Being able to say such words, Shen Huaixu felt more confident. Just now, after looking at the scan results of Fu Tuan, the emperor was most likely suffering from a respiratory disease that had already affected his heart and lungs.
She talked with the Queen for a while and ate some snacks from the palace. After a long time, a palace servant came to the Queen and whispered something.
Afterwards, Shen Huaixu followed the queen back to where the emperor was.
She glanced around and saw that both the emperor and her father seemed to have red eyes.
"Your Majesty, I just spoke to Miaomiao for a while. She seems to be a well-behaved girl. Now that she is here, why not let her take your pulse..."
The emperor's cough interrupted the queen's next words. The cough was accompanied by wheezing, as if he was coughing out his lungs.
The queen couldn't help but become anxious and could only look at Shen Huaixu.
Shen Huaixu quickly stepped forward and greeted her, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am sorry for the offense."
She deftly opened the medicine box and searched for the bag of silver needles.
Chen Su also stepped forward and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. My daughter is practicing medicine in a pharmacy in Chongming Prefecture and has considerable experience in medical skills..."
"With you, Marquis Xuanping, here, I have full confidence in your daughter's medical skills." After saying this, the Queen dismissed the hastily approaching Eunuch Xi and said, "First, please ask Marquis Xuanping to rest, and then go and fetch Imperial Physician Dong."
Shen Su was worried about leaving his daughter here alone, but he didn't show it on his face. Seeing her serious expression and meticulous movements, he followed the eunuch and left.
Shen Huaixu was already giving the emperor acupuncture, and the room became quiet. Apart from the emperor's gradually slowing cough, there was no other movement.
After acupuncture, Shen Huaixu placed the emperor's hand on the pulse pillow and listened to his pulse carefully.
After coughing, the emperor looked even more haggard, as if he had suddenly aged several years. His eyes were half closed, and his trachea seemed to have a hole in it, and there was always noise when he breathed.
Shen Huaixu couldn't ask about the emperor's condition, so she asked Eunuch Xi to feed him some warm water. She then looked at the Empress and said, "Your Majesty, may I ask you something about His Majesty's condition?"
The Queen nodded and said, "Ask, I know your Majesty's health."
"When did Your Majesty become ill?"
The Queen thought for a moment and said, "When he was thirty-three, he was wounded by a sharp arrow in battle. After recovering from the injury, he began to cough every winter. At first, Your Majesty, believing himself to be strong, didn't take it seriously. But as the coughing became more frequent, he began to take it seriously. It's been fifteen or sixteen years now. Other doctors have said it's a respiratory disease affecting the heart and lungs, which is why it's so serious."
At the end of her speech, the queen's eyes were a little red.
Just as Shen Huaixu was about to continue asking, he heard footsteps outside. Soon, a young eunuch came in with a man dressed as an imperial physician.
After paying his respects, Doctor Dong noticed another person in the room besides the Queen, but he took a quick glance and didn't recognize him.
The Queen asked Doctor Dong, "Doctor Dong, can you bring over the emperor's pulse chart?"
Doctor Dong took out the pulse chart from the medicine box and said, "Your Majesty, here is your Majesty's pulse chart."
Shen Huaixu took the pulse chart handed to him by Eunuch Xi and flipped through it. He rolled his eyes and said to the Empress, "Your Majesty, would you allow me to speak to Doctor Dong for a few words?"
What pulse case do you want to see? Since Doctor Dong has been invited at this time, it means that this doctor often treats the emperor. Just ask him directly.
The gray beard at the corner of Doctor Dong's mouth twitched, and he quickly raised his eyes to glance at Shen Huaixu, knowing for sure that the Queen would never agree.
After a moment, he followed Shen Huaixu out of the tent in a daze.
But as Shen Huaixu's questions became more and more in-depth, his originally stunned expression gradually turned into caution and seriousness.
After asking, countless doubts arose in his heart. Where did this little girl come from? How could she destroy their jobs as imperial doctors?
Entering the tent again, Shen Huaixu informed the empress of his conclusion, "Your Majesty, you should know that His Majesty is suffering from respiratory disease. His heart and lung problems are also caused by the prolonged respiratory disease. If I were to treat him, I do have some wonderful medicines that can be used, but they only treat the symptoms and not the root cause."
At this point, the Queen's face was filled with disappointment, but she quickly adjusted herself. She already knew the cause of the Emperor's illness, and her husband had already accepted that he didn't have much time left. The successor had also been chosen, and all that was left was an auspicious day to announce it to the world. Why bother making things difficult for a young lady?
While she was lost in thought, she heard Chen Huaixu continue, "It just so happens that the medicine my master left behind might also be effective for Your Majesty. My father also had damaged internal organs before, and he recovered after taking that medicine. If Your Majesty issues an order, I am willing to offer this medicine to Your Majesty to save His Majesty."
"Really?" The Queen's voice trembled.
Doctor Dong, who had already entered the tent, also heard what Shen Huaixu said and couldn't help but frown. The young lady's words sounded like the tricks used by those evil Taoist priests in the past to trick His Majesty into taking elixirs.
Chen Huaixu opened his eyes wide, "If your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask my father..."
"Your Majesty, I have something to say. I have never heard of any medicine that can restore the five internal organs. If it is a disease, it should be treated through observation, auscultation, questioning, and diagnosis, and then through prescriptions, acupuncture, herbal baths, and other methods. Isn't it too hasty to just take a medicine whose source is unknown and whose efficacy is unknown?"
After being glared at by Imperial Physician Dong, Shen Huaixu blinked and looked towards the Empress.
The Queen asked Doctor Dong, "Does Doctor Dong know who she is?"
Doctor Dong looked up and took a closer look at Shen Huaixu, "I don't know."
"Her father is the Marquis of Xuanping, whom you once saved. She is the newly found daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping. Did you see the man who just walked out?"
Doctor Dong replied hesitantly, "I only took a quick glance and didn't examine it carefully."
The man also called him "Doctor Dong", but he was very worried about the emperor's condition, so he hurriedly bowed and left.
"He is the Marquis of Xuanping."
"What?" Doctor Dong was shocked. Even though he didn't see the man's appearance clearly, he knew that he was energetic and had no scars on his face. How could he be the Marquis Xuanping who was completely disfigured and lying on the bed dying?
The Queen smiled faintly, "Rumors have long been circulating in the capital that not only did Marquis Xuanping find his daughter, but all his ailments were also cured, a sign of divine blessing. In reality, it was Master Miaomiao's medicine that gave him his new life. Dong Qing, do you think I should believe this?"
The queen's tone changed slightly in the last sentence, carrying a hint of coercion that made people feel awe.
This time, Imperial Physician Dong had no way to refute it. He had witnessed the miserable condition of Marquis Xuanping with his own eyes, and had concluded in his heart that he would not live more than ten years. Now, ten years had passed, and he seemed like a completely different person.
Fortunately, I didn’t tell this to others at the time, otherwise I would have been slapped in the face.
He pulled himself together again and said, "Your Majesty, I must inspect the medicine before I can allow Your Majesty to take it."
The queen smiled and nodded, then cast a hopeful look at Shen Huaixu.
Before coming, Shen Huaixu hesitated for a while, but finally bought a bottle of medicine and poured it into a porcelain bottle.
She had previously told the Queen that this was the 'last medicine left by the master.' Unless something happened to her family, this would be the last time she would use this potion.
It is a crime to possess a treasure. If this miraculous medicine becomes known to the world, she will never have peace even with her father's care.
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