Chapter 5 — Retired on the same day, I turned around and married the Regent

Old wound? Is it the old wound in that collapsed temple? I didn't have time to think too much, I immediately turned around and picked up a small bottle of sedative pain reliever that I had just researched from the veins and mixed in the past few days, and conveniently took a few more silver needles.

"Guide!"

Following the Vuong Cong Cong walking quickly, through rows of corridors and endless courtyards, we arrived at a courtyard deep in the Vuong Palace, even more quiet and solemn. The inside was filled with bright lights and torches, everywhere was filled with the strong smell of medicinal herbs and... the smell of blood? Several Thai doctors surrounded the large Bat Bo bed, everyone's heads were covered in sweat and their faces were panicked and worried.

“Your Majesty, please try to hold back a little longer…”

“This medicine... the medicinal effect has not yet taken effect...”

"Acupuncture! Quick! Try Bach Hoi acupuncture point, Phong Tri acupuncture point again..."

I pushed aside the crowd and walked to the bed. The scene before my eyes made me breathe in a cold breath. Ta Vo Cuu lay on the bed, his face as white as paper, the blue veins on his forehead were bulging, large drops of cold sweat rolled down his temples, wetting the pillow. He gritted his teeth, his lower lip was bitten and torn, leaking streaks of dark red blood. One of his hands gripped the edge of the bed, his knuckles were white from the force, and the blue veins on the back of his hand were bulging. The neckline of the jet-black nightgown was slightly open, revealing just below the left shoulder, where the area near the heart was wrapped tightly with thick layers of bandages. At this moment, on that bandage there were bright red blood stains that were quickly spreading! His whole body twitched slightly from the intense pain. The eyes, which were always deep and cold, were now closed, the thick eyelashes trembled violently, and suppressed moans of pain were constantly emitted from the throat. This is no longer the noble Regent who looks down on the world? It was clearly just a seriously injured person struggling in extreme pain.

“What happened?”

I forced myself to calm down and looked at the oldest physician standing next to me. The royal physician wiped away his sweat, his voice trembling: "I... tell you, Princess, this is... the remaining piece of an arrowhead near your heart from that year... Every time we encounter cold weather, snow or severe mood swings, it is easy for the pain to flare up... Today, I don't know why, the pain is much more intense than usual. We have used a large dose of painkillers and also used acupuncture, but... but it has absolutely no effect! The location of that fragment is too bad. dangerous, just a little carelessness will affect the heart, we... really don't dare to take risks..." The remaining fragments are near the heart? Will cold weather cause pain? My heart suddenly jumped! In my grandfather's handwritten note, it seems that a similar case was mentioned! That was the cold poison that had penetrated into the deepest part of the wound, tightly entwining with the remaining metal pieces, forming a kind of "sub bone book" that was extremely cold and stubborn. Conventional medicine or acupuncture are very difficult to dispel!

“Get away!”

I didn't care about anything anymore, I immediately walked quickly forward and sat down on the edge of the bed. Ta Vo Cuu seemed to sense that I was approaching. The tightly closed eyelashes trembled slightly, and with difficulty opened a small slit. Those deep eyes like cold phlegm were now tormented by pain to the point of being somewhat disintegrated, but when they looked towards me, those eyes strangely stopped in the blink of an eye, carrying a trace of... trust that was difficult to detect? Or should we say, surrender when there is no way back?

"Medicine... mixed with warm water, feed the King to drink!"

I gave the small porcelain vase I brought to the Thai physician standing next to me. Inside is a medicinal herb that I prepared from several herbs that have the effect of warming the yang, dispelling the cold, and activating the blood. It was originally to prepare for the Queen Mother's headache, the medicinal properties were extremely strong, but at this point I couldn't care less.

"Your Majesty! This matter..."

The royal physician looked at the porcelain vase, a hesitant look on his face.

“If you still want the Royal Family to live, then hurry up!”

My voice carries a seriousness that does not allow for doubt. The Thai physician trembled all over, did not dare to ask any more questions, and hurriedly went to prepare the medicine. And I immediately opened the bag of silver needles and pulled out the longest and thinnest silver needles. Fingertips were slightly cold due to tension. But we forced ourselves to stabilize. Grandfather once said that if you want to treat this type of bone cold that has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, tightly entwined with this piece of metal, you need to use extremely positive fire needles, combined with special techniques, to forcibly dispel the cold poison, and at the same time dissolve the stagnation around the fragment! I aimed a few key acupuncture points around the wound on his left shoulder. The tip of the finger gently rotates the body of the needle, an extremely weak but extremely condensed aura flows from the body of the needle. That's a bit of superficial airbending that I learned from my grandfather from a young age. Normally, at most, it is only reluctantly used to clear stagnant blood and energy in the body. It's my only support!

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