If Xie Chenyan hadn't been the imperial tutor, the emperor would never have allowed her to enter the palace to meet the empress dowager.
"The imperial doctors are helpless in dealing with the Queen Mother's illness. I can only divine the fate and speculate that Qin Wu can cure the Queen Mother's illness."
What he meant was that he didn't know whether the empress dowager's health could recover, but he just wanted to give it a try.
The emperor was helpless. He looked at Qin Wu and said, "Qin Wu, if you can cure the empress dowager's illness..."
Feeling that this was still embarrassing for her, he changed his words, "As long as you can reduce the Queen Mother's pain, I will reward you greatly."
"Your Majesty, can you let me take a look at the Empress Dowager's condition first?" Qin Wu raised her head and asked neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Yes." The emperor responded and motioned her to come forward.
Qin Wu stood up, walked to the empress dowager's bed, and took her pulse.
The emperor was a little surprised when he saw this, "You know medical skills?"
After taking the emperor's pulse, Qin Wu responded, "It is slightly involved."
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She opened the Queen Mother's eyes and observed her while pressing her abdomen.
Then she asked, "Who is responsible for serving the Queen Mother's food and drink?"
"Who is responsible for my mother's diet?"
The maidservant beside the Queen Mother quickly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, "It's your servant."
"Can you tell me how the Queen Mother's meal went?"
When the maid met Qin Wu's gaze, she told him the empress dowager's diet without thinking.
The Queen Mother had a poor appetite from the beginning, and now she eats even less. She cannot stand anything greasy and will easily retch after eating a little.
I have been getting sicker these past two days. I can’t eat and can only drink water. Even medicine is hard to swallow.
After listening to this, Qin Wu roughly determined what illness the empress dowager had.
"My dear doctors, can you tell me what disease the Queen Mother has?"
The leading doctor, Zhang Taiyi, could not bear to see Qin Wu's pretense, so he stepped forward and said, "The Queen Mother has anorexia, which has caused her body to become weak, her internal organs to be damaged, and her qi to be insufficient. She is seriously ill."
"There is no cure for this disease."
"Ms. Qin has only learned a little bit of medical skills, so it's natural that you can't diagnose such a complicated case."
"As long as you can do as the Imperial Master said and make the Queen Mother drink the medicine properly, you can alleviate her pain, and you will have made a great contribution."
Doctor Zhang had a very bad impression of Qin Wu for stealing her sister's things, and he said this with contempt for her.
Qin Wu didn't care about the harsh words. She continued to ask Doctor Zhang, "So, the medicine you have been prescribing for the Empress Dowager is for anorexia?"
"But the Queen Mother's condition did not improve after taking this medicine. Didn't you diagnose that the Queen Mother might have anorexia?"
"The Queen Mother suffers from anorexia. If she doesn't prescribe this kind of medicine, what else should she prescribe?"
"There is no cure for anorexia. We can only adjust the dosage to relieve the Queen Mother's pain."
"Why, Miss Qin, do you have any other ideas?"
The imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau were always arrogant and confident in their medical skills. Qin Wu's doubts naturally made them unhappy, and they attacked her together.
Qin Wu did not respond to the imperial physician, but said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I guess the queen mother has liver disease, not anorexia."
"Oh?" The emperor obviously didn't believe what she said.
After all, so many imperial physicians diagnosed that the empress dowager suffered from anorexia. Qin Wu was only a woman, and she had never heard the prime minister say that her adopted daughter had learned any medical skills from the famous doctor.
Just based on the fact that she taught herself medicine, it was even more impossible for the emperor to believe that her medical skills were better than those of the imperial physicians.
"Nonsense!" Qin Wu questioned their diagnosis of the empress dowager's illness, saying that it was a slap in their faces.
Doctor Zhang immediately rebuked, "Miss Qin, don't say anything just to get attention!"
"This is not the Qin family. It's not a place where you can do whatever you want without anyone asking for your punishment. If you show off and talk nonsense in front of the emperor, you will be beheaded!"
The emperor also said, "Qin Wu, I will not forgive you for making a wrong judgment on the Queen Mother's illness."
With confidence on her face, Qin Wu showed no fear at all. "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's illness seems to be a loss of appetite, severe anorexia, fatigue, stomach pain and indigestion. This is indeed very similar to the anorexia recorded in the Records of Difficult and Unusual Diseases."
"But I just checked and found that the Queen Mother's eyes were yellow and her skin had bruises. This clearly means that there is something wrong with her liver, which leads to a series of symptoms."
"What a joke! How dare you, a woman who has only learned a little bit of medical skills, assert that the Queen Mother has liver disease? Does that mean that all of us are quacks who can't even diagnose the disease correctly?"
Doctor Zhang sneered contemptuously, "You are so powerful, can you cure the Queen Mother's illness?"
"I'm not sure I can completely cure the Queen Mother, but I can definitely help her live a few more years."
"Ha, just you? Don't talk nonsense in front of the emperor! You will lose your head!" The other imperial doctors just wanted to laugh after hearing this.
They were all helpless against the empress dowager's illness. Could Qin Wu save the empress dowager with his mediocre medical skills?
Qin Wu quickly knelt on the ground and said to the emperor, "I beg the emperor to give me a chance to heal the queen mother."
Now that she has left the Qin family, she will be at odds with the Qin family in the future. She must find a backer to rely on.
Saving the Queen Mother is an opportunity. If she can be favored by the Emperor, no, even if she can get a promise from the Emperor, her life will be safe for the time being.
The emperor was looking at Qin Wu, seemingly considering what she said.
"Qin Wu, the Queen Mother is a precious woman, you can't just treat her casually! If something happens to the Queen Mother after you treat her, will you be responsible?" Doctor Zhang said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, think twice."
“Your Majesty, Qin Wu targeted Princess Lingsi everywhere. She was scheming and slandered Princess Lingsi in order to enhance her own reputation. Fortunately, Princess Lingsi was smart enough to expose her vicious face.
I wonder what conspiracy this vicious person is plotting.
She is not a doctor, and who knows how she will harm the Empress Dowager's body and then frame us. Your Majesty, please don’t let her treat the Queen Mother…”
The doctors tried to stop him.
Qin Yinnuan solved the problem of locust plague for the Great Zhou, so the emperor naturally had a very good impression of her.
In addition, Qin Yinnuan was the daughter of Prime Minister Qin, so the ministers in the court also praised her highly, and the imperial physician naturally favored her.
In contrast, Qin Wu, who made things difficult for Qin Yinnuan in order to consolidate her position in the Qin family, was extremely disgusted, despised and distrustful of her.
The emperor also heard a lot about Qin Wu framing Qin Yinnuan, and he was displeased with her.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is already terminally ill. She has fallen into a coma and her condition is extremely critical. If she is not treated immediately, she may not survive the spring."
"How dare you! How dare you curse the Queen Mother!" The Emperor couldn't help but exclaimed angrily upon hearing this.
"Your Majesty, I am only telling the truth, unless the imperial physician can heal the queen mother now."
Facing the emperor's wrath, Qin Wu remained calm and spoke seriously.
Her words were harsh, but Qin Wu was telling the truth.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to use my life to guarantee that I only want to save the Queen Mother, and I have no other intentions."
“Your Majesty, I heard that General Yang was poisoned by a ghost and was cured by a miracle doctor. This person can cure such a dangerous poison, which shows that he has great medical skills.
Perhaps if we find this person, there might be a way to save the Queen Mother. "One of the imperial doctors seemed to remember something and immediately made a suggestion.
"Your Majesty, it would be better to invite this doctor into the palace to see the Queen Mother first."
"Yes, Your Majesty, let a person with impure intentions treat the Queen Mother, so as not to harm the Queen Mother's life. It would be better to ask the doctor named Xuanying to treat the Queen Mother first."
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