He figured his Fourth Brother had probably taken a fancy to Ye Shaohua’s beauty this time.
He didn’t take anything Chu Yunmo said to heart at all.
Instead, he sent someone overnight to line up again, hoping to get a spot at Huichun Hall as soon as possible.
“You say she wants to reopen a medical hall?” The old Princess Consort had come in person today to Huichun Hall for a follow-up consultation.
But when she saw how lively the street next door was, inside her ornate carriage, she also heard a few mentions of “the Ye family.”
So she sent someone to inquire about the situation. The guard went out and came back with an answer for the old Princess Consort right away.
It was no secret that Ye Bozhong had been called a “quack” by the Emperor himself, and the original owner of this body had indeed never shown any particular brilliance before.
Back when the Ye family still had Ye Bozhong, the original owner had no sense of crisis and was just ordinary, indistinguishable from everyone else—except that the Empress Dowager favored her somewhat.
Because of this, the guards around the old Princess Consort inevitably looked down on Ye Shaohua a little. One of them replied, “I did hear rumors outside that she wants to clear Imperial Physician Ye’s name. But her ambition is far too obvious. Even without Divine Doctor Liu nearby, her medical hall still couldn’t open. Look at it now—so many commoners are gathering to watch the excitement, but not a single one has gone inside. She was clearly a proper young lady before, and now she’s showing herself in public.”
A half-grown girl who probably hadn’t even fully understood medical texts yet wanted to reopen a medical hall, and even boldly claimed she would clear Ye Bozhong’s name.
Sure enough, she was just a girl raised in the inner chambers who had never seen the hardships of the world.
The old Princess Consort had originally wanted to secretly send someone to bring Ye Shaohua over for a meeting.
After all, their prince’s household and the Ye family had once been very close.
Now, hearing the guard’s words, she grew thoughtful and actually dismissed the idea of going to see Ye Shaohua.
“Go and give this to them,” the old Princess Consort said, taking out some silver and handing it to the guard. She spoke calmly, “Tell them to find a place to settle down.”
The old Princess Consort’s guard had been to the Ye family before.
But when he had come before, he had been very respectful. This time, when he arrived at the Ye family through the back door, there was instead a certain arrogance between his brows.
Receiving the silver the guard brought over, along with what he said, Dongxue pressed her lips together.
The old Princess Consort was much better than Li Mingde. She hadn’t kicked the Ye family when they were down.
At least she still sent someone to visit and deliver money.
Thinking of this, Dongxue didn’t know what to feel.
She glanced at her young miss and sighed softly. In truth, she knew about the past between Duanwang’s household and the Ye family. When the master and the old prince were alive, they had even talked over drinks about arranging a marriage between the two families.
The two families had known each other well.
The old prince had also been very pleased with Ye Shaohua. If the master were still alive, the young prince would indeed have been an excellent match. But now the master was gone, and the young miss had nothing.
Still, Dongxue knew their current situation. As long as the young miss could get through this difficult time, open the Ye Family Medical Hall, and clear the master’s name, she would be more than satisfied.
As for the young prince…
He was now a celebrated talent of Jiangnan, and a high and mighty prince. Although Dongxue admired Ye Shaohua, she also had self-awareness and knew her young miss was not worthy of the young prince.
Ye Shaohua didn’t know what Dongxue was thinking. She was currently sitting in the main hall, reading a medical text in her hands.
Although she also knew medicine, this was her first time being a doctor in ancient times, so she was naturally extremely cautious.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Liu Mingxin had also learned that Ye Shaohua’s medical hall had truly opened.
It had to be said that she still felt some resentment toward Ye Shaohua. When she heard Ye Shaohua had opened a medical hall, she still couldn’t resist coming to take a look.
Sima Mingxuan had not had any romantic rumors with any woman for so many years. He didn’t even visit brothels, and there were no concubines in his household.
By ancient standards, he could be considered a very self-disciplined man.
Ye Shaohua was the only person connected to him.
The second Liu Mingxin saw Ye Shaohua—even though the other girl was looking down at a book—she had to admit that the girl was truly beautiful. She had seen many beauties in modern times, but Ye Shaohua was still the kind that made her eyes light up.
“Mingxin, I found out!”
Although the Ye family had declined, they were still the center of gossip. Now that Imperial Physician Ye himself had been beheaded, his wet-behind-the-ears daughter actually dared to reopen the Ye Family Medical Hall. Naturally, it attracted the attention of everyone nearby.
But they were all just there to watch the show.
Many people gathered around the Ye Family Medical Hall, but only Liu Mingxin went inside.
Jiu’er whispered in her ear, “The Ye Family Medical Hall is selling wound medicine. That girl says it can heal external injuries in three days without leaving a trace. Isn’t that hilarious?”
Liu Mingxin let out a scoff.
Sure enough, a scammer.
Even those false advertisements in modern times wouldn’t dare to scam people so blatantly.
As she thought this, a look of disdain naturally appeared in her eyes.
After entering, she didn’t even glance at the medicines displayed in the hall. Liu Mingxin looked down on these backward things of ancient times. She went straight up to Ye Shaohua. Seeing the medical text Ye Shaohua was holding, she raised an eyebrow. “Miss Ye is still reading medical texts? Have you never received any foundational education?”
Dongxue frowned, naturally hearing the mockery in her words. She said warily, “What do you want?”
“What Mingxin means is, if you have no real skill, don’t try to imitate my young miss by opening a medical hall. My young miss may have pioneered women in medicine, but her path to success isn’t something you can copy. What she knows is the kind of thing only divine beings could do. Do you know how to perform surgery—cutting someone open and removing the excess things from a patient’s body?” Jiu’er, standing beside Liu Mingxin, spoke for her, mocking Ye Shaohua, who was reading a medical text, with utter sarcasm.
Liu Mingxin interrupted Jiu’er and gave Ye Shaohua a faint glance, as if she didn’t take her seriously at all. “Don’t be like your father and engage in fraud. As a doctor, one must have compassion. I advise you to be down-to-earth. If you want to walk my path, come talk to me again in a few thousand years!”
Wasn’t it just the most ordinary level-one or level-two surgery in modern times—one that didn’t even need to be reported to the hospital? When Ye Shaohua did missions in a certain world, even a single surgery required special approval, and many foreign doctors would submit reports just to participate. That was the highest pursuit of every surgeon. Liu Mingxin hadn’t even reached that level—so what exactly was she so proud of?
