Shi Kuan was far calmer than Hu Xiaotian. He asked quietly, "In your opinion, Mr. Liu, is Her Highness in danger?"
"It is hard to say," Liu Changsheng replied. "Since we still do not know the nature of the poison in her body, I can only use conventional treatments. The prescription I just wrote is for a medicinal bath. We will need an expert in internal arts to use their internal power to help the princess expel the poison." He glanced at Shi Kuan before resting his gaze on Hu Xiaotian. "Would you be willing, Lord Hu?" Hu Xiaotian was a eunuch. To expel the princess's poison, the patient had to be immersed in a tub filled with medicinal broth, then have internal power channeled into her body and circulated through her meridians to force out the poison that had already entered her system. Though this method could not remove all the poison, it could at least expel some of it and ease the symptoms.
Huo Shengnan entered the room then, her face full of worry. "I have already fed the princess those three Nine-Turn Blood-Cleansing Pills, but her condition still shows no improvement."
"General Huo, sorry for the trouble, but please prepare hot water at once," Liu Changsheng said.
Only after asking did Huo Shengnan learn what Liu Changsheng needed the hot water for. She considered it, then volunteered to channel her internal power to treat Princess Anping. In Liu Changsheng's view, having Huo Shengnan do this was more appropriate than having Hu Xiaotian do it. After all, it was best to remove the patient's clothes when expelling poison. Though Hu Xiaotian was a eunuch, he had once been a man.
Hu Xiaotian had initially thought he could take this opportunity to feast his eyes, but then he remembered