But she saw both Prince Kang and the Emperor yesterday, and she didn't like the man at all. How could Prince Kang compare to the Emperor? Although he was handsome, he lacked masculine vigor, so she still preferred Feng Zixiao.
However, she feared her father's anger. Fortunately, this wasn't her own idea; it was an imperial decree from the Empress Dowager. When she arrived before her father, she shifted the blame to the Empress Dowager, and presumably, her father couldn't do anything about it. But once she married into the palace, she would definitely resolve the hatred between her father and the royal family, and in the future, after bringing down Jiang Hailing, she would still be the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the woman standing beside Feng Zixiao.
Jiang Feixue smiled with a determined look on her lips, and looked at the Empress Dowager with a shy expression, speaking softly and gently.
"Feixue was able to enter the palace thanks to the Empress Dowager's kindness. In the future, Feixue will definitely be filial to the Empress Dowager."
"My dear child, I am relieved to hear your words. I do not expect you to be filial to me. I only hope that you can resolve the rift between the Emperor and General Jiang. The emperor and his minister should work together. Only then can the Great Zhou Dynasty stand firm."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is right."
Jiang Feixue nodded obediently and happily, and the Empress Dowager was extremely satisfied, her eyes and brows beaming with joy.
"She is indeed a well-mannered eldest daughter born of the principal wife, unlike those born of concubines."
The Empress Dowager's legitimate and illegitimate children clearly refer to Jiang Feixue and the Empress. Last night, Jiang Feixue stayed overnight in the palace, shoving a lot of silver into the hands of the eunuchs and getting a pretty good idea of what was going on in the palace. Naturally, we know that Jiang Feixue is jealous and doesn't want the Emperor to select concubines. She even contradicted the Empress Dowager and was eventually confined to the Zhengyi Palace by the Emperor. There's nothing she can't do without an imperial edict.
Hearing the Empress Dowager's words, she appeared even more gentle and graceful, smiling dignifiedly and remaining silent.
The Empress Dowager's eyes were full of smiles as she held Jiang Feixue's hand: "After you enter the palace, come to Qingxin Palace more often to talk to me. I like your personality."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Although Jiang Feixue knew the Empress Dowager was doing this out of consideration for her father, she was still very happy. Having a strong backer made all the difference.
The Empress Dowager instructed the nanny beside her: "Send Feixue out, and carefully instruct the eunuchs to be careful."
"Yes, I understand."
The old woman came over and invited Jiang Feixue to leave the hall. Jiang Feixue said goodbye and left the hall.
At the head of the main hall, the Empress Dowager looked disgusted and lightly dusted off her fingers as if they were dirty. Then she reached out and a maidservant helped her up.
"Your Majesty, would you like to rest for a while?"
"Hmm, perhaps I'm getting old."
The Empress Dowager nodded. Since the late Emperor's death, she had been getting weaker day by day. When the late Emperor was alive, there were many concubines in the palace, and she did not seem tired. She was always energetic and full of scheming, and she looked young. But since the late Emperor passed away and her sisters in the palace were sent away, her spirits have been declining day by day. It seems that people cannot be idle, or they will grow old.
An uninvited guest arrived at Zhengyi Palace early in the morning and refused to leave the main hall.
The guy who's refusing to leave is none other than Xi Lingfeng's friend, the divine physician Shen Ruoxuan.
The palace eunuchs and maids naturally knew that this divine physician had a good relationship with the emperor, so no one dared to offend him or drive him away. They could only serve him carefully.
Because Hailing was confined to her quarters by the Emperor and had undergone surgery the night before, she was very tired and slept slowly in her palace until the sun was high in the sky. As soon as she opened her eyes, Yanzhi reported to her.
"Miss, has Doctor Shen come to see you?"
"Shen Ruoxuan, what does he want to see me about?"
Hai Ling was a little confused, but then a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. Last night, Shen Ruoxuan was very interested in her medical skills. Could he have come to ask her about medical matters? This guy is really proactive.
Of course, she didn't know that if Shen Ruoxuan hadn't been giving Xi Lingfeng face, he would have come to bother her in the middle of the night.
He was the kind of person who was obsessed with medicine, and now that she had suddenly revealed a skill he was completely unfamiliar with—the Spirit Realm—he was excited and wanted to learn more about it.
Hai Ling calmly got up, washed and dressed, then left the palace and headed towards the main hall.
At the palace gate, a eunuch's shrill voice rang out: "Her Majesty the Empress has arrived."
A figure sprang up swiftly in the main hall, as fast as lightning, and was in front of Hailing in the blink of an eye.
The people in front of the palace gate were all startled. Hai Ling stared at the man with the wicked smile on his face, thinking, "Is this really that exaggerated?"
"Chen Ruoxuan, what are you up to?"
She then walked into the main hall, with Shen Ruoxuan following closely behind, his face beaming with a bright, sunny smile: "I have decided to become your disciple."
"Want to become my disciple?"
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Hai Ling was a little taken aback. Shen Ruoxuan said he wanted to become her disciple. This was quite shocking. The world-renowned Divine Doctor Shen actually wanted to become her disciple. She couldn't accept that. Hai Ling narrowed her eyes, looked at Shen Ruoxuan, and spoke seriously.
"Shen Ruoxuan, please stop joking, okay? This joke isn't funny at all."
Shen Ruoxuan blinked, her long eyelashes fluttering like fans, and said with a wicked grin, "I'm not joking."
Hai Ling glanced around the main hall. Although the palace servants in Zhengyi Palace dared not express dissatisfaction with her, she had no idea how many of them were actually working for other people. She didn't want others to know that she was a doctor, especially not Feng Zixiao, as she wanted to leave the palace as soon as possible.
"You may all leave."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The palace maids and eunuchs withdrew, leaving only Rouge and Xiao Ke, among other trusted confidants, in the main hall.
Hai Ling gracefully walked to the side and sat down, speaking calmly, "Chen Ruoxuan, why do you want to become my disciple?"
“I heard from Shi Mei about the surgery you performed last night. It was absolutely perfect, a true breakthrough in medicine. That’s why I’ve decided to become your apprentice and learn even more advanced medical skills from you.”
Upon hearing this, Rouge knew that her mistress had secretly gone out last night, and she couldn't help but glance at her mistress with a resentful look.
Xiao Ke and Lian Yi were astonished that the Empress was skilled in medicine. Even the renowned physician Shen wanted to become her apprentice, which showed just how superb her medical skills were. The two were filled with admiration.
“Chen Ruoxuan, I don’t take on apprentices. Besides, it’s not surprising that you don’t know what I do. Nobody’s perfect. You may know something that I may not know.”
She is a surgeon, and like everyone else, she has limitations. She may not even possess the medical skills of Shen Ruoxuan, so there is no question of her becoming his apprentice.