Doctor Yan cleared his throat, glanced at Yongzheng, then sat down, took a sip of tea, and continued, "In my opinion, you people are just making a fuss over nothing. I have traveled around practicing medicine for many years and have seen countless difficult and complicated cases. Let's not talk about others, but about you."
I was absolutely certain that your pulse indicated you were nearing the end of your life, but unexpectedly, your body suddenly showed a surge of vitality. Now you are much better and should live for at least a few more years.”
"Since you say my health has improved significantly, why do you say I should live for at least a few more years?" Yongzheng remained calm and composed, but his tone was clearly hostile.
Doctor Yan stroked his beard and said mysteriously, "Well, that's a long story."
Emperor Yongzheng gently closed his eyes, ignoring the renowned physician, Guan Yan.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before Doctor Yan couldn't hold back and continued, "When I was young, I was already quite famous. Once, I and several other doctors were taking the pulse of a wealthy merchant."
At the time, our examination of his pulse indicated that the wealthy businessman was in good health. Logically, he should have lived a few more years, but unexpectedly, he passed away peacefully in his sleep just two weeks later.
Even before I left the city where the wealthy merchant lived, I was already harboring conspiracy theories, believing that someone had harmed him. After all, I was young and impetuous at the time, and I had great confidence in my medical skills.
Therefore, I decided to inquire about this wealthy merchant. He is a well-known philanthropist in the area, so it's easy to find out about him. His wife passed away early, and he never remarried, raising his only son alone. The merchant and his son have a very good relationship.
Moreover, the wealthy businessman had arranged for his only son to take over his business early on, and after his son got married, he entrusted all the business to him. The businessman then continued to do good deeds and teach his grandchildren, enjoying his later years in peace.
At that time, I stayed in that city for five years with some doubt, but in the end I did not find anyone else who had harmed the wealthy merchant's family. The wealthy merchant's only son was indeed heartbroken for a long time after the wealthy merchant's death.
The old man was later invited to the wealthy merchant's house again to treat his only son, who was indeed deeply grieved and troubled. A year later, the merchant's son slowly accepted reality and began to frequently perform good deeds to accumulate blessings for his deceased father.
After taking a sip of tea, Doctor Yan glanced at Yongzheng again, thinking to himself: So you're so patient. Well then, I won't stand on ceremony and will continue my rambling...
Doctor Yan continued, "Later, I began to practice medicine everywhere, and I gradually encountered more and more difficult and complicated diseases."
Because of the wealthy businessman's affair, ever since then, I have paid special attention to the health of those I diagnose as being in excellent condition, and their condition in the following years.
I have been practicing medicine for so many years since then, and I have been paying attention to this for so many years.
Of course, most of those people are fine, but there are indeed occasional cases of wealthy businessmen appearing.
Some will be six months later, some a year later, some two years later, and some several years later.
Among these people are wealthy and powerful families, and some of these families may have conspiracy theories.
But I mostly treat ordinary people, and the conspiracy theories surrounding them are relatively fewer and more accurate.
Doctor Yan seemed to have gotten a little carried away, and said smugly, "So now that your health has greatly improved, I would say that you should be able to live for at least a few more years, which is already very generous of me."
As soon as Doctor Yan finished speaking, his eyelids twitched, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart, as if he had been locked onto by a wild beast. He looked up and saw Yongzheng's deep, narrow eyes staring at him, his brows furrowed into a deep frown, and his eyes turning dark and dangerous.
Yongzheng continued to gaze silently at Doctor Yan, a cold smile playing on his lips. With just one glance, Doctor Yan felt a chill rise from the depths of his heart.
"Continue, why did you stop?" Yongzheng's voice was solemn and cold, devoid of any emotion.
Doctor Yan's breath hitched, and his heart skipped a beat. For some reason, he had a feeling that a great calamity was about to befall him.
He shrank back, and quickly said with a strong desire to survive, "Speaking of the matter of your wife getting pregnant at her age, I have actually found some cases of women of your wife's age getting pregnant and giving birth when I was treating ordinary people."
Although it's still very rare overall, I only discovered it after many years of careful observation in my medical practice. I hadn't actually noticed it in wealthy families before, which is why I said you wealthy people are easily surprised by the unusual.
As soon as Doctor Yan finished speaking, he felt a jolt of fear and quickly added, "Actually, I can also give an example of wealthy families. The most famous one is Lady Rongguo in history. She was a Buddhist and did not marry early in life. She only married Duke Yingguo at the age of forty-four."
Lady Rongguo married at her age and was able to safely give birth to three daughters, and she lived to the age of ninety-one. Therefore, it's normal for your wife to conceive at her age; some people's good fortune may come later in life.
Upon hearing this, Yongzheng's expression relaxed slightly, and his well-defined index finger lightly tapped the rim of the white jade cup.
At this moment, Yongzheng also remembered that the Lady Rongguo mentioned by Doctor Yan was the birth mother of Wu Zetian in history, Lady Yang. She did give birth to three daughters after she was over forty years old.
However, at this moment, Yongzheng remembered the secret medicine mentioned by Physician Sun, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy.
So he couldn't help but frown and asked in a deep voice, "Have you ever heard of a secret medicine that can create a convincing fake pregnancy?"
Doctor Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, "Could I be that unlucky?"
However, he dared not hesitate any longer and continued, "I have indeed heard of this secret medicine, but since it is called a secret medicine, it is definitely not something that can be achieved by simply finding someone to take it."
The original purpose of developing this secret medicine was to induce a false pregnancy in young concubines, which would then be used to frame other concubines.
"At your age, the likelihood of experiencing a false pregnancy after taking this medicine is relatively low. Furthermore, although this remedy might produce a false pregnancy effect, it would usually result in a miscarriage within about three months."
At this point, Yongzheng couldn't help but ask, "So, after three months, we can tell whether it's due to taking the secret medicine or a real pregnancy?"
Doctor Yan quickly replied, "Yes, Your Excellency will know the result in about a month."
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