Logically, the wound shouldn't have become so infected overnight.
It's likely that the assassin's knife contained not only a poison called benzoin but also a poison called bone-corroding dew.
Ye Xuanchen was truly "lucky," getting poisoned by two kinds of toxins at once, and both of them were highly toxic.
Either of these two poisons can easily kill a person.
No wonder Yanqing came to her for help.
This was both an injury and a poisoning, given the medical standards of this era.!
Ye Xuanchen's injury was already on the verge of death. If he hadn't drunk the spiritual spring water earlier, he probably would have died long ago.
Jiang Luoxue didn't dare to delay. She first took out the spiritual spring water from her space and pried open Ye Xuanchen's mouth to feed it to him.
Then other items from the space, such as antibiotics, medical gloves, and scalpels.
First, she gave the man antibiotics, then quickly put on gloves, picked up a scalpel, and removed the necrotic tissue from the wound.
Next, the wound was carefully cleaned with saline solution and sterile gauze before being sutured.
Finally, she applied the medicine and bandaged the wound with medical gauze.
An hour had passed by the time she finished all of this.
She sorted the Western medicines she had taken out of the space and wrapped them in oil paper commonly used in this era.
She filled another jar with spiritual spring water and placed it on the table.
After doing all this and checking the man's body one last time to make sure there were no problems, she put everything she had taken out of the space back before opening the door.
As soon as the door opened, Yanqing and Yanmo, who had been waiting at the door, rushed forward and asked anxiously.
"Miss Jiang, how is my master now?"
Jiang Luoxue waved her hand: "He's fine now, but you should still keep a close eye on him these next two days. If anything seems amiss, come to the Minister's residence to find me immediately."
"And the medicine I left on the table, three times a day, one packet each time, remember to make sure he takes it!"
After giving her instructions, she was about to leave and return to the Minister's residence.
Seeing that Jiang Luoxue looked tired, Yanmo knew that she had just worked hard healing his master's wounds, so he instructed Yanqing: "Yanqing, I will take care of the master. You take Miss Jiang back."
"No need, just have someone take me."
"Yanmo is right, Miss Jiang, let me take you home." Yanqing could also see that Jiang Luoxue was very tired. He was the one who picked her up, so naturally, he should take her home.
Moreover, Miss Jiang saved his master, so we must not neglect her.
Jiang Luoxue was indeed quite tired, so she didn't insist any longer.
She got into the carriage with Zhu Ying, sat down, and started to doze off.
Zhu Ying sat quietly beside her without disturbing her.
Outside, Yanqing drove the carriage steadily, afraid of waking the people inside.
The carriage didn't stop until it reached the entrance of the Minister's residence. He jumped off the carriage and walked to the side to remind her, "Mo Jiu, we've arrived at the Minister's residence."
Inside the carriage, Zhu Ying gently woke Jiang Luoxue: "Master, we've arrived."
The master and servant got out of the carriage. Zhu Ying took a few steps and turned back to Yan Qing, saying, "I'm called Zhu Ying now, don't call me that again."
Yan Qing scratched his head: "Is there anything different?"
Zhu Ying nodded: "Of course they're different. Mo Jiu is from the General's Mansion, while Zhu Ying is just my master's person." She was very clear about this distinction.
Jiang Luoxue smiled with satisfaction upon hearing her words.
After saying goodbye to Yanqing, the two had just reached the door when they ran into Jiang Ruzhu, who was also returning from outside.
"Oh! Isn't this my sister who was abandoned by her fiance?"
As soon as she saw the two of them, Jiang Ruzhu started to provoke them with her sharp tongue.
Jiang Luoxue was initially very tired and didn't really want to talk to her.
Jiang Ruzhu's sharp tongue instantly triggered Jiang Luoxue's urge to curse.
She simply stopped, crossed her arms, and looked at Jiang Ruzhu with a mocking expression as she retorted.
"If you're sick dog, don't come to me. I'm not a veterinarian."
"What right do you have to criticize others when you're someone who enjoys picking up trash that others don't want?"
"You're just like a mongrel burping—you've eaten too much shit!"
"To be honest, you're quite fierce. Why don't you stay here and guard the gate of the Minister's residence?"
It's true that every word is filled with a dog, even if it doesn't explicitly mention them.
After Jiang Luoxue finished cursing, she pushed Jiang Ruzhu aside with her arm and walked into the house.
Jiang Ruzhu, who was not good with words, stomped her feet in anger and shouted at Jiang Luoxue's back: "Jiang Luoxue, you... you dare to curse me like that! Just you wait, when I become the Prince Heir wife, I will make you kneel down and kowtow to me!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Luoxue turned around and said, "I've only ever kowtowed to the dead in my life. Why don't you go die and see if I'll kowtow to you?"
"You...you bitch, how dare you curse me!"
"If I were to curse someone, I would curse a person, not someone like you who isn't even human."
"You..." Jiang Ruzhu was speechless after being rebuked by her.
She wanted to yell back, but she wasn't good with words, so she could only glare at her in frustration.
Zhu Ying cast an admiring glance at her mistress: "Miss, you're amazing! Look at Miss Jiang's face, she's so angry it looks like ink has been spilled on it."
Jiang Luoxue raised her eyebrows triumphantly: "That's right, your master has never lost a verbal battle with anyone."
"With Jiang Ruzhu's level of ability, she still wants to cause me trouble? She's just asking for trouble."
She actually wanted to say that her marksmanship was even better than her words, but she couldn't just say that.
She thought she'd better just let it go; it's better to avoid trouble.
Back at Wensi Garden, Jiang Luoxue instructed Chunhe and Qiuju to guard the gate, then went into her space to take a bath and sleep.
Since she gained access to the space, she has never slept in Wensiyuan's bed again.
However, in order to prevent the maids from noticing anything amiss, she would move the blankets and pillows on the bed before entering the space each time, creating the illusion that she had slept there.
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In Changchun Garden, Jiang Ruzhu, who was completely unable to defend herself after being scolded by Jiang Luoxue, went to her mother in tears to complain.
"Mother, that Jiang Luoxue is really too vicious. She actually called your daughter a dog. You must help me teach her a lesson."
Chu Lianxin looked at her daughter, whose face had become smooth and fair again after using the White Jade Nourishing Cream.
She tapped her forehead with exasperation: "Didn't I tell you not to provoke her these days? Why didn't you listen?"
Jiang Ruzhu retorted somewhat guiltily, "It's not that your daughter wanted to provoke her, but seeing her like that just made me angry, and I couldn't help it."
"Mother, you don't know, I only said one thing to her, and she had ten more to say back. It's infuriating."
Chu Lianxin said helplessly, "That bitch has become as sharp-tongued as a shrew from the marketplace. Even your mother has to avoid her. How could you possibly be her match?"
"Then how can we let her continue to be so arrogant?" Jiang Ruzhu asked, unwilling to give up.
Chu Lianxin smiled coldly: "Don't worry, she won't be smug for long. She'll soon be ruined."
"Until then, you must listen to your mother and not provoke her."
Understanding the meaning behind her mother's words, Jiang Ruzhu immediately became excited.