Zhao Shu smiled and said, "No need for formalities. Thank you all for your hard work. Xiao Guozi, go and have Xing'er make some good food for you gentlemen later."
"Yes, Princess." Xiao Guozi hurriedly replied.
"Old Peng, what do you plan to do with these assassins?" Her gaze fell on the assassins, who all had wounds of varying degrees, and had been bandaged and treated. Seeing that they were being treated like this, she began to feel indignant. Why was her Crown Prince brother still lying in bed, his body and mind covered in wounds, while these people were being treated and well cared for?
The old physician Peng pointed at the group and said, “The injuries of these people are very similar to those of His Highness. I recently read some medical books and found that the Drunken Heart Flower has an anesthetic effect, so I thought I would try it. In the past, I used to anesthetize myself, but now it is very effective on them. They don’t feel much pain at all.”
"But it can only be local anesthesia, and it's only temporary. My Crown Prince brother will still be in a lot of pain!" Zhao Shu's tone was extremely unfriendly. Her eyes were cold as she stared at the assassins, scanning their legs one by one. Their legs were all fine, but her Crown Prince brother's was lame. And that wasn't all; they wanted to kill him!
"It would be good if it could alleviate the pain a bit." The old physician Peng was extremely excited, thinking it was a great discovery. He didn't even notice the loophole in Zhao Shu's words and muttered to himself, "The leg injury is minor, but having children is major. I would like to ask the princess if she has any prescriptions for this." How could he ask such a question? After he finished speaking, he blushed and glanced at Zhao Shu, only to be startled.
"Princess, did you hear that?" He quickly looked away, not daring to look into Zhao Shu's eyes, which seemed to be able to devour people.
"What offspring?" Zhao Shu pressed closer, not intending to let him off the hook.
Seeing that things were going badly, Xiao Guozi quickly sent Peng Chengjun away, leaving Zhao Shu and the old doctor Peng alone. He then stood guard by the door. Yang Quan was thrown into the courtyard, and the door to the house was naturally left open.
Physician Peng realized that he had said something he shouldn't have in his excitement. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince's leg was healed, he would still be unable to have children and thus be ineligible for the throne. The royal family needs to have many offspring, and how could the emperor have difficulty conceiving? Although Emperor Mingde only had one legitimate son, the Crown Prince, he already had more than twenty illegitimate sons.
"Old Physician Peng, if you don't tell me today, don't even think about getting any prescriptions from me in the future," Zhao Shu threatened, speaking harshly to Physician Peng for the first time.
Physician Peng scratched his head. He thought about the prescription and keeping it a secret for a moment, then gritted his teeth with great reluctance and said with a thick neck, "Princess, please forgive me. Even if you never give me a prescription again in the future, I will not tell you today!"
"You really won't tell me?" Zhao Shu lost her patience. Lately, she had become extremely irritable whenever the matter involved the Crown Prince, and she often felt like she was about to explode.
Physician Peng nodded, his gaze resolute. The fewer people who knew about this matter, the better. In his mind, although Zhao Shu was intelligent and known as the female Gan Luo, she was still too young. It was best to keep it a secret as much as possible, and the Empress Dowager certainly did not want anyone to know about this matter, as knowing it might lead to her death.
"Fine, I'll go see him myself. You know I understand medicine, and in Guanzhou, apart from my grandmother, no one can control me. If I want to personally examine my brother the Crown Prince, I'm sure no one can stop me! What do you say?" She then turned to leave, her demeanor fierce.
Physician Peng closed his eyes helplessly. Just as Zhao Shu stepped out of the door, he said, "Princess, please wait."
Zhao Shu stopped and sighed heavily. "As you guessed, it's difficult to have children."
"Bang!" Zhao Shu slammed her fist on the doorframe. "I'm going to kill him!"
"I have been researching prescriptions recently. If the princess has any good prescriptions, please give them to me. I will do my best to treat His Highness the Crown Prince."
Zhao Shu turned back, walked silently to the desk, asked Xiao Guozi to grind the ink, picked up the brush and wrote down the prescriptions she remembered one by one. However, she was holding back a breath in her heart and did not know how to vent it.
After writing down the prescription, he casually wrote down the formula for the anesthetic as well, and handed it to Physician Peng. "Physician Peng, if you don't want to use the anesthetic decoction, it's best not to use it. It has side effects, especially during general anesthesia. A person under general anesthesia doesn't breathe, so please remember that." In Dayong, there was no high-tech equipment like ventilators, and excessive dosage could lead to extremely serious consequences.
Physician Peng took the prescription and looked at the densely packed words on it. He was so surprised that he couldn't speak. "No...no, Princess, these...please rest assured, if I can't cure him, I will cut off my own head and hang it on the wall!" His hands trembled as he held the prescription.
Zhao Shu bowed deeply to him, "Thank you for your trouble, Elder Peng. I entrust my brother, the Crown Prince, to you." She had no experience in treating patients, only a wealth of prescriptions and pharmacological knowledge. She could treat ordinary people on a regular basis, but the Crown Prince was no ordinary person. She dared not gamble, and could not gamble.
Physician Peng also bowed deeply to her, "Thank you for your kindness, Princess, and for your generous gift, Your Highness." In recent days, he had discovered that his medical skills had greatly improved. He could not have imagined that in the future his achievements would even surpass Ouyang Ping's, making him a new generation of divine physician. Even when his prestige was already very high, he still often thought of the time when he met Zhao Shuchu. At that time, he was a centenarian.
After expressing their gratitude to each other, the two quickly began to discuss the prince's injuries and the appropriate treatment.
The Crown Prince's prescription was not something that Physician Peng could decide alone. After some discussion, the two decided to treat the legs first, and then the other parts, proceeding step by step.
After finalizing the most effective prescription, Physician Peng went to see Physician Zhou, while Zhao Shu returned to Jinlan Palace.
As he left the courtyard, Physician Peng glanced at the assassins and shook his head. "Gentlemen, are there any more assassins?"
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