Chapter 2817 Scared
It is bright red, and when Zhou Man shakes it, it slides around in the translucent container, feeling particularly smooth.
She placed the two containers on the table in front of Prince Gong for him to see, and said, "See? Your blood is different."
Prince Gong snorted and said, "Of course, I am the Dragon's Son."
Zhou Man simply ignored his words and shook his blood, saying, "Blood flows out when the heart beats, flowing along the blood vessels to various organs, maintaining their activity, but..."
Manbao pulled up the intestinal tube that was used to draw his blood and showed it to him, "Your blood is very thick. You saw it just now. As soon as the guard inserted the needle and removed the bandage, blood flowed out without any stagnation. But yours is very slow..."
"If his blood is a clear river, then yours is a muddy stream."
Prince Gong: ...
"Such slow blood flow prevents the internal organs from receiving timely blood nourishment, causing internal consumption. When this consumption reaches a certain level, they will fail."
Prince Gong's face was pale, and his eyes were fixed on the container and intestinal tube in Zhou Man's hand.
"But this is just the beginning," Manbao said, picking up the intestinal tube again. "This tube is like a human blood vessel. It's been carrying stagnant blood, which is considered overloaded. But blood vessels are also living organs, just like other organs. Since they are alive, they will eventually wear out. When a section of it becomes fragile or another section becomes narrow, blood circulation becomes even more difficult."
"But the brain and internal organs are all clamoring for blood. What should we do now?" Manbao said, "The blood will keep trying to rush forward, and then one day, with a snap," Manbao tore off the intestinal tube he had used several times. Prince Gong leaned back in fear. Manbao sighed, "If this were a blood vessel in the brain, you would have had a stroke and become paralyzed. That's the mildest case. In severe cases, you'd die instantly."
Prince Gong said with trembling lips, "You, you, you are trying to scare me!"
"No," Zhou Man denied it flatly, and said seriously, "If you don't believe me, you can ask another doctor. Are you too obese now, and is it seriously affecting your lifespan?"
The Chief Secretary came to his senses, rushed forward and knelt in front of Prince Gong, hugged his thighs and cried, "Prince, you have to lose weight, you must lose weight..."
Although he really didn't want to be the Chief Secretary, since he had already taken the position, he had to do his best. Prince Gong must not die.
The Chief Secretary cried loudly: "My Lord, please don't let anything happen to you——"
Princess Gong was also frightened. She pulled the young prince forward and cried, "Your Highness, please look at me and Xiang'er. If anything happens to you, what will happen to us, an orphan and a widow?"
The princess was crying, and the eunuchs and maids who were serving her also knelt down and cried. The whole hall was instantly filled with crying.
Manbao: ...
Prince Gong said irritably, "Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet."
But no one listened to him. As soon as they looked up and saw the two bloody intestines in Zhou Man's hand, they thought they were the blood vessels in Prince Gong's brain and cried even harder.
This was something Zhou Man had not expected, so he could only sneak away.
By the time Prince Gong calmed his family down and turned around to look for her, she was gone.
Prince Gong gritted his teeth, turned around and felt a little nervous when he saw his own black blood.
The chief eunuch stepped forward cautiously, "Your Highness, this thing..."
"Put it away and put it in..." Prince Gong paused and said, "Put it in the study." He wanted to look at it every day and he didn't believe that he couldn't lose weight.
The chief eunuch breathed a sigh of relief and carefully took both samples of blood to the study.
Manbao was stunned when he heard this and said, "That blood is useless. It will go bad if you keep it, right?"
But Prince Gong insisted on keeping it. Looking at the comparison between the two portions of blood, he finally stopped stealing it, and stopped slacking off when Zhou Man asked him to exercise.
Even the young master became much more serious.
Manbao thought about it and didn't expect it to be so easy. If she had told her earlier, she would have drawn his blood two years ago.
This incident shocked everyone in the palace. The chief secretary wrote a memorial to the capital overnight, describing the incident in detail. He then burst into tears and said that for the sake of Prince Gong's health, even if it cost him his life, he would keep a close eye on Prince Gong and ask him to eat less and move his legs more.
A few days later, he couldn't help but write a memorial to the emperor, saying that Prince Gong was now extremely self-disciplined, going to bed early and getting up early every day, eating small meals frequently, and taking walks for exercise. Why was this?
Of course, it was because Prince Gong was filial and wanted to be a good son, a good father, and a good husband.
When Manbao learned about this memorial, he couldn't help but complain to Bai Shan, who was far away in the capital, "Isn't Prince Gong acting like this first because he wants to live, and then because he is filial, loving, and cherishing the princess?"
If he was really filial, why did he listen with his left ear and out with his right ear when the emperor asked him to lose weight in the past two years?
Bai Shan wrote back to her, "His Majesty is deeply moved and has bestowed many gifts upon Prince Gong. They should arrive soon. Because of your meritorious advice, His Majesty and the Empress have also given you some gifts. Your family has accepted them on your behalf. Among them is a nice fox fur. Keep it. I will collect another one to make you a cloak later."
Bai Shan said with regret: "You can't spend the New Year at home this year. My father-in-law is very sorry. He has been sighing for three days in a row. He said that he didn't spend the New Year with you last year, and he can't spend it this year either..."
Manbao replied, "Tell my father that when I return this time, Princess Gong will give me at least fifty taels of silver for my consultation, which is equivalent to ten months' salary."
The New Year came and went between them, with each other exchanging letters. When Old Zhou learned that Zhou Man had earned nearly a year's salary on this mission, he stopped complaining that she couldn't go home for the New Year. Instead, he said seriously, "We're doing this for the Emperor. It's only right, only right."
In order to lose weight, Prince Gong declined all banquets outside even during the New Year, and did not even hold a banquet at home. The father and son only ate half a bowl of rice on New Year's Eve. As for meat and vegetables, there was no restriction that night.
The next day, the father and son continued to lose weight and lived a life even worse than the servants in the palace.
But the results were extremely gratifying, especially for Prince Gong, because he was too fat, so the effect was very obvious.
Manbao watched Prince Gong finish his lunch and then turned to go to the He family to see Lord He.
Manbao changed his prescription and gave him two sets of acupuncture treatments every day, which made him feel much better.
Because he was no longer in pain, he seemed to be in better spirits and could even sit up from the bed. Seeing that his condition seemed to be improving, the whole He family was moved to tears.
Governor He was still waiting for a response from the court. Seeing that the Ministry of Personnel had not yet chosen a candidate for the Governor of Luozhou, he could not help but sigh and said sadly to Zhou Man, "I'm afraid I won't be able to return to my hometown in my sick body."
Man Bao asked, "The court is overflowing with talented people, and there are imperial examinations and imperial examinations every year. Why haven't they chosen a governor for Luozhou in half a year?"
I will start losing weight with Prince Gong tomorrow.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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