Chapter 560 Aconite?
The itinerant doctor's howling left Lin Changning speechless. He didn't say anything, but quietly watched as the imperial physician was called out from behind, carrying a small medicine box, and shakily walked towards the woman.
Upon reaching the carriage, they bowed respectfully: "Lord Marquis? We heard you summoned us?"
Lin Changning is now a marquis and the emperor's son-in-law who has rendered meritorious service in supporting the emperor's rise to power. The Imperial Medical Academy naturally dares not neglect him. As soon as they heard that Lin Changning was calling for someone, the head of the academy got off the carriage with his medicine box on his back and jogged towards the front.
I had just thought something had happened to the princess, but when I got here and saw the woman's flushed face and the little baby she occasionally pulled out, I knew that she was probably going to show it to someone else.
They had heard a little about what had just happened.
It seems the Marquis is preparing to deal with this itinerant doctor.
When the academy envoy heard Lin Changning say that there was no need for formalities, he stood up.
"Please ask the academy director to take a look at that child. He should have all the necessary medicines. Please get him a prescription."
The abbot bowed and agreed, then turned and placed his hand on the child's pulse.
Even the most clueless couple realized at this point that the person in the carriage was a distinguished guest, and the elderly man with gray hair in front of them was actually the emperor's personal physician.
For a moment, he seemed somewhat dazed.
After the imperial physician took the child's pulse, he took out silver needles from his medicine box and pricked several acupuncture points on the child. The slight itch on the child's body visibly subsided.
After putting the box away, the academy head looked at the apprentice behind him and said, "Go and get three doses of the prepared Cooling Pills for this lady."
The apprentice behind him quickly ran towards the carriage and returned shortly afterward with the pills.
After placing the pill in the woman's hand, the doctor instructed, "One dose a day for three days, and she will be fine."
With tears in her eyes, the woman kowtowed repeatedly to the carriage and the imperial physician, saying, "Thank you, Your Excellency! Thank you, Imperial Physician!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency. Did the child suffer any problems from drinking the talisman water?"
Before the imperial physician could speak, the kneeling itinerant doctor interrupted, "Your Honor! I'm innocent! Your Honor! The talisman I gave you yesterday was made of wood ash, with some uncaria and mint added—all medicinal herbs! Your Honor, I didn't try to steal your money or kill you! Your Honor!!"
Lin Changning listened quietly as the itinerant doctor defended himself. The imperial physician chuckled and stroked his beard, adding, "My lord, what he said isn't entirely wrong. Uncaria and mint are indeed relatively mild herbs for children. But this talisman water? Heh!"
Hearing the imperial physician's words, the traveling doctor gasped in shock. This old man was going to kill him!
"Please speak plainly, Your Excellency!"
The imperial physician chuckled and stroked his beard: "Wood ash won't cause any problems if he drinks it. It's just that the child is weak, and I'm afraid that the water he drank was cold, which caused the fever and convulsions."
The traveling physician breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the imperial physician's heavy breathing.
Lin Changning nodded. This person hadn't caused any harm. At this point, Lin Changning said to the guard, "Take the person with you and continue on your way."
After saying that, he turned to the academy head and said, "Academy head, my wife has just fallen asleep. Could you take her pulse now? She fell asleep again after only a few words."
The imperial physician, having received the order, entered the carriage with the help of a guard. After taking Li Mingshu's pulse, he sighed softly, shook his head, and said, "We still need to go back and discuss it with the Liu family physician. The Princess's health these days... alas..."
Lin Changning responded sullenly, ordered the imperial physician to be sent back, and then had the carriage continue its journey.
The couple who had just received medicine from Lin Changning knelt down outside the carriage as it was about to depart, holding their child.
"Thank you for the medicine, sir. I hope your wife will recover soon."
The traveling doctor was dragged onto a horse, his hands were tied, and he was hoisted up and swayed along next to Lin Changning's carriage, making him feel like he was going to vomit.
Lin Changning sat in the carriage: "You know medicine?"
The traveling doctor felt his stomach churning from being jostled around on the horse: "Yes, sir, I learned medicine from an old monk a few years ago, and then I studied alchemy with an old Taoist priest for a period of time."
Lin Changning nodded slightly. Now that Ming Shu was seriously ill, almost all of the best imperial physicians in the capital had been sent to Taiyuan by the Emperor and Empress Dowager.
Although the itinerant doctor was somewhat cunning, he could smell which herbs were in Li Mingshu's medicine, which showed that he had some skill. He took her with him first, because who knows, there might be some folk remedy that could cure A-Shu.
"Why would a charlatan like Xiao Liu bring him along?"
Lin Changning smiled wryly at Qi Rong's puzzled look: "He can smell which herbs are in the medicine that A Shu stewed. He can tell that A Shu is seriously ill just by looking at the stewed herbs. This shows that he is quite capable. Let's take him with us for now. He knows some medicine and can make pills. His nose is as sharp as a dog's. Let's take him with us just in case."
Lin Changning doesn't want to miss even the slightest hope.
Let's just bring them along for now, in case we need them someday.
Qi Rong nodded. Thinking about it, Lin Changning's words made sense.
It's just a matter of bringing along a wandering doctor who can't even kill a chicken; it won't take much trouble.
The carriage continued its journey, and Li Mingshu remained fast asleep inside. As night fell, Qi Rong looked at Lin Changning and said, "Xiao Liu, it's time to eat. Have some porridge, and I'll go back to my carriage to rest tonight."
Lin Changning sat on the edge of the bed and nodded at Li Mingshu, who was still sleeping. "Serve the meal. Bring over the medicine for the princess, me, and the Duke later."
Yue'er watched with satisfaction as Lin Changning took the initiative to have the medicine brought over.
Lately, she has been urging her second uncle and father to take their medicine every day. Sister Cuifen said that taking the medicine would help them recover faster.
Lin Changning ate half a bowl of rice porridge with the silver thread rolls, lotus flower steamed cakes, sesame seed shreds, and other refreshing side dishes that came from the small kitchen.
Yue'er sat obediently at the table, her neck stiff, holding a small bowl, and using a small spoon to shovel rice porridge into her mouth, pushing away Qi Rong beside her as she did so.
"Uncle, Yue'er can eat by herself, she doesn't need to be fed!"
Qi Rong put down Yue'er's bowl and chopsticks with a bit of regret, and picked up his own big bowl instead. After the three of them finished eating, they prepared to drink the medicine while it was still hot.
Just as Lin Changning picked up the bowl and was about to take a bite, he suddenly heard a bloodcurdling scream like a pig being slaughtered coming from outside.
"Adults can't drink this! They can't drink this! They really can't drink this!!!"
Lin Changning paused for a moment, put down the bowl in his hand, and the itinerant doctor outside rushed towards the carriage while shouting and scrambling.
However, he was held firmly by the guards beside the carriage.
Sweating profusely, he jumped and shouted towards the carriage, "Sir!!! Someone has put aconite in your medicine!! Don't drink it!!!"
Lin Changning's face darkened, and he instantly stood up and knocked the medicine bowl out of Qi Rong's hand.
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