Xia Siheng frowned slightly. "I sent Master Shunfeng to fetch Daoist Qianyun the day before yesterday. Has there still been no word?"
He turned to look at Master Yuantong.
Master Yuantong was instantly drenched in sweat.
"With Uncle-Master Shunfeng's speed, he should have returned that very day. But before this old monk left Golden Mountain Temple, I heard nothing of his return."
Perhaps something had gone wrong.
"Is Daoist Qianyun the only person in Great Xia who can deal with this Gu Worm?" the Empress Dowager asked.
A nation could not go a single day without its ruler.
If something really had happened to Master Shunfeng, waiting indefinitely was no solution.
Consort Ling touched her face, suddenly recalling the miraculous things Wanwan had done yesterday.
She said, "Why don't we ask Wanwan to try?"
Everyone froze.
Xia Siheng suddenly recalled that day outside the Imperial Study.
Wanwan had given him two little things. He took the Eyedrops and Erythromycin Ointment out of his sleeve.
"Imperial Physician Huang, examine these two things. Could they help His Majesty in his current condition?"
Imperial Physician Huang accepted them curiously. "What are these? How do we open them?"
The other imperial physicians crowded around, picking up the little transparent bottle and the metallic-looking tube to examine them.
The contents seemed to have been half used up.
What on earth were these things?
Xia Siheng picked up a dagger and sliced the caps straight off the Eyedrops and ointment.
Then he handed them to Imperial Physician Huang. "Hurry up and examine them."
Inside, the Emperor's agonized howls were growing louder and louder.
The imperial physicians examined them carefully, but ultimately shook their heads, indicating that they could not identify the medicines.
Xia Siheng recalled his daughter saying that these were for treating the eyes.
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