"How is it? Consort Leng, is my uncle's illness treatable?"
Upon hearing Shangguan Yi's words, Prince Ji felt even worse. If his uncle hadn't been injured saving him back then, he wouldn't have been shot and wouldn't have had the small fragment lodged in his chest that couldn't be removed.
"He can be saved, but an operation is needed to remove the small fragment from General Shangguan's chest," Leng Ruo Li explained.
"Operating on his chest, wouldn't that..." Madam Shangguan asked worriedly, but she dared not utter the word "death."
"I only have a seventy percent chance of success. You can discuss whether you want to proceed with the operation," Leng Ruo Li said calmly.
"There's no need to discuss it. Consort Leng, please perform the operation on me. If any problems arise after the surgery, I, an old man, will not blame you, nor will I allow anyone from the Shangguan Estate to cause trouble for you," Shangguan Yi guaranteed Leng Ruo Li.
"Consort Leng, this prince also believes in your medical skills. Please operate on my uncle. My uncle has suffered too much from this ailment over the years," Prince Ji sighed.
"Very well. Since there is still plenty of time today, Madam Shangguan, please gather everyone from the estate to see General Shangguan, let him clarify matters, and I can operate on General Shangguan today," Leng Ruo Li said, looking at Madam Shangguan.
As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Shangguan quickly understood Leng Ruo Li's intention and immediately sent someone to summon her two sons back to the estate.
An incense stick later, Shangguan Yan, the eldest son of the Shangguan couple, and Shangguan Cheng, their youngest son, along with their wives and children, arrived in Shangguan Yi's room. After a brief conversation, they were asked to leave by Shangguan Yi.
After being driven out of Shangguan Yi's room, Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Cheng looked at their father's room door with worry on their faces.
However, it wasn't long before Madam Shangguan, Prince Ji, and the Cold King were also asked to leave the room by Leng Ruo Li.
"Mother, how is Father? Why were we in such a hurry to be called back? And who is that girl who was in Father's room?" Shangguan Yan asked, full of confusion.
Upon hearing this, Madam Shangguan could only sigh and say, "Yan'er, that girl is the doctor Prince Ji invited for your father. Today, your father is having that girl operate on his chest to remove the small fragment from his flesh. That girl feared your father might have an accident, so she asked me to call you all back to meet and talk with your father." Madam Shangguan said with a heavy heart.
"What? Mother, did you just say Father is going to have surgery on his chest?"
Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Cheng asked in shock.
Madam Shangguan nodded.
"Mother, you are being foolish! Aren't you killing Father? If Father has surgery on his chest, will he even survive?" Shangguan Yan said angrily.
After speaking, he rushed towards Shangguan Yi's room again but was pulled back by Prince Ji.
"If you two brothers don't want to cause your father's death, then go ahead and barge into the room and make a scene," Prince Ji said coldly.
"Cousin Prince Ji, that's our father. We can't just watch him die," Shangguan Yan said with a pained expression.
"Don't worry, your father will be fine, because the person operating on your father's chest is the same divine doctor who performed a C-section to deliver your cousin's child," Prince Ji explained with a sigh.
"Cousin Prince Ji, is the woman inside really that divine doctor who performed the C-section for my cousin?" Shangguan Cheng said disbelievingly.
Since he had learned that Princess Ji had survived a C-section, Shangguan Cheng had sent people everywhere to inquire about the whereabouts of that divine doctor. He never expected this divine doctor to appear in his home so soon.
"This prince has no reason to lie to you. The young lady inside is the veiled divine doctor who caused a sensation across the continent more than half a year ago," Prince Ji stated affirmatively.
After that, Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Cheng stopped speaking and waited patiently with everyone outside Shangguan Yi's room.
Shangguan Yi had only married Madam Shangguan and had no other concubines. He had only two sons, both of whom were already married with children. He also had no other concubines. The composition of the household was relatively simple, with no excessive scheming. Prince Ji also enjoyed spending time with Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Cheng, so the Shangguan brothers trusted their cousin.
After hearing Prince Ji's words, the two brothers quieted down and waited patiently outside the room.
At this moment, in Shangguan Yi's room, Leng Ruo Li had already administered an anesthetic to Shangguan Yi, and he had gradually fallen asleep.
Subsequently, Leng Ruo Li immediately moved Shangguan Yi to her spatial operating table and prepared all the necessary tools and instruments for the surgery with her mind.
Leng Ruo Li first took a chest X-ray of Shangguan Yi to clearly determine the exact location of the small iron piece inside his chest, then disinfected him. Once everything was in order, Leng Ruo Li began the surgery on Shangguan Yi.
This operation was quite difficult because the small iron piece was very close to his heart. Therefore, Leng Ruo Li had to be extremely careful with every movement, and not a single step could be wrong.
Referring to the X-ray, Leng Ruo Li incised the skin with a surgical knife and then proceeded inwards step by step. After searching for a long time, she couldn't find the small fragment, which made her a bit anxious, but she quickly regained her composure.
So, Leng Ruo Li took another X-ray of Shangguan Yi's chest and discovered that the small iron piece inside his chest had moved from its original photographed position.
This put Leng Ruo Li in a difficult spot. After a few seconds of contemplation, her eyes lit up. She summoned a magnet from the system space with her mind and gently placed it next to the incision on his chest to fix the small iron piece inside. Then, Leng Ruo Li slowly found the small fragment, clamped it out, and proceeded to stop the bleeding and disinfect the location where the small iron piece had been. Finally, she carefully and meticulously sutured the incision.
Leng Ruo Li focused intently on her surgery in the operating room within the system space, and two hours quickly passed.
Those waiting outside Shangguan Yi's room had already become very impatient.
"Cousin Prince Ji, is that veiled divine doctor capable? Why has she been inside for so long and not come out? Has something happened to my father?"
Shangguan Cheng asked Prince Ji a rapid series of three questions with urgency in his voice.
"My uncle will be fine. Don't worry!" Prince Ji assured Shangguan Cheng.
Actually, Prince Ji was also feeling uncertain now, as Consort Leng had been inside for more than two hours without emerging.
Shangguan Cheng could only sigh after hearing his cousin Prince Ji's words.