Bold Reckless Imperial Physician [Please Subscribe, Please Vote!]

Jiang Chen raised his eyes to look at the legendary Princess Ping'an, said to be willful by nature yet gifted with remarkable talent:

Yuwen Chan.

Her exquisite oval face was partly veiled by tassel-tipped hair, lovely as the moon. Her high coiffure flared like flying eaves, her fragrance like spiritual musk, and her slender frame like a delicate bamboo stalk—yet she possessed the liveliness of a rabbit ready to spring.

She stood out for being wildly unruly, the very image of a spoiled princess.

Thanks to her exceptional talent and Early Foundation Establishment cultivation, she also carried a touch of nimble, immortal grace.

In terms of beauty alone, Princess Ping'an was quite attractive. With her carefully prepared glamorous makeup and splendid, glittering robes, she was indeed a striking sight within the palace.

Yet compared with the looks and bearing of Thousand-Faced Fox, Tian Mingye, or Li Lingzhou, whom Jiang Chen had encountered, she was in an entirely different league.

Even the aged Empress Dowager Baby had more to offer than the princess, whether in looks or figure.

Jiang Chen was a man who had seen great storms and waves. Naturally, he would not be intimidated by a little girl with only a bit of beauty.

He merely said calmly:

"My medical expertise is limited to gynecology. Your Highness is young and unmarried, so I presume you do not have such problems."

I'm young?

I'm older than you, you pretty-boy!

Yuwen Chan planted her hands on her slim waist and gave Jiang Chen a careful look. He really was only around twenty, though he was rather handsome.

Who would have thought that her imperial grandmother, usually so lofty and motherly to the realm, had such tastes?

"Your medical expertise is limited to gynecology? What is gynecology?"

Jiang Chen said:

"Commonly known as leukorrhea disorders."

Yuwen Chan's expression changed drastically. Pretending to be shocked, she pointed at Jiang Chen, her face flushed red as she said:

"You audacious quack! Are you saying that you, a man, handle my imperial grandmother's... that sort of matter...?"

Jiang Chen gave a slight nod and said with a serious expression:

"Medicine is not as sordid as Your Highness imagines. It emphasizes observation, listening, inquiry, palpation, acupuncture, and massage—all for curing illness and saving lives. There is no distinction between men and women."

Of course, I handled everything directly!

Yuwen Chan was stunned by Jiang Chen's words and found herself unable to refute him for the moment, so she decided to test his abilities another way.

"Hmph. Since you possess such ability, I happened to wake up with a dull pain in my lower abdomen today. Take a look for me."

At that moment, the two maidservants came in through the main gate as well. Hearing that the unmarried princess wanted a man to treat a leukorrhea disorder, their faces went pale as they hurriedly tried to stop her:

"Princess, you are not yet married. You absolutely must not!"

Yuwen Chan crossed her arms over her chest and said unconcernedly:

"What is there to forbid? I simply wish to have my body examined before marriage, lest my future consort misunderstand."

There was such a saying?

Jiang Chen admired her as well. It seemed that no matter how far-fetched an excuse was, it became reasonable when it involved Princess Ping'an.

"I think Your Highness is deliberately trying to lure me into an act of disrespect, then use it against me."

Yuwen Chan thought she had misheard. Curling her lips, she said disdainfully:

"A mere quack at the Qi Refining stage—would I really target you for no reason?"

Jiang Chen was helpless too. Fortunately, this was the Empress Dowager's domain, so he was not afraid of the princess causing trouble.

"Then that is good. Sit down."

I have to sit down too?

Princess Ping'an looked displeased.

"Can't we go over to the stone table?"

Too lazy to move, Jiang Chen casually made something up:

"No. This is where the auspicious stars intersect with the feng shui spiritual veins. It is the prime spot in Spirit-Calming Garden. Treatment is most effective here, so we must not move elsewhere."

Princess Ping'an knew he was talking nonsense, but she could not easily refute him.

She could only sit cross-legged on the marble beside the pond and unhappily extend her right wrist.

Jiang Chen clasped the princess's slender yet far-from-fragile right wrist. Using the resonant power of Five-Element Spirit Control, he slowly sent it into her body, where it swiftly spread through her limbs and bones.

It had to be said that this woman's cultivation talent truly surpassed the Empress Dowager's by several levels.

She was only around thirty, yet she had already spent ten years in Foundation Establishment. Liu Ruyan, who had the same cultivation, was already over a hundred years old.

Even so, Jiang Chen thought that the princess was still being overly fanciful if she intended to participate in palace intrigue with Foundation Establishment strength.

She was very likely concealing her true strength!

After all, Fireburn Kingdom's political arena was not merely simple palace intrigue. It seemed to be connected to Dragon Bone as well.

This was the Ascending Dragon Continent. Dragon Bone was a treasure of the entire continent, bearing hundreds of thousands of years of history and countless secrets. Experts from every faction would surely come to investigate it.

For safety's sake, Jiang Chen merely used resonant power to spread across the princess's body inside and out. He did not conduct an in-depth examination of any specific point.

Nor did he discover that the princess was concealing her strength.

Could it be... that the beast tamer was the key?

The princess's lower abdominal pain was not a lie either. It was simply not a gynecological problem, but an issue with her diet.

"This is not a gynecological problem. You merely ate too many meat dumplings in soup this morning. The venison filling was tainted with demon aura, which caused the pain in your lower abdomen. Find another imperial physician and have them prescribe pills to dispel demon aura, and it will be cured completely."

Upon hearing this, Princess Ping'an immediately pulled back her hand, rose to her feet, and angrily cursed Jiang Chen:

"Bold! You quack, how dare you slander me as colluding with Demonkind?"

Yet inwardly, she thought that this fellow truly had some skill. Five-Element Spirit Control had run wildly through the spiritual veins in her body, yet she had felt no foreign sensation at all. His spiritual sense was warm and gentle, leaving her whole body numb and soft.

Jiang Chen said calmly:

"Who was it that just said she would not target me?"

The princess argued:

"I only allowed you to touch and treat me. That does not mean you can spout such nonsense."

Then she hurriedly called to the palace maids nearby:

"Guards, seize this quack and wait for my imperial grandmother to return and deal with him!"

The palace maids looked at one another. How could they dare move against the Empress Dowager's imperial physician? None of them said a word, too frightened to step forward.

Of course, the princess had not expected anything from them. Finding an opportunity to act herself, she reached out and grabbed at Jiang Chen's shoulder.

Yet Jiang Chen seized her hands in a reverse hold instead, locking both her arms so she could not break free no matter how she struggled.

"You audacious imperial physician, how dare you lay hands on me!"

Only then did the princess realize the gravity of the situation.

The spiritual pressure around her suddenly surged and burst forth as she tried to break Jiang Chen's one-handed restraint.

Yet Jiang Chen's resonant power still seeped through her limbs and bones, leaving her spiritual pressure with nowhere to go.

Jiang Chen thought that when he had been at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, he could already thrash Early Foundation Establishment merchants amid complicated combat situations.

Now he was at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer and had Li Lingzhou's Pure Yang Sword Aura. After last night's intimate battle with the Empress Dowager, his tested combat strength was slightly inferior to Foundation Establishment Peak, though close combat could make up the difference.

At present, Jiang Chen could beat Princess Ping'an, who possessed only Early Foundation Establishment cultivation, at close range with effortless ease.

The surging resonant power flowing from his palm spread and seeped through the princess's body like ripples, suppressing her spiritual pressure and shaking her until her entire body went numb, constantly dismantling her will to erupt.

How humiliating was it for someone at Foundation Establishment to lose to someone in Qi Refining? The princess was even being pinned from behind by a man, unable to move.

"Who exactly are you?!"

Jiang Chen merely said:

"Do not concern yourself with who I am. Trust the Empress Dowager's judgment, and do not come bother me."

Seeing that she could not defeat Jiang Chen, Princess Ping'an could only resort to crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide as she shouted:

"Let me go!"

"Someone, help! Someone is molesting me!"

"Imperial Grandmother, come save Chan'er—"

Yet no matter how loudly or miserably she screamed, her voice could not travel out. It merely vibrated and circled within her mouth, and even the palace maids beside her could not hear it.

Only then did Jiang Chen release the princess and say:

"Your Highness, please return."

Princess Ping'an glared at Jiang Chen with furious eyes. In her heart, she became certain that the disappearance of the two mermaid women was connected to this man.

"You're finished. Even Imperial Grandmother cannot save you!"

Just then, the Empress Dowager returned. She entered the garden with her hands behind her back, her stern eyes filled with affection.

"Chan'er, who bullied you?"

Princess Ping'an turned and saw that it was her imperial grandmother. With a cry, she threw herself into the Empress Dowager's arms, pointed at Jiang Chen, and tearfully complained:

"It was him, Imperial Grandmother's physician.

He slandered me for eating demon meat. When I reached out to grab him, I do not know what demonic trick he used, but he seized me instead.

He even took the chance to molest me. If Imperial Grandmother had not returned so early, Chan'er would have been finished in this quack's hands today!"

Jiang Chen listened carefully. Other than claiming that he had molested her, nothing she said seemed wrong.

The entire Spirit-Calming Garden was covered in illusion techniques arranged by the Empress Dowager, so he was not afraid of the princess's slander.

He merely asked calmly:

"Oh? Finished how? Why not explain it in detail, Your Highness?"

The princess cried even harder.

"Imperial Grandmother, look at him. He is bullying me again..."

The Empress Dowager glanced at Jiang Chen. She knew that aside from being somewhat rude, he was still fairly proper.

"Do not be afraid, Chan'er.

Imperial Physician Jiang is an itinerant extraordinary man I found among the common folk. He can treat the long-standing troubles that have burdened me for years. He is a divine physician, so naturally he has some temper.

Those quacks have no temper, but they have no ability either.

Besides, Imperial Physician Jiang merely does not fear power and status. He treats all patients equally.

If you want treatment, what is wrong with tolerating a bit of his temperament?"

Princess Ping'an had not expected her imperial grandmother to protect this man so fiercely. Clearly, he was far more than an ordinary imperial physician.

"Is he really that good?"

The Empress Dowager nodded.

"Of course."

Princess Ping'an released her imperial grandmother and shot Jiang Chen a sidelong glance. Her instincts told her that this man truly possessed an air of complete clarity and composure.

"Fine. For Imperial Grandmother's sake, I will spare him this time. Next time, I will not be so kind."