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Chapter 189 First Aid
Gu Xuan was originally very happy to attend the Spring Banquet, so that she could vent to her best friends about the inhuman treatment she had suffered these past few days. If she could find a way to quit being a miserable nurse, that would be even better!

To everyone's surprise, her father actually praised her for the first time ever!
This was the first time in Gu Xuan's memory. Gu Xuan was somewhat captivated. She suddenly felt that although being a nurse was a bit tough, tiring, and uncomfortable, it wasn't so bad.

Oh, and her former best friends all avoid her with disdain.

Gu Xuan sat alone, drinking.

Princess Xuan felt heartbroken looking at her daughter's thinner face and forlorn expression. Just as she was about to beckon Gu Xuan up, she saw someone walking towards Gu Xuan's location.

Shen Jiahui smiled sincerely and was very kind. "Seventh Miss, may I sit here?"

Gu Xuan nodded casually.

"Seventh Miss, is being a military doctor fun?"

It's not fun. Every day I have to spend two hours learning first aid, memorize three to five pages of medical books, and recognize a bunch of similar-looking medicinal herbs. If I can't learn them, the old man will scold me from morning till night for being stupid.

But seeing Shen Jiahui's curious expression, the complaint that had been on his mind turned into, "It's so much fun! I learn so many new things every day, and everyone respects and loves me."

Shen Jiahui's eyes lit up even more as she listened, "What new things are you learning?"

"For example, sewing," Gu Xuan explained when she saw Shen Jiahui's confusion, "is like embroidery."

Before Shen Jiahui could show any disappointment, Gu Xuan quietly added, "But it's not on the fabric, it's on the person."

"Hiss!" Shen Jiahui gasped, that was too bloody. "Aren't you scared?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Gu Xuan didn't recall the churning in her chest and abdomen when she first saw the Ghost Doctor suturing her. "Suturing can effectively reduce bleeding and accelerate wound healing, which can save a lot of people from dying."

"Really?" Shen Jiahui exclaimed in surprise. "Then..." Before she could even voice her questions, her maid rushed in, her face filled with panic. "Miss, something terrible has happened! The young master has been cut by a knife!"

"What?!" Shen Jiahui was shocked and her legs trembled so much that she couldn't stand up.

Gu Xuan slammed her hand on the table and stood up, grabbing her medicine box and pulling her maid to point the way. Shen Jiahui gritted her teeth and stumbled after her.

At the racetrack, a crowd had gathered in concentric circles to watch the spectacle. Gu Xuan struggled to push through the crowd, knelt on one knee beside Shen Jiawen, opened her medicine box, and asked...

"Where's the injury?"

Shen Jiawen was pale and speechless. A kind-hearted young man beside him said, "Young Master Shen was ambushed and slashed in the abdomen by Young Master Meng."

Gu Xuan removed Shen Jiawen's hand from her waist and abdomen, and tore open her outer garment with a knife. A wound as long as an adult's palm was gushing blood, which quickly stained Shen Jiawen's white outer garment red.

"Brother!" Shen Jiahui stumbled over and cried out when she saw her brother bleeding profusely, "Quick, quick, go get some hemostatic medicine!"

“It’s no use. The wound is too deep and long, and the bleeding is too heavy. The medicine powder will definitely be washed away.” Gu Xuan put on gloves and examined the wound. “Fortunately, it didn’t damage the lungs or internal organs, Bai Zhi!”

"girl!"

"Help me sew up Young Master Shen's stitches."

"Yes!" Bai Zhi replied, picked up the medicine box, and began to prepare.

"Suturing?" Princess Xuan, who rushed over upon hearing the news, asked, "Are you confident?"

Gu Xuan shook her head, "But if we don't stitch it up, Young Master Shen will probably bleed to death."

"Let's do it," Princess Xuan decided, dismissing everyone while sending someone to the Shen residence to deliver a message.

Gu Xuan closed her eyes, took a deep breath, recalled the suturing knowledge she had learned, and imitated the Ghost Doctor's operating steps. Suddenly, she opened her eyes and said, "Disinfect with alcohol, thread the needle with catgut." Bai Zhi cooperated neatly.

No one had any hope that Gu Xuan could save Young Master Shen, but because of Princess Xuan's unpleasant expression, no one dared to object or obstruct her.

No matter how much Princess Xuan tried to persuade Shen Jia Hui, she refused to leave. Princess Xuan had no choice but to stand aside and keep her company.

Without hesitation, Gu Xuan plunged the needle into Shen Jiawen's abdomen. Shen Jiawen convulsed in pain and instinctively tried to dodge.

Gu Xuan shouted, "Hold him down!"

Princess Xuan waved her hand, and several servants stepped forward to hold down Shen Jiawen's hands and feet. Bai Zhi quickly stuffed a wooden stick into Shen Jiawen's mouth and made him bite it.

Seeing her brother sweating profusely from the pain, Shen Jiahui felt heartbroken and tears streamed down her face. Not daring to cry out and disturb him, she could only turn her head away.

"Wipe your sweat!" Gu Xuan instructed.

Bai Zhi carefully wiped the sweat off Gu Xuan's face with a handkerchief.

As the wound was stitched up, the bleeding decreased significantly. When Gu Xuan finished stitching the last stitch and cut the suture, only a few streaks of blood were seeping from the wound.

After the stitches were finished, Gu Xuan's tense mind instantly relaxed. She collapsed to the ground, panting for a few breaths, and hurriedly said, "Prepare a clean room, disinfect it with alcohol, and then carry Young Master Shen there to recuperate. If he develops a fever, tell me immediately."

Bai Zhi personally led people down to make arrangements. After a short while, a servant carried a bench and took Young Master Shen to the nearest courtyard.

Princess Xuan opened her eyes wide and watched Gu Xuan calmly and methodically arrange things, as if she were seeing her daughter for the first time.

However, when Princess Xuan lowered her head, she saw that Gu Xuan's hands were trembling uncontrollably, and knew that she was also forcing herself to remain calm.

Shen Jiahui hurriedly asked, "Seventh Miss, how is my eldest brother?"

"The bleeding has stopped," Gu Xuan said, sitting on the ground comforting her. "After a few days of rest, it should be fine, right?"
Gu Xuan was a little unsure, but that was how her teacher had taught her, and if anything went wrong, it would be her teacher's fault!

Thinking this through, Gu Xuan suggested, "Mother, quickly go to the military camp and invite Master Kui."

However, Wuwei and Lanzhou are far apart, and even at the fastest speed, it would take three days and three nights. Gu Xuan was worried and asked Shen Jiahui to take care of the place herself.

"Alright!" Princess Xuan looked at her daughter's hurried figure, and her chaotic heart felt a little comforted.

"Mother," Madam Ming approached with a frown, "Cousin Meng wishes to see you."

Princess Xuan said with disgust, "No one is allowed to see him before the Shen and Meng families arrive."

Ming responded.

Upon receiving the news, the Shen and Meng families rushed over immediately. Madam Shen was sobbing uncontrollably, wanting to see her son but being refused. She could only keep pulling Gu Xuan and asking her questions.

Annoyed by the questions, Gu Xuan sought refuge in Shen Jiawen's hospital room for some peace and quiet.

Madam Shen was filled with pain and anxiety, and had nowhere to vent it, so she went to the Meng family to vent it all.

"Old Madam Meng, Master Meng, what deep-seated grudge does my Shen family have against your Meng family? Or has my son offended Young Master Meng in some way that he would resort to such ruthless tactics?"

Remembering her daughter's description, Madam Shen burst into tears, "They were trying to kill my son!"

Master Meng was speechless. The Shen family and the Meng family had always kept to themselves, and Shen Jiawen was a well-known handsome young man in the Northwest, not the same kind of person as Meng Liang.

Not to mention the Shen family, even he, the father, was very curious. What kind of donkey kicked his son in the head to do such a thing?