Huo Guxian looked at Zhao Shu, his eyes filled with tears, and shook his head. "No, Second Uncle will protect her himself. Xian'er's abilities are limited, and I cannot agree to Second Uncle's request."
"Look, you've been naughty again. Your second uncle will never scold you again. Promise me, this is the first time your second uncle has asked you for a favor, how can you bear to refuse?" he pleaded, his voice low and humble.
Zhao Shu had already cried uncontrollably and didn't know what to say. The ice in his hand melted, so he added another piece, but the bleeding still couldn't be stopped.
At this moment, Physician Peng was also invited over. He carried a medicine box and shook his head inwardly when he saw Huo Baichuan's appearance. "Princess, let me come."
Zhao Shu was flustered by her concern, and unlike the experienced Physician Peng, she shifted her body slightly, but her hand did not leave Huo Baichuan's body.
Old Doctor Peng took out a bunch of medicines from his medicine box, and then took out new gauze to stop the bleeding.
"Princess, there's something in the wound..." His meaning was clear: if the thing wasn't removed first, even if the bleeding stopped, it would start gushing blood again; but if it wasn't removed, Huo Baichuan wouldn't survive.
However, the wound is still bleeding profusely, and we must stop the bleeding first.
Zhao Shu knew she couldn't blame him; it was because medical conditions were poor. But she still couldn't help but lose her temper. "Incompetent doctor! He can't even save a person!" she yelled.
Physician Peng did not refute; he held back, lowered his head, and continued to treat the patient, deciding to stop the bleeding first.
Zhao Shu looked at Huo Guxian, pulled her along, and tried to soften her tone, "Xian'er, do you want to save your second uncle?"
"Yes." Huo Guxian nodded obediently.
"Okay, then I need to draw your blood, are you willing?" As soon as she said it, she felt so sad that she cried. In this era, where could one find the means to receive a blood transfusion? Although she knew how to test blood types and how to get a transfusion.
But she never thought she had any extraordinary medical skills, so she never thought of creating any blood transfusion equipment in this era.
Even if the Huo family donated blood to Huo Baichuan, she still couldn't have one person's blood transfused into another's body; there wasn't that advanced equipment available!
"Okay." Huo Guxian agreed without hesitation.
But Zhao Shu was speechless. If she had known she would need it one day, she would have risked her life to make a set of equipment. Unfortunately, it was too late.
However, even if she wanted to, there were other things she couldn't do. The amazing blood-changing skills of the divine doctors in TV dramas were just acting. In ancient times, there was no such thing as blood transfusion or blood exchange.
Huo Baichuan reached out and grabbed Zhao Shu's hand, "Don't harm Xian'er, he is the hope of our Huo family."
Even when his life was at stake, he was still thinking of others. Zhao Shu was furious, furious that he had become so kind.
A dying man's words are often kind. Huo Baichuan simply knew he was going to die, so he wanted to leave Zhao Shu a way out.
"Listen to me," he pleaded.
Zhao Shu nodded with tears in her eyes, "Okay, you can tell me, I'll listen, I'll listen to everything."
"From now on, he... should retire if he can." The "he" he was referring to was Wei Tingsi.
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Zhao Shu nodded.
"Disharmony between civil and military officials has existed since ancient times, and most military officers with power do not have a good life." His voice was very soft, but each word clearly reached the ears of the person next to him.
Zhao Shu nodded but did not reply.
At this point, Huo Baichuan looked at Huo Guxian and said, "Xian'er, if the Huo family members become officials in the court in the future, they must not be enemies with the Wei family or the Yongwang Mansion. Swear this!"
"Second Uncle..." Huo Guxian cried, "Second Uncle, I swear that the Huo family will never be enemies with the Wei family or the Yongwang Mansion!"
"Swear again that you will protect the princess!" He was more serious than ever before.
Zhao Shu couldn't say anything. She just cried harder than when she died at the South Gate in her previous life. If she had known he would think of her like this, she would have preferred that he never appeared, or that he would have gone far away.
Huo Guxian did not hesitate. He stretched out his hand and swore to the heavens, "I swear that I will lead the Huo family to protect Sister Ajun and the Yongwang Mansion, and will never be an enemy of the Wei family!"
“Don’t cry. If you keep crying, I won’t be able to leave in peace.” He said to Zhao Shu, “You weren’t a crybaby before.”
"I didn't want to, but I couldn't help it. It's all your fault." Zhao Shu thought that she would never shed so many tears again in her life, because all her tears had been shed today.
"I'm sorry, I made you cry." He apologized sincerely.
Zhao Shu frowned, her brows furrowed tightly. He reached out to smooth her furrowed brows, but stopped when he saw her hands covered in blood. "Hands covered in blood, that's exactly how I look now."
"Princess, the bleeding has stopped!" Physician Peng suddenly said with delight.
Zhao Shu looked at his chest with surprise and found that the bleeding had indeed stopped, but her joy was only temporary, because she was not confident that she could remove the object from his chest.
"Bai Chuan, do you believe I can save you?" Zhao Shu didn't believe in herself, but she hoped Huo Bai Chuan would.
Huo Baichuan nodded with a smile, "I believe you, but I really don't want to live anymore. I feel sorry for you. Call me dramatic or a sore loser if you want, I just don't want to live anymore."
"Can you be selfish for once in front of me? Please? I beg you!" Zhao Shu burst into tears again.
This man is too much of a gentleman; why can't he be a little more of a villain?
"I've already been a petty person, stubbornly wanting you to remember me, selfishly dying in front of you. I'm sorry, I didn't want it to be like this. Please forgive me, okay?" He smiled sadly, like a pond full of lotus leaves that had begun to wither.
"Go and bring a stretcher," the old physician Peng ordered.
Before long, the stretcher was brought over. Wei Tingsi did not come over; he instructed Peng Rui to come and carry Huo Baichuan.
Huo Baichuan was carried onto a stretcher and into the house.
While they were talking, Physician Peng had already written down the prescription and instructed someone to prepare the medicine. Huo Baichuan had lost too much blood and could not receive a blood transfusion, so he could only rely on medicine to replenish his blood.
After the bleeding was stopped, the Empress Dowager and Zhao Yi rushed over and saw Huo Baichuan lying on the bed covered in blood. Both of them turned pale.
"Imperial Physician, how is Lord Huo?" the Empress Dowager asked.
Accompanying the Empress Dowager and Zhao Yi were all the civil and military officials. Yi De's intrusion into Prince Yong's residence shocked the court and the public, and everyone came.
They had no time to concern themselves with why Huo Baichuan was still alive; all they saw was Zhao Shu's murderous aura and her tear-streaked face.
This first princess of the imperial family was often in the limelight, but who would have thought she would cry her heart out?
In their hearts, Princess Jun should be strong and ruthless; when has she ever been so weak?
"The bleeding has stopped, but it won't be easy to remove the contents from the body," said the old doctor Peng truthfully. "I'm afraid..." He shook his head.
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager shouted sternly, "Summon all the imperial physicians! If they cannot save Minister Huo, you will all bring your heads to me!" Her anger stemmed from two reasons: first, she saw Zhao Shu was nearly heartbroken; second, Huo Baichuan could not die!
Without Huo Baichuan, the political situation would become unstable.
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