Chapter 1524: Entering the case
It is impossible to do it quietly, and the medical records must be written down. Otherwise, if something happens to the emperor, will it be her fault or Gu Zhong's?
However, Manbao did not say this in front of Gu Zhong. He neither refused nor agreed. This was a skill he learned from Xiao Yuanzheng.
When the superior has unpleasant requests, just deal with them as they please. Whatever happens next will be done accordingly. It is never wrong to follow the rules.
Especially when the consequences are not very serious, we must follow the rules.
Otherwise, what if the consequences, which were not very serious, become serious because you did not follow the rules?
Unless the consequences are serious like poisoning, and the superiors have ordered that the information must not be spread outside, the imperial physicians will quietly write secret medical records and not include them in the records for the time being.
But when the dust settles, what should be included in the register must still be included.
When they arrived at the palace where the emperor lived, the emperor was leaning on the couch with his head in his hands, one hand on his stomach, and his face was a little pale.
The Queen sat aside, looking somewhat anxious. Seeing Manbao, her expression relaxed, and she quickly beckoned, "Doctor Zhou, come and see His Majesty."
Manbao opened the medicine box, took out the pulse pillow and walked forward to take the patient's pulse.
Gu Zhong was a very considerate eunuch, so on the way he gave a general account of the emperor's symptoms, including what he had eaten for lunch today, the melon he had eaten shortly after lunch, and how many melons he had eaten in total. He described it clearly and concisely.
So Manbao was very smart and didn't ask any more embarrassing questions to the emperor. She felt his pulse and said, "Your Majesty, you feel a cold. Is it painful?"
Melons are cold in nature, so it is not advisable to eat too much. However, the emperor ate six in one go. Not only did he feel too full, but he also felt cold.
The emperor still covered his head and nodded slightly.
It doesn’t hurt much, it hurts a lot. Didn’t you see that he didn’t say a word?
Manbao thought about it and felt that it would take a while to boil the medicine. Besides, he had just eaten lunch and then ate bitter melon. Taking medicine now might make his stomach worse. So he said, "Then how many injections should I give Your Majesty?"
She said, "I have some medicine in my medicine box. After the acupuncture, I will give you moxibustion. You can take the medicine later this afternoon."
The emperor was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He nodded and went to change his clothes with Gu Zhong's help.
He took off his outer clothes and lay on the couch in his middle clothes. Manbao lifted up the hem of his clothes and pressed on his big belly. Seeing that he couldn't help but scream in pain, he twisted the needle, found the acupuncture point and inserted the needle.
Manbao inserted six needles and twisted the emperor's face for a while. The emperor's complexion gradually improved, his frown relaxed, and he slowly exhaled. Finally, the pain was not so severe anymore.
Although it doesn’t hurt much anymore, my stomach still aches a little, and it’s not very comfortable.
Manbao looked at the emperor's expression and simply gave him two injections in his arm to make him completely relax.
While feeling the dull pain in his abdomen, the emperor thought to himself that Zhou Man's injection was really effective. No wonder the people in the Imperial Hospital didn't react much to his promotion of her to a fifth-rank official.
After thinking about some things, the emperor fell asleep in a daze.
It felt like he dozed off for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, Zhou Man had already pulled out all the needles in his body and was holding something in his hand to warm his stomach. It was so warm that he even broke out in a sweat.
The queen, who was sitting beside him, smiled when she saw him wake up and said, "Your Majesty has been asleep for two quarters of an hour."
The emperor was surprised, "So long?"
The emperor felt more and more sweat on his back. He moved uncomfortably, and Manbao reached out and held him down, "Your Majesty, don't move!"
The emperor stopped.
Gu Zhong, who was waiting on the side, broke out in a cold sweat.
Manbao gave him moxibustion and said, "This is to warm your stomach. Your stomach and intestines have caught a cold. This will slowly restore your yang. Don't move around, or you'll get burned."
The emperor dared not move at all.
Mingda and Changyu watched with gusto, their eyes fixed on their father's belly. Changyu said bluntly, "Father's belly is even bigger than my sister-in-law's."
The emperor then realized that his two daughters were also here. He didn't care about getting burned. He immediately pushed Zhou Man's hands away and closed his clothes. He also grabbed his coat from the side and covered his stomach with it. His face flushed and he asked, "Why are you two here?"
He scolded the queen, "Your daughters are all grown up, why don't you stop them?"
The queen quickly apologized with a smile, and pulled Changyu and Mingda to leave.
Chang Yu then said, "Why can't we see it? If the emperor won't let us see it, we can go find our third brother. His belly is even bigger than our father's."
Seeing that the moxibustion didn't work, Manbao put down what he was holding and said casually, "Prince Gong is too fat. If he gets any fatter, it will be bad for his health."
Upon hearing this, the emperor immediately asked with concern, "But I see he is in good health, and doesn't look like he is in any condition."
Man Bao said, "If your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask the doctors at the Imperial Hospital. Everything in this world is best done in moderation, including being fat or thin. Thinner doesn't necessarily mean better, and fatter doesn't necessarily mean stronger. As for body shape, the Crown Prince's is about right. Your Majesty and Prince Gong are both a bit overweight."
Manbao said: "Your Majesty is a little fat, but there is nothing wrong with him except that he eats too much meat. But Prince Gong, he eats too much meat."
Manbao felt that Prince Gong was just too rich, which was why he could eat like that in his prime.
You know, he is only 23 years old this year, and he already has a big belly. What will he do when he turns 30?
The emperor began to think, then looked at Manbao, narrowed his eyes and said, "How about you treat Prince Gong?"
Man Bao shook his head and said, "Prince Gong doesn't need any conditioning. Just stop feeding him meat and have him run around the palace every day. He'll definitely lose weight in less than two months."
The emperor's face darkened and he asked, "Are you teasing him?"
"No," Manbao shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, just let Prince Gong stay like this for two months. If he doesn't lose weight, I, I..."
Manbao paused and said, "I don't want two months' salary."
The emperor couldn't help but sarcastically said, "What a great determination."
However, the emperor believed it 70%. He didn't think Zhou Man would joke about his salary.
Manbao put away the medicine box, and the queen also sent her two daughters back to the side hall. The emperor immediately told the queen what Zhou Man had just said and discussed with her whether to let the third daughter lose some weight.
The queen nodded repeatedly. She had long felt that the third child was too fat, but no matter how she persuaded him, the child just liked to eat meat and didn't like to move, so he got fatter day by day.
Manbao put away the medicine box and looked at Gu Zhong. "I'll write a prescription for your majesty. After you prepare the medicine, boil it and drink it after an hour. Then drink another bowl after dinner in the evening. That should be enough."
Gu Zhong quickly presented the pen and ink.
Manbao wrote the prescription while reminding, "Don't eat anything too greasy at night. Eat more vegetables. It's best to eat porridge to nourish your stomach. Don't eat melon, and don't eat cold or icy things..."
Manbao gave all the instructions one by one, wrote two copies of the prescription, stamped his seal on it, gave one copy to Gu Zhong, and kept one copy for himself.
Gu Zhong saw it, but said nothing.
If Zhou Man is not brought to justice, he will be held responsible if something goes wrong, so he should just turn a blind eye and pretend not to see it.
The next update will be around 4:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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