To be honest, Su Ci really doesn't want to get involved in this muddy water!
This little Prince Zhao was born too late. If he had been born a dozen years earlier, he might have been adopted as the crown prince peacefully. Unfortunately, the kings have now shot the arrow and there is no turning back. Having come to this point, no one can give up just for a child. None of them are easy to deal with.
However, the little Prince of Zhao was only four years old and had not yet established himself. Even if the old emperor was very powerful, he could not adopt him as the crown prince at all costs. Moreover, he did not want to push the little Prince of Zhao to the forefront of the storm.
Although this child has been at the center of controversy since birth.
Not only outside the palace, but also inside the palace. You should know that before the little Prince Zhao, the old emperor's preferred heir to the throne was the youngest son of Prince Qian, born to Queen Kun's niece. The child is seven years old this year. He was brought into the palace to be raised five years ago and is still being raised in Changqiu Palace.
Queen Kun and Uncle Kun helped their niece to remarry Prince Qian, and then gave birth to this child. They then tried their best to persuade the old emperor to favor the child and bring him into the palace to be raised. However, they were intercepted at the last minute. Su Ci thought, Kun would definitely not let it go like this, right?
This is the imperial palace. It goes without saying that Prince Zhao is heavily guarded around him. Even his personal servants are said to be selected by the emperor himself. These layers of protection allow the emperor to do things right under his nose, and when his injuries relapsed and he was unable to take care of himself, someone took advantage of the opportunity and reported that Prince Zhao had been poisoned.
If Su Ci were to tell it, Queen Kun would be the most likely suspect as the mastermind behind this attack.
She had gradually learned about these related information over the past year or so, especially after she had made an engagement with Yang Yanzong. Whenever she had any questions outside, she would ask him directly. Now she was quite clear about these important people and entanglements.
So my scalp tingles when I hear her words, and I really don’t want to get involved in muddy water!
But now she has no choice but to think about it or not.
Being dragged by Sun Shiping and running all the way, she hurriedly asked: "Where is the imperial physician? Where is the imperial physician? Where is the imperial physician?!"
"I'm not good at poisoning!!!" Can you find someone else who's good at it? !
"The poison that King Zhao has been poisoned with is not just any poison. The doctors are helpless!!!"
Su Ci: “…”
She was dragged to run without any explanation, panting like a bellows, and almost fell down the stairs. Fortunately, Yang Yanzong, who was beside her, rescued her in time. He put his arm around her waist and lifted her up to catch up with Sun Shiping.
Sun Shiping stared at him without saying anything, and tacitly allowed him to follow him into Qingxi Study.
Qingxi Study, the place where the young King of Zhao studied and lived, although the name sounds like a small place, it is actually very large. It has blue bricks and black tiles, rockery and flowing water, a play area, a study and a bedroom, a large lawn garden, and even a shallow lake in the garden. It has everything you need for life and you can get it without leaving the house.
The old emperor gave the place prepared for his prince to the young Prince of Zhao.
At this moment, the Qingxi Study was brightly lit. Huang Dewei led the imperial guards and rushed to surround the study. Everyone looked solemn and serious. Su Ci even heard crying. As soon as she was dragged into the gate, a middle-aged noblewoman who was crying so hard that she looked old rushed over and grabbed her wrist. She and Sun Shiping pulled her inside and ran wildly, "Imperial Physician, Imperial Physician, come, come and save Shier!!"
Su Ci guessed that this was the mother of the young King Zhao, Princess Zhao. She was dragged through the front yard and rushed into the palace door. The first thing that caught her eye was a gorgeous woman in golden splendor!
I'm sorry, Su Ci doesn't want to use the word "magnificent" - this word has always been used to describe buildings and decorations, but there is no way, the woman in front of her is wearing a gorgeous red palace skirt with a hundred phoenixes piercing the clouds, the golden phoenix raised its head and let out a long roar straight into the sky, the hem of her skirt is shining with golden light, she wears a nine-dragon and five-phoenix kingfisher crown on her head, she is very beautiful, with drooping eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and an imposing aura. The whole person, whether it is clothes or face, is like a dazzling light source.
This woman was undoubtedly Queen Kun. When she stood in this elegant and graceful palace, she felt that everything else just became a foil.
Except for the old emperor.
The old emperor also came. After hearing the news, he immediately ordered people to carry the couch and rush to Qingxi Study. At present, this supreme couple in the world, one was guarding the little King Zhao behind the screen, and the other was standing outside the screen with a cold face.
There is another one, Uncle Kun. Uncle Kun is also here, but he is kneeling on the steps outside the main hall.
It was icy and snowy, with a biting cold wind and people coming and going. Uncle Kun just knelt with his head bowed and his knees straight on the white marble floor that had not been cleared of snow.
Su Ci just passed by there.
Her mood suddenly became complicated and subtle. The person who was previously high and mighty as if he could dominate the fate of everyone, including her, felt like he had fallen from the altar all of a sudden.
When crossing the threshold, Su Ci was pulled hard and tripped. Yang Yanzong supported her again. At this time, Su Ci couldn't help but look back and look at him.
The man's eyes were as deep as the sea, but his brows did not move.
Su Ci calmed herself down.
Then she was pulled into the screen. The old emperor ordered all etiquette to be waived and she went straight to see the little Prince Zhao lying on the bed.
A little child, wearing a snow-white nightgown, was lying on the bed. He seemed to be unconscious, but his brows were tightly knitted as he covered his chest and abdomen, mumbling vaguely, "...It hurts, Mom, it hurts,...Uncle, it hurts,..."
The old emperor's face turned pale, and he shouted urgently: "Quick, no need to be polite, come and see how Shi'er is doing!!"
In fact, the symptoms have been diagnosed. Although the imperial doctors and imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau are not good at some areas, they are undoubtedly masters in this field and have no problem in diagnosing the disease. They just have no way!
With today's medical knowledge, some diseases are fatal and there is no cure.
The little King of Zhao had been fed gold powder in his food for a long time.
Gold of gold.
Anyone serving Prince Zhao had to be searched repeatedly when they came in and out, even the menial servants like washing clothes and carrying water were not exempted. The old emperor was on high alert, and ordinary poisons and other miscellaneous things could not possibly get close to him.
But no matter how tight the defense is, and no matter how hard you try to pry, there will always be a loophole. Even if you conduct a thorough body search every day, it is impossible to prevent people from wearing jewelry, right?
The people close to Prince Zhao were rewarded generously during the holidays. Gold and silver were just a common thing in the middle and upper classes of the palace slave circle. The gold foil and gold filigree were ground into gold powder, and a little bit of it was mixed into Prince Zhao's food every day. Gold is a heavy metal with a very high density. After entering the human body through the throat, it will accumulate in the stomach and intestines and cannot be excreted. By the time it is discovered, the situation is already very serious.
The old emperor has been in bad condition recently. Other places may have been kept secret and not noticed, but it is different in Qingxi Book House. The emperor has not come to see the young Prince Zhao in person for a long time. This is obviously very abnormal, so the people in Qingxi Book House have been worried during this period - their master is still young, and once someone else comes to power, what awaits them is the fate of being buried alive.
This kind of environment gave the attacker great convenience, and he attacked frequently and many times, and soon King Zhao was poisoned.
In fact, it is not quite correct to say that it was poisoning, but in ancient times it was indeed classified as a type of poisoning disease, called gold poison, which is based on the same principle as committing suicide by swallowing gold, and there is no cure.
Su Ci was almost bald. After she checked the pulse and pressed the child's belly, she was dragged to the group of imperial doctors to discuss the previous events. They spoke one by one, tremblingly, and everyone looked pale. It was really a bad year. After His Majesty, here comes a little King of Zhao!
In the end, everyone placed their hopes on Su Ci - they were not good at the knife and acupuncture method, but it had been passed down since ancient times and everyone accepted it quickly. They had already found out the treatment method Su Ci used on the old emperor, and surgical removal sounded very feasible in principle!
Su Ci: The pressure is so great!
Damn it!
Yang Yanzong asked in a deep voice: "Can he be saved?"
He also entered the hall, and his sharp eyes scanned the hall inside and outside. He stood next to the imperial doctors and beside Su Ci, and asked in a low voice.
Su Ci: “Seventy percent.”
It should be possible. The place the child covered tightly was his stomach. When asked, he said the pain in other places was far less than that in this place. The pain sounded more like intestinal cramps caused by stomach spasms.
"You save people first."
Yang Yanzong said in a deep voice without saying anything.
Su Ci nodded. She understood. No matter who she would offend or what vortex she would be caught in, she had to save her life first.
Compared with the hurdle in front of me, the ones behind are nothing.
Let Yang Yanzong worry about it!
Su Ci whispered a few words to Sun Shiping, who was overjoyed and crawled to the old emperor to talk.
The old emperor immediately ordered the place to be cleared and everyone left the hall. Several people rushed out to Shangyang Palace to move the narrow couch, equipment and other items in front.
Su Ci felt Queen Kun's gaze.
The presence was so strong that her scalp felt a little bit dizzy. The sharpness of the other person's gaze was so strong and stressful.
She didn't dare to look back. Politics was not her forte, so she decided to leave it to Yang Yanzong and focus on saving people first.
There were a lot of people in the hall, and many people who heard the news rushed into the palace, bringing all kinds of things like Gold-Transforming Powder and Soul-Restoring Pills. Among them were even Ji Yuanhao and Ji Chengtan. Several royal palaces were very well-informed and had people come, but they were all intercepted by Huang Dewei and asked to leave.
Ji Chengtan looked inside with great concern, but since his brother was also around, he didn't dare to say anything.
Of course, Su Ci didn't know all this. Even if she knew, she wouldn't have any idea about it because she was busy preparing for the operation.
——It would be great if we had gastroscopy and colonoscopy. The chances of non-invasive removal of abnormalities through gastroscopy are very high. If we are lucky, the child will be alive and well soon and will not need to take any medicine.
But now there is no such thing, so I have to open the abdomen.
The old emperor considered going to Shangyang Palace, but it was too cold now. He was afraid that moving the child out would cause more trouble and make the situation worse. In the end, he decided to do it in Qingxi Study, and chose a side hall as the location.
The screen was moved away, even the bed was moved away, the carpet, tables and chairs were all pulled out, Sun Shiping directed people to wash and scrub repeatedly and watched as they ran back and forth to fumigate with vinegar, the temperature in the room was controlled just right, neither cold nor hot.
When Su Ci came back from cleaning and changing clothes, the room was already empty and well decorated. This was the best sterile environment Su Ci could try her best to create. Sun Shiping, Huang Dewei and little Zhao Wang had a wet nurse who was responsible for comforting and taking care of the child. Little Zhao Wang was so scared that he kept crying after being slapped awake. He drank Ma Fei Tang later and then let the wet nurse leave.
"Don't be afraid, little prince. You will be fine after a good sleep."
Su Ci said a few words to comfort the child and glanced at Sun Shiping. The latter understood and brought the Ma Fei Tang over. The child was helped to sit up while sobbing. He became braver and drank the soup by himself holding the bowl.
After taking a dose of strong Ma Fei Tang, the child fell into a deep coma in less than two quarters of an hour. After a skin test and an injection, Su Ci signaled Sun Shiping to strip off the little King Zhao's clothes, touched the child's stomach where he had just been pressed tightly, pricked the acupuncture points with gold needles to stop the bleeding, disinfected the skin surface with alcohol, and made a cut with the thin and sharp blade. There was a clear "hiss" sound of the skin and flesh parting, and bright red blood immediately overflowed.
"Hook, rinse!"
After separating the preperitoneal fat and preperitoneal tissue, Su Ci successfully opened the peritoneum. The incision she made was not big. She inserted her finger in and fumbled for a moment to determine the location of the deposited foreign body, and then she cut the stomach neatly.
The foreign object was taken out very smoothly. The gold powder had coagulated into a ball. Over time, the surface had been corroded and rubbed by gastric juice and turned black, but the golden color could still be seen. It was irregular in shape, and the thickest part was as thick as the base of the little finger.
Su Ci shook the piece of gold and let out a light breath. She noticed that Yang Yanzong was looking at her, and subconsciously looked up and smiled at him. He couldn't see because of the big mask, but he could see that her eyes were curved and there was sweat on her forehead, but her slightly upturned fox eyes were still as bright as ever.
Yang Yanzong closed his eyes.
Neither of them spoke. Su Ci lowered her head and continued the operation. The child's stomach showed signs of perforation, but fortunately it did not penetrate. The inflammation was a bit serious. After thinking about it, she decided to keep the sutures as much as possible after cleaning to maintain its original state.
Children are small and their stomachs are small, so any small cut will have a big impact on their subsequent growth and development.
This treatment takes a little longer. She repeatedly rinses it with saline and finally sutures it carefully. Then she starts to close the abdominal cavity, layer by layer. During this period, she uses the only two types of needles she currently has, changes two needle techniques, and finally sutures the skin.
The operation was not difficult and was successfully completed in about two hours. Su Ci felt the child's pulse and felt his breathing, wiped the sutured wound with alcohol, and finally bandaged it.
"The gold nuggets in the stomach have been taken out. There may be some residue in the intestines. We will wait until the child... Prince Zhao wakes up. We may need a second operation."
Without CT scan and X-ray, this is the only thing we can do. If there are scattered gold powder residues, it is not a big problem. But if it reaches the extent of coagulation into lumps, another surgery will be necessary.
Every time they did it late at night, Su Ci was very tired. After finishing, she was sweaty and washed her hands several times. After explaining the precautions, she left directly.
The old emperor was still guarding, half lying on a long couch covered with a bright yellow brocade quilt, his legs motionless. When he heard the report, he slightly leaned to the side and propped himself up. The eunuch quickly and carefully placed a pillow under him. The light in the outer hall was dim, but his face did not seem to be very good, which still made people feel pressured.
The emperor twisted the gold nugget on the tray and asked, "How is Shi'er? Can he be cured?"
Su Ci said: "It should be fine."
"should?"
The old emperor raised his wrinkled and drooping eyelids and stared at Su Ci. Su Ci endured the pressure for a long while, and finally nodded.
Well, it doesn’t really matter whether you click on this end or not, so don’t make it difficult for yourself.
I'm so tired. Dealing with these people in the palace is really exhausting. Why can't doctors focus on treatment and scientific research? Damn ancient imperial power!
After staying up most of the night, Su Ci was so tired that she could hardly open her eyes. She declined Sun Shiping's request to escort her. In the end, the other party sent a young eunuch to lead the way, and several guards also accompanied him.
However, these people were different from Sun Shiping. They followed one after the other, and they didn't know each other and were not very close to each other. When Su Ci walked out of the door, she looked up carefully. Uncle Kun was still kneeling there. It seemed that the old emperor was really furious.
In the other side hall where the lights were on, a figure in gorgeous scarlet palace dress stood behind the wide-open hall door, eyes facing this side.
A gust of cold wind blew, and Su Ci quickly shrank her head, tucked her big fur cloak in, and quickly ran out in two steps.
After leaving Qingxi Study, she glanced at Yang Yanzong, but Yang Yanzong shook his head slightly.
——Uncle Kun and Queen Kun will be fine in the end.
The Kun family was a famous minister of the founding of the country, and their family had been prosperous for more than ten generations. The old emperor successfully ascended the throne with the assistance of the Kun family. The Kun family has always been the old emperor's confidant and the old emperor's two empresses were from the Kun family.
At this moment when he is old and injured and the kings are powerful and united, it is absolutely impossible for the old emperor to cut off his own arm!
This can be seen from the fact that Uncle Kun only knelt outside the palace instead of being dragged out and beaten with a stick, let alone being pushed out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded.
He lowered his voice and said a few words. Su Ci understood immediately, "Is that so?" She sighed a little, it turned out that the other party was fearless.
It turns out that the one who should be worried is not others, but himself. Now they have inevitably offended Queen Kun and Uncle Kun. Just thinking about it makes one feel overwhelmed.
"If an enemy comes, we will stop him; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth."
Yang Yanzong said calmly.
He had been through many ups and downs in his life and had survived countless life-and-death situations. He became the leader of two families before he was 20 years old. There was nothing to be afraid of. As long as he was not put to death immediately, he would have room to turn things around.
Listening to this man speak always gives you a feeling of being able to withstand extraordinary pressure and feel at ease. Even when the wind is strong and the rain is heavy, he remains unmoved.
Forget it, don’t think about it anymore and just leave it to him.
Every man has his own expertise, and this man is a leader among conspirators.
Su Ci returned to Deqing Palace with her neck hunched. It was already four o'clock in the morning. She was so tired that she collapsed on the couch and didn't want to move at all. She couldn't do it anymore. She was going to die.
Spending one day in this palace is like spending a year outside.
There was a floor heating in the room, so it wasn't cold but rather warm. After a while of fumigation, she couldn't open her eyes anymore. A second before she fell into a deep sleep, Su Ci thought, I hope the old emperor and the young Prince Zhao get better soon!
It’s best to take a flight.
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