The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

However, all of this was just her speculation. She wasn't sure if that was actually the case. She could only wait until she went to the clinic tomorrow to see the old doctor to find out if the slow-moving robe was gone.

The next morning, Xia Tongsheng slept in late. After getting up, washing up, and having breakfast, she made an excuse that she was a little cold and asked Yingling to go back to her room to get her some clothes. After Yingling left, Xia Tongsheng carried her out of the palace.

Xia Tongsheng didn't bring Yingling with her for two reasons: firstly, she was afraid Yingling would worry if she knew the truth about her illness; secondly, her woman's intuition told her that this clinic was unusual.

Yingling took the clothes out but didn't see Xia Tongsheng. At first, she thought she was somewhere in the manor, but after searching the entire manor, she still couldn't find Xia Tongsheng. She was anxious, fearing that something had happened to Xia Tongsheng. She quickly ran to the prince's courtyard and shouted towards the study, "Your Highness, the princess is missing!"

Min Youan put down his calligraphy brush, stood up abruptly, opened the study door, and questioned Yingling, "When did this happen?"

Yingling was so anxious she was almost crying, but she held it back. "It's been quite a while. I couldn't find her, so I came to find Your Highness!"

"Cang Jue, send someone to search immediately!"

Remembering that Xia Tongsheng had once said she wanted to see her father, he disregarded the urgent official documents on the table, grabbed his coat, left the Prince's Mansion, and headed straight for the General's Mansion.

Xia Tongsheng arrived at the clinic alone. Coincidentally, the clinic was unusually crowded with patients that day, so Xia Tongsheng sat down to wait.

While I was still in a daze, I heard a shout.

"Hey, you girl! Come here right now!"

Xia Tongsheng looked around, trying to see who the doctor was calling for.

"Stop looking! It's you, it's definitely you! The one in the yellow shirt!"

Xia Tongsheng turned her head and looked to both sides. Wasn't that her in the yellow dress? She pointed to herself, "Me?"

The doctor was getting impatient. "It's you! Come here right now!"

Xia Tongsheng stood up, almost falling due to weakness. "You help me support this woman, I'll set her bones!"

"Ah! I can't set bones! Doctor, you should find someone else!" Xia Tongsheng quickly waved her hand in refusal.

The doctor was a little angry. "Look for yourself. Besides you, are there any other women in my clinic?"

Xia Tongsheng pointed to the young apprentice in the corner who was fetching medicine, "Isn't there another apprentice over there? He's practically a doctor too, why does he insist on coming to me!"

"You think I wanted to come looking for you? It's only because she won't let any man touch her! If she wanted to, would I, an old woman, need to come looking for a little brat like you?"

Seeing Xia Tongsheng's troubled expression, the woman took Xia Tongsheng's hand and said, "Sister, please help me, I really don't want other men to touch me!"

"But!" she still hesitated.

The doctor snapped, "But what? You better hold her down right now! I have so many patients waiting!"

Xia Tongsheng knew that there were many taboos between men and women in feudal society. After thinking for a moment, she could only agree to this task. "Okay, what should I do?"

"Put your hands around her chest from behind!"

Xia Tongsheng followed the doctor's instructions. Looking at the position of her hands, Xia Tongsheng finally understood why this woman refused any help from other men even in death.

Because her hand was currently placed on her chest, this was an awkward situation, not to mention in ancient times, even in modern times.

If this gets out, people will gossip about it.

Before setting the bone, the doctor gave Xia Tongsheng a special reminder, "Hold on tight, I'm about to start setting the bone!"

As he spoke, he exerted a sudden, forceful effort. The woman screamed, and Xia Tongsheng was thrown aside and fell to the ground. The doctor's face was swollen from being punched hard by the woman. "I told you to hold her down, how did you do it?"

The doctor was furious after being punched for no reason.

Xia Tongsheng was also aggrieved, "Doctor, I told you I can't do it!"

"Then why don't you just say you're not good enough? When you said you couldn't do it, I thought you were scared. Look, I got punched for no reason, it's all your fault!"

The woman felt very apologetic, rubbing her newly set bone with one hand as she apologized, "Doctor, I really didn't mean to!"

The doctor gave her a resentful look. "Fine, I guess I'm just unlucky. But your medical bills will have to be increased!"

The woman quickly replied, "Of course, of course! How much more?"

He held up his hand, indicating "one hundred taels of silver!"

The woman panicked upon hearing this. One hundred taels of silver was half a year's expenses for an ordinary family. How could she bear to spend that much money? "How can it be so expensive? It's more expensive than setting my bones!"

"One hundred taels is still an understatement for this old man!"

The woman's face darkened. "Are you trying to extort money from me, old man? I only slapped your face until it was swollen!"

The doctor was even angrier, his beard twitching with anger. "What do you mean, 'It's just that you slapped my face until it was swollen'? For that sentence alone, I won't let you leave without two hundred taels of silver!"

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, everyone in the clinic was just watching the spectacle and no one came out to stop them. Although Xia Tongsheng didn't like to be the first to speak out, she was now also involved in this matter.

Seeing the woman's unreasonable and shrewish attitude, it was clear she had no intention of paying the money. Xia Tongsheng was anxious to see a doctor, and if the two of them continued arguing like this, who knew when it would end?

Left with no other choice, she said, "Doctor, I'll pay for it!"

The doctor, seeing it was her, became even angrier. "Who do you think you are? I haven't settled accounts with you yet, so get out of here!"

"Hey, you!"

The doctor pushed her aside and said to the woman, "Let me tell you, if you don't hand over these two hundred taels of silver, believe me, I'll dislocate your bones right now!"

Xia Tongsheng's eyes widened, thinking, "They even bring this! Is this healing or killing? Entrusting myself to their treatment is far too dangerous."

Upon hearing that her arm was to be dislocated, and recalling the pain she had experienced during the bone setting, the woman resigned herself to her fate. "Two hundred taels it is! You wait, I will make sure your shabby clinic can't stay in the capital!"

Xia Tongsheng was secretly shocked to find the woman so fierce. It's true what they say, you can know a person's face but not their heart!

Upon receiving the money, the doctor scoffed, "I think two hundred taels is too little. Your husband has amassed more than ten times that amount of wealth from the people!"

Upon hearing that her husband's shameful affair had been exposed, the woman dared not utter a word and simply stormed off.

After this scene unfolded, many patients who had been queuing up for the senior doctor left, fearing that the doctor would extort them again. The few remaining patients were also very careful when seeing the doctor, afraid of hurting him and being blackmailed again.

Xia Tongsheng was about to be seen, but as soon as the doctor saw her, he immediately said, "Go wait in the back!"

Xia Tongsheng thought the doctor didn't know his turn, so she reminded him, "Doctor, I'm next!"

"I know, go to the last one!"