“My daughter is naughty and has made the princess laugh at her,” Xing Qin said.
"General Xing, A-Yue and I are good friends, so you don't need to be so formal with me. Your leg always hurts, no matter how much you move it, right?"
"Yes, the imperial physician said it damaged the meridians and couldn't be cured. He can only take it slow and recover. Fortunately, it doesn't have a big impact. This little injury is nothing to me." Xing Qin waved his hand dismissively.
This pain is far less than that of the soldiers who died on the battlefield.
Ah Yue was worried about herself and kept saying that she wanted to find a miracle doctor to treat her.
“General Xing, this isn’t a problem with your meridians, but rather something is stuck in your leg that hasn’t been removed, which is why you’re in pain,” Su Ruojin explained the diagnosis.
Xing Qin was stunned. Several imperial physicians in the palace had examined his leg and said that it was due to damage to the meridians and required slow recuperation.
He hadn't paid much attention when Su Ruojin offered to examine him, assuming her diagnosis would be similar to that of the imperial physician.
Unexpectedly, Su Ruojin came to a different conclusion.
Before Xing Qin could say anything, Xing Yue asked anxiously, "Xiao Jin, what is it?"
There's something inside Father's body, no wonder he's in pain.
“I can’t be sure what exactly it was without seeing it, but I guess it was when the spear that supported the king pierced the general’s leg, the wooden part of the spear cracked, and some wood chips were left in his body,” Su Ruojin explained.
On the battlefield, medical conditions are limited and military doctors are scarce. Sometimes, after a battle, hundreds or even thousands of people are wounded, and the military doctors can only bandage them up haphazardly and wait for the wounds to heal on their own.
Moreover, the medical skills of the army doctors were not comparable to those of the imperial physicians in the palace. It is likely that when General Xing was injured, the doctor did not notice the splinter of wood in the wound when bandaging it and failed to remove it in time.
By the time General Xing returned to Yuncheng after the battle, his wounds had healed, and no problems were visible.
For soldiers, it's common to have some injuries, so nobody cares.
"Can it be taken out?" Xing Yue asked hurriedly.
“I’ll try. General Xing, I’ll use a knife to cut open your old wound and find the wood shavings. It might hurt a bit, so you’ll have to bear with it.”
Upon hearing this, Xing Qin's face showed some unease. "Princess, why don't we have the imperial physician remove it for me?"
"Does the general not trust my medical skills?"
If that's the case, Su Ruojin will never force him.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant, Princess. Please don't misunderstand. I have no doubt about your medical skills, it's just... it's just..." Xing Qin looked somewhat embarrassed.
Su Ruojin then realized that General Xing had injured his leg, and normally it would be inconvenient for her, a young woman, to examine the injury in that area.
This was something she hadn't expected; there were several places on her legs, and if it was in certain areas, it would indeed be a bit awkward.
Su Ruojin is a doctor. She may not care about the gender of her patients, but that doesn't mean the patients don't care.
Especially since the other party was his friend's father.
Xing Yue understood, and her face showed difficulty.
What should we do?
Other imperial physicians couldn't see the problem, but Xiao Jin saw it as soon as she arrived. She wouldn't feel at ease if someone else were to treat her father.
"General Xing, could you roughly point out where the wound is?" Su Ruojin asked after thinking for a moment. In any case, she wanted to find out the location first.
This time, Xing Qin didn't hesitate and pointed to a spot through her clothes, "Here."
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