Chapter 55 Climbing to the top and looking down at the divine doctors "100%." Pei Yixue looked at...
On the tenth day of the emperor's illness, Pei Yixue was brought into the palace.
It was past noon and the winter sun was mild, but outside the Funing Palace, it was extremely harsh.
Countless white cloth tents were temporarily erected on both sides of the road. Flames were spitting out from under the medicine jars in the tents, and the dark brown medicine was seething and boiling. Famous doctors from all walks of life were anxious and busy in the dead silence.
"Add another ingredient, snow lotus!" A man in white clothes under the white shed threw down the lid of the medicine jar, and the medicine boy beside him hurriedly ran to the other side to look for herbs in a panic.
"That's the genius doctor Xue Jiuzhen. During the plague in the south of the Yangtze River, he created the 'Nine Needles in a Row' method, which suppressed all evils and saved thousands of people." As the King of Qi walked, he introduced Pei Yixue to the famous doctors who were still in the palace.
"That hunchback with a strange appearance comes from the malaria-ridden southwest. He is known as 'Yanwangchou'. He has strange methods and is good at using folk remedies."
Going further ahead, a stern-looking, white-haired old man appeared in sight. Upon seeing the King of Qi, the old man nodded as a greeting.
The King of Qi introduced: "The miraculous doctor Bai Shouzhen, 'living bones', was at war with the previous emperor when a strange disease broke out in the army. He used only three kinds of wild herbs to boil a soup and saved the three armies."
The famous doctors who were usually hard to see at a high price, because of the imperial power, passed by one by one in front of Pei Yixue's eyes.
Halfway up the stairs, the door of the Funing Palace opened, and a nobleman led Liao Qiubai out.
Pei Yixue didn't expect that Liao Qiubai would come to the palace even without the thousand-year-old ginseng, and it was unknown why this nobleman brought him into the palace.
Seeing him and the King of Qi, the noble young master was stunned for a moment, then his eyes inadvertently swept over him and fell on the King of Qi: "Seventh brother, where did you find this miracle doctor? I wonder what school he learned from, and what is so good about him?"
"Fourth brother." The King of Qi bowed and saluted. "Divine Doctor Xu is quite prestigious in Lingyi Province. I thought I could help with my father's illness."
"Ling Yisheng? Xu? Never heard of him." Prince Jin said with contempt, "Seventh brother, you'd better not rush to seek medical treatment, lest you delay father's treatment."
The King of Qi bowed again to show that he was willing to listen to the advice, and then turned the topic to Liao Qiubai: "Who is this person?"
"This is Doctor Liao, whom I specially invited to treat my father." When Prince Jin said this, Prince Qi smiled even more.
"Dr. Liao, I have heard of him." The King of Qi paused. "There is a doctor named Liao who works in Lingyi's Pei Family Pharmacy. But not long ago, the owner of Pei Family Pharmacy was imprisoned for suspected murder of his wife and was executed. Pei Family Pharmacy was also affected and closed down hastily. I wonder if this doctor is the same Dr. Liao?"
The tone of the Prince of Qi was gentle, yet not without a hint of joking. Liao Qiubai stood there in a daze, not knowing whether to answer or not to answer the prince's question.
"What does the grudge of the previous generation have to do with Qiu Bai? Is it worth it for Seventh Brother to hold on to it? Now the emperor is summoning famous doctors from all over the world for consultation, so he must speak with his medical skills." Prince Jin spoke up to help, "Qiu Bai has just treated the emperor. As long as we find the thousand-year-old ginseng, we can ensure that the emperor recovers."
The miracle doctors who were watching the show below were suddenly in an uproar.
"What are you looking for?" Yan Wangchou suddenly raised his voice: "Thousand-year-old ginseng, did I hear it right?"
The miracle doctors burst into laughter.
"If there is a thousand-year-old ginseng, who among you can't cure your majesty? Is it his turn?"
"I have been practicing medicine for half my life, but I have never actually seen a thousand-year-old ginseng. I wonder if you have ever seen one?"
"I haven't seen it anyway!"
"I haven't seen it either." The miracle doctors below echoed one after another, with contempt in their eyes.
The various doctors were all from different forces, and they didn't take King Jin seriously at all. Seeing King Jin's dark face, an old man with a goatee pretended to flatter him: "In order to protect your majesty's health, we spoke too much. Please don't blame us, King Jin."
"All the great doctors should just show their abilities. As for trivial matters like the thousand-year-old ginseng, there is no need to bother with it." The King of Jin was filled with anger and glanced at Liao Qiubai: "Let's go."
After the others walked away, Pei Yixue and King Qi also walked up the steps and arrived in front of the gate of Funing Palace. King Qi glanced behind him and said, "The one who just approached King Jin directly was Lin Han, a man with a ruthless heart. He is a ruthless doctor and once cured Concubine Shu's cold marrow disease by using poison to fight poison."
"I think the Divine Doctor must have understood that most of the Divine Doctors who stayed in the palace were backed by a certain force, and that all the consequences of the Divine Doctor and I entering the palace are inseparable from this King."
"Dr. Xu has seen many famous doctors along the way. I wonder if he is still confident of curing my father's illness?" King Qi joked, "Before we enter the palace, can you tell me the truth? After seeing this, you won't ask me to go look for that illusory thousand-year-old ginseng, right?"
Pei Yixue felt amused. Liao Qiubai could cure his illness with thousand-year-old ginseng, so he, Pei Yixue, certainly wouldn't need thousand-year-old ginseng.
Pei Yixue humbly replied, "Your Highness is joking. If you could find a thousand-year-old ginseng, Your Highness would not have asked me to come to Funing Palace."
"Then I will wait for the good news from the miracle doctor." The King of Qi called the eunuch at the door and asked him to go in and pass the message.
The Prince of Qi is worthy of being the prince who has been favored since birth. The emperor now has to see so many miracle doctors and take so many medicines in a day. If it were someone else, he would probably be turned away.
With the help of King Qi, Pei Yixue was led in in a short while.
"Ahem... Old Seven." The emperor held his breath and whispered, "Where did you find this doctor?"
The emperor was nearly fifty years old. After more than ten days of suffering from illness, his eyes were cloudy, his cheeks and eye sockets were sunken, and it seemed that he would not live long.
The King of Qi walked over quickly and held the Emperor's hand, "Father. This is the genius doctor Xu Yi. He is well-known in Lingyi Province. I guarantee that he can cure Father's illness."
"Ling Yi is far away. Yan'er is worried." The emperor stretched out his hand and called Pei Yixue: "Please take a look for me."
Pei Yixue bowed and took his pulse. After a moment, Pei Yixue withdrew his hand and said, "I am confident that I can cure your majesty."
The King of Qi looked delighted, but the Emperor was not interested. In recent days, he had seen too many doctors who claimed they could cure diseases but ended up failing.
The emperor raised his left hand, bent his four fingers slightly downward, and swept them outwards, and said, "Go down and prepare."
Pei Yixue said: "If Your Majesty is ready, I can give you acupuncture right away."
The hall fell into an eerie silence.
The eunuch beside him quickly explained to the King of Qi, "Your Majesty's body has been seriously depleted in recent days. The doctors all said...they all said that Your Majesty can only be slowly nursed back to health. If you force acupuncture, it is very likely to endanger your life."
After looking at the eunuch, the King of Qi looked at the emperor, and finally met Pei Yixue's confident eyes.
After thinking for a while, the King of Qi knelt down and pleaded, "Father's illness cannot be delayed any longer. I am willing to use my life to guarantee Doctor Xu. I hope that father will be healthy and live a long life."
The emperor looked up at Pei Yixue, who was standing next to him without any anxiety, and asked, "How sure are you?"
"100%." Pei Yixue looked into the emperor's eyes and said firmly.
"Hehehe... ahem... 100% sure. I have seen countless doctors, but you are the only one who dares to say '100% sure'." The emperor seemed amused by his words, "What if it doesn't work?"
Pei Yixue said solemnly: "If it doesn't work, I am willing to cut off my own heart veins."
The emperor stared at Pei Yixue for a while, then raised his left hand and called to the eunuch, "Announce the decree and mobilize the imperial guards!"
Outside the Funing Palace, there was a sound of orderly and powerful footsteps. A large number of imperial guards surrounded the Funing Palace, and not even a fly could fly out.
Pei Yixue opened the needle bag, revealing rows of silver needles of varying lengths. He pulled out a silver needle, and the trembling end of the needle flashed a streak of cold light in the air, as if it couldn't wait to show its power.
The emperor's cloudy eyes moved, "Go ahead."
The needle pierced his skin and the emperor fell into a coma.
In the quiet hall, only the faint sound of breathing remained.
Pei Yixue picked up another silver needle and stabbed it precisely at the Baihui acupoint on the emperor's head. The moment the needle tip touched the skin, he shook his wrist slightly, and the silver needle successfully pierced into the acupoint.
Then, he quickly inserted needles into Fengchi, Tanzhong and other acupoints one by one. Each needle was precise and his movements were as skillful as flowing water.
Nine rounds of acupuncture, eleven needles in each round, taking the acupoints, inserting the needles, moving the needles, leaving the needles, and removing the needles took two hours. Pei Yixue completed the whole process in one go.
When the last silver needle was put away, the emperor's originally frowned brows gradually relaxed and his breathing became steady and deep.
Within five breaths, the emperor will wake up.
Pei Yixue turned and walked away.
When the palace door was opened, the eyes of the King of Qi, the young eunuch, and the three thousand imperial guards were all focused on him.
Facing the burning gazes of the crowd, Pei Yixue stood with his hands behind his back and said slowly: "Your Majesty is fine now. You will recover after three days of rest."
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a gust of spring breeze that blew away the oppressive and tense atmosphere outside the Funing Palace.
The King of Qi and the young eunuch could not hide their joy and rushed into the hall, while Pei Yixue walked out slowly.
Three thousand imperial guards automatically withdrew to make way for him, leaving him a path to glory.
As the afterglow of the setting sun shone down, Pei Yixue stood on the platform, overlooking everything below from dozens of steps, like a god descending from heaven.
Below, one face after another turned towards the direction of the Funing Hall and looked up.
At this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps approached. The eunuch in front of the emperor came hurriedly with a happy look on his face and bowed respectfully to Pei Yixue.
Then, he faced the doctors at the bottom of the stairs, threw his whisk into his arms, and shouted shrilly, "Pass on the emperor's order!"
When all the miraculous doctors and medicine boys heard the cry, they all knelt on the ground with solemn and dignified expressions.
"Now there is the genius doctor Xu Yi with outstanding medical skills. His treatment for me has shown initial results. From now on, genius doctors from all parties no longer need to be stationed outside the palace..." The eunuch's sharp voice echoed in the air and resounded through the sky.
Pei Yixue stood on the platform, looking down at the doctors on the ground. He knew in his heart that with this battle, his "Xu Yi" and Liming Pharmacy's status in Daqing Kingdom would be as solid as a rock and would never be shaken.
"...You are all called to come and return upon your call. This is my order!"
"We obey your orders." The famous doctors at the bottom of the stairs kowtowed and responded in unison, their voices uniform and loud.
"Thank you!"
"Long live the emperor!"
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