Chapter 3471 Extra Prince 10
Xiao Yuanzheng felt that her smile was too cunning and didn't want her to get too involved in this matter. He said, "Stop laughing and think about how to wake His Majesty. If His Majesty continues to sleep, the next fire will probably burn the Imperial Hospital."
Xiao Yuanzheng's words came true. Not long after the two of them finished breakfast, someone came to take them over for questioning.
Because they had to take care of His Majesty now, the officials in charge of the trial questioned the two people in the side hall in front of the Taiji Hall, of course, separately.
Considering that Lord Tang had a good relationship with Zhou Man, she was interrogated by Minister Li, Minister Zhang, and Lord Yu, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple.
Zhou Man sat opposite them, looking at them with his round eyes, waiting for them to ask questions.
Minister Li and Lord Yu met her gaze and were silent for a moment, then they all looked at Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Justice. Among the three, he and Zhou Man were the least familiar with each other.
Minister Zhang looked at his two colleagues, frowned slightly, and had to speak first, "Sir Zhou, five years ago, you took His Majesty's pulse. What was his pulse like then?"
Zhou Man said cautiously, "Five years ago...it was too long ago. How could I possibly remember it? The Imperial Hospital should have the pulse records."
"Sir Zhou, we will naturally investigate the pulse case. We are now asking you," Minister Zhang said expressionlessly. "Please think carefully, Sir Zhou. Five years ago, you were summoned back to the capital to treat Sir Wei. At that time, the emperor was also ill, and you and Xiao Yuanzheng took his pulse together."
Zhou Man tilted his head and thought for a long time, his brows gradually furrowed. "How should I think about this? Do you know how many patients I have seen in the past five years? Even His Majesty, since returning to the capital, I have been checking his pulse every few days. How can I possibly remember so many pulse conditions?"
Minister Zhang frowned, and Zhou Man asked, "Minister Zhang, do you remember the official documents you handled in Yizhou five years ago regarding Huayang County?"
Minister Zhang: ...
Zhou Man spread his hands, "Look, this is also your job. You limited His Majesty, and I also limited you to Huayang County, but can you remember it?"
"If you can't, then I certainly can't either."
Minister Li rubbed his forehead, pretending not to see Minister Zhang's headache.
Lord Yu was not so polite. He said coldly, "Lord Zhou, I remember you have a photographic memory. Other things are fine, but His Majesty's pulse was abnormal at the time. It's impossible for you not to remember it."
Zhou Man was surprised. "Your Majesty's pulse was abnormal at that time?"
Lord Yu and Minister Li cursed in their hearts that Zhou Man was becoming more and more slippery and not as cute as he was when he was a child.
When she was a teenager, she said whatever she wanted. When did she become as slippery as the old foxes in the court?
Minister Zhang, who wasn't very familiar with Zhou Man, looked at her surprised face, unsure whether to believe her. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Since Lord Zhou doesn't remember, then this matter is solely the fault of Dean Xiao. He was the one who deliberately concealed the abnormal pulse condition from His Majesty."
Zhou Man frowned. Five years ago, the emperor's pulse was a little weak, but how come it became so abnormal now?
"If Dean Xiao had recorded your Majesty's pulse accurately, how could he have concealed it?" Zhou Man asked. "If he hadn't recorded it, how did you know the exact pulse condition of your Majesty back then?"
Just as Minister Zhang was about to speak, Lord Yu interrupted him, saying, "Alright, Lord Zhou, we've been colleagues for over ten years. Back then, you and I were both imprisoned in the Dali Temple. We're acquaintances, so let's get straight to the point."
He flipped through the pulse records his men were holding, opened one of the volumes, and said, "Five years ago, Dean Xiao was recording the pulse records. Your Majesty was suffering from qi deficiency and severe phlegm and dampness. This pulse record was recorded after Lord Zhou had checked His Majesty's pulse and confirmed his safety. Someone also saw Lord Zhou and Dean Xiao discussing His Majesty's condition in the palace corridor."
"Master Zhou, I have described it in such detail, do you remember it?"
If it weren't for Koko, she would probably have believed it because what he said was indeed the truth.
Zhou Man didn't deny it, but he didn't admit it either. Instead, he looked at Master Yu suspiciously, "See? Can you really talk about a patient's condition by seeing?"
She asked, "Could it be that someone saw us talking as we entered the corridor from afar and assumed we were discussing His Majesty's pulse?"
Lord Yu, "Lord Zhou is avoiding talking about this. Is he afraid to admit it?"
Zhou Man sighed and said, "There's nothing I'm afraid to admit. I was the Director of the Qingzhou Medical Department at the time, and Dean Xiao was the Director of the Imperial Medical Department. After we examined His Majesty's pulse together, what's wrong with discussing His Majesty's health?"
"But this pulse is different..."
"It's just a symptom," Zhou Man interrupted him, saying, "Your Majesty had just recovered from a long illness and was weak. Qi deficiency is normal. Not to mention Your Majesty, the three adults also have signs of slight Qi and blood deficiency now."
After staying up all night, young and middle-aged people will feel weak, let alone a group of middle-aged and elderly people?
Zhou Man also looked at Li Shangshu intently, and his stare made Li Shangshu's scalp tingle and his back chill.
Before he could stop her, he heard Zhou Man say quietly, "In addition to the deficiency of Qi and blood, Minister Li also suffers from hyperactivity of Yang. You need to relax and drink more warm water..."
Lord Yu and Minister Zhang couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Minister Li with a white beard, their eyes full of surprise. They didn't expect that Minister Li was the oldest among the three of them, right?
Minister Li was so angry that his beard stood up. He glared at Zhou Man and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are the one who is irritable and hyperactive."
Zhou Man touched his eyebrows and said, "I shouldn't have any. Although I didn't sleep much last night, I slept well yesterday afternoon and slept on my stomach for a long time last night. I feel pretty energetic today."
Lord Yu couldn't help but knock on the table, "Lord Zhou, don't try to change the subject."
Lord Yu said gravely, "We have examined your Majesty's pulse records over the past five years. Your Majesty's health began to deteriorate five years ago. In the past, he would only fall ill once or twice a year, but since that incident, he has been ill five or six times a year. Even though he visits other palaces to soak in hot springs in the winter and escapes the heat in the summer, his health is still slowly deteriorating. Otherwise, your Majesty would not have been so easily deceived by the evil Indian monk."
He said expressionlessly, "Master Zhou, this conclusion was reached by the imperial doctors of your Imperial Hospital after reviewing the pulse records. You won't deny it, will you?"
Zhou Man was surprised. "Can I take a look?"
During those five years, she was not in the capital for the first three years. When she returned to the capital, the emperor's health had been damaged by taking the poison pill.
Lord Yu, Minister Li and Minister Zhang looked at each other and decided to have the emperor's pulse records brought to her for her to see.
Zhou Man flipped through the pages quickly. This was her daily routine. She could read ten lines at a glance and remember everything she saw. She could understand everything after just one glance.
Moreover, the pulse cases she picked out were not all of them, but only one for each month. However, this was enough for her to see the changes in the emperor's body.
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