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The stitches she made, she should be the one to remove them, it’s only fitting. This foolish princess doesn’t know how to think. Dean Zhou is standing right there. If it weren’t for her, would he, as the head of the Imperial Hospital, stand by and do nothing? Her father is the Emperor. Her father’s body is called the dragon’s body. The safety of the empire rests upon one man’s health. Is it something anyone can just touch? All she cares about is going against her. She stubbornly let her own father suffer a wound for nothing. But she was quite fair. After causing trouble for her father, she immediately turned to trouble her mother. Su Jin didn’t know she got the order wrong; Princess Shouning trouble her mother first and then her father. After saying that, Su Jin started removing the Emperor’s stitches. Poor Emperor; he fainted from a hit and couldn’t ask to faint again. It’s just that Xie Jingchen didn’t have the tact to give another hit. Hmm. It’s not that he didn’t have the tact; he did it on purpose. If the Emperor didn’t suffer more, he wouldn’t realize how much Princess Shouning could endure. Dean Zhou stood beside them, practically becoming a pillar. Watching Princess Shouning leave in a huff, Dean Zhou was at a loss for words. Princess Shouning, born of the Empress, was a legitimate princess, spoiled and adored, receiving much affection from the Empress Dowager. In the palace, no one dared to provoke her. Sailing smoothly for fifteen years, who would have thought she would start stumbling once she encountered the Eldest Young Madam of Duke Zhen’s Mansion. Like brine curdling tofu, something always overcomes something else. Su Jin quietly and carefully removed the Emperor’s stitches. Just as she was about to remove the last stitch, the Empress Dowager arrived. In the Imperial Palace, the Empress Dowager is the Empress’s support. When the Empress couldn’t handle something, the Empress Dowager would step in. The Empress blamed Su Jin for removing the Emperor’s stitches. The Empress Dowager elevated the issue— She blamed Su Jin for stitching the Emperor in the first place. Of course, a procedure like stitching, even Dean Zhou found it hard to accept at first, let alone the Empress Dowager and her ilk. But now that the stitches were about to be removed, isn’t it too late to hold it against her? The Empress Dowager walked over as Eunuch Fu greeted her. "Greetings to the Empress Dowager." The Emperor, with his back to the Empress Dowager, suppressed his anger and said, "Whatever you want to say, say it after the stitches are removed." This supposedly simple removal of stitches had been interrupted again and again, and the Emperor was at the end of his patience. Su Jin swiftly removed the final stitch, applied some ointment on the Emperor, and rewrapped the area with silk. Su Jin finished her part, and Eunuch Fu assisted the Emperor in putting on his undergarment. The Emperor turned to the Empress Dowager and said, "Why has the Empress Dowager come?" The Empress Dowager frowned and said, "I just learned that the wound on the Emperor’s back was tended to by the Eldest Young Madam of Duke Zhen’s Mansion. Does her so-called saving the Emperor’s life mean she merely stitched his wound?" The Empress Dowager’s gaze was sharp, her aura imposing. Su Jin thought the Empress Dowager must be bored with life. The Emperor isn’t a fool. Does he need her to remind him whether what she did could be considered saving a life or not? Su Jin remained silent. The Emperor looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "The Empress Dowager came all the way here in anger, what exactly do you want to say?" "I hope the Emperor will cherish his health and not let others act recklessly!" The Empress Dowager’s expression was dark. "..." Su Jin couldn’t help but think that the Empress Dowager was obviously blaming the Emperor for pampering her too much. As if stitching the Emperor was just for fun. Please! She didn’t have such a brutal hobby! Outside, a little eunuch came in and said, "Your Majesty, Marquis Jibei has returned to the Capital City and is right outside the hall." At last, there was something to bring joy to the Emperor. "Quickly, invite him in," said the Emperor. Eunuch Fu personally went out to invite Marquis Jibei. It’s worth mentioning that Eunuch Fu still had an injury on his shoulder, although it was nearly healed, but he was a favorite in the Emperor’s circle. The Emperor’s invitation to Marquis Jibei, with Eunuch Fu personally going out, showed the weight Marquis Jibei held in the Emperor’s eyes. Marquis Jibei entered and saluted the Emperor. "No need for formalities," said the Emperor. "Thank you, Your Majesty." Marquis Jibei straightened up. The Emperor asked, "How are things at the border?" Marquis Jibei looked at the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty can rest assured that with Duke Zhen and General Xie guarding the border, you can be at ease. What’s more, now with the help of the Flying Tiger Army, it’s like adding wings to a tiger." "This war won’t last long, and the Northern Desert will soon surrender and seek peace." Marquis Jibei was full of confidence. But the Emperor frowned. It was understandable for Marquis Dongxiang to name his bandit army the Flying Tiger Army. But why was Marquis Jibei also calling it that? "Did the Old Marquis not oppose Marquis Dongxiang’s Su Family Army being called the Flying Tiger Army?" the Emperor asked. Marquis Jibei chuckled and said, "Even if I opposed it, it would be useless. The border has already adopted the name. The Flying Tiger Army is brave and skilled in battle, convincing not only me but also Duke Zhen." "I’ve been stationed at the border for so long, and the Flying Tiger Army has never lost a battle." If someone else had said this, the Emperor wouldn’t have believed it. But coming from Marquis Jibei, the Emperor had no choice but to believe it. Marquis Dongxiang’s group of brazen, unreasonable bandit army had such capabilities? And the most crucial point— Marquis Dongxiang was in the Capital City. He wasn’t leading troops in battle. They say a group without its leader is like a scattered bunch, how could this be? "Before Marquis Dongxiang left the border, the Flying Tiger Army had already recaptured the lost cities. Didn’t he ask the Emperor for rewards?" Marquis Jibei laughed. The Emperor, "..." The Emperor looked at Su Jin. Su Jin remained silent. Because she really didn’t know. Xingxing saw the Emperor glancing over continuously. Seeing her own lady not speaking, she became anxious and blurted out, "Your Majesty, don’t worry, I’m sure my Marquis is planning to accumulate a major merit and ask for rewards together." The Emperor, "..." Su Jin, "..." The Emperor’s face was covered in black lines. Listen to this little bandit maid, as if he couldn’t wait for Marquis Dongxiang to seek rewards. Su Jin did not leave. The Empress Dowager sat to the side, sipping tea. Although the harem shouldn’t engage in politics, there was no harm in listening to the good news from the border. Marquis Jibei reported every detail of what he knew about border matters to the Emperor, frequently praising the Flying Tiger Army, naturally complimenting Marquis Dongxiang, Su Jin, and Xie Jingchen even more. Because with their letters and medicine, Marquis Dongxiang rushed to the barracks in haste to save General Xie’s life. And not only was General Xie saved, but countless other officers and soldiers too. Su Jin’s golden sore medicine was highly effective, especially the bandaging method was astonishing. This deserves emphasis. Su Jin knew how brutal border warfare was, it was a clash of blades and flesh, and hemostatic medicine was the most needed. Su Jin wrote down the methods she knew for hemostasis. One of them was stitching the wound. Previously, for those with wounds too deep to be saved, using this method with Su Jin’s golden sore medicine increased the chance of survival by seventy percent. Just two simple formulas, and at least a thousand soldiers were saved. The achievements were such— The iron-blue expression of the Empress Dowager spoke volumes. The Emperor, also a clever figure, looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "The Empress overlooked rewarding the Eldest Young Madam of Duke Zhen’s Mansion. Now reflecting on it, I have urgent state matters to handle, so I ask the Empress Dowager to reward her on my behalf." Su Jin, "..." Xie Jingchen, "..."

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