Amber was bending over to grind ink and didn't see Gu Jue at first, but Gu Jue's long shadow cast on the ground extended towards her.
She suddenly raised her head and looked towards the window. She found a big man in the room. She was so scared that she almost screamed, but Chu Qianchen quickly covered her mouth.
Fearing that Amber might do something bad, Chu Qianchen silently gave her a warning look.
Amber nodded repeatedly, meaning that she would not scream.
Amber thought desperately: She had already met the emperor, the prince, and the crown prince, and they hadn't even knelt to greet her. It didn't seem like a big deal that the prince appeared in her own girl's boudoir.
Chu Qianchen released the hand that was covering Amber's mouth, wiped his palm with a handkerchief, then quickly stood up, walked lightly to Gu Jue, and looked up at him with a faint smile.
Because she was in her own yard, she dressed casually. She wore a lilac-colored narrow-sleeved cross-collared blouse and a white lace skirt. Her black hair was loosely tied into a bun. She was not wearing any jewelry or veil, revealing her delicate and beautiful facial features.
The candlelight made her phoenix eyes sparkle, and her rosy cheeks were as beautiful as a night-blooming cereus suddenly blooming in the moonlight.
"Your Highness," Chu Qianchen's eyes lingered on his handsome face. Seeing that he looked good, the smile on his lips deepened a little, and his smile was as beautiful as a flower. "Are the pills I made enough?"
As expected, Mo Chen delivered the pill to the prince.
Chu Qianchen's eyes curved into a pair of crescents, and his voice was clear and gentle, delicate and soft, sounding very well-behaved, and like he was acting coquettishly.
Chu Qianchen's matter-of-fact look made Gu Jue almost feel for a moment that he was not breaking into her boudoir at night.
"Enough." Gu Jue nodded slightly.
The pills she gave were enough to last until the next follow-up visit. Gu Jue knew this, and Chu Qianchen certainly knew it too.
Chu Qianchen admonished him earnestly and said, "Next time, you can tell me earlier. Although the effect of the pills is not as good as the freshly boiled medicine, it is still effective."
“Tick-tock.”
A slight dripping sound suddenly occurred.
The sound was extremely faint, like the hum of a mosquito, but Chu Qianchen and Gu Jue were both people with sharp ears and eyes, and they both looked in the direction of the sound.
Amber stared at them blankly, still holding the ink stick in her hand. The dripping sound just now was the sound of ink dripping from the ink stick to the ground.
Gu Jue's gaze swept from the ink stick in Amber's hand to the desk, and his eyes moved to the knives, drawings, and leaf cards placed on the desk.
Amber's entire body froze as the two men stared at her. She quickly placed the ink stick on the edge of the inkstone. For some reason, she had an odd feeling as if she was an outsider.
"Miss Chu, I came to you to ask you to save someone." Gu Jue came to Chu Qianchen in the middle of the night without telling her, so he had no business to visit her. "I want you to go out with me."
Under normal circumstances, Mo Chen, Yun Zhan and Xue Fengyan could all invite people for him, so there would be no need for Gu Jue to do it himself. The problem was that it was already three o'clock in the morning. If he wanted to kidnap a girl in the middle of the night, he had to be sincere.
Gu Jue felt that Chu Qianchen would most likely not agree, and he was prepared to use extraordinary means to persuade her...
"Okay!" Chu Qianchen agreed readily.
No matter who the prince wants her to save, it’s no problem.
At this moment, even Amber could see a tail swishing happily behind her girl.
Chu Qianchen looked at Gu Jue with a smile, as well-behaved as he could be, like a cat waiting for praise, gentle yet arrogant.
Chu Qianchen turned around and told Huber, "Huber, you stay in the mansion."
"If I am not back by the time to pay my respects tomorrow morning, you should tell me that I am ill and have recovered from a cold."
Chu Qianchen picked up the medicine box on the side, turned around and looked at Gu Jue with a smile, "Let's go."
Gu Jue: “…”
Gu Jue's narrow eyes deepened, and he sighed in his heart: Doesn't this girl have any sense of guard against others at all?
Or does she just believe in herself?
Gu Jue's face remained calm as he approached Chu Qianchen. He was a head taller than Chu Qianchen, and the shadow cast by his tall figure almost completely enveloped her...
Amber almost cried out and quickly covered her mouth, watching Gu Jue easily pick up Chu Qianchen by the waist and jump out of the window.
She just blinked a few times, and Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen disappeared into the thick night.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The sound of gongs at midnight came from afar, and each beat was like a heavy hammer hitting Amber's heart.
For Amber, this was destined to be a sleepless night.
The cool night breeze blew slowly, making the corners of their clothes flutter in the wind.
It was the first time for Chu Qianchen to experience the feeling of flying over eaves and walking on walls, but the feeling of not having her feet on the ground did not make her feel uneasy. Instead, she enjoyed the feeling of spreading her wings like a roc.
She knew that the prince would not abandon her.
The two of them were very close, so close that Chu Qianchen could clearly see the dark stubble on his chin, and so close that she could smell the faint scent of agarwood...
So close that she could feel his heartbeat beneath his chest.
very nice.
Chu Qianchen pursed his lips and smiled.
The bright and hazy moonlight reflected on her face, with a soft pearl-like halo. The girl was already very beautiful, and at this moment she was even more dazzlingly beautiful.
After jumping over another high wall, Gu Jue put her down in the alley next to the marquis's mansion.
"I'm sorry." Gu Jue said softly.
The low male voice was so cold and clear.
From the shadows in the alley came the sound of horses galloping.
Absolute shadow!
Chu Qianchen looked at the black horse that walked out of the darkness with its four hooves stepping on the snow, his eyes shining with a strange light.
The previous few times she went to Yuanqing Temple to see the prince for a follow-up visit, she didn't see Jueying and felt sorry for it. Today, she finally saw Jueying again.
Gu Jue called out "Jueying", and the black horse, swinging its long tail, leisurely walked to his side.
Gu Jue grabbed the reins and said to Chu Qianchen, "I'm sorry to ask you to ride with me, young lady."
His original intention was to have him help Chu Qianchen after he got on the horse. After all, Jueying was much taller and more majestic than the mares ridden by those little girls, and she was also more wild in temperament.
Who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, Chu Qianchen took the reins, stroked the black horse's slender neck in a very "familiar" manner, then pushed his left foot into the stirrup, and lightly climbed onto the horse like a flying swallow spreading its wings.
Just from the way she mounted the horse, Gu Jue could tell that her riding skills were quite good.
Gu Jue had a flash of thought and immediately got on the horse, sitting astride Chu Qianchen.
Sitting on Jueying's high horse back, Chu Qianchen was in an extremely happy mood.
A BMW naturally has the temperament of a BMW. She knew that Jueying has always been aloof and only listens to the prince and only recognizes the prince.
If the reins were not still in the prince's hands, and if the prince had not acquiesced, Jueying would have thrown her off the horse long ago.
Does this count as bullying? !
Chu Qianchen laughed secretly in his heart and happily masturbated Jueying several times along the way.
The black horse carrying the two people was galloping easily as if it were walking on flat ground.
There is a curfew at night and the streets of the capital are empty. As long as you avoid the night patrols of the Five Cities Army and the night watchmen, there will be no obstacles along the way.
The Five Cities Army had a set route for night patrols, and Gu Jue knew it very well. He easily avoided people and successfully arrived at the side door of Prince Chen's Mansion.
Mo Chen had been waiting outside, blending into the night like a shadow.
Chu Qianchen put on her veil again and followed Gu Jue into Prince Chen's Mansion. A servant holding a lantern led the way for them.
The Prince Chen's Palace was exceptionally quiet at night. Under the silver moonlight, the towers and pavilions were majestic and elegant, with winding corridors and high eaves. A cool light flashed on the rows of green tiles.
The faint scent of flowers lingers in the night breeze.
Prince Chen's Mansion was also a place Chu Qianchen was very familiar with, and he would not get lost even with his eyes closed.
She walked forward without looking around, seemingly not having the slightest curiosity about anything around her. In the eyes of others, she seemed to be avoiding suspicion.
After the side door was closed, Gu Jue got straight to the point: "Miss Chu, the patient has injured both legs. It was a knife wound. The wound is very deep. Because it was not treated in time, the wound is now rotten and festered, and the calf is swollen..."
The patient Gu Jue was talking about was Qin Yao.
After he got the news of King Nanyang's death, he went all the way south to Nanyang County to look for Qin Yao, but Qin Yao had already fled Nanyang County. Later, he found the secret sign he left behind, and went all the way to the capital to look for him. He found Qin Yao and Jueying in Jizhou.
Qin Yao was seriously injured, and Gu Jue had sought medical treatment from several nearby clinics, but ordinary doctors were simply unable to treat his injuries. Gu Jue thought of Chu Qianchen and simply brought Qin Yao back to the capital.
After this long journey, Qin Yao's condition became worse. He was afraid that he would not make it until dawn, so he ignored etiquette and went to invite Chu Qianchen to Prince Chen's Mansion in the middle of the night.
Gu Jue brought Chu Qianchen to a yard. The lights in the room were on, as bright as day.
Yunzhan and a military doctor in his forties were standing beside the couch, on which lay a purple-robed young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old.
His robe was torn and stained with dark red blood.
The young man's eyes were closed, and his handsome face was pale and lifeless.
It’s him, the Prince of Nanyang!
A strange light flashed across Chu Qianchen's deep and quiet eyes.
In the previous life, the prince of Nanyang, Qin Yao, murdered his father and fled. His whereabouts were unknown for a while...
Chu Qianchen suddenly knew where Gu Jue had gone in such a hurry to leave Beijing and go south, and for whom.
Yun Zhan and the military doctor quickly made way. Chu Qianchen walked to the couch, put the medicine box aside, and went to check Qin Yao's legs first.
The trouser legs had been cut open, and his swollen calves were horribly scarred, with the deepest wounds exposing the bone, and the wounds were rotten and festering...
If an ordinary girl saw this, she would probably be frightened and unable to look at it.
However, Chu Qianchen stared at the wound on Yunzhan's calf without changing his expression.
Gu Jue, Yun Zhan, Mo Chen and others were all watching the changes in Chu Qianchen's expression.
Seeing her frowning slightly, Yun Zhan's heart sank: The little genius doctor always remained calm even when faced with a huge disaster. I'm afraid...
Chu Qianchen took Qin Yao's pulse again and found it was burning hot.
She only probed for three breaths before withdrawing her hand. She looked up at Gu Jue and said, "His wound was not treated in time. It is now rotting and festering, and the heat and poison are at their peak... If we want to save him, we must amputate."
When saying this, Chu Qianchen looked calm and unperturbed.
In his previous life, when Qin Yao reappeared two years later, he had lost both legs. He had to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, probably because of this disaster.
After he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room turned cold.
The middle-aged military doctor opened his eyes wide in shock.
The little genius doctor meant that as long as she amputated Prince Qin's limbs, she could save his life? !
Prince Qin was seriously injured. When he was first injured, the military doctor believed that there was a 70% to 80% chance that he could save his life after amputation. But now his wounds have worsened, he has a high fever, and his body is weak. Given his current condition, he simply cannot survive the amputation!
Medicine is broad and each branch has its own specialties.
He was a military doctor and couldn't treat other diseases, but he believed that even the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau were not as good as him in treating external injuries.
The military doctor hesitated and turned to look at Gu Jue.
Gu Jue pursed his lips tightly, remained silent for a moment, stared at Chu Qianchen, and asked, "Is it really impossible to protect it?"
His expression was rational and calm, and this sentence was not a question but a inquiry.
Gu Jue had fought in the north for many years. He had seen more hell on earth and gone through far more life and death tests than she had.
He has always been a calm and self-controlled person, and he carefully considers every step he takes, because his decision will affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of Northern Army soldiers under his command and countless Northern civilians.
Unlike the current emperor, who always vents his anger on others.
The flickering candlelight beside the couch was reflected in Chu Qianchen's pupils, shimmering with dazzling light.
It is certainly difficult to guarantee, but since the prince has asked so, I can't let him down!
Countless medical books, ancient texts, and medical notes flashed through her mind...
Soon, she looked up at Gu Jue, her eyes brighter, and said, "You can try."
If it was an amputation, Chu Qianchen was absolutely sure that he could save Qin Yao's life.
If the goal is to save the leg, the word "try" naturally implies a certain risk, and the action must be quick.
Without waiting for Gu Jue to answer, Chu Qianchen seemed to have known his answer and said, "Your Majesty, I need three things."
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"First, a box of maggots, no larger than half a centimeter long."
"The second item is mustard pickle sauce that is more than ten years old."
"The third thing is the paste with green hair... You may find it in the tailor's shop, but it must be the one with green hair only. It's better to find more. I still need to select it."
The three things she wanted were really weird and unheard of. If Yun Zhan didn't believe in her medical skills, he would have almost dropped his jaw in shock.
The middle-aged military doctor raised his eyebrows. He knew something about the third thing. He stroked his goatee and said, "I've heard that tailors in some places would apply green-haired paste on fingers cut by scissors to help the wound heal..."
However, the military doctor was confused as to the first two things Chu Qianchen mentioned.
Maggots and aged mustard greens marinade for healing wounds?!
What exactly is this little miracle doctor up to?
Gu Jue didn't ask any more questions and gestured to Yun Zhan, "Go ahead."
Yunzhan left quickly without saying a word.
These three things are not difficult to find, especially the first one which is very easy to find. As for the last two, they are afraid that they may have to go to some houses in the suburbs of Beijing to find them.
Chu Qianchen asked the military doctor to help her. She first inserted needles into Qin Yao's several major acupuncture points, and then said, "I will use acupuncture to stabilize his heart pulse. He still has a high fever. You wipe his body with strong liquor to cool it down."
"I'll prescribe him another prescription to strengthen his body first."
After Chu Qianchen wrote the prescription, the middle-aged military doctor went downstairs to get the medicine.
The room suddenly became much emptier.
Chu Qianchen looked at Gu Jue and pointed at the Ruyi Square between them.
She didn't say a word, but Gu Jue already understood what she meant. He stretched out his left wrist and placed it on the square table.
Chu Qianchen took Gu Jue's pulse and confirmed that he was taking the medicine obediently, then smiled with satisfaction.
The servant who was wiping Qin Yao's body nearby saw this scene and had an inexplicable feeling in his heart: his own prince was... too obedient in front of this little miracle doctor.
As soon as this thought appeared, it was extinguished by the servant, who felt that he was being extremely rebellious: What are you thinking about? The little doctor is just taking the prince's pulse.
Gu Jue suddenly said to Chu Qianchen: "Do you know him?"
This was just Gu Jue's intuition. He asked when he thought of it.
By now, the news that Prince Nanyang died at the hands of Crown Prince Qin Yao had reached the capital, and countless people in the capital were cursing Qin Yao for being cruel and treacherous.
Chu Qianchen always kept nothing secret in front of Gu Jue. He said "hmm" and looked at Qin Yao who was unconscious on the couch again.
In his previous life, after this disaster, Qin Yao's temperament changed drastically. He became gloomy and crazy, like a madman.
When the prince was alive, he only listened to the prince. After the prince died, no one could control him anymore.
He first massacred the Nanyang Palace with blood, and then used Nanyang as a base to gather the forces left by Gu Jue and started a rebellion.
His purpose was the same as hers, which was to avenge the prince.
Qin Yao led the troops in the front, and she gave him advice and strategies until they completely overthrew the Qi Dynasty and forced the almighty emperor to die as an apology.
Qin Yao ascended the throne and changed the country's name to "Xia".
After avenging Gu Jue, Chu Qianchen no longer had any worries.
Even if the new dynasty is still in ruins and facing crises, what does it have to do with her? !
Unexpectedly, when she opened her eyes again, she was reborn.
Reborn to a time when the prince was still alive...
Chu Qianchen looked at Gu Jue with a slightly dazed look in his eyes.
Gu Jue said again: "It's not him."
Chu Qianchen hummed again.
She didn't say anything else, but Gu Jue knew that she believed it.
The room fell into silence and time passed quietly.
Chu Qianchen was very comfortable and didn't feel awkward at all.
She felt at ease with him around, whether in the past life or this life.
After a stick of incense, the silence in the room was broken by the sound of footsteps, and the military doctor came in with the freshly boiled medicine.
Although Qin Yao was still unconscious, the military doctor was used to giving people medicine, and his movements were very efficient. He fed Qin Yao the medicine in just a few seconds.
Chu Qianchen took Qin Yao's pulse again and then took out the silver needles from his body.
But she couldn't leave for the time being. What she was looking for was too niche, especially the mustard pickle that was more than ten years old. Even if all the people in the palace were mobilized to ask every household, it would still take time.
Chu Qianchen was extremely grateful that she had little presence in the Marquis' Mansion. Apart from Chu Yunmu, no one would come to see her.
At four o'clock in the morning, Yun Zhan came back and brought the box of maggots that Chu Qianchen wanted.
"Miss Chu, are these maggots going to be used as medicine?" Yun Zhan asked as he opened the box, revealing hundreds of maggots inside. Each one was white and smaller than a pearl grain. They twisted their tiny bodies and squirmed in the box, which was extremely disgusting.
The boy only took a quick glance and then turned his face away, unable to bear looking at it, feeling uneasy.
Chu Qianchen gently picked up a tiny maggot with tweezers, took a look, curled the corners of his lips in satisfaction, but shook his head, "No... it's not for medicinal use."
"They can eat the rotten flesh on his wounds." Chu Qianchen said calmly.
Chu Qianchen spoke calmly, but Yun Zhan, the military doctor, and the servants all felt their hair stand on end.
They had seen maggots on dead bodies many times, but putting maggots on living people did not sound like a cure, but more like a form of torture.
The military doctor looked at Gu Jue with a questioning look. Did he really want to follow the advice of this little genius doctor?
Gu Jue said to Chu Qianchen without hesitation: "Let's start."
Chu Qianchen felt very happy, and Gu Jue's trust made her eyes brighten.
She cleaned the maggots first, and then began to put them one by one into Qin Yao's wound, saying: "His wound is too rotten. If I use a knife to remove the rotten flesh, it will inevitably damage a lot of intact flesh. In this case, his legs will be even more difficult to save. Maggots only eat necrotic rotten flesh and will not hurt intact flesh and blood."
Her explanation was mainly for Gu Jue to hear.
Yunzhan and the others nodded slightly, suddenly realizing that only rotten meat would breed maggots. So that's how it is.
When the maggots were placed in the rotten wounds, they greedily ate the rotten flesh, wriggling in the wounds, mixing with the pus and rotten flesh...
It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"vomit……"
The servant was the first one who couldn't bear it anymore. He covered his mouth and turned around and rushed out.
Yunzhan had seen more of the world, so he endured it for a little longer.
He felt that he could almost hear the sound of the maggots wriggling and devouring his flesh and blood. His stomach churned...
"Ugh..." Yunzhan couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he turned around and walked out.
From outside the door curtain, the sounds of him and the servant retching could be heard one after another.
Chu Qianchen didn't even look at them, and nodded slightly with satisfaction: "Wait for these maggots to eat for twelve hours, and then they will be full. By then, they will expand ten times and grow to half an inch long. Then use boiled water to wash the wound and release the grown maggots."
"If the rotten flesh has not been eaten up, a new batch of maggots will be released to continue eating the rotten flesh in the wound."
Chu Qianchen was speaking to the military doctor now. She couldn't stay here for a day and a night. The military doctor had to look after Qin Yao, pay attention to his condition at all times, change the maggots for him, boil and change the medicine, etc.
The military doctor listened carefully and roughly understood Chu Qianchen's treatment plan. She should wait until the rotten flesh in Qin Yao's wound was eaten by maggots, and then use the green paste to apply to the wound to promote wound healing.
But, can this really save Qin Yao's legs?
The military doctor had no confidence at all, maybe just like the little doctor said, let's "take a gamble" first.
Time seemed to slow down several times at this moment...
When the gong sounded at the fifth watch, Yunzhan finally brought the third thing, a total of three earthen jars.
Yun Zhan said, "Miss Chu, this is aged mustard greens marinade. One jar is ten years old, one is twelve years old, and the last one is fifteen years old. They are all aged mustard greens marinade that is more than ten years old..."
"Broiled noodles... I'm so hungry."
A weak and hoarse male voice suddenly interrupted Yunzhan.
Everyone in the room looked in the direction of the voice.
Qin Yao lying on the bed moved his thin lips slightly, his eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were dazed and confused.
"Don't move." Gu Jue was the first to warn.
The military doctor then added: "Prince Qin, you are seriously injured, don't move."
The military doctor secretly thanked God that Qin Yao was still too weak to move, otherwise if he saw the maggots in the wound, he would probably have a heart attack from the heat and poison.
Qin Yao turned his head with difficulty and looked at Gu Jue. His fox eyes with slightly raised corners were now dull.
He blinked slowly and called out weakly, "Brother Jiu."
His voice was hoarse and weak, his breath was faint, and his pale lips curved slightly, "I knew Brother Nine would find me."
Seeing that he woke up, Chu Qianchen, who was reading a book by the window, came over and took his pulse for the third time.
Before she could even touch Qin Yao's pulse, she heard Qin Yao say, "Brother Jiu, I've only been gone for a short time, and you already have a sister-in-law..."
There are records of the use of green-haired paste since the Tang Dynasty.
The use of aged mustard greens stew originated in the Ming Dynasty.
These two are the earliest "penicillins" in China, I didn't make them up.
I didn’t divide the chapters today because the pace of this chapter is too fast and I can’t divide them.
(End of this chapter)