Chapter 3250 Unfriendly
Zhou Man turned the pill around, looked at it, and sniffed it, frowning slightly. "Your Majesty, could you please give me this pill so I can take it back and study it?"
"This..." The emperor couldn't help but look at Na Luo'er and asked Zhou Man: "Is there anything wrong with this medicine?"
Zhou Man smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty, all the medicines you take must be examined by the Imperial Hospital. I noticed that there are several unidentified drugs in this pill, and it contains too much cinnabar, so I want to examine it carefully."
The emperor asked, "Isn't cinnabar a valuable substance?"
"Cinnabar is a precious substance, but it is also poisonous. It can save lives, but it can also harm them. Excessive use can cause serious harm to the body, so I need to inspect it."
Na Luo Er, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly said, "I didn't put any cinnabar in it. The monks who prepared the herbs in Changsheng Temple all knew this."
He said, "Using cinnabar to refine elixirs is a tradition of the Great Jin Daoist school. We don't have that."
Zhou Man, however, smiled while holding the pill in his hand, "I can guarantee that there must be cinnabar in it."
Na Luoer didn't expect Zhou Man's words to be so firm and tough. This was different from the officials he had come into contact with during this period.
Of course, he could feel that the officials of the Jin Dynasty were not welcome to him, but no matter how much they hated him, they were still respectful and smiling when communicating with him. Even if they did not like his elixir of immortality, they would not conclude categorically that the medicine was not good.
Zhou Man looked at the pill again, scratched it lightly with his fingernails, and reaffirmed: "There must be cinnabar. In addition to cinnabar, there are other things that are similar to cinnabar. There are also several herbs among them that I can't distinguish."
Na Luo Er said, "Your Majesty has been taking my medicine for over four months and has never had any problems. He has even been in very good spirits during this period."
Zhou Man then looked at the emperor and said seriously, "Your Majesty, I would like to take your pulse."
The ministers and the emperor were already accustomed to her outspokenness, but the usually calm Na Luoer could not help but frown, feeling that Zhou Man's words were a slap in his face in front of everyone.
The emperor glanced at the pill in Zhou Man's hand, rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "Okay, show it to me."
Zhou Man closed the box, handed it to Gu Zhong, and then went forward to take the emperor's pulse.
Na Luo'er's face darkened slightly, and he said to the emperor seriously, "If Your Majesty does not trust me, please allow me to leave Dajin and return home. This is our country's immortal technique. If it were not for your great fortune as the ruler of the world and your great merit, I would not give you the elixir I refined."
Zhou Man took the emperor's hand and placed it on the table beside him. She knelt on one knee to feel his pulse. Hearing this, she couldn't help but mutter, "Is this a monk or a Taoist priest?"
It is both fortune and merit.
Because she was close to him, she happened to hear the emperor's entire speech:
Zhou Man felt the emperor's pulse and found it to be just fine, except that it was a little more erratic than three years ago. However, a person's pulse can be different every day.
This change was within the normal range. Zhou Man breathed a sigh of relief and was about to withdraw his fingers when he suddenly felt a slight sense of stagnation in his heart.
Zhou Man paused, then raised his fingers slightly and pressed down again.
The emperor, who was very familiar with Zhou Man's pulse diagnosis, was about to withdraw his hand when he paused. His body stiffened slightly, and he raised his head and smiled at Luo Er, "Master, you misunderstood. Lord Zhou is not taking my pulse at this time to doubt your elixir. Rather, it is because she and Xiao Yuanzheng have always been in charge of my health. After a long absence, she naturally wants to check on me."
Zhou Man could no longer hear anyone talking. He closed his eyes slightly and concentrated on feeling the emperor's pulse under his fingertips. The pulse was beating and strong, indicating that the emperor was in good health.
But every once in a while, the strong pulse would silently stagnate slightly, for a very short time, just like that, and then the pulse would immediately return to normal...
If you don't listen carefully, it's easy to miss it.
Zhou Man pressed the emperor's pulse with his fingertips, and gently tapped his thigh with his left hand to follow the pulse he heard...
The open pavilion gradually quieted down and everyone looked at Zhou Man.
Wasn't she taking too long this time? It must have been almost a quarter of an hour. When did the imperial physicians take this long to diagnose a pulse?
The prince couldn't help but sit up straight and looked at Zhou Man with a frown.
After confirming, Zhou Man opened his eyes and looked up at the emperor.
Then she saw that the emperor was also looking at her. Although there was a smile on his face, there was not much smile in his eyes.
In front of all the ministers, the emperor didn't dare to say anything to her. He just glanced at the ministers who had stood up below and gave Zhou Man a look.
Zhou Man withdrew his hand and said seriously, "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate for you to take the elixir today."
"Oh?" the emperor asked coldly, "Why is that?"
"Because you have a sore throat, this pill is very tonifying. If you take it again, it will only make you more sore," Zhou Man said. "You need to take care of your body first and then take it when you are no longer sore."
Na Luo Er said, "The interval between taking the pills cannot be too long, otherwise all the pills you took before will be wasted."
He bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, although you are wealthy, the miracle medicine is a gift from heaven. I don't bring much with me, so if the interval between doses is too long, the effects of the previous doses will have worn off. Is getting a sore throat not a serious condition?"
"How can it not be a serious illness?" Zhou Man explained the condition to him seriously, "Even a minor illness can turn into a fatal terminal illness."
"This internal heat, especially during the transition from autumn to winter, is like a spark in the wilderness. Although small and inconspicuous in the vast wilderness, if that spark is not extinguished and instead dry grass and firewood are added to it, it will burst into flames and spread like wildfire." Zhou Man stood up, took two steps back, and knelt down. He said with a sincere face, "Your Majesty, you must not underestimate this internal heat. It is very dangerous."
Ministers: ...
Although her explanation was easy to understand and they all thought what she said made sense, for some reason, given her tone and posture, everyone felt that she was deliberately making things difficult for Na Luoer and specifically preventing the emperor from taking the elixir at this time.
It seems that the thirst for knowledge just now was fake, and now he is really full of himself?
The ministers were also confused. Both of them were so similar to her that no one could tell which one was the real her.
Alas, I didn’t expect that Zhou Man would become like this after being exiled for five years. The simple Zhou Man in the past was easier to understand.
The emperor, as always, doted on Zhou Man. He smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Since it's not appropriate to take it now, then put the pill away and take it after your body has recovered."
He then smiled and explained to Na Luoer, "Master, don't worry. Lady Zhou's actions are not directed at you. She is just very particular about my health."
The emperor said that Zhou Man was not targeting him, but Luo Er and most of the people present felt that Zhou Man was deliberately targeting him.
(End of this chapter)
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