Chapter 49 Pulse Diagnosis
"Madam Zhang said that while she was taking the pulse at Anshen Hall, she accidentally learned that there was a herb in the suburbs that could heal the sword wound on Earl Anping's body. I wonder who told her that?"
Jiang Qingning looked at Bai Qingyi provocatively with a half-smile in his eyes.
Bai Qingyi was in a panic, but fortunately Xun Chen came forward to support her, which forced her to cheer up. She explained weakly.
"It was the doctor who was on duty that day. I felt unwell after returning home, so my mother-in-law asked Zhang, the housekeeper, to take me to see him.
But when I asked the doctor, Butler Zhang wasn't very close, so I'm not sure if he could hear me."
Butler Zhang was named, but he felt innocent and snorted coldly.
The cunning and disgusting vicious woman will use him as a witness!
But since the eldest master didn't say anything, he didn't dare to respond at all and could only stay there and pretend to be a quail.
Jiang Qingning said sarcastically, "Madam Zhang and the Earl of Anping really have... a bond that is incomparable to anyone else. No wonder in the Earl of Anping's mansion, you are only allowed to be called Madam Bai, but not Madam Zhang."
When Butler Zhang heard this, he became anxious. He ignored everything else, strode forward, and knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Your Excellency, this old servant is the Zhang Housekeeper that Madam has mentioned. However, at that time, this old servant was following Madam closely, and only left for a moment to get the medicine!"
"At that time, I personally listened to the doctor's pulse diagnosis. Madam didn't mention the Earl of Anping's injuries, and the doctor didn't even mention that there were any herbs in the suburbs of Beijing!"
Bai Qingyi looked flustered. Facing Xun Chen's inquiring gaze, she turned around and spoke in disbelief.
"Butler Zhang, you and I have been master and servant for eight years. Why are you helping outsiders to deal with me? Have I ever let the Zhang family down?"
That's really too much.
Steward Zhang lowered his eyes and thought. He said respectfully, "Although I am a rough man, every word I say is true. It is beyond the law and close to human nature. Madam, it is better for you to tell the truth. It is worse than to have a disagreement later."
Bai Qingyi shed tears in sorrow and tightly grasped Xun Chen's arm, "Cousin, this was clearly what the doctor in charge said yesterday. I have never lied to you."
Xun Chen held her hand and whispered, "Cousin, don't worry, I believe you."
Jiang Qingning raised his hands and clapped, then looked at Cheng Yan: "Thank you, Mr. Tongzhi, for bringing up the witness."
Cheng Yan nodded and gave a look to Wang the yamen runner, who immediately went to the back hall to bring in the doctor.
"Bring witnesses!"
With a shout, the doctor in the hall walked respectfully in front of the crowd. Ignoring Bai Qingyi's horrified look, he bent down and knelt with an extremely sincere expression.
"Liu Ben, the doctor at Anshen Hall, greets the Tongzhi, this lady, the Earl of Anping, Lord Zhang, Miss Jiang, and Madam Zhang."
Jiang Qingning walked over to his side and said with a curved lip, "Doctor Liu, do you still remember this lady? A little before noon yesterday, you took Madam Zhang's pulse. Do you know what she asked?"
Doctor Liu turned around and fixed his gaze on Bai Qingyi. Seeing her sinister warning look, he glanced at Butler Zhang.
"Reporting to the Lord, Madam Zhang came to me that day to take her pulse and ask if she could give birth to a child. I took her pulse,
But I found her pulse to be steady, still that of a young girl, so I could only prescribe a prescription for nourishing her body, so I remember it very clearly."
Everyone present was shocked and looked at the Yinheyuan couple in disbelief.
Originally, they didn't feel that there was any friction between them, but at this time Zhang Li's expression was cold and he still didn't say a word, so they could only turn their eyes to Bai Qingyi.
Bai Qingyi blushed, hatred flashing in her eyes: "Yes, my husband has never touched me."
Doctor Liu nodded and said, "That's it. How can I make you pregnant if we haven't had sex? So I can only prescribe a nourishing soup for you, but I won't ask anything else."
Jiang Qingning stepped forward quickly and said aggrievedly, "Is what Doctor Liu said true? Madam Zhang just said that you told her there were herbs in the suburbs, and that I deliberately pushed her into the water on her way to collect them, which caused her to become infertile."
"Qingning certainly doesn't mean to doubt your medical skills. It's just that this concerns Qingning's innocence. If you were to bear this blame inexplicably, Qingning might really not be able to live."
Doctor Liu nodded in understanding. "I understand what you say, but weren't you framed by Madam Zhang as a runaway slave and drowned in the river? Yesterday, your maid came crying to find you, but I never imagined you'd actually gone back and fetched reinforcements."
"Qingningfu was incredibly lucky. He was thrown into the river but still managed to survive. He was washed into the moat of the capital city and was only then fished out. The people of Chengxi Bridge witnessed it with their own eyes."
Jiang Qingning began to explain, his words full of helplessness.
"You're talking nonsense! It's obvious that you're jealous of my good relationship with my cousin, so you deliberately framed me and even bribed this old guy to help with the false accusation!"
Bai Qingyi screamed and spoke in collapse, as if all the injustice in the world had fallen on her.
Bai Qingyi, who was terrified, felt a black screen before her eyes and fell directly to the ground.
Xun Chen quickly supported the person and held her in his arms to prevent Bai Qingyi from lying on the ground.
He looked at the unconscious Bai Qingyi and looked at Jiang Qingning coldly.
"Jiang Qingning! Are you satisfied now? My cousin has become like this because of you. Do you have anything else to say?"
"Of course I have something to say. Since Madam Zhang suspects that I bribed Doctor Liu, Doctor Zhang is here too. Since Madam Zhang has fainted, why not let Doctor Zhang treat her?"
Jiang Qingning glanced at Doctor Liu, whose face was ashen and looked like he was angry, and then looked at Doctor Zhang, who was sitting next to him with the wife of Duke Qin, with a faint smile on his face.
"Doctor Zhang is the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital. With him in charge of taking pulses, there's no way someone would be so indiscriminate as to suspect I've bribed the doctor, right?"
Jiang Qingning asked this question with such force that Xun Chen's face turned red and blue, and it was obvious that he was angry with Jiang Qingning.
Xun Chen snorted coldly, but he knew that he couldn't joke with Bai Qingyi's life.
His cousin is so kind, how could she be the vicious woman that the old man said.
Xun Chen looked at Doctor Zhang with a serious expression: "Please ask Doctor Zhang to take my cousin's pulse and prescribe a good medicine for her. Please."
Cheng Yan nodded. "I asked you to come here today to check Madam Zhang's pulse. As I said before, besides helping with her infertility, I'd also like to trouble you to help with her fright."
Upon hearing this, Imperial Physician Zhang stood up and said, "Since this is the order of the magistrate, then I am naturally willing to do it."
Although Doctor Zhang was an official and not as good as Xun Chen, who also had the title of Earl of Anping, he had been observing for so long that he had figured out some things.
Mrs. Zhang not only pretended to be sick and framed others, but also slandered them as doctors who could be bribed with money.
It is said that a doctor has a kind heart. He will only hesitate when the knife is on his neck. Otherwise, he will not hesitate at all.
"Doctor Liu, why don't you make a diagnosis first and let me see your medical skills." Doctor Zhang looked at Doctor Liu and made a request.
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