The next day, Jun Mohan still needed to attend the morning court. With the empress dowager's birthday approaching, there were matters both inside and outside the palace that required his attention.
Furthermore, after he had informed the Emperor about the incident in the underground city's large medicinal vat of the Dark Night Pavilion, the Emperor had been rigorously interrogating and punishing certain officials in court for their negligence. Many officials were demoted, and a few even lost their lives because of this matter. Even Prime Minister Qin Zhihong was severely reprimanded by the Emperor, leaving all officials in a state of fear and uncertainty.
At the Duke of Lin's mansion, the two Lin brothers fared even worse. Elder brother Lin Zhenfei, who had been suffering from an itchy rash after being exposed to the tickle powder that day, was just beginning to recover when his younger brother, Lin Zhenfan, fell gravely ill.
Moreover, Lin Zhenfan's condition was more severe than Lin Zhenfei's. After being beaten in the palace, Lin Zhenfan was dragged to the entrance of the capital's streets and left to endure hunger and exposure to the sun for three days. However, Lin Zhenfei had deeply etched this revenge into his heart.
The Cold King's manor, however, was calm and peaceful. Leng Ruoli began preparations for Murong Ziyi's surgery first thing in the morning. Today, she was performing a heart surgery, a procedure with a high degree of difficulty, requiring her to be thoroughly prepared.
Originally, Leng Ruoli had considered performing the surgery outside the system space with Chu Mingxuan as her assistant. However, the surgery was scheduled too urgently, and she did not have time to have a qualified operating room prepared. Therefore, Leng Ruoli abandoned the idea of operating outside the space.
Moreover, she was performing heart surgery, which was highly complex. Any carelessness during the procedure could cost the patient's life.
After Leng Ruoli completed all the surgical preparations, she brought Murong Ziyi into the room she had previously had cleaned and disinfected, instructing Murong Liyang, Chu Mingxuan, Lei Yan, and others to wait by the door.
Inside the room, Leng Ruoli had Murong Ziyi lie flat on the bed and prepared to administer anesthesia.
As Leng Ruoli approached Murong Ziyi with a white syringe, he showed signs of fear, his small hands, placed on his stomach, clenching his sleeves tightly.
"Ziyi, don't be afraid! I'm going to give you an anesthetic injection. You'll fall asleep, and when you wake up, everything will be better," Leng Ruoli comforted him.
Although Murong Ziyi was frightened by her words, he still forced himself to nod calmly.
Leng Ruoli praised him and immediately administered the anesthetic injection. He slowly drifted into slumber.
Then, Leng Ruoli immediately moved him into her system space operating room, took a heart scan, located the position of the蛊虫 (gu worm), and immediately cut open his shirt, disinfected the area around his heart, attached a saline drip, and began the surgery.
Leng Ruoli picked up the scalpel and gently made an incision on Ziyi's chest. Her clean and skilled movements did not stain her scalpel with any blood. Then, one cut, two cuts, three cuts...
Leng Ruoli skillfully located the heart, slightly widening the chest cavity. She opened her eyes wide and could see with the naked eye a small worm, as thin as a strand of hair, attached to the blood vessels of the heart.
The difficulty of removing this small worm was indeed immense. If her hand trembled slightly, or if she accidentally cut a small blood vessel, it could cost the patient his life.
However, Leng Ruoli did not flinch. She had performed such heart surgeries several times in her previous life, so she was confident she could complete this surgery successfully.
Next, Leng Ruoli spent an hour extracting the 蛊虫 (gu worm) and placing it on the pre-prepared tray. Afterwards, she spent another three hours meticulously stitching up the patient's chest and administered nutritional fluid and anti-inflammatory medication.
Outside the room, Murong Liyang, Chu Mingxuan, Lei Yan, and Jun Mohan, who had returned from attending to matters outside, sat in the courtyard's pavilion with tense expressions.
Leng Ruoli had been in the room for four hours. The group had waited by the door from morning until afternoon. As the sun was about to set, Leng Ruoli had still not opened Ziyi's room door, and they were unsure if anything had happened to Leng Ruoli and Ziyi inside.
"Senior brother, Brother Chu, is it possible that Sister-in-law is in trouble inside the room?" Murong Liyang asked with concern.
Before Jun Mohan could answer Murong Liyang, Chu Mingxuan chided him.
"Nonsense! With your Sister-in-law's medical skills, this minor heart surgery should not be difficult for her. You should have faith in your Sister-in-law and sit patiently in your seat, waiting for her to come out and give you good news," Chu Mingxuan said calmly, frowning.
Although Chu Mingxuan had also been worried about a problem with Leng Ruoli's surgery earlier, recalling the confidence, focus, and calm expression on her face when he had seen her operate that day, he could not help but believe that Leng Ruoli's surgery to remove the 蛊 (gu) would be successful this time.
"Senior brother, what do you think?" Despite Chu Mingxuan's words, Murong Liyang was still a little worried.
"Your Sister-in-law will not let Murong Ziyi lose his life," Jun Mohan said lightly, his expression indifferent.
At this moment, Murong Liyang was speechless. Since even his senior brother had said so, he should trust his Sister-in-law.
Then, the group waited for another fifteen minutes in the courtyard's small pavilion. Finally, Leng Ruoli opened Murong Ziyi's room door, holding a tray and walking out with a tired expression.
The group quickly walked to Leng Ruoli's side. Murong Liyang immediately asked, "Sister-in-law, how is Ziyi's condition?"
"The 蛊虫 (gu worm) has been successfully removed from Ziyi. The entire surgical process went smoothly. However, he has not yet passed the critical stage, and none of you can see him now," Leng Ruoli stated seriously.
"Alright, Sister-in-law, we will listen to you and not go in to see him." Upon hearing that his younger brother's surgery was successful, Murong Liyang's initially worried expression instantly turned into a smile. As long as he knew his brother was alive, he would be relieved.
"This tray contains the 蛊虫 (gu worm) from Ziyi. Take a look," Leng Ruoli said, looking at the tray in her hand.
At this moment, everyone noticed something on the white tray in Leng Ruoli's hand. Murong Liyang and Chu Mingxuan took the white stainless steel tray from her and looked closely. On the tray, a black, hair-thin, finger-length worm was indeed slowly crawling.
"This is the 蛊虫 (gu worm) of the Puppet Gu!"
"I didn't expect such a threadworm could be cultivated into the 蛊虫 (gu worm) of the Puppet Gu. It's truly incredible. I wonder who cultivated such a harmful thing to control Ziyi?" Chu Mingxuan said angrily.
Everyone's attention was on the 蛊虫 (gu worm) on the tray, while only Jun Mohan noticed his tired Consort.