Jun Lao's injuries were too severe; only the pooled blood could be dealt with first, and his internal organs needed to heal before his internal injuries could be properly addressed.
Xiao Wangye watched from the side, discovering this method of treatment for the first time.
Ye Qingcheng felt, for the first time, that the absence of disinfection tools was truly problematic.
Ye Qingcheng retrieved the scalpel from the water and made another incision in Elder Jun's abdomen.
The bloody scene made everyone's scalps tingle.
Ye Qingcheng had undergone many surgeries, large and small, so this scene was a minor matter. As she worked, she mused, "Fortunately, Elder Jun is unconscious. If he were awake, he would need anesthesia, which would be even more troublesome." It would also save time without a nurse to assist.
This surgery was generally not difficult. Fortunately, Elder Jun had internal energy protecting him, so there was no great risk.
This surgery took two hours, which, by modern time reckoning, was four hours.
When the needle had closed the wound, Ye Qingcheng washed her hands and finally let out a long sigh of relief.
It was too exhausting without a nurse's help.
"Alright, it's not time to move him yet. Let him sleep like this! We'll talk after he wakes up tomorrow."
Everyone nodded.
Ye Qingcheng stretched and said, "Alright, I'm going back to sleep. You all should rest early too!"
Having completed the surgery by herself, she was, no matter what, utterly exhausted.
Ye Qingcheng washed up and lay in bed, sleeping soundly.
However, one person couldn't sleep that night.
Xiao Wangye watched as the assassin, who had been declared dead, was actually saved by Ye Qingcheng.
He still found it hard to believe.
"Has the person sent to investigate Ye Qingcheng replied yet?"
Lin Xiao watched his subordinate administer medicine to the assassin. Hearing the Prince's question, he turned and replied, "Reporting to Your Highness, not yet, but news should be coming soon."
Xiao Wangye nodded, lost in thought.
Lin Xiao was also pondering the events of the day: "It's strange, why didn't the Princess Consort possess such superb medical skills before?"
Xiao Wangye nodded, "Exactly!" Did she not want to reveal it to him before, or did she not know medicine at all before, and only learned it recently? Or was it possible... she wasn't Ye Qingcheng at all...
But Xiao Wangye dismissed this thought. In this world, there were no ghosts or spirits, yet the current Ye Qingcheng... her medical skills, her personality... all her changes, not gradual, but sudden... this couldn't help but lead one to consider that possibility...
"Sigh~" Xiao Wangye sighed. He disliked things that were beyond his control, things he couldn't grasp easily led to chaos, so he had to know everything about Ye Qingcheng.
Perhaps Ye Qingcheng having such medical skills by his side was a blessing, but it couldn't be guaranteed that this blessing wouldn't turn into a curse. He wouldn't do something so uncertain.
Xiao Wangye pushed his wheelchair away, but he gave Lin Xiao a deadline.
"Preferably by tomorrow, I want to know everything about Ye Qingcheng, or you, as commander, can cease to be one."
Lin Xiao accepted the order: "Yes."
The next day, Ye Qingcheng was woken by Bi Xi.
"Princess Consort, please wake up quickly."
Ye Qingcheng blinked sleepily, "Hmm... what time is it?" Seeing Bi Xi's confused expression, she suddenly remembered that she had transmigrated, and this era didn't use time, but "shichen" (traditional Chinese time units).
"What shichen is it?"
Bi Xi smiled, "Princess Consort, it is already Mao shi?"
"Mao shi?" Ye Qingcheng clutched her blanket, unwilling to get up, but hearing the time, her mind raced. Mao shi was from five to seven in the morning.
Ye Qingcheng propped herself up and looked out the window. The sky was just dawning. It was mid-July, summer. At this time, the sun would be rising around six o'clock.
So early?
Ye Qingcheng was unhappy.
"Oh dear! It's too early. Let me sleep a bit longer?"
Bi Xi looked troubled. She wanted to wake the Princess Consort, but if the Princess Consort wouldn't get up, she couldn't do anything.
"Then until when does the Princess Consort want to sleep? So I can tell them?"
Ye Qingcheng's voice came from under the covers: "Sleep until I wake up naturally. Don't call me."
Bi Xi looked embarrassed, sighing, "Yes."
Just as she retreated to the doorway, she heard the Princess Consort call out, "Close the door and the windows. Tell the stewards, if there's nothing important, don't come here."
Bi Xi helplessly replied, "Alright~"
Ye Qingcheng could finally sleep soundly.
By the time Xiao Wangye arrived, it was almost noon. Seeing the items for washing and preparing placed by the door, he looked around and asked, "Where is the Princess Consort?"
Everyone quickly put down their things and stepped forward to bow: "The Princess Consort is still sleeping and doesn't want to get up."
Xiao Wangye sighed helplessly, "It's almost noon, and she's still sleeping. Go and wake her."
Bi Xi said tremblingly, "This servant has tried to wake her for a long time, but... the Princess Consort still won't get up."
Xiao Wangye twitched the corner of his mouth, shook his head, and said helplessly, "Open the door, this Prince will go and call her."
Bi Xi kowtowed: "Yes."
Xiao Wangye was pushed in by Lin Xiao, but the inner room was off-limits to other men, who had to wait outside.
Xiao Wangye pushed the wheelchair to the bedside.
Looking at Ye Qingcheng's adorable sleeping posture, he said speechlessly, "Ye Qingcheng."
Ye Qingcheng didn't move.
Xiao Wangye called out again, "Ye Qingcheng."
This time, Ye Qingcheng finally stirred, but she merely turned over and buried herself in the blankets, lying like a corpse.
Xiao Wangye took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, though the veins on his temples bulged.
"Ye Qingcheng, Elder Jun has woken up."
This finally made Ye Qingcheng reluctantly get up.
With a drool on her chin, she looked at Xiao Wangye for a moment before realizing, "Hmm? Elder Jun has woken up!"
Xiao Wangye nodded.
Ye Qingcheng wiped the drool from her mouth, her expression regaining some clarity.
"Yes! It is time to go and see. Bi Xi, hurry and help me wash up."