() The two imperial physicians got up and ordered their subordinates to tidy up the house, boil water, smoke white vinegar, and prepare gauze.

The prince stood aside and glanced at the series of tools prepared by the imperial doctor, such as knives, pliers, hooks, and scissors. Closed his eyes.

As soon as the preparations were ready, the sun had already begun to set in the west. The room was lit with candles, and the room was lit as if it were day.

The physician put on the sheep intestine gloves and walked to the bedside.

Xue Ke was still in a coma, and the other parts were covered with quilts, leaving only the injured part exposed.

The two imperial doctors glanced at each other and nodded. Although the prince is like an iceberg outside the screen, exuding silent pressure, in the end, the heart of the doctor's parents, once the two face the patient, take the commonly used medical knife, and habitually settle down.

One washes the wound, the other cuts the skin.

Xue Ke woke up in pain. One of the doctors held her down, and the other continued the movements of his hands. Once the wound is opened, it is bleeding, so there is no delay for a moment.

Ah Liu hurriedly squatted down, and handed over the smoke stove burning Ah Hibiscus paste according to what he had prepared before. The burning smoke slowly floated up and inhaled into Xue Ke's body.

Xue Ke was still exhaling pain, half a pillar of incense, the sound of exhaling pain became smaller and smaller, and slowly her eyes gradually drifted, and even showed an unusual smile towards Ah Liu.

Little by little, the doctor used the poisonous carrion under the medical blade, and the two maids wiped the sweat from their heads with handkerchiefs.

The prince stood outside the screen, the water leak in the courtyard ticking and ticking, and he was tormented little by little.

Outside the hospital, Lu Xin pursed his lips and knelt in it.

Commander Zhang was a little depressed.

He is the prince's bodyguard, and Lu Xin is the lady's bodyguard. When the accident happened, the lady and the prince were together, and naturally the security work was taken over by the guards on the prince's side.

So when the female assassin who sold bean curd appeared, he was duty-bound, and he admitted it when he went back to be punished.

But Lu Xin was different, he was downstairs at the time, and he actually smelled the danger and rushed upstairs and cut off one of the female assassin's arms, which inevitably seemed a little too useless on his side.

Moreover, he has obviously made meritorious contributions, and it is all dark, what crime did he run here to kneel down and ask for? If you want to say that you are guilty, you will be more guilty.

Commander Zhang looked at the kneeling straight Lu Xin under the corridor, sighed, forget it, it's useless to ask for guilt this time, think about the look of His Royal Highness the Prince holding the injured lady, Commander Zhang only prayed that the lady would get better soon, and she would be less guilty when she returned to the seventh master of the capital.

Ying Da hurriedly came in, glanced at Lu Xin, who was kneeling, and hurried into the courtyard again.

When the prince heard the movement, he looked at the screen, and the shadows of the imperial doctor and the maid were stretched out by the candlelight, intertwined together. The prince slowly walked out of the room.

Ying Da reported: "Master, the assassin's name is Su Qiuniang, and he is the queen's feather guard; The restaurant has been found out, and it is the person from the political envoy's side. ”

"The dog jumps off the wall, okay! Who opened the mouth? ”

"The people in the restaurant have been recruited. Su Qiuniang didn't say anything. ”

The prince nodded. The queen's feather guard is specially trained, similar to the dead, so naturally he will not speak easily.

"Yu Yiwei, I actually followed here, and I thought it was all solved in the suburbs of Beijing." After speaking, he glanced at Yingda.

Shadow lowered his head. Later, he added: "Someone saw Su Qiuniang and Commander Lu coming and going." ”

After a while, the prince said, "I know." ”

"Commander Lu has been kneeling outside the courtyard, what does the master command?"

"Let him kneel, wait for the lady to wake up, and let the lady deal with it."

"Yes."

The moon is in the middle of the sky. Although it was summer, the moonlight was very cold, sprinkled in the yard, and poured like silver.

Ah Liu walked over and replied, "Your Highness, the lady is okay over there." ”

The prince's figure shook slightly, and he turned around and entered the house.

The two imperial physicians were also visibly exhausted and exhausted.

"Your Highness, Niangniang's wounds have been cleaned up, and the carrion has been removed, so wait carefully tonight, as long as you don't have a fever, you'll be fine. The residual toxins that enter the body, a few medicines here, should be fine. ”

"Hard work two."

"Ministers are duty-bound, and they don't dare to ask for credit."

The prince nodded and walked inside. Xue Ke was still lying on the bed, as if he was asleep, and glanced at the prince as if he was not smiling.

"Your Highness, the lady just smoked Ah Furong's cigarette, and she is not very conscious at this time." The maid on the side looked at the prince's expression and hurriedly replied.

The prince settled down and stepped forward, only to see that the wound on her back had been bandaged, and there were faint traces of blood oozing out.

The maid on the side was cleaning up, and brought out a plate beside the bed, and in the silver plate was a pile of carrion and blood-stained gauze, and the blood stains were blurred.

Ah Liu stepped forward and persuaded: "Lady, the slaves and maids are waiting carefully, Your Highness should go back and rest." ”

The prince didn't seem to hear it, and Ah Liu was about to say it again for a long time, but the prince squatted beside the bed, not knowing whether to say it to Ah Liu, or to Xue Ke, or to himself: "Why does it hurt so much?" ”

One night, Xue Ke seemed to be asleep, and sometimes he woke up in a daze and shouted pain.

Ah Liu did as the imperial doctor instructed, so he burned Ah Furong's cigarette and let her take two puffs. She fell asleep in a daze.

It's easy to stay up until the sky is slightly bright, and there is finally no fever. Several people breathed a sigh of relief.

The prince hurriedly had breakfast and rushed to the study, the evidence on the side of the political envoy has been collected in the past two days, plus yesterday's incident, the prince is ready to go to the yamen today to bring people.

The early arrangements have been made for a long time, and it is absolutely impossible to fall short in these two days, and the 24 hours after the arrest of the prisoner is the golden period of interrogation, and if the prisoner's mental defense cannot be overcome within this time limit, it will be even more difficult to obtain a confession later. Therefore, the prince and Sun Mo are all in good spirits, and the class is sleepless.

Xue Ke has also woken up for a few days, but her temperament has changed a little in the past few days, and ordinary people may not be able to notice it, but Ah Liu feels very obvious.

Xue Ke is most concerned about the affairs of the prince's side on weekdays, but in the past two days, he has ignored it, and sometimes looks at a certain point in the courtyard, and his eyes exude a psychedelic color. Ah Liu followed her gaze, but it was nothingness, nothing.

What also made Ah Liu puzzled was that Xue Ke always said that the wound was oozing blood, and he wanted Ah Liu to change the dressing, but Ah Liu opened the gauze but did not see blood oozing. As soon as the dressing was changed, Xue Ke shouted that it hurt and asked Ah Liu to burn the hibiscus cream.

Ah Liusu knew that Xue was a little squeamish, but this time he always felt a little strange beyond words.

Although Xue Ke was in a daze and in a trance, the wound was like a day by day, and it was slowly scabbing, and the imperial doctor also said that the toxins in the body were almost cleared, and he was also relieved a lot.

After the imperial doctor checked the pulse that day, Ah Liu couldn't help but ask, "Is the toxin in the lady's body really completely removed?" ”

"The pulse shows that the lady is fine, what questions does the girl have?" The Imperial Doctor looked at Ah Liu in confusion.

Ah Liu frowned: "The lady always says that the wound hurts, and every day, I can't say it, it's a little strange." ”

"The wound hurts?" The Imperial Doctor stared for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be! ”

Because Xue Ke had already seen the wound, it was no longer convenient for the imperial doctor to check the wound, so he asked Ah Liu to describe the wound in detail.

"I don't think it should be, the wound has healed, although it must be a little painful, but it is not unbearable."

The imperial doctor asked the maidservant next to him to invite another imperial doctor, and the two of them muttered and discussed for a long time, their faces were heavy, and finally one of them said to Ah Liu: "I suspect that the lady is not in pain, but has become addicted to this hibiscus cream." ”

"Are you saying that the lady is pretending to be in pain and deceiving Hibiscus cream?" Ah Liu looked at the Imperial Doctor incredulously.

The two Imperial Physicians nodded.

The prince listened to the report of Ah Liu and the two imperial doctors with a heavy face in the study.

"The longer this hibiscus ointment is sucked, the more difficult it is to quit, and the greater the harm, Your Highness will make a decision as soon as possible."

"You just said that quitting now has an effect on her wounds?"

"Yes!" The doctor was also in a dilemma: "During the withdrawal process, the patient will inevitably struggle, and the wound may open open. ”

The prince's heart became heavier and heavier. In fact, he is not unaware of the dangers of hibiscus ointment.

In the first two years, there was a letter that said that hibiscus paste was flooded in the northeast for a period of time, and there were many smoke houses on the street. The imperial court sent anti-smoking officials, but the results were very slow, and the difficulties of quitting smoking were explained above, and many people committed suicide because the quitting process was too difficult.

After a while, the prince said calmly: "Then let's start quitting tomorrow." ”

Ah Liu was ordered to go back.

The prince asked Xing'er to summon Sun Mo, looked at the young right-hand man in front of him, his eyes were black because he hadn't slept for a few nights, his face turned blue, and he said slowly: "Hengzhong, can you still bear it?" ”

Although Sun Mo was extremely tired, his spirit was quite uplifted, after all, this matter had been planned in Beijing, and it was really a sense of accomplishment to be able to complete it so successfully. What's more, this political envoy jumped over the wall in a hurry and got off the killer, and the subordinates of the East Palace who followed the prince this time were all indignant! You can't live if you do your own evil!

"Your Highness, rest assured, the minister is now full of confidence, and he will definitely be able to conclude this case into an iron case!"

"Good!" The prince nodded: "Then you will be in charge of the affairs here, and if there is any difficulty, you will come and report the orphan when you are uncertain." ”

"Yes!" Sun Mo bowed his hand. looked at the prince, who also had blue circles under his eyes, and asked hesitantly: "But what happened?" Is Tang Niangzi okay over there? ”

The prince's voice couldn't hear any ups and downs, as if comforting Sun Mo, and as if giving himself confidence: "It's okay, she'll be fine." ”

Ah Liu rearranged the room according to the doctor's instructions.

All the furniture in the room, from the bed, table, chair and stool, to the porcelain bottle, copperware, and tea bowls, has been moved out, leaving only soft quilts, pillows, cushions, and utensils for eating and drinking are made of bamboo.

Xue Ke grinned as he watched the maids walk in and out carrying things, and shouted, "Ah Liu! Ah Liu! ”

Ah Liu hurriedly came over: "What's the matter, lady?" ”

"Who are they? Why move things? Are we moving? Xue Ke looked ridiculously innocent.

The prince, who was about to enter the house, heard Xue Ke's question, and his heart ached. He didn't care about accompanying her for the past two days, but he didn't expect it to come to such a point.

"Sugar Candy, I'll ask them to rearrange it so that you can live more comfortably." The prince entered the house, held Xue Ke's hand and coaxed.

"Oh!" Xue Ke suddenly realized, smiled at the prince, and suddenly frowned: "But they also took the plum bottle." You can't take the plum bottle, and when Nana comes back, there will be no place to rest. ”

"Who is Nana?" The prince asked patiently.

"Nana, don't you know? I pointed it out to you two days ago! Nana is a little magpie, but she can speak human words, and she flies over every day and stops on the fresh branch in the plum bottle, and you quickly ask people to bring the plum bottle back. Xue Ke shook the prince's arm coquettishly.

The prince's heart sank to the bottom little by little, and he still smiled and coaxed her: "It's okay, Nana will rest in the courtyard when she comes back, and I will accompany you to the courtyard to see it when the time comes." ”

Xue Ke looked at him suspiciously.

The prince picked up a bowl of ginseng porridge and fed Xue Ke: "Come, good, drink some porridge with sugar and sugar, and I will accompany you to listen to the story later." ”

The doctor said that during the withdrawal process, the patient has no appetite and may not be able to eat anything, so try to eat more before, otherwise the person is prone to collapse.

The prince couldn't think of how to make her happy, but remembered that when she was very young, she often pulled him by the corner of his clothes and asked him to take her to listen to the commentary.

"Listen to the commentary? I love listening to book reviews! Xue Ke clapped his hands and smiled: "Brother Prince, you are so good to me!" ”

"Sugar Candy, what do you call me?" The prince shook it, and the porridge in the spoon almost spilled out. Many years ago, the little Xue Ke just called him "Brother Prince" from front to back.

At that time, she was still the carefree Miss Xue Mansion, and she was still a gloomy palace teenager.

The prince knew that Xue Ke's mind was a little confused at this time, and his heart was sad, but he couldn't help but smile and gently rubbed her head: "Little Tangtang, if you are good, my brother will take you there." ”

Xue Ke obediently drank a bowl of ginseng porridge in the prince's hand, and the porridge contained a sedative drug, and after a while, her voice became smaller and smaller.

The prince carefully carried her to the quilt. The bed had been moved out, and mattresses and quilts were laid on the floor, with a buffalo leather mattress on top.

Xue Ke hugged one of the prince's arms and fell asleep. The prince also closed his eyes and rested for a while.

The prince did not close his eyes for a few days, and at this time he also fell asleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw Xue Ke looking at him quietly.

"Sugar Candy, when did you wake up?"

"Your Highness hasn't slept for a long time!" Xue Ke's fingers lightly brushed the prince's eyebrows: "Sleep so soundly!" ”

The prince looked at Xue Ke, her eyes were as clear as water, she looked at herself quietly, and asked uncertainly: "Tangtang, are you awake now?" ”

"Hmm." Xue Ke nodded.

The prince took a deep breath and took her in his arms for a long time before letting go.

Xue Ke smiled faintly and gently stroked the tips of the prince's hair: "Let Your Highness worry." ”

The prince's nose was sour, and he said, "Tangtang, it's okay if you're fine, obedient, let's quit the hibiscus anointing, okay?" ”

Xue Ke nodded: "What His Highness said is true." I'm sure I'll be able to quit. ”

The prince kissed her on the forehead, full of confidence.

In the afternoon, Xue Ke gave the prince a feeling that she had recovered, and Xue Ke even urged the prince to deal with his own affairs and not have to accompany her.

The prince also promised her that after dinner and watching her fall asleep, he would go to the front to deal with the court.

Everything seems to be moving in a good direction.