Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

A boil was undoubtedly a terminal illness to some extent in this era!

It was also referred to as a 'golden sore'.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhou Yu died from a ruptured golden sore, and even with the highest medical skills of the time, they were helpless.

Essentially, it was a severe wound infection caused by external trauma and inflammation.

This boil was actually a swelling containing pus that had not yet ruptured.

Imperial Physician Hu had seen Emperor Jing's wound last night, and although it was serious, he felt it was still controllable.

Although he was somewhat alarmed at the time, he didn't think much of it after squeezing out the pus and reapplying the medicine.

How could a boil have inexplicably grown again after just one night?

At this moment, Imperial Physician Hu's face was as pale as gold, his mind was in a panic, and he was just constantly helping Emperor Jing clean other parts of the wound.

Li Yuanzhao and Guo Tianyang were also pale.

Both of them knew what a boil represented.

Quite a few military generals in the court had died from this disease!

"Father Emperor... Father Emperor..." Li Yuanzhao had fallen into great fear, tears streaming down his face, and helplessly leaned beside Emperor Jing, calling out again and again.

Guo Tianyang was only concerned with standing aside and wiping away tears.

The cold wind continued to pour into the warm pavilion, and Emperor Jing's chest began to rise and fall erratically.

Before long, Emperor Jing slowly opened his eyes: "Water... bring me water!"

Upon seeing this, Guo Tianyang immediately reacted and hurried over to pour water for Emperor Jing.

Li Yuanzhao also calmed down a bit, his face full of worry: "Father Emperor, how do you feel?"

"Which... which bastard covered me... covered me with a blanket!" The cold air made Emperor Jing's mind clearer.

Originally, his injury hadn't been so critical, but he hadn't expected that being covered up all night would almost kill him!

At night, he vaguely felt like a mountain was pressing down on him, and his shoulders were constantly aching.

But his eyelids were also extremely weak, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open them!

At this moment, with the burden gone, his mind was clear, and he only felt a fire burning in his heart.

Hearing this, Li Yuanzhao glared at Guo Tianyang with hatred.

Guo Tianyang was just bringing over a cup of tea, and upon hearing these words, he immediately knelt on the ground in great fear.

He pleaded: "Your Majesty! You had a high fever, so this servant added two quilts for you. The fever will go away as soon as you sweat!"

Emperor Jing gasped twice and waved his hand weakly: "Understood, quickly... bring me the water."

Guo Tianyang quickly offered the tea.

After drinking a bowl of tea, Emperor Jing was more energetic.

He turned his head to look at the wound on his shoulder and fell silent for a moment.

Li Yuanzhao was still trembling and said: "Father Emperor, change the medicine... it will be fine after changing the medicine. Why didn't you tell your son earlier..."

Emperor Jing smiled and said weakly: "A mere minor injury... I didn't expect it to develop to this point..."

"When I was young, I often served in the military... many old soldiers in the army died easily from just minor injuries."

"At that time, I didn't know how difficult life was... cough... I even laughed at those old soldiers. Now... I've ended up in the same situation."

"太子... You must take this as a warning, cough! Cough!."

"Imperial Physician Hu! How is it looking!" Li Yuanzhao didn't expect that Emperor Jing would still be thinking about educating him at this time, and tears fell again.

Imperial Physician Hu trembled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry! This old minister will go brew medicine for you. A boil may not necessarily be incurable!"

Although he said so, he really didn't have any confidence in his heart.

Quite a few military generals had died under his care!

Now, his mind was just frantically recalling the prescriptions left behind by his ancestors!

It's impossible for the imperial physicians' medical skills to be that bad, but it's also not necessarily that superb.

The imperial physicians in the palace were passed down through generations, and in his generation, they could only treat illnesses in a conventional manner.

Everything was based on the prescriptions of their ancestors, and they didn't dare to make too many changes. After all, these were things that had already been certified as effective by their ancestors, so how could they be easily altered?

As a result, due to the lack of cases in the palace, ordinary minor illnesses and disasters were naturally not a problem, but when encountering difficult and complicated diseases, they were not as good as famous folk doctors who often treated people.

"Let His Majesty rest first, don't disturb him too much. Your Highness, let's go out."

With that said, Imperial Physician Hu changed some new medicine for external application on the wound and then got up to walk out.

Li Yuanzhao glanced at Emperor Jing and said softly: "Father Emperor, I'll be back in a while."

Then, he followed Imperial Physician Hu out the door...

Once outside the door, Li Yuanzhao's face immediately changed drastically! He grabbed Imperial Physician Hu's collar and said angrily: "You quack! You couldn't cure this prince's sister, and now you dare to harm Father Emperor!"

Imperial Physician Hu was almost in tears from being grabbed like this, and he quickly said: "Your Highness! Your Highness! It's not that this old minister is incompetent, it's just that I didn't expect this situation to occur!"

"Speak quickly! What is Father Emperor's condition now?"

Imperial Physician Hu, with a look of horror, stammered: "A boil has already formed... if it gets more serious, I'm afraid the toxic evil will enter the body... there's no cure... this old minister will go back and think of a way! Think of a way!"

Li Yuanzhao suddenly released his hand, his voice trembling: "So... it's that serious. Is there any way?"

"This old minister's ancestors must have a way! This old minister will go back and check, and immediately brew medicine for His Majesty after checking!"

With that said, Imperial Physician Hu ran away in a puff of smoke, leaving Li Yuanzhao standing there with a look of disappointment.

At this time, Guo Tianyang also walked out of the warm pavilion, still sobbing and wiping away tears: "Your Highness, His Majesty wants to see you... please go."

"Oh... okay."

Li Yuanzhao returned to the room blankly. Emperor Jing was already leaning against the couch, beckoning to him.

"I'm fine, you don't need to worry too much."

"Father Emperor... when did you get this injury? Why didn't you tell me sooner!"

"Fourth Brother sent someone to assassinate me, originally because I was afraid you would worry. And it was just a minor injury, I didn't expect it to worsen like this. But now I'm much better... you don't need to worry. For a ruler, the most important thing is to be calm and composed, and not to panic when things happen. If you're so flustered, how can I rest assured to hand over the country to you?" Emperor Jing said weakly.

Li Yuanzhao's eyes turned red again, and he knelt beside him: "I don't want the country, I don't want anything, as long as Father Emperor is safe..."

Hearing this, Emperor Jing trembled all over, moved: "Don't say such unpromising words, the people of the world are all your subjects, everyone has to die, let alone I'm not dead yet!"

"Listen to me, starting tomorrow, you will attend court on my behalf... don't delay it, remember?"

"I'm not going! I want to stay here!" Li Yuanzhao refused flatly.

"Presumptuous! You're defying the imperial decree!"

"What if I defy the imperial decree?"

"Cough.... cough cough! Cough!" Emperor Jing's face was flushed, and he said urgently: "You... do you want to anger me to death, you rebellious son?"

"When you're well, you can go yourself, I'm not going anyway!" Li Yuanzhao stared at Emperor Jing with a stubborn look.

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