The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1484

Chapter 1484: 725 Knowing One’s Origins_2

The Little Princess walked away with her small head drooping and her little arms hanging down, looking utterly heartbroken.

The monarch: "..."

Aren’t you going to struggle a bit?

...

National Master Hall.

Zhang Dequan paced back and forth along the corridor countless times, feeling as though he had worn his shoe soles through.

Desperate, he looked at the iron door guarded by two loyal guards and exclaimed, "It’s been over two hours now, why hasn’t there been any news? Could it be that the treatment isn’t going well?"

He patted the back of one hand with the other and fretted, "What should we do? What should we do?"

Inside the Operating Room, the surgery neared its end, with pedicle screws already inserted into the spine. Next, they needed to use metallic connecting rods to secure these screws.

Traditional surgery required a large incision to fully expose the wound, allowing the connecting rod to be directly placed into the slots of the pedicle screws.

But Gu Jiao was performing a percutaneous minimally invasive procedure, so she needed to use a special rod inserter through the tail stem that enveloped the screws’ roots, then transverse through each screw’s slot.

It was a subcutaneous puncture. The slot was only so large, and Gu Jiao’s hand could not afford to tremble at all, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to thread it through.

The National Master watched Gu Jiao intently, not blinking once.

Fortunately, Gu Jiao’s hands were extremely steady.

"Put on the cap," said Gu Jiao.

The National Master passed the screw cap to Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao tightened one cap, removed the rod inserter, and then picked up the cap for the other side as well.

The last steps were to remove the tail stem and suture the wound.

Gu Jiao took out the protein thread and performed an intradermal suture on Shangguan Yun, which did not require removal later and would be more aesthetically pleasing in recovery, although it was significantly more difficult than an external suture.

"You are quite attentive to her," commented the National Master.

"It’s okay," said Gu Jiao.

As the National Master packed up the medical supplies with Gu Jiao, he asked, "How is your brother’s recovery going?"

Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow and replied, "Not bad."

Gu Jiao had introduced Gu Yan to the National Master as a friend, but during the surgery, Gu Yan had already called her sister, so Gu Jiao simply did not hide it any longer.

After all, he knew too much already; this bit of information made no difference.

After the surgery was completed, the National Master called an experienced disciple to use the National Master Hall’s special stretcher cart to transport the patient to a side room.

After the other two disciples positioned Shangguan Yun on the bedchamber, they left. _{fɾēewebnσveℓ.com}