Manbao took out a concave porcelain piece the size of a fingernail and drew out a thick, short needle to prick the man's finger. She looked up at the patient; since he was lying down for acupuncture with needles on his back and head, he dared not move and naturally didn't know what Zhou Man was doing.
Sensing his finger being pressed several times, he didn't dare move, assuming Zhou Man was performing acupuncture.
Manbao extracted the blood and, using the cover of the blanket, concealed the item in the classroom. Just as she was about to press gauze to his finger to stop the bleeding, Manbao noticed a slight yellowness between his fingers and some dirt under his nails.
It seemed Manbao had seen this on Number 121 as well.
Manbao frowned slightly. Since those selected were slaves, even while they were recuperating, the Imperial Hospital paid great attention to hygiene. They were not only bathed and given clean clothes, but their fingernails and toenails were also trimmed.
