Chapter 11 The Queen Mother's Protection
The captain took a deep breath. He thought it was just a simple task, but he didn't expect the Queen Mother to interfere.
He was naturally not afraid of the Queen Mother, but if she were to get hurt in front of him, his fate would probably be worse than that of the guards kneeling below.
He felt his head starting to hurt. What on earth had these guards done to make the Queen Mother willing to protect them at the cost of her own life?
Wang Ben glanced at the guards and his eyes fell on the pretty boy in the middle. His expression was very subtle. Could it be that the Queen Mother fell in love with him?
Thinking about why the Queen Mother came here, Wang Ben felt that his guess was right and his eyelids twitched.
Seeing his distorted expression, Zhao Yuanxi assumed it was because he was right. He sneered, "I won't let you take them away. If you want to investigate, then do so. But if you want to torture me, that's absolutely not an option! Also, send a message to the king that they can't die. If the king still wants their lives, kill me first. Anyway, without them today, I'd be dead anyway."
Wang Ben was helpless, "Empress Dowager, please put down the knife first."
He was really worried that the Queen Mother would accidentally kill herself!
"You go and deliver the message first!" Zhao Yuanxi said stubbornly. Although the knife was heavy, she could still hold on for a while.
Wang Ben signaled to the black-armored soldiers behind him. After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately rode their horses towards Xianyang.
Seeing that the person had left, Zhao Yuanxi put down the knife and rubbed his sore wrist.
The corner of Wang Ben's mouth twitched. The Queen Mother really wouldn't let him suffer any loss.
When Ying Zheng received the message, he was not angry, but asked, "How is the Queen Mother?"
The soldier thought about the Queen Mother holding the knife just now and said with certainty, "The Queen Mother is in good health and can still hold the knife to confront the general."
Ying Zheng's expression was a little strange. Holding a knife to confront Wang Ben? When did that woman have such courage?
"Please tell me in detail."
The soldier recounted the whole story.
At first, Ying Zheng thought the same as Wang Ben, but then he thought that no matter how absurd the queen mother was, she would never bring Ziying to hang out with that guard.
Lü Le walked in at this time. "Your Majesty, I have already found out. The person who assassinated the Queen Mother was Yu Nuo, a retainer who once served under the Prince of Chang'an. He originally wanted to take the Queen Mother and Prince Ziying away together, make Prince Ziying his master, and then use the Queen Mother to threaten you."
"Has he been caught?"
"The others have been captured, but Yu Nuo escaped." Lu Le prostrated himself.
"Good, very good! Those people are truly ruthless. They tricked Cheng Jiao into betraying me, and now they're targeting Ziying!" Ying Zheng was furious. "Come, send a message to the entire nation. All remaining followers of the Prince of Chang'an must be apprehended, dead or alive."
"promise."
Ying Zheng rubbed his brow, feeling very irritated. He glanced at the trembling soldiers below him and waved his hand, "You go back first and let Wang Ben continue the investigation. If they are truly unrelated and have not violated the rules, then leave them to the Queen Mother to deal with."
At Liyang Palace, Zhao Yuanxi was still in a standoff with Wang Ben, but when she saw the imperial physician hurried back, she grabbed him and asked, "What happened?"
The imperial physician was startled by the surrounding black-armored soldiers. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, one of the guards is seriously injured. I cannot save him."
"Even the best medicine won't work?"
The imperial physician shook his head, a trace of helplessness in his eyes. "The wound is too deep and the bleeding is too much. Forgive me for being incompetent."
Zhao Yuanxi was silent for a while, his voice a little hoarse, "Take me to see him, you guys come with me."
She was referring to the five guards still kneeling on the ground.
Wang Ben was puzzled. He thought the Queen Mother wanted to save his life because she fell in love with this pretty boy, but now he was a little confused.
Moreover, he seriously suspected that the Queen Mother took the person away because she was afraid that he would take advantage of this opportunity to arrest him.
Wang Ben found it amusing. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, he was actually a villain who took advantage of others' misfortune. Out of curiosity, and also because he had the responsibility to guard the prisoner, Wang Ben followed.
Two wounded guards were lying on the wooden bed.
One of his calves was cut off. Although the wound had been bandaged, the blood still soaked through the bandage, and he kept wailing in pain on the bed.
The other one was in even worse condition. His face was pale and there was a deep wound on his chest that could be seen to the bone. The wound extended directly from his collarbone to his abdomen. The skin and flesh were rolled up in a long strip. If it weren't for the rise and fall of his chest, he would have looked like a dead person at first glance.
Zhao Yuanxi's nose felt a little sore, and she couldn't help asking, "Why don't you sew up this wound?"
"Suture?" The imperial physician was confused.
Zhao Yuanxi was stunned for a moment, and a glimmer of hope suddenly flashed in his eyes. "Doctor Yu, if we can stop his bleeding now, can he still be saved?"
The imperial physician nodded blankly. If the bleeding could be stopped, there would certainly be a chance of survival. However, with such a large wound, hemostatic medicine would be of no use at all!
"What if I sew this wound up with needle and thread? Don't ask me why, just answer whether I can!"
"Maybe we can give it a try!" The imperial physician said stiffly, but his heart was beating fast. He knew how to sew clothes, but this was human flesh!
Zhao Yuanxi asked someone to prepare hot water and burned a lot of mugwort to disinfect the surrounding environment.
"Yuzu, go boil some more Coptis chinensis water."
In this era, there is no disinfectant like alcohol, so we can only use berberine water instead.
Seeing so many people gathered around, Zhao Yuanxi suddenly felt that these people were in the way and said, "You all should go out first."
"Empress Dowager!" Zhang Han's eyes were full of pleading, and he kowtowed to her three times.
Zhao Yuanxi did not give him a definite answer. In fact, she was not sure whether this method would be effective, but since it had come to this point, she had to give it a try.
She heated the embroidery needle, formed it into a hook shape, and threaded the hemp thread into it.
After watching the empress dowager perform the operation for a while, the imperial physician felt something extraordinary in his heart.
"Doctor Yu, thank you for your help." Zhao Yuanxi placed the needle and thread in front of him.
The imperial physician pursed his lips, his expression serious. His hands, which were only used for acupuncture, now held the embroidery needle very steadily.
After the injection, the guard's body twitched, frightening Zhao Yuanxi and quickly holding him down. "You, hold down his legs, don't let him move."
There was no painkiller, so we had to sew it up like this. Fortunately, the man was very dizzy, and except for the convulsions at the beginning, he didn't suffer too much afterwards.
The imperial physician looked at this scene, moved his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
Except for being a little clumsy at the beginning, the imperial physician's subsequent suturing movements were extremely fast. He tied the knot and cut the thread in one go.
The wound was sewn up, although it was a little crooked, but the bleeding really stopped.
Zhao Yuanxi sniffed and was so excited that he almost cried.
The imperial physician sprinkled another layer of hemostatic medicine on the wound, bandaged it, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Empress Dowager, the rest of the story will depend on him."
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