Chapter 68 Spleen and Stomach Disharmony
The north wind was chilly, and a charcoal fire had just been lit in the west wing of Mingfang Pavilion. The warm fragrance that filled the room diluted the strong smell of medicine.
Qi Chengzhou walked in and was just ordering someone to serve tea to Doctor Feng when he suddenly heard the maid say that the Third Madam was coming. He was a little surprised.
"Please come in. Cousin...sister-in-law, how come you have time to come here today?"
Chen Tang seldom met Qi Chengzhou. Every time he came to Mingfang Pavilion, he only went to Qin's main room. This time he came directly to the west wing, which was also an emergency measure.
Fortunately, Qi Chengzhou was her second cousin and they had known each other for many years. Although they saw each other less often as they became a family, they were not unfamiliar with each other when they talked.
"Second brother, Doctor Feng is my guest. The guest hasn't left yet, so as the host, I have to keep him company."
"Hahaha... hurry up and sit down. Serve tea to Third Grandma."
Qi Chengzhou smiled and gave up his seat, thinking to himself, she is indeed an educated young lady from an official family...she has so many things to do.
Seeing her coming over, Feng Xi also stood up. Before she could say anything, Chen Tang waved his hand slightly and told her to sit down and relax.
After Qi Chengzhou went to the inner room to see Aunt Xue, Chen Tang winked at her, and while drinking tea, he moved closer and whispered instructions to her.
"There are a lot of things going on in this hospital. Just treat the patient and don't talk about the cause and effect. If you ask about the whole story, you must be vague..."
Before he could finish his words, the door curtain moved and Qin Jiangyun came over.
She was wearing a pine silk grey squirrel coat and an emerald green headband. She didn't look well, but her makeup was neat and her face was still smiling.
"My sister-in-law is here. I was rude for not coming out to greet her."
Chen Tang quickly put down the teacup, stood up, smiled and walked forward to hold Qin's hand.
"Sister-in-law is still sick, why did you get up? I just came here to accompany the guests at home. I was going to see you later, but you came first."
Chen Tang helped Aunt Xue to say something last time. Although it seemed unintentional, it still blocked Qin's way. Now she went straight to the west wing. She was afraid that Qin would be suspicious. She had to make it clear in advance and draw a clear line.
Qin glanced at Feng Xi, nodded slightly, and then took Chen Tang's hand affectionately and sat down to talk together.
"It's nothing serious, it's just a minor problem, what are you looking at?
Ever since Madam Yue spoke, Qin had been lying in bed for several days in a row. She was angry, and she was trying to make excuses. She just told others that she was not feeling well and was too lazy to watch her man being attentive to a seductress.
Everyone knew that she was faking illness, but no one said anything.
Just now, she heard the maid come to report that the second master had invited a doctor to the west wing again, and was still gritting his teeth and secretly cursing the ungrateful thief.
Before he finished scolding, the maid came over and said that the third lady from the East Courtyard had also arrived, and the second master invited her over to entertain the guest.
Qin was stunned when she heard this. She was originally reluctant to enter the west wing, but she had to change her clothes and put on makeup, and then she mustered up her energy to deal with Chen Tang.
She is the main wife, and no matter how much she hates her unfaithful man, she will never miss any occasion where she needs to appear.
This is her magnanimity as a first wife, and it is also what Qi Chengzhou loves most about her.
Here, Chen Tang and her sister-in-law were exchanging pleasantries, and Feng Xi was not idle either.
It was her first time to be outside the Qi family's Wutong Garden. While gazing at everyone's expressions, she pondered the whisper that Shen Tang had passed on to her.
Don't talk about cause and effect, be vague.
But when it comes to medical treatment, the most important thing is cause and effect. How can this be vague?
While she was thinking about it, another maid came to invite her from the inner room.
"Second Madam, Auntie has gotten up. Please ask the doctor to come in and take her pulse."
Qin's expression remained unchanged. She just nodded and lowered her head to drink tea.
Feng Xi was a female doctor, so she had no scruples and went straight into the inner room, walked to the bedside, and took the pulse of the dying Aunt Xue.
Instead, Qi Chengzhou walked out and asked Qin to accompany his brother and sister-in-law to sit inside. He stayed in the outer hall and waited for the doctor's reply.
A moment of silence.
After a long time, Feng Xi felt Aunt Xue's pulse, looked at her tongue coating, and carefully questioned the maidservants around her. After hearing about her symptoms since she became pregnant and had miscarriages, he had a vague idea in his mind.
She felt that the root cause of this disease was diet.
"Do you remember what meals the patient had before the attack?"
Many doctors had asked this question before. The maids could recite it by heart and repeated it over and over again. Feng Xi, like the doctors before him, could not understand what the question was.
But Feng Xi not only asked about the food, but also asked about the tea they drank, the medicine they took, the snacks and fruits they ate... After asking one by one, there was no problem with anything.
Then, Feng Xi started walking around the yard again.
She first went to the small room where the medicine was stewed and looked at the medicine jars that the maids had used before. Then she went to the small kitchen and checked the water tank and the chopping board. She then ran to the front and back of the house and took a look around all the nooks and crannies.
Nothing was found.
Until she found a small emerald green feather in the crack of the window on the west wing corridor.
"Did your aunt raise birds? What kind did she raise? When did she raise them? How long did she raise them?"
The maid nodded and answered the questions one by one.
"What do you usually feed the birds?"
"My aunt loves the birds very much. She always feeds them the best bird food, millet, pine nuts and sunflower seeds... She is also afraid that the birds will eat the fluff, so she has people buy fresh fish, shrimp and snails every morning..."
Feng Xi interrupted her.
"Snail? What kind of snail?"
"It's just an ordinary snail..."
"Are there any red ones?"
The maid thought for a moment and said, "Probably not. They are all blue-gray snails."
Another maid interrupted, "Yes, but not many. I've only seen one or two, bright red. When my aunt saw them, she just told me to pick them out and put them aside, so that the birds wouldn't eat them."
So many doctors had come to Mingfang Hall, but this was the first time Qi Chengzhou had seen Feng Xi behave like this. Seeing that she kept talking on and on and never got to the point, he felt a little impatient.
"Well! What do birds eat? Does it harm the patient?"
Feng Xi was silent for a moment.
"…No problem. I also have birds at home, so I just asked."
Qi Chengzhou: “…”
Feng Xi had a clear idea of what to expect at this point in the diagnosis, but he did not stop when he remembered Chen Tang's instructions. He also looked at the clothes in the boxes, the jewelry in the makeup box, and the porcelain and jade in the Duobao Pavilion...
When she had walked around enough, she saw that Qi Chengzhou had a gloomy face and Qin was also a little unhappy, so she picked up the pen and wrote down the prescription.
Although the handwriting is ugly, it was completed in one stroke and shows great confidence.
Qi Chengzhou saw her wandering around, not doing her job, not looking at a doctor but rather looking at Feng Shui. He was secretly complaining about it, but then he saw that she was calm and composed, and the prescription she wrote was different from usual, so he couldn't help but ask a question.
"Doctor, what is this disease?"
Feng Xi didn't like him and didn't want to talk to him much, so he just made up something.
"The spleen and stomach are not in harmony."
"My family has consulted many doctors, but they have never said that it is a problem with the spleen and stomach..."
Feng Xi slowly rolled his eyes.
“So they didn’t cure people.”
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