Chapter 395: Chapter 395: Let Go of My Beautiful Sister
Two voices cried out, halting the proceedings—one male, one female.
The man was a guard from Nanjiang.
The woman was Xie Pan’Er.
The Imperial Physicians turned their heads towards the two who had shouted, anger unconsciously touching their faces.
Xie Pan’Er and the Nanjiang guard knew very well why they were angry.
It was because they had interrupted the Eldest Princess’s attempt to remove the embedded object from Princess Ata, meaning the task would now fall to one of them.
This meant they would bear the primary responsibility and risk.
The behavior of these Imperial Physicians angered both Xie Pan’Er and the Nanjiang guard.
Xie Pan’Er was angry because they were using the Eldest Princess as a scapegoat, making her take the fall.
The Nanjiang guard, on the other hand, was furious because he believed these Imperial Physicians from Great Han were trifling with his own princess’s life.
"Esteemed Imperial Physicians," Xie Pan’Er began, "you are all, by any account, the top medical practitioners in Great Han. Faced with Princess Ata’s situation, you push a child like the Eldest Princess forward. Is that appropriate?"
As soon as Xie Pan’Er said this, the expressions of the Imperial Physicians changed drastically.
"Don’t you dare talk nonsense! She clearly volunteered to remove the object herself!" an older Imperial Physician, his hair half gray, retorted angrily.
"You are playing with our princess’s life! I tell you, if anything happens to our princess today, I will not let any of you off!" the Nanjiang guard threatened again.
However, this time, he was unarmed, his saber missing, so his presence wasn’t as imposing as before.
But even so, everyone could feel his anger.
"What... what do you intend to do? It was the Eldest Princess herself who said she would remove the object. Besides, her idea of making the scissors fly out... we can’t do that!" another older Imperial Physician, his hair also starting to gray, began to argue.
Yet, as soon as he said this, all the Imperial Physicians were taken aback, their eyes widening.
They first looked at the Imperial Physician who had just spoken, then at the Eldest Princess waiting by the bed.
Why had they never thought to question the words of such a young child, a girl of only four or five? Why did they even find what she said so inherently reasonable?
Confusion crept into their minds, and a terrifying thought suddenly struck them!
"Honorable Imperial Physician, how old is the Eldest Princess?" Xie Pan’Er pressed, her voice sharp. "She’s just a child! Haven’t you considered if her words were even feasible? You just let her attempt to remove the object herself—are you truly sure you had no selfish motives?"
Xie Pan’Er was so angry her chest ached. She pressed her hand tightly against it, silently relieved at her own timely intervention. If she had been any later, the Eldest Princess would have already begun.
"We... we..."
The group of Imperial Physicians were rendered speechless.
The Nanjiang guard glared fiercely at the group of Great Han Imperial Physicians, his eyes burning with a murderous light, as if he wanted to devour them.
"Can you save our princess or not? If not..."
The Nanjiang guard suddenly grabbed Xie Pan’Er and pulled her close, his hand instantly clamping around her throat in a chokehold.
"Pretty Sister!" Xiaosuisui cried out anxiously. "What are you doing? Why did you grab my Pretty Sister?!"
The Nanjiang guard ignored her, instead glaring at the Imperial Physicians. Worthless trash, he thought. Too cowardly to remove the object themselves, so they push a child forward to take the fall.
"Shut up!" he snarled at Xiaosuisui. "You’re being used as a shield and you don’t even realize it! I’ve never seen anyone as foolish as you!"
The Nanjiang guard was utterly disdainful of Great Han’s Eldest Princess.
"If you truly care for your Pretty Sister," he continued, his voice cold, "then order the most skilled among these Imperial Physicians to perform the surgery and treat our princess! If they dare to fail in saving our princess, you will confiscate their homes and annihilate their entire clans!"