He was also quite a character, able to bend and stretch.
He immediately made a bow to Jiang Yuqing and said, "Abalu was rash. If he has offended you in any way, Prince Xiao Wang will make him apologize to the County Chief.
Prince Xiao Wang came to Da Xia this time only to seek medical treatment. I hope the County Chief can see that Prince Xiao Wang has traveled long distances to come here, and ask your master to help just this once. Prince Xiao Wang will be eternally grateful!"
Jiang Yuqing finally stopped crying. Her misty big eyes looked at Emperor Xia Jing blankly, the meaning very obvious.
Seeing that Emperor Xia Jing had nodded, Jiang Yuqing then reluctantly compromised and said to Xuri Gan, "Fine! I'll talk to my master. You're the older brother so you have to keep an eye on him in the future. If he doesn't listen, then beat him!
My grandfather said that naughty children need to be beaten. If beating him once doesn't work then do it three meals a day. Beat him several times and he'll be good!"
"Pfft-" Someone couldn't help laughing out loud, and the whole hall instantly filled with chuckles. Those with lower laughing points were laughing so hard their shoulders shook.
Even Emperor Xia Jing had to hold it in again and again. He put his hand to his mouth and coughed twice, narrowly keeping it together!
This little girl really had the power to infuriate someone to death. Fortunately, she wasn't angry at his own people.
Xuri Gan's face turned dark green, the muscles in his face jumping. He almost gritted his teeth and said, "The County Chief is right. He really deserves a beating. When I go back, Prince Xiao Wang will certainly discipline him well."
As he spoke, he grabbed the still unwilling Abalu, "Apologize to County Chief Linghui!"
"I don't..." Abalu didn't want to bow his head to a little bipedal lamb.
"Apologize!"
Under Xuri Gan's cannibalistic glare and pressure, Abalu had to lower his so-called noble head. In a muffled voice, he apologized to Jiang Yuqing, "I'm sorry!"
Jiang Yuqing looked at him for a while before giving an "hmm" sound. Then she admonished him in a milky voice, "Next time if you want to eat roast chicken, get in line yourself. If you snatch food, people will think your family is so poor you've never eaten chicken before."
The ministers of Da Xia: "..." Must endure, must definitely endure...
Abalu "... " He was now 100% sure. This little bipedal lamb was deliberately provoking him.
Jiang Yuqing told Xuri Gan to come to the dean's office at An Hospital tomorrow morning. She and Doctor Qiu would wait for him there.
With the matter resolved, Xuri Gan bid farewell and left immediately. After losing so much face today in front of the Da Xia people, he couldn't stand to stay a moment longer.
It was all because of that idiot Abalu. If it wasn't for him, he would have already seen the doctor and not been laughed at here for so long, and wouldn't have promised so many benefits.
Thinking of those five hundred fine horses, Xuri Gan's heart bled. He would have to provide all of those from his personal assets.
That little rascal was right about one thing, Abalu really deserved a beating...
After the Xiongnu people left, the ministers in the hall really couldn't hold back anymore. They laughed until they leaned back and forth, fell all over the place, and some even laughed until tears came out, completely undignified.
Even the usually aloof Jing Yan couldn't help but smile, and he stroked her cute little nose affectionately, doting on her, "Naughty!"
Emperor Xia Jing gave her a big thumbs up, "Girl, awesome!"
Jiang Yuqing had her arms akimbo arrogantly, with her little head held high, extremely proud, "He deserved it!"
When she returned, the little dumpling immediately apologized to Doctor Qiu. "Master, I'm sorry. I promised His Majesty to ask you to help."
Dumpling felt very guilty. This went against Doctor Qiu's three refusal principles.
Doctor Qiu stroked his little apprentice’s head and said solemnly, "It doesn't matter. Whether we like it or not, there are always some things in life that we have to compromise on. If we didn't agree, the Xiongnu might not have hesitated to use it as an excuse to invade Da Xia. Then the common people would be the victims.
The little dumpling nestled her little head in her master's palm. It was because she knew this principle that she had cooperated with the emperor in that play.
The next day, only Xuri Gan and his attendant came to the office.
Abalu was no longer seen! It could be inferred that after returning, Xuri Gan must have disciplined him.
She had heard that Xuri Gan, for this matter, had promised Emperor His Majesty five hundred fine horses to mediate. His Majesty had agreed to let her choose the two best horses first after Xuri Gan sent the horses.
According to Xuri Gan’s description, he first started experiencing headaches and blurred vision this year. After seeing the Xiongnu shamans, not only did it not get better, but it got worse and worse.
Later, when they had no other way, they went to the Han doctors at the Da Xia borders for help and took a lot of medicine, but there was still no improvement.
After that, the headaches intensified, and when he looked at people or objects, he would see blocks, and even intermittent blindness.
Jiang Yuqing roughly knew what was going on.
After a series of examinations, the result came out. Indeed it was a pituitary adenoma.
This type of tumor was benign, common in middle-aged youth, and the cause of onset was still unclear. In the early stages, apart from endocrine problems, there were no other symptoms.
As the tumor grows, it slowly compresses the surrounding nerves or tissues. At this time, the patient will show symptoms such as headaches, decreased vision, or visual field loss. At this time, surgery is needed to remove it.
Although Xuri Gan's symptoms were severe, they were still within controllable range. Endonasal surgery could be used to remove it.
Endonasal surgery had the advantages of less trauma and faster recovery.
Doctor Qiu explained the cause of the disease, examination results, treatment plan to be adopted, and risks involved in surgery to Xuri Gan one by one.
Xuri Gan agreed on the spot to do it and signed the consent form.
The reason for being so readily agreeable was entirely because Doctor Qiu was his last hope.
If he didn't get the surgery, he would go blind.
The Xiongnu King Zheng didn’t need a blind wolf leader or a eagle with broken wings.
When that time came, he would be skinned and dismantled by his covetous brothers before he could destroy himself, and completely devoured.
The operation was scheduled for the morning three days later.
Jiang Yuqing intended to be the primary surgeon for this operation herself. Her current accomplishments had also improved. After more than half a year of training, she could hold the scalpel steadily.
The main thing was that such an operation generally required an endoscope, which Doctor Qiu and the others didn't know how to use, and that was secondary. The most important thing was that there was no electricity outside.
So Jiang Yuqing intended to use "Divine Consciousness" as the endoscope, and at the same time give his brain some "good medicine" during the operation.
As the old saying goes, “People of different races will have different hearts”.
It was still better to be wary of this kind of bad thing like the Xiongnu.
Moreover, she didn't want to kill him, just in case. As long as he stays peaceful, then it’s fine. If he tries anything...
Then there would be no need to keep him alive!
Xuri Gan recovered very quickly after the operation. The first thing after making sure he was fine was to leave the capital under the "affectionate and friendly escort" of Da Xia, straight to the border.
The day after Xuri Gan was discharged from the hospital, a Han man was sent in. He had been hunting in the mountains and his intestines were gouged by a wild boar's tusks.
Because he was sent too late and lost too much blood, the patient had already stopped breathing and his heart had stopped beating when the ox cart arrived at the hospital door.
"Father Zhu is dead!" someone sorrowfully cried out. The family members who had brought him were instantly heartbroken and cried loudly.
Jiang Yuqing happened to be out for some air. Seeing this, she hurried forward to check, sensing that the victim still had a trace of extremely weak vitality.
Her heart tightened. She quickly grabbed his hand to send him a wisp of vitality. Then she shouted loudly into the doorway, “Quick, get a stretcher! There’s still hope!”
As soon as the medical staff heard this, they hurriedly pushed the stretcher trolley to run out rumbling. The family also realized it and quickly helped to lift the wounded onto the stretcher.
Jiang Yuqing jumped onto the stretcher and injected spiritual energy into her hands. Then she clasped her hands together to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the injured, while continually inputting vitality into the victim.
Soon, the stretcher was pushed into the operating room.
Under Jiang Yuqing's tireless efforts, the patient's heart resumed beating after a short half a quarter hour. Jiang Yuqing also broke out in a sweat, with the little white coat covered all over in fresh blood.
What followed next was a series of emergency procedures - blood tests, transfusions, surgery, washing and suturing the severed intestines, and then suturing the abdominal cavity...
Jiang Yuqing was the lead surgeon, with Tian Shanglu and Senior Brother Lu Yi as her assistants, and two surgical nurses passing instruments and wiping away sweat.
The surgery took a full one and a half hours, and went relatively smoothly.
As the surgery finished, Jiang Yuqing was carried down from her personal surgical stool by Lu Yi.
"Little junior sister, you were amazing!" Lu Yi excitedly pecked her little face twice.
She may be small in stature, but her hands moved steadily and quickly, flowing like water, even admirably so.
His little junior sister was simply a genius among geniuses, as if heaven itself was hand-feeding her.
Jiang Yuqing frowned in annoyance as she wiped her face, dissatisfiedly protesting: "Senior Brother, I've grown up now, you can't keep kissing me!"
This enthusiasm is really too much.
"Sorry, sorry, I'll be more careful next time!"
The senior sibling interactions drew kindhearted laughter from the operating room. Having successfully snatched a life back from the jaws of death, everyone was in high spirits.
After settling subsequent matters, they pushed the patient out of the operating room doors.
Upon hearing that the patient was saved, his family members wept with joy. They knelt down one by one to thank the doctors.
This was the highest sign of respect they could offer. Their smiles also swept away the doctors' fatigue.
Among the kneeling crowd was a little girl. Jiang Yuqing recognized her - she was the young miss who picked rice ears for her in her estate's fields during the autumn harvest.
She still remembered the girl's longing voice, saying that if her family planted high-yield crops next year, they'd also get to eat their fill.
The patient was her father, who had also worked odd jobs in Jiang Yuqing's estate before.
She was very glad that in saving him, she also saved this family.
She personally helped the little girl to her feet. The girl also recognized her and happily called out "Noble lady".
Jiang Yuqing smiled at her with a nod. "Don't worry, we've given your father the best medicine. He'll be alright."
"Thank you, thank you noble lady!" The girl cried emotionally.
The patient had decent constitution and a strong will to live. He woke up the next afternoon, completely out of critical danger.
In between, Jiang Yuqing secretly performed a Spring Renewal technique on him once more, speeding up his wound recovery.
He was the pillar supporting this large family.
If the pillar collapsed, the entire household would suffer catastrophic ruin.
Two days later, when Jiang Yuqing did her morning rounds, the little girl shyly handed her a pair of small shoes.
She looked at Jiang Yuqing sincerely yet anxiously, saying she had spent two evenings making them, as a gift for her.
Though the shoes had no embroidery, they were made of soft cotton fabric, feeling extremely smooth to the touch. Amazingly, there was even cotton wadding inside. Seeing the patched clothes the girl was wearing, Jiang Yuqing felt her eyes mist over instantly.
She immediately took off her own shoes adorned with pearls and put on the girl's shoes instead.
Plain and simple, yet very comfortable on the feet, solid and soft. She thought this was probably one of the best gifts she had ever received.
Jiang Yuqing smiled gently at the girl. "Thank you for your gift, I really like it." The girl instantly bloomed into a smile as radiant and beautiful as a March flower.
Ten days later, the girl's father was discharged from the hospital.
When her mother went to settle the bill anxiously, she was told that the medical fees were zero. The reason being that the hospital had recently introduced a special major illness assistance fund.
For certain major illnesses, medical fees may be reduced or waived depending on the situation. Her household head was the first patient under the special fund, so the dean had paid special attention and waived the fees entirely.
The family wept with joy once more, repeatedly giving thanks.
Upon seeing this, Little Lady Yuqing, wearing comfortable little cotton shoes, trotted off with her little hands behind her back.
Concealing one's contributions and fame.
