Looking at King Dingbei again, he was so thin that he looked unrecognizable. However, his right leg from the knee up was swollen and shiny, and deformed. There were new and old wounds all over his body. He was lying flat, but looking at the side of his waist, it seemed that there was a big problem as well.
However, Xiaocao couldn't care less about his injury now.
Because of the multiple complications caused by the injuries, if these problems are not resolved first, then when treating the injuries - especially the leg, which obviously requires surgery - there is a fear that he will go into shock again, and Xiaocao is alone and will not be able to handle it.
Later, the medicine was finally ready and Xiaocao asked someone to give him half a bowl of it, but he had difficulty swallowing it.
"Can you lift his neck, tilt his head back, open his mouth, and feed him mouth to mouth? Otherwise, use a funnel. Are they all dead? Can't you think of a solution?" Xiaocao scolded with a cold face.
She was patient and gentle with conscious patients, and calm and collected with unconscious patients. However, when people who came to help did not do their job well or got in the way, she would get angry, which she normally would not do.
The maid was almost scolded by her, however, who cared about her emotions at this time? A younger soldier, who was also on the road, was the first one to pull his son and shout "Your Majesty, hold on!" He stepped forward, snatched the medicine bowl, poured a sip into his own mouth, and fed the medicine to King Dingbei as Xiaocao said.
Seeing that he was fine, Xiao Cao retracted her gaze and stopped looking at him. She just instructed calmly, "After that, fill it every quarter of an hour until I say it's OK."
In this case, the medicine was obviously not enough, so they hurried to boil the medicine, always keeping it at an appropriate temperature so that it could be used at any time.
No one left the room and it remained quiet throughout. Even when Eunuch Hong, who was beside the emperor, came over, not many people paid attention to him. The old empress dowager only had someone bring a chair for him and ignored him.
Eunuch Hong could also sense the tense atmosphere in the room, so he naturally wouldn't say anything without thinking. Even if he was someone the emperor wanted to use, he would still show off when the occasion demanded it. However, he was also puzzled. How could the people from the Imperial Hospital be so timid and leave the critically endangered Prince Dingbei to a young lady?! Although he had personally seen this young lady treating the old concubine last time, wasn't there anyone from the Imperial Hospital present at the time
In this situation, is this girl more powerful? Or is it that the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital who went to the northern border did not work, causing the old concubine to lose confidence in the people in the Imperial Hospital? There are many thoughts in my mind, and now I can only wait.
Only after understanding the situation clearly can I go back to report to His Majesty. You know, when Bixia learned that King Dingbei was sent back overnight, the situation seemed extremely critical and she was extremely worried. She couldn't even rest well.
The medicine was injected six times in total, and Xiaocao changed the time to half an hour.
Although the person has come back to life, there has been no improvement in his condition afterwards. Naturally, his heart, which was hanging in the air, could not fall back to its original place.
Before I knew it, it was getting brighter outside, and the heavy rain that had been falling all night had finally subsided. But judging by the situation, it wouldn't stop for a while.
"Husband, go back and change your clothes, and go to the government office. It's getting late." Han said in a low voice.
Because of the Empress Dowager's absence and the busy work of the Ministry of Rites, Wenren Taibo did not dare to ask for leave easily, "Okay, I'll come over after I get off work." Wenren Taibo stood up and found that his body was a little stiff. Thinking about it, he had not moved for such a long time.
Wenren Taibo confessed his crime to the old queen dowager.
"I'm sorry to have troubled you, just go and get busy." The old concubine felt a little sorry.
Then, there is another long wait, and this kind of wait is the most exhausting.
"Okay, no need to give me medicine, the condition is basically stable."
As Xiaocao spoke, everyone's tense minds finally relaxed a little and smiles finally appeared on their faces.
"Old Toffee—"
Most of the silver needles on Prince Dingbei's body had been taken out, and Xiaocao was sorting them out. Hearing this, she suddenly looked up, quickly turned over, ran over, supported the old concubine's somewhat limp body, put one hand on her wrist, and couldn't help but frowned, "Old concubine, the most dangerous time for the prince has passed, he will be fine, so you don't have to worry."
The old concubine grabbed Xiaocao's hand and said, "Girl, thank you, thank you, really. Otherwise, I would have to send off the young with my old age." The old concubine, who had been strong and tough all her life, could no longer hold back her tears, which fell one by one on Xiaocao's hand.
It was so heartbreaking that I couldn't help but secretly turn my back and wipe away my tears.
"Don't say that. Your Highness guards the northern border, guards the Qi Dynasty, and guards millions of people. Good people will be blessed by heaven."
"I don't believe in good fortune, but I believe in you."
"Yes." Xiao Cao nodded, "I will do my best to heal the prince, so the old concubine must take care of herself. Otherwise, when the prince recovers, if something happens to you, he will blame himself and feel sad."
"Girl, don't worry, I'm fine, I can still hold on. But you, you've been busy all night and are soaked. Can Xiaobei let go now? Just take a hot bath, change your clothes, don't catch a cold, and then eat something. You must be starving." This girl not only saved her, but now she has saved her grandson's life. She really saved his life and pulled him back from the gates of hell. It was genuine. She saved the entire Dingbei County Prince's Mansion.
Compared to the kindness he showed to her mother and sister more than a decade ago, the favor now was much greater than that. It was enough for her to make an exception for her and treat her like her own granddaughter. The entire Prince's Mansion could support her and no one could touch a hair on her head.
"I'm fine, I'm in good health, but I do need to change and wash. After I wash and eat something, I will prepare to treat the prince's injuries. You can have someone wipe the prince's body, but be careful not to touch his injuries. Wipe the places that can be wiped, and leave the places that cannot be wiped alone to avoid causing secondary injuries."
"Well, don't worry. - She, tell someone to take good care of you."
"Don't worry, old concubine, everything is ready."
Xiaocao turned around and said a few more words to Han. It had nothing to do with her, but she still got involved.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Just do your own thing and don't worry about the rest."
In fact, it was already nearly an hour and a half past breakfast, and no one in the room had eaten. The most dangerous time for King Dingbei was over, and everyone could breathe a sigh of relief and go eat something.
The old empress dowager left her trusted people in the house and went away to clean up. However, she did not rush to arrange for anyone to fill her stomach. Instead, she called the relevant people to the main hall, including most of the soldiers who had sent Prince Dingbei back, the imperial doctors who had returned with them, the three imperial doctors who had come from the Imperial Hospital last night, Han who had come to clean up together, and Eunuch Hong.
The old concubine looked at the general with unshaven beard, red eyes and haggard face, "From the time when the prince was injured to the way back, tell Eunuch Hong everything in detail."
"Yes. The prince's injury was not so serious originally, but later he accidentally discovered that someone had passed a message from the imperial city to the outer regions. Because of this, the prince's injury worsened. Without good doctors and good medicine, the prince's condition became more and more critical. Even if the doctors who arrived from the imperial city to the northern border were sent, they might not be of much use. After discussion, the generals decided to send the prince back.
The carriage was too bumpy to use, so they just carried it along the way.
On the way, I met the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital. At that time, the prince had a high fever and was unconscious. The imperial physician prescribed medicine, and the fever did go down a bit. However, the two serious injuries on his waist and legs were only dealt with hastily, saying that there was nothing they could do... "
At this point, the general's gaze was like a knife stabbing at the equally exhausted imperial physician. He was over fifty years old and felt that his life was about to be lost, but now he dared not say anything and lowered his head in shame.
"We refused to give up and continued to send the prince back, hoping for a turn for the better. However, the situation became worse and worse. The high fever was intermittent. The medicine we gave him was basically ineffective. He completely lost consciousness and could not be woken up no matter what we did.
Along the way, they changed personnel one after another, traveling day and night, not daring to stop for a moment, and only last night did they rush to resist the imperial city.
We had originally sent someone on horseback to inform you, the old concubine, and to prepare in advance. However, it started to rain heavily and the messenger had an accident on the way. We only found out when we caught up with him later. We left two brothers to take care of him while we continued to escort the prince.
Old Concubine Dowager, we sent people to the Imperial Hospital while we were still outside the Prince's Mansion."
Speaking of this, it makes people deeply hate those bastards in the Imperial Hospital for dragging it on for so long!
The old concubine's eyes were sharp as if she wanted to torture someone to death. "I sent someone to invite the fourth young lady of the Wenren family. She was at least a cup of tea later than you. In my estimation, it took at least two quarters of an hour to go from the Prince's Mansion to the Wenren family. In fact, it took the young lady less than a quarter of an hour to rush over. As soon as she arrived outside the door, your Imperial Hospital staff personally confirmed that my Xiaobei was dead. It was the young lady who snatched the body from the King of Hell and brought it back. Where were your people from the Imperial Hospital at that time? From the Dingbei Prince's Mansion to the Imperial Hospital, even if you crawled at a snail's pace, you should have crawled here in two quarters of an hour, but how long did it take you to get here? Nearly half an hour. If the young lady wasn't there, what were you doing at that time? To collect Xiaobei's body?"
Whenever she thought of this, the old concubine wished she could tear down the Imperial Hospital.
The old concubine's anger made the three people in the Imperial Hospital tremble in their legs. However, the "most arrogant" one did not reflect on himself, but secretly sighed that he was unlucky and why it was his turn to be on duty last night.
Eunuch Hong was also greatly affected at this moment. So it was no wonder that the old concubine treated the people from the Imperial Hospital so coldly before. She was merciful not to beat them out. Human life was at stake, not to mention that it was related to a great contributor to the Qi Dynasty. Such laziness was equivalent to dereliction of duty, and the emperor would definitely be furious.
It seems that the girl from the Wen family's medical skills are much better than expected. Yesterday, the emperor went to the empress dowager, who was full of praise for the book written by the girl. The medicine plaster she made for improving eyesight and relieving fatigue was also very much to the emperor's liking.
"Get out of my Dingbei County Prince's Mansion immediately, and don't let me see you again."
"Old Concubine Dowager, how can we feel at ease with the prince's current condition? My humble medical skills are mediocre, but I am willing to stay and help Fourth Miss Wenren and do my best to help." The imperial physician who was proficient in external injuries said hurriedly.
"Help me? Have you helped Dingdian before? You saw that the girl's medical skills are very good, and she will be treating the prince's injuries later, so you want to stay and learn from her, right? It's fine that the Imperial Hospital is lazy and inactive, but now they are doing such shameless and despicable things?"
The imperial physician was ashamed at first, and then angry. He should have worked hard along the way, even if he didn't make any contributions. If it weren't for him, would the King of Dingbei have made it to the imperial city? Don't even think about it. His face flushed red...
"Doctor Dong's condition doesn't look good now. You'd better go back and rest. If something happens to you during your stay, won't that cause more trouble? If the prince is unable to help you at that time, will he let the prince save you or just ignore you?" It seemed that Eunuch Hong was giving him a way out, but upon closer listening, his words were quite poisonous.
Eunuch Hong then said goodbye to the old concubine. He had been out for a long time, and the emperor must have been waiting anxiously. Now, he knew almost everything he needed to know, and the situation of the Dingbei prince seemed to be no longer in danger, so he could go back and report. As for the future, it was not for him to ask.
Eunuch Hong left, and irrelevant people were also driven away. The affairs of the Dingbei Prince's Mansion would probably be known to more and more people soon. By then, there would be countless people coming under the pretext of visiting the patient. The old concubine was impatient to deal with them, and directly ordered the door to be closed to visitors. The Prince of Dingbei was seriously injured and needed to rest.
Then, the old concubine began to ask about another person, her granddaughter-in-law. She knew who her granddaughter-in-law was. Even if she couldn't go with them, she would ride a horse and stay with them for a while. There would be no news from her at all.
"Where's your princess?"
The general's eyes were red again. "The princess was pregnant, but none of us knew about it. When the prince got into trouble, the princess was upset and had a miscarriage. She kept it a secret and followed us all the way back to the imperial city. She had a heavy hemorrhage on the way. We went to see a doctor and found out what happened, but it was too late. The princess is gone."
When the old concubine heard this, her eyes went dark and she almost fainted.
"Old Toffee, Old Toffee..."
The old concubine took a long time to recover, her lips trembling and she couldn't speak.
Han was watching from the side, her heart was in a knot. How could this happen? Ah, how could this happen
"Now, where are the people?" the old concubine asked tremblingly.
"We have left some of our brothers behind to prepare a coffin for the princess locally. However, we still need your instructions as to whether to send her back to the northern border or the imperial city for burial."