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

Zhao Jinzhong was initially worried about Zhou Ruo, but to his surprise, the Empress Dowager not only did not blame her, but also comforted her.

"Your Highness, perhaps Ruoruo hasn't recovered her strength yet after treating the villagers in Xiaoyang Village a few days ago."

Although the Empress Dowager did not blame him, Zhao Jinzhong still needed to come up with some reasons to make Zhou Ruo's "failure" more convincing.

He, as the older brother, also worried himself sick over his younger sister.

"Yes, Jinzhong is right." The Dowager Consort agreed with Zhao Jinzhong's statement. "Ruo'er, go back and rest well, don't go..."

Huh? That's right! The Dowager Consort originally sent Zhou Ruo here to ask her about setting up a stall in the city.

Why did we have to go around in circles for so long before finally getting back to this topic...?

"No, Ruo'er, Grandmother asked you to come here today to ask you why you're setting up a stall to treat people's illnesses?"

Zhou Ruo was still immersed in thinking about the spirit insect problem and didn't react immediately, so she subconsciously answered:

"To restore my spiritual power."

The Dowager frowned: "What did you say?"

Zhao Jinzhong was already covered in cold sweat, and when he heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

He quickly gave Zhou Ruo a push and then explained on her behalf:

"Your Highness, Ruoruo means that she needs to treat more patients in order to improve her medical skills."

Why does Ruoruo tell everyone everything?

It's true that the purpose is to restore spiritual power, but we can't let the Empress Dowager think that treating her illness is to restore even more spiritual power!

After all, healing the sick and saving lives is the top priority, and restoring spiritual power is a secondary matter.

Zhou Ruo's simple statement could easily lead people to misunderstand that she treated the Empress Dowager with ulterior motives, but that is not the case.

Furthermore, what is spiritual power? How can this be explained?

If one cannot recover their spiritual power, they will die... How can this series of reasons be explained in a way that makes people understand and believe it?

An Chang was skeptical. "Ruo Ruo's medical skills are already so amazing, how much more do she need to improve?"

The Dowager Consort, however, did not think the same way as An Chang.

Ever since that day at the General's Mansion, Zhou Ruo said those words to Prince An.

In particular, her approach to healing and saving lives is based on the idea of ​​"equality for all beings," which sets her apart from ordinary doctors.

It is precisely because Zhou Ruoxiao has such a strong drive to improve herself at such a young age that she has such medical skills that even the Imperial Medical Academy cannot match her.

Therefore, she should support Zhou Ruo and not stop the child from making efforts to improve.

The Dowager Princess first took the opportunity to criticize her grandson, who was always lazy:

"Chang'er, you're not as good as Ruo'er in this respect. You need to learn from Ruo'er when it comes to improving."

When An Nan heard her grandmother talking about An Chang, she covered her mouth and laughed out loud with schadenfreude.

An Chang glared at her and said, "An Nan, don't be too happy yet. You're older than Ruoruo, and you're not as hardworking as her!"

The Dowager Princess replied, "Yes! Chang'er is right. Nan'er, you still need to work harder in the future. I'll have the tutor give you an extra calligraphy lesson tomorrow."

An Nan glared resentfully at An Chang, her eyes conveying, "Listen to me, thank you!"

An Changchong and An Nan made a face, and the two siblings quietly "fought" from a distance.

They were completely unaware that Zhou Ruo was the one who started all of this.

Seeing the situation at this moment, Zhao Jinzhong's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally stopped pounding.

Although the Dowager Princess acknowledged Zhou Ruo's ambition, she still disagreed with Zhou Ruo setting up a stall at such a young age.

Now, Zhou Ruo is not only the daughter of the Great General, but she will also soon become a princess of the current dynasty.

With such a distinguished status, it's utterly inappropriate for someone to be setting up a stall in the market.

The Dowager said, "I don't object to treating the people, but Ruo'er, you can no longer continue running your stall."

"But Grandmother, if I don't set up a stall, the people won't be able to find me."

The Dowager Princess smiled and said, "Half of the shops in the city's market belong to our Prince An's mansion."

When Prince An returns later, I'll tell him to clean up a few shops and open a clinic for Ruo'er!

"A clinic?" Zhou Ruo looked at Zhao Jinzhong, puzzled. "But Grandmother, I haven't saved enough money to open a clinic yet."

"Saving money?" The Dowager was stunned. She was feeling more and more sorry for Zhou Ruo.

Zhou Ruo nodded and said, "That's right. When I cure a patient, each person gives me three coins. Once I've saved enough money, I can open a clinic!"

"Three coins? Save up... Who told you that?" The Empress Dowager's expression turned serious.

"That's what my brother said!" Zhou Ruo looked at Zhao Jinzhong.

Zhao Jinzhong was stunned, unsure how to explain.

He knew that Zhou Ruo needed to recover her spiritual power within a year, so he came up with the idea of ​​setting up a stall.

As long as she recovers her spiritual power within the limited time, she won't have to go out and treat patients so hard in the future.

She could live comfortably as a young lady in the general's mansion, eating and playing as she pleased.

Zhao Jinzhong didn't want Zhou Ruo to spend another moment in these windy and sunny days.

He charged each person three coins just to cover up his lie to Zhou Ruo about opening a clinic.

Who would have thought that Zhou Ruo would take it so seriously?

"Jinzhong, what happened?" The Dowager Consort asked Zhao Jinzhong, suppressing her heartache.

That look seemed to say: You'd better explain yourself.

"Your Highness, Ruoruo is young, and not many people believe she has medical skills, so let's set the price lower for now."

"She can take more money later when she becomes famous," Zhao Jinzhong argued earnestly.

Zhou Ruo nodded and praised, "Brother is so smart!"

The Dowager Princess nodded, agreeing with his reasoning.

The same applies to doing business; initially, it is indeed necessary to offer some discounts to customers.

The Dowager suddenly discovered that Zhao Jinzhong had a good business sense.

"In that case, you no longer need to go through the trouble of raising money to open a clinic. The shop and the money will be provided by the Prince An's Mansion."

Zhao Jinzhong was very surprised; it was like a blessing from heaven!

Shops in this city market are already in high demand, and now the powerful owner of the Prince An's Mansion is personally arranging a shop for Zhou Ruo.

Divine intervention! Absolutely divine intervention!

"Ruo Ruo, quickly thank the Dowager Consort!" Zhao Jinzhong pulled Zhou Ruo to kneel down before the Dowager Consort. "Thank you, Dowager Consort."

Zhou Ruo, not understanding why, also said, "Thank you, Grandmother."

The Dowager Princess helped the two children up with a pained expression. "There's no need for such formalities. These are all family property. You're being too polite."

Zhao Jinzhong and Zhou Ruo left the Dowager Consort's courtyard and walked with An Chang and An Nan in the pavilions and corridors of the Prince's Mansion.

They encountered Princess Yu and Lady Liu from the Duke of Ling's mansion, who were enjoying the flowers and chatting in the courtyard.

The four people stepped forward and bowed to the two elders to offer their greetings.

When Liu saw Zhao Jinzhong, she was quite surprised. "This must be the young general. When I first met you, you were only this tall."

Liu raised her hand to indicate the height.

Then she saw Zhou Ruo next to Zhao Jinzhong and asked, "Who is this?"

"This is my younger sister, Zhou Ruo," Zhao Jinzhong introduced.

Lady Liu: "So this is the adopted daughter General Zhao has taken in? Oh my! She's so cute! She'll definitely grow up to be a great beauty!"