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"You're Zhou Wu? Fine, fine, fine, you've got guts. Do you even know who I am?"

Li Zheng's calm face showed a look of astonishment. Had he not revealed his identity clearly enough that the other party still dared to make a move?

"Yes, Your Majesty. I have met with the Fourth Prince."

It was perfunctory, extremely perfunctory; Zhou Wu didn't even bend his back.

"As expected of the Crown Prince's lackey, he's really arrogant."

"Although you are the fourth prince, I will definitely convey your words to the Empress for insulting a court official in this way."

"You~~~"

That's outrageous! Li Zheng has never seen anyone offend him before, and they actually have the nerve to tell his parents.

Li Zheng was fearless in the outside world, but he was somewhat afraid of Emperor Li Tiancheng and Empress Yang Nan, especially Empress Yang Nan.

As Empress Yang Nan, she was in charge of the entire harem. She had very strict requirements for all the concubines, princes, and grandsons of the emperor. It was because of the Empress's presence that Li Tiancheng's harem was peaceful and free from many petty squabbles and intrigues.

If Zhou Wu really complains to the Empress, Li Zheng will inevitably be punished. It's not that the Empress's punishment is particularly severe, but it's mainly because he'll lose face. He's such a grown man, and to be punished by being made to stand and have his hands slapped—how will he ever be able to face the people in the capital again?

"Good, good, good."

I thought a fierce conflict would break out, but to my surprise, Li Zheng left with a group of spoiled brats after saying "good" three times.

"Are you okay?"

Zhou Wu looked at Gu Changqing's swollen face and asked with concern.

“My goodness, you mustn’t do that again. Li Zheng is a very vengeful person.”

Although Gu Changqing's face was still burning with pain, he couldn't care less about that now and kept telling Zhou Wu not to get into a conflict with the other party again next time.

"You know me. I'm a person who always keeps a low profile, so of course I won't provoke him. Don't worry."

Zhou Wu was thinking that if the other party started the trouble, then they shouldn't blame him. Although he kept a low profile, it didn't mean he could be insulted and trampled on at will, let alone involve the people around him. Otherwise, he would definitely find a way to retaliate.

Zai Hongfei and Yin Xue looked at Zhou Wu with distinctly different expressions. Zai Hongfei's gaze was one of admiration, while Yin Xue's was one of something indescribable.

After Li Zheng's commotion, Zhou Wu lost his appetite and took Zai Hongfei and Yin Xue home to rest for the night before heading to the Crown Prince's residence the next day.

"Shouldn't we go to the Crown Prince's residence first?"

Zai Hongfei was somewhat surprised to see Zhou Wu lead him directly to his home, since the Crown Prince's condition was said to be very serious.

"It's alright. You've come all this way, so take a rest. The Crown Prince's leg has been limping for so long, so it won't matter if we wait one more day."

Hearing Zhou Wu's arrangement, Zai Hongfei didn't say anything more. After all, he was just someone Zhou Wu had invited to help, and it wasn't up to him to make the decisions.

Li Baiwei naturally recognized Zai Hongfei, but this was the first time she had met Yin Xue. Upon meeting her, she showered her with compliments.

While resting that night, Zhou Wu thought about what had happened during the day. In fact, even if Zhou Wu hadn't actively opposed Li Zheng today, he would probably have been targeted by Li Zheng in the future, because the other party intended to seize the position of Crown Prince. In everyone's eyes, he, as the former tutor of the Crown Prince, was destined to be the Crown Prince's confidant. In addition, given that he had treated the Crown Prince's leg, it would be difficult for him to get along with the Fourth Prince. So, it was alright to offend him today.

As a modern person, Zhou Wu is not a simple-minded person. Offending a member of the royal family is indeed not a wise move, but it is something that cannot be avoided. So Zhou Wu is going to confront them head-on, which will make the other party more cautious, thinking that he has some trump card.

. . . . . .

The next day.

Zhou Wu brought Zai Hongfei and Yin Xue to the Crown Prince's residence. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess knew that Zhou Wu's helpers had arrived, so they had been waiting for a long time.

"This humble subject pays respects to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess."

Naturally, everyone was extremely nervous upon meeting the Crown Prince and Crown Princess for the first time. Zai Hongfei was slightly better off, while Yin Xue was so nervous that her body was almost out of control.

"No gifts."

Zhou Wu gestured towards Zai Hongfei, indicating that he should go and check on the Crown Prince's leg.

Zai Hongfei's performance at this moment was worthy of a professional doctor. He had completely forgotten about the awkwardness of his status and directly lifted up the prince's trouser leg to carefully examine the injured area.

"How is it? Is it a fracture?"

"Yes, it's definitely a fracture."

"So when do we start?"

"The problem is that the previous animal experiments all failed."

"It's alright. We prepared alcohol and new tools this time, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Zai Hongfei and Zhou Wu didn't shy away from discussing it in front of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. However, the content of their discussion terrified the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. They thought the two of them were charlatans, discussing experiments that had failed.

"I'm telling you two, why don't you practice a bit more? I'm not in a hurry."

Li Junren couldn't stand it anymore and, as a patient, offered a friendly suggestion.

"I'm doing okay here, but Feifei can't. He has a lot going on back home and can't be away for too long."

Zhou Wu was the first to object to Li Junren's suggestion. Zai Hongfei was the treasure of the fiefdom, how could he leave for too long? You know, the people of the fiefdom are also prone to illness. Although Zai Hongfei doesn't need to personally treat every person, with him in charge, the health of the people in the fiefdom will be higher.

"Yes, Widow Li's gynecological condition requires regular check-ups, so I can't leave for too long."

Zai Hongfei didn't want to stay out for too long either; he wasn't used to staying in the capital.

Li Junren was speechless. Neither of them was willing to come up with a respectable reason to refuse him. As the Crown Prince of the Great Dragon Empire, was he really inferior to a rural widow?

Yes, in Zai Hongfei's mind, the Crown Prince was indeed inferior to Widow Li from the village.

"Alright, Your Highness, let's rest for two days first, and then we'll start in three days. In these two days, let's practice intensively."

For some reason, the time of Zhou Wu's surgery had already been leaked, making the whole capital know about it. People even started to look forward to it. From the day Zhou Wu said he could cure the Crown Prince, the imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau started clamoring to compete with him in medical skills. Many of the older generation of imperial physicians even claimed that Zhou Wu was a heretic.

With the help of certain individuals, everyone was waiting to see Zhou Wu make a fool of himself. No one had any faith in him; how could a mere warrior dare to boast about a disease that even the imperial physicians couldn't cure?

The discussions outside did not affect Zhou Wu and Zai Hongfei at all. In the past two days, Zai Hongfei had been practicing the incision suturing surgery, while Yin Xue had been repeatedly checking the things needed for the surgery.