The wife of two taels of silver

Even if the fire snake was sent to the palace as quickly as possible, it still took two days.

The guard carried a bamboo cage with a black cloth covering the outside. The black cloth was to prevent light from leaking into the cage and causing stress to the fire snake.

Lin Haitang lifted the black cloth and took a look. Through the gap in the bamboo cage, she saw a fire snake inside with its mouth wide open and two sharp fangs exposed.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the fire snake, Lin Haitang wanted to take the bamboo cage. Gu An was afraid that the fire snake inside would run out, so he took the bamboo cage first.

Lin Haitang thought seriously about whether to conduct the experiment directly on the prince or choose someone else.

Finally, considering the special status of the prince, Lin Haitang chose to conduct experiments on Xia Ziqiu, the only child of Dingwu Marquis Mansion.

There's no way, Xia Ziqiu's physical fitness is the best among the ten people.

Lin Haitang prepared the pills needed to treat the fire snake venom in advance, and also prepared elixirs and spiritual spring water. In case of an accident, she would use the spiritual spring water to prolong her life. She would never use elixirs until the last step.

In the huge room, the only sound was the rustling sound of the fire snake rolling in the bamboo cage, as if a feather was rubbing against the eardrum.

Xia Ziqiu was lying on the bed with a pale face and his eyes closed. The rise and fall of his chest was so weak that it was almost invisible.

Gu An stood aside, waiting for Lin Haitang's order, ready at all times.

Lin Haitang wore a thick cotton glove on his left hand, and a layer of crocodile leather glove inside the cotton glove, providing perfect protection.

He lifted the black cloth and opened the lid of the bamboo cage, but only opened a small gap. Lin Haitang took a deep breath, held his breath, and instantly reached his left hand into the bamboo cage and pinched the fire snake's head.

In a flash, after Lin Haitang pinched the snake's head, the snake's body instantly wrapped around Lin Haitang's wrist. Lin Haitang took the snake out and let it bite Xia Ziqiu's forearm.

Lin Haitang had practiced all the movements in her mind hundreds of times, so she was quite proficient at them. After doing all this, Lin Haitang put the fire snake into the bamboo cage.

About five minutes later, Xia Ziqiu's breathing began to become rapid.

Lin Haitang immediately reached out to Xia Ziqiu's wrist and began to take his pulse.

Gu An saw Lin Haitang release her fingers, frowned and asked, "How is it?"

Lin Haitang said: "The fire snake's venom has begun to take effect. We need to wait a little longer, a little longer..."

Lin Haitang frowned. She could no longer sit still, so she stood up, put her hands behind her back, and stared at Xia Ziqiu's condition without blinking.

Most people will start to feel the effects of the poison within a quarter of an hour after being bitten by a fire snake. As time goes by, they will become more and more painful and manic. If they cannot receive effective treatment within twelve hours, the outcome will be death.

Xia Ziqiu was originally poisoned, and there might be some deviation between the time when the poison takes effect and the maximum tolerance time, so Lin Haitang needs to monitor Xia Ziqiu every minute and every second.

Ten minutes later, Lin Haitang checked Xia Ziqiu's pulse again, still frowning, and said, "Wait a little longer..."

But they couldn't just sit there and wait, so Lin Haitang took a silver needle and quickly and accurately injected Xia Ziqiu's chest with several needles.

Lin Haitang and Gu An both frowned as if facing a great enemy, and their eyes were fixed on Xia Ziqiu, not daring to look away for a moment.

The people outside the door didn't even dare to breathe. They all hung their heads, looking at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses.

There were many people guarding outside the door. Lin Haitang's five masters were all there, as were all the other unemployed imperial doctors, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs sent by the emperor and empress to check on the situation, and people from the Dingwu Marquis's mansion, all guarding the yard, waiting for news from Lin Haitang.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xia Ziqiu's body began to twitch. Lin Haitang signaled Gu An to hold down Xia Ziqiu's arms to prevent him from moving, and her fingers rested on the side of Xia Ziqiu's neck.

The time has come.

Lin Haitang held her breath and put a pill into Xia Ziqiu's mouth. Then, her hands moved so quickly that the silver needles flashed and she began to sort out Xia Ziqiu's meridians.

It took three full hours since Lin Haitang brought the fire snake in before the door of the room was opened from the inside.

The emperor sent his personal eunuch, Eunuch Qin, over. Eunuch Qin stood at the front of the crowd. When he saw the door open, he looked anxious. He saw Lin Haitang with sweat on her face, so much so that her hair was stuck to her face.

Lin Haitang rested her hands on the door frame, her face showing fatigue. She looked at the people outside the door and found that they were all staring at her.

Lin Haitang smiled slightly, opened the door, stepped over the threshold, and said, "The young marquis has woken up. The treatment was very successful."

The already quiet courtyard was even more silent at this moment, and everyone seemed to be nailed to the spot.

Eunuch Qin was the first to react. He bowed and shouted, "Congratulations, Princess, and congratulations, Young Marquis."

The others also quickly followed suit and saluted. The people from Dingwu Marquis's Mansion were even more excited, saying, "Congratulations, Princess, congratulations, Young Marquis."

Everyone else was anxious to go back and report the news to their masters. The five old gentlemen surrounded Lin Haitang with expressions of surprise.

"You are worthy of being my apprentice, really good!" Shi Wei hunched his back and stretched out his hand to pat Lin Haitang's shoulders heavily several times.

Yang Zhiwen pushed Shi Wei away and said with a look of disgust: "Come on, what have you taught this girl? She knows everything you know, and she knows everything you don't know. People call you Master because they think highly of you, but you are acting so pretentiously."

Lin Haitang watched the five old men bickering with a smile, then thought of Xia Ziqiu who had been detoxified in the room, and was so happy that she could eat two more bowls of rice.

There is a way to cure the Xihua poison, but it takes three hours to cure one person, and this method is extremely energy-consuming, so all in all, Lin Haitang can only save two people a day.

Because it was too difficult, Lin Haitang was not confident in teaching the method to other imperial physicians, so he had to do it himself.

The next person to detoxify is naturally the prince.

It took five days, and finally everyone was rescued. The emperor was overjoyed and bestowed another wave of rewards on Lin Haitang. The queen also gave a lot of things as a reward. Of course, Lin Haitang would not think it was too much, and she thanked them happily.

After all this trouble, Lin Haitang and Gu An were finally able to leave the palace.

The whole family was still living in the general's mansion. Lin Haitang and Gu An went straight to the general's mansion without stopping.

The eighteen carts of gifts given by the Emperor and the Empress were delivered to the Princess's Mansion.

Zhao Hongwei had known for a long time that Lin Haitang and Gu An would leave the palace today, and he was waiting for them at the gate of the general's mansion early in the morning.

Not only Zhao Hongwei, but also Zhao Hongwei's wife, Liu Wanwan and her husband, and Zhao Xiangjun and her husband were there.

"Sister!" After seeing the carriage, Liu Wanwan immediately shouted and greeted the carriage.

Lin Haitang stuck her head out and was very happy to see everyone.