Sheng Jiu asked softly, "If I just carry you to the bed like this, will it have any impact on you?"
The imperial physician was stunned. He had never seen the emperor be so gentle before. That cautious tone... The imperial physician even thought he was having an illusion.
Wanwan shook his head. Sheng Jiu slowly stepped into the water, gently untied the red curtain around his wrist, picked up his body, and carefully placed him on the bed.
The imperial physician quickly climbed out of the pool and walked to the bedside. He saw that there was a fish scale on his fish tail, and blood was still flowing out.
The imperial physician's uneasy eyes shifted between the two of them. He carefully asked, "I wonder how the young merman gentleman got this wound..."
After hearing the question, Sheng Jiu cleared his throat. His face showed embarrassment.
"Can't it be treated if we don't figure out the cause?"
The imperial physician shivered. "It's not that it can't be treated. It's just that if we know the cause, it might be more convenient and quicker. Since the young merman gentleman has a rather special constitution, I'm not very confident... If I know the cause, my confidence might be greater."
Sheng Jiu frowned and was silent for a moment. He made a choice between his face and Wanwan's life.
"It... was accidentally injured during sexual intercourse."
The imperial physician looked at him in shock, his mouth slightly open, looking utterly incredulous.
Sexual intercourse???
He had been the leader of the Imperial Hospital for several years and boasted that no one in the Imperial Hospital could surpass his medical skills. Over the years, he had also studied quite a few difficult and complicated diseases.
He never expected that the emperor would present him with such a difficult problem.
Under the emperor's gaze, the imperial physician quickly收起 his shocked expression and quickly said, "Then I'll stop the bleeding for the young gentleman first. After that, I'll go back and study the ancient medical books carefully..."
By the end, his voice became softer and softer.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Since the young gentleman's condition is really too special, I have to go back and make some preparations."
Sheng Jiu also knew that if he beheaded this imperial physician, it would be difficult to find another one more experienced and more skilled in medicine.
Sheng Jiu frowned. After some thought, he urged, "You stop the bleeding for him first. After that, hurry up and look through the materials. I'll send someone to invite you again after noon..."
By the end, there was already a threatening tone. The imperial physician shivered and hurriedly knelt down.
"I obey the order."
The imperial physician opened his medicine box and quickly rummaged out the hemostatic medicine. He thought that even if the human medicine might not have much effect on the merman, it shouldn't harm him either. First stop the bleeding, and then he could go back and look through the materials. This way, the chance of success would be greater.
As he was stopping the bleeding, he felt rather unlucky.
It wouldn't be long before he could retire from the palace and enjoy his old age.
Who would have known that such a thing would happen at this time? If he couldn't cure this young gentleman this time, he might as well forget about enjoying his old age and just be buried instead.
The imperial physician wiped the blood around the wound clean. Just as he was about to apply the medicine... he suddenly felt that the fish scale was a bit soft.
The imperial physician thought it was because of the injury. He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and withdrew his hand.
"The young gentleman's wound is rather large... I wonder if I can stop the bleeding."
After seeing his actions, Sheng Jiu silently turned his face away and slowly said, "You don't need to worry about how big the wound is. Just stop the bleeding and clean the wound."
"Be careful not to get any messy things into it."
The imperial physician quickly nodded.
He wiped the blood around the wound clean. To prevent the medicine from falling in, the imperial physician could only apply it carefully.
Finally, he saw the effect of the medicine. The blood flowing from the wound became less and less. The imperial physician let out a long breath, looked at Wanwan, and asked in a low voice, "I wonder if the young gentleman still feels uncomfortable anywhere? Do you feel a burning or stinging sensation from the medicine??"
Wanwan slowly opened his eyes and shook his head.
The imperial physician finally breathed a sigh of relief. He reached for his medicine box and turned to look at Sheng Jiu standing beside him. "Your Majesty, since the bleeding has stopped, I'll go back and study the ancient medical books first, and then come back to diagnose and treat the young gentleman."
Sheng Jiu nodded and then asked, "Can't he go back into the water right after the medicine is applied?"
The imperial physician looked at the pool. "Your Majesty, it's best to have someone clean the pool and change the water in it. It's not too late to put the young gentleman back into the water after his wound has fully absorbed the medicine."
Sheng Jiu nodded. "Okay, you can go now."
The imperial physician felt as if he had received a pardon and quickly left the imperial bedroom.
Sheng Jiu looked at his wound and said softly, "Do you feel better now?"
Wanwan pursed his lips and didn't say a word. His face was deathly pale.
Sheng Jiu gently pulled his hand. "Wanwan, don't scare me. Say something, okay? Is there something wrong with this medicine? Then I'll go and behead that imperial physician."
After hearing his words, Wanwan frowned slightly and then opened his eyes. "Sheng Jiu, don't human lives count in your heart?"
Sheng Jiu was speechless for a moment.
Wanwan closed his eyes again and turned his head away. Obviously, he didn't want to say anything more. Sheng Jiu blinked his eyes and asked, "Do you feel comfortable lying here? Do you want to go back into the pool first? Oh right, the pool hasn't been cleaned yet. Wait for me."
Sheng Jiu got up and let down the thick curtain.
All the light from outside was blocked. Wanwan opened his eyes and looked at this dark world. He stretched out his hand to touch his fish tail and gently sighed.
After a moment, Sheng Jiu came back. There was a rustling sound of changing water outside. Sheng Jiu took off his shoes and socks and lay down beside him.
"Wanwan, I've thought it over carefully. I'm going to dig a lake for you in the palace. I've already chosen the location. Not far behind the palace, there's a small hill. I'll choose a suitable place and dig a lake for you, okay?"
Wanwan slowly opened his eyes in the darkness. There seemed to be a different kind of expectation in his eyes. He pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "Okay... Can it be bigger?"
He hesitated when he said this. Maybe he should know that he shouldn't have any expectations for the man beside him. But every time this man proposed something so tempting, he still couldn't help but be tempted.
To have his own lake in this small world, Wanwan never dared to dream of such a thing before.
Was his life in the palace going to get better and better?
Or... was it just an illusion in front of him?
When Sheng Jiu saw that he reacted to this matter, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.