Chapter 1699 Look at My Apprentice
The collar of her shirt was only slightly opened, exposing her neck. What could she see?
Seeing her hand pointing to a spot through her clothes, she simply tore open her inner clothes. Seeing that she was frightened and about to cry, she touched her and comforted her, "It's okay, we are all girls."
"Yes, yes, yes. Doctor Zhou is a young lady. She can feel where you feel uncomfortable. Mother is here too."
Manbao quickly felt the lump and asked, "Is it here?"
Miss Zhao felt pain from the pressure and nodded with tears in her eyes, "Yes, it hurts a lot."
Manbao asked, "How long has it been?"
Miss Zhao whispered, "A few days."
Manbao asked with a smile, "How many days is it?"
The wet nurse beside her immediately said, "It's been four days."
Manbao felt around and asked her if it hurt, then asked, "When was the first time you felt pain?"
Miss Zhao hesitated and refused to say. Manbao asked her a second time, and she finally said, "It was just two days after the Double Ninth Festival."
The Crown Prince's wife couldn't help but feel dizzy when she heard this. "It's been almost a month, why didn't you tell mother?"
The wet nurse was also startled. She didn't expect it to take so long and she knelt down immediately in fear.
Miss Zhao wiped her tears and said, "It didn't hurt much at first, just a little bit, and I didn't care..."
Four days ago, she felt pain from the rubbing of her clothes, and it hurt even more when she pressed it. That's when she panicked. After all, she was only seven years old. The little girl had been taking medicine all the time these two days and once thought she was going to die.
The Crown Prince's wife flew into a rage. She turned around and yelled at the wet nurse, "How did you all serve me? It took you so long to realize..."
The wet nurse was so frightened that she was trembling and couldn't utter a word.
The little girl was also frightened and immediately started crying and hiccuping. Manbao saw this and looked at the Crown Prince's wife with disapproval, then comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not a big deal. What have you been eating recently?"
The little girl was shaking with tears, and while shaking she answered, "I took medicine."
Before Manbao could say anything, the nanny immediately took out the prescription from her arms and handed it to him.
That wasn't what Manbao wanted to ask, but he still took the prescription and asked as he opened it, "What did you eat? Did you have any snacks?"
How could the little girl remember these?
The kneeling wet nurse whispered, "Young lady's appetite has decreased due to the medicine she took. She had a small bowl of black-bone chicken porridge yesterday morning, some mutton soup at noon, and a small bowl of noodles in the evening..."
Manbao asked, "What's in the mutton soup?"
"Nothing special, just common things like ginger and angelica."
Manbao: "...what about that side?"
"The noodles were cooked with the broth hanging in the kitchen. Since the young lady has a poor appetite, I only added some vegetables and beat an egg."
Manbao simply placed his hand on Miss Zhao's pulse and asked about her diet before yesterday. The wet nurse told her everything she remembered, and Miss Zhao, who was standing beside her, gradually stopped crying, occasionally adding a sentence or two, "I also ate deer meat, which my father brought back from his autumn hunting trip..."
"I also ate kumquats. I heard they were tribute from the south. His Majesty gave some to my grandfather as a reward, and I shared a small plate..."
Or “Homemade snacks made with longan are delicious too.”
Of course, the little girl did not only eat this kind of hot tonic food, but also ate other foods, such as bird's nest porridge, pigeon porridge and so on.
There are only three girls among the grandchildren of Duke Zhao, and only the eldest Miss Zhao is a legitimate daughter. Her two cousins are both illegitimate, and they are not very old yet, so she is the apple of everyone's eye at home.
Duke Zhao got some good things in the palace, and her two brothers got a share, so she must have wanted a little more than her brothers.
After listening to her, Manbao reached out and touched her other side and asked, "How about this side? Does it hurt?"
Miss Zhao had already adapted to the situation and felt much better, so she shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt."
Manbao withdrew his hand and said to the two adults and one child, "It's nothing. It's just that you ate too much. Your blood is dry and hot, so you're growing early."
The Crown Prince's wife asked, "Is this a good thing?"
Man Bao was speechless, and couldn't help but look up at the Crown Prince's wife, then shook his head, "It's not a good thing, it's a bad thing!"
She pointed at the flower bed outside the window and said, "The gardener was dissatisfied with the slow growth of the flowers he planted, so he fertilized them vigorously and even reached out to pull them up. Do you think this is a good thing?"
The Crown Prince’s Wife: …
Nanny: ...
Only Miss Zhao, who looked confused and didn't understand anything, said naively: "It's not a good thing. The flowers will die."
The Crown Prince's wife was startled and immediately covered her daughter's mouth with her hand. "Bah, bah, children's words are careless and can be blown away by the wind. What nonsense are you talking about?"
That flower in Zhou Man’s metaphor is her!
Miss Zhao looked at her mother with a confused expression, and the Crown Prince's wife softened her heart and asked quickly, "Doctor Zhou, then... what should we do?"
"It's okay. I'll prescribe some blood-cooling medicine for her. It's a good thing we asked a doctor to see her, otherwise she would not only have premature development but also a heat rash." Manbao turned to the table to write a prescription. Seeing that the wet nurse was still kneeling, she smiled and said, "Please bring me a set of writing brushes and ink."
Doctor Liu, who was about to take paper, pen and ink from the medicine box, paused and closed the medicine box again.
The other three people in the room didn't notice. The Crown Prince's wife looked at the wet nurse and said in a deep voice, "Hurry up and go!"
The wet nurse immediately stood up and went to the small study room, bringing back a set of writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Doctor Liu went forward to pour water and grind ink. Manbao spread out the paper and said to them, "Don't eat hot foods recently, including onions, ginger, and garlic. Eat more vegetables. If you want to eat meat, just a small amount of pork or chicken will be fine."
The Crown Prince's wife nodded repeatedly. Man Bao continued, "I'll prescribe four days' worth of medicine, two doses a day. It doesn't need to be a large dose. The lump in her chest needs to slowly dissipate. I'll give her a few injections later. I'll rest after four days and come back to see her again."
The Crown Prince's wife held the handkerchief in her hand and asked, "Is it better to do acupuncture every day?"
Man Bao smiled and said, "Of course it's better. Acupuncture can help her remove blood stasis and reduce internal heat, and it can also slightly relieve pain. It's much better."
"Then could Doctor Zhou come over every day to check on me?"
Manbao said, "I must have the Empress's written permission before I can leave the palace."
The Crown Prince's wife was full of disappointment and demanded that the Queen give the order and that her mother-in-law go too.
Manbao paused and pointed to the female doctor Liu beside her and said, "This is my apprentice. She and I have been studying for quite some time. The acupuncture that Miss Zhao is going to perform is the most basic. If the Crown Prince's wife trusts her, I can have her come to perform acupuncture every day."
Manbao and Doctor Liu looked at the Crown Prince's wife with sharp eyes.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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