Chapter 1781 Illness
The Queen was not very happy to hear this.
Manbao dropped a needle, twisted it, and then moved to another needle, fearing that the Queen Mother would really let the Crown Princess bring the little grandson to see.
The weather is really cold now. Even if the Queen Mother is not sick, it is not suitable for the Crown Princess and the little grandson to go out at this time.
It’s not close from the East Palace to here.
So Manbao said, "I also like to count my age in lunar years. I'm sixteen now, but I've only just celebrated my fourteenth birthday. It sounds like I'm older than others."
The Queen Mother, who was not happy to see Zhou Man being acupunctured, couldn't help but glance at her and said lightly, "He is weak after all. The little prince is only two months old after the new year, not even a hundred days old."
The Queen breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and replied "Yes," then said, "But children grow up quickly, and they will be grown up in the blink of an eye. When the little grandson turns one, Your Majesty wants him to share in your blessing, and then he will be given a one-year-old ceremony in the Queen Mother's palace."
The Queen Mother smiled and replied, "That's good. Children grow up quickly. Even though he's only a month old now, he'll be a year old in the blink of an eye. We need to prepare the things for the 'Zhuazhou' ceremony."
The Queen should be.
The nanny standing nearby knew what to do and stopped interrupting.
Manbao twisted the needle, and the empress dowager stopped coughing for a long time.
She calculated the time to remove the needle, and the Queen and the maid immediately dressed the Queen Mother. The medicine they had prescribed was also ready.
The Queen Mother took the medicine and sat and talked for a while before she felt sleepy. It must be the tranquilizer taking effect.
Manbao and the Queen retreated, and the palace maid extinguished two lamps. The curtains became much darker, and the Queen Mother's breathing became heavier.
The emperor had been guarding outside and had not gone to rest. When he saw the queen and Zhou Man come out, he stood up and asked, "What's going on?"
The queen said softly, "Mother has gone to bed."
The hardest thing to do with a cough is falling asleep.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhou Man, "When will the empress dowager's illness be cured?"
Upon hearing this, Manbao looked at Doctor Liu in surprise. Doctor Liu quietly looked up at her and shook his head slightly.
Manbao was confused. What did this mean?
Should he not tell the emperor, or should he not say anything?
Oh, she and Doctor Liu don’t have enough chemistry.
When the emperor saw her staring at Doctor Liu, he stared back at her, "I'm asking you a question. Why are you looking at Doctor Liu?"
Manbao withdrew her gaze and decided to follow her own steps. After considering it for a moment, she lowered her voice and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's illness is not easy to cure..."
The emperor looked unhappy.
Manbao said softly: "Your Majesty is old, and this is a long-term illness that has turned into tuberculosis, so..."
Imperial Physician Liu couldn't help but clear his throat and continued, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is over seventy years old. Looking across the Great Jin, there are not many who can reach such a long life. The Empress Dowager's illness should be treated with rest and recuperation, without anger or sadness. With the help of acupuncture and medication, she will eventually recover."
How could it possibly get better? The Empress Dowager's pulse is already at its weakest.
Manbao complained in his heart, but said nothing.
The emperor thought, however, that if they only said she was getting better but not cured, it meant that the empress dowager could not recover.
The emperor frowned, feeling a little sad, and didn't speak for a while, but he did feel much better after listening to what Doctor Liu said.
Although Doctor Liu had already expressed this idea before and had just said it in a different way, the emperor still wanted to ask Zhou Man.
After all, everyone had said before that Yin was at the end of his rope and might not survive more than two years, but isn't he getting better and better now?
Seeing Zhou Man standing aside with her head down, he knew that she also agreed with Doctor Liu's diagnosis.
The emperor sighed, waved his hand, and turned to leave.
The Queen then ordered her men to carefully serve the Queen Mother, and then she took the Emperor's cloak and chased after him.
Manbao watched the royal couple leave before he breathed a sigh of relief. He whispered to Imperial Physician Liu, "It's so rare to see His Majesty like this."
Doctor Liu glanced at her. Her mother was seriously ill and about to die, so why couldn't she show her power?
Doctor Liu and Manbao could not return to the Imperial Hospital immediately. Instead, they dozed off by the stove in a side hall and waited until the Empress Dowager fell asleep and they were sure that she would not fall ill again.
By the time they were able to leave, it was almost dawn.
The sky was still dark, and they declined the eunuchs from the Empress Dowager's palace to see them off. Instead, they carried a lantern and a medicine box and walked towards the Imperial Hospital.
Because the time for unlocking the gates of each courtyard had not yet arrived, they had to wait at each gate and have their identity tokens checked before they could pass.
Walking in the long and narrow corridor, Manbao reached out to gather his cloak, and tucked his entire head into the furry hat. Even while walking, he was so sleepy that he almost fell asleep.
Doctor Liu was also feeling a little sleepy. He was afraid of ice on the road, so he took each step slowly and steadily. There was no one in the corridor, so he said, "From now on, if you encounter a patient who can't be cured, just let the family members leave it to fate."
Manbao said, "But I think His Majesty wants to get to the bottom of it."
She whispered, "I always thought the relationship between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager was not very good."
"It's not harmonious, but there's no such thing as an overnight grudge between mother and son," said Doctor Liu. "No matter how angry or upset she gets, the child is going to die by now, so the rest will naturally be fine. As doctors, we can't do anything that alienates close relatives."
"I know. Distance doesn't separate relatives. I never speak ill of the Empress Dowager in front of the Emperor."
Doctor Liu nodded in satisfaction, then asked about their expertise, "Do you think that with acupuncture, the Empress Dowager's illness could survive until the spring?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "It depends on the weather. If the weather is good, the condition might be slightly relieved. After the spring, it will be easier in the winter of next year."
Doctor Liu also nodded, "Yes, winter is hard to endure."
Life and death are sometimes determined by the season and climate. Why are there so many deaths in winter? It's because the cold weather reduces bodily activity, and many elderly people simply die from weakness.
Doctor Liu counted the time on his fingers and said, "Three months left. It will be fine after these three months."
After finishing the professional questions, Doctor Liu started talking about family matters. He asked vaguely, "Do you think I should arrange a marriage for Sanniang? She's not young anymore..."
Otherwise, due to the national mourning, as the family member of the imperial physician, she would not be able to get engaged for at least three months or half a year.
Manbao was not happy. "She is still studying. After she finishes her studies, she will have to go to the Imperial Hospital. Will she still be able to go to the Imperial Hospital after she gets married?"
Doctor Liu: "...If you calculate it that way, I guess she will never get married in her lifetime."
He said, "Doctor Zhou, you can't harm our Liu family like this."
"Then you can't harm me and the Queen, and certainly not Sanniang," Manbao said. "She was raised by me at the Queen's request. First, tell me if the family you promised her to will allow her to enter the palace and become an official after marriage."
Imperial Physician Liu…: …
Doctor Liu is not sure.
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(End of this chapter)
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