The Prime Minister’s Darling - Chapter 1435

Chapter 1435: 701 Surgery (two updates)_2 Chapter 1435: 701 Surgery (two updates)_2 Gu Jiao thanked the old Mr. Meng and sat up in the carriage.

Wang Ma sustained some injuries while dragging King Hei Feng earlier, so Gu Jiao didn’t make it pull the carriage and used the horses from the National Master Hall instead.

Wang Ma happily pranced ahead.

When the two carriages arrived at their temporary residence, the mansion, the sky had already darkened.

Mrs. Nan was wondering why Gu Jiao and old Mr. Meng had been away for so long when she heard the sound of hooves outside.

She hurriedly put down the half-picked mung bean sprouts she was holding and got up to open the door for Gu Jiao.

What she saw was King Hei Feng being carried down on a stretcher by several disciples from the National Master Hall.

She was taken aback and murmured, “Are we having horse meat tonight?”

King Hei Feng: “…”

Gu Jiao: “…”

The disciples from the National Master Hall left after carrying King Hei Feng into the front courtyard.

“It’s a horse found in the woods, Little Shiyi discovered it.” Gu Jiao recounted the whole experience of rescuing King Hei Feng from the swamp to Mrs. Nan.

Old Mr. Meng had already heard the story once at the entrance of the National Master Hall and hadn’t caught on at the time, but listening to it again, he suddenly realized something was amiss.

Where in the inner city of Shengdu could there be such a large forest?

Could it be that the child had gone to the royal hunting grounds!

This might be a horse of the royal household–
Forget it, since the people from the National Master Hall brought the horse back, let the National Master Hall take responsibility if the sky falls.

Crown Prince Han turned the inner city upside down looking for it, yet who would have known that his King Hei Feng had already been ferried out of the city in a spacious carriage with a great canopy?

With a new horse arriving at home, Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun both came to see what the commotion was about.

Gu Jiao stopped her two younger brothers, “First, it needs to be washed, its body is covered in poisonous swamp.”

Gu Xiaoshun went to fetch water, while Gu Jiao, Mrs. Nan, and Master Lu busied themselves for half an hour before they could finally clean the swamp off its body.

Only then did Gu Jiao realize that besides the large wound on its abdomen, there were many small injuries elsewhere on its body.

Gu Yan brought over the first aid kit, “Here.”

Gu Jiao took the first aid kit, placed it on a stool, picked up the disinfectant along with tweezers and cotton swabs, and squatted down to carefully clean all the wounds on the horse’s body.

“With such severe poisoning, it will need to take medicine later. If it can’t swallow, we’ll have to administer an IV.”

Gu Jiao said.

“Will it let you do that?” Gu Yan asked.

“If not, we’ll tie it down,” Gu Jiao said.

When weak, beings become exceedingly docile, and the same goes for horses.

King Hei Feng lay quietly, letting Gu Jiao flit about its body, not kicking up a fuss even when it came to the needle.

Perhaps it was due to the deep intoxication, truly lacking any strength, or perhaps, since no one here knew it was King Hei Feng, it felt no need to put on a brave front.

Seeing that King Hei Feng had regained a bit of strength, Gu Jiao tried to feed it medicine, but King Hei Feng couldn’t swallow, so Gu Jiao had no choice but to get an IV bag ready for an injection.

Gu Yan squatted beside Gu Jiao and, looking at King Hei Feng who obediently allowed Gu Jiao to inject it, said, “It’s truly beautiful.”

Like Wang Ma, King Hei Feng was a black horse, but Wang Ma was still a baby, with its coat not fully developed, and not as shiny as King Hei Feng’s.

It was entirely dark, with a robust physique, without any exaggeration. Each inch of muscle was discreet yet powerful, radiating an air of nobility.

“Huh? Is it a girl?” Gu Yan noticed that Gu Jiao had used a pink adhesive bandage.

“Mhm.” Gu Jiao nodded, giving Gu Yan a teasing look and said, “But it’s probably older than you, come on, call it ‘Auntie Horse’.”

Gu Yan: “…”

Gu Yan pointed at King Hei Feng and said, “I’m older than it!”

He wouldn’t admit it was older than him!

All the black horses of the Xuanyuan Family were stallions, except for a single young mare that showed remarkable strength and speed from youth. It was faster than all its brothers when running, surpassing its father at three years of age, and at six, it defeated the previous King Hei Feng to become the new leader of the Hei Fengqi.

It was so powerful that no one dared to mock it for being a mare.

Gu Jiao and Gu Yan were unaware of these facts; they only thought they had a poor sick horse that had been abandoned by its owner because it had fallen into a swamp.

Gu Jiao said to Gu Yan, “Go rest. Get a good night’s sleep, tomorrow is the surgery.”

Gu Yan agreeably complied, “Alright, you should sleep early too.”

Gu Jiao nodded, “I will after I finish the IV.”

Gu Yan stood up and headed towards his room.

“Ayan, don’t be scared,” Gu Jiao said to him.

Gu Yan turned back, smiling warmly, “I’m not scared when you’re here.”

…

The following day before dawn, the whole family was up.

The Operating Room was prepared, and Gu Yan could finally undergo surgery, which everyone was looking forward to.