WAR PRISONER

War Prisoner Chapter 79

Author: 梨花烟雨(Li Hua Yan Yu) /Lê Hoa Yên Vũ

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War Prisoner Chapter 79

Although Su Yi had speculated on whether this Second Prince with the surpassing medical skills that they were speaking of was none other than the Prince he had encountered before while Zi Nong and the rest were discussing the matter, but when he actually saw Wanyan Xia, he was still taken aback. On the other hand, Wanyan Xia regained his equilibrium in the time it took to blink. Looking at Su Yi, he frowned and said: "So you are the Empress? I instructed you to watch your diet previously, so how did you still manage to land yourself into this state because of your eating habits? Although your previous condition was serious, it was still not life-threatening; it was nothing compared to now." He went up to Su Yi, and read his pulse. After a long time, he sighed and said to Wanyan Xu: "I know that your deep love for him is genuine. Since that is so, how did you come to let your Empress serve in the laundry service when banishment to the Cold Palace [1] should have been the heaviest punishment? What could make you hate him enough to punish him like that, and yet still care enough to beg me to save his life today?"

Wanyan Xu said: "About that... Aii, it's hard to explain in a few words. Hopefully worthy little brother will use your miraculous hands of a healer and save his life. As for the answers to your questions, I [2] will tell you at a later date."

Wanyan Xia gave a cold laugh, thinking in his heart: Later Date? Presently, I am the only living being under Heaven who has received a kneel from you, will I live to see a later date? However he did not give voice to these thoughts, instead he opened the little box that he had brought with him. Taking out a small porcelain bottle, he poured out two pills and fed them to Su Yi. After that, he went to a table in the room outside of the bedchamber and wrote out a prescription and ordered people to brew the medicine and bring it to him. Going back into the bedchamber, he said to Su Yi: "Even if you are maddened by hunger, you are not to consume any food or water. I have to determine exactly how far the disease has progressed before proceeding further."

Everybody in the room watched Su Yi curiously, not believing that after Zi Liu had administered medicines and applied needles to Su Yi to no avail, his disease could be controlled with two small pills. For Su Yi to maintain consciousness to this point had not been easy; after he had consumed the two pills, he felt drowsiness overtaking his body. With both of his hands were clasped in Wanyan XU's large ones, he felt incomparably comfortable and warm. Unable to hold out any longer, after giving two yawns, he fell into a deep sleep.

Wanyan Xu received from Zi Nong the warm wet towel she had prepared and wiped away the cold sweat that had gathered on Su Yi's brow. Standing to the side, Wanyan Xia observed his careful and tender actions silently, before suddenly saying: "It would seem that he is also very much attached to you. Judging by his condition, he would not have been able to hold on for so long otherwise. Now we have to see if his internal bleeding can be stemmed. Only if the bleeding stops, will it be possible for the disease to be cured."

He added: "I have met him once before, it was on an afternoon during late autumn. At that time the disease was not very serious, or at least, it should not have progressed to this stage at such a rapid pace. I also specifically warned him that he needed to watch his diet. But from what I observe now, he has obviously endured long-term malnutrition and the food that he did eat was too rough. That is the only reason that the disease could have progressed to this stage within such a short period of time. As far as I know, even for slaves, their diet should not be this poor and meagre and they should not be lacking food and warm clothes. Take me, for example. Even though I have been eating these meals [3] for so many years, they have not caused any problems for me."