The cruel little princess

Shen Youyou was awakened by the aroma of rice porridge at dinnertime. She had never slept so soundly since she came into this world. Initially, she was worried about her father's serious injuries and potential death, so she rushed to the border to seek his treatment and assisted Prince Jin in identifying the spies. Then, she searched tirelessly for her brother, and upon finding him, she provided him with emergency treatment. Once the surgery was complete and her brother was no longer in danger, the strings in her heart snapped, and she fell into a deep sleep, as if she could sleep forever.

Now I feel refreshed and full of energy after a good sleep! I am just exhausted and tired, but I am very hungry. I am so hungry that I can eat a whole cow! I just saw Chuntao coming over with a tray of food.

"Miss, are you awake?" Chuntao walked over and touched her forehead. Fortunately, she didn't have a fever.

Chuntao placed the food tray on the low table beside the bed and helped her young lady to her feet. "Miss, I'm not telling you to go look for the young master. Just wait at the foot of the mountain. Tell them to go find him. Look at your feet. You've been running all mountain road for so long, they've blistered you. And after coming back, you worked all night and almost fainted from exhaustion..." Chuntao rambled on, bringing the red date porridge over to her.

As soon as the porridge entered her mouth, Shen Youyou's eyes lit up immediately. "Xiao Chuntao, I didn't expect that after coming here, your cooking skills for porridge are so good!" She praised Chuntao generously. This porridge is delicate and long-lasting, with a lingering fragrance, sweet and moist, sticky but not greasy, and it is really delicious. There are red dates in the porridge, and it takes a long time to cook, so the color is bright red. The red dates that have absorbed the rice soup are plump and translucent, and taste sweet and delicious. "I didn't expect that the rice here is so delicious! I was busy treating the disease before, and I didn't eat well. Everything I ate tasted like chewing wax. Now that I am relaxed, I think the rice is fragrant! It must be because of Xiao Chuntao's good cooking skills!"

Chun Tao was amused by her young lady's exaggerated performance, "Young lady, you must be hungry after sleeping for so long that you think it's delicious! And..." She looked around and whispered in her young lady's ear, "This rice is tribute rice sent by His Royal Highness Prince Jin! How can ordinary people eat it? Young lady has never eaten it once!"

"Gongmi?" Shen Youyou listened to Chuntao's gossip while sipping her porridge. "Did His Royal Highness Prince Jin send it to me?" She was a little confused. "Why did you send it to me?"

"I don't know." Chun Tao also shook her head to indicate that she knew nothing. That's right, as someone involved, she didn't know, so it was even more impossible for Chun Tao, a bystander, to know. Shen You You shook her head and decided to just ask directly the next time they met.

"And, young lady, His Royal Highness Prince Jin also left you some scar-healing cream! I heard it was a gift from the Emperor! It's such a huge box!" Chun Tao fished it out from under Shen Youyou's pillow and handed it to her. "It's specially reserved for applying to your feet," she said, mimicking the tone and demeanor of His Royal Highness Prince Jin. "This is scar-healing cream, it's very effective for wound healing. Remember to apply it three or four times a day, and it will heal quickly!"

"Xiao Chuntao, I think you are itching to make fun of me!" Shen Youyou raised his hand to tickle her armpit, and the master and servant laughed together.

"Miss, please spare me, please spare me!" Chun Tao surrendered with a smile. "Miss, you'd better drink the porridge quickly, and then have a good rest."

"I'm full, I can't eat anymore." Shen Youyou wiped her mouth with a handkerchief. She took the scar-removing cream Chuntao handed her, opened the lid, and sniffed it gently. "Hmm, it contains salvia miltiorrhiza, angelica, astragalus, white peony root..." She listed over 30 herbs. "The effect is quite good, but if you add pearl powder and fish bone glue, it will be even better!" She was, in a sense, standing on the shoulders of giants to see the world. After all, the knowledge she had learned in modern times was the result of thousands of years of continuous accumulation, summary, and improvement by the Chinese people.

"Miss, you are so amazing now! You can tell what's inside just by smelling it! You can even know the formula of the imperial gift and can improve it! Then we don't have to worry about our livelihood in the future!" Chuntao praised her young lady greatly.

"Chun Tao, you really woke me up!" Shen Youyou clapped his hands violently. This is like a pillow being delivered to you when you are sleepy. I was thinking about what I can do now and make money, but I was delayed by the things in the military camp. Now that the big thing is settled, the next thing to do is to make money! After all, it is better to have it yourself than to have it yourself! As the saying goes, money is not everything, but you can't do anything without money! I have to write down this matter of making creams and take some time to see if this plan is feasible! Maybe it can evolve into a road to wealth in the beauty industry! In modern times, it is easiest to make money from women and children. From eighty-year-old grandmothers to one or two-year-old girls, everyone loves beauty and is willing to invest in themselves. I wonder if it will work here.

Finally having a moment of relaxation, after Shen Youyou and Chuntao had a few laughs and jokes, she got up, washed, and left the tent. She went to her father's tent first, and as usual, took his pulse to check on his recovery. Then she adjusted the herbs and asked about his diet. She felt relieved to confirm there were no incompatibilities. Then, Shen Duanfang patiently greeted his daughter, expressing his concern and worry. After sitting with her father for a while, she got up and said goodbye to her brother's tent. As she left, someone from General Shen's tent reported that a father and daughter had arrived outside the camp. They said they were from Liushu Village and had news about the young general. Shen Duanfang knew his son had indeed been rescued from the mountains near Liushu Village. Two people from Liushu Village had come with the news, so it didn't matter whether he heard it or not. But it was not easy for them to come all this way, so he sent them away with ten taels of silver and a gentle word.

When Shen Youyou woke up and went to General Shen's tent, His Royal Highness Prince Jin had already received the news. He had already finished dinner half an hour ago, but upon hearing the news, he couldn't help but stand up and walk around the tent a little. An Er saw his master's thoughts and said, "Your Highness, the military doctor just said that you should go out for a walk after dinner to help digest the food. I am still worried about General Shen's injuries. Why don't we go visit him!"

His Royal Highness Prince Jin glanced at An Er and said, "Good boy, you can do it!" "Let's go! Since you want to visit General Shen, I will take you on this trip!"

An Er quickly bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your help!"

When Prince Jin came to Shen Zijin's side, Doctor Xu's medicine boy was feeding him medicine. Doctor Xu was holding his right arm and looking back and forth, "Wonderful, wonderful! Our Imperial Hospital usually doesn't encounter such injuries. After removing the dead flesh, we just bandage it and it's over. Whether the arm can recover like a normal person depends on fate. I didn't expect the secret to be here. We also have to comb through the blood vessels and tendons inside the flesh! I can't believe it!" He had resisted the urge to peel off the gauze to check the injury all day long. Now it was almost evening and he needed to change the dressing and rebandage. Doctor Xu could no longer bear it. He didn't let anyone touch General Shen's injury. He was the only one there changing the dressing and marveling at him! "Miss Shen is truly a miracle worker! She's like the reincarnation of Hua Tuo! Just this one suturing technique, wow, I guarantee that even my father... oh no, not even my grandfather can do it!" The little medicine boy beside him shook his head repeatedly, "Master, if your words get to the old man's ears, I'm afraid he'll be beaten again!"

"Don't talk nonsense! What I mean is that Miss Shen, at such a young age, has acquired such remarkable medical skills through no one's tutelage! It's a shame she's a woman, otherwise my position as the head of the Imperial Hospital would be in jeopardy! But it's also a good thing she's a woman, so... hehehe..." Before he could finish his words, he let out a confusing laugh. "What else?" the little medicine boy asked, bewildered.

"Oh, what do you know, little brat! What I mean is, if she weren't a woman, we might become competitors, but it is precisely because she is a woman that we are more likely to become friends! After all, we are both people who pursue advancement in medical skills, so we must have a lot of common topics and can communicate and learn from each other." Doctor Xu explained proudly, waving his sleeves as if to show off his grace.

The little medicine boy still didn't quite understand what was going on. He pouted and muttered softly, "Master, I don't see you sharing the same ideals as the other doctors in the Imperial Hospital and having much to talk about..."

Doctor Xu seemed not to hear the little medicine boy's muttering, and continued excitedly: "Tomorrow I must go to Miss Shen to ask for advice and learn some unique medical skills from her. Maybe I can get some new inspiration from her!" As he spoke, he was already looking forward to tomorrow's meeting.