Yue Xilou was gloomy and walked towards the gate of divine prowess. Suddenly, he shouted.

"Who is there?"

As he turned around, he saw Commandery Princess Jingle standing fifty meters away. She bent slightly and gasped for breath, with her hand covering her chest.

Yue Xilou looked at her coldly, being irritable.

"It's night. Why do you follow me instead of sleeping? What happened?"

Jingle straightened up narrowly. She looked around in a panic.

She said obediently, "I... I have something important to talk to you about."

Yue Xilou frowned and made a gesture of asking her to come closer to him.

Jingle walked towards him. She tiptoed close to his ear and whispered.

"Stupid!" Yue Xilou said.

Before she finished saying, Yue Xilou raged. He pushed her away.

Jingle sat on the ground with her eyes full of tears. But that was not enough. Yue Xilou tried to calm down, pointed at Jingle, and rebuked her in a low voice.

"You're stupid. Why did you tell those envoys the information about our chefs? On the battlefield, what you did means you collaborate with the enemy. So, you'll be killed. Don't make me into trouble!" Yue Xilou blamed her.

Jingle was anxious and did not know what to do, with her tears dropping down. Suddenly, she cried loudly.

"I hate Concubine Yun. I want to see that she loses the competition and is abused by all people." Jingle said in a loud voice.

"Be quiet!" Yue Xilou said.

Yue Xilou stretched out his hand and covered her mouth.

The stubborn girl pulled down his hand and impatiently begged him.

"Lord, you'll help me, right? Please tell me how I can get that woman to die? I want her to die! Please tell me what I can do."

"Take it easy. Calm down..." Yue Xilou said.

Yue Xilou was indifferent. He stood up with his hands behind his back.

"I'll tell you how to do it. But you should do it by yourself." Yue Xilou said.

"Okay. Okay. Please tell me!"

Jingle knelt beside Yue Xilou's feet with tears on her face devoutly. She held his clothes desperately with her little hands. She looked humble and weak.

Seeing that she was poor, Yue Xilou felt a little happy. He forgot the name-calling he got from the Emperor.

Yue Xilou glanced at the road in the dark, narrowing his eyes.

"What you tell me is important. Go back and wait. These days I will ask people to monitor the embassy and Jingyang Palace."

...

In the morning, Wang Can took the sedan to the Palace.

There would be a second-round cooking competition between Da Yi and Ying State. As a judge, he must reach the Palace earlier.

Out of the sedan came a noise that caught his attention.

"I'm a skilled doctor. I am a descendant of Hua Tuo, the famous doctor. You can tell me about your illness. I can cure you..."

"Take the sedan down." Wang Can said.

Wang Can hurried to say that. He let his head out of the sedan.

Wang Can must pass this road when he went to the Palace. It was in the early morning, so few people were on the road.

Wang Can could see a tall man in a cyan robe holding a flag on the road. The flag signaled he was a doctor. That man was walking slowly as he was shouting.

"That doctor, please stop." Wang Can. said

Wang Can waved his hands to the back of that man. He asked one of his servants who carried the sedan to ask that man to come to him.

"Go to ask that doctor to come here."

Hearing that, the servant ran towards that doctor quickly. Then the servanttook that man to Wang Can.

Wang Can had come out of the sedan.

When the doctor came closer to Wang Can, Wang Can examined him carefully. That doctor had fair skin and beautiful eyes. He looked like an intellectual, clean and tidy.

Wang Can did not know him. The doctor was named Jiang Huaian and worked as an imperial doctor in the Palace when Emperor Jingxiao was on the throne.

Two years ago, when Huanan Xin became the Emperor, many officials in Jing City and the Palace were fired.

At that time, Jiang Huaian and his Master's family, the medical sage's family, escaped from Jing City. And he did not know Wang Can who was the official in another province.

"How do you do?" Wang Can said.

Wang Can made a fist-and-palm salute politely.

"Well. Lord, do you want to ask me about the illness?"

Jiang Huaian twirled his moustache and glanced at Wang Can's official suit. He said to Wang Can seriously.

The Ninth Prince asked people to protect Jiang Huaian and bring him to Jing City from the North.

The medical sage, Tantai Zhufeng, was old, and he just wanted to live a peaceful life after experiencing hardships. He did not want to be involved in the troubles in the court, so he did not follow Jiang Huaian.

Fortunately, he had taught what he knew to Jiang Huaian. And he even broke the ancient rules and told Jiang Huaian how to change the skin of the face.

So, Jiang Huaian became a skilled doctor and came back to Jing City secretly from afar.

After meeting Huanan He and Gu Di and making a good plan, Jiang Huaian was in disguise and helped Huanan He with his plan in the morning.

Seeing that the doctor was intelligent, Wang Can became peaceful. Wang Can thought he must be a good doctor.

Wang Can stood straight and raised his fists.

"May I have your name, please? Where is your pharmacy in Jing City?" Wang Can asked.

Jiang Huaian giggled and raised his fists to salute, too.

"I'm just a common person. How can I flatter myself in front of you? I have said that I am a descendant of Hua Tuo, so my first name is Hua."

"In my life, I have no fixed pharmacy. I like to travel all over the country to save other people. I have just come to Jing City."

Hearing that he had no fixed pharmacy in Jing City, Wang Can changed his look a little. He hesitated.

Jiang Huaian said to him gently.

"When I traveled around the country, I cured illnesses first and got paid later. I have cured many incurable illnesses along the way to Jing City."

"Lord, I see your cheeks are red and your forehead is dry. Also, the color of your eyebrows is light. You may be anxious and busy. And your spleen and liver may be in bad condition."

"You have to pay attention to your health. If you feel uncomfortable, please tell me. I may cure you."

He was really skillful. There were four ways of diagnosis, namely looking, listening, questioning, and feeling the pulse. He could know that Wang Can was not well only by looking at him.

The envoys of Ying State came to Da Yi recently. And Wang Can was promoted to be the Ritual Minister. And then there was a cooking competition between the two countries. As a key official, Wang Can was very busy.

Working hard mentally and physically, he was easy to get ill.

Wang Can now believed the doctor more. He did not want to conceal what happened to himself.

"Doctor Hua, I would not like to lie to you. I'm not ill. It's my mother who suffers from a disease." Wang Can said with a sigh.

There was a beam of light in Jiang Huaian’s black eyes gliding furtively. But he concealed it well.

"Please tell me more details." Jiang Huaian said.

Wang Can's father died when Wang Can was young. So, his mother took care of him throughout his life.

After studying for many years, he became an unimpressive official in a small county. After suffering a lot, he became the key official in Jing City.

So, he became a man of integrity and dared to confront the powerful people.

After Emperor Renxian, Huanan Xin, became the Emperor, many officials were fired in Jing City. Recommended by others, Wang Can had the opportunity to come to Jing City to be an official.

Wang Can was a middle-aged man now. Although he had already gotten married and had children, his mother played the most important role in his life.

Five years ago, Wang Can's mother suffered from an incurable disease. She felt chilly in the winter, and cold sweat covered her body in the summer. She suffered from convulsions of limbs for years. A few days ago, she had to stay in the bed because of the extreme pain.

Wang Can was worried about his mother. He brought his mother to many doctors and even to the doctors who were as famous as the imperial doctors. But his mother was not cured now.

Thinking that his mother was suffering from a disease, Wang Can could not sleep or eat. He was always worried about his mother.

Knowing the disease, Jiang Huaian got how to cure it roughly.

Twirling his moustache with his fingertips, Jiang Huaian wore a smile.

"If you believe me, please take me to your mother. After feeling the pulse, I'll try to cure her. I will prescribe medication for her, and let’s wait for the result."

"Of course, I believe you. Please follow me, Doctor Hua."

Wang Can wore a big smile, stretching out his hand and inviting Jiang Huaian into his mansion.