Cui Yudie's eyes reddened, and she choked up as she said, "My mother has suddenly fallen ill. Please, Sister Jiang, help her."
With a doctor's heart full of compassion, Jiang Shuyue's first instinct, born of professional instinct, is to save lives.
Without thinking, she asked, "Is it serious? Is the person conscious? Have you sent someone to the palace to fetch a royal physician?"
Cui Yudie was on the verge of tears. "I was unconscious for a while, but the physician woke me up by pressing acupoints. Sister Jiang's medical skills are amazing. I have even more faith in Sister Jiang's medical skills now."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuyue understood that the Cui family had not gone to the palace to summon the imperial physician.
Qiuju knew that her mistress was not one to stand idly by, so she asked, "Miss, may I go back to my room to get the medicine box? Is there anything else you need to take with you?"
"It's all in the first-aid kit, just bring the first-aid kit with you."
Having received her mistress's instructions, Qiuju turned and ran into the house.
He was running too fast and bumped right into Gao Mu.
"Why are you running so fast?" Gao Mu helped Qiu Ju up steadily.
Thinking of her husband's good footwork, Qiuju said, "Quickly go to Xingyue Courtyard and get Miss's medicine box. Someone is waiting outside for medical help."
Without hesitation, Gao Mu turned around, leaped into the air, and headed towards the inner courtyard.
Outside the gate, while waiting for Qiuju, Jiang Shuyue inquired about the patient's illness.
Cui Yudie lowered her eyes and said that her mother had fainted due to a sudden illness and had difficulty speaking after waking up.
The backyard of the mansion was very complicated, perhaps because of the concubines vying for favor, but Jiang Shuyue didn't ask any deeper questions.
With Gao Mu's help, Qiu Ju quickly brought out the first-aid kit.
Seeing that Gao Mu hadn't had time to hitch up the carriage yet, Jiang Shuyue said to Gao Mu, "Just go to the Right Prime Minister's residence to pick up me and Qiuju in a little while."
Jiang Shuyue boarded the Cui family's carriage and arrived at the Cui residence.
There was nothing unusual in the front yard. We walked through the corridor, through the garden, and into the second hanging flower gate.
Before even entering the courtyard, one could see the maids of the mansion hurrying along, their expressions panicked.
Jiang Shuyue was busy rescuing people and had no time to appreciate the well-arranged scenery in the courtyard.
Following Cui Yudie's footsteps, they entered the inner courtyard and saw a maid carrying a basin of water coming out of the house.
She asked anxiously, "Is Mother feeling any better?"
The maid shook her head. "Madam has closed her eyes again. The physician told me to wipe her forehead with cold water. Although Madam's eyes are open now, she is still not saying a word."
When Jiang Shuyue entered the room, what she saw was exactly as the maid had described.
On the carved nanmu canopy bed, the gauze curtains were drawn, and the imperial physician stood by helplessly.
A faint fragrance filled the room.
Jiang Shuyue looked up and saw a wisp of smoke rising from a hollowed-out lotus incense burner in the corner of the room.
The window was half-closed.
Upon seeing Jiang Shuyue enter, the maids beside the bed quickly retreated.
Jiang Shuyue glanced at the beautiful woman on the bed and said to the maid in the room, "Turn off the incense and open the doors and windows to let in some fresh air."
Knowing that Jiang Shuyue was a skilled physician, the royal physician immediately stepped forward and bowed upon hearing her instructions. "Please, Miss Jiang, save Madam. My medical skills are limited, and I could only perform emergency treatments for Madam."
"You mean Madam Cui hasn't taken the medicine yet?"
Jiang Shuyue turned her head and saw that the physician was a man who looked to be about fifty years old.
The physician nodded: "I thought it was just a sudden rush of anger from the lady, and that she would be fine after a while. I didn't expect that the lady's symptoms were like a stroke. I was not sure what it was, so I didn't dare to prescribe any medicine."
Qiuju placed the medicine box on the small table closest to the bed, opened the lid, and stepped aside.
Jiang Shuyue stepped forward and softly called out, "Madam Cui!"
Madam Cui made a slight sound in her throat, but ultimately did not utter a word.
"Mother, what's wrong? Doctor Jiang is here! What's wrong with you? Tell me!" Cui Yudie, who had been holding back tears all the way, finally let them fall.
Jiang Shuyue sat on the edge of the bed and pulled Madam Cui's hand over to check her wrist pulse.
The pulse was beating very fast, which is consistent with the characteristics of sudden internal heat attacking the heart.
The physician was worried that there were signs of a stroke, but Jiang Shuyue examined her carefully and found that Madam Cui's eyes and mouth were not crooked, and there was no drooling. Jiang Shuyue ruled out the possibility of a stroke.
Without modern instruments, Jiang Shuyue had no choice but to check each item one by one.
She was initially diagnosed with intermittent aphasia due to shock.
Seeing her withdraw her hand, Cui Yudie couldn't wait to ask, "Sister Jiang, is there any progress?"
"Madam is probably not just suffering from a sudden outburst of anger; she must have also been frightened. Please tell me the truth about what happened so that I can make an accurate judgment."
Jiang Shuyue stared intently at Cui Yudie, but Cui Yudie's gaze was evasive, as if she had something to hide.
Concerned for her mistress's safety, the maidservant in Madam Cui's room quickly answered.
"Dr. Jiang is indeed worthy of his reputation. I don't know what's wrong with the government today. They dared to come to the door and arrest one of the old women who serve the lady without asking any questions. The lady must have been frightened."
Liu Xu felt that family scandals should not be aired in public, so she glared at the maid and said, "Why are you so talkative! Who knows what Huang Pozi has done outside? It's just that our mistress is worried about Huang Pozi out of consideration for her mistress."
Seeing that the maid had already spoken out, Cui Yudie nodded, "Sister Jiang's diagnosis is correct; Mother is both anxious and alarmed."
“It’s intermittent aphasia. I’ll give your wife acupuncture first. Even after the acupuncture, she won’t be able to speak immediately. She’ll need to rest for a couple of days.”
Jiang Shuyue took out a kit of silver needles from the medicine box, and then turned back to Cui Yudie and instructed her: "Eat light food for the next two days, avoid spicy food, and don't let her get emotional."
"Thank you, Sister Jiang. We will definitely follow the doctor's orders." Cui Yudie said, bowing to Jiang Shuyue.
Upon seeing this, the maids inside the room all bowed and curtsied.
Two quarters of an hour later, after the acupuncture treatment was completed, Madam Cui on the bed opened her mouth to speak but was stopped by Jiang Shuyue.
"Madam may be feeling a little better. At this time, you must not force yourself to speak, otherwise you will damage your vocal cords and there is a high possibility that you will develop a hoarse or smoky voice in the future."
Cui Yudie was startled. If her mother really became like that, her father would probably never come to her mother's room again.
"Mother, did you hear that? Don't rush to speak, let's rest for a couple of days."
Fearing her mother wouldn't listen to reason, Cui Yudie rushed over and hugged Madam Cui, shaking her urgently.
Madam Cui's eyes regained some of their energy, and she raised her hand to hold her daughter's hand and nodded.
"Mother, you are really much better."
"Thank you so much, Sister Jiang. My mother will be fine in two days, right?" Cui Yudie's eyes reddened with emotion.
Jiang Shuyue closed the medicine box and said, "Yes, two days of rest will be enough. I'll write a prescription to calm the nerves, and the physician can fill it up."
Jiang Shuyue wrote a prescription with charcoal and handed it to the physician who was waiting nearby.
After examining the prescription, the physician exclaimed, "Miss Jiang's prescription is wonderful! In my more than 30 years of medical practice, I have never seen such a wonderfully formulated calming prescription."
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