The clinic was in a flurry of activity. Rows of children lay on the beds, the older ones around ten years old and the younger ones less than a year old, clutching their stomachs, rolling around with their eyes closed, and crying out in pain.
Wailing and sobbing rose and fell.
The groans and spasms were piercing to the heart.
The old doctor's eyes were red.
While instructing the young apprentice to prepare the medicine, he kept checking on the patients, but no one improved after being given doses of medicine.
The old doctor broke down in tears, lamenting his own incompetence.
Despite possessing exceptional medical skills, he was unable to save these children!
As soon as Jiang Jiaojiao stepped into the house, she heard the old doctor roar, "Who let you in! We're not receiving guests today, get out of here!"
"How could someone be so cruel as to administer such a vicious poison!"
"Beast! You beast!"
Jiang Jiaojiao carefully looked at the dozens of children in the room. Apart from a boy standing by the bed wiping the sweat off the child on the bed, all the other children were rolling around in pain, clutching their stomachs.
The old doctor looked up and found that Jiang Jiaojiao had not only not left, but was also looking at the child. He shouted angrily, "Why aren't you leaving yet!"
"Someone come quick! Get them out of here! Get them out of here!"
Ignoring the old doctor's shouts, Jiang Jiaojiao carefully observed the poison, then pondered, "This is... the poison of the Heartbreak Grass?"
"You know medicine?"
The old doctor was heartbroken. "Yes, it's the poison of the Gelsemium elegans. That woman was truly ruthless. There's no antidote for the poison of the Gelsemium elegans; this is destined to kill these children!"
The old doctor was filled with resentment.
The boy's face turned deathly pale, and he kowtowed several times to the old doctor, pleading, "Doctor, please, please save my sister! I'll do anything for you!"
Jiang Jiaojiao looked up at the sound, and there he was? That formidable brat?
"It's not that I don't want to save them, but there's simply no cure for the poison of this 'heartbreak grass'!"
The old doctor wiped his red eyes.
The children on the bed rolled around, groaning and crying out in pain.
"Brother... Xiao Wu is in so much pain, brother..."
The little girl on the bed cried out with her eyes closed, and the boy quickly hugged her tightly, "Brother's here, brother's here, Xiao Wu isn't afraid, Xiao Wu isn't afraid!"
The boy's voice trembled uncontrollably.
He tried to soothe his younger sister on the bed with the softest of voices, but his voice couldn't alleviate the little girl's pain at all; he felt like he was about to break.
Why wasn't he the one who got poisoned?!
He would give up his life in this life, the next life, and the life after that to save his sister's life!
The boy's voice was heartbreaking, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have given you the meat, I'm the one who deserves to die, I'm the one who deserves to die!"
"Slap—slap slap—"
The boy couldn't help but slap himself hard across the face several times, like a wild beast howling in pain after falling into a trap.
He's going to die!
It hurts so much! Why does his heart hurt so much? Is he going to die?
The old doctor wiped away his tears, "I can... I can make your sister suffer less... less."
The voice was filled with despair.
The boy suddenly looked up, like a fierce wolf cub, his mouth full of fangs flashing, "No—don't!"
My sister can't die! She can't die!
He promised his mother and brothers that he would protect his sister!
His mother and brothers are all gone; he only has his sister! Only his sister left!
suddenly--
"This prescription might be able to counteract the poison of Gelsemium elegans."
Jiang Jiaojiao picked up the paper and pen on the table, handed the prescription she had written down to the old doctor, and then took out a jade bottle. "These are painkillers, they should be able to relieve some of their pain."
"What did you say?!"
The old doctor exclaimed in disbelief, "Impossible! Everyone knows that there is no antidote for the poison of the Gelsemium elegans..."
How will you know if you don't try?
As Jiang Jiaojiao spoke, she handed the painkillers to the boy, saying, "Give them to him."
The boy was stunned.
Just as she was about to reach for the medicine bottle, she suddenly heard the old doctor's puzzled voice, "Are you...Miss Jiang?"
Among the young ladies in the capital who knew medicine, there was only Miss Jiang the Second, a talented woman who saved the thirteenth young master of the General's Mansion, as well as the Duchess and the Eldest Princess.
However, I heard that Miss Jiang the Second entered the Fifth Prince's residence as a concubine, but this one is still dressed as a young lady, with her head full of pearls and jade and gorgeous clothes.
The old doctor suddenly thought of someone, his face instantly darkened, and he was extremely angry. "You are Miss Jiang!"
Upon hearing this, the boy immediately transformed into a ferocious wolf cub, his eyes turning bloodshot, "Ah—bad guy!"
I'm going to kill you!
With a roar, the boy charged at Jiang Jiaojiao and bit down hard on her arm, as if he wanted to tear off a piece of flesh.
Jiang Jiaojiao didn't have time to dodge.
Suddenly, she was spun around, and heard a muffled groan. There was no pain as she expected, but rather a familiar embrace with a hint of medicinal fragrance.
"How is it you? Your hand!"
Jiang Jiaojiao stared wide-eyed at Li Yan, who had suddenly appeared.
The little boy's movements were unusually fierce. He opened his mouth and bit down hard on Li Yan's sleeve. With a tearing sound, the little boy ripped off a piece of Li Yan's sleeve, revealing a scarlet wound on his arm.
Blood gushed from the wound, staining the surrounding skin red.
Jiang Jiaojiao screamed.
Dao Qing leaped forward and pinned the boy down.
"Ahhh—let me go! Let me go! You bad guy! I'll bite you to death! I'll bite you to death!"
The boy struggled and screamed like a mad beast!
Enraged, Dao Qing used force and broke the boy's arm.
Damn it! He was only a step too slow, and this brat managed to injure His Highness!
"Ahhh—"
The boy went berserk, lunging forward to bite and tear at her even at the cost of their lives. Just as Dao Qing was about to forcefully dislocate his other arm, he heard Jiang Jiaojiao's anxious voice, "No!"
He yelled at the boy again, "Stop if you want your sister to live!"
"Hurry up and brew the medicine! Didn't you say I poisoned them? I'm right here, what are you afraid of! If I poisoned them, I'll pay with my life!"
The old doctor trembled with rage, "Fine! Fine! I'll see how you pay with your life!"
Having said that, he picked up the prescription and went to brew the medicine!
He cooked it himself!
If the children cannot be saved, he will personally go to the government office to testify! He will demand that she pay for the children's lives!
The little boy's arm was almost twisted into a pretzel.
"Let him go!"
Jiang Jiaojiao said to Dao Qing, then threw the medicine bottle at the boy's feet, "These are painkillers, believe it or not!"
"Your Highness..."
Dao Qing looked at his prince, Li Yan's eyes flashed with coldness. If he hadn't arrived in time, how much pain would it have hurt if he had bitten Jiao Jiao!
Jiang Jiaojiao sensed the chilling coldness in Li Yan's eyes and quickly grabbed his arm. "Ayan, please let him go?"
Click—
His anger froze instantly, then shattered into pieces. He looked sharply at the person in his arms, "Ah...Ah Yan?"
Thump—thump—
It was the sound of a heart pounding.
He looked at Jiaojiao, his eyes filled with the stars, and said, "Let him go."
Dao Qing hesitated for a second before releasing his grip on the boy.
As soon as the little boy broke free, he lunged at Jiang Jiaojiao again, not believing her words at all.
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