The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1067 - 1067 516 Awakening (two updates)_3

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Fortunately, it wasn’t burnt.

Gu Jiao went over to close the door, knowing the soldier wouldn’t return with a whole bucket of water quickly, but he wouldn’t take too long either. She didn’t have much time.

Her condition wasn’t good.

It must have been because she had been frozen in the snowfield for too long, which caused some complications, and she was having trouble breathing.

She opened the first-aid kit and took out a sphygmomanometer to measure her blood pressure.

Her blood pressure was too high.

“Cough!”

Her throat suddenly itched, and she coughed up a mouthful of pinkish foam.

The medical officer sitting on the bed was once again stunned by the scene; it was one thing for her to take out all those strange things from her kit, but coughing up something like this was another matter.

This, this was lung disease!

A condition that was easy to contract after being frozen, and it was practically incurable by medicine or doctors!

Gu Jiao took her blood pressure again, and this time, it started to drop rapidly.

It was acute pulmonary edema.

It wouldn’t be long before she would go into cardiogenic shock.

In this place, once she went into shock, she would never wake up again.

Gu Jiao used a handkerchief to cover her mouth and coughed up another mouthful of pink foam.

She was already showing symptoms similar to heart failure and was about to enter cardiogenic shock.

Her hands shook uncontrollably.

With one hand holding the handkerchief, she took out a syringe of adrenaline with her other hand.

It was too late to establish an intravenous line, nor was it possible.

Gu Jiao grabbed the syringe, opened her armor with the hand holding the handkerchief, and violently stabbed it into her thigh!

…

“Doctor, your hot water is here.” The soldier got to the door and said, “Eh? Why is the door closed?”

As the soldier pushed the door and entered, he spoke to the back of the medical officer sitting on the stool, “Doctor, your hot water.”

“Bring it in,” the medical officer said gravely.

The soldier grimaced. It was one thing to fetch water, but now to carry it in, too? Did he look like he had no hands or feet?

This soldier was slightly related to the steward by the side of the prince, and was always a bit more arrogant than the average soldier.

If it weren’t necessary, the medical officer wouldn’t wish to command him.

Placing the water beside the medical officer, the soldier glanced at the Zhan Country soldier sleeping on the bed and asked, “Why hasn’t he woken up yet?”

“He’s been frozen for so long, how could he just wake up on command? He needs treatment,” replied the medical officer with gravity.

“Then treat him.”

The soldier made it clear he was intent on watching the medical officer treat Gu Jiao.

The medical officer desperately signaled with his eyes.

“What are you doing? Are your eyes twitching? Didn’t the boss tell you to treat him? Hurry up and do it!” the soldier said.

Grinding his teeth, the medical officer muttered, “Mmhmm, mmhmm!”

Just go away!

The soldier wouldn’t leave; he wanted to see how he would revive someone who was practically dead.

This person was dug out of a snowdrift, already frozen together with the corpses of wolves; he didn’t believe for a second that he could be saved.

“Why aren’t you treating him? Can you not do it? If that’s the case, I’ll tell Assistant General Feng to find another doctor!”

No sooner had the soldier finished his sentence than a silver needle whizzed past the medical officer’s ear, striking the soldier’s brow. The soldier’s eyes bulged as he fell straight backward.

Just as he was about to crash onto the floor and make a loud noise, Gu Jiao stretched out her foot to block him, cushioned the fall, and gently laid him on the ground.

The medical officer inwardly sighed in relief.

I warned you, but you wouldn’t listen.

Gu Jiao threw off the covers and climbed out of bed.

This time, Gu Jiao didn’t use a blade to threaten the medical officer, because there was no need. As soon as he saw her inject herself and not only did she not kill herself, but also seemed revived, the medical officer regarded Gu Jiao with a look that was not unlike seeing a ghost.

“Where are my other things?” Gu Jiao asked the medical officer.

The medical officer shook his head like a rattle-drum, “I really don’t know, but… probably, Assistant General Feng took them. He was the one who brought you here.”

Gu Jiao withdrew the silver needle and put it away.

“No one will be coming here soon, right?” Gu Jiao asked.

“No, no,” the medical officer gestured, “This place is quite hidden, where servants live. But there are a lot of guards outside, even if you have recovered, you can’t escape.”

Medical Officer: … Why am I reminding her?

Gu Jiao opened the first-aid kit again.

Acute pulmonary edema requires strong heart medications to prevent cardiogenic shock, and one must quickly remove the fluid in the lungs.

Gu Jiao found a bottle of mannitol, and while administering the IV to herself, she got some information from the medical officer.

It turned out that in the battle at Lingguan City, the prince indeed suffered defeat. Abandoning the city, he fled with the Princess Ning An and five thousand troops under the cover of night. They encountered her halfway —

That figured.

The route Princess Ning An took was the one arranged by her consort, so he naturally found her.

As for the consort’s motive, it wasn’t difficult to guess, not because he was sympathetic, but because Gu Jiao probably still had some value to him.

Gu Jiao pondered, “So, this is the prince’s lair?”

Medical Officer: Must you ask me? I’ve said enough already, any more and my conscience will suffer!

“Yes,” the medical officer declared, “It is indeed the lair!”

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