Chapter 245: Awakening
What they didn’t know was that after Feng Qingcheng left, the eyelashes of the woman on the Crystal Bed fluttered…
Dongli Kingdom,
“Doctor Du, how is my wife?”
After Doctor Du busied himself for several hours, the sky outside was about to brighten, and Li Sanmao, with bloodshot eyes, hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
“The hemorrhage has temporarily stopped!”
Doctor Du was exhausted, rubbing his brow; just stopping this hemorrhage had nearly broken him.
“She is now in a deep coma state. Although the hemorrhage has stopped, the situation is still dangerous. Not only has she injured her heart meridian, but her entire internal organs have been damaged by that Poison Gu. For now, with the hemorrhage stopped, I can only follow my treatment plan and give her some treatment first. As for whether she wakes up, that depends on her fate!”
“Moreover, if this Poison Gu is not cleared, it could take her life at any moment. Persisting this long is already a miracle.”
“Right now, she has just miscarried and suffered severe blood loss. She needs a medicinal herb worth a thousand gold to replenish her vitality first—a Thousand-Year Ginseng. I don’t have it here, so you figure something out!”
Li Sanmao felt as if struck by five thunderbolts upon hearing this.
“Ah, Doctor Du, my third brother’s family is poor; where can he find a Thousand-Year Ginseng worth a thousand gold? Please think of another way to save our third brother’s wife!” Li Daqiang nearly collapsed upon hearing about the Thousand-Year Ginseng worth a thousand gold, his legs giving way as he slumped to the ground…
He had never seen so much silver in his entire life.
“Sigh, begging me won’t help. I don’t have it. Since that’s the case, now I can only settle for second best and use other Hundred-Year Ginseng to medicate her. This Hundred-Year Ginseng isn’t cheap either—at least this amount!”
Doctor Du held up three fingers, and Li Sanmao’s body trembled. “Three Hundred Taels?”
“Doctor Du, I’ll ask you one thing: if this Hundred-Year Ginseng is used, will my third brother’s wife get better?” Li Daqiang asked, eyes wide with fear, swallowing hard.
“A Drop in the Ocean!”
“What?”
“As I said earlier, she has Poison Gu in her body. Even if her vitality is protected, the Poison Gu will still take her life. Do you want to save her or not? If yes, I’ll tell Xie’er to go to Jiujiu Apothecary to fetch the Hundred-Year Ginseng!”
Ah, this… It wasn’t that Li Daqiang was unwilling to save her at the cost of a fortune, but her chances of survival were still slim. “This, Sanmao, listen to big brother’s advice and give up!”
Li Daqiang looked at Li Sanmao, who was exhausted and dazed beside him, and kindly advised.
It wasn’t that he was heartless; his third brother’s wife was beyond saving. How could she have been infected with something like Poison Gu? Just thinking about it was terrifying. For something he was powerless against, he could only advise him to think positively.
Sanmao was still young; if it didn’t work out, he could remarry a wife when finances improved later.
“Save her, I’ll save her. Doctor Du, do your utmost to save her. I’m willing to pay; I’ll figure something out. You use the Hundred-Year Ginseng to treat her first. I’ll be right back!” Li Sanmao rushed out like a madman, leaving Li Daqiang anxiously pacing behind.
“Sanmao, calm down! Where are you going to get the silver now?”
Li Sanmao had already run far away. He thought Li Sanmao had gone mad with anxiety—what if desperation drove him to do something bad?
Like robbery, theft, selling himself into slavery, and so on. The more he thought, the more terrifying it seemed; his eyelids kept twitching.
This was three hundred taels—where could Sanmao find that? Wasn’t this driving him to crime?
Heavens, how could such a good person like third brother’s wife be poisoned with Poison Gu?
Doctor Du returned inside, prepared the medicine house, instructed Xie’er to fetch medicine from the apothecary, and then continued to administer acupuncture to Luo Zhi’er to stop the bleeding, stabilize, and monitor her condition…
Li Sanmao, drenched in sweat, ran straight to the Money House, handed the deposit stub for the three thousand taels banknote that Luo Zhi’er had given him yesterday to the Money House clerk, and said, “Trouble you, I want to withdraw five hundred taels.”
“Five hundred taels?”
The man glanced at him; the date was from yesterday’s deposit. Seeing him so urgent, he figured it was some emergency.
After verifying its authenticity, he withdrew it for him.
Li Sanmao took the silver and hurried back to Zhu Ming Residence, scrambling along.
At this moment, he felt extremely fortunate that his wife had earned the silver herself; otherwise, what would he do today?
Then he grew worried again—how many days would these three thousand taels last?
He had thought these three thousand taels would be enough for them to live on for a lifetime, but it turned out not even enough to buy one medicine for his wife.
He hated his own limitations, his shortsightedness, his selfishness, which had caused his wife to end up like this…
Now even the money to save her life wasn’t enough. He rushed along absentmindedly, full of self-blame and guilt.
Thunder cracked like dry firewood, and heavy rain poured down; passersby hurried along.
He was knocked down and knocked into others, cursed loudly by several people in succession.
Curse away—curse him harshly. He hoped these passersby could curse him awake, easing some of his guilt.
As long as his wife woke up.
Those people cursed him and, seeing his dazed, soulless appearance, figured he was crazy.
Otherwise, why no reaction at all after being cursed? He just muttered to himself, crying and laughing alone…
Bad Luck! Ran into a lunatic!
By the time he ran back to Doctor Du’s mansion, he was covered in mud, soaked through, disheveled. Li Daqiang wondered if he had gone fighting.
Could he have tried to rob money in desperation, failed, and gotten beaten?
Li Daqiang hurried over. “Sanmao, how did you end up like this?”
“None of us wanted to see third brother’s wife like this, but you need to think positively. Tormenting yourself and doing bad things outside won’t help!”
“Consider big brother begging you: even if you don’t care about yourself, think of Miaomiao! You absolutely cannot collapse!”
“Big brother, I’m fine. How is Miaomiao’s mother?” Li Sanmao only worried about Luo Zhi’er’s condition.
“Doctor Du hasn’t come out yet. That Medicine Boy Xie’er has returned with the medicine.”
“Good!”
Li Sanmao waited outside anxiously like an ant on a hot pan. Xie’er came out once during this and called him in.
Now, everything that could be treated had been treated; they could only wait for a miracle based on the situation.
Li Sanmao held the lifeless woman’s hand on the bed, tears streaming down.
“Wife, wake up. You can’t leave me, can’t leave Miaomiao. Miaomiao is still waiting for you to come back!”
“Wife, I’m sorry. Husband was wrong, terribly wrong. As long as you wake up, I’ll do anything you say.”
Seeing his wife show no reaction, as if in deep sleep, “No, no, it can’t be like this…”
Li Sanmao felt his wife’s body was different from a normal person’s. He turned to Xie’er and said, “Young man Xie’er, why does my wife’s body alternate between hot and cold?”
“She has Poison Gu in her body; it might be reacting with alternating cold and heat under the ginseng’s influence.”
“What then?”
“Master has done his best. Her pulse is very weak. Either Luo Niangzi’s own constitution overcomes it, or it’s up to fate!”
“Up to fate, heh, what a terrifying thing. Wife, you’ve really given husband a huge problem…” Li Sanmao smiled bitterly.
