Upon hearing that the men had been invited by the master to treat the first wife's illness, the women immediately fell silent and quietly made way for them.
After Master Wan and Ning Huan had walked away, several women's voices came from behind: "Master, please come to my room after you've finished your treatment. I also have some discomfort that I'd like you to take a look at!"
"Not only my elder sister, but I also want the master to take a look at me!"
These bold and nauseating words were uttered, and Master Wan angrily turned around and shouted at them, "Shut up, all of you! Go back to your rooms and stay there!"
Then Master Wan smiled at Ning Huan, and then scratched his head awkwardly: "I'm sorry you had to see this, Madam Physician. These are all my concubines."
Although Ning Huan knew that a man could marry several wives in this world, Master Wan's eagerness to find doctors to treat Madam Wan, despite his constant concern for her, didn't make Ning Huan realize that he actually had so many concubines.
Seemingly sensing Ning Huan's somewhat disdainful gaze, Master Wan scratched his head awkwardly and then explained embarrassedly, "Madam Physician, please don't misunderstand. Actually, these concubines are all daughters from poor families who were bought, or those with tragic pasts, which is why I brought them back."
"They are usually managed by my wife; I don't interfere. Don't misunderstand!"
Ning Huan smiled awkwardly. Although she nodded on the surface, she still didn't take Master Wan's explanation to heart.
However, besides that, Ning Huan was more interested in hearing something else from Master Wan. So she paused and asked, "But Master Wan, I actually want to ask about Madam Wan's health."
She then explained, "Because our meeting was rather sudden, we didn't prepare many medicines. If Madam's condition is more critical, we should go to Renjitang to see Doctor Si."
Master Wan shook his head: "No, no, it's not some critical illness, it's just..."
He hesitated for a moment, then looked around and whispered to Ning Huan, "Actually, my wife and I haven't been able to have a child since we got married. Although I always comfort my wife by saying that I don't care and it's nothing."
“But my wife loves children, and she definitely wants to have a child of her own. Although she doesn’t say it, I know it. Over the years, she has consulted many doctors, including many famous ones, and has taken a lot of medicine and suffered a lot.”
“I’ve even heard of many folk remedies and tried them all. It’s hard for me to see my wife suffer. She’s already weak, but she’s incredibly stubborn about this and won’t listen to any advice.”
At this point, Ning Huan already knew what Master Wan meant. Just as she was about to speak, Master Wan interrupted her, saying, "Lady Doctor, you pulled my wife back from the brink of death last time. I was thinking that since your medical skills are so amazing, perhaps you could take a look at my wife's health."
Ning Huan nodded and replied, "I can indeed examine Madam Wan, but I cannot guarantee that I can cure her."
Master Wan nodded: "I understand what you mean, Madam Physician. Don't worry, even if I can't cure it, I won't blame you."
Having consulted many doctors and heard similar comments from numerous people, Master Wan had long since grown accustomed to it.
As they approached the door of Madam Wan's room, a maidservant came out and bowed to Master Wan. Master Wan smiled and said, "Xiao Shuang, this is the female physician who treated Madam before. I happened to run into her on the street today, and I specially invited her over to examine Madam's health."
The maid named Xiaoshuang glanced at Ning Huan, then opened the door and called out, "Madam, Master said he has invited the lady who treated you before to come and check on you. The female doctor has come in."
A woman's voice came from inside and said slowly, "Please come in quickly."
Unlike the last time Ning Huan saw Madam Wan, this time when she first saw Madam Wan, she felt that she looked much healthier than before.
At that time, he looked healthy, as if he had been forced to maintain his appearance by various tonics and medicines. In reality, he was quite weak and deficient inside.
Since she cured Madam Wan's illness, when she saw Madam Wan again, she had a bright and cheerful feeling about her, which was different from the cheerful feeling of the concubine she had just seen.
It was a kind of radiant and bright beauty. Madam Wan's gentle face, without any makeup, possessed a captivating charm, and her oval face was full of a warm smile like the rising sun.
However, a faint trace of sadness still lingered on that bright smile.
Madam Wan said with a smile, "Why didn't you say you were coming, Madam Ning? I should have come out to greet you."
Because Ning Huan had saved her life, and she also greatly admired Ning Huan's personality, Madam Wan was particularly fond of Ning Huan.
Ning Huan bowed slightly to Madam Wan and said, "Madam, you are too kind. I only came to the manor to see how you are doing after I met Master Wan on the street today."
Madam Wan replied, "Thanks to the female physician, my health has improved considerably. I no longer look as sickly as before, and I have much better complexion!"
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Ning Huan cautiously mentioned the reason she had come today.
Originally, I thought that Madam Wan would be reluctant to have her examined after seeing so many doctors, but to my surprise, Madam Wan readily agreed: "Then I'll trouble you, Madam Ninghuan, to take a look at me."
Perhaps because Madam Wan trusted her so much, Ning Huan also developed a good impression of Madam Wan and respected her greatly.
After taking Madam Wan's pulse, Ning Huan felt something was amiss and then asked her some questions about Madam Wan's daily life and diet.
After Madam Wan recounted everything to Ning Huan, she frowned slightly. Madam Wan's pulse seemed very steady and normal, but in fact, there seemed to be some undercurrent surging within it.
When she treated Madam Wan last time, she had already noticed something was wrong, but she was in such a hurry to save her life that she didn't have time to think about what it was. And this time, she sensed something strange in Madam Wan's pulse again.
In fact, Madam Wan has been in poor health for many years. The fright she suffered when she fell into the water last time caused her body to gradually weaken. Although she has recovered quite a bit now, her pulse still has some problems.
But what puzzled Ning Huan the most was this: the pulse didn't seem to be caused by the shock of falling into the water, nor would it cause any problems with her fertility.
She squinted and looked carefully at the top of Madam Wan's head.
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