Chapter 745 - Chapter 745: Chapter 745: Seriously Ill, Decision (1/2)
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.