These people included the prince who had previously been disdainful of Xiaoyao. That prince had thought Xiaoyao wouldn't pay attention to him, at least not initially, he would definitely be put last as punishment for his disdain.
But what the prince never expected was that the first person Xiaoyao would treat next was him. Xiaoyao didn't take such matters to heart, he just hoped to start with the nearest and most seriously injured.
In this place, this prince's injuries were quite severe. Xiaoyao was somewhat impressed that he still had the strength to cause trouble and be jealous.
"Fifteen taels! Pay first or after?" Xiaoyao looked at the prince a few times and said.
"First, first!" At this moment, the prince became clever. Could he say 'after' at this time? If he angered this divine doctor, he would have to suffer more.
Fifteen taels wasn't much, for him, one meal could cost fifteen taels.
After collecting the money, Xiaoyao quickly treated the prince. The procedure was basically the same, except this time was much faster, finished in about ten minutes.
This wasn't because the prince's injuries were lighter, but because Xiaoyao wasn't as careful as he had been with Xin'er. He just cured the person, lying down for a few days of recovery afterward was their own business.
"Thirteen taels!"
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Xiaoyao came before another wounded person and only said three words. The wounded person immediately took out silver, even a bit extra, but Xiaoyao didn't take, thirteen taels, no more, no less.
Ten minutes later, he was before another wounded person, then continued collecting money and treating.
Because Xiaoyao's results were very obvious, no one would now let themselves suffer for the sake of a few coins. They immediately paid for treatment. Each of Xiaoyao's treatments took no more than ten minutes. Gradually, the people outside waiting for treatment were mostly healed.
If the people inside discovered this situation, they would definitely be extremely surprised, because the people inside were still being treated, some hadn't even escaped danger, while the people outside had already been mostly treated.
Although the people inside were also more seriously injured, besides status, the severity of injuries was also a reason why the people outside were waiting. It was impossible for the near-dead to be outside while the lightly injured were inside.
But regardless, there were quite a few people outside. To have them mostly treated by one person in such a short time was definitely shocking.
Xiaoyao seemed uninterested in what was happening inside. He kept staying outside, walking around, then stopped motionless in the middle area.
Regarding Xiaoyao, even people who didn't know his identity wouldn't stop his behavior now. From the medical skills he had just displayed, plus so many treated imperial family members, who would interfere with him?
Some people were just curious about what Xiaoyao was doing. They all felt that what Xiaoyao should most do now was go inside, because with his medical skills, he should be able to get better opportunities. How could he walk around here and stand dazed?
Who knew that in Xiaoyao's mind right now, he was deducing the sword techniques of the peerless expert who had left these sword marks? This peerless expert's sword techniques were absolutely worth learning for Xiaoyao.
These sword techniques, this sword intent, were that peerless expert's comprehension of heaven and earth. Such comprehension couldn't be easily understood, nor could it be written in any text.
Therefore, for Xiaoyao, these sword marks were a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What was inside was completely unimportant!!
One was comprehension of heaven and earth, the other just worldly wealth and power. The vast majority of martial artists would choose the former.
However, such comprehension wasn't something anyone could grasp. Very few people could deduce sword techniques from some sword marks, and those who could deduce them in a short time were practically nonexistent!
"Father Emperor, are you alright!"
The Emperor of the Great Tang Empire was finally saved. His injuries were the most severe, but with the abilities of the physicians and doctors here, as long as one wasn't dead, they could be saved.
Of course, there might be some aftereffects later.
Seeing the Emperor awaken, the people surrounding him immediately spoke up in greeting. This was an excellent opportunity to compete for favor, because everyone knew that whoever the Emperor could see when he woke up at this time would leave a deep impression.
Perhaps because of this, the people outside were even more cooperative with Xiaoyao's treatment, they all wanted to be by the Emperor's side immediately when he awoke.
At this time, the Emperor only responded to one person's greeting among this group, someone who surprised everyone.
"Oh, Xin'er, ah, you've been wronged!" Although the Emperor had just awakened, he had also hazily woken up a few times during the process and knew the current situation, that some people could only wait outside because there were simply too many injured.
Earlier, he had known Xin'er was injured. He had seen it then and also thought she would definitely be pushed out to wait outside. Therefore, his first feeling was guilt.
At this moment, perhaps because he had just regained consciousness and his mind was still a bit foggy, he completely overlooked that Xin'er was already beside him and hadn't noticed that although Xin'er was somewhat weak, her physical condition was much better than his.
"I'm fine! Not wronged," Xin'er shook her head and replied while holding back tears.
Although the Emperor had no other words, thinking of her first thing made her very moved. She knew she occupied an important place in her father's heart, she wasn't nothing.
The Emperor felt deep guilt toward Xin'er, so she had become somewhat more important in his heart. He always wanted to compensate her, but didn't do it very obviously, making people think he didn't like Xin'er much either.
This was because of Xin'er's background. Xin'er's mother was a very ordinary woman the Emperor had met during his "wandering" among the common people. Perhaps because the Emperor wanted to experience ordinary life, he had actually lived together with Xin'er's mother.
This period let the Emperor experience many things and fall in love with this ordinary woman. Unfortunately, before he could give this ordinary woman a good life, she died in childbirth bearing Xin'er.
If the Emperor hadn't been among the common people then, the imperial physicians he possessed wouldn't have let such a thing happen. Therefore, he felt very guilty about Xin'er's mother, who never learned his identity until the end.
However, because Xin'er's mother also died in childbirth because of Xin'er, the Emperor had always been somewhat resistant to Xin'er. Plus Xin'er was also rather ordinary-looking and had ordinary martial arts talent, so he paid even less attention to her. Xin'er's status became very weak.
The more this was the case, the deeper the Emperor's guilt toward Xin'er became. This was a very interesting cycle.
"Good that you're fine, good that you're fine. Why were you so foolish earlier? Why did you run over? You were going to your death..." The Emperor still hadn't reacted and just spoke somewhat dotingly.
The Emperor's attitude made many people nearby jealous of Xin'er, they all wished she would suddenly disappear.
"Father Emperor, you don't need to worry about her. She's already recovered long ago, much better than any of us," a nearby princess said, her words carrying a sour tone.
"Recovered?!" The Emperor showed surprise. Only now did he notice something abnormal about Xin'er's appearance and her condition.
"Xin'er, how did you recover so quickly? Did someone outside save you?" The Emperor looked at Xin'er with some delight. If he knew who saved Xin'er, he would definitely be very grateful.
At this moment, the Emperor was also thinking, did someone understand his thoughts and do this to curry favor?
Soon, Xin'er clarified this confusion for the Emperor. It turned out no one was trying to curry favor with him, but another doubt arose, who was this person who saved Xin'er, and why had he never heard of him?
"Xin'er, could you ask that expert to help us? We still need assistance here," the Emperor didn't think about other matters and just considered the current situation, one more person helping would be good.
As for whether this person truly had peerless medical skills, the Emperor didn't have much time to think about it now, nor much information to consider this matter.
"I can't make that request, he's Youran's person," Xin'er shook her head in reply.
Xin'er's answer made many people relax, because if she had agreed, it would definitely increase the Emperor's good feelings toward her. More importantly, it would provide reason to reward Xin'er.
Now it was different. Even if there was merit, it belonged to Le Youran. Le Youran was from the Le family, not imperial family. Whatever Le Youran gained wouldn't threaten them.
At least, not on the surface.
"Youran? That's the Le family girl, right? That girl is quite good!" The Emperor nodded, seeming to approve of Le Youran very much.
"Thank you for Your Majesty's praise. My daughter is just a bit willful and wild, this might be our fault. But her heart is still very kind. This time she immediately ran to find someone to treat Xin'er," a Le family member appeared and spoke. From these words, one could tell this person's identity was Le Youran's father, Le Yi!
Le Yi was a core figure of this generation of the Le family, with the implicit meaning of being the current family head, because the current head, Le Yi's father, had already handed most matters over to Le Yi.
The Le family members all tacitly accepted this. The Le family originally had few people and not many competitors. Ability comparisons were also simple without any particular difficulty.
(End of Chapter)