Lüdou was a bit curious. "Princess, why do you want the finger to be unable to move?"
Duoduo stared at Lüdou for a few moments, causing a layer of cold sweat to break out on Lüdou's back.
Duoduo blinked her big eyes.
"Aunt Xu said she had seen a method where you could numb any specific part of the body, and that part would lose all sensation."
"I want to find that method! That way, it can benefit more patients in the future."
Lüdou understood Duoduo's dedication to medicine, so she lowered her head and started thinking along with her.
"I heard that anesthetic powder needs to be taken in a certain dosage before it makes a person lose sensation."
"Princess, could it be that the dosage of the anesthetic was too small?"
Duoduo shook her head.
"The dosage here is enough to make a cow fall fast asleep."
"Then is it because the amount attached to the silver needle is too small? After all, a silver needle is only so thin."
Lüdou's words reminded Duoduo.
"That's possible, but I can't exactly use a very thick needle, right? If I pierced someone with that..."
Duoduo imagined the scene of plunging the thickest embroidery needle into someone's body and shook her head.
"No, my direction must be wrong!"
"Lüdou, go to sleep. I will think about it some more."
Feeling that Lüdou was interrupting her train of thought, Duoduo spoke up to send her away.
"Yes, this servant will guard the door. Call for me if you need anything, Princess."
Lüdou curtsied and walked out quietly.
"Lüdou, quickly, help me carry this food box."
As soon as Lüdou stepped out the door, she saw Lüluo running over in an awkward posture.
She hurriedly took the food box.
"What happened to you? Did you fall into the flower bushes?"
Lüluo shook her hand vigorously.
"Just now, a nightingale suddenly flew out from who knows where and gave me a fright."
"And then, I fell to the ground."
"Lüdou, quickly help me take a look. Why has my hand lost all feeling? It couldn't be broken, could it?"
Lüluo was very scared and couldn't help but start crying.
The door to the room suddenly opened, revealing Duoduo's little face.
"Princess, did we disturb you? This servant will take her away immediately."
Lüdou hurriedly covered Lüluo's mouth and bowed to Duoduo.
Duoduo looked at the two of them. "What happened to Lüluo's hand?"
Lüdou released Lüluo. "She just took a fall and might have hurt her hand."
"This servant will go back and rub it for her. Are you hungry, Princess? This servant will bring the food box inside."
Lüdou was terrified that Duoduo would be displeased.
Duoduo looked Lüluo up and down. "Come in, I'll take a look at it for you."
A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Lüluo's face.
It was said that the Princess's medical skills were superb; she would definitely be able to heal her hand.
"Yes!"
Lüluo walked into the room. "Princess, my hand feels like it's completely gone. It's so scary!"
"You must save this servant. I don't want to lose my hand."
Duoduo motioned for Lüluo to sit down. Lüluo leaned forward, sitting cautiously on the edge of the chair.
"It has no feeling?" A gleam of excitement appeared in Duoduo's eyes.
Yes, she had been drawn out just now by that exact phrase from Lüluo.
She wanted to know what had caused Lüluo's hand to lose sensation.
"Yes! This servant fell to the ground, and then, it lost all feeling!" Lüluo nodded, her face full of lingering fear.
Duoduo took the numb hand and examined it carefully.
There was mud smeared on Lüluo's hand.
"Did you fall into the flowerbed?" Duoduo frowned.
"No, it was by the edge of the flowerbed." Lüluo recalled.
"However, there was a pile of dug-up flowers, grass, and dirt by the edge."
"Lüdou, bring a handkerchief over," Duoduo ordered without looking up.
"Yes, let this servant do it."
Lüdou brought a wet handkerchief and wiped Lüluo's hand. Lüluo smiled gratefully at Lüdou.
Once Lüluo's hand was wiped clean, Duoduo leaned in closer again.
From the outside, there was nothing unusual about Lüluo's hand.
Duoduo casually pricked two acupoints with a silver needle. "Do you feel anything?"
Lüluo shook her head in panic. "Replying to the Princess, this servant feels nothing."
Duoduo's curiosity grew even stronger.
She reached out to check Lüluo's pulse.
There were no abnormalities indicating injury in the pulse; she could only feel that the meridians in the hand were blocked.
"Huh?"
Because she sat down to take the pulse, Duoduo suddenly noticed a few tiny puncture marks on Lüluo's hand.
"What pricked you?"
Lüluo leaned in to take a look.
"This servant doesn't know either. It might have been that pile of flowers and grass from earlier."
To make it easier for Duoduo to see clearly, Lüdou brought the wet handkerchief and wiped Lüluo's hand again.
"Oh, my fingers seem to have regained some feeling."
Feeling the cold touch on her hand, Lüluo became very excited.
"Are you sure you have feeling?" Duoduo asked curiously.
Lüluo nodded happily.
"Yes, Princess, look, my fingers can move!"
Lüluo excitedly curled her fingers.
Duoduo saw that Lüluo's fingers were indeed moving slightly.
Although it was very faint, they were definitely moving.
Duoduo reached out to check Lüluo's pulse again. The blocked meridians she felt earlier seemed to have undergone a change.
"Lüluo, do you remember if you only touched flowers and grass just now?"
"Were there any other things? Like a snake, or a centipede?"
Lüluo's face turned pale with fright.
"Hurry up and think about it, the Princess is asking you a question!"
Seeing that Lüluo hadn't answered for a long time, Lüdou got a bit anxious.
With a pale face, Lüluo thought back.
"Princess, there shouldn't have been."
"From the moment this servant fell to the moment I got up, I didn't feel any pain."
"I just suddenly felt that this hand had lost sensation, that's all."
Duoduo thought for a moment. "Did you hurt yourself anywhere else?"
Lüluo wasn't too sure. She stood up and used her left hand to check her body.
Lüluo shook her head. "No."
"When this servant walked over there, I was just startled by a bird that suddenly flew out."
"Then, I probably stepped on a pebble, slipped, and fell down just like that."
As Lüluo spoke, she simply lay down on the ground to demonstrate how she had fallen.
"Logically speaking, taking a fall shouldn't make my hand lose all feeling, which is why this servant was so scared."
"This servant thought it was a ghost that..."
Halfway through her sentence, Lüluo saw Lüdou glaring at her, and she hurriedly covered her mouth.
Duoduo's eyes couldn't help but widen.
It turned out that, out of reflex, Lüluo had used her right hand, the one that had just lost feeling.
"Your hand is fine now?" Duoduo wanted to be certain.
Lüluo blinked. Seeing Duoduo staring at her hand, she finally realized it.
"Huh, my hand is better? That's wonderful!"
"Princess, maybe when this servant fell just now, I hit a certain spot, which caused the numbness."
"When I just lay down again, the twisted spot popped back into place, and now it's fine!"
Lüluo was very excited. She kept rotating her right hand, examining it over and over again.
Duoduo watched Lüluo thoughtfully.
"Lüdou, grab a lantern and come outside with me for a trip!"
