Looking at the wound, Luo Jiuli felt extremely uncomfortable.
Halfway back to the capital, coupled with the bumpy carriage, she didn't know how much pain her mother had endured.
But at this time, no matter how much pain, how much hatred, how much desire to catch the thief with my own hands, they are not as important as life.
Luo Jiuli took out the stethoscope from the bottom of the medicine box and listened to the heartbeat and breathing. It was okay, the heartbeat was not very weak, and there was no excessive blood loss and no blood supply.
Then he took out the syringe and injected antibiotics into the Duke's wife. Then he repeatedly rinsed the wound with saline and iodophor, disinfected the wound on the chest and arm, and removed impurities and bacteria.
She has performed debridement and suturing hundreds of times, and sewed up the two wounds with ease.
Immediately, tetanus antitoxin was quickly injected.
After finishing everything and putting all the medical equipment back into the medicine box, he completely relaxed his tense spirit and sat limply on the footrest beside the bed.
At this moment, there was a burst of crying and messy footsteps outside the house.
"Miss."
It was Grandma Xu's voice.
In the room, Luo Jiuli also came to her senses. It must be her sister who knew about her mother's injury.
He hurriedly got up and went out. Only when he arrived at the door of the bedroom, he saw Luo Jiuqing, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, hurriedly walked in with red and swollen eyes.
"Sister."
"Little sister, how is your mother?"
The two sisters supported each other.
"Don't worry, eldest sister, my mother is fine."
Luo Jiuli quickly comforted her.
Then he helped her walk to the bed.
"Mother mother."
When Luo Jiuqing saw her pale and unconscious mother on the bed, her fingers couldn't help but tremble.
"Little sister, isn't mother okay? Why, why are you still unconscious?"
"I just gave my mother a shot of sedative and treated the wound. When the effect of the medicine wears off, my mother will wake up naturally."
"Sister, don't worry, as long as I'm here, my mother will be fine."
"Okay, okay, I don't worry, don't worry."
Luo Jiuqing nodded repeatedly. He was still a little confused at first, but now that he knew his mother was fine, he let out a long sigh.
"How did the eldest sister know that something happened to my mother? Where is my brother-in-law? Did he come with us?"
Luo Jiuli looked outside.
"Here we are, discussing this matter with the Ninth Prince in the front hall."
"Nine Kings sent someone to tell your brother-in-law. Your brother-in-law came back to pick me up."
At that time, when she first heard the news that her mother had been seriously injured in an encounter with bandits, she almost fainted. If she hadn't been worried that the little girl in the house had no backbone, how could she have gritted her teeth and survived.
"Mother Xu, what on earth is going on? Didn't you bring some bodyguards with you? Why did you encounter bandits on the road? How could my mother be seriously injured?"
Luo Jiuqing raised his eyes and looked at Aunt Xu standing on one side.
Aunt Xu wiped away her tears and swallowed:
"The eldest lady, the second lady, and the servants don't know what's going on. They are obviously approaching the outskirts of Beijing, and that group of bandits came out of nowhere."
"They all have fierce looks and are armed with swords. They rob women and money when they see them, kill men when they see them, and they are so cruel that they want to kill them."
"Although the guards in the mansion are also skilled in martial arts, they are no match for those bandits. Five of the dozen guards brought by my wife died, and the rest were injured or disabled. If it hadn't been for the secret guards sent by the Ninth Prince to fight to the death.
Protection, I’m afraid Madam also——”
When Nanny Xu thought of the bloody scene, her body trembled uncontrollably.
Luo Jiuli and Luo Jiuqing looked at each other at the same time.
"What did you say? The Ninth Prince sent someone to secretly protect my mother?"
Aunt Xu nodded.
"That secret guard said he was from the Ninth Prince's Mansion and was ordered by the Ninth Prince to secretly protect his wife's safety."
"He also said that if the journey was safe, he would not show up, but he did not expect to encounter bandits on the way."
"Little sister, this matter--"
Luo Jiuqing looked at Luo Jiuli.
Luo Jiuli shook his head.
"Nine Kings didn't tell me."
It turns out that she is not the only one who is silently paying off behind the scenes, he is also doing the same.
"Eldest sister, please also ask the eldest sister to bring a few trustworthy maids to personally guard the mother's bed to prevent the mother's wound from becoming inflamed or having a high fever."
"As soon as something happens, ask Chun Rong to come to the front hall to find me."
Luo Jiuqing held her hand.
"How can you be so polite when you serve your own mother?"
Luo Jiuli nodded.
"Mother Xu, you go back and rest first, and then come back to take over in the middle of the night."
"Second Miss, I'm not in the way, and you don't need to rest."
Aunt Xu quickly shook her head and refused.
If she fails to protect her, how can she rest in dignity?
"This matter has nothing to do with mama, and there is no need for mama to blame herself. What's more, after a long journey and being frightened, if you stay in front of mother's bed like this, I'm afraid mama's body won't be able to bear the stress before mother wakes up.
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On the side, Luo Jiuqing also said:
"Yes, Nanny Xu, please go down and have a rest. You will be asked to stay by my mother's side for the rest of the night. If it were anyone else, my little sister and I would not be at ease either."
The two young ladies had mentioned this, so naturally Mother Xu burst into tears of gratitude and bowed back.
Luo Jiuli looked at Luo Jiuqing.
"Sister, I'm going to the front hall to find out what happened today."
With that said, he walked out of the dormitory.
Luo Jiuqing frowned, glanced at Luo Jiuli's back vaguely, and finally swallowed the question that came to his mouth.
She just said that she must get to the bottom of it? The implication is that there is another hidden reason in this matter.
At this time, in the front hall.
Xiao Mingxuan sat at the Eight Immortals table in the middle, and on one side was Pei Tingsong, the minister of Dali Temple, who was Luo Jiuli's brother-in-law.
Opposite, stood a secret guard dressed in black, who seemed to be reporting something to Xiao Mingxuan, but the secret guard still had dried blood on his body, and his sleeves and hem were damaged.
Seeing Luo Jiuli walk in, the secret guard stopped talking, lowered his head and stood sideways.
"Little sister, how is your mother-in-law?"
Pei Tingsong's face was also full of worry.
Luo Jiuli walked over and sat down next to Xiao Mingxuan.
"Brother-in-law, don't worry. Mother's wound has been treated. She will probably wake up later tonight or early tomorrow morning."
"That's good, that's good."
Pei Tingsong slowly loosened his tightly clenched fist.
When his father-in-law left Beijing, he was asked to take care of the Duke's Mansion, but now, things have happened one after another in the Duke's Mansion.
First it was Luo Jiuli, and now it is my mother-in-law.
The string in his mind couldn't be relaxed at all. He waited until his father-in-law returned to Beijing and made preparations to apologize.
Luo Jiuli didn't look at Pei Tingsong's expression. He turned to look at the black-clothed secret guard standing aside, and then looked at Xiao Mingxuan.
"He is the secret guard sent by the prince to protect my mother's safety?"