"Your Highness the Seventh Princess has remarkable skills. I wonder if the Northern Ming Kingdom will lay down its arms to surrender if you are captured," Jing Xunce said with a smirk and a tone of arrogance.
Bei Moxue was stunned, her face full of bewilderment. "You can actually recognize me. But you don't have this chance. I will defeat you all today. You will all be my captives!"
She had led troops into battles before, but had never been recognized or captured. So she had never worried about such a situation happening.
Jing Xunce sneered. His ferocious face was full of amusement. He looked at Bei Moxue with great interest. When their eyes met, Bei Moxue couldn't help shivering.
"Your Highness the Seventh Princess, it's time to come back with us after having enough fun!" Jing Xunce's cynical voice drifted over casually.
Before Bei Moxue could come to her senses, she found herself on Jing Xunce's horse. She couldn't move at all and could only watch helplessly as she was taken back to the enemy's camp.
Yuan Yuhan looked at Bei Moxue in the camp and gave Jing Xunce a thumbs - up. "Brother Jing is truly extraordinary. You brought back the Seventh Princess without any effort. You truly deserve the title of God of War!"
Jing Xunce was used to Yuan Yuhan's daily flattery. He washed his dirty hands and said unhurriedly, "Release the acupoints on her body. Otherwise, she might suffocate later."
"Okay."
Yuan Yuhan released the acupoints on Bei Moxue, and her roar resounded through the camp.
"Don't you villains know who I am? I'm the Seventh Princess, the most beloved daughter of the Emperor. If you let me get hurt, my father will surely raze the Qin Dynasty to the ground!"
Jing Xunce ignored Bei Moxue and turned to walk out. Bei Moxue watched helplessly as the man who had brought her back was enjoying himself right under her nose. She wished she could skin Jing Xunce alive and drink his blood!
Yuan Yuhan shrugged. "Your Highness the Seventh Princess, I'm sorry for the rudeness, but you'd better be obedient and don't play any tricks!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Yuhan sealed Bei Moxue's internal energy, then released her and strode out of the camp. This was a unique skill he had learned from his master. As long as he sealed Bei Moxue's internal energy, she couldn't escape even if she had wings. She definitely couldn't break out under the watch of so many people.
Bei Moxue was relieved when she was untied, but she also felt strange. Were these people fools? They had captured her so boldly and yet untied her so casually.
Overjoyed, she walked out of the camp and saw Jing Xunce training the troops not far away. She could hardly suppress her anger, so she quietly came behind Jing Xunce and prepared to attack him by surprise.
But just as she was about to strike, her body seemed to lose control and she fell forward. At this time, Jing Xunce turned around. Just as Bei Moxue's body was about to fall on him, he took a step to the side, completely ignoring Bei Moxue's incredulous face.
Bei Moxue fell heavily to the ground. Only then did she understand why Yuan Yuhan had tapped on her body just now. He had actually sealed her internal energy! It was really abominable!
Bei Moxue rubbed her leg and stood up. Looking at Jing Xunce, she was even more indignant. "Are you a real man? Don't you know how to cherish a beauty?"
She had thought that Jing Xunce would hold her up to prevent her from falling, but unexpectedly this dog - like man had ignored her as if she were air.
"Your Highness the Seventh Princess, save your energy. Even if your internal energy wasn't sealed, you're no match for me."
Jing Xunce said calmly and then shifted his gaze away from Bei Moxue, not looking at her anymore.
He had been extremely kind to Bei Moxue. If it weren't for the fact that she was a woman, he would never have untied her and let her walk around swaggeringly in the military camp.
Bei Moxue was stunned and stood still. She, the noble Seventh Princess, had been ignored by a mere general. She couldn't swallow this humiliation and secretly vowed to kill Jing Xunce.
...
Mu Fengqie got up early in the morning and left the Minister's Mansion with Xiao Qing and Zhu Fei, heading for the palace...
"Miss, how long will we stay in the palace? What's wrong with the Empress Dowager?" Xiao Qing asked puzzledly.
Mu Fengqie replied calmly, "We'll be able to return to the Minister's Mansion soon. You two must remember not to talk too much. You should know the saying 'calamity comes from the mouth'?"
Zhu Fei and Xiao Qing nodded repeatedly. "We know, Miss. We will never cause you any trouble."
As they were talking, the carriage arrived at the palace. After walking for a while, they soon reached the Cining Palace. The Cining Palace was the same as yesterday, with bustling palace servants coming and going.
"Doctor Mu has finally come. The Empress Dowager has been waiting for a long time. Doctor Mu, please go and give the Empress Dowager the acupuncture quickly," the palace maid said respectfully after bowing.
After one night, the attitude of the palace servants in the Cining Palace towards Mu Fengqie had done a 180 - degree turn. She had become a doctor in the Imperial Medical Bureau overnight, and these palace servants didn't dare to look down on her.
Mu Fengqie walked up to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager looked much better today and didn't look as if she was in so much pain that she could only rest on the couch as yesterday.
"I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager enjoy good health and long life."
"Get up," the Empress Dowager glanced at Mu Fengqie and then said, "Since you're here, give me the acupuncture."
"Yes."
Mu Fengqie skillfully inserted the needles into the Empress Dowager's head. Immediately, a feeling of comfort spread throughout the Empress Dowager's body. She lay on the bed enjoying this hard - won comfort.
"Has the Empress Dowager recently suffered from poor sleep quality, difficulty in eating and sleeping, and constipation?" Mu Fengqie asked abruptly.
The Empress Dowager was obviously startled. She then opened her eyes, her face full of disbelief. "I've been living like this for years. Do you have any way to regulate it?"
These had become commonplace for the Empress Dowager. She hadn't had a good sleep for a long time. But hearing Mu Fengqie's words, she suddenly had hope again, and her eyes lit up involuntarily.
Mu Fengqie smiled. "In reply to the Empress Dowager, I can prescribe a prescription for the Empress Dowager to regulate, but it can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause..."
Mu Fengqie's words were interrupted by the Empress Dowager's angry voice. "Bold! If you have no way to regulate, why are you talking to me? Are you deliberately making fun of me?"
"Please calm down, Your Majesty..." Mu Fengqie knelt down with a thud upon seeing this. "What I mean is that relying solely on medicine can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. The Empress Dowager needs to exercise appropriately to relieve the symptoms."
Hearing this, the anger on the Empress Dowager's face dissipated. "Exercise? I'm so old. How can I exercise?"