It took less than half an hour from when Wei Luo left the palace to when he came back with Yuan Daoqing.
At that time, most of the masters in the palace were asleep, and Qinzheng Hall was still brightly lit, or in other words, since King Yan had a toothache, he hadn’t slept early. Only with the decoction of medicine could he barely sleep for an hour or two.
King Yan was very aggrieved. Although he didn’t sleep much when he was busy before, he got things done and was satisfied. He couldn’t sleep when he wanted to do things, and he couldn’t calm down because he wanted to do things.
“If I can give anything for God, I will rather use ten years of life in exchange for the immediate recovery of this dental disease,” King Yan spoke to Eunuch Hai weakly.
Eunuch Hai’s face was filled with distress, he said, “Your Majesty, please don’t say such things. You have survived wounds before, just bear with it for a while and your tooth will fall out. When the time comes, you can eat delicious food and drink well, and you will live a long life.”
King Yan sneered. He was afraid that his own tooth would be destroyed before it fell out.
“My lord, the third master is asking to see you. He said he wants to recommend to you a doctor who is good at treating dental diseases,” an eunuch came to the inner hall door and raised his voice to report.
Eunuch Hai looked at King Yan in surprise.
King Yan was looking forward to the appearance of a genius doctor to rescue him from the sea of suffering, but also afraid that all doctors would fail. In that case, he would be happy in vain, so he was not too happy. He continued to lie down for a while, then sat up, and gestured to Eunuch Hai to let them in.
Eunuch Hai came outside in person, and saw that the doctor brought by the third master had a good manner, and must have some skills, so he was more happy, and politely invited the two of them in.
Wei Luo hadn’t seen King Yan for two days. When they met, he found that his father was getting thinner. Wei Luo felt pain in his heart as he knelt down in front of King Yan and said, “Father, it’s all because of your son’s incompetence to not find the miracle doctor.”
King Yan waved his hand, avoiding those useless polite words, looked at Yuan Daoqing and asked, “Who is this person?”
Wei Luo then took out the letters and said, “Your son talked with Dr. Yuan. I thought he had some skills, so I took him boldly to see you. I ask you to decide whether to see him or not.”
King Yan asked his third child to get up. He looked at Yuan Daoqing and asked, “Can your anesthetic really work and let ten-point pain become three-point pain?”
Yuan Daoqing said, “It’s true, if the king doesn’t believe it, you can ask someone to test the medicine.”
King Yan asked, “How to try it?”
Yuan Daoqing: “You can cut a hole in the arm and sprinkle the medicine powder. It will reduce the pain immediately.”
Wei Luo and Eunuch Hai almost said in unison, “I’ll do it!”
King Yan didn’t let them, but ordered two eunuchs to do it.
Cutting a shallow cut was not a serious injury, and it was a rare opportunity to show loyalty in front of the prince. The two young eunuchs who were selected were very happy, and asked Yuan Daoqing to draw a cut without frowning. After that, he applied the powder.
“How is it?”
“My lord, it really doesn’t hurt much,” the two young eunuchs testified.
Yuan Daoqing: “The effect of this medicine powder is only half an hour, which is usually enough. If the tooth extraction takes too long, I will just continue to sprinkle it. In fact, with the help of anesthetics, tooth extraction is not difficult. The most important thing is the subsequent maintenance. Ordinary people don’t have the right conditions for that, and some people don’t even have a clean bed, so it’s easy to cause other diseases. The king has everything here, as long as the protection is proper, I am 70% sure to help you recover.”
Seventy percent, for a noble king, was not a high guarantee.
If Yuan Daoqing had said so when King Yan was in pain at the beginning of February, he would never have thought about it, but after half a month of pain which was worse than death, and natural recovery was far away, King Yan was shaken.
Yuan Daoqing first checked the situation in King Yan’s mouth, frowned and said, “I have a swelling medicine here, you take it first. It may take four or five days to recover. If you don’t want it, this commoner will go back to Jinghai.”
King Yan: “Does your prescription work? I have been drinking the detumescence decoction, but the swelling disappears one day and grows the next.”
Yuan Daoqing said, “You drink first, and then make a decision as soon as possible, so that we will pull the tooth out on the day when the swelling disappears.”
From the beginning to the end, Yuan Daoqing’s attitude toward King Yan was very casual, as if King Yan was just an ordinary patient he met.
King Yan looked at him deeply, and sent someone to write the medicine according to Yuan Daoqing’s prescription.
After the little eunuch took Yuan Daoqing to rest, King Yan looked at Wei Luo and said, “Third son, go back first. No matter what the result is, your filial piety will be remembered.”
Wei Luo: “This is the son’s duty. I just hope that you will recover as soon as possible. You have a good rest.”
King Yan nodded.
Wei Luo turned and left.
King Yan closed his eyes, resisted the new wave of pain, took a breath and said to Eunuch Hai, “The youngest child dared to show me the doctor he just met today.”
Hai Gonggong laughed, “He loves you dearly. Dr. Yuan really has amazing skills, if you brought him here sooner, you would have recovered sooner.”
King Yan recalled what Yuan Daoqing had said and fell into a deep thought.
In Chengxin Hall, Yin Hui has been sitting in the front yard waiting for Wei Luo.
Seeing Wei Luo coming back, she nervously greeted him.
Wei Luo said, “Yuan Daoqing has already settled down. Father will consider whether to use him or not.”
What Yin Hui was afraid of was that Wei Luo and King Yan would not trust her recommendation, and even would not dare see Yuan Daoqing face to face. After he entered the palace, her heart also fell back into her stomach.
It was cold outside, so the couple entered the house.
“You must be hungry, I’ll ask the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles.” Looking at the man’s thin face under the light, Yin Hui persuaded softly, “Yuan Daoqing was recommended by us to the king. When the news spreads tomorrow, the princess and others will ask you and me to go over and ask if he is reliable. Therefore, you must have the strength to deal with all this, so it’s better to eat well.”
Wei Luo had been running around all night. He was exhausted mentally before, but now he became physically exhausted as well, so he said, “Okay.”
Yin Hui went out and asked Jinzhan to go to the kitchen to spread the word.