sbdcsierra Chapter 387: Medicine has three parts poison.
Chapter 387: Medicine has three parts poison.
Doctor Yuan applied acupuncture to Long Chuqing's Baihui, Neiguan, and Yongquan acupoints, but the person on the bed still showed no signs of waking up.
Dr. Yuan frowned, his eyes filled with confusion.
He has practiced medicine for decades and has seen countless difficult and complicated diseases, but he has never encountered such a strange case.
If it were due to a head injury causing unconsciousness, that could be explained. But Miss Long was perfectly fine, with no symptoms whatsoever, yet she couldn't be woken up no matter what.
"How strange, how strange, it's really very strange."
Doctor Yuan murmured softly, holding a spare silver needle in his hand, but hesitated to insert the needle.
He turned to Xiao Han, who was standing to the side: "Your Highness, Miss Long's condition this time seems similar to the time she fainted in the dark prison before. She doesn't seem to be sick either. I don't know what to do."
After thinking for a moment, Doctor Yuan cautiously asked, "Your Highness, how did Miss Long wake up after fainting in the dark prison?"
This matter should only be known to the prince!
Last time, Qingying and Qingyang were in critical condition and needed Miss Long's timely treatment, but they remained unconscious.
He went to check on her several times, but there was no sign of her waking up.
In the end, the prince himself went to Qiushui Pavilion, and no one knows what method he used, but he managed to wake up Miss Long and bring her over.
Does Your Highness perhaps have some special method to awaken the Dragon Maiden?
Should we let the prince try again?
"Your Highness, if you have a way to help Miss Long wake up, you might as well give it a try," Doctor Yuan suggested tactfully.
Xiao Han pondered. If there was a way to wake Chu Qing last time, it was by stroking her cheek, or perhaps...
This was a unique way of awakening that he discovered by chance, and he couldn't explain the connection between it and others.
Before Doctor Yuan returned to the mansion, he had tried both methods, but neither had any effect.
Chu Qing remained unconscious.
It was as if it had fallen into some kind of deeper slumber.
What exactly is her constitution?
Why is it so special?
Not only does he experience a chill all over his body on the fifteenth of every month, but now he has inexplicably fallen into a deep sleep.
These unusual signs puzzled and worried him.
Xiao Han shook his head and said, "Before you came, I also tried to awaken Chu Qing, but it was still to no avail."
"This?" Upon hearing this, Doctor Yuan also fell into deep thought, lowering his eyes and pondering for a long time.
"Your Highness, please don't worry. Perhaps Miss Long will wake up on her own tomorrow morning, or in a couple of days, just like last time."
After all, judging from her pulse, Miss Long was in excellent health and had no ailments.
Using medication rashly now might backfire.
Three-drug.
If the wrong medicine is used, wouldn't that put an extra burden on her body?
“But…” Xiao Han frowned, still worried.
Will I really wake up tomorrow morning?
"Your Highness, I dare to speculate," Doctor Yuan carefully chose his words. "Miss Long's constitution is probably extraordinary; ordinary illnesses are unlikely to be effective against her."
During the two months in the epidemic area, although he and Xiao Zeng were lucky enough to survive, they both fell slightly ill during that time.
But Miss Long was different. Apart from being tired and somewhat haggard from working all day, she didn't even sneeze once.
"Your Highness, please come quickly."
Doctor Yuan pointed to the faint mark on Long Chuqing's wrist.
“I have taken Miss Long’s pulse several times before, but I did not find this mark on her wrist. I just took a closer look and the mark is neither a scar nor a stain. It is as if it was born on her skin.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Han's gaze sharpened, and he quickly stepped forward and carefully pulled Long Chuqing's wrist to examine it.
"This mark?"
He pondered to himself: Chu Qing's wrists did indeed not have any scars before, he could confirm that.
That mark...
He quickly took a clean piece of silk cloth, moistened it with water, and carefully wiped Long Chuqing's wrist.
After wiping it several times, her wrist was already faintly red, but the light, flame-like mark had not faded.
Doctor Yuan peered out from the side, his eyes darting around, seemingly lost in thought.
"Your Highness, I dare to speculate that the mark on Miss Long's wrist might be some ancient and obscure curse, perhaps... that is the real reason she fell into a coma!"
"A spell?" Xiao Han's pupils contracted slightly, and his expression turned serious.
Doctor Yuan added, "Of course, this is just my personal guess. At present, Miss Long's unconscious state cannot be awakened by medical skills. In addition, this mark suddenly appeared on her wrist, so I can only associate it with metaphysical incantations."
"I have never actually witnessed it, nor do I have any factual basis for it. Your Highness need not take it seriously; perhaps the truth is not so."
Xiao Han gently stroked the mark on Long Chuqing's wrist, then slowly moved his gaze from her wrist to her brow.
The flower mark between her eyebrows was still bright red, somewhat similar to the mark on her wrist. Both were growing into the skin, but their shapes and colors were different.
He had asked Chu Qing about it, and she said it was a birthmark, but he didn't believe her at the time.
Could this vibrant crimson be some kind of mark?
No, no, no... he must be overthinking it; these two are not the same thing.
The floral decoration between Chu Qing's eyebrows had always been there, but the mark on her wrist was not there before.
Xiao Han recalled that when she handed the bowl back to him at noon when he was taking his medicine, her wrist was still fair and bare.
Could it really be some kind of curse or magic?
Is it because of the appearance of this mark that Chu Qing fell into a deep sleep?
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The next day, Long Chuqing still hadn't woken up, so Xiao Han ordered someone to go to the Imperial Hospital to invite Dr. Liu to come and consult on her case.
However, after a thorough examination, Dr. Liu still couldn't figure out what was wrong.
The diagnosis was exactly the same as Dr. Yuan's: the patient was healthy and had no abnormalities.
"Does Judge Liu recognize this mark?" Xiao Han asked, pointing to the curse mark on Long Chuqing's wrist.
Liu, the Imperial Physician, is the head of the Imperial Medical Academy of the current dynasty. He is highly skilled in medicine, experienced, and well-versed in various ancient medical books. Perhaps he knows something about it.
Upon hearing this, Judge Liu bent down to examine it closely, his brows furrowing: "What is this?"
He looked up in confusion, "This is just a faint birthmark to me. What does it have to do with Miss Long's illness?"
After careful consideration, Judge Liu concluded that the fact that the prince asked this question indicated that this was no ordinary birthmark.
He immediately changed his question: "Has this mark always been with Miss Long?"
Xiao Han shook his head: "No, it didn't exist before."
Before Judge Liu could press further, Xiao Han relayed Doctor Yuan's thoughts: "Do you think this might be a mark left by some hidden curse? Is Chu Qing's unconsciousness related to it?"
"A curse?" Upon hearing this, Judge Liu's eyes widened slightly.
Spells, huh! That's certainly a bold idea.