Chapter 559: Chapter 561: Impossible to Restore
“Is it that serious?” Yun Qian seed not to have expected the person in the bed to be the Fourth Prince, looking frightfully startling.
Shao He took the basin and said solemnly to Pei Huaian, “You need to be ntally prepared. This process might be very painful, and he’s going to struggle violently. You’ll need to don proper attire and help hold him down.”
Pei Huaian nodded, his eyes revealing firmness and resolve. He knew that now they could only pin their hopes on Shao He’s dical skills.
Shao He took out gloves and various tools. Fortunately, she had prepared a set here, never expecting it would actually co in handy.
Ah Mo and the Imperial Physician were already suited up, while Pei Huaian was asked to wait outside the door.
Shao He first cleaned the wound with warm water, then carefully began to separate the clothing from the skin. This process was extrely difficult because the burns had rendered the skin and muscles fragile, and any carelessness could cause further damage.
“Ah… ah…” Pei Chengye struggled in agony, while Ah Mo and the Imperial Physician carefully held down his hands and feet.
“If you want to live, endure it,” Shao He worked as gently as possible, reminding him in a cold voice.
Pei Chengye seed to understand her words and bit down on his lips, enduring the pain as best as he could.
He knew that enduring this pain was necessary for any chance of survival.
Shao He carefully proceeded with the treatnt, trying to minimize the patient’s pain. Her hands were gentle yet focused, ticulous in every detail. Gradually, the clothing and the skin were separated, revealing the burnt skin underneath.
Upon seeing this, Shao He imdiately disinfected the area with alcohol to prevent infection. Then, she began applying her unique treatnt thod to the burnt area.
Pei Chengye endured the pain and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath and tried to relax his body. Although Shao He’s thods were painful, he could feel the healing power within them.
As ti passed slowly, Shao He persisted with the treatnt. Gradually, Pei Chengye felt the pain subside significantly, and his body began to regain so strength.
Eventually, Shao He ceased her actions, looking at Pei Chengye’s wounds with satisfaction. While the marks of the skin burns were still present, the wounds were no longer infected, and the condition was sowhat under control.
Pei Chengye ended up wrapped like a mummy, and the Imperial Physician was amazed by her techniques.
“Incredible.”
“The man has been saved, but his entire body has suffered such extensive burns, it could take a year or two for a complete recovery,” Shao He was not entirely certain.
Pei Chengye’s burns were severe, and with the limited dical conditions here, there was a high risk of infection.
“It’s enough that he’s alive.”
Pei Huaian had never imagined that his body could recover; being burned like that, it was already a huge blessing to have his life spared.
Shao He continued, “And his legs, I’m afraid he won’t be able to walk in the future, and the burns on his legs are extrely severe, having damaged the nerves beyond the possibility of treatnt.”
Pei Huaian thought for a mont, “It’s all his own doing. Preserving his life is fortunate enough, the rest doesn’t matter.”
“What about Jiang Zhou? Was he really burned to death?”
Pei Huaian accompanied her to see the corpse, and Shao He crouched down, surveying the unrecognizable body before her.
“Was it like this when he was found?” Shao He stood up and asked, puzzled.
“Yes. No one has touched the body since it was moved out here. But is there a problem?”
Pei Huaian also felt sothing was amiss but couldn’t pinpoint the reason.
“Has the household conducted a roll call?”
Realizing what she ant, Pei Huaian instructed, “Quickly, order everyone not to leave the Prince’s Residence, and have all the servants gather in the courtyard.”
“Yes.”
A figure swiftly slipped away, darting out the mont the main gate closed.
She turned her head back to glance at the sign behind her, a smug smile curving the corner of her mouth.
All the maids and servants had assembled in the courtyard, each one of them trembling with fear.
After the steward conducted a roll call, no one was absent.
Shao He, touching her chin, looked toward the corpse. Impossible, there must have been so oversight.
Suddenly, she rembered sothing and turned to the steward, “Are the maidservants from the Prince’s Consort’s side here too?”
As soon as she finished speaking, the steward realized sothing, “She seed to have left in a hurry just a mont ago.”
“That’s bad, chase her quickly,” said Shao He.
Pei Huaian, with Ah Mo, ran after her, looking at the bustling street with no sign of the maidservant.
With things as they were, they could only return first.
Pei Siyang and Pei Haolan were also alerted and rushed over in a hurry.
“Crown Prince,” the two greeted with a bow.
“Big brother, third brother, there’s no need for formalities,” Pei Huaian quickly raised his hand to help them up.
“What exactly happened? We heard the Fourth Prince’s Residence caught fire and hurried over,” Pei Haolan, always an impatient one, inquired directly about the incident.
Ah Mo recounted the events, and Pei Haolan and Pei Siyang were shocked, their mouths hanging open.
“How could the Fourth… Sigh.” Pei Siyang sighed heavily.
Pei Haolan was at a loss for words and could only shake his head in resignation.
“A cornered rabbit will bite; what more a living person? The Fourth might have gone too far this ti. After all, she was his wife, married through proper channels. How could he treat soone like that?”
Pei Siyang was very much against his actions, even feeling that Pei Chengye got what he deserved!
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