"Brother... Xiao Wu is in so much pain..."
The boy lunged forward but stopped abruptly. He turned around and saw his sister curled up in pain. His heart shattered, shattered into hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of pieces.
"It hurts... Brother... It hurts so much..."
The tiny ball looked like it was about to die at any moment.
The boy slammed his head against the wall several times, instantly bleeding profusely and becoming dizzy. He staggered backward, kicking a medicine bottle on the ground.
He lost his mind.
He grabbed the medicine bottle and smashed it on the ground. The bottle shattered into pieces, scattering pills all over the floor. He grabbed a pill and shoved it into his sister's mouth, yelling, "Eat! Take the medicine! The pain will go away after you take the medicine!"
Whether it's painkillers or poison!
Eat up, eat up!
You'll be free once you eat it!
After he gets his revenge, he'll go down to the underworld to stay with his sister!
The little girl swallowed the pill instinctively as it entered her mouth. The little boy hugged his sister tightly and sang in a hoarse voice, "The wind blows, the horse gallops, little sister, go to sleep. The bright moon shines, the stars laugh, brother will rock the cradle. Sleep, little sister, sleep, little sister..."
This is an adaptation of a nursery rhyme his mother used to hum to lull him to sleep.
As the boy softly soothed her to sleep, the little girl's moans gradually subsided.
Feeling the tense body in his arms gradually soften, the boy stared with bloodshot eyes, his fingers trembling, as he slowly, very slowly checked his sister's breathing.
Images of my mother and brothers flashed through my mind...
One by one, the images faded into silence.
He only has his younger sister... He only has his younger sister left!
The boy's body stiffened as he felt a warm breath through his fingertips. He suddenly moved closer to his sister and leaned against her.
It was hot, very hot, not cold at all, and there was a thumping heartbeat.
It's like being asleep.
"Ahhh...it hurts so much...help...help me..."
Hearing shouts from the others nearby, the boy jolted awake. He quickly lay down on the ground and frantically rummaged around with his only mobile arm to pick up the pills. He then shoved them into the mouth of the child next to him, shouting, "Eat! These are painkillers! Swallow them!"
Seeing the boy struggling, Jiang Jiaojiao picked up the scattered pills and began to feed them to the child.
Li Yan frowned, and with a single glance, Dao Qing immediately understood.
Suddenly, he grabbed the boy's arm, twisted and pulled, and with a snap, the boy's dislocated arm was put back in place.
The boy stepped back, glared at Dao Qing with a fierce look like a wolf cub, and crawled on the ground, using his hands and feet to collect the scattered painkillers.
One painkiller pill per person.
When the old doctor finished brewing the medicine and brought it in, listening to the quiet room, I almost died on the spot.
The boy caught her and quickly grabbed the medicine bowl, saying, "I'll feed my sister her medicine."
The boy struggled to lift the little girl up, and as if afraid of waking her from her sleep, gently called to her, "Little sister, drink... drink your medicine."
The little girl's lips moved.
The boy gently fed his sister the medicine, bit by bit, down her lips.
Seeing his little sister frowning as if she disliked the bitter medicine, the boy wiped his red eyes hard, put his sister down, and together with the medicine boy, fed the other children their medicine one by one.
The old doctor stared blankly at all of this, then rubbed his eyes.
The poison of the Gelsemium elegans is so potent that even adults, let alone children, would writhe in pain and fall asleep.
The old doctor's gaze fell from the bed to the medicine bottle shattered into pieces on the floor.
Is this really... a painkiller?
It has such a miraculous effect?!
The old doctor's gaze towards Jiang Jiaojiao grew increasingly excited. "Do you still have any of these painkillers? Could... could I take a look?"
At that moment, hope ignited on the old doctor's face.
If this painkiller is truly so effective, does that mean that the detoxifying soup... is also very likely to work?
No, no, no!
The old doctor was so startled by his own sudden thought that he shook his head repeatedly. How could that be!
The poison of the Heartbreak Grass is so potent that even the imperial physicians in the palace are helpless against it. How could Miss Jiang, a young lady from a humble family, possibly cure it? How old is she? Even if she had been practicing medicine since birth, she still wouldn't be able to...
No, no, no!
wrong!
There is one person... who might be!
Legend has it that when Emperor Taizu was in court, there was a divine physician named Xue who was skilled in both medicine and poison. There was no disease he could not cure and no poison he could not cure. The ancestor of the Marquis of Yongchang, Lady Hou, only possessed one-tenth of the divine physician Xue's medical skills, yet she was able to bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded, saving Emperor Taizu from danger several times.
Could it be...?
Yes, yes!
The ancestor of the Marquis of Yongchang's family, Lady Hou, was the ancestor of this Miss Jiang in front of us.
It must be the spirit of our ancestor, Lady Hou, who has bestowed upon Miss Jiang her medical skills!
There were rumors circulating that the person who saved the thirteenth young master of the General's Mansion and the Duchess was Miss Jiang, not Miss Jiang the Second, but he didn't believe it.
Looking at it today, it seems this is probably true!
On the contrary, the rumors that Miss Jiang was vicious and stole Miss Jiang's life-saving grace are false!
Jiang Jiaojiao saw the old doctor's mixed feelings of surprise and joy, shaking his head and nodding repeatedly, and thought he had gone mad.
He quickly said, "I only have one bottle of painkillers with me. How about I write down the prescription for you?"
Don't go crazy over a painkiller pill, it's scary.
Unexpectedly, the old doctor bowed deeply to Jiang Jiaojiao with a thud, saying, "Master, please accept my bow!"
Jiang Jiaojiao's eyes widened: "..."
What the heck?
The apprentice doctors were also stunned, staring blankly at their master. Had their master gone mad? In order to obtain a prescription for pain relief, he actually wanted to become the master of this young lady?
My master is old enough to be someone's father.
Jiang Jiaojiao waved her hands repeatedly, "No need, no need, you... Doctor, please get up."
This old doctor comes from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.
When the Jin family pharmacy tried to invite him to practice medicine, they tried everything to persuade him, but to no avail. So they had to settle for another doctor.
suddenly--
"vomit--"
The little girl suddenly opened her eyes and began to vomit violently. The boy's face turned ashen. "Sister—"
"Quickly, bring the basin over and make her vomit it all out."
Jiang Jiaojiao immediately shouted.
The old doctor jumped up and quickly ordered the apprentice to bring a basin. As soon as the little girl vomited, the other children also turned over and vomited.
Before the medicine boy could bring the basin, he had already vomited all over the bed, the floor, and the room.
A strong, putrid stench wafted over.
Jiang Jiaojiao quickly covered her mouth and nose, and pulled Li Yan away, saying, "Your Highness, it smells terrible, let's go outside and wait."
"Jiaojiao..."
Li Yan's voice was plaintive, "Just now you were calling me... A-Yan."
Jiang Jiaojiao: "..."
Is now the time to discuss how to address someone?
Jiang Jiaojiao chose to... scoop Li Yan up in her arms and rush out. Only after hearing a gasp did she realize that the wound on Li Yan's arm was still bleeding.
He quickly settled the person on the couch in the outer room, then pulled out his purse and rummaged through it. "I remember bringing some hemostatic powder!"
"Here! I'll apply the medicine for Your Highness!"
Jiang Jiaojiao pulled out some hemostatic powder to apply the medicine, but... Li Yan hid his arm behind his back, looking at Jiaojiao with a resentful expression, and said, "Call my name."
Jiang Jiaojiao: "...A...Ayan?"
"Yes! Ayan is here!"
Li Yan obediently replied, stretched out his arm, and looked at Jiao Jiao with eyes like a pool of spring water, just like a... sickly little puppy.
Dao Qing put down the prepared hot water, closed his eyes, and left.
It's unbearable to look at! Absolutely unbearable to look at!
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