Your Highness's Beloved Medical-skilled Princess novel Chapter 118

The iron birch was the hardest wood in the whole world. It was twice as hard as ordinary steel.

Yuan Qingling had known about iron birch in her former life. Iron birch had become an endangered plant. It had been widely used as a replacement of the steel in ancient times, and she had seen some pricey art objects that were made of it.

However, she saw Retired Emperor used a saw to cut it off! If it was really made of iron birch, he couldn't be able to cut it, let alone chiseled something on it!

"I don't think that is iron birch. I saw Retired Emperor engraved it himself," Yuan Qingling tried to explain it.

"Ordinary guards can't carve something in iron birch. It has to be someone like Retired Emperor," Nurse Xi said.

"He is weak. He can't even walk for too long! How can he manage to engrave on the hardest

wood in the world?" Yuan Qingling was baffled. She had the feeling that there were some things that

she didn't know!

"That is because he is sick now. When Retired Emperor was young, he was the bravest and the most fierce knight in our country. He was the perfect man who excelled both in academics and sports. He is old, that is true. But he still can carve things with his internal force."

"Does internal force really exist?" Yuan Qingling asked with curiosity. She had read fiction about the internal force. They said if someone's internal force was strong enough, he could hurt others easily with only a leaf.

Just as Nurse Xi was about to explain, someone flashed by the door. She fixed her eyes at the person and said, "Good evening, my lord. What a pleasant surprise."

Yuwen had heard that the gifts from the Palace arrived and he had wanted to take a peek at the door. Yet his appearance was noticed and he strode into the room casually. He took a glance at the staff in Yuan Qingling's hand and asked, "Is this the gift that grandfather gave you?"

"Yeah, the carving is breathtaking," Yuan Qingling handed him the staff while saying it.

Yu Wenhao didn't expect her to be so generous. He took over the staff and caressed it. He could feel the cold and uneven texture. "Yeah, you are right. The carving is really exquisite. And it's a good staff too. But you have to find a place to put it. This was given by Retired Emperor, and you can't lose it. Let me take care of that," Yu Wenhao suggested.

"You don't have to. I will bring it with me wherever I go."' What if he takes it and hide it? This staff is called the husband-discipline-staff for a reason!' Yuan Qingling thought.

"You can't take it anywhere. What if you lose it?" Yu Wenhao said seriously.

"I'll be careful," said Yuan Qingling.

However, she was baffled. The staff was thin yet it was more than three feet long. It wouldn't be pretty to carry a long stick every day. Others would think she was being punished. She was irritated by its length.

Nurse Xi smiled and said," Take a closer look at the flame-shaped carving, my lady"

Yuan Qingling looked down immediately and saw the carving and found flames around the dragon that was chiseled on it. She saw the flame-shaped pattern every four inches.

The engravings are deeper than the dragon. Yuan Qingling knew that meant something.

Yuan Qingling pressed down on the flame pattern, and the fascinating thing happened, a section of the staff was gone. It retracted into the staff!

Stunned, she pressed another flame pattern， and it happened again. She raised her head with surprise, "It's retractable!"

She pressed down all the patterns and shrank her staff to only about ten four-inch long, which she could easily place in her sleeve or on her waist.

"How is this possible? I had the feeling that the Retired Emperor was capable of anything!" Yuan Mingling cheered. She was thrilled by it. She was a researcher herself, and that kind of retracting mechanism was incredible!

"When Retired Emperor was young, he was an excellent carpenter," Nurse Xi explained with a smile.

"No way!"Yuan Qingling was transported in joy! "Look, I can hide it easily on my own," she said to Yu Wenhao. She shoved the staff into her sleeve and no one could see it.

Yu Wenhao gave Nurse Xi a cold stare. Why would she tell Yuan Qingling? If Nurse Xi didn't say that, Yuan Qingling would never know the mechanics of the staff. That would be fun to watch her getting anxious.

However, when he saw Yuan Qingling's smiling face, he let it go. 'She is rarely this happy, besides, she won't really hit me! We talked about it before. No domestic violence is allowed in this house,' Yu Wenhao thought.