The large silver needles were quickly brought in. Li Se took the large silver needles, glanced at Xiao Zhanguo, and with a wave of his hand, collected the dense cluster of needles.
The technique of collecting the needles astonished everyone present; it was like a magic trick.
"You... how did you do that?" Zhang Weidong asked in surprise.
However, Li Se did not answer Zhang Weidong's question at this moment. He concentrated, holding the large silver needles, and inserted them into Xiao Zhanguo's heart, even penetrating several centimeters deep.
Not many doctors dared to perform acupuncture on the heart, especially with large silver needles. One wrong move could cost the patient their life!
After the acupuncture was finished, Li Se breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Zhanguo's life had finally been saved.
"How is it?" Xiao Tian asked anxiously.
Li Se wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "His life is out of danger, and the poison has been controlled. However, because he has been poisoned for too long, a complete detoxification will take time. I will write a prescription. Whenever Old General Xiao feels unwell, he can take it to suppress the poison."
After writing the prescription, Li Se handed it to Xiao Tian.
"Thank you, Imperial Physician Li!" Xiao Tian's attitude towards Li Se had completely changed, even his address for him had changed.
Zhang Weidong quickly examined Xiao Zhanguo's body and was immensely shocked: "A miracle, it's truly a miracle! You actually managed to control this poison!"
"He's a divine doctor."
"No wonder he can become an imperial physician."
Many people began to praise him.
"Li Se, thank you." Xiao Zhanguo had recovered and said gratefully. He had been tormented by this poison for many years and never expected it to be suppressed today. Although not completely cured, he could feel his body feeling lighter.
"Old General Xiao, it is my duty," Li Se smiled gently, his voice sounding somewhat weary, "Is there a place where I can rest?"
"Arrange it immediately!" Xiao Tian said at once.
Assisted by Qiao Weiwei, Li Se entered another room and soon collapsed on the bed, falling asleep.
Qiao Weiwei was watching by the bedside, her beautiful eyes holding a peculiar look.
After an unknown period of sleep, Li Se finally felt refreshed. When he opened his eyes, he saw an extremely beautiful face. He asked in surprise, "You weren't watching me sleep, were you?"
"No, I wasn't..." Qiao Weiwei said flusteredly, "I just arrived and wanted to see if you were awake."
Li Se stretched his limbs and said, "Weiwei, I thought you wanted to sleep with me. If you're willing to get into bed, I wouldn't mind sleeping with you for a few more hours."
"Who wants to sleep with you? Shameless!" Qiao Weiwei said shyly and turned to run away.
Li Se smiled. This girl was sometimes domineering and sometimes very bashful. It would be a wonderful thing to marry her.
Then, he went to Xiao Zhanguo's suite.
"Old General Xiao, how are you recovering?" Li Se asked.
"It's really wonderful," Xiao Zhanguo looked at Li Se gratefully. "I feel more relaxed than ever before. I never expected you could even cure this kind of poison. I was thinking of finding that Wang Xiang to detoxify me; he could even control the Mandrake poison."
"Him? He didn't control the Mandrake poison; I did," Li Se said, glancing at Wang Xiang, who was still present.
*Thump!*
Wang Xiang knelt down, begging, "Li... Imperial Physician Li, it was my fault, I was wrong. I shouldn't have stolen your credit. Please spare me..."
Although Li Se had applied for the position of imperial physician before, applying was one thing, and becoming an imperial physician was not that easy.
But he never expected that Li Se would actually become an imperial physician.
Fate plays tricks on people.
Thinking that he had offended an imperial physician, Wang Xiang wished he could die. He had even threatened Li Se just two days ago.
"Stolen credit?" Xiao Tian frowned. "I hate such people the most in my life. Take him out and behead him!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiang kowtowed his head onto the floor, "Don't kill me... don't kill me..."
Was losing his head really necessary for stealing credit?
If he had known this would happen, he would have rather died than steal this credit.
"Old General Xiao, Brother Xiao, why bother with this kind of scum?" Li Se said with a cold snort. He truly had no good feelings for Wang Xiang.
Xiao Zhanguo nodded. "Xiao Tian, issue an order. From today onwards, this person is forbidden from practicing medicine!"
"Yes!" Xiao Tian replied.
Wang Xiang was completely relieved. Not being allowed to practice medicine was much better than losing his head.
Wang Xiang was soon carried away.
As for Zhang Weidong and Xiao Tian, they also left the room. Only Li Se and Xiao Zhanguo remained.
Li Se was a little puzzled. Xiao Zhanguo had dismissed everyone else. Was he going to talk to him alone?
"Old General Xiao, do you have any instructions?"
After they were alone, Xiao Zhanguo kept sizing up Li Se, making him feel a bit uncomfortable.
Xiao Zhanguo smiled and said, "Are you interested in developing a career in the military?"
"Not at the moment," Li Se shook his head.
"With my status, if you join, you can be directly appointed as a lieutenant colonel!" Xiao Zhanguo clearly wanted to poach Li Se.
Li Se still shook his head. "If I really can't make a living in the future, then I'll follow Old General Xiao."
"You rascal, you're quite cunning," Xiao Zhanguo laughed heartily, unbothered. "My main purpose for coming to Qingyun City this time was to meet you."
"Me?" Li Se was somewhat surprised. Xiao Zhanguo was a great general of China. Such an important figure coming to Qingyun City specifically to meet him seemed a bit too exaggerated.
"If you have time, you should really visit the capital," Xiao Zhanguo said, patting Li Se on the shoulder. "With your capabilities, Qingyun City is too small. The capital is where you can truly show your skills."
"Qingyun City is enough for me," Li Se replied with a faint smile.
Xiao Zhanguo did not press the matter further. He knew that with Li Se's capabilities, he would definitely go to the capital one day; it was a certainty.
"Here is your imperial physician's gold plaque. Keep it safe," Xiao Zhanguo handed the gold plaque to Li Se.
Li Se looked at the imperial physician's gold plaque in his hand and suddenly said, "Old General Xiao, if I'm not mistaken, it shouldn't have been so easy for me to become an imperial physician. The reason I received this gold plaque so quickly should be because you intervened, right?"
"That's right!" Xiao Zhanguo nodded. "Although I haven't met you, I trust Imperial Physician Sun's judgment. Moreover, you have proven your medical skills to be remarkable this time."
Li Se smiled helplessly. Indeed, in the end, the imperial physician review committee appointed him as an imperial physician not solely based on his medical skills, but more importantly, on the people who supported him.
With the recommendations of Imperial Physicians Li Zhongfu and Sun Bai, coupled with Xiao Zhanguo's intervention, it wasn't just him; even someone like Wang Xiang could have become an imperial physician.
Xiao Zhanguo stood up and looked out the window, "If you ever come to the capital in the future, remember to look for me."
"Okay!"