"Gong Yu? Is that the older brother lying in bed?"

He Nian nodded, her expression serious. She didn't intend to hide it from the two younger ones, since she couldn't hide it anyway, and directly told them everything she had learned from Mingyue.

"In short, we still have to hide this person. We can't even find a doctor for him. Whether he can pull through depends entirely on himself."

As He Nian said this, he had already decided to hide the person in the cellar. "I might have to trouble Ruyi to see if she can save him. It doesn't matter if she can't."

"I see."

He Ruyi nodded seriously.

He Nian patted He Ruyi on the shoulder, "Don't feel pressured."

This is a real problem. I wonder if this person was followed when he broke into their house. Without further ado, He Nian went to the cellar and cleared out a space.

They found a wooden plank, laid two layers of cotton quilts on top, and then together with He Caisheng, they helped to place the person in the cellar.

He Nian lit a candle and placed it in the cellar. Gong Yu's face was pale and his lips were purple, indicating that he was severely poisoned.

He Ruyi's forehead was covered in fine sweat as she lifted Gong Yu's arm again, saying, "This area is starting to fester; it needs to be dug out."

After saying this, her voice trembled slightly. She was only seven years old and had only read a medical book; she had never actually practiced anything.

He Nian gritted her teeth and asked He Caisheng to bring over a dagger. "You tell me what to do, I'll do it."

"First, we need to remove the festering sores. The main problem is the poison, but I... I'm not sure about that."

He Ruyi placed her small hand on Gong Yu's wrist. She could only vaguely feel that Gong Yu's pulse was weak. For the first time, she was so eager to learn medicine, not for any other reason than that she did not want to see other people's lives slip away.

He Nian disinfected the dagger with alcohol and carefully cut into the festering area of ​​Gong Yu's arm. Black blood was still flowing under the cut flesh, and Gong Yu groaned.

Startled, He Nian stopped abruptly. She saw Gong Yu, who had been unconscious, open his eyes and weakly utter, "Medicine...medicine jade..."

"What? Where's your medicine?"

He Nian leaned closer, but still couldn't hear clearly, and then fainted again.

"Sister, did he say where the medicine is kept and what jade is?"

Reminded by He Caisheng, He Nian took out the jade pendant from her bosom. Could it be this?

Never mind, it's not hers anyway, so if it's broken, it's broken.

He Nian cruelly threw the jade pendant on the ground, and it broke in half, from which a small red pill rolled out.

As expected of a prince, he always has ways to save his life.

He Nian picked up the small pill and put it into Gong Yu's mouth, then continued to dig at the festering area. After finishing, she looked at He Ruyi.

"His pulse became stronger."

He Ruyi checked several times to make sure she wasn't mistaken, and a smile appeared on her small face. "It seems the pills on his body are for detoxification. We just need to be careful not to let the wound get infected."

He Nian also breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's be careful these days. We can't tell Mingyue about this, okay? The more people who know, the more danger there will be. We can't trouble others."

"I understand, sister."

The two spoke in unison.

In the days that followed, the three members of the He family lived in constant fear, terrified of even the slightest breeze or movement. He Nian was so afraid that she dared not go to town to sell things, fearing that her younger brother and sister would be gone when she returned.

As a result, half a month passed and the village was peaceful. Gong Yu also woke up. Although he had a high fever once, He Nian used alcohol to cool him down in time, and he also recovered after taking the herbal medicine brewed by He Ruyi.