Ling Yu was startled and subconsciously shifted to the side while holding Ling Feng.
However, the silver needles were still gleaming brightly as they stuck out of Ling Feng's head.
"Urgh!" Ling Feng let out a muffled groan.
Ling Yu froze.
He stared blankly at Ling Feng in his arms, then looked at Li Jin beside him.
"Master Li, was that sound from you?"
Li Jin shot him a sideways glance and pouted his lips to indicate that it came from Ling Feng.
"So I didn't mishear?"
Ling Yu looked at Ling Feng in his arms, his face looking as if he were in a dream.
Duoduo reached out her hand somewhat curiously.
"Ling Yu, if you hold him so far away, how am I supposed to pull the needles out?"
"Oh! Oh!"
Ling Yu hurriedly and carefully brought Ling Feng closer to Duoduo.
Starting from the very first silver needle she had inserted, Duoduo slowly pulled them out one by one.
Only then did Ling Yu seem to snap back to reality.
Wild joy appeared on his face.
"Ling Feng! Ling Feng! Wake up!" he shouted.
Duoduo pulled out the silver needles one by one, like pulling weeds.
"Ling Yu, he hasn't woken up yet."
Ling Yu was stunned.
"Princess, but he clearly made a sound just now."
"Right, he let out a groan because it hurt."
Duoduo stared at Ling Yu strangely.
Ling Feng was only unconscious, not dead, so of course he would groan.
Ling Yu seemed to only half understand.
"Princess, do you mean Ling Feng didn't wake up, and only made a sound because of the pain?"
"Yes." Duoduo nodded.
Ling Yu was instantly extremely disappointed.
The smile on his face vanished in an instant.
"Princess, please, you must save him! He is still young and hasn't even started a family yet!"
"He always used to say that he wanted to marry a virtuous wife and have four or five children."
"He also said that the few of us would build our families and careers together, and follow the Prince for the rest of our lives..."
As Ling Yu spoke, tears rolled down his cheeks.
Duoduo's hands didn't stop.
"Aren't I saving him right now?"
"Also, your talking is distracting me from removing the needles, which will only make him wake up slower!"
Ling Yu hurriedly shut his mouth, not daring to utter a single word.
Soon, the silver needles on Ling Feng's head were removed.
Only the final silver needle at the Baihui acupoint remained.
Everyone stared at that long silver needle.
The silver needle trembled slightly on Ling Feng's head.
Everyone's hearts trembled along with it.
Duoduo reached out and pulled the needle out without hesitation.
Everyone eagerly expected Ling Feng to wake up.
However, they were disappointed.
Ling Feng didn't make a sound, as if the noise from earlier had been a hallucination.
Ling Yu wanted to speak, but looking at Duoduo, he didn't dare say a word.
Duoduo looked at Ling Feng and placed the freshly removed silver needles into a wine bowl on the side.
The doctor outside the door couldn't hold back anymore and walked back in.
He saw that there were no more silver needles on Ling Feng's head, and he lay lifelessly in Ling Yu's arms.
He shook his head.
"Check his pulse," the Prince of Pingyang suddenly spoke up.
The old doctor was taken aback. "He's not dead?"
Ling Yu hurriedly called out, "What are you standing there for? The Prince told you to check his pulse, hurry up!"
The old doctor woke up as if from a dream and quickly walked over.
He placed his hand on Ling Feng's wrist, and his brows instantly furrowed.
He felt the pulse for two minutes, then peeled back Ling Feng's eyelids to take a look.
Ling Yu looked nervously at the old doctor, his eyes full of hope.
After checking the pulse, the old doctor shook his head regretfully.
Ling Yu's heart sank to the bottom of a valley.
"What's wrong?"
The old doctor shook his head. "He's beyond saving. There's not even a pulse."
Hearing this, Li Jin was instantly startled.
He stepped forward to touch Ling Feng's wrist. Sure enough, there was no movement at all from the pulse under his fingers.
The old doctor looked at Li Jin with suspicion. "You know medicine too?"
Li Jin ignored him and reached out to feel Ling Feng's neck.
At the carotid artery, there was still a faint beating.
"What nonsense are you talking about? He is clearly still alive! Hurry up and write a prescription to save him!"
The old doctor was confused by Li Jin's actions.
"He's clearly dead, how am I supposed to save him?"
"I clearly said it before, how could you let a little girl stick needles into a living person?"
"Isn't this treating a human life like a joke? Now you know to be anxious?"
"It's too late! Now, even the immortals from heaven couldn't save him!"
Ling Yu froze.
He blankly held Ling Feng, tears continuously sliding down.
At this moment, a milky, childish voice rang out in the room.
"He's clearly not dead, why did you say he died?"
The old doctor turned his head and looked at Duoduo.
"The pulse on his wrist can no longer be felt. If that's not dead, what is it?"
Duoduo blinked her eyes.
"I said he's not dead, so he's not dead!"
Hearing Duoduo say this, Ling Yu on the bed immediately put Ling Feng down and knelt before Duoduo.
"Princess, please, you must save him!"
Duoduo smiled at Ling Yu.
"Aren't I saving him right now?"
"But..." Ling Yu looked at the unconscious Ling Feng.
"He will wake up! However, I need to do acupuncture one more time!"
Duoduo felt a little embarrassed.
She had just started learning acupuncture, and being her first time, she hadn't quite grasped the proper depth.
She firmly believed that if she tried one more time, it would definitely work!
"Ah? One more time?" Ling Yu was dumbfounded.
"Yes! Hurry and help him sit up."
Duoduo had already started reaching for the silver needles, while Ling Yu was still frozen in place.
"What are you spacing out for? Hurry up."
Li Jin couldn't help but pat Ling Yu.
"Oh!"
Waking as if from a dream, Ling Yu picked Ling Feng up once again.
Duoduo's acupuncture was truly like an embroiderer doing embroidery.
Everyone could only see her fingers flying; if thread had been added, a piece of embroidery would probably have appeared by the time she finished.
In fact, Duoduo's movements this time were already a bit slower than before.
Li Jin, standing to the side, saw it very clearly.
Moreover, because he was close, he seemed to see a golden light on the silver needles.
As the silver needles were inserted, the golden light disappeared as well.
Li Jin closed his eyes briefly.
He thought he must have been focusing too hard and his eyes were playing tricks on him.
By the time he opened his eyes again, Duoduo had already finished the acupuncture.
This time, no needle was inserted into the Baihui acupoint.
Duoduo's final needle was inserted into the nape of his neck.
As Duoduo inserted the final needle, Ling Feng opened his eyes.
Ling Yu, who had been staring unblinkingly at Ling Feng, blinked his eyes.
"Ling Feng?"
His voice was very soft, as if he were afraid a single breath might blow Ling Feng away.
Ling Feng struggled to lift his eyelids and glanced at Ling Yu.
"..."
His lips twitched slightly.
"Ling Feng, you're awake? You're awake!"
Ling Yu's excited voice caused the old doctor nearby to lean in.
"That's impossible, right? How could someone who is already dead wake up?"
"Even if he woke up, it must be a terminal lucidity. There's no way to save him!"
"If you ask me, you shouldn't have let this Princess mess around!"
"Such a vibrant life, it's truly..."
With a face full of pity, the old doctor placed his hand on Ling Feng's wrist.
