117Tragic Imperial Physician Li
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Chapter 117 The Tragic Story of Imperial Physician Li
When Li Hui heard this, he immediately opened up, "Isn't this exactly my area of expertise?"
"Your Majesty, if you truly wish to make the empress happy like us, I still have a trick up my sleeve."
"This move is called 'kabedon,' which implies a bit of a forced approach. Allow me to explain it to you in detail..."
After listening to Li Hui, Emperor Ren frowned.
After a moment of silence, he said,
"Minister Li, you are truly talented."
...Night fell.
Suddenly, flames soared into the sky within the Imperial Palace.
"Fire! Fire!"
Everyone rushed to put out the fire in a frenzy.
Fires broke out simultaneously in two places within the palace, one in the south and one in the north.
Most of the people in the palace were dispersed, as a fire in the palace was a major incident, and if it wasn't brought under control quickly, many people would lose their heads.
The people from the Imperial Medical Academy also went out to help, leaving only Li Huai to guard Princess Naxing.
Princess Naxing said, "Lord Li, you don't need to stay here guarding me; you should go help fight the fire too."
Li Huai shook his head, "Your Royal Highness, this old subject is advanced in years; even if I went out, I wouldn't be much help."
"I'll just stay here. If anything happens to you, I cannot bear that responsibility."
Princess Naxing shrugged, "Alright then."
After saying that, Princess Naxing left, and Li Huai lay back in a rattan chair, slowly swaying.
It was dry now, so a fire in the palace was normal. With so many eunuchs and Palace Maids in the palace, this small fire wouldn't spread.
Li Huai closed his eyes and rested in the lounge chair, looking completely at ease.
Meanwhile, Princess Naxing went to the pharmacy where medicines were decocted and took a pot of hot water from the stove.
Holding the child in her left arm and the hot water in her right, she walked up to Li Huai.
"Lord Li, I have a gift for you."
Li Huai was a little curious and opened his eyes, just about to speak.
He saw Princess Naxing throw something into his arms.
Li Huai reached out to catch it, and the scalding hot kettle fell directly into his lap.
The hot water spilled everywhere, flowing down from his lower abdomen.
"Ah!!!" Li Huai immediately screamed, falling from the rattan chair to the ground and beginning to roll around.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Princess Naxing quickly walked out of the Imperial Medical Academy with the child in her arms.
At this time, the palace was in chaos. Princess Naxing arrived at Jingyang Palace, which was the Cold Palace where Consort Qing was originally imprisoned.
She climbed up the ladder inside the palace and stood at the spot where Shen Yulou and the Empress had watched the moon that day.
With two whooshing sounds, two figures leaped over the high wall and landed on the rooftop, both kneeling.
"Greetings, Princess!"
"Let's go."
The two of them, one on each side, helped the Princess and leaped down from the high wall.
Li Huai lay paralyzed in the room, like a large shrimp, clutching his crotch with both hands and writhing desperately.
"Someone! Someone!"
A young eunuch carrying water to fight the fire outside the door heard the sound and rushed in.
He was startled to see Li Huai in such a state.
"Lord Li, what happened to you?"
"Quickly, pour the water over!"
Without a word, the young eunuch poured a basin of cold water over him. The pain eased slightly, but Li Huai was still grimacing.
He slowly took off his trousers. From his lower abdomen down to his upper thighs, his entire skin was scalded, a horrific sight.
The young eunuch was also startled.
"Lord, Lord Li, why don't we just go to the Office of Attendants?"
"Get out!"
Li Huai felt insulted. At his age, was he to become a eunuch?
He, the dignified Director of the Imperial Medical Academy, would never allow himself to be castrated, even if it meant death!
Li Huai told the young eunuch to get medicine from the inner room. After applying the special ointment used by their Imperial Medical Academy, the pain eased a little.
It was at this moment that Li Huai remembered.
"Where is the Princess? Have you seen Princess Naxing?"
"Lord Li, this Servant hasn't seen her!"
"Oh no!"
Li Huai suddenly had an ominous feeling. Could Princess Naxing have escaped amidst the chaos?
Emperor Ren was not in the palace right now. If Princess Naxing escaped at this time, he would be completely finished!
Li Huai ran out with large strides, but the water on the ground earlier made him slip, and he ended up doing a full split.
He hurt his balls again!
...In the evening, Shen Yulou returned home.
As soon as he entered the door, his sister-in-law began to tell him about Consort Su.
Shen Yulou's expression changed slightly.
"Is she alright?"
"She's fine. I helped her pay the five hundred taels of silver, and the debt collectors left."
Shen Yulou nodded. He hadn't expected Consort Su's return home to visit her family to be met with such a commotion.
During this time, his parents and sister-in-law had also become familiar with the production process of alcohol and antibiotics.
Now there was a large stock at home, waiting to be introduced to the Imperial Medical Academy in a few days, first to be popularized within the palace, and then gradually promoted outwards.
The difficulty of refining alcohol was not high; the problem was that no one currently recognized alcohol's ability to disinfect.
This knowledge would likely be difficult to popularize.
Shen Yulou and Song Hu posted some notices at their doorstep, recruiting household guards.
He now had some money, and he was about to marry the Princess, so recruiting household guards had to be put on the agenda.
Usually, those recruited were young and strong lads, but they had no martial arts skills, so Song Hu had to train them first.
If that wasn't enough, he would make time for Li Hui to come and give guidance. In any case, Shen Yulou's household guards could not be good-for-nothings.
If a conflict were to arise, his household guards must have an absolute advantage.
Under Shen Yulou's generous recruitment, twenty household guards were quickly filled.
Moreover, these twenty people were selected from over a hundred individuals. Although not all of them were elites, they at least appeared strong and robust.
By having Song Hu train them according to military standards, coupled with good food, drink, and a balanced diet, their skill level would naturally improve within a month.
Shen Yulou was so anxious because he had learned that Princess Naxing was going to escape today.
With such consecutive incidents occurring in the palace, Emperor Ren would likely be furious.
At that time, Shen Yulou recruiting household guards would easily attract Emperor Ren's attention, which would put him in a passive position.
Therefore, while Emperor Ren was not in the capital, he quickly recruited all the household guards and then secretly trained them in the mansion. Even if Emperor Ren found out later, he wouldn't say anything.
In his previous life, Shen Yulou was just a medical professor. Now, having a group of household guards under him made him a little excited.
Although there were only twenty people, it gave him a different experience.
Perhaps one day he could even become a king... Emperor Ren returned to the Imperial City with the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager was very happy throughout the journey.
The older one gets, the more one longs for family affection. Although Emperor Ren had not personally visited her all these years, he would send people to deliver things from time to time.
Every time she saw those things, the Empress Dowager knew that Emperor Ren had not forgotten her.
Although she had been dissatisfied with the events of that year, so many years had passed. Emperor Ren now held sole power, and the Empress Dowager was advanced in years, feeling truly lonely on Mount Wutai.
She also wanted to return and enjoy the joys of family, but unfortunately, Emperor Ren did not speak, so she could not actively request it.
Fortunately, this time Emperor Ren personally went to welcome her, giving her ample face.
On the way, the Empress Dowager asked, "I heard that a new Lord Shen has arrived in the palace, and he is very good at taking care of children. Are my imperial grandchildren doing well?"
Emperor Ren said with a smile, "I didn't expect Imperial Mother to have heard of Shen Yulou. Minister Shen is an extraordinary person. I will arrange for Imperial Mother to meet him someday."