Life and death resemble a game of chess. When his mother fell ill and the local doctor could offer no cure, th…
Life and death resemble a game of chess. When his mother fell ill and the local doctor could offer no cure, the news that a disciple of Silver Needle had opened a clinic after the turbulence in the capital gave him hope that his mother might yet recover. Yet in such turbulent times, and with the trials of a long journey, the future remained uncertain... No one knew how Bai Yunsheng had traveled so far and come to knock upon the gates of the Imperial Medical Academy. All Zhu Yu knew was that, when she consented to take in the patient, the child before her suddenly fell faint.