"Shen Ruoxuan, I never expected you to be a prince of Nanling."
"master?"
Shen Ruoxuan called out, his voice trembling slightly. Would his master change his mind again? It was an undeniable fact that he was the prince of Nanling, but he had never returned to Nanling and had always stayed in Medicine King Valley.
"Fortunately, you don't have the selfishness of royalty, so I've decided to pass on my medical skills to you."
"Thank you, Master."
Shen Ruoxuan was thrilled. It hadn't been easy; his master had finally decided to teach him medicine.
Hai Ling ignored him and looked at Shi Mei beside her: "Mei'er, I know you want to learn too. When I teach him in the future, you can watch from the side."
"Yes, Miss."
Shi Mei immediately nodded excitedly. As a doctor, she naturally hoped to learn more advanced medical skills.
"Um."
"Lan'er, you go out. I'll tell them about the medical skills I know first."
"Yes, Miss."
Shi Lan wasn't interested in medicine and naturally didn't want to hear about it, so she went outside to wait.
In the side hall, Hai Ling began to explain to Shen Ruoxuan and Shi Mei the medical skills she knew, which was still a kind of surgical technique, what instruments and materials were needed, and how to do it.
The lecture lasted for an hour. When Shi Mei and Shen Ruoxuan came out, their faces were flushed with excitement, showing how engrossed they were in their studies.
Hai Ling instructed Shi Mei to arrange for Shen Ruoxuan to stay in the guest courtyard of the Ji residence.
Starting today, she will teach the two the surgical skills she knows. However, these surgical skills are not easy. It takes many studies to master them, and many corpses are needed to master the incision depth and the distribution of various human organs.
Shen Ruoxuan and Shi Mei were both skilled in medicine and had seen many dead people. However, when they heard Hai Ling's words about using dead people as test subjects, they were still shocked. But they made up their minds to learn this medical skill. Just hearing about it made people realize that this medical skill was rare and not everyone could learn it.
In the days that followed, Ye Lingfeng did not visit the Ji residence again, because he had just ascended the throne and had many things to do. Moreover, he would soon be choosing an empress, at which point he would have a legitimate reason to keep her in the palace.
However, gifts continued to be sent to the Ji family, making most people in the capital of Beilu aware that the Emperor had taken a liking to the young lady of the Ji family. They wondered whether this young lady would enter the palace as Empress or a concubine.
Now news has spread that the Shaoyi Kingdom, which was destroyed by the Nanling Kingdom, has been resurrected. They have not only reclaimed many of Shaoyi's cities, but also destroyed a small country not far from Shaoyi. As a result, although Shaoyi's territory is not as large as that of Nanling and Dazhou, its elite cavalry makes it difficult for others to invade at will.
After a series of setbacks, Nan Ling is no longer what she used to be.
Therefore, with the new emperor of Beilu ascending the throne and the imperial concubine selection imminent, Nanling wanted to form a marriage alliance with Beilu. She played a major card, sending Princess Jingyue, the most beautiful woman in the world, to Beilu for a marriage alliance.
Princess Jingyue, the most beautiful woman in the world, is the dream woman of every man. She has come to Beilu for a political marriage, so it is only natural that she will marry the new emperor and become his empress. Then the young lady of the Ji family will likely become a concubine. Thinking that the two most beautiful women in the world will marry the emperor, all the men in Beilu envy the new emperor.
News has come from Nanling Kingdom that Princess Jingyue has set off for Beilu. In addition to Nanling, Da Zhou and Shaoyi have also sent people to Beilu.
The capital of Beilu was bustling with activity, and the new emperor sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to give the envoy a grand reception.
Ji Shaocheng, a young and renowned general from Northern Lu, was naturally assigned by the emperor to receive the envoys.
Inside the Fragrant Grass Courtyard of the Ji Residence.
Hailing was leading Qiuqiu out for a walk when she saw a bunch of little girls chattering excitedly outside the gate. They didn't even notice Hailing coming out.
The sound kept ringing out.
"Did you know? I heard that Princess Jingyue, the most beautiful woman in the Southern Ling Kingdom, is coming to Northern Lu to marry a foreign ruler."
"Princess Jingyue, the most beautiful woman, I wonder if she is as beautiful as our young lady."
"She shouldn't be bad, otherwise she wouldn't have been named the most beautiful woman. The key point is that Princess Jingyue has a noble status. She is a princess, while our young lady is just a young lady from a general's mansion. So no matter what, we can't compete with Princess Jingyue."
"So you mean, our young lady can only be the emperor's concubine, and Princess Jingyue can only be the empress?"
"I'm afraid so."
The young maids chattered excitedly, and many of them began to worry about their young mistresses. After all, the other woman was a princess and the most beautiful woman in the world, while their young mistress was just a daughter of a general's family. Although she was famous for being the most beautiful woman in Beilu, the most beautiful woman in Tianyi was definitely more beautiful than the most beautiful woman in Beilu. Besides, she was a princess.
Hai Ling walked closer, and no one noticed her. Fu Yue couldn't help but snort, which startled the maids outside Xiangwu Courtyard. They turned around and saw their young lady behind them, looking at them with a calm expression. Her eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, but a little cold.
All the maids quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Miss, spare us! Miss, spare us! We servants, we servants!"
Hai Ling didn't seem to care, waving her hand dismissively and saying, "Get up. But shouldn't we all get back to our work? Chatting together instead of doing anything is something that should be punished."
"Yes, I understand."
"Thank you, miss."
The maids scrambled to their feet and scattered, each heading to their assigned positions to diligently perform their duties.
Fu Yue couldn't help but pout and say, "Miss, you really spoil them too much. They should be taught a good lesson."
How could you talk about your master behind his back? And why is it that Miss is not as good as that so-called number one beauty, Princess Jingyue? If you ask me, Princess Jingyue is not even as good as Miss's finger.
Although Miss is a daughter of the General's Mansion and not a princess, the old general and the young general dote on her and spoil her. They would never let her suffer the slightest grievance. If the Emperor does not make Miss Empress, not only will Miss disagree, but the old general and the young general will also disagree.
"They were just talking, they didn't do anything wrong. If they had done something wrong, I would have punished them."
As soon as Hai Ling finished speaking, someone chimed in: "Cousin, you're too kind. These servants need to be properly disciplined. If you treat them too well, they'll start to get arrogant."
The speaker was Ye Liushuang. Ye Liushuang had a smile on her face and seemed to care about Hailing a lot, but her expression was really unpleasant. The little lion Qiuqiu, who had been nestled in Hailing's arms, had its yellow fur standing on end and was glaring angrily at Ye Liushuang. It grinned and laughed smugly. Ye Liushuang shivered and turned to run away. But she had come to see Hailing today for a reason. She wanted to test who Hailing's ideal sister-in-law was.
Judging from what we've seen recently, the Ji family seems to really be following Ji Hailing's ideas. In other words, Ji Shaocheng's wife must like Ji Hailing, otherwise she can forget about marrying into the family. That's why she came to test the waters.