Chapter 1548: Time and Fate
But after listening to Xiao Yuanzheng and the others' arguments and reading their prescriptions, she realized her shortcomings.
However, due to the sudden change in weather, Xiao Yuan's good prescription became inappropriate, and the not-so-good prescription in her mind might be just the right one.
That's why Zhou Man felt that the emperor had bad luck. It was a matter of fate and time, and doctors couldn't cure it.
Of course, Manbao knew these internal reasons, Xiao Yuanzheng knew them, and the other doctors in the Imperial Hospital also saw them, but no one said them out loud.
The patients, especially the distinguished emperor, would not understand this. They would only feel that their illness was not cured, and would not care about time or fate.
Manbao did not know how to tell the emperor about these internal reasons, so he could only hint to him that there was nothing wrong with the prescription written by the imperial physician, and no one wanted to harm him. It was just that he was unlucky. Last night, there happened to be a southeast wind, and the temperature soared. With the alternation of cold and heat, the cold and heat of his internal strength did not disappear, and his condition became worse.
When the emperor heard this, he felt even more depressed.
Manbao was still unaware and was still stabbing him. "You shouldn't have refused to take the medicine I prescribed for you that day. The weather was so nice that day, with a north wind and a cool night. If you took the medicine and covered yourself with a blanket to sleep, the coldness in your body would have dissipated. Even if you felt uncomfortable due to the heat later, at most you would have gotten some prickly heat on your body and a few blisters on your mouth, and that would have been all..."
Manbao finished the acupuncture while muttering to himself.
The Queen Mother, standing by, finally realized the reason behind this and couldn't help but get angry. She reached out to slap him, but when she raised her hand, she found that he was covered in needles. She restrained herself, but still couldn't help but angrily mutter, "You're so old, your grandchildren are running around, why are you still doing this and ignoring the doctor's advice? The imperial physician prescribed medicine for you, and you actually refused to take it."
The emperor's already dizzy head became even more dizzy.
He really regretted it in his heart, but who could get the Queen Mother or Zhou Man away at this moment?
Because the emperor was lying down, Manbao could hardly see his expression. When he heard the empress dowager scolding the emperor, he nodded.
When the Queen Mother saw this, she scolded him even more vigorously. Seeing him lying on the bed without saying a word, and her son's haggard face, and then touching his hot forehead, the Queen Mother couldn't help crying again.
She wiped her tears and said, "Mao Nu, you are my only son now. Do you still want me to send you off when you are old?"
The emperor couldn't help but feel sad when he heard this. However, he couldn't move his hand, so he could only comfort her in a hoarse voice, "Don't worry, mother. Your son will be fine."
Manbao, who was standing by, said, "You must take your medicine on time."
emperor:……
The Queen Mother stared at him.
The emperor could only respond.
The Queen finally came to his rescue, and she stepped forward to help the Queen Mother up and comforted her, saying, "Mother, please don't let your illness get to you. Let me take care of Your Majesty."
The Queen Mother glanced at the needles stuck in the Emperor's body, then glanced at Zhou Man. After wiping away the tears from her eyes, she said, "Zhou Man, Xiao Yuanzheng, you should treat His Majesty well. If His Majesty is cured, you will naturally benefit. But if anything happens to His Majesty, I will not be polite."
Xiao Yuanzheng agreed with great trepidation. Manbao bowed and accepted the request, feeling as if a mountain had crashed down on her back.
Now she finally felt the badness of being an official, alas~
As expected, the greater the benefit, the greater the risk. The book is true. There is no such thing as a free lunch. No wonder the emperor gave her a thousand acres of official land.
Manbao gave the emperor a cooling injection, and the emperor felt a little better, but his fever was still very high.
Manbao pulled out the needle, and Doctor Liu just brought up some medicine. The emperor drank it, and Manbao then gave him another set of acupuncture to make the medicine work faster.
The prescription that everyone came up with was quite effective in reducing fever, mainly because the emperor now had a very high fever, and Xiao Yuanzheng could no longer take care of his old injuries, otherwise he might really burn him to death.
This was a strong medicine. After taking it, the emperor frowned uncomfortably and his breathing became a little rapid.
Xiao Yuanzheng couldn't help but look at Manbao and whispered, "Perform your third set of needlework."
This was what everyone had agreed upon at the beginning. This was the problem with the prescription, but when it came to fate and stability, the Imperial Hospital quietly chose fate.
Manbao silently pulled out a few needles and changed his acupuncture technique...
The emperor fell into a deep sleep, but his temperature did drop.
Seeing that he was sweating, the queen knew that he was cooling down, so she wiped the sweat off his face with a dry towel and tested the temperature of his forehead.
When the time came, Manbao pulled out the needle. She felt the emperor's pulse and stood up after a while and quietly stepped aside. Despite her young age, she frowned.
Xiao Yuanzheng stepped forward and felt the emperor's pulse, then stepped aside to let Imperial Physician Liu examine him. He then said, "Your Majesty, the fever has temporarily subsided."
The Queen breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hand, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, Imperial Physicians. Go and rest first."
Several people agreed, bowed and retreated.
Xiao Yuanzheng had something to discuss with Manbao, so he asked her to come along.
The four imperial doctors were all very shrewd people. No matter what the actual situation was, they always looked serious as usual, and ordinary people really couldn't tell anything.
So Wei Zhi, Old Lord Tang and others who were sitting in the outer room waiting for news stared at Manbao. Seeing her frowning and her face full of misery, they knew that the situation was not good.
The Crown Prince also rushed out from the room and asked Xiao Yuanzheng directly, "When will father be well again?"
How could Xiao Yuanzheng be so sure? He could only say, "Your Highness, we still need to discuss the medication. Although His Majesty's fever has temporarily subsided, the root cause of the disease has not been eliminated, and it may recur."
The prince frowned and looked at Zhou Man.
But when he saw her frowning and looking at her toes, he knew the situation was not good. He pursed his lips and stepped aside to let the imperial doctors discuss it.
Dean Xiao and Imperial Physician Liu didn't discuss the matter in front of everyone. Instead, they pulled everyone from the Imperial Hospital to the side room where the medicine was being boiled. After sending all the palace people away, they discussed in low voices, "Do you have any other suitable prescriptions?"
Upon hearing what Xiao Yuanzheng said, Doctor Fang and Doctor Lu, who hadn't felt the patient's pulse, knew the situation was not good and couldn't help asking, "How's the pulse? Did the medicine have no effect?"
Xiao Yuanzheng glanced at Doctor Liu and sighed, "While I was taking your pulse, I also looked at the old wound on your Majesty's waist. It's red and swollen, and there's even some water stains."
Doctor Fang and Doctor Lu were shocked when they heard this and quickly looked at Doctor Liu.
Imperial Physician Liu nodded slightly and said solemnly, "Your Majesty's old injury was not treated well in the early years, which is why it has left a hidden danger."
After saying that, he glanced at Zhou Man again and said, "If the Zheng family's sacred hemostatic and anti-inflammatory product, Sanqi ointment, had been invented twenty years earlier, this injury might have been healed."
Xiao Yuanzheng said irritably, "Is this the time to discuss this? Your Majesty's internal inflammation is too severe, especially the inflammation in his throat, which has already turned into pus. If he doesn't treat it..."
The next update will be around 4:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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