Doctor Liao had been waiting in the side hall of the princess' study since early morning. He had already drunk two cups of tea, but the princess hadn't summoned him yet. He couldn't help feeling worried. Could it be that the princess was not satisfied with him and wanted him to leave?

A good job like that of the Princess's Palace Physician required little work and high pay, and he even got a share of the bonus money given out during festivals and when clothes were made for the changing seasons. He was very satisfied and wanted to work there for another three hundred years as he didn't want to leave.

Divine Doctor Liao was just getting worried when he saw the princess's first-class maid Dan Gui enter the side hall. He quickly stood up and asked:

"Miss Dangui, I wonder..."

Dan Gui smiled and said:

"I'm sorry to have kept Divine Doctor Liao waiting for so long. Your Highness has summoned me. Please follow me."

Dangui's smile calmed the uneasy heart of Doctor Liao. Doctor Liao thought, since she was smiling, maybe it wasn't a bad thing?

The two of them arrived at the door of the study, and a person was walking out. It was Wutong.

Seeing Wutong dressed like he was going out, Dangui was startled and asked:

"In such a hurry? Are you leaving now? I asked the kitchen to prepare a meal for you. Eat it first before you leave."

Wutong nodded to Divine Doctor Liao as a greeting, and then said to Dangui:

"No, I'll eat on the way. The mission is urgent. Let's go!"

Wutong started walking away, and Dangui couldn't stop him from shouting:

"Then you should bring more people and more food! It's such a long journey!"

Looking at Wutong's back as he waved his hand and walked away cleanly, Dangui sighed and led Doctor Liao into the study.

......

In the study, Su Fengyi was reading the biography of Dr. Liao handed in by Wutong.

Before, Wutong was going to hire Doctor Liao as the official physician of the Princess's Mansion, so he checked his eighteen generations back and his nine clans down. After finding that everything was clean, he wrote a short biography and reported it to Su Fengyi.

Although it was called a biography, Wutong wrote dozens of pages. This time when Su Fengyi was preparing to employ Dr. Liao, Wutong found the biography and presented it to her.

After handing in the biography, it was time to leave, but Wutong took the initiative to volunteer and told Su Fengyi that she wanted to go to Miaojiang to find an antidote for His Highness.

Except for Xie Xuan, neither of them took the initiative to tell others about Su Fengyi's condition, and of course they didn't intend to hide it from Wutong and the others.

A first-class personal maid only does personal work and cannot hide anything.

Wutong noticed it himself, sensed something was wrong, and took the initiative to find Xie Xuan:

"Is there anything wrong with your Highness?"

Xie Xuan was trying the antidote for the Hehuan Gu. He mixed the antidote with His Highness's blood, but there was no reaction. He knew that he had failed again.

It was the same when he was learning about medicinal poison.

When Taoist Master Qingfeng was teaching, he said:

"It's not that I'm hiding something from you, but the blood barrier of the medicine Gu cannot be broken through by just intelligence and hard work."

The origin of the Hehuan Gu is in Miaojiang. Maybe we should go to Miaojiang to think of a solution?

Unable to find Taoist Qingfeng, Xie Xuan wanted to go to Miaojiang to look for another master of medicine and poison. However, he was worried about the eldest princess' condition and was reluctant to go on a long journey. It was just right that Wutong took the initiative to find him.

Xie Xuan handed a sign to Wutong:

"The chief of the Miaojiang Gu tribe is Taoist Qingfeng's biological brother. This is the Gu tribe token that my mentor left for me. Go and try it."

Wutong suddenly proposed to go to Miaojiang. Miaojiang is different from Jiangnan, and it sounds like a dangerous place.

Especially after knowing that drug poison really existed in this world, Su Fengyi became even more worried about letting Wutong out so rashly.

So he called Xie Xuan in and asked him in detail until he was sure that Wutong had a token with him and that the person he was looking for was the patriarch of the Gu tribe. After Xie Xuan assessed that there was no major problem, he agreed to let Wutong go out.

This back and forth questioning delayed time and left Doctor Liao alone in the side hall.

Seeing Dr. Liao coming, Su Fengyi put his biography aside and said with a smile:

"I'm sorry to have kept Divine Doctor Liao waiting for so long. Dangui, please give Divine Doctor Liao a seat."

Doctor Liao didn't dare to sit down and said hurriedly:

"No, no, I don't dare. I only know a few basic things. How can I dare to be called a miracle doctor? It's just a joke given by others."

Regardless of whether Divine Doctor Liao sat down or not, Dan Gui had to move the stool and advised him:

"Your Highness is so friendly, so Divine Doctor Liao should not be so formal."

Su Fengyi also said:

“Dr. Liao is a highly skilled doctor, and his reputation as a miracle doctor is well known among the people.

The Liao family is a medical family. Half of the directors of the Imperial Medical Bureau in the previous dynasty were from the Liao family.

I heard that when Divine Doctor Liao was young, he also worked in the Imperial Medical Bureau of the previous dynasty. I wonder why he left the Imperial Medical Bureau?"

Doctor Liao looked embarrassed:

"I am ashamed to say that when I was young, I was young and frivolous, and I didn't know the seriousness of the matter. When I first entered the palace, I offended the chief eunuch at that time.

The chief eunuch spread the word that no descendant of the Liao family would be allowed to enter the Imperial Medical Bureau for life, and not even common people were allowed to do so. That’s how I left the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Because of this, I have been doing nothing and wasting my time until now. The Liao family's reputation as imperial doctors has been ruined by this unfilial descendant of mine."

No wonder Wutong found out that every time the factory owner invited a doctor, Doctor Liao was unable to go because of something. He was either burning incense, out seeing patients, or simply sick himself.

Therefore, there is a personal grudge between the Liao family and the eunuchs from the previous dynasty.

Doctor Liao couldn't afford to offend the factory manager, nor did he want to serve him, so he simply avoided him.

Su Fengyi sighed:

“It’s a pity that the medical skills of Dr. Liao are buried.

This palace wants to recommend Divine Doctor Liao to the Imperial Medical Bureau. What do you think, Divine Doctor Liao?"

Such a huge pie fell down and Doctor Liao was knocked unconscious on the spot.

But he is now over sixty years old and is no longer the young man who relied on his unrivaled medical skills and was ignorant of the world.

Doctor Liao looked at Su Fengyi in shock and asked:

“Thank you for your appreciation, Your Highness. May I ask, if I want to return to the Imperial Medical Bureau, what price will I have to pay?

What can I do for Your Highness?"

It is refreshing to talk to a straightforward person. Su Fengyi smiled and said:

"Don't panic, Doctor Liao. I don't need you to steal people's money, nor do I need you to kill people.

This palace only needs you to serve the emperor well and protect Concubine Hui's dragon fetus to ensure its safe birth.

I wonder what Dr. Liao thinks?"

Doctor Liao finally felt relieved, unable to hide his excitement:

"If that's the case, I would be more than happy to be able to return to the Imperial Medical Bureau!

To be honest with Your Highness, my grandfather and father both died of depression because of this incident.

I am truly ashamed and don't know how I will face my ancestors after I die.

If I can get your help and return to the Imperial Medical Bureau, as long as your Highness gives the order and as long as it is not against the will of heaven and earth, I will do my best to repay your kindness.

I am now sixty-three years old, and I don't have much time left. I wonder when Your Highness will arrange this matter?"

As Divine Doctor Liao was speaking, Lu Qing came through the door and said:

"Your Highness, someone came from the palace and said that Concubine Hui might not be able to make it. Before she leaves, she wants to see Your Highness."

Su Fengyi stood up, looked at Doctor Liao, and said:

"I am returning to the Imperial Medical Bureau today, right now. Divine Doctor Liao, please follow me into the palace."

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