Princess Changning knew that her brother was injured in the Northern Frontier, and that something might be seriously wrong, but she didn't know it was so serious. The fear in her heart might be deeper than anyone else's. She wanted to go closer to take a look, but now she couldn't move her feet at all. When she forced herself to take a step, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
The maids who followed in hurriedly helped her up. With their support, Princess Changning finally reached the couch and knelt at the feet of the old concubine. She stretched out her hand tremblingly, "Big, big brother..." Princess Changning did not dare to reach out to touch him, and grabbed the old concubine's sleeve, "Grandmother, what's wrong with big brother? Ah? What's wrong with him?"
That bewildered look, as if he was unwilling to accept the reality, or as if he was hit too hard, made people tremble with fear.
"Old Concubine Dowager, Old Concubine Dowager, I have already asked the Fourth Miss Wenren, maybe there is still a chance of a turnaround, don't be too anxious, ah, you must stay calm, don't let the prince be rescued, but something happens to you, what will the prince do then? The key now is to keep the prince alive and wait for the Fourth Miss Wenren to come, don't you agree? Old Concubine Dowager..."
The old concubine seemed to have taken the words to heart. She suddenly turned around, staggered to her feet, rushed forward and grabbed the imperial physician, "Save my Xiaobei's life, understand? Two quarters of an hour, even if it's only two quarters of an hour, if something happens to him in these two quarters of an hour, I will kill your whole family, understand? I will kill your whole family!"
"Okay, old concubine, I will do my best." Before, facing the intimidation of a group of big men, the imperial physician could still hold on, but now, he couldn't help sweating on his forehead and his body became weak.
"Help me over there." The old concubine pointed to the chair that had been moved to the side of the bed.
The maid mother hurried forward.
The old concubine sat down and said, "Help Changning over here too, don't hinder the imperial physician."
There was another chair placed next to the old concubine. Princess Changning was helped over to the chair, but she couldn't sit still at all. She leaned on the armrest and tightly grasped the old concubine's hand.
The old concubine seemed to have calmed down, but her hands were shaking violently and she continued to twirl the Buddhist beads.
The imperial physician hesitated to move and was directly carried away by a strong man. "Did you hear me? Save our prince's life, or I will break your neck."
The imperial physician wanted to cry but had no tears. It was clear that the Prince of Dingbei was on his last breath and could die at any time. How could he save him for 25 minutes? He was not sure at all, but if he could not do it, he was afraid that he would not even be able to leave the room.
Over there, a horse-drawn carriage was harnessed and galloping towards the Wen family's home. The driver was a soldier of King Dingbei, who was savage and wild. There was also a maidservant in the carriage who was familiar to the Wen family. Even though she was holding on to the window and her body was swaying back and forth, she did not dare to complain at all at this moment.
When the door of the Wen family was knocked, the concierge was still a little resentful. It was late at night and it was raining heavily. Who the hell would come to the door at this time? However, after learning the purpose of the other party, all the resentment and impatience disappeared instantly, and he hurriedly notified the backyard.
Naturally, the first ones to receive the news were Han and Wenren Taibo. At this time, even they could not continue to sleep, and they hurriedly put on their clothes and came out.
Xiaocao had also received the news. The quiet courtyard seemed to be suddenly set on fire. Without even caring about Longger who was woken up, Xiaocao directly put on clothes that were convenient for practicing medicine, quickly tied her hair, and kept walking out, almost bumping into a maid who came in with a lamp.
Xiaocao grabbed the lamp, quickly walked forward, picked up the lampshade and put it on, then went to the study next door, opened the medicine box, gathered other things from the shelf, swept them in, covered them, and left.
Han and Wenren Taibo also knew Xiaocao's temper and were afraid that she would not delay at all. They went straight outside and only tied their hair with a headband and adjusted their clothes as they walked. Even so, Xiaocao, who had just arrived in front of the carriage and was obviously a step slower in getting the news and was farther away from the gate and had to pack her things, arrived soon after. She didn't have an umbrella and was soaked all over.
"Xuan'er—"
Seeing them, Xiaocao threw the lamp in the water directly. "Get on the carriage first, and we'll talk later."
A few people got on, and the horses immediately started to gallop. One person lost his balance and fell into the carriage. The only thing that was not picked up from the carriage was the grass at the door. "How long has the prince been injured? Where is he injured? What is the wound? What is his current condition?"
Because the two soldiers had received instructions from the old concubine before, they naturally answered whatever was asked. However, they could not explain some of the questions clearly, especially since Xiaocao asked more and more questions in more and more details. In the end, they could not answer anything. They felt very guilty and felt that they did not care enough about the prince.
Xiaocao ignored them and just asked them to hurry up. Then he turned around, opened the medicine box, and started to mix some bottles and jars.
They arrived at the Dingbei Prince's Mansion in one third less time than expected. At this time, a team of people from the Jiucheng Bingmasi were still guarding outside. When they saw that the first person rushing down from the carriage was actually a woman, they looked at each other in surprise.
Although Xiaocao had been to Dingbei County Prince's Mansion several times, he was still unfamiliar with it. The soldier led the way in front, and Xiaocao followed behind. "Are you a snail? So slow, hurry up."
The soldier felt that he was wronged. He was trying to take her pace into consideration, but the other party was doing it for his prince, so he naturally would not stand affronted. He changed from jogging to running. However, when he looked back, he saw that the girl could keep up with him, so he was indeed the one who was slow.
When I got to the door, I heard only—"Old Concubine, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is dead."
The soldier felt like he was struck by a bolt from the blue. Xiaocao pushed the man aside and rushed in. He didn't care about anyone else in the room. He went straight to the couch, put down the medicine box, tore open King Dingbei's clothes, threw away the pillow, touched the carotid artery, lay down and listened to his chest, then quickly opened the medicine box, inserted the prepared homemade forced needle directly into the heart, injected the medicine, then threw the things away, turned over on the couch, positioned himself on the inside of King Dingbei, pressed his chest, and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Xiaocao first performed a set of chest compressions, lifted Dingbei Wang's chin, tilted his head back, pinched his nose, opened his mouth, lowered his head and began artificial respiration...
That unhesitating action caused a maid to exclaim in surprise.
The old concubine glanced over, and everyone's heart tightened. Anyone who was not blind should know that Xiaocao was saving people at this moment, using a method unknown to others, to save a person who was said to be dead by the imperial physician.
No matter how incredible it was, everyone hoped that a miracle would happen at this moment. They stared at it intently, not knowing when sweat began to seep out of their palms.
Two slow artificial respirations, thirty quick chest compressions, and so on...
The water on the grass dripped onto King Dingbei.
When Han and Wenren Taibo came in, they saw Xiaocao lowering her head. Han couldn't help but cover her chest, and Wenren Taibo couldn't help but take a breath.
The two of them did not attract the attention of others.
Xiaocao was focused on saving people and was not affected at all.
Han took a moment to calm down and finally remembered that she had heard that her daughter blew air into the child's mouth when she saved the fourth room's child. It was probably the same principle now, but there was a huge difference between this little baby and a grown man. Even though she knew that she was saving people, Han's heart could not bear it.
This was done several times, but there was still no effect. Everyone's heart sank. Only Xiaocao had no intention of giving up. After trying it a few more times, Xiaocao stood up, paused slightly, and concealed the joy in her eyes. She was not sure that she could save the person, she just knew that she could not give up until the very last moment.
"The chest, the chest is moving, alive, alive?" Someone asked in disbelief.
The rise and fall of his chest became more and more obvious, "Really, he's really alive!"
The old concubine's eyes were wet and she cried with joy.
Princess Changning grabbed the old concubine's hand and was extremely happy.
The imperial physician announced his death and asked them to marry into an ice cave. Xiao Cao rushed in and tried her best to save him, snatching the "dead man" back from the hands of the King of Hell and pulling them back from despair.
Xiaocao did not stop there. She took out a porcelain bottle from the medicine box, poured out two pills, and fed them to King Dingbei.
He simply pulled the things on the couch and casually wiped the water off his body. Because it was raining, he did not bring the silver needle bracelet with him, so he directly used another set of silver needles in the medicine box. When he opened it, there were two rows of shining needles. Xiaocao directly tore his clothes completely. His movements could be said to be quite "fierce". The quilt that only covered his legs was lifted up. Because of his leg injury, he did not wear long pants. Now King Dingbei was only left with a pair of underwear.
Even though she had done more "excessive" things, Han still couldn't help but close her eyes.
Others didn't say anything, but the unmarried maids still subconsciously turned their heads away, blushing and not daring to look.
"Brazier, light up the brazier. I want to prescribe some medicine. Can anyone help me remember the prescription? Hurry up and get the medicine, boil it and bring it over." Xiaocao spoke for the first time after coming in.
Her words now are like the military orders issued by King Dingbei in the army.
The imperial physician who escaped the disaster volunteered to help remember the prescription. He was the best at treating external injuries in the Imperial Medical Bureau, but his attitude at this moment was like that of the apprentice. Not to mention looking down on Xiaocao, he didn't dare to question a single word Xiaocao said.
After Xiaocao finished speaking, he repeated the prescription he remembered, as if he had returned to the days when he was an apprentice, and he was respectful and cautious towards his master.
After Xiaocao said there was no problem, the prescription was quickly taken out, and people from the Jiucheng Bingmasi cleared the way. No matter which pharmacy it was, they would smash it open.
Fortunately, the pharmacy also knew that using the medicine at night must be an emergency, so their attitude was good and their actions were quick. When they took the medicine back, they met people who had just come from the Imperial Hospital. It was obvious that the Imperial Hospital was closer to the Dingbei Prince's Mansion than the Wenren Family, and the Dingbei Prince's people went to call them first, but they only arrived now. This shows their attitude.
If their prince had not had the fourth daughter of the Wen family, he would have been relying on them and would probably have been dead by now.
The soldiers were completely disappointed with the Imperial Hospital, so when the people from the hospital called them, they simply ignored them.
The people in the Imperial Hospital were angry, but they couldn't just give up, so they had to go in by themselves. However, the attitude of everyone they met was very bad, and almost all of them ignored them.
"Do you still want to save your prince?" one of the three people who came said angrily.
The soldier walking in front suddenly turned around and grabbed the man by the clothes, "Our prince's life is in danger, but you are dithering and only come now. If I really count on you, the Prince's Mansion would have hung the white flag by now, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet, and you dare to act arrogantly first?!"
They are just a bunch of rough men, and they are used to seeing life and death, so they don't have so many taboos when speaking.
These people had never seen such rude and disrespectful people before and were frightened for a moment.
The soldier threw the man aside and strode away.
The remaining people from the Imperial Hospital looked at each other in bewilderment. They thought they came too late. Fortunately, someone else took over, otherwise something really bad would have happened
I can't help but shudder when I think about this possibility. What if His Majesty blames me...
I dare not neglect it and I must go and take a look.
When they went in, the room was hot, and the Dingbei King, who was almost naked, had silver needles all over his body. And the one doing it was actually a girl, how shameful!
"They actually let a woman do it. What does a woman know? Isn't that playing with the prince's life? A woman doesn't know how to avoid taboos at a time like this. Does she know how to write the words of etiquette and shame?"
It was the same person as before. He said a lot of things in a row, which angered everyone in the room except Xiaocao, including the imperial physician. You have to know that not only Xiaocao saved his life, but also the method he used to bring the dead back to life was truly admirable. How could such a noble virtue be slandered by others when he put his own reputation aside in order to save others
"Shut up!" The old concubine's eyes were as cold as ice. "You should know how to respect your lifesaver. After all, my grandson died a quarter of an hour ago. It was the girl who you know nothing about and should stay away from who saved him. If it weren't for her, if you come here now, he would be dead. I'm sure everyone in your Imperial Hospital will be buried with my grandson!"
The old concubine was so full of energy that it made people tremble all over.
The others were also staring at them with murderous eyes, which proved that the old concubine's words were probably not exaggerated.
He couldn't help but look at another colleague in the room.
"Don't look at me. King Dingbei was indeed dead before. I am sure of that. It was indeed this girl who saved him. I didn't help him along the way, and my condition has become worse. I will go to the palace tomorrow to apologize to the emperor."
There is really nothing to say about this.
Only Xiaocao was unmoved as if by thunder, concentrating on the task at hand. It was just because the brazier was lit in the house that she concentrated highly and sweat broke out on her forehead. Mother She beside her carefully wiped the sweat off her forehead from time to time.