Chapter 317: Chapter 317: Treatment
The pain was like it seeped from his bone marrow and soul, as if millions of ants were gnawing inside his body. Even though he usually remained composed, it made his whole body tremble.
"Don’t move!" Yun Jinnian hurriedly said, "Teng Fei, come and hold down your master!"
Teng Fei immediately stepped forward to press down on Zhou Yunshen’s shoulders.
So that Yun Jinnian could administer the acupuncture smoothly.
Although Teng Fei had no medical skills, he could tell from the way Yun Jinnian inserted the needles—both quick and accurate—that he shouldn’t underestimate this twelve-year-old girl.
After the session, Yun Jinnian herself was drenched in sweat and let out a breath.
Zhou Yunshen’s pain also gradually lessened, and he sat in the chair, feeling extremely weak.
Yun Jinnian wiped her hands with a cloth and walked to the side to write a prescription, "Take the medicine according to this prescription, reduce three bowls of water to one bowl for ingestion, three times a day!"
After giving her instructions, Yun Jinnian then went to Zhou Yunshen’s side, took his pulse, and quietly shared her plan, "Master Zhou, I will give you another acupuncture treatment later to draw out the cold phlegm in your chest. The process will still be very painful, but as long as you cough up that phlegm, one third of the poison in your body will be eliminated, so you must hold on!"
Zhou Yunshen nodded, "Thank you for your effort!"
Yun Jinnian shook her head slightly, preparing everything, even taking out two porcelain vials, "Get someone else to assist!"
Teng Fei immediately called for a man, "Fourth Miss, this is Teng Mu!"
"Hmm!" Yun Jinnian glanced at him, "As soon as your master coughs up the phlegm, feed him this medicine and then have him inhale this!"
Yun Jinnian allocated the items and taught Teng Mu how to use them.
Teng Mu listened intently, finally uttering a firm "Yes!"
Yun Jinnian took a deep breath.
Only then did she pull out the longest silver needle, causing Teng Fei and Teng Mu to both jump in alarm.
It was so long...
"Master Zhou, when the silver needle goes in later, you’ll want to cough, but you must hold it in until I tell you to cough, then you can cough!"
"Okay!"
After getting an answer, Yun Jinnian slowly inserted the silver needle into the skin, manipulating it so that it went in bit by bit.
She was very serious, not daring to even breathe too loudly, her head drenched in sweat, soaking her clothes.
Normally, Teng Fei would have taken a few more glances or made some teasing comments, but at that moment, he felt that those small shoulders carried too much, deterring any thoughts of irreverence.
Zhou Yunshen endured as Yun Jinnian gently twisted the silver needle, and then pushed it outward a bit, "Cough!"
"Cough cough cough!" Zhou Yunshen immediately coughed agonizingly, the phlegm that seemed stuck suddenly came out and was spat into a porcelain basin, still emitting cold air and appearing black and nauseating.
Teng Mu quickly fed Zhou Yunshen a medicine pill and had him inhale the medicine vapor from another porcelain basin.
"Master Zhou, let’s do this one more time, after that, you won’t need to take any more elixir!"
Having gone through it once, the second time was much easier, and as Zhou Yunshen coughed out increasingly lighter-colored phlegm, Yun Jinnian eventually retracted the silver needle.
After taking his pulse again and feeling the changes in Zhou Yunshen’s body from coughing up the phlegm, Yun Jinnian’s eyes lit up with joy, and her entire young face brightened.
"Master Zhou, once the medicine is ready, you can take it. I’m going to rest for a while," Yun Jinnian said before leaning back in the chair, feeling limp all over.
A coat was laid over Yun Jinnian, and she looked up in surprise to see Teng Fei, "?"
"Fourth Miss, hot water has been prepared, and your clothes are ready. You can go bathe and change. The kitchen has prepared food for you. You’ve worked hard, Fourth Miss!"