Xue Rong turned around, looked at Yu Jiao with resolute eyes, and said solemnly and seriously, "I want a child."
Beauty is ephemeral. In the harem, relying on looks to win favor is not a long-term solution. In this deep palace, nothing is as solid as a child.
In the previous dynasty, her Xue family had Prime Minister Shen to rely on. As long as she could give birth to a prince and seize the position of crown prince, the world would be under the control of their Xue family in the future!
"Since the Majesty has made up her mind, Yu Jiao will do her best to treat the Majesty." Yu Jiao took a pen and paper from the medical box and sat at the table to write a prescription. The ink fell on the paper. Yu Jiao paused and said, "May I ask the Majesty, which doctor in the Imperial Hospital was the one who took your pulse?"
Xue Rong's eyes shone, and she said coldly, "Wang Min from the Imperial Hospital."
Yu Jiao's almond-shaped eyes flickered slightly. What a coincidence! If she didn't take advantage of such a good opportunity to do something, she would be sorry for Wang Min's trouble to frame her.
Xue Rong seemed to have thought of something after she finished speaking. "I heard that you and Wang Min have some connections, and it seems that you even went to the Ministry of Justice."
Yu Jiao said frankly, "I did have some unpleasantness with Doctor Wang."
Xue Qingshang smiled and said, "If Wang Min hadn't caused trouble with your case, we wouldn't have known that you had such good medical skills."
Xue Rong looked at Yu Jiao with more appreciation and said, "Wang Min was originally the director of the Imperial Hospital. He is said to be an expert in gynecology. Since I entered the palace, he has been the one who took my pulse and prescribed medicine for me. The prescription you just saw for treating coldness was also written by him."
There was a look of wanting to say something but stopping herself on Yu Jiao's face.
Xue Rong sat down on the rose couch, looked at her and raised her hand, saying, "If you have anything to say, just say it. There are no outsiders here."
When Yu Jiao found out that the Zijicao was poisonous, the palace maids and eunuchs had been sent away by Xue Rong to guard outside the palace. Now there were only three of them in Changle Palace.
Yu Jiao hesitated and said, "Then I will speak frankly. When I was checking your pulse, I had doubts in my heart. Your pulse is not something that the imperial physicians in the palace can diagnose. It may be possible for doctors with poor medical skills in the folks, but those who can be the imperial physicians on duty in the palace must be proficient in the art of pulse checking. I think your Majesty seems to know nothing about it. She must be deliberately deceived."
Xue Rong had already thought of all this when Yu Jiao pointed out that she was poisoned. Seeing that Yu Jiao seemed not to have finished speaking, she motioned for Yu Jiao to continue.
"Although the medicine for treating coldness is non-toxic, the dosage is problematic. Not only is the dosage of each ingredient extremely light, but it also does not contain any herbs that can nourish the Queen's kidney yang. It can be said that it has no effect on treating the Queen's cold body and yang deficiency."
Xue Rong's phoenix eyes grew colder. She raised the corners of her lips and said coldly, "If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't have known that there were wolves all around me!"
Xue Qingshang's expression became a little cautious because of the cold atmosphere, and she didn't dare to speak again.
Yu Jiao calmly continued writing the prescription. When the last word was finished, she said, "I am saying this to remind Your Majesty, in case the person who prescribes the medicine makes a mistake and Your Majesty takes the medicine I prescribe but it has no effect."
She handed two prescriptions to Xue Rong and said, "Some of the herbs I prescribed are very valuable."
Xue Rong took a serious look at the prescription. She didn't know much about medicinal materials, so she just said, "It's okay. No matter how precious the medicinal materials are, I can find them all. Just write the prescription and I'll ask someone to find the medicinal materials."
Yu Jiao nodded, "Your Highness needs to take this prescription for a month. You need to be a reliable person to stay up late. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl and drink it hot. Do not touch the herb and peach blossom powder again. I will come to the palace and take your pulse and change the prescription. The other prescription is to boil it into a decoction. Soak your feet for a quarter of an hour every night before going to bed. There are many acupuncture points on the soles of the feet that can open up the kidney yang."
Xue Rong carefully accepted both prescriptions, and the coldness on her face faded a lot. "How long will it take for me to get pregnant if I follow your prescription?"
"It should take half a year." Yu Jiao said, "Your Majesty is in a very weak condition."
Xue Rong was in a good mood, "It's only half a year. I've been waiting."
After more than ten years of waiting, she still hadn't been able to conceive a child. Now, at least she has hope. She has waited for more than ten years, so another half year won't make a difference.
Xue Rong now found Yu Jiao more and more pleasing to the eye. She held her hand and said, "I should have rewarded you generously, but I didn't expect that you would be involved in many dirty things around me. I have to conduct a thorough investigation to find the person behind it. It is not appropriate to reward you generously today."
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "It's okay. I understand your difficulties. But... I hope you will pay more attention to the Qin family's marriage."
"I promised you, and I will never break my promise." Xue Rong said straightforwardly, "You can rest assured. Qin Guang is not worthy of the daughter of your Liu family."
She looked at Yu Jiao's eyes and said with some regret, "It's a pity that our Xue family doesn't have a man of your age. Otherwise, I really want to marry a smart and capable girl like you into our Xue family."
Yu Jiao could only purse her lips and act a little shy, "Thank you for your kindness, Madam."
"After I have cleaned up the mess, I will reward you handsomely." Xue Rong let go of her hand and said with a smile.
Xue Qingshang was thinking about Yu Qizhe, so she naturally wanted to build a good relationship with Yu Jiao first, so she smiled and said, "Sister, if you get pregnant, please help Miss Liu San ask the emperor for the title of a county lady. This way, it will be much easier for her, a girl, to go out and see patients."
Xue Rong knew that Xue Qingshang had been spoiled since she was a child and had a somewhat arrogant personality. She rarely looked up to the girls from the noble families in the capital. Seeing her helping Yu Jiao repeatedly today, she thought that she also liked this little girl Yu Jiao, and smiled and said, "Okay, you have come up with a good idea. I will tell His Majesty about it when I get pregnant tomorrow."
Whether or not such words would be fulfilled in the future was another matter, so Yu Jiao just smiled and thanked him.
Xue Qingshang wanted to stay in the palace to accompany Xue Rong, so Xue Rong ordered the palace maid to send Yu Jiao out of the palace.
After walking out of Changle Palace, Yu Jiao felt the sunlight shining on her body and she felt her whole body lighten. Even though there was a warm floor heating in Concubine Xue's palace, she still felt cold for no reason in the palace.
As expected, once you enter the palace, you will find it is like entering a deep sea. The intrigues and disputes in the harem are endless. Yu Jiao is even somewhat fortunate that when she woke up, she was just an ordinary farm girl, instead of being trapped in this deep palace, a poor woman who could only survive by scheming and competing for favors.
The palace maid was not leading Yu Jiao along the main path. There were almost no people on the winding path. It was obvious that she had followed Xue Rong's instructions. The fewer people knew that she had entered the palace to see Xue Rong, the better.
When they were walking past the rockery beside Taihu Lake, two eunuchs suddenly appeared and blocked their way.
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