The daily life of the little princess of the royal group

The old man and the child were both restrained and insisted on sitting on the small stool. Mingyue didn't care. She closed her eyes, nestled in Zhizhi's arms, holding Taotao's hand, and fell asleep peacefully.

After entering the city, Taotao shook Mingyue, who opened her eyes with great effort, not knowing what day it was. Seeing the old man and the child huddled in the corner, Mingyue finally reacted.

"Ahem, well, I just fell asleep, and we'll be at the pharmacy soon. Don't worry, I'm just helping out when I see injustice. I won't eat you."

The little girl laughed out loud when she heard this, but the next moment she covered her mouth. She's so sensible! I'm crying!

The carriage soon stopped again. Mingyue got off the carriage in confusion. Why did it stop here? When she saw the scene in front of her, she was shocked. Who could explain to her why there were so many people here?

Fortunately, everyone consciously made way for Mingyue. Zhizhi and Taotao stood on both sides of Mingyue, protecting her. Behind them followed an old man holding his little granddaughter who was wrapped tightly in protective clothing.

The little girl hid in the old man's arms, and seemed to be afraid of the eyes of the people around her, but the insults and contempt she expected did not appear, but instead there were surprises.

"Is this the little girl?"

"It doesn't look like he's been ill for a long time."

"No matter what her problem is, she can be cured at our common people's pharmacy with the young princess in charge!"

"Well said! This is our people's pharmacy. The doctors there are all very good. I heard that there are royal doctors who train them from time to time. Occasionally, there are also some royal doctors who like to see difficult and complicated cases."

"This is all for the sake of our little princess and the emperor! We are blessed to have such a monarch."

Everyone originally came to watch the show, but suddenly they were moved by the various measures that the current emperor had taken to benefit the country and the people since he came to power.

As for the grandfather and grandson, they had already begun to tremble, not because they were afraid of seeing a doctor, but because the person in front of them was the only little princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty! How could such a noble person, such a lowly commoner like them, be worthy of associating with her?

"Grandpa, did I ride in a carriage with the little princess just now?" The little girl asked her grandfather in a hoarse voice, "Grandpa, Xiaoying didn't do anything out of the ordinary just now, did she?"

"Grandpa doesn't know either." The old man swallowed hard, very nervous.

Before Mingyue came, someone had passed the news to the Baixing Pharmacy. It happened that not only was Doctor Zhang free today, but there was also an imperial physician sitting there for consultation.

Mingyue gave a brief introduction, and after they greeted each other, they sat down opposite Doctor Zhang and the imperial physician.

Doctor Zhang took the pulse first, then the imperial physician took the pulse and looked at the medicine bag brought by the old man. The two looked at each other, with anger in their eyes.

Seeing this, the old man's heart beat again and again, and his whole body was trembling. "Um, sirs, my granddaughter's illness... is there any hope?"

Doctor Zhang and the imperial physician then realized that they had been so caught up in their dissatisfaction that they had forgotten to tell the patient's family, "It's not a serious matter, but your health is weakened. It's just a severe case of wind-heat. The medicine that quack doctor prescribed for your granddaughter was all based on symptoms of tuberculosis. It's like one medicine is supposed to remove heat, while the other is supposed to remove cold. Of course, it won't cure you."

"From what I know, the herbs used to treat tuberculosis are extremely expensive. It's hard for your family to sell everything they have to buy medicine for her. I guess he's just trying to take advantage of you, but he doesn't even have the most basic medical skills. He's truly a disgrace to me as a doctor!"

At this moment, there was a splash outside. It turned out to be the child's mother. After hearing what Doctor Zhang said, she relaxed completely, a little limp, and burst into tears of joy. She broke down and cried, "I was saying, how could my Xiaoying get such a disease? My Xiaoying!"

It really makes people cry when they hear it and feel sad when they see it. The onlookers also feel the same way. After all, every family has headaches and fevers, not to mention that this family has not given up on their child for so long, which is really rare.

The people at the Baixing Pharmacy rushed to help, and Xiaoying also ran to hug her mother. After asking, they found out that the family had borrowed money and hired an oxcart to drive them here.

The whole family cried so hard that Mingyue asked people to prepare some tea and snacks, and also made a lot of brown sugar ginger water for the people outside.

Mingyue saw that their clothes were very thin, so she quietly asked someone to buy them a few cotton jackets to help them out, and also asked someone to buy some flowered cloth and cotton, so that they could make their own clothes, so that they would not feel any burden.

Doctor Zhang was about the same age as the old grandfather and spoke relatively casually. He walked to the door and sat next to the old man who was boiling medicine.

"Hey, bro, don't you know about the Baixing Pharmacy? We don't make any money here. We have free clinics every day, and we charge for the herbs. Why didn't you come?"

The people around also pricked up their ears. What on earth was this family thinking? They had such a reliable and cheap pharmacy, so why would they think of spending money there?

The old man wiped his tears and said helplessly, "My daughter-in-law wanted to go there at the time, but my neighbor's son was an apprentice at Xinglin Pharmacy. She kept recommending it, saying that nothing good could be had without spending money. So we...we went there instead."

Before Doctor Zhang could even speak, the people around him started to scold him, saying, "You old man, you seem too kind-hearted."

"Just listen to what they say. Think about it, this is a pharmacy approved by the emperor and run by the princess. It belongs to us ordinary people. Do you believe her?"

"Your neighbor is really dishonest. He must have taken a lot of kickbacks behind your back."

The old man and his son thought about it and realized, "Oh! That's what happened!"

"Should we go ask them to return it?" the son asked. "We've already eaten all the herbs. Can we still get them back?"

Doctor Zhang slapped him on the head. "You're also stupid. They're completely heartless. Not only did they deliberately misdiagnose you, but they also gave you some inferior herbs. If you take these for a year, I'm afraid you'll lose five taels of silver. How much did you spend?"

His son's eyes widened, his mind seemed to be a little confused, and he counted on his fingers, "We sold the land for fifty taels of silver, used the ten taels of silver that was saved for our two sons' schooling, and also pawned my wife's dowry, and my mother's jewelry. All in all, we have about eighty or ninety taels of silver."

Everyone was shocked. They originally thought that this family was just a poor one, but they didn't expect that with such a small fortune, they could be considered a family with enough food and clothing. However, they were probably now heavily in debt.