In the room of Anyuan Bo Cheng Kang, the imperial physician was taking his pulse. All his descendants were guarding his bedside, and his two concubines, Aunt An and Aunt Fang, were also standing by.
As soon as the imperial physician put down his hand, Concubine Fang asked anxiously, "Imperial Physician Liang, has Master been poisoned? Is it the watermelon that's poisonous?"
Doctor Liang frowned and glanced at Aunt Fang without saying anything.
As the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau, he disdains to talk to a concubine. The Anyuan Marquis's Mansion is becoming more and more unruly. It has only been two years since the wife passed away, and the concubine is able to manage the backyard.
"Doctor Liang, I wonder about my father's condition?"
Cheng Kang's eldest son, Cheng Minyu, gave Aunt Fang a cold look, and only after everyone stepped back did he bow and ask Doctor Liang.
"Prince, may I ask if you said anything to irritate Lord Bo before eating the watermelon? Or did you say anything to make Lord Bo angry?"
Doctor Liang then became more polite and asked.
"No. Tonight, after dinner, the family gathered together to eat melon and talked about how this melon was different from the ones we usually eat. My father suddenly fainted when he ate the third piece."
Cheng Minyu was also puzzled. In previous years, during the hot weather, his family also ate melons like this!
"Well, this..."
"Cough, cough, cough, cough..."
Before Doctor Liang could say anything, Cheng Kang woke up slowly and coughed twice.
"Father, you're awake!"
"Master, you're awake!"
Cheng Minyu and Aunt Fang stood up and said.
"Doctor Liang?"
Cheng Kang sat up, supported by his eldest daughter Cheng Minzhu.
"I just came out of the Imperial Hospital and met the housekeeper. I learned that Master Bo had suddenly fainted, so I came here. How is Master Bo feeling now?"
Doctor Liang was about to sit down and take the patient's pulse again.
Cheng Kang waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Doctor Liang, tonight. I'm just having a hot day and I ate some cold food all of a sudden, so I can't stand it. It's nothing serious."
Doctor Liang nodded. This was the same result he had just obtained from taking the pulse.
"Then I'll prescribe some medicine for you, uncle. It's hot this time, you should take care of your health and pay attention to your diet."
Doctor Liang said this and went to write a prescription.
Cheng Kang asked his eldest son to send the people away, and drove out all the descendants and Concubine Fang, leaving only Concubine An.
Cheng Kang looks 80% similar to Cheng Shun, but Cheng Kang looks younger than Cheng Shun.
Although he is older than Cheng Shun, Cheng Kang has never been to the fields in these years. After coming to the capital, he has always been well-dressed and well-fed, and has no worries. Unlike Cheng Shun, he has to go to the fields and worry about his children.
His wife died of illness two years ago, and he had two concubines in the mansion, Aunt An and Aunt Fang.
This concubine An was his wife's maidservant who came with her as a dowry, and they had a pretty good relationship.
Concubine Fang was an orphan he brought back from a trip to Taizhou more than ten years ago. She also gave birth to children for him, but she was not as quiet as Concubine An. Since the death of his wife, Concubine Fang had always wanted to control the power of the inner house.
"Uncle."
After everyone left, Aunt An moved to the bed.
"Well, sit down."
Cheng Kang pressed his forehead and asked Aunt An to sit down.
"Master, Aunt Fang has had people arrest the watermelon vendor, and he's currently being held in the woodshed. Imperial Physician Liang has confirmed that Master wasn't poisoned by the watermelon, so why not have someone release the vendor? Otherwise, people will start to say Master is confused!"
Aunt An did not sit down, but leaned forward slightly and pressed Cheng Kang's temples.
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