Capítulo 1630: Chapter 1605: Admonition

Mrs. Wang immediately set aside her prejudice against the Baohe Medical Clinic and asked Shopkeeper Shi and Doctor Ning to stay and treat her son together.

Shopkeeper Shi and Doctor Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled gratefully at Zhou Man and Doctor Ding.

Doctor Ding returned the smile, and then they began to have the couch cleared, placing it in the middle of the room, and moving the person onto it.

Manbao then drove most of the Wang Family out, saying, “There are too many people; it’s easy to bring in impurities. Right now, impurities are the last thing his wound needs.”

Mrs. Wang told her pale daughter-in-law to leave, thinking if even she was scared to look at her son’s wound, how much more terrified someone so young would be.

She left only two maids inside to follow orders.

The doctors requested hot water, each washing their hands before taking out their surgical tools, then all looked toward Manbao.

Manbao used acupuncture to relieve his pain. He had been in constant pain, and this made performing the surgery a bit easier, as his pain tolerance would increase; but now the person was unconscious, and to be safe, it was best to apply a couple of needles.

Once it was confirmed that the pain-relieving needles were effective, everyone took their places on either side, each cleaning their respective area.

Mrs. Wang was quietly wiping her tears when she suddenly saw the four doctors standing on either side, slicing the flesh off her son. She blanched and began to tremble all over…

Zheng Gu stood aside observing and studying. He saw the situation and quickly calmed her with a word: “Mrs. Wang, they are removing the necrotic tissue from him, which will help him recover faster.”

Mrs. Wang was not comforted at all, but she put on a fierce expression that startled Zheng Gu.

The four were utterly careful, gently cleaning the pus and then cutting away the confirmed dead tissue, little by little, which required significant skill and wrist strength.

Seeing everyone was focused, Doctor Ding took the opportunity to hand Zheng Gu the prescription that had been previously set aside and asked him to mix the medicinal plaster according to it.

Once they finished cleaning, Zheng Gu also completed mixing the medicinal plaster and decocting the medicine.

The four doctors carefully applied medicine to stop the bleeding and then gently covered his lower back and buttocks with a clean white cloth.

Doctor Ding wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Manbao, “Wake him up so we can have him take the medicine.”

Manbao agreed and used needles to wake him.

Wang Rong groggily opened his eyes, hardly aware of anything, but seeing his eyes open, Doctor Ning and Doctor Ding quickly lifted him halfway up and directly poured the prepared medicine into him with swift and deft motions.

Who here hasn’t started as a medicine apprentice?

After giving him the medicine, they laid the patient back on the couch and then began to wait and observe the situation.

After a while, Mrs. Wang couldn’t help but ask Manbao, “Imperial Doctor Zhou, my son…”

Manbao replied, “Let’s wait and see. If there’s no sign of the fever reducing after half an hour, then we’ll change the medicine.”

Manbao looked towards Shopkeeper Shi and asked, “Does the patient have internal bleeding?”

With his eyes downcast, Shopkeeper Shi said, “Yes, from the start he was given Jishi Hall’s Chinese ginseng powder to take internally, and the external wounds were also treated with Chinese ginseng powder.”

“Then how come…”

Doctor Ning, feeling aggrieved, said, “The patient drank alcohol.”

The doctors fell silent.

Mrs. Wang sensed the atmosphere wasn’t good, paused, and then asked, “What should we do now?”

Manbao thought for a moment and said, “Let’s wait. The internal injury shouldn’t be too severe; we’ll focus on reducing the fever first and stop the bleeding later.”

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to agree. The door was knocked on, and she motioned slightly to the four doctors before getting up to go out.

Once she left, the four doctors relaxed a bit and discussed the case more openly. Manbao said, “The patient also has a heart issue. A gloomy mood is not conducive to wound healing.”

“If it weren’t for the gloomy mood, he wouldn’t have drunk,” Doctor Ning said indignantly. The patient had initially been his responsibility; the wound, though seemingly small, was not trivial. It was mainly due to the severe beating, even injuring muscles and bones. With the current hot weather, it was difficult to care for.

A single mistake, and the person could die.

But he felt he managed well this time. The external wound and internal injury concerns were addressed, the Wang Family spared no expense using the best medicine, and plenty of servants were available for care, so there shouldn’t have been any issues with that.

As long as the initial fevers were managed, there wouldn’t have been a problem. Yet right after he left from a checkup, the patient, feeling gloomy, drank, nullifying any effectiveness of the hemostatic and injury-healing drugs he had prescribed.

Manbao and Doctor Ding looked sympathetically at Doctor Ning and were about to inquire further when they heard Mrs. Wang outside raging, “What do you mean it’s not appropriate? Does he want to force us to our deathbeds? You tell him to come speak with me himself!”

All five doctors inside perked up their ears, hearing outside what seemed to be a nanny advising in a low voice, “Madam, the master’s intention was also for the young master’s own good. No one expected those ruffians to be so heavy-handed; the master and madam have already tied the people up. However you wish to deal with them, is what will be done. But please, madam, think of the big picture.”

Not just outside, but also the five in the room were holding their breaths. Silence followed before the nanny’s voice came again, low, but audible to the doctors with keen ears: “Madam, here’s a box of ginseng and high-grade ointment from the palace, a small token from our master and madam. Please accept it, and it would be best for that Imperial Doctor in the room to be sent away sooner.”

She lowered her voice further to tell Mrs. Wang, “If you want to summon an Imperial Doctor, you can ask the master for a card. Rest assured, before I came, the madam had already mentioned that the family would promptly fetch a card to invite Imperial Doctor Chen over. Isn’t Imperial Doctor Chen older? Naturally, his skills are a bit more superior, so rest assured.”

Mrs. Wang was far from reassured, her hands in her sleeves tightly clenched into fists. She maintained her silence, making the nanny’s expression increasingly anxious. Just about to speak, Wang Da hurried over from the front, whispered to his stepmother, “Mother, the servant who went to Jishi Hall for medicine has returned.”

Mrs. Wang immediately snapped back to attention and said quickly, “Let him in.”

She glanced at the nanny, pulling a grim smile: “Nanny Wu, rest assured, I know we will still rely on Uncle in the future to get by, and will certainly think of the bigger picture. Eldest Granny, take the nanny over.”

Eldest Granny Wang immediately complied, stepping forward to escort the nanny away. Though initially unwilling, a maid stepped forward, affectionately holding her hand, leading her to the courtyard doors and directly sending her next door.

Once the person left, Mrs. Wang couldn’t hold her temper and spat fiercely in the direction where she departed. She stomped quickly over to the wall and loudly cursed toward that side, “The weasel pays respects to the chicken for New Year, when Rong’er was just brought back I knelt to summon the Imperial Doctor, and who did I see?”