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

When Zhao Yucheng arrived in Xicheng, his deputy general Shen Xiaofeng had already set up a temporary epidemic area and gathered the patients with the Sirius disease together.

With his experience in Dongcheng, Shen Xiaofeng was now much more adept at commanding and his efficiency had increased significantly.

However, the epidemic situation in Xicheng District appears to be more severe than that in Dongcheng District.

Li Chengquan speculated that the Sirius virus in Xicheng might have mutated.

The illness appears to be much more severe in the western part of the city than in the eastern part.

Most of the infected people in Dongcheng had boils on their bodies, and some even fell into a coma.

However, the number of people who fell into a coma was not large.

Most of the infected residents in Xicheng experienced symptoms such as convulsions and vomiting.

However, when the doctors used the Spirit Gourd to treat the sick people in the western city, they were no longer able to completely cure them.

The spiritual energy in the Spirit Gourd can only control the patient's condition to the point that the abscesses shrink.

It can control the disease and make the infected people a little more comfortable, but it cannot control the spread of the disease.

Many people will still be infected.

At this time, Li Chengquan was unaware that Zhou Ruo was already unconscious. He went to find Zhao Yucheng.

"General Zhao, the situation in the western city is not optimistic! Could you please send the princess over?"

Zhao Yucheng's heart tightened, and he confessed to Li Chengquan, "Imperial Physician Li, Ruo'er has already fallen into a deep sleep."

"She's passed out?" Li Chengquan asked, puzzled. "The princess must be exhausted. Could she come over when she wakes up?"

Zhao Yucheng shook his head, his expression very serious. "He didn't fall asleep, he hasn't woken up yet."

"General, what are you saying?" Li Chengquan was so frightened that he took half a step back.

Not only was he worried about Zhou Ruo because she had fainted from exhaustion, but what made him even more uneasy was that...

Without Zhou Ruo, the area around the imperial city would probably be littered with corpses.

"I...I...I'll go see the princess!"

Li Chengquan circled around in circles several times before finally finding his way out of the epidemic area.

Zhao Yucheng did not stop him; he understood Li Chengquan's feelings.

It would be good to let him take a look at Ruo'er, even though it might not be of much use.

However, Zhao Yucheng would feel more at ease if Li Chengquan went to see for himself.

In the alchemy room of the Imperial Preceptor and Wang Changlin, on the western outskirts of the capital.

After a guard whispered a few words in Wang Changlin's ear, Wang Changlin said with a hint of surprise,

"What did you say? She just stirred the medicine pot a couple of times, and the Qi-Subduing Pill cured Tianlang?"

The guard replied solemnly, "Your Excellency, I saw it with my own eyes."

As he spoke, he mimicked how Zhou Ruo had stirred the medicine in the jar with her hands, "Like this."

This person was none other than Li Ping, the guard who had watched Zhou Ruo prepare the Fuqi Pill in the Ling Shu Hall and questioned Zhou Ruo.

Wang Changlin scoffed.

"What do you mean by 'adjusting' it? I bet it's just a show, they don't want the people to know that Fuqi Dan is from our Jingxi Pharmacy."

Wang Changlin took two steps forward, inwardly mocking, "Zhao Yucheng, Zhao Yucheng, I never thought you were such a person, so eager for quick success and instant benefits!"

"You sent your daughter to pull this stunt just to curry favor with the Emperor? I'll make sure you don't succeed!"

Wang Changlin was filled with hatred when he thought of how Zhao Yucheng had cruelly disposed of his two trusted confidants in the military camp.

"Spread the word: the pharmacies in western Beijing are selling Fuqi Pills, priced at one tael of silver per pill!" Wang Changlin instructed his subordinates.

After saying that, he turned to the guard and said, "Well done, a reward of twenty taels of silver!"

"Thank you, Your Excellency!" The guard was secretly delighted; this job was like a windfall.

Soon, news that the Jingxi Pharmacy was selling Fuqi Pills spread throughout the western part of the city.

When the people heard that many people in the eastern part of the city who had been infected with the Sirius disease had recovered after taking Fuqi Pills, they all flocked to the Jingxi Pharmacy.

Within half a day, the area outside the pharmacy in western Beijing was packed with people, with queues of people waiting to buy Fuqi Pills stretching all the way to the west gate of the city.

One tael of silver for one pill of the Qi-Subduing Pill—the price was already outrageously high.

However, some people took advantage of the national crisis to make a fortune, buying large quantities of Fuqi Dan from pharmacies in western Beijing and reselling it for two taels of silver each.

In the evening, it began to snow.

This made the already struggling capital city even worse off.

When Li Chengquan arrived at the Ling Shu Hall, snowflakes were just falling.

Zhou Ruo remained unconscious.

Li Chengquan took her pulse and said, "The princess's pulse is normal, but she is a little weak. She shouldn't be unconscious."

Zhao Jinzhong felt distressed upon hearing this. Zhou Ruo possessed spiritual power and had a special physique, and only Zhao Jinzhong knew these details.

So even though Li Chengquan said Zhou Ruo's pulse was normal but she didn't wake up for a long time, he wasn't surprised.

He felt that this might be what made Zhou Ruo different from ordinary people.

"Let me try giving the princess a few acupuncture treatments!" Li Chengquan had no choice but to try giving Zhou Ruo acupuncture to improve her blood circulation.

Zhao Jinzhong had no other choice but to watch as Physician Li performed acupuncture.

Li Chengquan inserted five needles into Zhou Ruo, but Zhou Ruo remained stubbornly unresponsive.

This posed a real challenge for Li Chengquan. "In the past, for patients with pulse patterns like the princess, I could wake them up with just one needle."

"I've already given the princess five acupuncture needles, why is she still not responding?"

"Could it be..." Li Chengquan was startled by his own thought and looked at Zhou Ruo with a serious expression.

Seeing that Li Chengquan's reaction was unusual, Zhao Jinzhong asked, "Imperial Physician Li, is something wrong?"

"Could it be that the princess is going to turn into a plant or tree?"

"What?!" Zhao Jinzhong's legs suddenly went weak, as if he had felt the same helplessness he had when his legs were paralyzed.

He plopped down heavily into the chair, startling Li Chengquan.

"Young General, what's wrong? Why are you sweating so much?"

Li Chengquan stepped forward to check Zhao Jinzhong's condition and took his pulse with three fingers.

After finishing, she frowned and asked him, "Young General, can...can you stand up?"

Li Chengquan discovered that Zhao Jinzhong's pulse indicated severe blockage below the lower abdomen, and he worried that Zhao Jinzhong had become paralyzed again.

Zhao Jinzhong closed his eyes, shook his head and waved his hand at Li Chengquan, "Imperial Physician Li, I'm fine, I'll be alright after a while."

He then added, "Physician Li, Ruoruo won't turn into a plant, she definitely won't!"

"Alright! Alright! I spoke without thinking, I misspoke. The princess will wake up!"

Li Chengquan really wanted to slap himself twice.

Li Chengquan's five silver needles were not entirely ineffective.

Although Zhou Ruo's physical body did not awaken, her spiritual consciousness was awakened.

A sentient voice arose within Zhou Ruo's body: "Huh? How come I fell asleep too?"

"Huh? It's dark again? Why hasn't this body woken up yet?"

"Hey! You've overslept! Time to wake up!"

"Oh dear, why is my brother like this? Why is he sitting there so blankly?"

"What happened? Have all the patients recovered? Did they all take the Fuqi Pills?"

Zhou Ruo's spiritual consciousness suddenly became active.

Suddenly, she heard another voice resound within her body: "Spiritual power has exceeded its limit, in the process of reckoning..."

"Huh? My spiritual power has been restored?" Zhou Ruo's spiritual consciousness was overjoyed. "Clearance? Clear what?"

"I need to wake up!"

"Hey! Did you hear me? Your spiritual power has been restored, so let me wake up!"

"Spiritual power has exceeded perfection, in the process of reckoning..." the voice sounded again.

"Another cleanup... What the hell is that? It's ridiculous..."