Yu's bedside.

She couldn't understand why the Duke of Ling was forcing her to do things she couldn't do, and why he was making things so difficult for her.

If I had known he was so bad, and that he would lock me and my brother up, I wouldn't have come.

Zhou Ruo cannot cure Ling Yu at the moment, but she can wake him up.

Zhou Ruo didn't think about that much; she felt that getting her and her brother out of the Duke's mansion safely was the most important thing right now.

First, wake Ling Yu up, then use the excuse that he needs time to recover, and then leave.

This idea was something Zhou Ruo and Zhao Jinzhong had secretly come up with earlier.

When Duke Ling saw that Zhou Ruo was finally willing to start treating Ling Yu, his heart, which had been twisted into a pretzel, finally relaxed a little.

Liu stayed close to Zhou Ruo, watching her operate the equipment.

As Zhou Ruo took out the silver needles, she was stopped by Madam Liu again. "What are you doing?"

"Acupuncture... you mean..." Zhou Ruo looked at Liu Shi with a blank expression. "Didn't you want me to treat him?"

No matter how Liu looked at it, she felt panicked. The way such a small child held the needle with his soft little hands made her uneasy.

Just then, the steward rushed in, hurriedly saying to Duke Ling:

"My lord, the Dowager Consort has arrived. She demands that we hand over Miss Zhou Ruo. She also said..."