Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 745: Chapter 745: Seriously Ill, Decision

Zhao Yuanlang immediately waved his hand, stopping everyone’s reaction.

“Why not? The Prince Consort must know that these herbs are for treating injuries and reducing fever, right?”

Di Yelei hesitated for a moment, but eventually nodded: “Lord Father-in-law, you’ve lost a lot of blood, and the fever is due to an infection from your wound. In such cases, we usually apply homemade ointment to the wound area and take some herbal soup orally… At present, the medicine you’re using is a good one brought from the capital, which is undoubtedly countless times better than my medicine…”

What he was saying, in direct and indirect ways, was very clear: using better medicine had been pointless, so using his would also be in vain!

Moreover, the medicine he had at hand was formulated by Zhang Peng. If something unexpected were to occur after using it on His Majesty, he wouldn’t be able to shoulder the responsibility.

“No worries, if you have any medicine, bring it out. Maybe it’ll be useful.”

Zhao Yuanlang was desperate, and he was well aware of his physical condition. At this moment, asking for a doctor would expose himself and his people. If they continued to tough it out, they might not survive until they were reunited with the main army.

Di Yelei gritted his teeth: “Alright, let’s give my medicine a try!”

It was a risky move! Di Yelei had no other choice at this point.

“Your Majesty!”

“Your Majesty, you cannot.”

“Your Majesty, please reconsider!”

Everyone protested in unison.

Zhao Yuanlang’s face darkened: “I’ve made up my mind, anyone who dares to oppose is being insubordinate!”

After that, no one dared to go against him. Di Yelei quickly stepped forward, personally removing the gauze that was wrapped around Zhao Yuanlang’s arm, instantly, a thick stream of fresh blood spurted out.

Upon looking at the wound, Di Yelei understood the reason for Zhao Yuanlang’s fever. The arrow had pierced through Zhao Yuanlang’s arm, injuring not just his muscle and artery, but also his bone.

The serious injury should not be a problem as long as it was treated while feeding soup medicine orally and resting in bed. The difficulty lay in the fact that they had been on the run since he had been wounded, coupled with the high-temperature weather of golden September of autumn, a bit of externally applied golden medicament was just not enough. So after nearly a day’s delay, his body couldn’t hold up any longer and started exhibiting fever symptoms.

As an emperor, Zhao Yuanlang had managed to endure this long without uttering a sound, which was quite remarkable.

“Lord Father-in-law, please bear with me! The wound is deep and extensive, I need to first wash away the original medicine, squeeze out the pus and blood, and then apply the medicine.”

Without waiting for approval, Di Yelei moved his hands as he spoke.

“Ugh! …”

Zhao Yuanlang never expected Di Yelei to act so quickly!

In the past, every imperial physician who treated him was extremely cautious, fearing they’d lose their jobs with just one wrong look. Even when treating external injuries, they were careful not to hurt him. But Di Yelei was being crude, completely unconsidered whether it might hurt him.

With sweat streaming down his face, Di Yelei squeezed all the pus out from the wounded area until the blood flowing out was a bright red. Only then did he apply the healing medicine prepared by Zhang Peng, bandaged the wound with clean gauze, tied a dead knot, and finally let go of his breath.

After thinking for a moment, he took out two pill-like medicines, black as ink and slightly larger than sesame seeds, from the bottle and placed them in Zhao Yuanlang’s hand.

“Swallow these. They can help stop the bleeding. Combined with external application, there shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

While he seemed relieved, everyone else was inexplicably tense, each one closely watching Di Yelei. Although he was a Prince Consort, His Majesty’s divine body was far from ordinary. How could he casually eat any medicine?

Zhao Yuanlang didn’t think too much about it, swallowed the pills straight away.

“Everyone rest for a while, we’ll move once it gets dark. No one should act rashly before then. By the way, during your meeting with Eunuch Xiao earlier, did you notice any tail?” Di Yelei remembered something else.

The little guard had already changed into a young man’s outfit, looking even younger now.

“I saw them, there were three of them in total. I quietly took care of them and dumped their bodies into the nearby pond,”

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Xiao immediately shrieked, “What? There are others trailing us? How did we not realize that? These cursed fellows…”

“Shut up! What are you yelling about, do you want to attract the enemy?”

A wave of frustration rose in Di Yelei, causing his retort to be rather harsh.

Eunuch Xiao was so shocked that he couldn’t speak. “You, you…”

“What you? Don’t you see what time it is?” Di Yelei yelled with fire in his eyes, speaking without any restraint. He turned and chastised the short man harshly, “What were you thinking? Since you noticed something unusual, why didn’t you report it as soon as you returned? Were you trying to get us all killed?”

“I… I didn’t have the time to…” the short man defended himself.@@novelbin@@

“Don’t you know military intelligence is not to be delayed? Move! We can’t stay here any longer, retreat immediately!”

Genuine anger sparked in Di Yelei’s heart, he didn’t care about anything else at this point. He crouched down and hoisted Zhao Yuanlang onto his back, before running away as fast as he could.

The remaining guards didn’t dare to loiter, they quickly followed suit.

Not more than half an hour after everyone had departed, a small group arrived swiftly from Peach Blossom Town, searching all around. They quickly discovered traces of the group’s presence and promptly reported back…

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The doctor gently released Elderly Mr. Di’s hand, shook his head at Liu Sisi, then picked up his medical box and exited the inner chamber.

“Madam, forgive me for being direct. If the Old Master has any unfulfilled desires, I advise you to fulfill them as soon as possible. Whatever he wants to eat, hurry up and prepare it. In short, try to fulfill his wishes as much as possible! Sigh!”

The doctor shook his head and sighed, exiting the Di Residence with his medical box.

Liu Sisi hurriedly chased after him, “Doctor, Sir! Sir…”

Old Cheng came over with a worried expression, “Madam, what should we do? Should this old servant go out and get another doctor?”

“How many have we seen already?”

Liu Sisi murmured softly.

Old Cheng hesitated for a while: “Thi… This is the seventh doctor, Madam.”

“The seventh doctor…”

The light in Liu Sisi’s eyes dimmed, “So, there’s still no news from Old He?” If Old He were here, they wouldn’t be so helpless.

“Old He disappeared the night before last, and we have no idea where he is. This old servant has sent people everywhere to look for him, but there’s still no sign of him.”

“Um, I’ll go and see my father.”

Liu Sisi nodded silently, turned around slowly, and pushed open the door to Elderly Mr. Di’s room.

On the bed, Elderly Mr. Di lay motionless, his face as pale as gold foil, and his breathing as thin as silk.

Ms. Xin, who was taking care of Elderly Mr. Di, quickly rose and moved aside when she saw Liu Sisi approaching.

Liu Sisi squatted slowly beside the bed, glaring at the unconscious Elderly Mr. Di, “Did father regain consciousness?”