allendalepharm Chapter 666 Taking Blood
Chapter 666 Taking Blood
The old emperor fell asleep quickly, and Jiang Qiuchi and Yan Shu walked out of the Taiji Hall together.
At this time, a little palace maid came running over.
"Eunuch Yang is in trouble!"
Yang Zhong glared at the maid unhappily and said, "If you shout so loudly and wake up His Majesty, do you want to live?"
The maid hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Yang Zhong to apologize: "I know I was wrong."
"Tell me, what happened?"
"The one in the cold palace jumped into the river and is still unconscious. Doctor Zhang asked if we can still take the blood from his heart?"
Yang Zhong's face darkened: "Your Majesty's golden elixir refining cannot be delayed, blood must be taken."
"But...but it's only been three days since the last time we took his blood. Now he's fallen into the water again. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on if we take his blood again."
Yang Zhong snorted coldly: "Your Majesty's life is much more valuable than his. Tell Imperial Doctor Zhang to continue taking blood."
Jiang Qiuchi, who was standing behind him, looked slightly gloomy.
"Is the one in the cold palace that Eunuch Yang is talking about the Eleventh Brother?"
Yang Zhong turned around and looked at Jiang Qiuchi, and a flattering smile immediately appeared on his face.
"It is the Eleventh Prince. Your Majesty's blood and sweat still depend on him. Unexpectedly, the Eleventh Prince accidentally fell into the water today. What should we do now?"
Yan Shu cursed in his heart. The old emperor didn't care whether his unfavored son lived or died for the sake of his own life. If the eleventh prince died, it would only mean one less long-term blood bag for him.
"Eunuch Yang, His Majesty won't wake up for a while. I want to go to the cold palace to see the eleventh prince. Maybe I can help."
Yang Zhong looked at Yan Shu with joy in his eyes: "Yes, Miss Cui's medical skills are better than those of the imperial doctors. You can definitely save the eleventh prince."
Jiang Qiuchi also wanted to go to the cold palace, so he said to Yang Zhong: "Eunuch Yang still has to guard the emperor, so I will take Miss Cui to the cold palace. It just so happens that I also want to check on the condition of my eleventh brother."
Yang Zhong said to Jiang Qiuchi, "Your Highness the Seventh Prince is kind-hearted. I'll have to trouble you to take Miss Cui over."
Jiang Qiuchi looked at Yan Shu with a smile on his face: "Miss Cui, let's go."
"Your Highness the Seventh Prince, please."
The two of them walked together towards the cold palace, which was located in the most inconspicuous corner of the imperial palace. The houses here were dilapidated and the ground was overgrown with weeds. It was obvious that no one took care of it on a daily basis.
Jiang Qiuchi took Yan Shu into the cold palace. A woman's crying and screaming could be heard. The door of the room where the crying sound came from was locked with a heavy copper lock, and a foul odor filled the air.
"Most of the concubines locked up in the cold palace rarely see the light of day, and their mental health has long been abnormal. This Eleventh Prince is the son of Concubine Lin. When he first entered the palace, he was favored by his father. Later, he pushed another concubine into the water to compete for favor, causing her miscarriage. He was also given a white silk for disobeying his father in person. The Eleventh Prince was also implicated and was driven here. Now he is nine years old. It is really not easy for him to survive in this cannibalistic place."
After hearing this, Yan Shu felt that the identity of this eleventh prince was somewhat similar to Jiang Ci.
He also lost his mother at a young age, and was thrown into the cold palace by his cold-blooded father to fend for himself. I wonder if he has the luck to survive.
The two entered the room where the eleventh prince lived. At first glance, they saw only a hard bed and a set of tattered tables and chairs in the room. The window frames of the room were broken and the door was shaky and could break down at any time.
Seeing this scene, Yan Shu felt a pang of pain in his heart. Jiang Ci once lived in such an environment and struggled to survive.
When Imperial Physician Zhang, who was guarding the room, saw Jiang Qiuchi come in, he immediately stepped forward and saluted.
"I greet His Majesty the Seventh Prince."
"Physician Zhang, please excuse me. How is my eleventh brother doing?"
"He was drowning for too long and he is still injured. His current condition is not good."
Jiang Qiuchi frowned slightly and glanced sideways at Yan Shu beside him.
Yan Shu understood what he meant and walked to the bedside, looking at the pale-faced young boy lying on the bed. He looked very thin, not like a nine-year-old boy, but rather a child of five or six years old. He must have suffered a lot of hardships in the cold palace in the past few years.
Retracting his gaze, Yan Shu sat down beside the bed and began to take the pulse of the eleventh prince.
"There is severe edema in the lungs. I would like to trouble His Highness the Seventh Prince and Imperial Doctor Zhang to help."
The two men immediately walked to the bedside and, as Yan Shu instructed, turned the Eleventh Prince head downward. Yan Shu then quickly inserted silver needles into several acupuncture points on his chest and began to pat his back vigorously.
After a round of slapping, water began to flow out of the Eleventh Prince's mouth and nasal cavity. He slapped like this for three or four minutes. After making sure that all the water in the lungs had been slapped out, Yan Shu rubbed his sore wrist.
"Okay, put him back to bed."
Jiang Qiuchi followed Yan Shu's instructions and picked up the Eleventh Prince and put him back on the wooden bed. Yan Shu withdrew the silver needle that had pierced his chest, and soon a cough was heard from the Eleventh Prince's mouth.
Imperial Physician Zhang was the first to shout.
"The Eleventh Prince has woken up!"
The young boy slowly opened his eyes, and his dark pupils glanced at the people beside the bed without any emotion.
"I...am not dead?"
"Eleventh brother, it was Miss Cui who saved you in time. I heard from the eunuchs in the cold palace that you accidentally fell into the water when you went to the lotus pond to fetch water this morning?"
The young man was silent for a while, then looked at Yan Shu with gray and gloomy eyes. His face lacked the vigor and vitality that belonged to his age.
"That's what they said."
After hearing this answer, Yan Shu knew that things were definitely not that simple.
Jiang Qiuchi's expression suddenly turned cold: "Miss Cui, I'm going to go out for a while. Please keep an eye on my eleventh brother."
"it is good!"
After Jiang Qiuchi left, Yan Shu checked the Eleventh Prince's chest again. There was a deep scar on it, with flesh and blood that had turned yellow due to being soaked in cold water. Blood was faintly seeping out from the wound, and a large area of his white inner garment had been stained red.
"Falling into the water caused your wound to become inflamed. I'll help you treat it first."
"Miss Cui, wait a moment."
The young eunuch who followed from the Taiji Hall stepped forward in time and said: "Today is the time to draw blood from the heart. We cannot apply medicine for the time being."
Yan Shu's face darkened and a surge of anger rose in his heart.
"The eleventh prince just took blood from your majesty's heart three days ago. If you continue to take blood, it may endanger his life. Even if you want to take advantage of someone, you can't always take advantage of the same person, right?"
The young eunuch looked embarrassed and said, "Neither I nor Miss Cui can make the decision on this matter. We still need the approval of His Majesty."
The Eleventh Prince, who was lying on the hospital bed, looked at Yan Shu expressionlessly.
"Go ahead."
He had long wanted to stop wanting to live, and if he died he could be reunited with his mother.
There was a hint of anger in Yan Shu's eyes, and she glanced at the eleventh prince.
"He is a prince after all. If word gets out that he died from taking blood, it will be bad for the royal family and your majesty. I can take out the blood without endangering his life. Let me do the job."
The young eunuch smiled and said, "Since Miss Cui is confident, then Miss Cui, please do it."
"It's not easy to draw blood from the heart. I need absolute quiet. I would like to ask Imperial Doctor Zhang and Eunuch to go out and wait first."
The young eunuch immediately responded tactfully and left the room with Imperial Physician Zhang.