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

Inside the main hall of Xiangxi Palace, Consort Zheng lay listlessly on a couch.

After Jin'er was granted an audience, she walked ahead of the Seventh Princess and entered the Imperial Concubine's bedchamber.

"Jin'er greets the Imperial Concubine."

It took Consort Zheng a while to recover before she was helped to sit up by her nanny.

"What is it?" Consort Zheng wanted to ask again, wondering if something had happened to Ying'er.

However, she didn't have the strength to say another word, and closed her eyes to catch her breath.

The Seventh Princess witnessed Consort Zheng's series of reactions and felt a pang of heartache.

She used to think of herself as a girl with a hard life, even though her mother's health had always been poor.

But compared to her own pain, she couldn't care less about her mother's suffering.

Now that she has recovered, seeing her mother's condition, she realizes that over the years, her mother has not fared much better than her.

The seventh princess couldn't stop her tears from flowing, so she had to lower her head so no one would notice.

Consort Zheng, noticing something was wrong after waiting for Jin'er's response, slowly opened her eyes to look over.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Is the person next to you the new palace maid assigned to Ying'er?"

All the palace maids around the Seventh Princess had to pass the approval of Consort Zheng, so Jin'er nodded and softly replied, "Yes."

Consort Zheng didn't think much of it, assuming that her daughter felt the palace maids around her were not suitable and wanted to replace them.

"Come here, let me take a look."

The Seventh Princess forced herself to hold back her tears and knelt down in front of Consort Zheng.

"Raise your head," Consort Zheng said again.

The seventh princess sniffed and raised her head.

"Why is this girl crying?" Consort Zheng's vision was blurry due to years of illness.

She leaned forward a little and got a clear look at the Seventh Princess's face. "Oh my, this girl is so pretty and delicate!"

"But why does it look so familiar?"

At this moment, the Seventh Princess could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

He cried out, "Mother!"

Then, she threw herself into Consort Zheng's arms and sobbed uncontrollably.

Consort Zheng's body suddenly stiffened; she was too shocked to speak.

She could sense her daughter's presence, but such a clean and beautiful face was not her daughter's!

The Seventh Princess cried for a long time before Consort Zheng pulled her out of her embrace and examined the face before her.

In the Seventh Princess's memory, this was the first time she had looked into her mother's eyes at such close range.

My mother was beautiful, and despite being plagued by illness, her elegant features were still evident.

This must be the foundation of the Seventh Princess's beauty, something she was born with.

Consort Zheng was already in tears, and with a trembling hand she touched the side of her daughter's cheek where the poison scar had been.

His nostrils trembled with excitement, and his lips quivered as well.

"You're Ying'er? You are, you're Ying'er!"

Seeing that her mother had recognized her, the seventh princess threw herself into her arms again, "It's me, Mother!"

"Thank God! Heaven has mercy!"

The mother and daughter embraced and wept bitterly.

Only when they were exhausted and Consort Zheng was about to have a seizure did the two stop crying and gradually calm down.

Consort Zheng felt like she was dreaming. "Ying'er, quickly tell your mother, what's going on?"

The seventh princess briefly recounted what happened that day, admitting that she had stolen her mother's token and left the palace because she was feeling so unwell.

She later encountered a miracle doctor who cured her.

"A miracle doctor?" Consort Zheng was worried that her daughter had encountered bad people, but when she saw her daughter's face, she dismissed the idea.

"Yes, Mother, Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang were both there at the time. This divine physician... was even from the General's Mansion!"

The Seventh Princess worried that if she said the divine physician was a child, her mother would not believe her, and she would be caught in endless speculation and worry.

So she simply kept the fact that the miracle doctor was pregnant a secret from her.

"General Zhao's residence actually possesses such a skilled physician? Would it be alright to invite him to the palace another day?"

Consort Zheng wanted to express her sincere gratitude to this miraculous physician, who was even more important than her savior.

The seventh princess obediently agreed.

Before leaving, Consort Zheng specifically instructed the Seventh Princess: "Ying'er, you must still wear a veil from now on."

"Mother, why is this?"

The Seventh Princess felt that she had finally regained her appearance, and she wanted the people around her to know that she was not an ugly monster.

She was a stunning beauty.

She wanted to leave the princes and princesses who mocked her speechless with shock, and to shut up the servants who looked down on her behind her back.

"Ying'er, be good and wear it for now. This is to protect yourself. One day, when the time is right, you can take it off."

Consort Zheng earnestly advised her daughter, fearing that she might act impulsively and make it public knowledge that she had regained her appearance.

Consort Zheng was well aware of the power struggles within the harem; she only hoped that her daughter could live in peace and safety.

"Alright, I promise Mother." Even though she was extremely unwilling, the Seventh Princess would listen to Consort Zheng.

Over the next few days, Jia Yuntian followed Zhou Ruo's instructions to make the antidote pills, and finally succeeded on the fifth day.

Zhou Ruo was very satisfied with the antidote pills made by Jia Yuntian, but it took a little too long.

Under normal circumstances, it should take about three days to complete.

However, this was her first time making it, and she was already very happy to have made it, especially since she didn't have to do it herself.

Jia Yuntian didn't say that he could actually make this kind of antidote pill within three days.

However, he has been restless these past few days, with the matter of the Vermilion Bird Grass constantly on his mind.

It took him a great deal of effort to make the antidote pill while he was in such a distracted state.

Zhou Ruo sensed the severity of Consort Zheng's illness through the power of spiritual energy, and then injected spiritual energy into the antidote pill.

An Chang chose a nearby day and told the Dowager Consort that he hadn't seen the Seventh Princess for a long time and wanted to go to the palace to visit her and Consort Zheng.

The Empress Dowager naturally had no objections and granted An Chang a travel permit.

With the Empress Dowager's token in hand, An Chang arrived at Xiangxi Palace without any problems.

He first went to the Seventh Princess and told her about Consort Zheng's illness, as Zhou Ruo had mentioned.

"You mean, Mother Consort has the same poison as me?" The Seventh Princess was terrified upon hearing this.

An Chang suddenly felt that the Seventh Princess was too carefree. After living with Consort Zheng for so many years, didn't she know that her mother was sick?

"Ziying, didn't you notice that the Imperial Concubine is unwell?"

"Of course I noticed! But my mother has been like this ever since I can remember."

It wasn't until the Seventh Princess said those words that she realized she too had had a poisonous scar on her face since childhood.

At this point, she believed An Chang's words that her mother had also been afflicted with the heat and cold poison, just like her.

After realizing what had happened, she suddenly grabbed An Chang's hand in fear and asked, "An Chang, what should I do?"

"Can I have Zhou Ruo come to detoxify my mother?"

After asking the question, she hesitated again.

She muttered to herself, "But even if Zhou Ruo comes, how can Mother trust her and cooperate with her treatment?"

An Chang took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom and handed it to the Seventh Princess. "Look, we've thought of everything for you."