Chapter 1562 The Queen Mother's Approval
When Bai Shan sent Man Bao back, he asked on the way, "What happened to the emperor?"
"Alternating fever and chills, tonsils... and throat inflammation."
Bai Shan asked without hesitation, "Can a sore throat be a serious illness?"
Man Bao said: "Don't underestimate throat inflammation. Severe throat inflammation can cause otitis media, pneumonia, and continuous high fever. The fever can even burn a person to death."
Ordinary people often think that a sore throat is not a big deal, but doctors know that many diseases start with this small symptom.
Many adults and children have died from high fever, especially children. Why do people say that a child should be raised to be stable until he is eight years old?
This is because young children often have fevers, and every fever can be fatal.
Therefore, doctors never dare to underestimate any kind of inflammation, especially throat inflammation.
Since Bai Shan was the only one there, Man Bao explained the emperor's condition to him in detail and said, "In two days, your majesty's illness should be completely cured."
Even if it continues, I will be able to go to court in two days.
But the emperor went to court a day earlier than Manbao expected, not because he was really diligent, but to reassure people's hearts.
So after applying the plaster for another day and feeling that his throat was no longer noticeably uncomfortable, he went to court.
Of course, the emperor, who no longer dared to hide his illness and seek medical treatment, still put on the medicine patch. So all the civil and military officials in the court saw the medicine patch on the emperor's neck and silently looked away.
After the emperor finished his court session, he dragged the prince to his study to do hard labor processing memorials. Then he returned to his bedroom, shaking his sleeves and saying to the empress unhappily, "This plaster is good in every way except that it doesn't look good. I don't know how many people have been staring at my neck today."
The Queen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, just bear with it for two more days. Didn't Xiao Yuanzheng say that you can go after two more days of applying the patch? Otherwise, taking too much medicine won't be good for you."
The emperor said, "Although the medicine is hard to drink, it's gone once you finish it. No one can tell. But this medicine patch..."
The Queen immediately broke his fantasy, "How about your Majesty wear a fur scarf around your neck?"
Forget it, because he is sick, there is only one ice basin in the hall right now. If he puts a woolen hat around his neck, will he die of heat?
The emperor fell silent, and the empress said, "Your Majesty is still worried. Since Your Majesty feels much better, shall we go see Your Majesty?"
The emperor thought for a moment and nodded. "Mingda and the others must have been frightened the past two days, right? Why not invite them to go have a meal with the Queen Mother?"
The queen glanced at the emperor and nodded slightly.
So when having lunch at noon, the prince not only saw Mingda, Changyu and the fifth prince in the Queen Mother's Palace, but also saw the third prince who was in confinement.
The prince glanced at the third brother and looked away, while several younger brothers and sisters came forward to greet the prince.
The prince returned their greetings and went to see the queen mother.
The Empress Dowager was holding the Emperor's hand, lecturing him, "From now on, you can't hide your illness and avoid seeing a doctor. Since the Imperial Physician has prescribed medicine, how can you not take it? Your grandsons are already running around, yet you're still doing childish things like this. How can they learn well in the future?"
The emperor listened with his head down, and when he saw the prince approaching, he said to him, "Dalang, come and talk to your grandmother."
When the prince came forward, the queen mother asked him, "Where is your wife?"
The prince said, "It's sunny outside, and she's feeling a bit summer-sick. We can't keep too much ice in the palace, so my grandson didn't let her come."
The Queen Mother nodded and sighed, "The weather is quite hot this year. This is in Daming Palace. If it were in the East Palace, it would probably be even hotter."
She said, "Her belly is getting big now, so if she can hold it in, then she should hold it in. Please be more considerate and understanding of her recently, don't make her angry, and let her give birth to a healthy and lively grandson."
The prince agreed.
Seeing that they were all well-behaved, the Empress Dowager slowly became happy. She looked around and saw that the Emperor's face no longer had the sick look of the previous two days. Although there was still a patch on his neck, he no longer had a fever and his eyes were no longer red.
The Queen and Mingda, who had always been in poor health, now looked much healthier, not to mention the Crown Prince, whose spirits were different from before. Their first child would be born in four months.
Although we are not sure whether this baby is a boy or a girl, as long as we have the first child, we will definitely have more in the future.
The Queen Mother's heart gradually calmed down, and she couldn't help but sigh, "Although Zhou Man is young and impulsive, his medical skills are indeed excellent."
The emperor and the prince couldn't help but nodded together.
The Queen and Mingda looked at them and felt strange. How could Zhou Man be impulsive?
The Empress Dowager then expressed her dissatisfaction with Xiao Yuanzheng and other imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital. "Zhou Man is younger than them, yet he's still diligently studying medicine. I heard he spends every day in the Chongwenguan reading medical books until he's closed in. I've never seen Xiao Yuanzheng and the others so diligent."
This time even the emperor had to be rescued by Zhou Man, and the empress dowager... the empress dowager was in a complicated mood.
The emperor had heard Zhou Man and Xiao Yuanzheng discuss the prescription, so he knew the inside story. He smiled and said, "Mother, Zhou Man is still young. The prescription for the plaster she presented this time is good, but the decoctions and other medicines were prescribed by Xiao Yuanzheng and his team. She still has a lot to learn. Xiao Yuanzheng and his team have read many medical books and have a lot to do. They don't need to go to the library all the time."
The Queen Mother was very stubborn, and the older people get, the more stubborn they become. She stubbornly said, "Then why didn't Xiao Yuanzheng and the others think of using a medicated plaster this time? And Zhou Manlai was the one who performed the acupuncture."
The empress dowager did not see Xiao Yuanzheng and others prescribe medicine. Moreover, the emperor had taken decoction before, and the effect of the decoction was obviously not very good. Therefore, the empress dowager stubbornly believed that the emperor's illness was cured by Zhou Man.
At this time, the Queen Mother had complicated feelings towards Zhou Man, so complicated that she was not willing to pay attention to the emperor who did not take care of his health, so she ignored him and started talking to the prince.
emperor:……
Mingda sat obediently aside and took this opportunity to quietly complain, "Grandmother, Zhou Man was crying yesterday."
The Queen Mother was only interested in Zhou Man's medical skills, not in her as a person, so she did not respond.
Chang Yu didn't know about this and asked curiously, "Why is she crying?"
Mingda then told him about her argument with Imperial Physician Lu, saying, "I heard that the medical manuals and prescriptions she produced were excellent. The plaster your father is using is just one of them."
The Queen Mother seemed to be lost in thought and asked, "Are Zhou Man's two disciples from the Zheng family of Jishitang?"
Mingda nodded and replied "yes", and said softly: "I heard her say that one is the medicine boy that Jishiditang gave her before, and the other is the son of the shopkeeper of Jishiditang."
The Queen Mother said, "Jishitang is good at doing business."
No one could figure out whether this statement was a compliment or a mockery, so no one said anything.
The Queen Mother thought for a moment and then said, "Doctor Zheng is quite good at treating patients. This Imperial Hospital belongs to the Emperor, not just him. Why would he care about the surnames of the people who come in?"
(End of this chapter)
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