The cruel little princess

"Miss Shen, Miss Shen! Please wait a moment!" The voice of Mr. Liu Dashan came from inside.

Shen Youyou stopped as she was told.

The philanthropist Liu rushed out from behind the screen, clutching a thick stack of papers. "Miss Shen, I cannot repay you for saving my life. I can only compensate you with money. I was in a hurry to leave today and didn't bring enough silver. Please take this ten thousand taels of silver note. Once I have properly settled my wife, I will definitely come to express my gratitude with a gift!" He bent low, holding the silver note in both hands and raised it above his head with great sincerity.

If Shen Youyou had not revealed her identity and residence just now, perhaps she would have accepted the banknotes without hesitation and turned this gratitude into tangible wealth. However, just now, because of a moment of weakness, she told the other party the fact that she lived in the military camp. So, if she accepted this banknote at this moment, wouldn’t it tarnish her father’s reputation? Absolutely not! Thinking of this, Shen Youyou shook her head decisively to express her refusal: "Mr. Liu, you are too polite. The reason I helped you was simply because I couldn't bear to see your wife die at such a young age, not because I was greedy for your reward. I hope you can do more good deeds and accumulate virtue in the future." After that, she called An Er and left together.

"Hey, hey, miss, please stay!" The female shopkeeper of Hongyan Pavilion opposite came out and called out to Shen Youyou.

After hearing the voice, Shen Youyou paused, turned around, and looked at the female shopkeeper in confusion.

The female shopkeeper had a flattering smile on her face: "Did Mr. Liu's wife survive?"

Shen Youyou nodded and replied calmly, "They're saved. Both mother and child are safe."

Upon hearing this, the female shopkeeper's eyes lit up and she said excitedly, "Oh, young lady, I felt that you had an extraordinary temperament at first sight, and I was right! Do you still have the scar-removing cream you brought? I'm willing to buy it for ten taels of silver per jar!"

Shen Youyou was a little surprised, but she remained calm on the surface. She was secretly pondering the intentions of the female shopkeeper.

Seeing that Shen Youyou didn't respond, the female shopkeeper thought she was dissatisfied with the price and quickly added, "Don't worry, young lady. I will never take advantage of you. But if this scar cream is really as effective as you say, then I won't be afraid of losing money if I take it back, right?"

Shen Youyou raised her eyebrows, thinking that this female shopkeeper was a good businessman. She smiled and said, "In that case, please buy this scar cream for me, sister!" The female shopkeeper happily agreed.

Shen Youyou glanced at the female shopkeeper. She was a smart person who knew how to assess the situation. Seeing her save someone, she felt that her scar cream had market prospects. But it didn't matter. After all, she was a real talent. She didn't have to worry about the scar cream not selling well or not being effective.

Shen Youyou took out the scar-removing cream again. There were originally fifteen small porcelain jars, but she gave one to Madam Liu, leaving only fourteen. The female shopkeeper gave her one hundred and forty taels of silver and agreed to see if she would send another batch in ten days based on the results.

Shen Youyou pocketed the silver and sent An Er to Ji'an Hall across the street to buy the herbs she would need. Seeing the newly acquired silver twirling in her hand before it even warmed up before it left, Shen Youyou's heart was immediately filled with passionate fighting spirit! She believed that as long as Madam Liu used the scar-removing ointment she made, she would see results within five days, and her reputation would spread immediately! By then, word would spread like wildfire, and she would just stay at home making scar-removing ointment and wait for the money to come in!

With a passion for making money in the future, Shen Youyou and An Er mounted their horses and set off on the road back to the camp.

They were quite calm, but the old men back in the carriage were not. "I've never seen anyone survive being dissected! Although the woman is still alive, I'm sure she won't survive more than three days!" Doctor Li said, shaking his head.

"But Old Chen and I saw it with our own eyes. You didn't go behind the screen and you didn't see it. The girl's hands were very steady. She didn't hesitate at all, as if she had done it thousands of times!" Doctor Yang disagreed.

"Yes, when I saw her opening the abdomen, she chose to cut in the place with the least bleeding. Moreover, the human abdomen is actually layered. Lao Yang and I couldn't tell what was inside, and the girl pulled the fetus out..." Doctor Chen still felt a lingering fear when he spoke about it.

"Although it looks like it's been sutured on the outside, what about the inside? Has everything been fixed?" Doctor Li insisted. He felt that this type of surgery was impossible to succeed, so he didn't believe the other doctors' opinions.

"If it is true as you said, then this girl must be a superb medical skill?" Doctor Zhang suddenly thought of a question. If the girl was really so good, then she would not let the mother die easily.

"Hmph, so what if you're superb? Only a madman would attempt such an operation." Doctor Li said disdainfully.

"Anyway, I have never seen anyone with such superb medical skills! Besides, it's not so shameful to admit that you are not as skilled as others!" Imperial Physician Yang deliberately mocked Imperial Physician Li. They often had different opinions in the Imperial Hospital and would quarrel.

"Hmph, anyway, I think this young girl might know a little bit, given her youth. So, I'm just pretending to be powerful and trying to save her life! Regardless, she's already done her best to keep both babies safe. Even if Madam Liu ends up dying, no one else will say anything. Because in everyone's eyes, Madam Liu is doomed. Even if Madam Liu unfortunately dies and a cesarean section is performed to retrieve the baby, the result will be the same." Imperial Physician Li still felt that Shen Youyou couldn't keep all three of them safe. "What do you think?" He passed the topic on to the other imperial physicians gathered nearby.

"Okay, let's not discuss this for now. The most important thing is to do the task assigned by the emperor first. We can find some time in a few days to inquire about it and visit the family of this great man Liu, and we'll know the answer!" The imperial envoy who followed him smoothed things over.

"Right, right, right! Let's go to the barracks first, meet His Royal Highness Prince Jin, and then find Miss Shen to learn how to make the Black Jade Ointment!" Imperial Physician Yang continued, following the Imperial Envoy's instructions. "Oh, by the way, didn't that little girl just now also say she lived in the barracks, Old Chen?"

"Ah? I didn't hear clearly. At that time, I was busy observing the woman's complexion and pulse, and didn't listen carefully. How could that little girl be the one we are looking for?" Doctor Chen said uncertainly.

"That's fine. Whether it's true or not, we'll know once we go there and take a look." Doctor Yang said no more, closed his eyes and rested.

Seeing that he stopped talking, the other imperial doctors also stopped talking, and the carriage fell into silence for a while.

Shen Youyou and the others left just after lunch, and when they returned, the medicine boys and military doctors had finished their classes and were either resting or preparing medicine. Shen Youyou went to visit her father and eldest brother again, and told them to take good care of their injuries. Her father's injuries were basically healed, and the mulberry bark sutures had been removed. He was out of bed and walking around, and he would occasionally shout that he wanted to go to the training ground to show off his swords and guns to those bastards. He probably wouldn't be out for training for a few days. But her eldest brother had been using the black jade ointment she had brewed, and he needed to rest for another half a month.

She was walking alone back to her tent when she suddenly saw a figure sprinting towards her from a distance. When he reached her, he stopped on tiptoe. It was His Royal Highness Prince Jin. Given their bond from practicing martial arts together over the past two weeks, she didn't hesitate. "Where are you going? You're in such a hurry!" Shen Youyou pulled out the handkerchief she always carried with her and handed it to him, letting him wipe his sweat.

Prince Jin shook the sweat from his hair nonchalantly, "I heard from An Er that you went out this afternoon and rescued a woman who had premature twins."

"Yes, that's right. The baby was born prematurely and is not yet full-term. In addition, twins are smaller than ordinary fetuses, so they are only about four pounds. They are so small and soft in the palm of my hand!" There was a joyful expression in her eyes. It was not until this moment that she truly realized that her medical skills could indeed bring a huge impact to this dynasty!

It is obvious that our Prince Jin and Shen Youyou are not on the same wavelength. "Is childbirth really that difficult for women? Like going through the gates of hell?" He looked at Shen Youyou seriously and asked.

"That's about right!" Shen Youyou pondered for a moment. Given the current state of medical care, it was indeed a near-death experience. "But they were lucky to have met me!" Shen Youyou noticed that Prince Jin looked serious and even sad when she mentioned this, so she deliberately joked, "It shouldn't be so dangerous in the future. As long as they study hard, everyone can learn the life-saving techniques I used today, and there won't be so many dangers!" She said proudly, "We are truly doing something remarkable!"