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

"Yes...yes...at midnight today, my lord gave Cong'er a Qi-subduing pill."

Shen Lingshu didn't understand. "What effect will this Qi-Subduing Pill have on Cong'er? Aren't the Qi-Subduing Pills you give to the common people also?"

"Madam, you misunderstand. The medicine we gave to the people was not the Fuqi Pill from the Jingxi Pharmacy. That medicine is no longer effective."

Zhao Jinzhong told Shen Lingshu the truth.

"It doesn't work? What kind of elixir would work? I would be grateful if the Princess and Young Master Zhao could give me some; I'm willing to pay more money."

Zhao Jinzhong: "What we gave the people was a disease-reducing pill..."

"Brother, the Plague-Clearing Pill is no longer effective for Madam's son," Zhou Ruo said again.

Zhao Jinzhong and Jia Yuntian were puzzled, and Shen Lingshu was even more confused.

Only Wang Mengling spoke up, saying, "Your so-called... Plague-Clearing Pill works for ordinary people, so why doesn't it work for my brother?"

Her tone softened considerably; she was no longer as aggressive as before.

"Because your brother came from the alchemy room, and he had the Blood-Deficiency Powder on him."

"The Blood-Defying Powder mixed with the Qi-Subduing Pill has become a good friend of Sirius. We can send him to the Yellow Springs at noon today!"

Shen Lingshu's legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.

Wang Mengling quickly helped her up, and Jia Yuntian got her a stool.

It took Shen Lingshu a while to recover, her heart still pounding.

She recalled Wang Yucong's pained expression, and her heart ached. She got up and knelt down before Zhou Ruo.

"Princess, please, save my son..."

"Mother! Please get up!"

Shen Lingshu was, after all, the eldest daughter of the Grand Tutor's mansion, and Wang Mengling couldn't bear to see her kneeling before a child like that.

He kept pulling her up.

Zhao Jinzhong also stepped forward, helped Shen Lingshu up, and together with Wang Mengling, helped her back to sit down on the stool.

Zhou Ruo hissed, sensing that Wang Yucong's symptoms were somewhat troublesome.

She secretly went to the Immortal Treasure Pavilion and wandered around, but the Life-Saving Pill, the Life-Extending Pill, the Calamity-Saving Pill... none of them worked.

Because Wang Yucong has already stepped onto the road to the underworld.

Huh? Zhou Ruo saw the "Resurrection Pill," this is good.

She glanced at the price list again: five hundred spirit stones?!

Zhou Ruo felt a sharp pain in her flesh, and her little face involuntarily scrunched up.

Her face contorted, which terrified Shen Lingshu.

"Princess, is Cong'er really beyond saving?"

Zhou Ruo came to her senses, "There is hope, but..."

The Rejuvenation Pill is really too expensive...

One Resurrection Pill is equivalent to five hundred Qi-Subduing Pills and fifty Epidemic-Clearing Pills.

Saving Wang Yucong's life is equivalent to saving anywhere from fifty to five hundred people.

Shen Lingshu spoke to Zhou Ruo in a tone of swearing,

"Princess, if you can save Cong'er, both my Marquis's Mansion and the Grand Tutor's Mansion will owe you a favor."

"If you ever need our help in the future, just let us know!"

Zhou Ruo's reaction was: It's not because of personal favors, it's just that it's expensive, and I feel bad about it.

Zhao Jinzhong was thinking: he wanted Wang Changlin to be brought to justice, but one thing at a time, Wang Changlin's crime could not be brought to his son's head.

Wang Mengling was secretly annoyed: Why should the Grand Tutor's Mansion and the Marquis's Mansion owe her a favor when she is just a child!

In the end, Zhou Ruo compromised.

The merit of saving Wang Yucong's life certainly wouldn't be worth five hundred spirit stones, but the principle of saving lives is above all else!

Spirit stones can be earned back, as long as Wang Yucong isn't an utterly wicked person.

After figuring it out, she quickly exchanged for a Rejuvenation Pill, pretended to take it out of her bosom, and handed it to Shen Lingshu.

"Madam, here you go. This is a Rejuvenation Pill. Please keep it safe! It's extremely valuable!"

Zhou Ruo made this casual remark, but Shen Lingshu took it to heart.

She had her attendant bring out a thousand taels of gold and present it to Zhou Ruo.

Zhou Ruo didn't feel anything for the plate of golden food, but Zhao Jinzhong was shocked.

I never expected Madam Shen to be so generous.

Shen Lingshu said, "Many servants in the Marquis's mansion have also been infected with the plague. I would like to ask the Princess to also prepare some medicine for the servants."

"They'll be fine after taking the plague-curing pills!"

As Zhou Ruo spoke, she quietly asked Zhao Jinzhong, "Brother, is this a lot of gold?"

"There are so many."

"Oh~" Zhou Ruo went to the Immortal Treasure Pavilion and exchanged three bottles of anti-epidemic water. It wasn't expensive; it only cost nine spirit stones in total.

She found this while browsing the Fairy Treasure Pavilion in her spare time; this anti-epidemic water is even more effective than the spirit talisman.

Three bottles of anti-epidemic water are enough to protect the people of five marquis's mansions from the Sirius virus, and they are much more powerful than the talisman water she drew with plain water.

Zhou Ruo then took out bottles of anti-epidemic solution from her bosom and placed them on the table.

Shen Lingshu found it strange. How many treasures could a princess possibly hide in her clothes?

Why are all these bottles taken from her bosom?

"Madam Shen, these bottles contain disinfectant water. People who aren't infected will not contract Sirius disease if they drink it!"

Shen Lingshu was amazed. She suddenly realized that one Zhou Ruo was equivalent to ten Imperial Hospital doctors.

Upon returning to the Marquis's residence, Shen Lingshu first had someone serve Wang Yucong a Rejuvenation Pill, pulling him back from the brink of death.

Before giving Wang Yucong the medicine, Wang Changlin did not believe that Shen Lingshu had actually brought back the life-saving medicine from the Ling Shu Hall.

He tried to stop Shen Lingshu, but Shen Lingshu insisted on making Wang Yucong take the medicine and made some harsh remarks.

"If Cong'er's symptoms worsen after taking the medicine, I'll give you my life!"

Wang Changlin couldn't understand why Shen Lingshu, after returning from her trip to Ling Shu Hall, seemed to trust the medicine Zhao Jinzhong gave her so much.

After taking the Rejuvenation Pill, Wang Yucong was able to get out of bed and walk again in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and returned to normal.

At this point, Wang Changlin had nothing to say.

Shen Lingshu, however, said to him with a cold expression, "Zhao Jinzhong did not abandon Cong'er because of you."

He didn't show me the slightest disrespect!

Wang Changlin didn't believe it. He questioned Shen Lingshu, "Impossible! You must have given him something in return!"

When Wang Mengling heard her father say this, she finally found an outlet for her pent-up frustration.

As if she had found a handle to accuse Wang Changlin, she said, "Yes, Mother gave the Ling Shu Hall a thousand taels!"

Wang Changlin sneered, "What did I say? He's nothing more than a money-grubbing bastard!"

"Is this little bit of medicine worth a thousand taels of silver?"

"Father, it's not silver, it's a thousand taels of gold!" Wang Mengling said, not wanting to miss out on making things worse.

Wang Changlin's pupils dilated in shock. He desperately wanted to call Shen Lingshu a "spendthrift woman," but he didn't dare.

Shen Lingshu listened quietly to the father and daughter's words and felt that the word "irony" in the world was nothing more than this.

She said in a calm voice, "Wang Mengling, from today onwards, you shall stay in the house and not go out. You shall copy the Shen family precepts one hundred times every day!"

"You can come out again when you've copied enough to satisfy me."

This was the first time in Wang Mengling's life that she had ever heard her mother call her by her full name in such a tone.

She realized that her mother was angry, very angry, and she dared not disobey her mother's orders at this time.

"Mother...why are you copying the Shen family rules? Our Wang family has its own rules too, doesn't it?"

Shen Lingshu glanced at Wang Changlin with a cold smile. "Hmph, the Wang family? Does the Wang family even have family rules?"