Rebirth of Poisoned Empress, by 颜若优雅

Chapter 88

Previously, everyone's attention had been concentrated on the Blood Canyang poison. No one knew and noticed when Shen Liang and Yaoguang had returned, let alone how much of their conversation he had heard. But since it had already come to this, they couldn't hide anything from him anymore. With Shen Liang's medical skills, with one look at his pulse, he'd know what was wrong with Pei Yuanxian instantly. 

"Master!" seeing him stop before him, Lei Zhen took two steps back. 

Just as he was about to lower his gaze, Shen Liang met with them, "Lei Zhen, I trust him."

He had been blind before and harmed everyone close and around him. Even so, he decided to trust again. Pei Yuanxian was different from Qin Yunshen. He wanted to trust in his own eyes. If in the end, reality proved him wrong once again, then even if the Heavens gave him hundreds of more chances, he'd give up. He wouldn't be able to fight back anymore. He was gambling. Gambling that he didn't place his trust in the wrong person and that what Pei Yuanxian felt for him was sincere.

"En," as though understanding the determination in his gaze, Lei Zhen nodded his head solemnly. Since the Master was willing to place his trust in the man, then he would also be willing as well.

"Thank you," the vermillion lips parted slightly before a trace of smile emerged on them. What Shen Liang needed now the most more than anything else was this kind of unconditional trust.

"Where's the manor physician? Tell me about your duke's condition," in the next second, Tianshu and the others who awaited Shen Liang's reprimand, never received it. Shen Liang only asked for the physician as he approached the bed. His white, slender fingers lifted the veil. Yaoguang took it from him in tacit cooperation and tied it back. Shen Liang stood by the bed and looked down at Pei Yuanxian, who lied there, unconscious. His face was deathly pale, and the heavy scent of blood immediately filled Shen Liang's sense of smell. His gaze moved down to the blood-stained abdomen where the red halo continued to seep through the layers and layers of bandage. 

"Wangfei, I am the manor physician, surnamed Zhou. The Duke's wound is three inches to the left of the navel. It wasn't deep and avoided piercing the internal organs. The muscles are fine as well but since young when he contracted the Blood Canyang, his wounds have always been difficult to heal. Adding on that the journey back had been tedious and the rain worsening his condition, the Duke passed out half an hour ago." Physician Zhou who had been chased out returned. He wasn't clear on Shen Liang's identity and was also vigilant due to Shen Liang's young age. He wasn't sure whether this boy truly had the skills that could even compare to Lei Zhen but since everyone here said the Wangfei would be able to cure the Duke, he was willing to see for himself. As the way things were now, they had nothing more to lose. 

"En. The qi of the blood has been damaged. It does indeed conform to the condition of excessive blood loss. Give me a portion of the medications you usually use. And go concoct some blood replenishing soup," after the manor physician finished reporting Pei Yuanxian's condition, Shen Liang had already seated himself beside Pei Yuanxian and was taking his pulse. He passed the orders as he took the blood stained gown off of Pei Yuanxian. The slender waist was wrapped tightly with gauze and white cloth that had been soaked with ink red blood. "Yaoguang, scissors."

After he removed the white bandage wrapped around him, the blood began to pool out even more so. 

"Wangfei, allow me," there were scissors already prepared in the room. Most likely because it had been used before. Before Yaoguang could take it, Shen Liang turned away. His eyes were cold and frightened Yaoguang into a trance. Yaoguang could only gape as Shen Liang took the scissor from him.

After cutting off a new strand of gauze and he was prepared to take the soaked gauze off, Shen Liang realized his hands were trembling. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, the panic and anxiousness dissipated without a trace. His composure was frightening as he uncovered the gauze. The wound was already seeping with blood as it proved impossible to even see the wound itself from the blood that pooled out.