Xue Rong patted the back of Xue Qingshang's hand and said with a smile, "You are the most caring girl." Xue Rong changed the subject and said to Yu Jiao, "Since Shang'er has already told you, you can come and feel my pulse."
Yu Jiao carried the medical box to the rose couch, took out the pulse pillow from the box and placed it next to the couch. Xue Rong stretched out her snow-white and tender arm and lazily placed it on it.
As they got closer, Yu Jiao smelled a charming fragrance coming from Xue Rong's body. She sniffed slightly, took out a handkerchief with a normal expression and covered Xue Rong's wrist with it, then stretched out her fingers to feel for her pulse.
Xue Rong lay on the couch and said slowly, "When I was still with His Majesty in the palace, I was pregnant, but I miscarried. Since then, I have never been pregnant again. What His Majesty and I have been most worried about in recent years is that we don't have a prince. People say that you are good at treating women's diseases and have mastered the magic of Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth. If you can help me give birth to a son, it will be a great merit for both me and His Majesty."
Yu Jiao lowered her eyes and said nothing. Xue Rong's words were nothing more than a pretense to use Emperor Mingzheng to warn her. Yu Jiao had made up her mind before entering the palace that no matter what the diagnosis was for Xue Rong's inability to give birth, she would never tell the truth. She could not get involved in this mess in the palace.
Although she had guessed it long ago, Xue Rong's pulse still made Yu Jiao's heart tremble. It was actually the Fish-Flying Pulse, one of the Ten Strange Pulses, with a steady head and a shaking tail, floating and seeming to be there and not there. The extreme of three yins is called the loss of yang.
Such a pulse condition would not be diagnosed by the imperial physicians in the palace. Seeing Xue Rong seemed to know nothing, Yu Jiao suppressed the emotions in her eyes and put away her fingers. "Madam, do you often feel cold and cold in your stomach? Do you have weak stomach and intestines and have diarrhea after eating? Do you often have delayed menstruation and often have blood clots?"
Xue Rong's eyes lit up slightly, and she nodded slightly, "The rumors are true. You can diagnose these things just by feeling the pulse. You are much better than the imperial doctors in the palace. What you said is indeed true."
"Your Majesty, let me see the coating on your tongue." Yu Jiao said again.
Xue Rong opened her mouth slightly, and Yu Jiao said, "Your Majesty, your tongue is white and has a thick dry coating. Can you often eat without any taste in your mouth?"
Xue Rong looked at Yu Jiao with a much more serious look in her eyes and nodded.
"If the tongue is white, you can take Xiao Chaihu Decoction to relieve it. If the tongue coating is thick and dry, soak a piece of blue cloth in well water, wash the tongue with it, and then scrape it with slices of ginger soaked in water from time to time, and the coating will disappear by itself." Yu Jiao said.
Xue Rong was most concerned about whether she could still give birth to a child, and could not help asking, "Can I still get pregnant?"
Yu Jiao lowered her eyes and stood quietly, saying respectfully, "Your Majesty, there is too much yin in your body, the yin and yang are out of balance, the lower abdomen is cold, the liver meridian is damp and hot, it rises and rushes upward, the cold and dampness flow downward, the three yin are cold, and the spleen and kidneys are damaged. Men are cold and impotent, and women... the coldness affects fertility."
Xue Rong's face turned pale, and her gentle voice became a little sharp, "Are you saying that I can no longer give birth to a child?"
Xue Qingshang anxiously pulled Yu Jiao's hand and said, "You are such a good doctor, you should have a way to treat my sister's body. My sister is still so young, how could she not be pregnant?"
Yu Jiao lowered her eyes and stared at the tip of her shoes, saying in panic, "The queen had a miscarriage many years ago, which damaged her body. The kidney controls the body's yang energy, and the spleen transforms qi and blood. The queen's spleen and stomach are weak and cold, which has made it difficult for her to get pregnant for many years. I am a poor doctor, and there is nothing I can do to save her."
"My elder sister is very afraid of cold. Over the years, the imperial physician has been prescribing medicine to nourish her body. As soon as the weather gets cold in autumn, my elder sister's room will start the floor heating. In winter, this room is as warm as spring. How could she be so cold?" Xue Qingshang grabbed Yu Jiao's hand anxiously and unacceptably. She knew very well how much her elder sister wanted to give birth to a prince. All the honor and favor of the Xue family depended on her elder sister. If she could not give birth to a child, after a hundred years of the emperor's reign, the wealth and glory of the Xue family would be over.
"Didn't you see the Goddess of the South Sea when you were young? You learned the magic of the goddess of fertility. Please use your magic to save my sister!"
Xue Qingshang clenched her fist a little too hard, and her long nails pinched Yu Jiao's arm a little painfully. She said calmly, "County Lady, those are just rumors and nonsense. Yu Jiao doesn't know any magic."
Compared to Xue Qingshang's excitement, Xue Rong just sat on the couch, staring at Yu Jiao with sharp eyes, and said to Xue Qingshang, "Okay, Shang'er, didn't sister teach you that you are not allowed to lose your composure like this at any time."
Xue Qingshang glanced at Xue Rong and reluctantly let go of Yu Jiao's arm.
Xue Rong sat quietly on the rose couch, but her aura was completely different from her previous gentleness. The ends of her long eyes were raised high, and her eyes were cold.
She spoke casually, "A few days ago, Uncle Qin came to the palace to see the emperor, bringing his useless grandson with him, asking the emperor to find a marriage for Prince Qin."
Yu Jiao's drooping eyelashes moved slightly. Xue Rong would not mention Qin Guang, who had a grudge against her, at this time for no reason.
As expected, Xue Rong quickly continued, "The most unreliable person in the family should be Prince Qin. Not only is he untalented, but he also had his leg broken by Young Marquis Gu. Now he has a lame leg. But Old Uncle Qin loves him very much and has risked his old face to cry and beg in front of the emperor. The emperor is kind-hearted and has to consider the friendship of an old minister. Do you know which girl Old Uncle Qin wants to marry Prince Qin?"
Yu Jiao raised her eyes, "Yu Jiao doesn't know."
Xue Rong pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "He wants to marry a girl from your Liu Mansion. At the beginning, Uncle Qin went to His Majesty for the sake of Prince Qin. His Majesty also knew about the feud between your two mansions and was worried that this arranged marriage was inappropriate and that the couple would end up being resentful of each other instead of getting married. But Uncle Qin said that Qin Guang is ill and cannot walk well, so it is appropriate for him to marry a wife with medical skills to take care of him. Qin Guang's words and deeds inappropriately towards Miss Liu San in Xinglou were because he admired Miss Liu San. Although Miss Liu San broke a leg, his love for her has not diminished in the slightest."
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