Chapter 1579: Frightened
"When a normal person is under normal stress, their heart opens and closes at a steady pace. When the stress is too great, the body needs... well, strength, a lot more strength. At this time, it needs more blood, and faster, to provide energy. That's how the heart works..."
Manbao sped up the speed of opening and closing, and said to the three people who were all listening attentively, "Generally speaking, there's a time limit for lifting heavy objects or using your brain to the utmost. A day is twelve hours long, and you can't be working at a desk or doing hard labor all the time. So it has a certain degree of tension and relaxation. Even if it exceeds its tolerance for a moment, it can still withstand it."
"But if you work constantly, Your Majesty, devoting yourself to your work is the consequence." Manbao looked at Prince Gong. "Prince Gong's body will put a lot of stress on his heart even when he's asleep. It will feel like its master is working, so even when it's asleep, it will bear more stress than other people's hearts. If this continues, it won't get stronger, but will become more and more exhausted day by day. One day, it will reach its limit and collapse, or even stop beating."
This vivid description greatly shocked the Emperor and Empress. Prince Gong even broke out in a sweat and subconsciously said, "No, it's impossible."
The emperor glanced at his son, then turned to stare at Zhou Man seriously. After a moment, he asked, "So what do you say we should do?"
"Lose weight," Man Bao said, "Your Highness is now overweight, and it seems to be getting heavier day by day. Only by losing weight and slowly adjusting your body can you get better. Otherwise..."
Manbao didn't say the last words, but after listening to her vivid and detailed introduction, everyone, including Prince Gong, could imagine the consequences.
The emperor immediately made the decision, "Then reduce it!"
Manbao said with a straight face, "You need to go on a diet."
The emperor looked at the third brother with some heartache and said, "Then eat less. Please make a meal list and I will let Gu Zhong do it personally."
Gu Zhong, who was waiting on the side, bowed slightly.
Manbao continued, "It's still very painful. Although I haven't treated this disease, I read in medical books that the treatment process is very painful, and many patients with this disease can't persist."
The emperor asked worriedly, "Why is it so painful?"
"It's just two sentences: control your mouth and move your legs. As long as you do these two, you can be cured. But controlling your mouth and moving your legs are both very painful."
The emperor suspected he had misheard and turned to look at the queen. "What did she say?"
The Queen glanced at him and said, "Just tell the Third Prince to control his mouth, eat less, and walk more."
Emperor: "...What kind of suffering is this?"
He waved his hand and said, "It's settled. From now on, when you come to visit the Crown Princess every day, you can also visit Prince Gong and cure his illness."
"Father..."
The emperor took Prince Gong's hand and sighed, "Sanlang, you've heard it too. I've also consulted other imperial physicians. You're indeed a bit overweight. You should treat it first. After this illness, I've learned that there's nothing more precious in this world than good health."
Prince Gong held the emperor's hand and cried, "Yeah, my son thought you were angry with me and didn't want me anymore."
The emperor made him cry bitterly, hugged him and said, "Silly child, you are my father's son, how could my father not want you?"
Manbao was stunned by what was happening, but Gu Zhong was used to it. He gave Manbao a subtle wink and led her out of the hall, whispering, "Little Master Zhou, please have some snacks and rest in the side hall first. I'll call you in to show His Royal Highness Prince Gong."
Manbao sat on the chair and nodded, but did not eat the snacks. Instead, she ate the fruits on the plate. While eating, she thought, she didn't expect Prince Gong to be better at acting like a spoiled child than her. She was so old that she was embarrassed to cry and act like a spoiled child in front of her father. She didn't expect Prince Gong to still cry even though he had a son.
Manbao was eating while thinking, the prince just doesn't know how to act like a spoiled child. It turned out that Koko was right, the child who knows how to act like a spoiled child gets candy.
Before he knew it, Manbao had eaten all the fruits in the fruit bowl.
She withdrew her hands somewhat embarrassedly, placed her hands on her knees and sat upright.
The Emperor and Prince Gong talked to each other from the bottom of their hearts and felt much better after crying. The Empress' eyes were also slightly red. She ordered someone to bring hot water for the two of them to wash up, and then called Manbao back in.
Man Baozhe formally examined Prince Gong and gave him a treatment prescription, which was actually a plan.
Manbao had already thought about this when she was eating fruits just now, so she began to carefully ask Prince Gong how much rice, meat, and vegetables he ate at each meal...
Of course, it was impossible to listen to Prince Gong’s answers to these questions, because his answer was that he didn’t eat much.
So Manbao directly asked his personal eunuch to answer.
The emperor then realized that Prince Gong had to eat at least five meals a day, not counting the occasional snacks. Although each meal didn't seem to contain much, it was actually quite a lot.
Manbao wrote it down and calculated his daily intake, then simply cut it in half and modified the meal plan.
"Eat less rice and noodles, and more vegetables. Eat less mutton and chicken, and eat eggs..."
Manbao revised it twice and finally wrote down what he should eat and how much he should eat at what time every day.
Of course it's just an estimate. He just wants to lose weight. I'll take him for a couple more walks around the Daming Palace. Just don't let him eat too much.
Manbao showed the recipe to the emperor. The emperor took a look and hesitated, "Don't you want to go on a diet?"
This meal list looks quite long.
Manbao smiled and said, "Let's take it one step at a time. Let's do it this way for now and change it later."
The emperor nodded, and Manbao wrote another prescription, "This is a recipe for relieving summer heat and also for reducing weight. Your Highness can use it first."
Because Zhou Man was too closely involved with the prince, although the emperor trusted her, he still had to have the things given to Prince Gong checked by the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital.
Manbao probably guessed it, so he only gave the recipe. As for how to execute it, let's see first.
Seeing that it was getting late, Manbao stood up and said goodbye.
The emperor put the prescription aside and asked Gu Zhong to send Zhou Man out. Then he went to encourage the reluctant Prince Gong, "Sanlang, you know the hearts of the emperor and the queen. Even if it's not for yourself, for us, you have to take care of yourself."
The emperor said so, even for the sake of filial piety, Prince Gong had to lose the weight. So Prince Gong agreed with a touched look on his face.
Gu Zhong, who had escorted Manbao to the palace gate, chuckled softly and said, "Thank you, Master Zhou."
Manbao looked at him puzzledly, "Thank me for what?"
Gu Zhong smiled and shook his head slightly, "It's okay if Master Zhou doesn't know. We can only take you here. Please go ahead."
Manbao left inexplicably.
Gu Zhong smiled, turned around and saw Prince Gong walking out of the palace. Gu Zhong's smile faded slightly, but he still smiled and stepped forward to salute, then bowed and sent Prince Gong out of the palace.
Prince Gong was thinking about Zhou Man's purpose and didn't pay much attention to him. He glanced at him and left.
See you at 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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