Chapter 1815 Not Good
Manbao concentrated on giving acupuncture to the empress dowager. The empress dowager had something on her mind and did not fall asleep this time.
When the time was up, Manbao stopped the acupuncture and left the curtain. While waiting for the empress dowager to put on her clothes, she couldn't help but peek outside. She didn't know where Doctor Liu was treating Princess Yunfeng. She wanted to discuss the empress dowager's prescription with him.
Thinking of this, Manbao glanced at the curtain, quietly moved out, moved to the door and looked outside.
The palace maid guarding the door looked at her in confusion.
Manbao stood up straight, smiled at her, and then asked, "Sister, where is Doctor Liu?"
The palace maid also knew that Zhou Man and Princess Yunfeng were not on good terms, and thought she was trying to find out about Princess Yunfeng, so she whispered, "Doctor Liu is in the side hall."
"Hasn't he finished showing it to Princess Yunfeng yet?"
"It seems like he is watching the medicine boy making medicine."
After a while, the Queen Mother dressed and came out holding the hand of a palace maid. Seeing Zhou Man standing at the door talking to a little palace maid, she simply called her over and said, "Let's go and take a look together."
Although Manbao didn't want to see Princess Yunfeng, he still put the needle bag in his sleeve and followed her.
The aroma of medicine was already wafting through the side hall. Manbao sniffed it and found it quite strong and bitter. It seemed that Princess Yunfeng was really not feeling well.
Doctor Liu came forward quickly, his back hunched, and replied, "...It's still early, less than three months. The princess has been traveling constantly, so the pregnancy is unstable..."
Doctor Liu recited a pulse diagnosis, but the Queen Mother didn't quite understand. She interrupted him and asked, "Can the child be saved?"
Doctor Liu hesitated for a moment and then said, "I will do my best to save it."
The Queen Mother said seriously, "You must do your best to keep the child."
Doctor Liu responded.
The Queen Mother turned around and saw Zhou Man. After a moment's silence, she said, "Zhou Man, go check her out and see if she needs acupuncture."
Doctor Liu looked at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man also glanced at Doctor Liu. He nodded slightly before bowing to the Queen Mother and turning to look at Princess Yunfeng.
Princess Yunfeng was lying on a soft couch in the side hall, lost in thought. When she saw Zhou Man come in, she subconsciously covered her stomach and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Manbao looked at her and noticed that the Queen Mother and Doctor Liu had come in, so he said honestly and respectfully, "I have been ordered to come and see the princess."
"I don't want you to see it!"
Before she could finish her words, the Queen Mother came over, holding the hand of the palace maid. Upon hearing her words, she scolded her, "Yunfeng, stop messing around. Let Zhou Man show you."
The Lady of Yunfeng County opened her mouth, a little aggrieved, "Grandmother, I don't want her to see it. Who knows if she will hurt me?"
"Nonsense," the Queen Mother said after looking at Zhou Man, "She is the imperial physician, how could she harm others?"
Besides, she and Doctor Liu are right here. Even a fool wouldn't harm others in front of them, not to mention that she doesn't think Zhou Man is a bad person.
Manbao stood aside waiting for them to discuss it. She hummed in her heart, she didn't want to show it to her yet.
In the end, Princess Yunfeng compromised, extended her wrist and turned her head away.
Manbao then stepped forward.
She took her pulse, and after a moment she looked up at Princess Yunfeng's face with a hint of surprise. After sizing her up for a moment, she asked, "When was your last period?"
Princess Yunfeng didn't answer. The maid beside her lowered her head and whispered, "The princess was stained ten days ago, but the amount was very small. It stopped after just two days. We thought it was due to fatigue from the journey, so we didn't take it seriously."
Manbao asked, "What about the last time?"
The maid replied, "Yes, it came, about forty-two days ago, intermittently..."
The Queen Mother angrily slammed the table and asked, "The blood count is abnormal, and you didn't even think of calling a doctor?"
The maid knelt down in panic and apologized, "I called a doctor, but he couldn't tell I was pregnant, and he didn't prescribe any medicine either. He said it's not good to take medicine during menstruation..."
Manbao quickly said, "The time was short, so it was really difficult to diagnose. It was right not to take medicine..."
Because once you take the medicine, the fetus may be aborted.
But……
Manbao took the pulse again and looked at Doctor Liu after a while.
Doctor Liu shook his head slightly at her.
Manbao could only frown and say to Princess Yunfeng: "Let me give you a few injections. You have a stomachache now, right?"
Princess Yunfeng still didn't say anything, but the Queen Mother could tell from her expression after carefully examining her expression.
She angrily said to the palace maid, "Go get a basin of water for Princess Yunfeng to wash her face."
The palace maid agreed and quickly brought up a basin of warm water. She wiped off the powder on Princess Yunfeng's face. Once it was wiped clean, it could be seen that her face was pale.
The Queen Mother couldn't help but twist her arm and said, "Why are you so disobedient? Why did you come to the capital when you weren't feeling well?"
Princess Yunfeng said coquettishly, "I miss my grandmother."
The Queen Mother sighed, reached out and half-hugged her, then looked at Zhou Man.
Doctor Liu and others retreated. Manbao took out the needle bag and gave acupuncture to Princess Yunfeng, while the empress dowager sat aside and watched.
Watching the long needle being inserted, the empress dowager felt even more dizzy.
When she was stabbed, she could still turn her head away, but when she stabbed Yunfeng...
The Queen Mother tilted her head slightly uncomfortably, but after a moment she couldn't help but turn her head back to look.
This time, the acupuncture lasted for quarter of an hour. After Manbao pulled out the needle, Princess Yunfeng felt that her lower abdomen was not so painful anymore and she breathed a sigh of relief.
As if to be on the safe side, Imperial Physician Liu came to check Princess Yunfeng's pulse again and happily told the Queen Mother that the princess's condition had improved a lot. Only then did everyone feel relieved.
Doctor Liu also discussed the empress dowager's prescription with Zhou Man, and only left with a smile after he had written out the prescriptions for both of them.
As soon as they walked out of the Empress Dowager's palace and entered the long corridor, the smiles on Doctor Liu and Manbao's faces suddenly fell.
The two medical assistants standing by were stunned.
The old man and the young man sighed at the same time.
Doctor Liu asked Zhou Man, "I heard that you figured it out and asked someone to come and fetch me?"
Manbao nodded, "You saw it, didn't you? We can't just pretend we didn't see it. There's a palace banquet tonight. If she drinks and something happens, won't we be the ones who'll be tired that night? And we're doctors."
Doctor Liu also sighed, "Yes, we are doctors."
Manbao also sighed, and after walking for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Are we really not going to tell?"
Doctor Liu said, "It's hard to say it directly."
Manbao: "But she can't keep this baby. If she keeps the baby and then has a miscarriage, it will cause great harm to the mother."
Doctor Liu asked, "How should we tell the Empress Dowager and the Princess? Tell them that the pregnancy is gone and ask them to abort it now?"
He sighed and said, "This is not only a taboo in the palace, but also outside. Just because a doctor thinks it's good doesn't mean it's good in the eyes of the world."
"Then this matter..."
"It'll rot in the belly," Doctor Liu sighed. "We'll protect the fetus for the next two days. We'll have them prepare from time to time."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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