Outside the main room of Haoye Hall, Xue Zhi and Zheng Ren sat opposite each other.

Minghui served hot tea, and Xue Zhi waved his hand to let her go in to look at Zheng Xiu, and asked everyone else to retreat outside.

Without outsiders, Xue Zhi and Zheng Ren no longer needed to put on makeup, and both of them looked heavy.

After a long silence, Xue Zhi finally spoke slowly: "Ah Xiu's mood is getting more and more unstable. I have taken strict precautions, but still..."

Zheng Ren nodded and sighed: "It's not your fault."

"You see my previous idea..."

Xue Zhi was naturally talking about letting Zheng Xiu abort the child.

Zheng Ren frowned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"What did the imperial doctors say?" Zheng Ren asked after a moment of silence.

"The imperial physician said that this method is only a temporary solution, not a permanent solution. Some women can recover without medication after giving birth, but some become even more seriously ill after giving birth. If I lose my child right now, I may not be able to recover emotionally..."

Zheng Ren's brows were wrinkled to the point that they could kill flies. "So, this method may not be useful?"

Xue Zhi said in a deep voice, "But I can't just do nothing. I can see Ah Xiu getting more and more sad every day..."

The two had discussed this many times before, but each time it was fruitless.

They all said that they would take a long-term view, but the baby in Zheng Xiu's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and there was no more time.

"I asked an old friend to inquire around. I heard that there is a famous doctor with a strange temper in the Huai River area. He has cured many difficult and complicated diseases that doctors are helpless to treat, and he is especially good at gynecology."

"There is such a strange person? Why haven't I heard my subordinates mention it!" Xue Zhi said in surprise.

Zheng Ren added: "The identity of this famous doctor is somewhat special. She is the descendant of the former dynasty's doctor. She was demoted and exiled by the previous emperor. Later generations only practiced medicine among the people and no longer contacted powerful officials. Moreover, this doctor is a woman."

No wonder the people sent by Xue Zhi did not find it. The people he sent out were naturally in the name of the Duke of Qing's Mansion. If the female doctor was the descendant of a criminal, they would naturally avoid her. Moreover, although the customs of this dynasty are open, there are no women practicing medicine and consulting. Although there were female doctors in the palace, they had only studied medicine under Yu for a few years and were assigned to nobles, so they were not considered to have high rank.

After all, women practicing medicine were still not tolerated by the world.

Xue Zhi immediately stood up and said, "Then I will send someone to invite the female doctor over."

Zheng Ren also meant this. Although he was able to use his connections and found out about such a skilled doctor among the people, he did not have the ability to invite the female doctor who was trying to avoid the world. Zheng Xiu's condition was serious at the moment, and they did not care whether it was considered as forcing someone to do something against their will. They just wanted the female doctor to come and treat Zheng Xiu. After all,

the Lianghuai area was some distance away from the capital, and Xue Zhi did not trust others, so he sent a team of his trusted guards. Before the guards left, he issued a death order that they must see the person alive or dead, and bring the person back no matter what means.

Because the female businessman had a special identity, after the person was sent out, Xue Zhi went to inform Princess Guihe.

After hearing this, Princess Guihe told him to go ahead and do it, and she would take care of everything. She also said that when the person came, if he was really capable and could cure Zheng Xiu, she would try to go to the emperor to ask for amnesty for the female doctor's family. The

descendants of criminals are no better than good citizens in this dynasty. If they can be amnestied, it will naturally be beneficial to future generations.

Princess Guihe said this so that Xue Zhi could negotiate with the female doctor when the time came, so as to avoid the person coming and refusing to do his best to treat Zheng Xiu.

Soon, it was April.

Zheng Xiu has been pregnant for six months, and the imperial physician said that the due date is in July.

During this period of more than a month, the Duke of Qing's Mansion has invited famous doctors from all over the country. However, Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. Zheng Xiu's illness does not have any external symptoms except for her mood swings. From the pulse, it is just the common symptoms of liver fire stagnation and blood stasis. She is pregnant now, and it is not advisable to abuse the cooling drugs for reducing fire. Therefore, the doctors are helpless.

As the baby's months get older, Zheng Xiu becomes thinner and thinner. Except for a big belly, there is no flesh on her body and limbs. She was still able to sleep very well and didn't like to move, but when she woke up, she always felt depressed and unhappy, as if nothing was worth being happy about. Slowly, her memory became worse, and she often forgot what she had been told. As the date of the birth of her child got closer, she became more and more afraid. She didn't know why she was getting thinner and thinner, and she was afraid that the current medical technology would not allow her to give birth to a healthy baby...

Zheng Xiu knew that her situation was not right, but she didn't understand it. The people around her didn't show any abnormality, so she thought that pregnant women were like this.

It wasn't until the end of April that Su Qingru, a famous doctor from Lianghuai, came to the Duke of Qing's Mansion.

Su Qingru was reluctant to come to the capital, and even more reluctant to deal with such a powerful person as the Duke of Qing's Mansion. But the people from the Duke of Qing's Mansion were very tough. Not only did they seal her medicine stove, they also controlled her uncles and brothers. She had no choice but to follow them to the capital.

Her father and grandfather had passed away early. She was the only one in the family who had outstanding medical skills and could earn a living with her medical skills. Otherwise, the family would not have been supported by a woman like her. Since she was here, she had already prepared herself to die.

But she didn't expect that the Duke of Qing's Mansion would not only treat her with courtesy, but also promise to ask for amnesty for her family.

Su Qingru then felt that maybe this family was different from the officials in the capital that her grandfather had said only knew how to use power to oppress others. Let's just

wait and see. If the disease is cured, the whole family can get the status of good citizens. If it is not cured, the worst that can happen is that she will give up her life. Su Qingru went to see Zheng Xiu with this mentality.

Zheng Xiu only heard from Xue Zhi that a famous doctor from Lianghuai came to Beijing for consultation, so she invited him to see her and adjust her body.

Su Qingru wore a sky-blue silk jacket with a mud-colored horse-faced skirt. Her hair was tied into a bun with a silver hairpin with plum blossom pattern. She was dressed very simply, but also looked a little old-fashioned.

Xue Zhi brought her into Haoye Hall. Zheng Xiu was really surprised when she saw her. She never thought that the famous doctor mentioned by Xue Zhi would be a girl who looked no more than twenty years old. It was surprising enough for her to see a woman practicing medicine, and she was still so young.

Su Qingru calmly took Zheng Xiu's pulse, not caring about her surprised look - she had seen this look so many times in the past twenty years that she was used to it.

After taking her pulse, Su Qingru stood up and said, "Second Madam's pulse is not serious. Just prescribe some tonic medicine."

Zheng Xiu was used to hearing this, nodded, and let Minghui stuff her purse over to reward her.

Su Qingru was not polite, and directly took the purse and stuffed it into her sleeve, and then asked Zheng Xiu about her diet and daily life as if chatting casually.

Facing a girl of similar age, Zheng Xiu did not shy away from the old doctors and told them everything about her recent condition.

Su Qingru did not comment and only told Zheng Xiu to take the tonic medicine first.

Xue Zhi asked Minghui to help Zheng Xiu into the inner room while he and Su Qingru stayed outside to talk.

Seeing that everyone had voluntarily retreated, Su Qingru stopped beating around the bush and came straight to the point: "Second Master must have known about the Second Madam's pulse from other people, and I can't tell anything else..."

Xue Zhi's face froze, "You don't have any solution?"

Su Qingru said, "It's not that I don't understand it at all. I wonder if Second Master has heard of the disease 'prenatal depression'?"

Xue Zhi naturally hadn't heard of it and shook his head.

Su Qingru said, "This is a disease that women are prone to during pregnancy. There are three main symptoms in combination, namely low mood, slow thinking and motor inhibition. I just asked Second Madam about her diet and daily life, and she has all three."

Xue Zhi was overjoyed to be able to tell the symptoms, and other doctors and even the imperial physicians in the palace still had no idea. He quickly asked, "Is there a cure?"

Su Qingru nodded, "Yes, but I'm not completely sure."

"Try your best! Ask for any herbs you want, no matter how expensive they are."

Su Qingru shook her head. How could herbs of this era cure sudden depression before childbirth?