He is no longer the same person he once was, and he would never allow his mother to control him again.
As he said this, Yu Jing'an narrowed his eyes: "Someone come here."
Outside the imperial study, a eunuch shuffled in, saying, "This servant is here."
"Replace all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Empress Dowager's palace. Report any unusual activity to her immediately."
"Yes," the eunuch replied, bowing and hurriedly retreating.
In the side hall, Su Wanyan had already rolled up her sleeves. Beside her were hot water and candles prepared by Luo Xue. The hall was brightly lit and very quiet.
After the snowfall subsided, only Su Wanyan and Xiao Chensheng, who was lying silently on the bed, remained in the hall.
Judging from this, Xiao Chensheng really looks no different from a dead man.
His pale face and emaciated figure seemed to consist only of bones.
No, that's not entirely accurate either. Even a skeleton still has a bone structure, but Xiao Chensheng doesn't.
His chest was pierced by Yu Nanqing, his heart was contorted in a grotesque manner, yet not a single drop of blood splattered.
Su Wanyan reached out and pried open Xiao Chensheng's mouth, stuffing a slice of ginseng inside, and placed her index and middle fingers on his pulse at the back of his neck.
Xiao Chensheng was still breathing, but the breath was so weak that it was almost imperceptible.
During the time she studied with Xiao Chensheng, he explained his body structure to her. Since some unknown time, Xiao Chensheng had been constantly disassembling and rebuilding himself.
Therefore, his heart is not in its normal position.
Not only that, but his pulse was also off-track due to his demonic possession.
Therefore, in this world today, if Su Wanyan cannot save Xiao Chensheng, then no one else can save him.
Normally speaking, whether in the past or now, Xiao Chensheng would not have survived.
But Xiao Chensheng has somehow managed to live to this day.
Even Xiao Chensheng himself hadn't expected this level.
However, this seemingly advantageous situation is not as glamorous as it appears to others; severe physical pain will accompany Xiao Chensheng throughout his life.
Therefore, even if he is not injured, he needs to take painkillers from time to time.
Over the years, the body developed drug resistance, and in the end, even if he increased the dosage to the maximum, it was mostly just a placebo effect.
In just a short while, Su Wanyan had covered Xiao Chensheng's body with needles.
His heart meridians were scattered along his left side, while the acupoints near his chest were the most fragmented and sparse, especially around the head wound...
Half of his face was severely damaged, and one of his eyes was definitely beyond saving. Su Wanyan performed the removal surgery, but she didn't throw away the removed eye; instead, she preserved it for him.
Xiao Chensheng is ruthless to others, but even more ruthless to himself. Perhaps he still has a way to remove his eyes...
Thinking of this, Su Wanyan brushed the thought from her mind. If it were really possible, he would definitely take it from someone else...
The skull on his head was clearly visible. Unlike the wound on his heart, the wound on his head had traces of blood, though little, it was at least more normal.
The head is probably the only part of Xiao Chensheng's body that he didn't move.
Perhaps due to timely protection, Xiao Chensheng's skull was not damaged, but apart from losing one eye, one of his ears was also beyond saving.
I wonder if there's any damage to the inner ear...
Su Wanyan skillfully cleaned his wound, stitched it, treated the injury with a scalpel, applied medicine, and then bandaged it with gauze and bandages.
Back then, when Xiao Chensheng taught her surgery, she was very shocked. On the one hand, she was shocked by how advanced Xiao Chensheng's medical concepts were. Dissection, grafting, suturing and other surgeries seemed very ordinary and mediocre in his eyes.
On the other hand, it is shocking to see how infections and bacteria are dealt with in this era without sterile rooms.
When the question was raised, Xiao Chensheng immediately gave the answer.
Postoperative side effects can only be resolved if one survives.
Xiao Chensheng could roughly understand what Su Wanyan meant. Over the years, he gradually learned from failed cases and created more favorable conditions step by step.
Repeating the cycle, tirelessly.
He never denied that his medical skills were honed in piles of dead bodies, and he didn't care.
When she first transmigrated, Su Wanyan was so knowledgeable that she dared not undergo any medical surgery without the necessary conditions, and relied heavily on the acupuncture skills given to her by the system.
Although Su Wanyan never wanted Xiao Chensheng to be superior, she had to admit that Xiao Chensheng was indeed more capable than her.
She was able to achieve a draw with Xiao Chensheng in the medical field only because of the system's support.
Xiao Chensheng is practically her mentor.
This is also why Su Wanyan didn't want him to die. He truly shared everything he knew with her, even if he had ulterior motives. The knowledge she learned was genuine.
"Hmm..."
As soon as the wound on his head was bandaged, Xiao Chensheng frowned and groaned.
He opened his eyes and vaguely saw Su Wanyan washing the blood off her hands. A slight noise disturbed him, but only for a moment. Then, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "Hehe..."
This was the first time Su Wanyan had ever heard him speak so weakly.
"Still have the energy to laugh, looks like nothing serious." Su Wanyan turned around with a smile and teased.
Xiao Chensheng frowned slightly and glanced at his body with difficulty. His chest was already wrapped in bandages, and the wound was not visible.
His body was covered with acupuncture points, and through the blur, a figure could be seen lying beside his bed, looking worried.
Xiao Chensheng didn't struggle at all; instead, the corners of his lips curled up even more: "You should praise me..."
Su Wanyan wrung out the towel, sat down on the stool by the bed, and wiped the water from her hands. She saw Xiao Chensheng's eyes, full of smugness, as he looked at her: "It was me... who instigated the power struggle, so you no longer have any worries... If it weren't for me... you and the court... cough cough cough..."
...I wonder how much longer this will take.
Xiao Chensheng showed no remorse whatsoever; on the contrary, he felt that he had done an excellent job.
Su Wanyan was speechless; he could indeed influence the Empress Dowager's thoughts.
Perhaps the Empress Dowager never intended to take action against Yu Nanqing so soon. Only two years had passed since the campaign in the East Sea, and the Empress Dowager had not yet fully consolidated her power in the court.
With everything in place, the Empress Dowager listened to Xiao Chensheng's slander and was eager to take action against them. Even without external forces, the Empress Dowager's chances of winning were not high.
However, without Xiao Chensheng's intervention, the final outcome would probably not have changed much; his only role was to speed up the process.
However, since the deed had already been done, Su Wanyan didn't want to say anything about it at the moment.
"The hallucinogenic drug I gave you requires you to constantly circulate your internal energy to maintain balance in order to sustain the hallucinations and stay conscious." Su Wanyan leisurely crossed her legs, resting her chin on her hand as she looked at him. "So the moment I entered the main hall, I smelled a drug odor on you that was several times stronger than usual, Xiao Chensheng..."
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