When it came to drawing straws, it was all about luck.
Han Yunxi's luck had always been good, but this time … fine. Her slip of paper said "first," while Third Elder had written "later."
She was first! What should she do now?
When it rains, it pours. Han Yunxi stared at the slip of paper in her hands, her pale face expressionless. It was impossible to tell what she was thinking.
Third Elder's lips curled into a smile as he stared at Han Yunxi's slip of paper. He was very satisfied and purposely backed away from the bed to make room for Han Yunxi. "Qin Wangfei, please treat the poison!"
"Heheh, will Tianning's crown prince recover once the poison is treated?"
Lady Lianxin asked with a cold smile. She was waiting for Han Yunxi to admit defeat, but Han Yunxi only spat out, "Nonsense, do you even need to ask?"
Lady Lianxin gave a start, unable to retort. She could only swallow this loss in silence.
As Han Yunxi spoke, she strode to the side of the bed. "Third Elder, then this junior won't be polite."
Seeing Han Yunxi's stance, Third Elder and Lady Lianxin exchanged disapproving glances. They refused to believe that Han Yunxi could really come up with anything.
"Please," Third Elder said loudly.
Han Yunxi sat down by the bed and looked over Long Tianmo from head to toe. By now, the Long Tianmo was completely exhausted. He wasn't struggling as fiercely as before, but was gasping at death's door.
Third Elder and Lady Lianxin didn't say a word when they saw that Han Yunxi was only looking without making a move. After all, they were superiors and had the patience to do so. Still, they disapproved even more in their hearts. Fourth Elder didn't speak either, but stroked his beard as he watched.
As for Luo Zuishan and Xi Yubo, the two of them had ulterior motives and were immersed in their own world. They didn't care about Han Yunxi at all. After all, in their hearts, this little girl couldn't do anything.
Gu Beiyue was the closest to Han Yunxi. His hands were clasped behind his back, and his clenched fists betrayed his gentle and quiet face. Han Yunxi's reaction just now made him very worried.
He knew what was wrong with this woman.
After a while, Han Yunxi was still only looking. Lady Lianxin didn't give her any more time and began to make things difficult, "Qin Wangfei, could it be that your eyes can cure poison?"
Unexpectedly, Han Yunxi still looked at Long Tianmo from head to toe and said in a deep voice, "Okay."
Uh …
This girl was about to die, but she was still so stubborn.
"Alright, then go ahead!" Lady Lianxin panted with rage.
Han Yunxi didn't even look at her as she nimbly took out a set of golden needles from her medical pouch. With a light wave of her hand, the needle case slowly unfolded on the bed.
Needles of various sizes and thicknesses were inserted into the long needle case. Although they were densely packed, they were neat and orderly. There were at least a thousand needles.
Whether one was a professional or not, the first thing to look at was one's appearance.
When this set of golden needles was unfolded, everyone present was shocked. Even Gu Beiyue was no exception. Even he had never seen Han Yunxi have such neat golden needles. The absent-minded Xi Yubo and Luo Zuishan also looked over.
Although everyone was shocked, they all hid their shock in their hearts. No one showed it, especially Third Elder and Lady Lianxin.
Unknowingly, the room became especially quiet.
"Imperial Physician Gu, I'll have to trouble you to help," Han Yunxi said in a low voice.
"Mn."
At this moment, Gu Beiyue's heart suddenly calmed down, just like his calm appearance. He thought, Han Yunxi must be confident.
This woman really didn't disappoint.
He originally thought that Han Yunxi would have him remove the needles, but who knew that Han Yunxi would say, "Help me take off all his clothes."
Everyone present was a physician, so it was normal for them to ask a patient to take off his clothes. However, Han Yunxi said "take off all his clothes."
"This … does the detoxification need to be like this? Qin Wangfei, you're a woman! "Lady Lianxin reminded in disbelief.
Han Yunxi was too lazy to pay attention to her. She glanced at Gu Beiyue, hinting for him to hurry up.
Gu Beiyue hesitated. This really wasn't appropriate.
"The twenty major joints and two hundred and ten minor joints in his body have all accumulated poison. It needs to be expelled as soon as possible. If I don't take off all his clothes, how can I expel the poison?" Han Yunxi seriously asked.
Once these words were said, everyone seemed to have tacitly agreed that Long Tianmo was poisoned. They looked at each other in dismay. The entire room was silent, and no one refuted.
Gu Beiyue understood and didn't bother with etiquette. He hurriedly helped Long Tianmo take off his clothes until only his underwear was left.
Once his clothes were taken off, Han Yunxi began to work on the major joints, looking for acupuncture points to insert the needles.
However, when she picked up the first gold needle, Third Elder couldn't help but say, "How can you directly use needles?"
Third Elder wasn't an ignorant person. He had heard of acupuncture to expel poison and had seen it before. However, not to mention acupuncture to expel poison, even the most common acupuncture treatment would require the gold needle to be cleaned before inserting the needle to prevent infection, right?
In ancient times, gold needles were disinfected by boiling. This was the most basic thing that all medical apprentices who had just entered the medical school knew. However, Han Yunxi didn't know.
They had just been frightened by Han Yunxi's full set of gold needles. Now, Third Elder and the others regained their senses. In this day and age, there were too many charlatans who used their appearances to scare people.
"Presumably, Qin Wangfei's gold needles are rare items and don't need to be boiled." Lady Lianxin's face was full of ridicule.
Unexpectedly, Han Yunxi's tone was even more disdainful than hers, "No need. Presumably, this is Fifth Elder's first time seeing this kind of disposable needle, right?"
What?
Disposable needle?
Not only was this term unfamiliar to Lady Lianxin, it was also unfamiliar to everyone present.
What did this mean?
"We mainstream orthodox people naturally don't understand such heretical things." Lady Lianxin hastily retorted.
Han Yunxi lowered her head and didn't explain. Instead, she lightly smiled and took out the gold needles to search for the acupuncture points.
In the beginning, everyone present could still understand the acupuncture points. However, after a few needles, even Third Elder of the Medical Saint couldn't understand. He didn't even know the existence of those acupuncture points.
As more and more gold needles were inserted, everyone's expressions became more and more complicated. What exactly was Han Yunxi doing? How was this searching for acupuncture points? This was simply randomly inserting needles!
If this continued, someone would die.
Third Elder couldn't help but remind her, "Qin Wangfei, if you randomly insert needles, you will bear the consequences!"
Only then did Han Yunxi raise her head to look at Third Elder and lightly smile, "Mn, I will take responsibility."
As she spoke, she took out a long needle and actually closed her eyes, slowly inserting it into Long Tianmo's acupuncture point. When this needle went in, the skin around the joint actually slowly seeped out black blood.
Black blood, poisonous!
"Poisonous?"
Third Elder couldn't help but exclaim. He didn't dare to believe his own eyes. However, everything in front of him was reality.
Long Tianmo's joint really was poisonous.
Not to mention what other illnesses Long Tianmo's body had, at least, Han Yunxi wasn't wrong. He was wrong. Long Tianmo was poisoned.
The pain in his entire body's joints was caused by the poison.
The room was terrifyingly silent. Lady Lianxin's face was deathly pale. Everyone else was shocked. Only Gu Beiyue's good-looking lips slowly curled into a smile.
In the silence, Han Yunxi had already opened her eyes. Allowing the joint to bleed, she began to treat the second major joint. Very quickly, the second major joint's poisonous blood also slowly seeped out. The entire room became even more silent. Even Long Tianmo's last gasps had disappeared.
From Third Elder to the junior medical apprentice, everyone unconsciously drew closer. They stared dumbfoundedly at Han Yunxi searching for acupoints to insert needles. Han Yunxi's movements were like moving clouds and flowing water, smooth and elegant. Her white hands moved with an indescribable elegance.
Long Tianmo's entire body had more than two hundred joints. Han Yunxi didn't let go of any of them. Every joint, every joint, she earnestly used needles to expel the poison. She did her best to use acupuncture to expel the bone poison.
When she reached the last joint, her forehead was already drenched in sweat.
Gu Beiyue took out a handkerchief and gently wiped her sweat. Out of professional habit, Han Yunxi didn't refuse. She also wasn't disturbed. She still lowered her head, narrowed her eyes, and earnestly applied the needles.
However, a certain person on the roof slowly narrowed his eyes. The coldness in his eyes was terrifying.
In the silence, time passed especially quickly. An entire half a day had passed. Long Tianmo's body was covered in golden needles, and the poisoned blood had also flowed all over the bed.
Finally, after Han Yunxi inserted the last needle, she stopped.
At this time, Third Elder was surrounding Han Yunxi. They were all stunned. Han Yunxi twisted her neck and moved her hands. She deliberately glanced at Third Elder.
Third Elder immediately avoided her gaze. Seeing this, Han Yunxi was happy. She gently smiled and began to withdraw the needles. The poison that could be expelled from Long Tianmo's joints with golden needles was basically all expelled.
Han Yunxi's movements were like moving clouds and flowing water. Her movements of withdrawing the needles were even smoother. It was so fast that people couldn't see it clearly.
However, even though they couldn't see it clearly, everyone still tried their best to look carefully for fear of missing something.
There were more than two hundred acupoints. Each acupoint had at least five golden needles. One could imagine how many golden needles there were. There should be close to a thousand needles.
She didn't put these golden needles back into the needle case. Instead, she picked them up and threw them to the side. Not long after, she threw away a large pile.
Soon, all of the golden needles were removed. Han Yunxi picked up the last golden needle and stood up. She smiled at Lady Lianxin. "Ah, this isn't some unorthodox method. Using a needle once means that you don't want it after using it once. Throw it away!"
As she spoke, she threw the golden needles to the side. Her movements were elegant and confident.
An entire set of golden needles, close to a thousand of them. She actually threw them away just like that. It was simply a reckless waste of God's gifts! Could it be that she had a lot of sets on her hands?
Lady Lianxin looked at the pile of golden needles covered in black blood, then looked at Han Yunxi. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Third Elder was still looking at the black blood, and he was even more speechless.
Han Yunxi had already walked to the side to wash her hands. She was very serious and focused on washing, as if nothing had happened just now.
When she was done, she looked towards Qinwang Rong and said, "Qinwang Rong, I'll have to trouble you to wipe His Highness Crown Prince's body and put on his clothes. I'll come back in two days to examine him again."
Qinwang Rong was stunned by the sight. Emperor Tianhui had said that this woman was completely useless, but now it looked like that wasn't the case at all!
Leaving behind a room full of stunned people, Han Yunxi straightened out her clothes and turned to leave the room.
Gu Beiyue followed her out. Once they were out of the courtyard, Gu Beiyue finally spoke up. "Esteemed wangfei, just then you … heheh, this one thought there was no cure for this poison."
Their argument before had really made him break out in cold sweat.
But Han Yunxi stopped with a helpless expression. "It really can't be cured. I'm only expelling the poison first."
Hearing this, Gu Beiyue finally gave a start like everyone else.
Han Yunxi shrugged her shoulders and kept walking forward. She couldn't cure the poison, nor could she. She'd never admit to something like that!
Even if you beat her to death!
Fine, she could admit that she'd lost her moral integrity, but she didn't say she'd already cured the poison. That shouldn't count as a lie, right?
There were still two days left. What should she do?
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