Inside Tingyuxuan, the atmosphere was as tense as frozen ice. Jiang Shuxiu was still unconscious, lying on the bed, his face as pale as paper.
Hong Zhengxuan walked quickly to the bedside, observing Jiang Shuxiu's symptoms with a serious expression, gently pressing her wrist, and feeling the signs of fetal movement through her pulse.
Everyone in the Xue family stood aside, their eyes fixed on Hong Zhengxuan, as if he was the family's only lifeline at the moment.
After a moment, Hong Zhengxuan released his hand, his brow furrowed as he said in a deep voice, "Young Madam's condition is indeed not good. The fetus is moving restlessly and there are signs of miscarriage. Acupuncture is necessary immediately to stabilize the fetus."
When Xue Yuanchu heard him say this, his panic was beyond words.
At this critical moment, mother Hong Yingrong seemed unusually calm. She gently patted her son's trembling shoulders, revealing a soothing power, telling him to stay calm.
Then he turned to Hong Zhengxuan and said firmly, "Doctor Hong, please continue to give me acupuncture. Everything here is in your hands."
Hong Zhengxuan nodded, "Don't worry, old lady, I will do my best."
After saying that, he opened the medicine box, took out the silver needles and strong liquor for disinfection. He first wiped the silver needles carefully with the strong liquor, and then skillfully acupunctured several acupuncture points on Jiang Shuxiu's wrists and ankles.
As the silver needle was inserted, Jiang Shuxiu's face gradually turned a little rosy. Hong Zhengxuan observed carefully for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the fetus had stabilized.
Hong Yingrong looked around at the people in the room and began to make arrangements in an orderly manner: "Zhongfu, Ji Yan, you will accompany His Majesty out of the city tomorrow to see off the Western Rong envoys. It's getting late now, so go back and rest first. Don't miss tomorrow's official business. Doctor Hong and I are here."
Then he looked at his two daughters and said in a gentle and comforting voice, "Shuxiu is a lucky person. If you stay here, it will distract the maids and servants. Go back first. When Shuxiu wakes up, I will let the maids notify you."
The four brothers and sisters looked at each other. Although they were worried, they knew that they could not add to the chaos at this moment. They all listened to their mother's words obediently, bowed and took their leave, and silently prayed for their eldest sister-in-law, hoping that everything would be safe.
Hong Zhengxuan carefully took Jiang Shuxiu's pulse again, and after making sure that her pulse was stable, he carefully pulled out the silver needle.
Then he took the bamboo cup, lit the mugwort, and gently placed the bamboo cup on the soles of Jiang Shuxiu's feet to further stabilize her fetal energy.
"Madam, please prepare a bowl of hot soup according to this recipe." He wrote a recipe for dietary therapy. "When the young lady wakes up, let her drink it."
Hong Yingrong took the recipe and took a look at it. She found that the angelica, red ginseng and other ingredients listed in it were all available in the Marquis' Mansion, so she gave it to Madam Zhao and asked her to quickly tell the kitchen to prepare it.
The atmosphere in Tingyuxuan gradually returned to calm. Hong Zhengxuan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. He had been so busy just now that he didn't even have time to take a sip of tea.
Hong Yingrong noticed this, picked up the untouched cup of tea on the table, and personally brought it to Hong Zhengxuan.
"Madam, you can't do this. It's embarrassing for me." Hong Zhengxuan hurriedly took the teacup and said in fear and trepidation.
"Doctor Hong is the benefactor of our Marquisate, so we should treat him with the utmost respect."
Hong Zhengxuan gratefully took the teacup and drank it all. Seeing the eldest son of the Marquis' Mansion accompanying his wife by the bed, he took the opportunity to ask the question that concerned him most.
"Madam, who are the people who came up with the prescriptions that Mama Han consulted at various clinics?"
Hong Yingrong spoke frankly, explaining in detail, "In the second year after Shuxiu married into the Marquis's mansion, the Empress Dowager ordered the imperial physician to come and check her pulse every month to ensure her safety. Because she hadn't been able to conceive for years, she had been taking abortion-enhancing medicine."
"This year, the Marquis' Mansion has been plagued by numerous misfortunes, one after another. By chance, the medicine was discontinued. Unexpectedly, I became pregnant. At first, everything seemed to be going smoothly, but after three months of pregnancy, the discomfort became more frequent."
"It was out of concern that I asked Mother Han to take those prescriptions to various major medical clinics in the city to consult, hoping to find out if there was anything wrong with them..."
When Xue Yuanchu heard the conversation between the two, an expression of astonishment appeared on his face. He looked at his wife beside him with deep concern, gently let go of his wife's hand, and walked out of the bedroom with light steps.
"Mother, is there something wrong with the prescription Shuxiu took before? That was a prescription written by the imperial physician in the palace!" There was a hint of disbelief in his voice.
Hong Yingrong waved at him, signaling him not to worry, and pointed to the chair next to her, "Sit down first and listen to Doctor Hong's detailed explanation."
Hong Zhengxuan looked around and saw that there were no other people in the room, so he explained what he had discovered. "These prescriptions, if viewed individually, are indeed excellent medicines for maintaining pregnancy. There is nothing wrong with them."
He paused and continued, "However, I've noticed that different prescriptions always contain one or two special medicinal ingredients."
"If these prescriptions are taken continuously over the years and with the changing seasons, the medicinal effects will gradually accumulate in the mother's body. The interaction between them will make it difficult to conceive."
After hearing what Hong Zhengxuan said, Xue Yuanchu's heart was suddenly filled with shock. His face turned pale in an instant, as if all the blood had been drained out of it. His eyes were wide open, full of disbelief and anger.
"Those prescriptions?" He stood up suddenly, his voice trembling, "Those prescriptions, actually...why did they want to harm my wife and children?"
His hands were clenched into fists, veins bulging, showing his extreme anger and grief. He could not imagine that the imperial physician he had always trusted would do such a wicked thing.
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