Imperial Physician Yang replied, "That depends on where it was stabbed. If it hit a major artery, then death is certain!"
Xiaosuisui blinked. "What if it didn’t hit the heart?"
Imperial Physician Yang stroked his beard. "Extracting it also requires caution. If by any chance..."
He didn’t finish his sentence, but Xiaosuisui seemed to understand instantly.
"Imperial Physician Yang means that these scissors can’t be pulled out, but if they float out on their own, then there’s no problem."
"Float... out... on their own?"
Imperial Physician Yang murmured this, while the other Imperial Physicians had already begun to sneer.
"A child is indeed a child. Still learning to walk, yet already wanting to run. Those scissors are an inanimate object; how could they possibly float out on their own?"
Xiaosuisui blinked. "They can’t float up on their own, but I can make them fly out. Would that work?"
"You... you can make them fly out on their own?"
While the other Imperial Physicians were still stunned by Xiaosuisui’s words, Imperial Physician Yang had already interjected.
"It’s not impossible for them to fly out on their own, but first, we need to determine if the scissors have pierced the heart!"
Xiaosuisui looked at Imperial Physician Yang, her eyes wide with surprise and puzzlement.
"She must have been injured a long time ago. If she hasn’t died after all this time, then they definitely didn’t pierce her heart!"
Xiaosuisui had seen similar cases in her Second Uncle’s medical notes. They described several methods for judgment in such situations, one of which was based on the duration of the injury.
When she said this, the several Imperial Physicians present fell silent. It wasn’t that they were unaware of such a method of judgment; rather, none of them dared to voice it because no one dared to be the one to remove the scissors!
"What Her Highness the Princess says makes sense. I just wonder if her claim of being able to make the scissors float out on their own is true or false?"
An older, sly Imperial Physician looked at her with obvious malice in his eyes.
He wasn’t the only one with such ill-intentioned glances. Since no one wanted to die, and now the Princess—personally ennobled by His Majesty—had volunteered to remove the scissors, they couldn’t have asked for anything more.
At this moment, everyone was only thinking of themselves. They hadn’t considered how a three or four-year-old child could possibly succeed in removing the scissors.
"Princess, regarding Princess Ata’s injuries... the Imperial Physicians are here! They will handle it. You just said yourself that Princess Ata has been injured for some time. Since we can now determine her heart wasn’t injured, let’s just wait a little longer. Perhaps the Second Young Master will arrive soon."
Xie Pan’Er felt she had to stop the Princess. Even though Princess Ata’s life was linked to her own brother, the Princess was also her precious treasure. She was terrified that the Princess would impulsively try to remove the scissors. If Princess Ata didn’t survive, the Princess would become the target of public criticism in Great Han in the future. At this moment, Xie Pan’Er wished she could immediately get the Princess away from here.
However, just as she finished speaking, a guard entered from outside and reported, "Lord God Hunter, Imperial Physicians, I’ve just come from the Ji Mansion. The Second Young Master isn’t there. The Ji Mansion’s Steward has already sent people to look for him, but so far, he hasn’t been found."
The guard was from the Imperial Palace and had been ordered to find him. Knowing the urgency, he had gone to the Ji Mansion as quickly as possible. When he couldn’t find the Divine Physician at the Ji Mansion, and with much time having passed, he dared not linger. So, he had rushed to the post station by horse to report this news, which was unfavorable for everyone.
"What? The Divine Physician can’t be found?" Princess Ata’s attendant murmured, his face paling. "What are we going to do? Our Princess Ata’s condition is already critical!" He then suddenly looked with dread at all the Imperial Physicians present.
"Aren’t you the most skilled Imperial Physicians in Great Han? Why does none of you dare to remove the scissors for our Princess?"