After dawn, Lin Zhenfei immediately ordered his guards to take his token to the palace and invite Imperial Physician Zhang and two other imperial physicians to the Duke Lin's mansion.
After examining Lin Zhenfan's injuries, the other two imperial physicians shook their heads, all stating they dared not attempt to remove the small metal fragments from Lin Zhenfan's arm and leg. Only Imperial Physician Zhang, after looking at Lin Zhenfan's injuries, appeared deep in thought.
The hidden weapons embedded in the body of this General Zhennan were so close to his blood vessels. He guessed that perhaps only the Cold King's Consort in this world would have the courage to remove them for him.
Imperial Physician Zhang thought, perhaps he should recommend the Cold King's Consort to the Duke Lin's mansion to help the General Zhennan heal his wounds.
However, as he thought, he shook his head again.
No! No!
The two brothers in Duke Lin's mansion and the King and Consort of Leng were sworn enemies.
If he recommended the Cold King's Consort to treat the General Zhennan, wouldn't he offend both families?
He remembered that the last time he recommended the Cold King's Consort to Prince Qing, for a period of time, he became exceptionally unlucky. He often ate feces, had venomous snakes in his bed at night, frequently fell into cesspits when going to the latrine, and often tripped or stepped on dog excrement when walking. This made him a laughingstock among his colleagues.
In fact, Imperial Physician Zhang didn't need to think too deeply about this matter; he could guess that the Cold King had sent people to play tricks on him, with the intention of avenging the Cold King's Consort.
Because some time ago, he had told Prince Qing that the Cold King's Consort might be able to cure Prince Qing's hidden ailment. Prince Qing then sought out the Cold King's Consort for treatment. However, he failed to get treated and ended up exposing Imperial Physician Zhang. When the Cold King learned that he had recommended the Cold King's Consort to treat Prince Qing's hidden ailment, he became resentful.
Afterward, the Cold King sent people to secretly torment him relentlessly, playing tricks on him for a whole month, almost to the point of skinning him alive.
But, speaking of this matter, he deserved to be tormented by the Cold King. The place Prince Qing was injured was a private part. Although the Cold King's Consort was a physician and could treat patients regardless of gender, she was the Cold King's Consort, Prince Qing's sister-in-law, and a daughter-in-law of the imperial family.
To have her treat another man's hidden ailment, wasn't this ruining the reputation of the Cold King's Consort?
Alas, he had lived for decades, how could he become more confused as he got older?
Duke and Duchess Lin, seeing Imperial Physician Zhang shaking his head and sighing, found it quite amusing. Duchess Lin spoke up, "Imperial Physician Zhang, have you thought of a way to treat my second brother?"
"Oh, no, no!" Imperial Physician Zhang stammered.
However, he immediately thought of something else. "Duke Lin, although this subordinate is powerless to help General Zhennan with his injuries, I can help him by prescribing some painkillers so that he can sleep well after taking them."
Upon hearing this, Duke and Duchess Lin rolled their eyes at Imperial Physician Zhang.
Damn it!
Prescribing painkillers was something any doctor could do.
They had invited Imperial Physician Zhang not just to prescribe painkillers for Lin Zhenfan, but to find a way to help remove the small metal pieces from Lin Zhenfan's arm and leg.
To see if Lin Zhenfan's arm and lower leg could still be saved, otherwise, he would become crippled.
"Imperial Physician Zhang, do you truly have no other options?" Lin Zhenfei asked for confirmation again.
"Duke Lin, this subordinate is ashamed!"
After speaking, he took out his brush, ink, paper, and inkstone from his medical kit, wrote a pain-relieving prescription for Lin Zhenfan, handed it to Lin Zhenfan's guard, and turned to take his leave from Duke Lin. The other imperial physicians who had accompanied him also followed Imperial Physician Zhang out of Duke Lin's mansion.
They paid no mind to Duchess Lin's curses behind them regarding the three of them being useless.
When Imperial Physician Zhang and the other two arrived on the street, Imperial Physician Zhang first told the other two accompanying imperial physicians to return to the palace.
Then, he secretly made his way alone to the Cold King's mansion.
At this moment, inside the Cold King's mansion.
Leng Ruo Li was busy organizing her medical notes and books in her courtyard. She planned to identify the mastermind behind instigating Deputy General Yang, and then she would begin training the personnel of the new clinic in basic medical hygiene.
For example: Part One: Prevention and Treatment of Common Diseases; Part Two: Basic Knowledge of Rational Drug Use; Part Three: Most Basic Knowledge of Nursing; Part Four: Types of Common External Injuries and Their Prevention and Treatment…
The simplest thing would be to at least teach them how to sterilize medical instruments.
As for the hot pot restaurant, she had asked Jun Mohan to help find suitable shops, preferably in busy prime locations. However, she knew that finding such shops would take time.
As for Yan Yu, she was to train new employees for the hot pot restaurant according to her methods and Leng Ruo Li's suggestions. Currently, Leng Ruo Li had asked her to help out at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant for a while and to recruit new employees for the hot pot restaurant.
The butler was helping to prepare the tableware, tables, and chairs for eating hot pot. In particular, the "Yuan Yang" (Mandarin Duck) pots needed to be specially crafted.
However, these matters were relatively easy to handle, as Leng Ruo Li had already drawn up detailed blueprints for the butler for each item, which he could directly purchase or ask carpenters and blacksmiths to forge.
As Leng Ruo Li thought of this, Ye Ying suddenly arrived.
"Consort, Imperial Physician Zhang is here!"
"Imperial Physician Zhang?" Leng Ruo Li was somewhat surprised to hear this name.
This old man rarely came to the Cold King's mansion. Why was he here today? Did something happen? Leng Ruo Li speculated.
"Ye Ying, please escort him to the reception hall. This Consort will be there shortly." Leng Ruo Li pursed her lips and smiled, her smile as warm as spring.
"Yes, Consort!" Ye Ying responded, then turned to go to the mansion gate to invite Imperial Physician Zhang into the reception hall.
After Ye Ying left, Leng Ruo Li collected the medical documents from the stone table in the pavilion and put them into her personal space. Then, she stood up, tidied her dress, and called for Xing'er and Ling'er to accompany her to the reception hall to meet Imperial Physician Zhang.
At this moment, Imperial Physician Zhang had already been invited into the reception hall by Ye Ying, and a servant had served him a cup of tea, which he was drinking.
When he saw Leng Ruo Li enter the reception hall, he quickly stood up and paid his respects to her.
"Your subordinate pays respects to the Cold King's Consort!"
"Imperial Physician Zhang, please rise. We are old acquaintances, so there is no need for such formalities." The Cold King's Consort waved him off without adhering to unnecessary etiquette.
Hearing Leng Ruo Li's words, Imperial Physician Zhang smiled and said, "Your subordinate thanks the Consort!"
"Well, may I ask why Imperial Physician Zhang has come to see this Consort today?" Leng Ruo Li asked with a look of confusion.
"Oh, this subordinate has presumptuously disturbed the Cold King's Consort today because I wanted to ask you about something. It's about… it's about that General Zhennan, Lin Zhenfei. This subordinate does not know where he was hit by some unknown small hidden weapon, which struck his arm and lower leg. Moreover, the fragments of those two small hidden weapons are located on both sides of the main blood vessels… This subordinate dares not easily attempt to remove those small metal pieces…" Imperial Physician Zhang spoke a lot in one breath.
Leng Ruo Li was stunned on the spot after hearing half of his words.