"Is this set of silver needles available?!"
"Very good!"
"Your Majesty is saved!"
The living room was suddenly filled with joy, and the sadness just now was swept away.
Chen Keyan twisted her waist, got up from Su Xian's shoulders, turned around and picked up the food box on the round table in her hands, looked at Li Qingniu and said:
"Doctor Li, without further ado, let's hurry up..."
In the middle of her words, she suddenly stopped.
Because she glanced sideways at the hourglass used for countdown.
The sand on the hourglass has already drained out, which means...noon has long passed.
They missed the deadline!
Furthermore, it would take about half a quarter of an hour to get from Princess Wu's mansion to Emperor Chen's bedroom.
It's too late!
Chen Keyan was holding the food box in her hand and was about to cry. She finally found a set of silver needles that could be used, but she missed the deadline again.
Soon, Su Xian and others also realized this.
The liveliness and laughter in the living room disappeared in an instant. Everyone looked at each other, looking at each other, as if there was a dark cloud hanging over their heads, making it difficult to breathe.
Li Qingniu stood up calmly, calmly stroking his beard:
"I'm not a miraculous doctor who can tell the truth. Yesterday, I said that Emperor Chen's deadline is today at noon. That was actually a modest statement."
"..."
After hearing this, everyone, especially Chen Keyan, felt hopeful again:
"Then I dare to ask Dr. Li, if we rush to our father's chamber now, is it still too late?"
"Of course there's time." Li Qingniu put one hand behind his back, stroking his beard with the other, holding out his slightly fat belly, looking calm and natural.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's set off quickly!"
Su Xian grabbed Li Qingniu's arm and pulled him forward unexpectedly. Li Qingniu was dragged and staggered, and his calmness and indifference were shattered to pieces.
Li Qingniu was not angry at all. As he walked out, he stared at the bull's eyes and reprimanded:
"Boy, why are you in such a hurry? Slow down..."
"..."
In the dark underground passage, Su Xian, Chen Keyan, Li Qingniu and others each held a candle and walked quickly through it.
No one spoke, and there was only the sound of hurried footsteps.
This set of silver needles was hard-won, and they had to rush to Emperor Chen's chamber as quickly as possible.
However, when they came to the underground of Emperor Chen's chamber, Chen Keyan climbed up the stone stairs and was about to turn on the mechanism, when her expression changed and she suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Su Xian was confused.
"There's someone up there!" Chen Keyan replied quietly.
"Oops, I forgot about this."
Everyone immediately remembered that someone had indeed reported to them just now that the queen, the royal concubine, and the imperial doctor went to Emperor Chen's chamber together, saying they wanted to diagnose Emperor Chen's pulse.
"What should we do now?" Zhou Wei was gearing up. He was an upright man and was so anxious that he wanted to use force to kill him directly.
Although Chen Keyan was extremely unwilling, she could only shake her head and said:
"We can only wait and wait for them to leave!"
"At present, it seems that this is the only way." Su Xian shook his head.
Just like that, they waited.
Unknowingly, half an hour passed.
Su Xian and Chen Keyan became more and more anxious, but there was no way. The queen, the royal concubine, the imperial doctor and others never left. They could only wait here in frustration.
Li Qingniu didn't care, but seeing that half an hour had passed, he had to remind him:
"We must find a way to get them to leave. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid it will be too late."
"Then what should we do?" Chen Keyan was very frightened. After being overjoyed and sad, she panicked a little and looked at Su Xian subconsciously.
"I can't tell. I can only ask you to go out, take a detour into the palace, and find a way to drive the queen and others away." Su Xian came up with a way for her.
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Chen Keyan made a quick decision, handed the food box to Su Xian solemnly, turned around and ran back.
But at this moment, Yang Zhilan rarely spoke up: "Wait a minute, the people above seem to be leaving!"
Sure enough, Chen Keyan stopped, returned to her original position, put her ear to the stone slab and listened carefully, and after a moment she said happily:
"Yes, they really left. We can open the exit after a while."
After a while, Chen Keyan made sure that there was no one above, and then she triggered the mechanism. After the rumbling sound, everyone filed out one after another.
Su Xian didn't care much and immediately ordered: "Lock the door of the dormitory first. No matter who comes, don't open the door. Master, please give Chen Emperor acupuncture immediately!"
Everyone said "OK" in unison and then split up.
Yang Zhilan acted quickly and quickly locked the door, then stood guard there to prevent anyone from breaking in.
Li Qingniu, on the other hand, was almost held by Su Xian and Zhou Wei, and "ran" off the ground to the bedside of Emperor Chen.
Chen Keyan was not idle either and quickly prepared the stools and pulse pillows needed for pulse diagnosis.
Finally, the pulse diagnosis began.
Everyone, especially Chen Keyan, could not help but breathe a heavy sigh of relief, and their tense hearts relaxed slightly.
But then, the worries that had just been relaxed started to rise again, because they had been delayed for so long, and they didn't know if they had exceeded the deadline.
Everyone stared intently at Li Qingniu, and time seemed to have frozen at this moment.
Chen Keyan clasped her hands together and prayed silently in her heart.
After a while, Li Qingniu finally opened his eyes and finished the pulse diagnosis.
"Doctor Li, Father, he..."
Chen Keyan's voice couldn't stop trembling, for fear that Li Qingniu would say "it's hopeless" or "we're late".
Li Qingniu didn't respond. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up from the stool, stretched out a hand out of thin air, spread his palm upward, and shouted loudly:
"Silver Needle!"
"The silver needle is here."
Su Xian frowned, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly handed over the silver needle he took out.
Li Qingniu looked serious and serious, like an old scholar, and his expression was completely different from the calm and indifferent expression just now.
After receiving the silver needle, he directly injected the needle into Emperor Chen through his clothes. His movements were fast and accurate, and everyone on the sidelines were stunned. Is this the strength of the miraculous doctor of Butterfly Valley?
After several injections, Li Qingniu's face relaxed slightly, he pointed at the food box in Chen Keyan's hand, and ordered without question: "Take the medicine!"
"good!"
Chen Keyan didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly took out the soup from the food box, poured out half a bowl, and then, with the help of Su Xian and others, fed Chen Di the medicine, spoonful after spoonful.
After finishing the bowl of soup, Li Qingniu waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to feed him.
Chen Keyan stepped back, not caring about packing the medicine bowl, and asked hurriedly:
"Doctor Li, how is Father...how is he?"
"It's okay for now."
Li Qingniu continued to inject acupuncture. There were thirteen acupuncture needles in the Ghost Gate. He had to finish them:
"But it's very dangerous. If we had been more than ten breaths late just now, Emperor Chen's condition would have been irreversible!"
"More than ten breaths!"
Everyone was surprised, and then fearful. If they were a little late, the situation would be out of control.
Chen Keyan's face relaxed, as long as she could save Emperor Chen, she was so excited that she knelt down to Li Qingniu in front of him. The grace to save her father was greater than heaven, and it was worth worshiping.
Su Xian hurriedly grabbed her and said with a smile: "No, Master won't accept this trick. I'm afraid your kneeling will scare Master away."
Chen Keyan looked puzzled, wondering if there were such strange people in the world?
At this time, Li Qingniu also waved his hand and said:
"That's all, it doesn't have to be like this. Doctors are kind-hearted, so there's no reason not to save people."
"Thank you, Doctor Li."
Chen Keyan suddenly realized that this was the legendary Butterfly Valley Miracle Doctor with a weird temper, so she only gave him a long salute to express her gratitude.
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Su Xian was standing by, squinting sideways and complaining crazily:
"What a bullshit doctor, if it wasn't for my deception, how could you come to Nanchen? You're so shameless, you're just trying to put money on your face!"
"alright!"
Li Qingniu clapped his hands, he had finished pricking the thirteen needles of the ghost gate.
Then he pointed at the medicine bowl and ordered Emperor Chen to continue taking medicine. Then he sat on the stool in front of the hospital bed and took Emperor Chen's pulse again.
Chen Keyan hurriedly took the medicine for Emperor Chen. After Li Qingniu finished diagnosing the pulse, she hurriedly asked:
"Doctor Li, how is my father's condition? Is he out of danger? How long will it take for him to wake up?"
"The danger is gone. As for how long it will take to wake up..." Li Qingniu looked sideways and looked at Chen Keyan with a trace of speechlessness.
Emperor Chen had just taken the medicine and even finished the injection. How could he wake up so quickly? It will take at least three to five days... Su Xian and others thought secretly.
Although they complained like this, they could still understand Chen Keyan. After all, he was her father. As a daughter, it was normal for her to be concerned and confused.
Chen Keyan laughed dryly, and she also realized that it was a blessing in misfortune for Emperor Chen to be out of danger. How could we expect Emperor Chen to wake up immediately?
"As for how long it will take to wake up..." Li Qingniu recovered the speechlessness in his eyes and asserted with confidence:
"Right away, Emperor Chen will wake up soon, probably in a quarter of an hour!"
"..."
Emperor Chen will wake up in a quarter of an hour?
Everyone was confused.
This was seriously inconsistent with their expectations.
"What are you doing?" Li Qingniu glared, very dissatisfied with the performance of Su Xian and others: "I said he can wake up in a quarter of an hour, so he will definitely wake up!"
"Really...really?" Chen Keyan was cautious, fearing to break this "dream".
"Of course, don't forget, I am a god... Anyway, you will find out in a quarter of an hour."
Li Qingniu stood up from the stool, waved his hands, walked straight to a chair nearby and sat down to drink tea.
In this way, Chen Keyan, Su Xian and others stood guard by Chen Di's bedside.
They watched eagerly, waiting for Chen Di to wake up after a quarter of an hour, and then discussed the next plan.
Emperor Chen is a party involved, and the mastermind behind poisoning him has not yet been found out, and this is closely related to the entire situation in Nanchen, so Emperor Chen must get involved.
In the blink of an eye, a quarter of an hour passed.
Under the gaze of everyone, Emperor Chen's eyelids trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes. He glanced slightly sideways, scanning Chen Keyan, Su Xian and others with a blank look on his face.
"Father, thank God, you are finally awake!" Chen Keyan cried with joy.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Su Xian, Zhou Wei and others took a step back and bowed in salute.
"What's wrong with me?"
Emperor Chen frowned and gently rubbed his temples with his hands. He lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed: "My head hurts. I seem to have been unconscious for a long time?"
When Li Qingniu heard the noise, he stood up and walked over: "Your Majesty is still seriously ill and has just woken up. It's better to lie down on the couch and rest more."
"Yes, Father, Father should rest more." Chen Keyan helped Chen Di, let him lie down again, and then pulled the quilt to cover him.
"God... Doctor Li!"
Emperor Chen looked shocked when he first saw Li Qingniu. After Li Qingniu treated him last time, he learned about Li Qingniu's true identity, so he almost let it slip.
Then, he turned to look at Su Xian and forced a smile:
"I'd like to trouble Su Hou to make a trip again, as well as Dr. Li. I won't thank you enough for your kindness. I will definitely repay you generously after this incident."
"Your Majesty, take a rest for a while. The current situation is quite complicated. Your Majesty still needs to make your own decisions on many matters. We will talk about it later," Su Xian said.
"Oh?" Chen Di was shocked:
"What exactly happened? I only remember... an Umrah meeting was being held at that time, and then I fell unconscious."
"This matter seems to be quite serious. It has even alarmed Su Hou and Dr. Li. Yan'er, tell me, what happened to Nan Chen? If someone conspires to cause chaos, I will definitely not spare him!"
"..."
Chen Keyan advised: "Father just woke up, it's better to rest for a while first."
Emperor Chen didn't listen:
"No, I believe in Dr. Li's medical skills. It's just a bit tiring. Please tell me carefully, what happened to Nan Chen? I must know immediately!"
"yes."
Seeing this, Chen Keyan stopped insisting. She slowly came over and told the story of Emperor Chen's illness in great detail.
The more Emperor Chen listened, the more he frowned. In the end, his two eyebrows were squeezed together:
"As you said, there are traitors in our Nanchen who are plotting to kill me, and there are Japanese pirates who are crazy about it outside?"
"Father, I believe that the traitors in the court must be related to the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast. The first thing we have to do is to eradicate the traitors in the court."
Chen Keyan suggested.
Emperor Chen nodded slowly, said "hmm", and then asked:
"But you just said that the clues to trace the traitors in the court have been cut off, so what should we do? Yan'er, do you have any ideas?"
Chen Keyan suddenly looked troubled. If she had her way, she would have continued to track down the mastermind hiding in the dark. Can she wait until now?
When Emperor Chen saw this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said slightly dejectedly:
"That traitor's method is really clever. He actually poisoned the water source in the entire palace and disrupted the sight. Even the secret guards had no clue, let alone others."
"That traitor is so audacious that he dares to poison me and plot to kill me. His heart is to be killed! But I can't do anything about him, eh!"
"..."
Emperor Chen covered his forehead with his hands and frowned, as if he had a severe headache.
Seeing this, Chen Keyan was secretly annoyed that she was useless and could not take care of her father's worries. Suddenly, something moved in her heart and she turned to look at Su Xian beside her:
"I wonder if you can do anything, Master?"
Li Qingniu, Yang Zhilan, Zhou Wei, Chen Di and others also looked at Su Xian, but they were not very optimistic about it. The matter was almost unsolvable. Although Su Xian was powerful, there was a limit, right?
Su Xian frowned and did not answer Chen Keyan's question.
When everyone saw this, they shook their heads and felt helpless.
Is there really no way to cure the mastermind who is at large?
Emperor Chen had a splitting headache and felt very troublesome...
Suddenly, Su Xian's voice suddenly sounded. He was very confident, and his voice clearly reached everyone's ears:
"I thought of a wonderful way to ensure that the mastermind behind the scenes can't escape!"
Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and they all raised their eyes to stare at Su Xian. They were all a bit disbelieving: "What method? The water sources everywhere in the palace have been poisoned. It is impossible to find out the mastermind behind this!"
Su Xian was full of confidence and said with a smile:
"My solution is..."
